"My friend gave it to me," said the little ingot, "my friend is very good, and the poetry book he gave me is good!" All the poems I memorized today are from that poetry collection! ”

"Can you lend me a look?" Yu Taijing asked curiously.

"The old man really wants to see it." Mr. Chen touched his beard.

"Yes!" Little Ingot nodded, "But it can't be more than a year!" ”

"That's nature." Mr. Chen smiled.

"The first book is in the carriage, I've finished reading it! I'll give the first volume to my brother and teacher first! The little ingots said crisply.

"Your memory, if you are a boy, it would be a pity not to take the imperial examination." Mr. Chen touched the head of the little ingots and said regretfully.

"Does Sir want me to be an official in the court?" Little Ingot tilted his head.

"If you have the talent for this, then of course you can do it, but there are no female officials in this Manchu Dynasty." Mr. Chen shook his head and sighed.

"But in the previous dynasty, there were not only female generals, but also female emperors! Teacher, in this ever-changing world, what is impossible? Xiao Yuanbao said very sincerely, "Women can be like this hundreds of years ago, and they will definitely be able to do this in a few hundred years, as for now, work hard, nothing is impossible!" ”

Saying that, Xiao Yuanbao looked serious: "Teacher, I want to take the imperial examination!" ”

Mr. Chen was surprised.

When Mrs. Chen persuaded him to accept the little ingots, she said that in the past, there were women who fought on the battlefield, women who rebelled, and women who ruled the world.

Yes, he accepted the small ingot.

But Mrs. Chen didn't say that women can participate in the imperial examination!

"Why do you think that?" Mr. Chen asked.

"Sir, let me ask you, is there a rule that women are not allowed to register for the imperial examination in this dynasty?" Xiao Yuan Bao asked seriously.

"No," Mr. Chen shook his head, "not only not in this dynasty, but also in the previous dynasty, since the establishment of the imperial examination system, there has been no explicit rule in all dynasties that women are not allowed to participate in the imperial examination!" It's just that no woman has taken advantage of this loophole and gone to apply for the exam! ”

"Then since you didn't say that it didn't conform to the rules, it was in accordance with the rules! I'm definitely going to try it! Xiao Yuanbao pinched his cute little fist and said categorically, "You must have the courage to be the first in the world!" ”

"That's right, you have the courage to be the first in the world!" Mr. Chen nodded approvingly.

"What about Senior Brother? Does the senior brother also go to take the imperial examination? Little Ingot asked excitedly.

"No, no." The mirror shook his head.

"Why?" The little ingots were puzzled.

"Your senior brother can't go," Mr. Chen sighed, "Each person has his own personal fate, so don't ask your senior brother again." ”

"Oh." The little ingots nodded obediently.

How can you tell her?

Say that the emperor decided that his family was involved in the rebellion?

And then the emperor opened the net, spared their lives, and drove them out of the capital?

The imperial examination of this dynasty clearly stipulates that if someone in the family commits the major crime of killing the head, they cannot participate in the scientific examination.

Unfortunately, rebellion is one of the major crimes of killing the head.

He felt that this matter was too complicated, and Xiao Yuan Bao was only five years old, which was not the right age to know about this matter.

After today's autumn outing, Xiao Yuanbao happily returned home.

She waved her hand at the mirror by the door and said goodbye to him sweetly.

After the carriage left, the little ingots jumped into the courtyard.

Kanshichiro sat under the eaves, boredly playing with the ants with bamboo branches.

A lot of words are written next to the ants.

It's all one word.

And it's the simplest word.

He secretly learned this today by lying on the window of the school in the next village.

"Hey," Xiao Yuanbao squatted in front of Jin Qilang, "Seventh brother, are you going to learn to read?" ”

"Yes," Jin Qilang said with some embarrassment, throwing away the bamboo branch in his hand, "I didn't have this idea before, but when I saw my sister go to study with my husband every day, I also had this idea in my heart." ”

"Then why didn't you tell me?" The little ingots tilted their heads.

"Studying is very hard, and I'm afraid of disturbing my sister. In the past, I listened to the showmen in the township say that everything is inferior, only the reading is high, and my sister is doing the best thing, I definitely can't bother! Jin Qilang said sincerely.

"It's not a bother!" Little Ingot shook his head.

Jin Qilang still shook his head.

"Do you want to learn to read?" Little Ingot stared into his eyes with wide eyes.

Jin Qilang hesitated for a moment and nodded.

"Then I'll teach you how to read! I also teach the rest of my family to read! Literacy is a very important thing! Xiao Yuanbao said solemnly.

Jin Qilang was a little confused by this surprise.

