He didn't know what to do, and the uncle who was picking the fruit at the back of the store hurriedly came out with a few lists, "Who turned over the bill?" ”

Auntie: "I saw the stone yesterday, what's wrong." ”

Uncle is in a hurry.

Lu Xutuo, the shopkeeper of the wine shop, introduced them to several wealthy families, and they selected the best fruit for the other party, and picked the best fruit to the house, and set a date at the end of the month to take the list and settle the bill on the first day of January. They couldn't read, so they lined up one by one according to the distance between people and the shop, Tan Shishi didn't know, it was messed up yesterday, and he couldn't tell whose list was at this time.

The husband and wife tried to remember which one was which one.

Lu Zhou took a closer look and saw that the surname was written in the upper right corner of the list, so he pointed to the words and said: "This is Wang, this is Li, and this is Kang." ”

"Yes, yes, yes! After the Li family, it was the Kang family, and then the Wang family, and this one was placed here. The uncle rearranged the paper order correctly, and asked Lu Zhou to help them see if there was anything wrong in the back.

Lu Zhou read them one by one, they readjusted the order, and Lu Zhou said, "I'll help you mark the back." ”

"Mark?"

There is pen and ink in the store, and they also keep accounts according to Lu Xujiao's horizontal and vertical lines, Lu Zhou took the pen and ink, turned the paper over, and drew a circle in the lower right corner of the back, drawing "one", "two", "three" and "Qian", Lu Zhou said: "So you can know which one is in front and which one is behind." ”

The old couple was grateful, and praised Lu Zhou for his cleverness, and the lines were better than them.

Lu Zhou smiled shyly, he was urged by them to eat pears, he helped, and he ate more openly at this time.

Others don't know that Lu Zhou hasn't studied, after all, Lu Xu has accompanied Shulang to the exam, but Lu Zhou is also literate, but Lu Wen is really shocked.

He only knew that Lu Zhou had learned how to write names with Yan Junqi, and had memorized a few children's poems, and he had also heard Yan Wenzhen memorize those poems, basically what flowers are in spring, what wind is blowing in winter, what flowers, birds, insects, fish, stars, moon, shepherd boys, bamboo flutes, there are not so many surnames in the poems.

When did Lu Zhou become literate?

Does Big Brother know?

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Lu Xu: Shocked! My brother is secretly studying under my nose!

Chapter 68: The exam is over

Of course Lu Xu didn't know, and he didn't know that Tan Shi came back and heard that Lu Zhou was literate, so he dared to take the bill and ask Lu Zhou to help him read the account book and let Lu Zhou help him settle the account.

He didn't know that the numbers he had scribbled on the earthen wall at home had also been seen and learned by Lu Zhou, and Lu Zhou had learned the simplest addition and subtraction method without a teacher, supplemented by breaking his fingers and adding mental arithmetic, which really helped Tan Shi calculate the account.

It's just that he didn't have much confidence in the results he calculated, so he asked Tan Shishi to calculate it again.

Tan Shi didn't want to count, but Lu Wen was full of interest, and pulled Tan Shi to recalculate twice, and it turned out that Lu Zhou's calculations were all right!

Tan Shishi was more relieved, bought snacks and drinks for Lu Zhou, and invited the three of them to have a meal. Lu Zhou held the pen slowly, and the workers neatly transcribed the calculated numbers.

He hadn't written on paper yet, and he was writing with great care.

Afraid that they wouldn't be able to understand Tan Shi, Lu Zhou very thoughtfully attached horizontal and vertical lines under the words to make it easier for them to count clearly.

After going back, Lu Wen and Lu Zhou went to cut pigweed together, and he asked Lu Zhou while pulling the weeds, "Did the eldest brother tell you to study?" ”

Lu Zhou shook his head, "No, my brother doesn't know, don't tell him yet." ”

Lu Wen was puzzled: "Why? Okay, why do you want to study? ”

Lu Zhou: "I want to read it. ”

Lu Wen looked at him like a ghost.

Their family, none of them have a scholar, Grandpa Li Zheng has moved the idea of asking the children in the family to read, and also sent his grandson Tiger Head to the only gentleman in Drinking Horse Town to enlighten, as a result, the Tiger Head is not that piece of material at all, beaten every day, beaten every day, the palm of the hand was beaten red and swollen, and the chopsticks couldn't hold it, so miserable......

Tiger Head persisted for less than half a year and stopped reading.

In addition to the half-hung man of the tiger head, Lu Wen knows Yan Junqi as a reader, he admires Yan Junqi a little, as far as Yan Junqi's books are concerned, he looks like ghosts and paintings, and they all look similar, which makes people have a headache to watch, Yan Junqi can actually read it with his head bored.

