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Chapter 41 Clan

At this time when the sun has just risen in the morning, there are many women washing clothes by the river. After finishing the things at home, Sun Yi came over with a basin of clothes to wash, found a place to squat down, put the clothes in the water to wet them, and patted them on the rocks.

The sister-in-law of a wealthy family in the village was also doing laundry. The woman was originally separated from Sun Yi by someone, but she suddenly moved to Sun Yi's side and started talking to Sun Yi.

"Sister-in-law." Sun Yi glanced at her sister-in-law from the wealthy family. She knew that the sister-in-law from the wealthy family was foul-mouthed and liked to talk nonsense, so she didn't like this woman very much. Whatever the other party told her, Sun Yi just said yes and washed her clothes seriously.

The women on the left and right saw the rich man's sister-in-law pestering Sun Yi to talk. The two women who were usually close to Sun Yi looked at each other, and their eyes showed displeasure with the rich man's sister-in-law.

Sun Yi has a good personality and usually doesn't like people who gossip about others. Although she doesn't talk much, she will lend a hand to anyone who needs help. Therefore, she is The popularity in the village is better than that of her second aunt.

"Ayi, all the men in your family have gone to work in the town, right? I see that it is your second aunt who carries water in your family recently?" The woman seemed to be concerned, but she was actually speaking in front of so many people. He accused Sun Yi, a sister-in-law, of bullying her sister-in-law by asking her to do hard work while she did the easy work.

Sun Yi knew that the wealthy sister-in-law was usually close to her second aunt. She thought her second aunt said something outside. She raised her head and glanced at the woman and said, "My mother arranges all the work at home. Whatever we are asked to do as wives is done, and whose work is not arranged in turns?"

So what she said is correct. If the mother-in-law is not in charge of the house, they will do whatever the mother-in-law asks them to do as wives. No one dares to object. When Sun Yi goes to carry water, everyone can see that the second aunt does not do these tasks at home alone.

"Oh, that's right." The sister-in-law from the wealthy family laughed sarcastically, and then asked Sun Yi with seeming concern,

"I heard that your family sent Sanbao to the academy to study, right? What is the purpose of sending your children to study? It costs a lot of money, right?"

"We don't even dare to think about sending our children to school. Hey, the village chief's family sent Xiulin to study. The fortune teller approved that Xiulin was destined to be a scholar in the future. Who among us would dare to send our children to study? We don't have the money or the life, so this is something we dare not even think about, don't you think so? "

The implicit meaning of the woman's words is that the village head's family sent Li Xiulin to study because the fortune teller had approved the child's fate. He said that he was destined to be a scholar, and he will be a scholar in the future. You guys. If the family sends their children to study, they may not be destined to be scholars. Isn't this a lot of money wasted and all in vain?

Then the woman muttered a lot in secret, and Sun Yi washed her clothes. Clothes, listening to the woman next to her talking, she felt angry, but she didn't say much to her.

When the wealthy sister-in-law saw that Sun Yi was ignoring her, she left alone and went to talk to others . , "If our family had money, I would send my son to study. Oh, pity my son..."

Come on, your son who eats too much and doesn't do any work, at first glance, he is not studying. Even if his son has the money to go to school, he may not be able to become a scholar!

"Look at her sour words. If Sanbao can't read, how can that one of her family be able to? "When the wealthy sister-in-law walked away, the woman who was closer to Sun Yi passed by and whispered to Sun Yi.

Sun Yi shook her head and went back with the washed clothes, not paying too much attention to what others said. She If we didn't care about anything, we wouldn't be able to get through this day.

Everyone washed their clothes and went back one by one. In the end, there was no one around the river.

Lijia Village is such a big place, so no matter what happened, everything could be done quickly. The people in the village knew it. After Li Shangu sent his son to study, the people in the village knew that Li Shangu had sent his son to study silently.

"No wonder Sanbao hasn't been seen playing in the village recently. It turns out. Went to study. I haven't seen Sanbao for a few days, but I still miss that child. When Sanbao sees someone, he talks about everything, haha..."

"No, that child grew up eating honey. He has a sweet mouth. The adults in the village have watched Li Sanbao grow up. The child talks sweetly and talks a lot. He will say hello to everyone he meets when he goes out and say something to them. Everyone likes that child when they meet him. .

This child went to study. I don't know if he can study.

Most of the families in their Lijia Village are very poor. Except for the village chief's family, who is living a better life and has sent Li Xiulin to study, no one has said that they are willing to send their children to study. How much money does it cost?

Several elders of the Li family knew that the Li Gushan family sent their children to study, so they quietly sent

their children Anlu Academy, the best school in town. Everyone sat together and talked about this matter. .

Whether a clan can produce a talented person is related to whether the clan can be strong and established. As the elders of this clan, they naturally hope that there can be a scholar in the clan.

Before that, only one Li Xiulin was sent to study, and even after so many years, he failed to pass the examination as a scholar. This new seedling is the hope of their Li family, and the elders of the family have taken this matter seriously. But some people say that this child has just been sent to study. Whether he can study well or not is still a matter of course, so don't put such high hopes in it.

"Let's see, it would be nice if the child could read..." He didn't say anything else.

So in the end, everyone was in a wait-and-see state, because they all knew that it was very difficult to study for the imperial examination, otherwise their Lijia Village would not have had a scholar in a hundred years.

It was Li Maocai, who is now the head of the village, who heard about this. He thought that their family also wanted to send their youngest son to Anlu Academy to study, but Anlu Academy had very strict requirements for recruiting students. After failing the exam, he was sent to another Qingshan Academy.

Unexpectedly, Li Gugu's son was admitted to Anlu Academy. This made Li Mao, the village chief, look a little bad. However, this was not his son, but he was also a member of their clan. This matter concerned their Li family. The fate of the family.

"Dad, what do you think about this matter?" Li Mao went back and talked about this matter with his old father.

"This thing should be said to be a good thing. We are all from the same clan, with the same surname, and we are one family. If any family can produce a scholar, this is a good thing for our Li family. As for you, as Chief of a village, don't just focus on our Xiulin. Our Xiulin reads our Xiulin's books. It's also because of his ability that Sanbao's kid can get into Anlu Academy."