Before he came back to his senses, he saw the little ingots running into the kitchen and said to the other family members: "Dad, mother, brothers, from tonight, I will teach you to read and write!" ”

"Hey, little ancestor, it's enough for you to practice your own books, don't spend all day long! Don't work too hard, okay? The busy Aunt Jin put down the work at hand, walked up to the little ingot, and touched her head.

"Dad, mother, listen to me," Xiao Yuanbao's small face was very solemn, "Reading is really a very important thing!" Reading can make sense, and reading can also see the vast world! Mother, I've decided, I'll start teaching you to read and write from tonight! The whole family is coming! We learn in the hall! ”

"Don't waste this oil......"

"Dad, mother, you can satisfy me! Little ingots, I beg you! "Little ingots had to be coquettish.

As soon as the little ingots were coquettish, Aunt Jin and Old Man Jin had nothing to do with her.

"Okay, let's listen to the kid, it's not a bad thing to know a few words!" Old man Jin said immediately.

"That'll do!" Aunt Jin shook her head, muttering in her heart, feeling that the little ingots were three quarters of an hour hot.

After this effort, I won't toss my family.

That night, the hall was brightly lit and the whole family went into battle.

Except for Kim Saburo and Kim Shichiro, everyone else felt helpless about learning to read and write.

Jin Qilang really has the heart to learn, he cherishes this hard-won learning opportunity, and he wants to change his fate by reading.

And Jin Shiro is different, Jin Shiro feels that if he reads books, recognizes words, and has knowledge in the future, he will definitely be able to make more money!

What can't you do when you have money?

He was born in the Jin family, and he is considered poor!

Next.

Autumn is crisp and the oranges are red.

The purchasing manager of the Yingke Restaurant sat on the side of the steps peeling oranges, and he broke half an orange for a young man who was following him to do things.

It was still early, and the sun had not long since evaporated, so it was not time for the guests to eat.

The purchasing steward sat on the steps and stretched his legs, broke off a piece of orange flesh and put it in his mouth, chewed it with taste, looked at the tall and light clouds and said, "You say, the four boys of the Jin family who came last time, is he still here?" ”

"I don't know," said the young man, shaking his head, and as he looked down to break the oranges, "maybe not!" ”

"The price offered by the shopkeeper is quite attractive!" The purchasing tube glanced at him, "I was standing aside and hearing it, and I was moved!" ”

"Give one tael of silver outside, and half a tael of silver for others? Will people do it? The young man shook his head and said as he chewed on an orange.

The purchasing manager smiled slightly, propped his elbows on the upper steps, and explained: "Why do you have to buy this out-of-season vegetable for one or two pounds of silver?"

"Because we don't have a hot spring here.

"The out-of-season vegetables planted next to the hot springs are poured second-hand in the hands of vegetable sellers, and second-hand hands are poured into three hands, and we don't know how many hands they are poured here.

"I guess the fresh vegetables that just came out of the vegetable field may only cost six dollars a pound!

"If he can toss out out-of-season vegetables with lower costs and give him five dollars a pound of silver, he will also make money!"

"This thing, it's a profiteering industry!"

Saying that, the procurement manager smashed his mouth, with a look of envy.

"I don't think it can be done!" The young man broke another petal of orange and ate it.

"Why?" The purchasing steward threw him an orange.

The young man caught the orange and said slowly, "Think about it, how difficult it must be to reduce costs and grow out-of-season vegetables in a new way!" Can you do it in ten days and half a month? It will definitely take a few tries before you can touch a little edge! If you want to succeed once, that's impossible! ”

"That's right," the purchasing manager nodded, patting the crumbs of the orange veins on his hands, "Before the shopkeeper went out today, he specially told me to come to the door and keep an eye on it!" Hearing you say that, I also think it's not necessary to be true! I'm leaving, and something comes to the back kitchen to call me! ”

The young man nodded.

The purchasing steward took out the remaining three oranges from his pocket and threw them to the young man.

The young man ate the orange pleasantly and narrowed his eyes.

The purchasing steward went to the back kitchen and left the matter behind.

Unexpectedly, less than half an hour before and after, the young man hurriedly ran into the back kitchen, pulled the sleeve of the purchasing steward and said, "Go out, go out and have a look!" People are coming! People are coming! ”

"Who's coming? Are you fussing like this? The purchasing manager glanced at him.

"The shopkeeper wants you to wait! Others came with fresh vegetables out of season! It's done, it's done! The young man was so excited that he was incoherent.

"Unlikely, right?" The purchasing manager put his hand on his forehead, "Don't talk nonsense!" ”

"Ouch, you'll find out if you follow me!" The young man dragged him outside.

He was helplessly dragged out.

He didn't believe it anyway!

Say you don't believe it!

I can make it a ghost!

As soon as he came out, he saw Jin Shiro, who was still followed by Xiao Yuanbao.