Shen squatted down, "God sees that Buckwheat is smart, so Xu Buckwheat has two mothers, if you are unhappy in the future, tell your mother, don't hold it in your heart." ”

This time, Yan Mingqiao couldn't hold back her crying, this was the first time she cried in front of Shen.

Chapter 15 Examinations

◎A bowl of hoof noodles, writing must be hard during the exam, and it is good to make up for it. ◎

Yan Mingqiao didn't know if it was because of the little mother crying, or because of the mother's crying, and it seemed that she had cried all the grievances in the past few years.

Shen didn't speak, only touched Yan Mingqiao's head.

Although I don't know if it's right to do this, the Shen family doesn't regret it now, they used to weigh the pros and cons, but now looking at the crying Yan Mingqiao, Shen's mind is empty, and he can't think of anything.

Since Yan Mingqiao moved away, Wutong Garden has not been empty, and it is cleaned every day.

After burning the paper, Yan Mingqiao kowtowed three times in the yard, wiped away her tears, and then took the initiative to hold Shen's hand, "Mother, let's go." ”

Yan Mingqiao didn't look back, her memory of Xiao Niang was actually blurred, more from Mama Li's mouth, plus a few sisters inadvertently revealed when they laughed, the clothes and shoes made by Xiao Niang, and the colorful noodles that she thought about......

If she hadn't come to the main courtyard, she would have to wait a long time before she could eat it.

She had two mothers, her biological mother died, and her grandmother treated her like a daughter.

Chen Xiaoniang's death day only Yan Mingqiao went to worship, for his father did not remember this day, Yan Mingqiao did not feel uncomfortable, but gave birth to such a thought.

Even if my father thought of Xiaoniang because of her, so what, in the past few years, I haven't seen him miss him at all.

As the saying goes, people's hearts are flesh and blood, and for the Shen family, Yan Mingqiao can't help but be a little more intimate.

The fourth day of the first month was a little cloudy, and after inviting Anhou, Yan Mingqiao and Shen said: "It's cold today, and my mother wants to add clothes." ”

Shen Shi was stunned, but saw Yan Mingqiao's expression was a little timid, it is estimated that he came over after thinking about it for a long time, even if the clothes were all prepared by the maid, she didn't need to remember such a trivial matter as adding clothes, Shen still nodded, "Buckwheat too." ”

Yan Mingqiao nodded, with a warm smile on her face, "Mother, then I'm going to class." ”

Shen: "Buckwheat." ”

Two days later, the old man and the old lady came back, although Yan Mingyu had been sent to the letter about falling into the water, but they did not explain the matter of raising Yan Mingqiao in the main courtyard.

Originally, the Shen family planned to wait for the two old men to come back to help take a look, if they also thought it was good, they would change the family tree after the year, and Yan Mingqiao would be her daughter in the future.

In short, if Yan Mingqiao can be liked by the old lady, it will be the icing on the cake.

Yan Mingqiao stopped, tilted her head slightly and asked, "Is there anything else to do with my mother?" ”

Shen pondered for a moment and said, "In two days, your grandfather and grandmother will come back, and your mother wants her husband to take a test for you, and she knows how you are studying now, what do you think?" ”

Yan Mingqiao is not afraid of exams, "My daughter is willing to take the exam." ”

It's just an exam, although I haven't taken it before, but it's just to check and fill in the gaps, to see how well she learns, whether she is lazy. Yan Mingqiao is very serious in class every day, so she is not afraid, she thinks, even if there are questions that she can't know, she has not learned well.

Shen Shi was not biased, so he asked Yan Mingyue and Yan Mingru to take the test together.

Women don't take the imperial examination, so naturally there are not as many exams as in the academy, and it is not easy for ordinary people to provide men with education, so how can they invite a husband to their daughter's family. The girls of the Yanguo Mansion study for the sake of courtesy, and they don't know how to make jokes when they go out, so the Shen family's requirements for them have always been about the same.

In the past, he was stricter with Yan Mingyu.

A while ago, Yan Guogong and Shen said that since they learned housekeeping, they couldn't favor one over the other, and a few girls learned together and let her teach together.

It can't be a good thing to have a bowl of water, and other things come first.

The Shen family looked like a bowl of water, and Yan Guogong thought about it and felt that it made sense, "Then I will take the test together, but the paper will be ......."