"You can ask someone to give it to King Li later. " Please send some money and meat to the family. This child is sent to study. It is a happy event. We just hope that the Li family can have a few more scholars. The ancestors below are all happy to hear this. "The seventh uncle is standing. Looking at this from a clan's perspective, it would be great if his grandson could come back with a degree of merit.

But if the Li family can get a few more scholars to study, and if a scholar emerges, they will all take advantage of it.

Anlu Academy is not an easy place to get into. They originally wanted to send their grandson to Anlu Academy but failed, but they didn't expect that Sanbao's child would get in by himself. At his age, with half his foot in the coffin, if he can see a scholar from the Li family in his lifetime, he can also have a good explanation with his ancestors when he goes underground.

"Dad, you are right. Dad, I will make arrangements right away." After hearing his father's words, Li Mao felt that it made sense, so he complained to his father and went out.

After listening to his father's words, Li Mao went to ask his mother-in-law to prepare things.

As soon as the woman heard that the head of the family wanted to send money and things to Wang Li, she refused at that time and said dissatisfied, "Why should we send things to them? We think that just sending anyone to the academy can pass the exam." He is a scholar. Our Xiulin is destined to be a scholar and become an official in the future. What does it mean to be a kid? "

It's so stingy to give something to someone. " It's like the mother-in-law's fate.

There is no mother-in-law at the top, and the father-in-law is not in charge at home, so the power naturally falls into Zhu Jinqiao's hands. From the moment she entered the family, Zhu Jinqiao took over the power in the family. She was very stingy with everyone, except for her youngest son, who gave him as much silver as he wanted. She was not stingy at all, but who wanted to take it from her? It is difficult to dig out even a copper plate.

"What do you know? Just go and prepare when I ask you to prepare." Li Mao suddenly turned dark and said impatiently,

"You... hum! Just go and I'll get it for you right now." Zhu Jinqiao knew She had to give this thing, but it was not up to her to decide how much to give.

The woman went into the house and took two coins. She also went to the kitchen to cut some meat herself, found a basket, and put two vegetables in it. It looked like the basket was full.

When he saw that there were two taels of silver in the basket of vegetables, Li Mao frowned and said, "Go and get the two taels of silver. Didn't the boss just give you rice a few days ago?" Come back after eating, why don't you put in a handful of vegetables? Go and get a basket of eggs.

"Why should you give them two taels of silver?" the woman's voice suddenly rose.

Two handfuls of vegetables are great, but you also want a basket of eggs? Zhu Jinqiao couldn't believe what he heard, and looked like he was about to faint.

This is going to cut off her flesh!

"Shut up, what are you doing so loudly? You don't think it's embarrassing enough, do you? You want me to carry this thing?

As soon as I carry the things out, everyone in the village knows about it. Let dad know about this. Now, if you make Dad unhappy, I'll see how you end up with it." Li Mao is a man who cares about face, but he married a stingy woman and asking her to take something from someone's house is like killing her.

Their eldest son opened a restaurant in the town, and every year he returned home with dozens of taels of silver. The younger son was studying in an academy, which cost him more than a dozen taels a year. Their family also has 20 to 30 acres of fertile farmland, which they share with the villagers for farming. The rent they get back in a year is enough to feed and clothe their family.

He was a man who didn't care about the house, and all the money and belongings in the house were kept by his mother-in-law. He must have accumulated a lot of silver in his hands over the years, but just these two taels of silver were like killing her.

"Okay, okay, I'll get it for you right now." As soon as she heard about her father-in-law, the woman knew that her father-in-law had a temper and he was a stickler for words. If her daughter-in-law really made her father-in-law angry, it wouldn't be nice to hear about it. At least he would be scolded, or at worst he would be sent to the ancestral hall to kneel in front of the ancestor's tablet to react.

So when she thought of this, the woman felt very upset, so she had to change things. She took two coins back and exchanged them for two taels of silver. However, she felt very sorry for her.

In an ordinary family, you may not have an income of two taels of silver a year, so you gave someone two taels of silver in vain

. "What are you talking about if you are just wasting your time on that little thing?" Li Mao saw his home. The mother-in-law was so angry that she couldn't help but say, "Hey..."

He relied on his in-laws' family to start a family in these years. It was the in-laws' help that allowed his eldest son to open a restaurant in the town. Now the business is doing well. It's booming. His son Xiulin was studying in the town and lived with his father-in-law. Thanks to his help, Li Mao was also very tolerant of this daughter-in-law at home.

"Hmph!" Seeing the man in the family going out with his things, the woman snorted and went back into the house

Chapter 42 Ways to Make Money

"Knock, knock—"

"Here, who is knocking on the door?" "

Li Wang heard the knock on the door and walked over to open the door. When she saw the village chief coming, the old woman felt a little surprised. She didn't know what everyone was doing here. Li Wang hurriedly moved people to the yard. Go inside, "Come in and sit down.

"Auntie, are you the only women and children at home? " Have the valley and mountain people gone to the town to work? "Li Mao came here with a few people. When he saw that there were only a few women and children in the courtyard, they all stood outside with no intention of entering the house.

Li Mao, the head of the village, knew that some men in the village would go to the house every year. At this time, they will go to the town to do work.

"Well, yes, the eldest brother and the second child have gone to the town to work. There is not much work in the fields at the moment, so they go to the town to do work. They can make a little more money." Take care of this side of the family. "Ms. Li Wang led everyone to the courtyard. The door of the courtyard was open and closed.

There were only a few women and children at home, and there was no man at home. It was not pleasant to hear the words behind closed doors, so this The door must be open.

The man behind brought the things to Li Wang. The biggest portion here belonged to the village chief, and other members of his family also gave some. "Your family is sending Sanbao to study. For such a big thing, no one told us. We only found out about it after listening to people in the village. This is a little thought of ours, please accept it from my sister-in-law.

"Hey, you're so polite, why don't you give me something? " "Li Wangshi couldn't refuse, so she had to accept the things brought by everyone, and asked the eldest daughter-in-law to take the things in and pour a bowl of water for everyone.

Li Mao, the village chief, asked Wang Li a few questions about his family with concern. She also asked about her grandson going to the academy to study.

Hearing this, Li Wang knew what the village chief and the others meant when they came to their home. .