However, Lu Zhou has been a little strange since he was a child, and Lu Wen doesn't understand him very well.

Lu Wen scratched his head, looked at Lu Zhou's small body, and that stupid appearance, it didn't look like the material for business, farming was okay, and I didn't know if it was material for reading.

He looked up and pondered, thinking, forget it, anyway, if Lu Zhou wants to study, his eldest brother will pay for it, and he can't spend it on him, so he loves to read.

It's just that he doesn't understand, "Why don't you tell Big Brother?" "If you don't tell your eldest brother, who will buy him books, who will buy him pens and ink?

Lu Zhou's expression sank, and he said with a heavy heart: "I want to wait for Brother Jun Qi to finish the exam." Anyway, don't tell Big Brother yet. ”

After saying that, he muffled the grass again, and the sickle smacked the ground, as if he had slashed all the troubles.

Lu Wen looked at him blankly, what does his reading have to do with Yan Junqi?

Lu Wen put the grass into the basket and pondered for a while before he figured out what Lu Zhou thought - Yan Junqi is a famous prodigy in their village, he has been studying since he was three years old, Lu Zhou is not as smart as Yan Junqi, and now he is ten years old, if Yan Junqi can't get into Xiucai after studying for more than ten years, then Lu Zhou won't dare to read.

The uncle is gone, and their family relies on the eldest brother to make money to support the family, and with Lu Zhou's character, he will never let the eldest brother provide him with more than ten years of study.

Lu Wen was also a little worried about Lu Zhou.

Yes, his eldest brother is seventeen years old, if it weren't for the fact that the uncle was gone, he would be at the age of his relatives. Nowadays, matchmakers often go to the grocery store to inquire about it.

In another ten years, Lu Xu should be separated, even if he doesn't split up, Lu Zhou is also twenty years old, and he is also the age to build a house and say goodbye, how can he let his brother provide him with food, drink and study again?

Don't say that Lu Zhou is embarrassed, he is embarrassed.

Lu Wen was silent, and for the first time, he hoped that Yan Junqi could do well in the exam and give Lu Zhou some courage.

In the examination room, Yan Junqi answered the questions unhurriedly.

There is no scratch paper, once completed, it is difficult to regret the pen, even if the draft is finished, you have to be careful when writing, he writes not too fast, with a breath, silently reciting a sentence, and then writing a sentence steadily. Focused, nervous, and unconsciously nerve-exhausting.

The sun is beginning to set in the west, and it is time for it to roll.

Yan Junqi tensed his nerves to close the end, and the moment he put down the pen, he felt that his entire arm was sore. More tired than he copied half a book.

He let out a breath of turbidity, silently examined the paper, and got up to hand it in.

After handing in the papers, Yan Junqi signaled to go to the toilet, washed his face with water again, and on the way back to the examination shed, he saw someone being dragged out in front of him, I don't know if he fainted in the middle of the exam, or he was sick and couldn't hold on.

There was no water all day, Yan Junqi's mouth was dry, he took out the kettle and water bowl from the basket under the bed, and drank it slowly.

The hot water had already been cold, and Yan Junqi felt a little cold after the exam, and when the candles were sent out at the time of the unitary time, it was raining lightly.

The candidates who had not yet handed in the papers hurriedly sheltered from the rain, the fine rain did not stop, Yan Junqi's shoe uppers were wet, and the examination room began to be chaotic.

Yan Junqi put the clothes and food under the umbrella, took off his shoes and put them on the bed board, the dry soil was splashed by the rain, and there was a smell of earth, and the desperate cries of the candidates could be heard in all directions, he couldn't help but look at the examiner, I don't know if the papers that had been handed in were wet by the rain.

Fortunately, the rain fell late, and most of the candidates had already handed in their papers.

Candles were distributed in the examination room at night, but the examination shed was roofless and rainy, and the candles were extinguished after a while.

What's more troublesome is that the candidates' clothes and bedding are wet, and there is still one day to go to the exam, and many people have to wear wet clothes overnight.

Only a few people brought umbrellas, and those who didn't have umbrellas had to prop their clothes above their heads, which was better than no covering.

Lu Xu ran outside the school with an umbrella, and the soldiers guarding the patrol were all standing in the rain, and the idlers and others could not approach, and no one could send anything in a hurry.

Not long after he arrived, he saw a soldier dragging a few candidates out, and those candidates were crying and laughing, and their shapes were crazy, which startled Lu Xu.

After a while, he saw Ma Ruoqi's scholar and servant also running over, Lu Xu asked, only to know that Ma Ruoqi did not bring an umbrella, and he didn't know what the situation was now.

It rained for more than two hours, and all the people who wandered outside the school grounds were driven back before curfew. When Lu Xu and the scholar of the Ma family waited until the end of the year, they heard the sound of the gong in the examination room to collect the papers, and no candidates came out again, so they breathed a sigh of relief.

