A large room on each side can be placed with tables and chairs for dine-in, and the middle three rooms are only left with load-bearing wall columns, and a row of table-high platforms are built on the door, on which the dishes to be sold are placed, and the bottom is hollowed out, and boxes and baskets are placed for storage.

The shop was under construction, and Lu Xu also began to plan to make coupons.

When he came back in the evening, he went to Yan Junqi's house to find Yan Junqi to help him draw posters and design coupons.

Lu Xu spread out three large thick pieces of paper, and compared how to write and draw for Yan Junqi, Yan Junqi listened strangely, and drew steaming fritters, sugar cakes, and dishes stacked in the bowl according to Lu Xu's requirements, round and large scallion pancakes, cabbage burritos, and steaming spicy hot.

What is Malatang, Yan Junqi has never seen it, he can only listen to Lu Xu's description and painting, it sounds delicious, and he doesn't know where Lu Xu got so many whimsical ideas.

As for the coupons, Lu Xu didn't write any discounts, but asked Yan Junqi to design them, and then found a carpenter to carve them into vouchers for one article, five documents, and ten documents.

Each one inch wide, two inches long, the top of the horizontal writing of small characters "coupons", the middle of the large characters written "a text", "five texts" and "ten texts", the bottom of the corresponding number of dots, in case the guest is illiterate, convenient to count the dots to offset the money.

In order to prevent counterfeiting, Lu Xu also asked Yan Junqi to design a seal for him, with the word "life" in all the bells and whistles.

The coupon was printed, Lu Xu ran to show it to Yan Junqi, the two of them nested in Yan Junqi's study, Yan Junqi cut paper, he stamped the seal, Yan Junqi cut one, Lu Xu took the seal and dipped it in mud, then cut, then dipped it, and pressed it again, and never got tired of it, Yan Junqi's desk was poked by him.

Lu Xu was immersed in the fun of "making money", and did not forget to worry about Yan Junqi: "I don't know if you have already set off for the state capital when you opened." ”

Yan Junqi paused, "You may not be able to pass the test." ”

Lu Xu looked at him closely, thinking about it, Yan Junqi was waiting for him by the river every day in the past few days, and when he came back, he was also teaching Lu Wen and Wenzhen to read and write, drawing new patterns for his mother, and he hadn't studied quietly for several days.

Could it be that Yan Junqi is waiting for him every day to bring back the news that he failed the test?

Lu Xu looked at it and asked, "Jun Qi, are you nervous?" ”

Yan Junqi was stunned, his face flushed, pursed his lips, and nodded.

Lu Xu laughed.

He hadn't seen Yan Junqi's unconfident appearance for a long time, he patted Yan Junqi on the back and said confidently: "Don't worry, you will definitely be able to get in!" ”

Just the day after Lu Xu finished speaking, the list was announced, Ma Ruoqi sent the scholar to the morning market to find Lu Xu, Ma Ruoqi fell off the list unexpectedly, Yan Junqi and his cousin were admitted, but they were all at the end of the supplement.

Chapter 72: Choice

Only the top 60 students will be selected for the hospital examination, of which the first 20 will be free of board, and the last 40 will be supplemented in two grades.

Unlike the Ma family, who were happy and held a banquet, Yan Junqi heard that he had been qualified for the supplementary record, and he was inexplicably a little confused.

Is this a good thing? But he had to pay thirty taels of bundles.

Isn't that a good thing? He finally passed the Xiucai examination, and since then he can avoid the burden of conscription.

Seeing off the people in the village, Yan Junqi closed the door and locked himself in the room.

He sat at the desk, there was a congratulatory gift on the table, the first time in their village to show talent, even if he was not surnamed Lu, Li Zheng also wrapped three taels of silver from the Lu family's gold to give him.

Yan Junqi opened the drawer, and in the drawer was the ten taels of silver he had saved, which was all his savings.

Looking up at the roof above him in a daze, the adobe roof was heavy as if it was about to be pressed down.

The window frame was knocked, Yan Junqi pushed open the window, and was not surprised to see Lu Xu's bright smiling face.

Lu Xu pointed in the direction of his door, "Open the door." ”

Yan Junqi didn't move, Lu Xu shouted at him again, and Yan Junqi stood up slowly.