But seeing that everyone brought things over, it didn't mean that they shouldn't send their children to study, so Mrs. Li was relieved. The old woman would not boast about her grandson in front of outsiders, but she meant it in her words. With a bit of humility,

Mrs. Li only knew that her grandson had been admitted to the academy, but she didn't know that it was difficult to get into the academy. During the conversation with everyone, Ms. Li only now knew that her grandson had passed the exam. The academy in the town was so great, so the old woman understood in her heart that the reason why everyone came to her home was not because they were sending her grandson to study, but because her sweet grandson was admitted to one. Go to a good academy to study.

But for Mrs. Li, the truth of both is the same. Knowing that her grandson will be a promising person in the future makes Mrs. Li very happy.

"I won't bother you today." , we went back first. "The village chief and others came over to say some greetings. After everyone drank a bowl of water, they left.

When leaving, Li Mao took out two taels of silver from his pocket and handed it to Mrs. Li. Mrs. Li hurriedly waved her hands and said, "It can't be done, it can't be done. You have sent so many things, and the old woman is already very sad..."

"Aunt, just take it. I am just being careful. In the future, if Sanbao can be admitted as a scholar, it will be..." Something to bring glory to our Li family. "Li Mao put the money into Wang Li's hand and left with a few people.

Wang Shi saw everyone out, stood at the door and watched everyone walk away, and asked his daughter-in-law to close the door. She

was still studying in the academy Little Li Wen didn't know that he had become the hope of the whole family at this time.

"Ah Jing——" Li Wen sneezed and rubbed his nose, wondering who was thinking about him

until the end. Hei, the man in the family came back from town with his second uncle and the others. After everyone had finished eating, Sun Yi went to wash the dishes and put them away in the kitchen. Sun returned to the house at night. Yi talked about today's events with the man at home.

Li Shangu sat by the bed and listened silently to the woman's words.

After the woman finished speaking, he said, "Let's take this thing first and wait for later. We'll just send it back when we have the chance. "

"Um. "The woman responded.

Li Wen was lying on the bed with his limbs spread out in a "big" shape, sleeping like a little pig.

Maybe it was because he went to school recently and was too tired every day. When he went to bed, other people were honest and didn't sleep. He rolled all over the bed and fell down to sleep.

Li Shangu didn't have to go to the ground to pick up his son when he got up in the morning.

Li Shangu wanted to go to town for work the next morning. Knowing that his son didn't need to go to the academy today, he didn't wake him up when he left. Son. As soon as the door opened and closed, Li Wen on the bed shuddered and woke up suddenly. He was panicked for a moment...

After a while, Li Wen remembered that he had a holiday today and did not have to go to the academy. , the baby was scared to death!

Li Wen fell back on the bed and slept soundly with his arms around the quilt.

His mother-in-law got up to cook, and Li Wen also got up. While cooking in the kitchen, Li Wen ran in the yard, doing leg raises and leg presses to see if he could become as tall and handsome as his father. A

new day began again in the small village.

After a summer rain, the lotus leaves in the pond were green and beautiful, like a small open umbrella, with water drops still on them. In the past, Li Wen would often pull off the lotus leaves and use them as hats. Dai, when the lotus blooms, you can also pick the lotus pods and dig out the lotus seeds inside to eat as snacks.

Only after seeing the lotus leaves two days ago did Li Wen remember the uses of the lotus leaves. In addition to being used as medicine, the lotus leaves can also clear away heat. In addition to detoxifying, cooling blood and stopping bleeding, many women also boil water with lotus leaves and drink them as slimming tea. In addition, lotus leaves also have another important use, which is that they can be used to make various delicacies, such as lotus leaves. Leaf rice, lotus leaf chicken.

Li Wen remembered the time when he was in elementary school in his last life. On his way home from school every day, he would buy lotus leaf rice and eat it at the school gate. As the name suggests, it is made of lotus leaves. Wrapped rice, put mushrooms and meat into the rice, steam it in a pot, open the lotus leaves, the rice grains inside are soft and delicious, and there is also the fragrance of the lotus leaves, but it is very fragrant and

makes me salivate . DC...

Li Wen roughly knows how to make lotus leaf rice. It is similar to making zongzi, except that the rice dumplings are wrapped in zongzi leaves, while the lotus leaf rice is wrapped in lotus leaves. The two methods are basically the same. When his grandmother was still alive, her grandmother would make rice dumplings every Dragon Boat Festival. Li Wen helped his grandmother make zongzi since he was a child, so he remembered the general steps.

In fact, lotus leaf chicken is more delicious, but this time. It is not easy to eat chicken these days, but if you have money in the future, you can cook lotus leaf chicken, green onion chicken, beggar's chicken... how to make chicken a hundred times, do each one, and do each chicken once Just thinking about it makes me laugh.

But now they have to find a way to make money. This is the most important thing.

Thinking of lotus leaf rice, Li Wen had an idea, maybe they could try this. If this method works, his father and second uncle won't have to work so hard at the dock.

Li Wen has been thinking about ways to make money since his father came to work in the town. The family can make more money and earn more. His father and uncle don't have to work hard at the dock. Not to mention they don't get much money a day, and the work is very hard. In addition, now that he is studying in the academy, he needs to spend a lot of money every year. With so much money, Li Wen found that his father worked harder than before. Although he had more money, it was also harder.

If there was a good way to make money, wouldn't it be better than going to the dock to carry goods as a coolie?

The academy had classes for five consecutive days, and then there was a fixed day off. It happened that the academy had a holiday and there was no need to go to class on this day.

Taking advantage of this time, Li Wen told his mother-in-law about making lotus leaf rice, "Mom, you just wrap the rice with leaves and put it in a pot to steam. When the rice is cooked, the rice will be fragrant and soft. , and the fragrance of lotus leaves. Eating lotus leaves in summer has the effect of clearing away heat and detoxifying, and steaming the rice will make it even more fragrant. Mom, why don't we try it?"

He only knows how to eat but not how to cook. Let's not mention it for now, but fortunately, his mother-in-law is very handy. When he speaks, her mother-in-law does it. Isn't it just a mother-son combination? Isn't it tiring to work?

He had brought the lotus leaves back a few days ago and hung them on the wall of the yard to dry in the sun. After a while, they could be washed and used to make lotus leaf rice. Li Sanbao even brought the lotus leaves to his grandma.