At least they all handed in the papers.

Early the next morning, Lu Xu waited outside the examination room.

There are quite a lot of people who come to wait, and the little scholars of the Ma family all come after breakfast.

Before noon, Ma Ruoqi's cousin came out crying, he was drenched in the rain last night, and he was in a trance all morning, and accidentally knocked down the ink and stained the paper, even if he answered well yesterday, it was useless.

By the afternoon, there were more and more candidates coming out, coughing, sneezing, and many candidates were sick.

As soon as Ma Ruoqi came out, his face was not normal, Lu Xu touched it, he had a high fever, and hurriedly asked the little guy to carry him to the hospital to see a doctor first.

It's all burned like this, can you answer the question well?

Lu Xu waited for Yan Junqi worriedly, and waited until the sun set in the west before Yan Junqi came out with a basket on his back.

As soon as Yan Junqi raised his head, before his eyes swept half a circle, Lu Xu rushed to him, and pressed his hand on Yan Junqi's head first, and Yan Junqi was stunned.

"No fever!" Lu Xu was very happy, took the basket and the burden, and wiped it, the burden was damp, thinking that Yan Junqi was not very comfortable this day and night, and hurriedly asked: "Are you uncomfortable?" ”

Yan Junqi shook his head: "I'm fine." ”

Lu Xu was still not at ease, and pulled Yan Junqi to the medical hall to take a look.

The medical hall was overcrowded, all of them were candidates, and some of them were poor and couldn't even afford medicine, so they could only drink a bowl of ginger soup.

However, they have the same symptoms, they are all cold, and they can survive after drinking ginger soup if they are not serious, Lu Xu did not stay in the hospital for long, and accompanied Yan Junqi to go back and put away his luggage.

The other three candidates also came back, the candidate in Wenqiu County saw that Lu Xu bought an umbrella, and also bought one, and the two in Chongning County did not buy an umbrella, but fortunately, they handed in the papers early on the first day, and their health was fine, and they were drenched in the rain in the middle of the night, only a little cough, and they still successfully completed the exam.

Lu Xu saw that several of them were sick, so he asked the proprietress to buy a large piece of brown sugar, asked for a large piece of ginger, and went to the kitchen to boil ginger soup.

Lu Xu put enough sugar, put more ginger, so spicy that the four of them stuck out their tongues, and when they ate somen noodles at night, they all had a spicy ginger flavor in their mouths.

The next day, the condition of several people improved, and it was time to say goodbye. Lu Xu planned to stay in the state capital for one more day, and made an appointment with the boatman to meet him at the dock in Huitang Town at noon tomorrow, but the other three did not plan to waste money in the state capital again.

Several people changed their names and addresses, and agreed to say goodbye to the school, but they didn't know if they could be admitted to the school.

There are about 400 people who come to the examination, and only 60 people are admitted, of which only the top 20 are the main record, after several assessments, they can continue to take the township examination next fall, and the last 40 are all supplemental records, and they have to pay money to enter the school, and they can't enter the front of the assessment, and they don't even have the qualifications for the township examination.

Just after the exam, no one said anything sad, just cheered each other up and said goodbye.

After the exam, he always had to treat himself, Lu Xu first took Yan Junqi to the mutton shop to eat mutton, and then went to taste the delicious snacks he found in the past two days, and then went to the bookstore in the state capital.

The bookstore in the state capital is much larger than that in Guanyang, and the bookstore is mainly opened on two streets, one next to Fuxue and one on the opposite street.

Lu Xu: "I've inquired, the books sold next to the school are all sages, and the books sold on the opposite side are all books." "A lot of them are books that you can't see in Guanyang at all.

Yan Junqi entered the bookstore like a fish in water, and his happy expression when he turned the book was happier than Lu Xu eating mutton, Lu Xu originally wanted to take him to see idle books, but looking at Yan Junqi's appearance, he knew that he didn't need to.

A top student, probably not as addicted to storybooks as he is.

Lu Xu let him pick it up, and he walked around slowly.

Yan Junqi picked his eyes in the pile of sage books, touched the money bag in his sleeve, and carefully calculated what he could buy.

The money saved by Yan's mother embroidery is enough for the family, and he takes care of all the money he earns by copying books, except for occasionally buying candy for Wenzhen, he has almost no expenses, and he takes it all with him when he comes out this time.

When they came out, Yan Junqi paid for the boat fare and accommodation, Lu Xu paid for the meal and odds and ends, and he still had a few taels of silver in his pocket, which he couldn't afford to print books, and he could buy two or three hand-copied books.

Yan Junqi carefully compared, some of which he had heard of but had not read, so he simply read and memorized them in the bookstore.