"Ah, you're back." Zhao Yu was still setting up a stall on the side of the bluestone road in the town as before, and when he saw Chen Mo's figure, he was surprised and happy.

I was busy asking him how the imperial examination was this time and whether he had been admitted to the meritorious examination.

However, Zhao Yu predicted in his heart that Chen Mo was most likely admitted.

Because Chen Mo always had a smile on his face, if he hadn't been admitted to fame, he wouldn't have been so happy.

"Let's go home first." Chen Mo smiled at her, walked to the small cart and took off the coarse cloth disguise.

His stature is taller than Zhao Yu, and he can do this more easily.

"Okay." Zhao Yu smiled and nodded, Chen Mo had been like this every time he rested before.

Closed the stall by himself for a day, went back to help Chen Mo cook some food, boiled the health decoction for him to practice martial arts, and then asked him to wash himself and take the folded clothes to the barracks.

As for the dirty clothes he brought back, Zhao Yu would take the time to wash and dry them, and wait for Chen Mo to come back next time to get them.

There were not many guests who came to the small food stall to eat in the morning, so Zhao Yu simply cleaned up the dishes, chopsticks, tables and chairs, and served Chen Mo two stacks of pies.

"You eat first to deal with a bite, yesterday I heard that there was a cow in Gejiazhuang who broke his leg and there is no rule of law, maybe there is beef in the vegetable market today, I will buy some for you to eat when I go back." With a smile on the corner of his mouth, Zhao Yu leaned over to Chen Mo's side and spoke softly.

Cattle are an important labor force in arable land, and it is a felony to commit suicide according to the laws of the imperial court.

The yamen of the dead person may not care, but the cow died for no reason, and if there is no suitable reason, the yamen will definitely investigate.

Therefore, there are few beef on the market, but some of them are either old cows, or cattle that cannot be saved because of various accidents and can only be killed.

Chen Mo nodded, picked up a pie and folded it, and stuffed it directly into his mouth.

The pie is stuffed with leek vermicelli, as the old saying goes, the leeks in spring can't be pinched.

Therefore, the filling of this pie is also more leeks and less vermicelli, and the entrance has an extremely fresh and distinct leek aroma.

Spring leeks, eating is such a mouthful of fresh energy.

After Chen Mo finished eating the two large stacks of pies, several other guests at the food stall also left one after another, put away the last two sets of tables and chairs, and Chen Mo pushed the car and went straight to his house.

The thatched house is still the same as before, but Zhao Yu has a new layer of thatch on the roof.

The summer rain was heavy and she couldn't wait until then to lay a new layer, so she put a new layer on it in advance.

"Get me clean clothes, I need to take a shower first." As soon as he pushed the car into the small courtyard, Chen Mo hurriedly urged.

The road was full of dust, and he never had a chance to wash up.

What's more, the weather is still hotter than before, and he only feels as if there is an extra layer of sludge shackles on his body, and he is uncomfortable anywhere.

"Okay, you wait a minute." Zhao Yu trotted all the way into the house, and after a while, he brought clean clothes and a wooden basin with towels and soaphorns.

"Don't use the towel in the bathhouse, it's not clean, use our own." Zhao Yu handed the things in his hand to Chen Mo and carefully advised.

Towels are provided to guests who go to the bath, but it is not known how many people have used them, so it is better to use their own ones.

Chen Mo took his things and went straight to the bathhouse, and the owner of the bathhouse was quite familiar with him.

First, because he is the righteous son of General Sun, and secondly, there are not many people who can spend money to wash the cubicle every ten days.

Some people are not bad for money, but they don't pay attention to these, and they deal with it casually in the big pool, and they don't go to wash the cubicle.

Carefully washed from top to bottom, Chen Mo only felt that the whole person was comfortable and transparent, and his whole body was light.

Changing into the clean clothes that Zhao Yu had prepared for him in advance, Chen Mo let out a long breath of turbid air and strode towards his house.

Before he even entered the house, he could smell the wafting scent, which was the aroma of spices mixed with beef.

Chen Mo loves beef, mainly because it is difficult to eat on weekdays.

"I bought you twenty catties of beef, ten catties of sauce, and ten catties of marinade, and I can't finish eating it and take it back to the camp to eat slowly."

Zhao Yu heard the sound of the door opening and leaned out of the kitchen, a bright smile written on his face.

In order to sell the cow that fell to death, the owner's family had to sell it faster than mutton, so she took the opportunity to buy a lot.

Don't worry about not being able to eat it will be bad, twenty catties of beef, up to eleven or twelve catties left when cooked, with Chen Mo's appetite, you can eat it in two days.

"I went to Xingyuan City this time and brought a piece of cloth back, and you can take it to make me two sets of clothes when you go back, and you can make one yourself."

Chen Mo explained the matter while walking to the stove to help light the fire.

"Okay, then I'll make it for you when I get back." Zhao Yu smiled and nodded in agreement, the silk that Chen Mo brought back, she had actually seen it a long time ago.

Although I don't know exactly what the material is, I don't need to think about it to understand that silk must be much more expensive than linen and cotton.

I am afraid that the cost of making a dress out of that silk will cost two taels of silver

It's just that she didn't refuse this, just like when she made clothes for Chen Mo and helped Chen Mo wash and cook, he never politely refused.

Although the two now have the name of husband and wife, they are not husband and wife.

But in many ways, their relationship is no different from that of an ordinary couple.

It is even said that the relationship between the vast majority of couples may not be comparable to theirs.

After all, there are several couples in this world who have gone through the test of life and death and have completely believed in each other, and even if there are, I am afraid that there are very few.

And the two of them did it.

"I went to Fucheng this time to test my fame, and I won the first place, and I am the leader of today's science and martial arts." Chen Mo smiled and told her about the incident.