"Are these leaves edible?" Sun Yi saw the dried lotus leaves. Why didn't she know that the leaves were edible? She only knew that lotus seeds and lotus roots were edible, but she had never eaten this leaf.

Auntie, you have a big misunderstanding! This reminded Li Wen of a joke he once heard. The foreigner ate rice dumplings for the first time, including the leaves. After that, he said that your rice dumplings were delicious, but the outer leaves were too hard. It is estimated that if you give foreigners who have never seen their Chinese food a piece of lotus leaf rice, they will eat it with the leaves.

Li Wen spent another time telling his mother, "The leaves are inedible. We eat the food inside." He only found out today that people in the village had sent food to his family yesterday because he passed the exam. Regarding studying at Anlu Academy, it seems that these people are investing in him as a potential stock?

You guys are discerning, Li Sanbao thought, if you take a fancy to me, I won't let you down!

But now Li Sanbao only has lotus leaf rice in his eyes. He wants to eat lotus leaf rice, he really wants to eat lotus leaf rice. It would be better if there is ready-made meat at home, and he has also prepared lotus leaves, which are just in time to make lotus leaf rice. Wrap the rice with lotus leaves and steam it together, then put the meat inside, it will be delicious!

"Okay, okay, whatever the three treasures want to eat, grandma will cook it for you." Sun Yi still had to ask her grandma how to cook the meat. She only dared to do it with her consent.

"From now on, you can cook whatever the three treasures want to eat. You don't have to tell me everything. You

can cook one of the eggs delivered yesterday for my dear grandson every day." What Li Wang said was equivalent to giving half of the power of the head of the family to him. It was handed over to the eldest daughter-in-law.

She is such a precious grandson, but she is still so smart. The old lady is now holding her grandson in her hands for fear of falling, and holding it in her mouth for fear of melting. When the grandson comes back from reading so many heavenly books, doesn't he just want to eat a meal of meat? Just cook it.

Love that Li Sanbao doesn't go home every day!

This is because the grandson doesn't come back until almost dark every day. He can only see him once a day. As soon as it gets dark, everyone goes back to the house to rest. The grandson went to study early the next morning, and had to wait until the evening to come back. Fortunately, he could go home every few days from the academy, allowing his grandson to have a good rest at home. When Mrs. Li saw her grandson at home, she felt very happy. Feeling at ease.

"Yes, grandma." Sun Yi was very happy after hearing her mother-in-law's words. She had long known that her mother-in-law loved her grandson, and now she loved her grandson even more than before.

Li Sanbao and his grandma got tired of each other for a while, then ran to the kitchen and watched his grandma cooking lotus leaf rice. He remembered the general steps of making lotus leaf rice, so he told his mother to cook while the mother and son were busy inside, and Li Wen helped his mother.

Chapter 43: Can I sell it for money?

Sun Yi just thought that her son had learned it from somewhere after he went to the town to study, so she didn't doubt why her son would want her to make lotus leaf rice. But before this, Sun Yi had never seen anyone wrap rice in lotus leaves like this.

A woman dotes on her son, so that's what the son says.

With the family doting on him so much, it's a good thing that Li Wen's soul is of a good nature, otherwise no matter how smart the child is, he will be raised crooked sooner or later if he is so pampered by his own grandmother and mother.

But fortunately, Li Sanbao will not be raised crooked now.

The corn needs to be soaked first, for an hour or more before it becomes soft. After a while, it will be steamed to make it more fragrant and soft. Wash the dried lotus leaves in water, soak them until soft, put the soaked corns into the lotus leaves and wrap them, then put them in a pot to steam for half a column of incense time.

Cut the pork into cubes, put oil in the pan and stir-fry, then add the chopped vegetables, add the seasonings and stir-fry, then add the steamed rice, stir-fry together, and then add it again. Put the rice into the lotus leaves, wrap them one by one, and then steam them over high heat for half a stick of incense, and the lotus leaf rice is ready.

Everyone was burning in the stove, and soon the fragrance of lotus leaf rice was emitted from the steamer, lingering in the kitchen

. Li Daya, who was setting the fire in front of the stove, couldn't help but swallow his saliva, and the second girl was also staring at the pot.

Li Siya was drooling with her little finger in her mouth and asked her brother, "Brother, what's in it?" It smelled so good and I wanted to eat it.

"You'll know after a while. I've told you so many times, don't eat your fingers, they're dirty!" Li Wen didn't allow Li Siya to eat her fingers. The little girl didn't have the habit of washing her hands yet. After playing, her hands were very dirty, and she said directly Put it in your hand and hold it.

"What are you doing that smells so good?" Even Mrs. Li, who smelled the fragrance outside, couldn't help but get up and walked over to the kitchen and asked. Sun Yi put her wet hands on the hem of her clothes and wiped them. When she heard her mother-in-law's words, she smiled and said, "San Bao came back and told me to make lotus leaf rice. Why don't I cook it for San Bao?

" "Ye Fan, what is it?" Mrs. Li has never heard of this thing for most of her life, and she doesn't know where her grandson heard about it.

"That's what Sanbao said. Sanbao said he wanted to eat, so he wrapped the rice in lotus leaves and put it in a pot to steam. It also contained meat and vegetables." Sun Yi roughly explained to her mother-in-law what she was doing. It took me a long time to finish this. This is why she went to ask her mother-in-law to use meat to eat. The meat was wrapped here with rice.

But since there is meat in the rice, just make some vegetable soup tonight. There is no need to prepare anything for dinner.

Li Wang understood it and said suddenly, "Oh, it turns out that this is what you have been busy for most of the day, right? I can smell it outside, and I don't know if it tastes good."

" I don't really know, it smells pretty good, so it should be okay to eat." For some reason, Sun Yi had a blind faith in her son, no matter what he said or did. They all have their own reasons. Her son, a mother-in-law, has never had to worry about him since he was a child.

Li Wen was waiting a little anxiously. He didn't know if the lotus leaf rice in the pot would be successful. He was very anxious,

"It should be ready. Da Ya Er Ya, there's no need to put fire in it. Let's lift the lid and take a look." "Okay." It was the first time Sun Yi made this lotus leaf rice, so she didn't quite understand it, but it smelled like it was cooked.

The weather was hot, and Da Ya was sweating all over while lighting the fire in the kitchen. The little girl didn't care too much, and casually wiped the sweat from her forehead with her hand. "Yes, aunt, I won't put it away right now." After hearing aunt's words, she stopped putting firewood in the stove.