Shen said: "Mingqiao learns faster, just follow Mingyue's coming." ”

Yan Mingyue is eleven years old, and Yan Mingqiao is six years old this year.

Yan Guo said fairly: "That's fine, you can't be optical." ”

The exam was scheduled for the next day, and Mr. Shen Shituo came out with the exam papers, which were not difficult, with two poems and essays written silently, two analytical essay questions, and one article written by Mr. Shen, which was enough to write 400 words.

The papers from the arithmetic class are not difficult, but Yan Mingyue doesn't learn arithmetic here, so she takes Yan Mingqiao alone.

Yan Mingyue was a little resistant to this exam, she just knew if she studied well or not, why did she have to take the exam, besides, there was also Yan Mingqiao to take the test.

Yan Mingyue went to beg Meng Xiaoniang, "Xiaoniang, can you talk to your father, I don't want to take the test." ”

Meng Xiaoniang also wants to go, but what if Yan Guogong says that he can't favor one over the other, there are many girls in the house, and everything is a problem.

"You have studied for the longest time in about an exam, and Mr. Fushang will not deliberately make it difficult." Meng Xiaoniang said again, "Moreover, you see how long the fifth girl has been studying, it is less than two months, and it would be good if she could write her name." ”

But Meng Xiaoniang's words did not make Yan Mingyue feel relieved, she didn't say that when she was in the study, Yan Mingqiao looked hungry and thirsty when she looked at the book, although she was more inclined to Yan Mingqiao was pretending, but ......

Seeing her daughter frowning, Meng Xiaoniang persuaded softly: "You don't want your father to be happy?" ”

Meng Xiaoniang is the kind of small appearance of a Jiangnan woman, and she speaks softly, Yan Mingyue has no other way but to respond, and she temporarily hugged Buddha's feet one night.

Yan Mingqiao went to Yumingxuan to eat at night.

She just said hello and left, and directly told Aunt Ning Xiang, and was taken to Yumingxuan.

Yan Mingyu knew that Yan Mingqiao was going to take the exam tomorrow, and the whole person couldn't help but be nervous, she hated all kinds of assessment exams, and she was the initiator of Yan Mingqiao's early school, so she spent her time preparing a table of dishes in the small kitchen to supplement Yan Mingqiao's brain.

There is a way to eat what to make up, there are two spicy rabbit heads on the table, because Yan Ming buckwheat can't eat particularly spicy, so only a little chili pepper is put in.

A bowl of hoof noodles, writing must be hard during the exam, and it is good to make up for it.

Two side dishes, a plate of shredded radish, sweet and sour, and a plate of fried soybeans, which are particularly crispy.

There are also balsamic vinegar oil spicy seeds, you can add them yourself if the taste is not enough.

Yan Mingqiao: "Eat noodles!" ”

The eating habits of the Yanguo Mansion are related to Shengjing, and there are many samples of meals in the morning, and there will be porridge and noodle soup.

But at noon and night, I basically eat rice, stir-fried vegetables, stews and the like, set a table, there are many styles, and there is rarely a bowl of noodles for one person. And when I took the rice from the big kitchen, the noodles were lumpy after a long time, so Yan Mingqiao really hadn't eaten noodles a few times.

It smells so fragrant, the soup base is a bone broth that has been boiled for a long time, the oil flowers are skimmed, the noodles are the chef with eggs and eggs, she has good knife skills, the thickness of each noodle is uniform, and the color is yellow and bright.

The most fragrant is the hoof flower on the face, leaving a small bone to gnaw, the pig's trotter chose the position of the tip of the hoof, all the two halves of the yard are neat, it is estimated that it has been stewed for a long time, a layer of oily light on it, Yan Mingqiao poked it with chopsticks, and the hoof flower shook several times.

Stewed soybeans were sprinkled on the side, all of them were small and cute, and the bowl was very large, bigger than Yan Mingqiao's face.

Yan Mingyu eats hot dry noodles, and the cook's cooking skills are very good, according to her requirements, she can make eight or nine of them.

"Eat quickly, go read a book when you're full, and take the exam tomorrow."

Yan Mingqiao nodded heavily, "I listen to the second sister!" ”

The noodles are very fragrant, Yanming buckwheat put a little oil and spicy seeds, the hoof flowers are the most delicious, the light brown soft and glutinous skin, the crystal muscles in the middle, and the noodles are put in the mouth together, not to mention how fragrant.