Lu Xu ran to the door of Yan's house, and waited for a while longer than usual before Yan Junqi opened the door.

Lu Xu closed the door, carried a red cloth bag behind his back with one hand, and walked to the study with Yan Junqi's shoulder with the other, and stuffed the cloth bag to Yan Junqi as soon as he entered the door, "Look at the red envelope I made with my own hands, it's like that!" ”

Yan Junqi opened it, and it contained a heavy thirty taels of silver.

Lu Xu just bought a shop, and he made iron pots and copper pots, and he didn't know where he got another thirty taels of silver in just one day.

Yan Junqi looked up at him and shook his head, "I don't want it." ”

Lu Xu: "Take it, and I'll pay it back when you get admitted." ”

Yan Junqi: "It's useless, the students who make up the record can't take the township exam next year, even if I pay the money this year, what about next year?" Shall I borrow money from you again? ”

Lu Xu smiled: "Okay." ”

Yan Junqi: "What if I can't pass the exam?" ”

Lu Xu: "How come! ”

Yan Junqi: "How could it not?" I think I answered well and will definitely pass the ......"

Lu Xu: "You got in." ”

Yan Junqi: "But it's a supplement." ”

Lu Xu: "I was also admitted to the supplementary record." ”

The two of them unconsciously quickened their speech and choked up.

Lu Xu lowered his head, stared at the top of Yan Junqi's head, and slowed down his voice, "There are five people in the Guanyang exam, and all four of them are supplements, except for you, the youngest is also in his twenties, Junqi, you are only fifteen years old, and you are the youngest among all the candidates, I think you are like a genius." ”

If you can take the township exam as a civil servant, the college exam is equivalent to the university exam, or is it a perverted difficulty that only recruits 60 people in a province, and you can be admitted at the age of fifteen, isn't it enough to be a genius?

Lu Xu put the "red envelope" on the desk, "I have paid off the debt, and now the shop has been bought, and in the future, there is only money left, I have dividends for many businesses in our alliance, and there is a lot of money every year, I will provide you with study, for you until you are twenty years old, if you are not admitted to the lifting of people at the age of twenty, I will no longer provide for it, and when you pass the exam, I will slowly repay my money." ”

Yan Junqi hung his head and was silent, Lu Xu didn't know how to persuade him for a while, he was pondering the words, and saw that water droplets suddenly fell on the ground, splashing a little dust on the ground.

Lu Xu hurriedly bent down and squatted, only to see Yan Junqi crying silently.

Seeing it, Yan Junqi stubbornly twisted his head and wiped his eyes quickly with his sleeve.

Lu Xu scratched his head, wanting to cover up Mizhang and flee the door: "I didn't see anything!" It's true! You're busy first, I'm leaving! ”

After all, he really ran away.

Yan Junqi calmed down his emotions, wiped his eyes, and suddenly heard the door ringing again, Lu Xu, who had just run out, turned back again, he poked his head out of the door, and said seriously with a little heart, "Junqi, I have heard two lines of poetry, one is 'There will be a time when the wind and waves will be long, and the clouds will sail into the sea', and the other is 'Poor and strong, do not fall into the ambition of the clouds', I am leaving!" ”

This time, Lu Xu closed the door and really ran away.

Isn't it just that you didn't do well in the exam, it's good to cry secretly alone.

Lu Xu closed the door of Yan's house, lowered his head and walked back, the more well-behaved and sensible the child is, the more soft his eyelashes are......

Lu Xu thought about it, and at night, with his clumsy knife skills, he carved a few puppies with pumpkins. According to the degree of disability, they were given to Lu Rui, Lu Zhou, himself, and Yuan Manniang, the most beautiful one was given to Layue, and the other was sent to Yan Junqi.

He knocked on the door and entered, Yan Junqi sat at the front of the desk and copied the book upright, and on the wall in front of the desk, there were two new calligraphy and paintings like phoenix flying and phoenix dancing, cursive.

Lu Xu tilted his head and looked at it for a while, but he didn't understand.

He only felt that the strength was through the back of the paper and the momentum was overwhelming, and he didn't know that Yan Junqi could write such a flamboyant and wanton calligraphy.