In summer, hay is burned, and as soon as the firewood is cut off, the fire in the stove gradually goes out.

Mr. Li Wang was also in the kitchen and did not go out. Everyone was staring at the steamer.

Sun Yi opened the lid, and there were steamed lotus leaf rice inside. As soon as she opened the lid, the smell became even more fragrant.

"Mom, it should be ready. Let's take one out and open it to have a look." Li Wen saw The lotus leaf rice was steamed in the pot and she licked her lips. Her heartbeat was a little fast and she was nervous...

"Okay." Sun Yi saw her son's little face red from the heat. She asked the child to go outside and wait. He kept running into the small kitchen, his face turned red from the heat.

Seeing that the lotus leaf rice they had been busy with all day was ready, and they made a little more when cooking, Sun Yi picked one out with chopsticks, put it on the plate, and took it out.

"Auntie, open it and take a look." Li Wen was worried.

A group of people gathered around a lotus leaf rice, and the little girls looked at it with their eyes full of wanting to eat it.

"Okay, don't worry, it's still hot." Sun Yi used chopsticks to open the lotus leaves on the outside, revealing the steamed rice inside. The corns were steamed soft and fragrant, mixed with meat and vegetables, and The scent of lotus leaves.

Sun Yi picked up a little with chopsticks, handed it to her son's mouth, and said, "Open your mouth."

"Ah..." Li Wen subconsciously opened his mouth and took a bite, then he paused.

"How is it? Is it delicious?" Sun Yi looked at her son. She first scooped some with a spoon and gave it to her mother-in-law to taste, and then she took a little and put it in her mouth. Li Wen cooked the rice completely. It was so hot that tears came out of his eyes. He sucked it twice before swallowing it and said, "Okay, it's delicious, grandma, it's delicious!"

This was despite limited materials. It's made from scratch, but because the pork is original and fragrant, it tastes pretty good. But it would be better if they used more ingredients to make lotus leaf rice! Bring some shrimps, dried salted fish, etc., add more oil and fry them together, it will be more fragrant.

"Grandma, grandma, do you think this lotus leaf rice is delicious?" Li Wen asked.

"Yes, that's good." Mrs. Li nodded and said.

She also knew what ordinary rice tasted like, but when this rice was cooked like this, it tasted completely different, and it was more than 10% delicious.

Sun Yi also nodded along with her mother-in-law, looked at her son and said, "It's delicious. I didn't expect that the lotus leaf rice that Sanbao asked grandma to make was so delicious. Haha, tell grandma when Sanbao wants to eat it next time, grandma can make it You'll get it done once, and I'll make it for you next time."

The woman thought her son wanted to eat it and asked her to make it. If the son liked it, she would just make it for him next time.

"Grandma, it's not what I want to eat." Li Wen shook his head, looked up at his grandma and grandma and asked, "Grandma, and grandma, you said if you put this thing on sale, someone will buy it. "Sell? "

Sun Yi didn't quite understand what her son meant and asked subconsciously.

"Just take this lotus leaf rice and sell it for money. Grandma, I mean, if we make this at home and sell it, let my father and second uncle go to the town to sell it. Will anyone buy it?" Li Wen looked at his grandma. With a look on her face, she continued, "If someone buys it, our family can make lotus leaf rice and sell it, and my father and second uncle don't have to go to town to do hard work."

"Aniang, you can do it at home . Isn't it better to make lotus leaf rice and let my father and my second uncle sell it when it's ready than to do hard work at the dock?"

Li Wen didn't forget that his father carried the goods on his shoulders every day. The shoulders and back were red and swollen because of the weight of the heavy cargo. This is also the reason why when he goes to school and can

do his own work, he absolutely doesn't want his father to be quilted. It's because he can't let it go, really can't let it go... If there is a better way to make a living, they will definitely start a small business of their own. It's better than doing hard work. This is Li Wen's purpose.

"This..." Sun Yi was startled. She didn't expect that the lotus leaf rice her son asked her to make was with the intention of selling it to her father and second uncle. She only thought her son wanted to eat it so she asked her to make it. Sun Yi knelt down and hugged her son. Her eyes trembled for a moment. She hugged her son and said, "Sambo, I didn't expect it, I didn't expect you..."

"That's what you think."

Mrs. Li's mind was still clear. She thought of the mouthful of rice she had just eaten, and she still wanted to eat it again. If they made this lotus leaf rice and sold it, would anyone buy it?

Someone will definitely buy it! Li Wangshi thought.

"When your father and second uncle come back in the evening, we will discuss it together." Wang Li said calmly.

"Grandma, let's wait for daddy to come back and talk to daddy." Li Wen stretched out his little hand to help his grandma wipe the tears from the corners of her eyes. Sun Yi felt embarrassed that she shed tears in front of her son, so she kept it to herself. The tears were wiped clean.

Hearing what her mother-in-law said, Sun Yi responded, "When everyone comes back in the evening, we will discuss it together.

The remaining lotus leaf rice will be eaten in a small bite each person.

Several little girls also ate it. After one bite, everyone wanted to eat more, but it was great to think that there was still one in the pot for each of them.

When Li Dahua came back from wandering outside, he didn't know what had happened at home. What's the matter?

Recently, Mrs. Li Wang has found that her second daughter-in-law's eyes are not eyes, and her nose is not a nose. She doesn't like her anymore. Today, it's rare that she doesn't find fault with her anymore

. She said that it would be better if her mother-in-law didn't cause any more trouble for her. As soon as she came back, she hid in the house and went to bed, saying she was taking care of the child, so she took the child to sleep with her.

"Auntie, it's time to get up and eat." "Later, it was Daya who woke up her mother-in-law.

Neither sister dared to wake up her mother-in-law for fear of being pinched by her mother-in-law. In fact, Li Daya was also afraid that her mother-in-law would pinch her, which would hurt her, but it didn't hurt her. It's better to be on my sister's body.

"Damn girl, why are you shouting? I'm not dead yet. You woke me up just after I fell asleep. "Not long after she fell asleep, she was woken up by a shout. Li Dahua got up from the bed with a sullen face. The younger one was still sleeping.

She slept when she was full and ate when she was full. It would have been much better if she had given birth to a baby. Okay!

