More than 20 miles away, because it was getting late, Chen Ping didn't dare to delay more on the road. Halfway through, he saw a figure walking towards him in the distance.

"Daddy!" Chen Ping recognized the person at once and ran quickly.

Chen Duohai responded to Chen Ping's shout, with a smile on his face, and his hands were not idle, he took out a dough cake from his arms and handed it to him.

"It's still hot, let's eat it."

Warm dough cakes are also a rarity in the Chen family, and the precious rice noodles can be made into such a dough cake, Chen Ping took a bite, and there were wild vegetables with meat oil in it.

Chen Ping raised his eyes to look at Chen Duohai, who was helping him hold the cloth bag beside him, his eyes were hot, he lowered his eyes, opened his mouth, and before he swallowed the mouth in his mouth, he handed the cake in his hand in the direction of Chen Duohai.

"Dad, you eat too."

Chen Duohai shook his head and directly rejected Chen Ping's sharing, "You can eat it yourself, your father and I ate it before I went out." ”

Chen Ping used his tongue to push the meat and wild vegetables that were still left in his mouth, and of course he knew in his heart that his father ate it, where would he be like this.

Chen Duohai didn't notice anything wrong with Chen Ping at all, he was carrying a cloth bag on his back, looking ahead, his eyes were full of expectations for the future.

"You read it well, our family provides for it. By the way, the herbs you took me to find before are almost the same, I plan to go into the city tomorrow to see, do you have anything you want to eat? ”

didn't hear Chen Ping's reply, Chen Duohai thought that he was tired of walking, so he didn't continue to ask, and directly hugged Chen Ping.

"Daddy, let me down!"

The sudden rise in height startled Chen Ping, and then the warmth of being held in his father's arms made him blush, "How old am I, you put me down quickly." ”

Thanks to the fact that there is no one on this mountain road, otherwise they would not know where to hide themselves.

Chen Duohai didn't care so much, "When you're tired, just say, a few steps, your father and I can still walk." ”

Along the way, Chen Ping barely managed to stay in Chen Duohai's arms, but when he saw that the entrance to the village had arrived, he began to struggle, no matter what Chen Duohai said, he had to go by himself.

In the end, Chen Duohai could only put him down, watching Chen Ping trot away all the way, while he slowly followed behind, scolding with a smile, "Stinky boy, you are still ashamed of your father." ”

As soon as Chen Ping walked into the house, Xiang Shi greeted her, she didn't see Chen Duohai, she complained for her son, "Your father didn't pick you up?" How many times have I reminded ......"

"Nothing!" Chen Ping hurriedly explained to his father, "It's just that I ran back first." ”

Xiang Shi stopped, turned his head and began to shush Chen Ping again, "Are you hungry, do you want to eat something?" Are you tired? ”

"No, I ate a cake on the way." Chen Ping replied truthfully.

"Is it enough? I want to eat my mother and make it for you. ”

Hurriedly shook his head, "Enough is enough." ”

When Chen Duohai arrived home, Xiang Shi packed Chen Ping's bags to study at the academy in the house.

Because it was too far away from the village to go to the academy in the town, after confirming with the academy, Chen Duohai and Xiang decided to let Chen Ping live in the academy, although he had to pay more money, but he could also rest for more hours.

Chen Ping was lying on the bed, and next door was the small sound of his parents discussing in a whisper.

In the early morning, as soon as the rooster crow outside, Chen Ping had already gotten up.

He collided with Xiang, and when he finished washing, he went into the kitchen.

"I didn't tell you, I just did these things myself."

Xiang wanted to stop Chen Ping from taking firewood, but was dodged.

"I just want to help my mother, besides, shouldn't that gentleman also feed the chickens, then I'll make an exception?"

"You don't make it up!" Xiang Shi remembered that he wanted to cover his mouth, "When did you see Xiucai holding a hoe?" It's all about holding a pen. ”

"Then I've seen it."

For fear that Xiang would not believe it, Chen Ping had to describe to her vividly how Li Feng took the hoe with mud, turned over the earth dragon in the soil, and added food to the domestic chickens.

In the end, he didn't forget to pull Chen Duohai to testify, "Dad, do you say that Mr.'s family has a nest of chickens?" ”

Chen Duohai washed his face and was stared at by the mother and son as soon as he walked in to help, he was still a little confused, and replied from memory, "Yes, yes and ......"

Xiang Shi was speechless, she clicked on Chen Ping's head, turned around and was busy cooking, but she just couldn't let go of this in her heart, and she had to say a few words from time to time, "Let you read more, it's a mistake." ”

Simply solve breakfast, take the cloth bag, and Chen Ping rushed to the neighboring village.

Li Feng had been reading in the room for a long time, and when he heard movement at the gate of the courtyard, he knew who had come to the door.

However, today is different from yesterday, after he took the test and let Chen Ping read the book by himself.

It is an idle book, which is better than straightforward words, and can also give children who are still literate more fun in literacy.

Looking at the scholars in the story, lingering on the scenery, and talking with friends about his actions after becoming an official while enjoying the flowers, there is an understatement here that attracted Chen Ping's attention.

He called Li Feng softly, "What is said in this book is that there is preferential treatment for readers, but is it true?" ”

"Nature is true."

Li Feng replied, although this is still too far away for this newly literate child, but Chen Ping has already entered the academy, which is not ordinary.

According to the laws of the dynasty, in order to train more scholars, there was already a special system of learning fields for the academy, and the imperial court allocated land to the academy, which was operated by the academy itself, in exchange for money to support more scholars.

In addition, the emperor added county schools and state schools in various places.

If you want to make a difference in this place, you must first pass the assessment of the state examination, that is, after the middle lift.

Speaking of this, Li Feng's face showed a wry smile, "Take me as an example, I only participated in the state exam, but I didn't succeed, that is, I am a show talent, but this also reduces some taxes and exempts my family from forced labor during the autumn harvest." ”

"How can I get a tax break?" Although Li Feng's voice became softer and softer, Chen Ping still grasped the important words.

"At least you have to be a showman, and the farther you go, the better the treatment given by the court. But it's not as good as being an official......"

Chen Ping's eyes burst into light, he thought that going to the academy was just to let there be a literate person in the family, how could he have thought that the imperial court at that time was willing to encourage civilians to enter the official career.

"How can I take the test?"

Li Feng was stunned for a moment, and then smiled: "You want to take the state exam?" It's better to study hard first, the exam in this county is the first level. ”

Chen Ping recalled the hardships of his parents, and he cherished the warmth given by the two, as long as he could help the family a little, he would try to do it.

"In the future, I will have to trouble Mr." Chen Ping bowed to Li Feng unskillfully, "Please continue to teach me." ”

Reading, in his previous life, he was a scholar, but now it's just doing it again, what is he afraid of.

Chen Ping's eyes were firm, Li Feng saw it in his eyes, he took the book on the shelf and put it down in front of Chen Ping, "You have to do what you say." ”

The day of going to the academy was getting closer and closer, and Li Feng crumpled the content of the book as much as possible to speed up the progress and teach it to Chen Ping.

Chen Ping also took it seriously, immersed himself in hard reading, memorized it, and even halfway through eating, he would not feel comfortable stopping and reciting silently in his heart.

With such extraordinary hard work, how could Chen Duohai and Xiang not find out, but they couldn't help much, and making a soft noise when doing things was already their greatest help.