Lu Xu gave the pumpkin to Yan Junqi, looked up and admired it for a while, and finally recognized the word "cloud".

It turned out to be "the ambition of not falling into the clouds"!

Culture and education is a major event, and Guanyang County's culture and education have always been not good, and the county order specially summoned five new talents to show their attention.

I heard that Yan Junqi was going to see the county order, and many people in the village came to see the excitement.

Now Lu Xu takes a boat by the river every day, the grocery store buys and delivers goods every three or five times, the fourth uncle comes back from the field, and moves stones by the river after dinner.

Yan Junqi officially met his parents today, wearing a light blue scholar's robe, and his hair was neatly combed, not messy at all.

They drink in Horse Town, just Yan Junqi, a lone seedling Miao Xiucai, is in Lujia Village, which shows that they have a literary style in Lujia Village, and they may be able to publish a scholar and an official in the future.

Li Zheng told Lu Xu to send Yan Junqi well, and then pick up the people well, Lu Xu couldn't cry or laugh, and didn't dare to tell Li Zheng that this was not the first time they went to the county office.

Of these five talents, three of them are from Guanyang County, only Yan Junqi and a scholar from another town have to hurry, and they arrive later than others.

Lu Xu sent Yan Junqi to the yamen and asked when he would pick him up.

Yan Junqi: "I'll look for you when I finish seeing the adults." ”

Lu Xu: "Okay, if I'm not on East Street, I'll be there at the shop." ”

Yan Jun responded and said goodbye to Lu Xu at the yamen.

He entered the backyard of the yamen, where Ma Ruoqi's cousin and the other two Xiucai were already drinking tea in the garden, but they all looked a little nervous and uncomfortable.

Ma Ruoyuan saw Yan Junqi and beckoned to him, and Yan Junqi sat next to him.

Among the five people, only two of them are the last grade, and they have entered the school, and the two of them are classmates who take classes together, Ma Ruoyuan has a good impression of Yan Junqi, so he talked to him, "I often hear Ruoqi mention you, we will all be classmates in the future." ”

Yan Jun gave a salute.

Ma Ruoyuan asked: "In the next few days, I will first go to the state capital to rent a house to settle down, but when is Brother Yan Xian going to go?" Let's go along. ”

Yan Junqi said: "It's not decided yet, Brother Ma doesn't have to wait for me, if I arrive, I will definitely visit." ”

Ma Ruoyuan nodded: "The class will start next month, in fact, I am not in a hurry, hey, I still want to stay at home for a few more days, the elders in the family are afraid that I will not find a good house when I go late, I am not familiar with the state capital, and I have to bring a lot of things." ”

Ma Ruoyuan couldn't help but muttered to him.

Ma Ruoyuan is twenty-three years old, he has children, he goes, he can only come back once in a year and a half, his father wants him to bring his wife and children, but the children are still young, and his mother is reluctant to have grandchildren.

When his wife and children go, the servants will bring more, and if there are many people, there will be many things, and if there are many people, it will be troublesome to go on the road, and he has also been noisy for the past two days.

Seeing that Yan Junqi was still young, Ma Ruoyuan couldn't help but ask, "Brother Yan Xian hasn't married yet, right?" ”

Yan Junqi was a little dazed when he heard this question inexplicably, "Not yet." ”

Ma Ruoyuan sighed enviously: "Then you are still at ease!" ”

The other two listened to it, and they also had relatives, and they talked to Ma Ruoyuan about traveling.

Only then did Yan Junqi know that sitting in the front with a half-bearded face was the only talent who was not re-recorded this time.

This man looked like he was in his thirties, and he also had a headache about how much money he could bring with his wife and children.

Yan Junqi couldn't interject, listened quietly, and after another half an hour, the last one arrived, and the five of them were called to see the county order together.

The county order encouraged them, each of them gave ten taels of silver and two books, and left them for lunch.

When they dispersed, the county order left Yan Junqi alone.

The county magistrate kindly asked him: "The family is ready, but what are the difficulties?" ”

Among the five people, Yan Junqi is the youngest and has the worst family background, and he is afraid that Yan Junqi will not be able to make up the thirty or two bundles.

Unexpectedly, Yan Junqi said: "No." ”

He stood up and said, "The student still has something to ask. ”