But after hearing the eldest daughter say that she had something to eat, Li Dahua stopped beating her daughter.

Chapter 44 Business and Purchase

Li Shangu and Li Laoer came back quite early today. It was not dark yet when they got home.

As soon as the door of the yard opened, Li Sanbao turned around and saw his father and second uncle coming back together. He ran towards his father with short legs and shouted "Ah" obediently. "Dad," and didn't forget to call out "Second Uncle,"

"Yeah." "Li Gushan touched his son's head, came back and called out to "Aniang", and sat down on the small stool,

"Dad, uncle, you drink some water." "Li Sanbao ran to pour two bowls of water for his father and second uncle.

Li Shangu reached over to take it, and handed a bowl to his second brother.

"Haha, Sanbao is so good. "Li Lao Er likes this nephew. None of his girls are very close to his father. They are not as sensible and filial as his nephew. If he really doesn't have a son in the future, this nephew will be half of his son. .

When the girls saw their father coming back, they all called out "father" from afar, and no one would run into his arms like San Bao.

This was also because Li Laoer and Li Dahua had always been there . He doesn't like the girls very much, so it's no wonder that the children are not close to their parents.

Li Daya is a little closer to her mother, but she is not close to her own mother.

The dinner at home has been prepared. When everyone came back, Mrs. Li Wang shouted, "It's time to eat." "

At the moment when it was time to eat, Li Dahua came out of the house to eat on time, which made Wang Li feel angry. Li Dahua felt guilty when her mother saw her, and quickly found a place to sit down, wishing to sit down. She shrank so that Grandma couldn't see her.

The family sat around the dinner table, and when they saw the things wrapped in leaves on the plate, Li Laoer's eyes were filled with surprise. He asked, "Sister-in-law, what is this?

"Oh, this is our lotus leaf rice today. When you eat it, open the outer leaves. The leaves are inedible. Eat the rice inside. The rice is also fried with meat and vegetables. You guys? " Give it a try. "Sun Yi took a lotus leaf rice, opened the outer leaves, and let her men have a taste.

Li Gugu took it, took a bite, paused and took another bite.

Li Laoer watched what his sister-in-law was doing, He also learned to take one, opened the outer leaves, took a bite of the rice inside, tasted the taste of meat and rice, let out a long hum, and said, "It's delicious.

"Haha, it's delicious. Let's eat first. We'll talk about it after we finish the meal. " "Sun Yi saw her man eating silently and knew that he liked to eat, so she said with a slight smile on her face.

The rice was fried with meat, and there was oil and water, so the taste was naturally very fragrant. Then wrap it in lotus leaves, and it will still smell of lotus leaves when you eat it.

They all tried lotus leaf rice at home today, and now they can have one portion each, and

Li Wen is also very happy to eat it. After eating the lotus leaf rice that he had been longing for, he was thinking about how to improve it. The taste would be better and the taste could be richer. One of the main reasons was that there were not enough spices for cooking in this world. It would be better if the seasonings were more complete, but the pigs in this world are not sprayed with medicine, and the pork tastes very fragrant, so it tastes pretty good

when he goes to town to take a look . See if you can find some other seasonings in the town. The seasonings for cooking are also very important!

Li Dahua ate lotus leaf rice for the first time. It tasted delicious after taking a bite, and he ate all the lotus leaf rice in his hand. The lotus leaf rice is made according to the number of people in the family. After finishing his portion, there is nothing left. Li Dahua glanced at the hands of several girls and licked his lips

when he saw her mother-in-law staring at her hands . Looking at the rice inside, Li Daya pretended not to see it and ate the rice quickly, pushing her second sister aside. As soon as Li Erya saw her mother looking at them, she quickly ate the rice in her hand. , I have no intention of giving it to my mother.

These damn girls don't know how to be filial and filial to their mother!

The sun in the west is about to set in the mountains, and the most leisurely time of the day for the farmers is after dinner. At this moment, everyone was sitting in the yard to rest.

After everyone had eaten, Wang Li started the matter. The old woman asked, "The thing we ate just now is called lotus leaf rice. Boss, boss." Second, what do you think of the taste of this lotus leaf rice? "

"tasty. "Li Laoer said.

Li Shangu didn't say anything. He looked at his mother-in-law and waited for her to continue.

Li Wen was holding his father's arms, grabbing his father's big hand and touching the inside. After going to school during this time, Li Sanbao often lay on his father's back and let his father carry him around. The relationship between Li Sanbao and his father became better and better

day by day .

Of course, he and his father. My mother and grandma also have a good relationship.

"Boss, second brother, my mother is asking you, if our family makes this and sells it in the town, will anyone buy it?" Li Wang asked

. Li Shangu understood what his mother meant. The man began to wonder, if they made this lotus leaf rice and sold it in the town, would anyone buy it? After a while, Li Shangu was sure. He nodded and said, "There will be. "

This is something fresh, and it tastes pretty good. If the price is not very expensive, someone will definitely buy it.

As for how much it can be sold, that is the question.

"Yes, Aniang, you want to do this, Holland. Are you going to sell leaf rice? "Li Laoer asked

his mother with a bit of flattery on his face.

"Well, grandma has this idea. "There was a rare smile on Mrs. Li's face. This widow who had brought up several children was very decisive in doing things at certain times. She would just do it when she saw it right.

At this point, Li Shangu, a man, did The thing is like his mother, even though she doesn't talk much, she still has an idea in her heart.

"My mother-in-law means that we can try making this lotus leaf rice, boss and second child . Take one piece to the town and sell it. If this thing can be sold, the boss and the second brother don't have to go to the dock to work. We will make this and sell it in the future."

Li Laoer looked at his elder brother and waited for his elder brother to speak.

"You can try it. "Li Shangu was silent for a while and then said.

Later, everyone discussed how to make the lotus leaf rice. The women in the family were responsible for making it, and the men were responsible for selling it. Sun Yi had made lotus leaf rice today, and she knew How to make lotus leaf rice, so she can make it with her family in the future.

Also, how much does it cost to make lotus leaf rice and how much does it cost to make a profit? If the price is set too low, they will lose money. , the price is too high and they are afraid that no one will buy it. Before starting the business, they have to discuss all these details.