Zhao Yu's expression was stunned for a moment, and then he hurriedly smiled and congratulated Chen Mo on his fame.

For the small people of Shengdou, it can definitely be said that they turned out of the mud, and they are no longer citizens, but have become scholars.

The light and dark privileges that scholars can enjoy as nobles are really not too much.

Not to mention anything else, Xiucai should not be killed first when he goes to report to the official, and ordinary people go to report to the official, whether it is right or wrong or not, they have to kill the power stick twenty times first.

"Come, here's a red envelope for you." Chen Mo took out two red envelopes from his arms and stuffed them into her palms.

"Daohe has never given red envelopes to outsiders, how can there be red envelopes for his own family." Zhao Yu was angry, and he didn't feel that there was anything wrong with what he said.

As the braised soup on the stove boiled, Chen Mo added a few more sticks of firewood, and then stopped pulling the bellows.

Next, you don't have to worry about it, what you want is to marinate it slowly on low heat, so that the beef tastes thorough.

Seeing this, Zhao Yu made the air outlet of the stove smaller, she was very good at using fire, otherwise how could she make a good dish.

In addition to beef, she also bought a lot of ribs and a large tail of fresh fish, which she was going to eat at noon.

As for the elbow? It takes a lot of time to make it well, and there is no need to buy beef if you already have it.

"I'll take care of it here, you just finished taking a shower, go and rest, save yourself another sweat."

Seeing that he would be able to work alone in the future, Zhao Yu smiled and drove Chen Mo out of the kitchen.

Walking back to the hall, Chen Mo picked up the teapot on the table and poured himself a cup of tea, and sure enough, the pot was brewed tea, and some extra sugar was sprinkled.

The reason why extra sugar is sprinkled is to make this tea more moisturized.

Those who do not work hard can drink tea, but soldiers like Chen Mo, who have to train every day, or laborers who pull carts and carry large bags and build houses and adobe for people, prefer this tea with some sugar.

After drinking a small half pot of tea alone, Chen Mo got up and walked to the side to practice step by step.

Now that the internal qi in his dantian has accumulated nearly twenty percent, the qi and blood accumulated by the Mortal Bead are about to reach perfection.

According to his estimates, it is probably these three or five days of hard work, and he will be able to carry out the next transformation

"I'll eat some casually at noon today, and I'll cut the beef in the evening and stir-fry a few good dishes for you."

Chen Mo hadn't been cultivating for long, and Zhao Yu had brought out the prepared vegetables from the kitchen one after another.

A large pot of braised pork ribs, with a small pot of fresh fish and tofu soup, or a few catties of freshly baked dead noodles and scallion pancakes, and she also put several more eggs in the noodles when she made the noodles, so this cake is very chewy.

It is also served with a plate of vegetarian fried bean sprouts, which can be regarded as a vegetarian dish that can clear the mouth.

"Okay." Hearing this, Chen Mo slowly stopped practicing, took two steps to the chair and sat down, picked up the chopsticks and devoured them.

There is no restraint when eating at home, what manners and etiquette, there is no need to pay attention to it at all, how comfortable it is.

has been resting at home until the afternoon, helping Chen Yu do some work that she is not good at doing on weekdays.

Chen Mo had to leave before the curfew, and the barracks would rest during the New Year's holidays, and the soldiers just didn't need to train, and they still had to go back to the barracks to report before the curfew, otherwise they would be beaten with military sticks.

With Chen Mo's identity, in fact, even if he doesn't go back, someone will help cover it up.

It's just that he doesn't want to break this rule.

He is now in charge of the defense of the barracks, and this matter is also within his jurisdiction, if he does not abide by this rule himself, how can he have the face to let others keep it.

Since he will rest tomorrow, he didn't bring too much beef made by Zhao Yu, but just took two catties of braised beef and sauced beef.

He didn't plan to eat this meat himself, but mainly to give it to his father-in-law for him to taste, which was a tooth sacrifice

Beef is rare, and the father-in-law's family does not often fall to death.

When he rushed back to the barracks, but just in the evening, Chen Mo asked the other soldiers where his father-in-law was, and immediately picked up the beef and went straight to the study.

"Father-in-law, today is a rest, I never thought that yesterday there was a cow in Gejiazhuang that fell to his death, and there was beef sold in the vegetable market, so my foolish wife bought a lot of them for me to eat.

Beef is rare, and my foolish wife's skills are acceptable, so I thought I would bring some to my father-in-law to taste. ”

Chen Mo bowed and handed over the oily paper containing four catties of beef.

He really didn't have any other ideas about doing this, but his father-in-law was quite good to him on weekdays, and this beef tasted good, so he took some and let him taste it.

"Oh!" Sun Shouren was slightly surprised when he heard this, but he couldn't help but smile

Four catties of beef is nothing to him, but Chen Mo can personally deliver it, which still makes him quite happy.

Chen Mo can think of giving himself beef, which shows that he has his own father-in-law in his heart, at least he regards himself as a closer person, and he is not in vain to be so good to him.

At the moment, he ordered to bring good wine from the left and right, and pulled Chen Mo to drink it together, and the four catties of beef were used as appetizers.

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After another two days, the document of Chen Mo and the others was finally distributed, and Sun Shouren also wrote about the appointment of the three of them.

As a five-rank town guard general, he can be dismissed from the military position below the seventh rank in the Xingyuan Mansion Army, and he does not have to go to the imperial court.

As for the martial arts positions of the seventh rank and above, he only has the right to recommend, and cannot be appointed or dismissed at will.

Of course, as long as it is the person he recommends, the imperial court will agree in most cases.

Chen Mo is the first name in the martial arts of today, plus the merits of beheading the bandits before, unlike the other two, he has won a nine-rank official position.