In the end, Yan Ming buckwheat added some noodles and tasted hot dry noodles, which were also very fragrant.

As for the two spicy rabbit heads, Yan Mingqiao was a little scared, but the second sister ate one, and said that the form complements the form, and Yan Mingqiao will eat it, and she hopes that her head will be brighter tomorrow.

Yan Mingyu cheered for her sister, "After the exam, I will come to my second sister to eat!" ”

Yan Mingqiao went to the examination room like this, she took one by one, Mr. Fu invigilated, finished two exams in the morning, and had to continue to attend classes in the afternoon.

Fu Zhongyan sat in front of him reading a book, and occasionally he would pay a little attention to the students who answered the questions after a few moments in the stand.

He had read the topic, it was simpler for Yan Mingqiao, she had read a lot of books these days, and she had been exposed to poetry, and she never forgot it, so Fu Zhongyan was not worried that she would not be able to write it at all.

It's just a matter of whether you're careful.

Halfway through the time, Fu Zhongyan went down and took a turn, glanced at the test paper twice, and continued to read.

In the arithmetic exam later, although Fu Zhongyan was not good at this, because of his advanced age, the questions on the exam paper were not difficult for him, and he also turned around after waiting for half of the time.

In one morning, the two courses were completed, the test was taken in the morning, and the papers were changed in the afternoon, and they were sent directly to the main courtyard.

Shen didn't look at it, but waited for Yan Guogong to come back in the evening to watch it.

The two looked at the scroll together, and the Yan Mingqiao that Shen read first, the poems were written correctly, and the opinions on the article were also good, and the article written at the end was more immature.

Shen said: "Mr. Fu has higher requirements for Ming Qiao, it has only been a long time, and he has benefited so much." I always felt that I had neglected her before, but now in front of me, it is really a day by day. ”

Shen Shi held the scroll and turned his head to look at Yan Guogong, but saw that Yan Guogong was frowning, and the two pieces of tissue paper were pinched out.

Shen asked, "Grandpa, what's wrong?" ”

Yan Guogong wanted to say, look at the daughter you taught, but it is inappropriate to think about it, because Yan Mingyue and Yan Mingru were all raised by Xiaoniang, and Yan Mingqiao was taught by the Shen family.

Yan Guogong held his breath, "See for yourself." ”

Shen Shi took a rough look at it, and she had expected this result.

To tell the truth, an eleven-year-old child, with one class a day, rarely cares about homework, and the rest of the time plays more and learns less, and can memorize a few lines of poetry at most.

Yan Mingru is eight years old, and writing articles is even more reluctant.

Whoever makes Yan Mingqiao smart, six years old, does better than the two sisters.

Shen was happy, but he had to comfort Yan Guogong, "The exam just lets the girls know where they are deficient, and besides, it doesn't point out that they rely on the champion, the most important thing is to be reasonable." ”

Yan Guogong turned his head to look at Yan Mingqiao's papers, he had high expectations for this daughter, if she did not do well in the exam, it would be disappointing.

With Yan Mingyue and the two of them in front, Yan Mingqiao wrote it, which was enough to make Yan Guogong refreshed.

Yan Mingqiao has been practicing calligraphy for a month, and she needs to practice calligraphy diligently, especially when she is young and it is difficult to hold a pen, so it takes more effort.

In October, Shen chose a famous calligraphy for her, and it has been quite effective in January.

The handwriting is neat, and some of the characters are very beautiful.

Yan Guogong smiled and said, "Ming buckwheat is good. ”

Shen said: "She works hard in private, four classes a day, except for the day off on the day of the banquet, the rest of the time is on time. ”

The elders praise people, and the smart ones prefer to praise their hard work, and the hard ones will praise their intelligence.

Yan Guo said fairly: "This time my father and mother come back, let Ming Qiao accompany them more, they will definitely like it." ”

Shen nodded, "The concubine thinks the same way. ”

On the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, several girls in the house stopped classes and packed up to welcome the old man and his wife back.

The Yue Dynasty emphasized filial piety, as early as last month, the Shen family said this, and asked the people in the house to clean up everywhere, especially the Shou'an Hall where the two old people lived.

Early in the morning, the porter went to the city gate to greet him, and came back to report as soon as there was news.

At a quarter of noon, the little servant ran in and said, "The carriage of the old man and the old lady has already entered the city, and there are about three quarters of an hour left. ”