When they make lotus leaf rice to sell, they need to buy a lot of lotus leaves. The leaves are growing well. They need to collect the lotus leaves first and dry them for later use. It will take a day or two to dry the lotus leaves. They need to make preparations in these two days,

so after everyone discussed, It was decided that the men in the family would continue to work in the town for the next two days. If they worked for an extra day, they would get an extra day's wages. As for the women and children at home, they would pick lotus leaves and dry them for later use. , and after two days they will start making lotus leaf rice to sell.

What? Do they want to sell this thing to make money? Li Dahua, who was standing aside, finally understood. Is the thing they ate tonight going to be sold? Will anyone buy it? Li Dahua was suspicious.

"What our family is talking about today, let me know who goes out and talks nonsense, and see if I don't tear her mouth apart." Mrs. Li glanced at the second wife's wife warningly, and said, "This matter "No one of you can go out and tell people, do you hear me?"

"Listen, I hear you." Aren't you obviously talking about me? Do I think he is the kind of person who would go out and talk nonsense? Li Dahua pursed her lips, knowing that her mother was warning her.

The one person in this family who talks nonsense everywhere is Li Dahua, but she still doesn't admit it.

Sun Yi looked at her second aunt's look, shook her head inwardly, turned around and packed her things.

"What are you still standing here for? There has been chicken poop in the chicken coop for several days and you haven't cleaned it up yet. If you keep it there, you don't have to go back to the house to sleep tonight. You can just watch the chickens in the chicken coop." "Seeing that the eldest daughter-in-law went to work and the younger one was still standing here, Li Wang became very angry and said to Li Dahua.

"Yes, yes, Mom, I'll clean it right away." Li Dahua, who was afraid of being punished by her mother recently, heard this and quickly went to clean the chicken coop. She was really afraid that her mother would ask her to clean it tonight. After staying in the chicken coop and sleeping with a few chickens for one night

, Mrs. Li let out a sigh of relief when she saw people going to work.

"Aniang, Dahua has such a bad temper. Don't be angry with her, or you may get angry." Li Laoer saw that Aniang and his wife were angry. This man also knew what kind of person his wife was, and even he sometimes took advantage of her. There was nothing the woman could do, but his mother-in-law had a way to take good care of the woman.

Mrs. Li glanced at her second son and sighed.

The two daughters-in-law have been together for so many years. Doesn't she, the mother-in-law, still know what kind of people the two daughters-in-law are? Mrs. Li said, "Okay, you are tired after a day of work. Go take a bath and go to bed early."

By the time the women finished the last bit of work at home, it was getting dark.

After a day's work, everyone was tired. They just took a shower and went back to the house to rest. The day was over.

The day's holiday was over, and he had to go back to study the next day. Li Wen went out of the house with his father and second uncle early in the morning, and walked a long way to the town. His father sent him to the academy. I just went to work at the dock.

Li Wen stood at the door of the academy and saw his father's leaving figure. He took a deep breath. It doesn't matter. Their family will soon change. Everything will be fine if they take it step by step. He turned around and walked into the academy.

The classmates in the class are all familiar with each other, and Lu Zhishu still looks serious and cute.

Mr. Cai came over early in the morning and reviewed the knowledge learned in the previous few days. If he couldn't memorize it, he would have to hit his palms.

Almost every Mr. Cai likes to ask him to check his homework, and he will be chosen every time his name is called. Fortunately, what he has learned now is not a problem for him. Not to mention that he can recite it backwards and forwards, and Li Wen has no problem

. "When reading, you must be neither arrogant nor impetuous, be open-minded and eager to learn, and sit down." Mr. Cai said this The student was still very satisfied, nodded, and was asked to sit down.

"Thank you Mr. Cai for teaching me. The students will remember it." Li Wen saluted Mr. Cai and sat down after Mr. Cai passed by.

Most of the people in the class who are junior 30 can recite the knowledge taught by their teacher, but there are a few who cannot recite it. Huang Fukang is one of them who cannot recite it.

"Pah!" The ruler made a crisp sound as it was drawn on the palm of the hand.

Hearing this voice, Li Wen's body trembled subconsciously, and he felt pain just listening to it...

Under Mr. Cai's warning, the little fat man did not dare to cry, and his eyes were filled with tears, one after another. Smoking, it feels so pitiful when it gets better.

"If I can't recite it tomorrow, I'll just slap it twice with this ruler." Mr. Cai reprimanded him a few words, walked over with an unsullied expression, and continued to examine the next student's homework.

The little fat man looked like he was about to cry. He said, "Daddy, I don't want to read anymore. I want to go home..."

Shen Zijing usually seems to have fun, but he is very good at studying. The questions asked by the teacher were asked to recite. He can recite articles fluently. Most of the children who can enter Anlu Academy are relatively smart. Except for a few who are slacking off, they will fall behind in their homework. If they cannot answer the teacher's questions, they will be punished with a ruler.

The teacher walked around for a while before returning. When he reached the top position, he stood up and looked at the students below. Mr. Cai looked serious and said earnestly, "Studying is not something you can achieve in one day. You should persevere, be diligent and studious, and you will be able to achieve something in the future." "

Everyone, sit down. Let's start talking about today's lesson..."

While Li Wen was sitting in the academy's classroom, his family members went to the pond to pick lotus leaves.

Led by Mrs. Li, her two daughters-in-law and several granddaughters came to pick lotus leaves, and several little girls were there to help. The picked lotus leaves need to be washed, spread out with a dustpan, and placed in the yard to dry...

Chapter 45 Doing Business

Two days later, they were finally ready to make lotus leaf rice.

Before going to bed at night, Sun Yi soaked the rice to make lotus leaf rice tomorrow morning. After finishing the things in the kitchen, she went back to the house. The man sitting on the bed waited for his wife to come back and asked, "Is it done in the kitchen?" "Well, just soak the rice and cook it when you get up in the morning. Go to bed first." Sun Yi went over and looked at the child. Seeing that the child was still there, she asked the child to hurry up before she went to bed.

The night wind blows in through the window, and the sun goes down and the night cools down, so you don't feel particularly hot. It's a good day to sleep without a quilt.

Li Wen was lying on his little bed, not asleep yet, thinking about tomorrow's events. He wondered whether the lotus leaf rice they made would be easy to sell when delivered to the town, and whether it would make money.

Tomorrow morning his father will send him to the academy, so he has to prepare the lotus leaf rice before they go out. His father and second uncle will take it to the town to sell it. The division of labor in the family is that women are in charge of the inside and men are in charge of the outside. .

That night, Sun Yi was always thinking about tomorrow's work, so she didn't sleep much and woke up very early the next day.

As soon as the wife beside him moved, Li Gushan woke up.

"Why are you up? Just sleep a little longer and I'll do it." Sun Yi said when she saw the man getting up.

"I'll do it with you." Li Shangu got up from the bed, took the clothes hanging on the bedpost and put them on.

Sun Yi knew the temperament of her man and knew that he would do it if he said he wanted to help, so she had to leave it to him. The child on the bed was still sleeping. They left the room quietly without waking the child. It was still early, so they let the child sleep a little longer and get up later to go to the academy.

After the child went to college, Sun Yi found that the child was getting thinner day by day, and she, as a mother, felt very distressed.

The sky was full of stars, but it was still dark outside. The man walking in front walked out of the house with an oil lamp in his hand and walked into the kitchen. Sun Yi followed the man.

The fire in the stove was quickly lit, and white smoke came out of the chimney.

When Mrs. Li heard the noise outside, she was thinking about making lotus leaf rice. Mrs. Li also got up from the bed, left the room, and went to the kitchen. Seeing that only the eldest and his wife were busy here, Li Wang said angrily, "I'm going to call the second eldest and the others to get up."

What time of the day was it? She still wanted to sleep in bed, so the eldest and his wife had gone to bed early. I got up to work while the second child and his family were still sleeping in bed.

"Bang bang."

"Get up!"

Li Laoer stood up and went to open the door. He saw A Niang outside the door. Knowing that his eldest brother and sister-in-law were already busy in the kitchen, he said, "A Niang, let's get up right now." "I'm going to tell Dahua to get up, and we'll go over to help."

"Come here quickly, don't wait any longer." Li Wang was very dissatisfied with Li Dahua who was still sleeping in the bed, but the boss and the second child fell on her. After eating the meat, the old woman is not so harsh on her own children.

"I understand, Mom, let's go over there right away." Li Laoer entered the house and patted her several times before waking up the lazy woman sleeping on the bed.

"Yoshou kiss, this early in the morning..." Li Dahua, who was woken up by someone in her sleep, sat up from the bed and was about to curse. When she saw that it was her man calling her, Li Dahua stopped her voice. . I haven't slept enough now, and I want to lie down and go back to sleep. "What are you doing? It's not bright yet so early in the morning. Why are you waking me up?"

"Get up to help with the work. If you don't get up, I'll let you go. " Auntie came to call you in person." Li Laoer felt angry when he saw the lazy woman lying back down. Why did he marry such a lazy woman in the first place?

"It's too early to start working so early in the morning." As soon as Li Dahua heard about her mother-in-law, she quickly got up from the bed, not daring to delay for even a moment.

By this time, everyone in the family had woken up except Li Sanbao and the little girl who was the youngest nursing child. Li Daya, his second sister and his third sister were helping with the work.

In the kitchen, Sun Yi was frying meat, and the smell of meat wafted out. The rice in the pot was steamed, and she took it out and wrapped it in lotus leaves.

As soon as she smelled the smell of meat, Li Dahua's stomach growled. He kept looking at the meat being fried in the pot.

The mother-in-law was watching personally, and Li Dahua didn't dare to eat secretly, so she had to endure it.

Everything was placed on the big dining table in the yard. Everyone sat outside and wrapped rice in lotus leaves. Sun Yi taught her mother-in-law and aunt how to make it step by step. It would be faster if everyone did it together, and she could do it by herself. Don't know when it will be done yet.

The ones wrapped in lotus leaves in the front are placed in the pot for steaming first, and the ones at the back are wrapped in lotus leaves and then placed in the pot for steaming.

Um? Li Wen woke up with a burst of fragrance. He looked out the window with hazy sleepy eyes and saw everyone in the yard getting up. He climbed out of his little bed, put on his clothes and went out.

"Sambo, get up. Grandma is still trying to call you, so just get up by yourself." When Sun Yi saw her son waking up, she told her mother-in-law and took her son back to the house. The son had his hair combed into a bun.

After changing his hair style, Li Sanbao's wild hair immediately turned into a cute baby.

By now the lotus leaf rice was ready, and Mrs. Li Wang and her daughter-in-law put everything into the load. Today is the first day to do it, to test the water first. They don't dare to do too much, otherwise they will lose money if they can't sell.

They don't know whether the business will be successful or not.

It was almost time. They were going out now. The cooked lotus leaf rice was packed in the burden, and Li Gushan was carrying the burden. Li Sanbao was carrying his small schoolbag and stood beside his father, waving goodbye to his grandmother and his mother-in-law.

Mrs. Li stood at the door and watched her two sons and grandson go out.

On the way, the two brothers took turns carrying the load, and they walked all the way to the town. Li Gugu wanted to send his son to the academy first, and let his second brother carry his things to the pier to take a seat. There would be more people there, and they would go to the pier to do business, and the business might be better.

"Sure, I'll carry it first." Li Laoer picked up the burden and walked towards the dock.

After sending his son to the academy, Li Gugu turned around and headed towards the pier, but this time he did not go to the pier to do work, but to do business there. This man walked faster than usual.

While studying in the academy today, Li Wen was a little absent-minded, thinking that his father and the others were selling things. In class, he stood up after being called upon by his teacher. He didn't know what question the teacher asked, so he subconsciously looked at Lu Zhishu aside.

When Lu Zhishu saw Li Wen looking at him, he turned over the book and clicked on it. Li Wen understood and answered the question asked by his husband.

"Sit down." The gentleman glanced at the student and said.

"Yes, sir." Li Wen sat down and tried hard to concentrate on listening to his teacher's lecture.

The morning class lasted until noon, and they had an hour to eat and rest. In the afternoon, the teacher continued to teach them.

Li Wen eats here in the cafeteria every day, and he is full every day. He is happiest when eating, but today he seems to have no interest in eating.

"You don't look very attentive today. What are you thinking about?" Lu Zhishu was relatively close to Li Wen, so he had a good relationship with Li Wen. This morning he watched his teacher lecture, but Li Wen didn't listen very seriously, so he asked questions after school.

"Haha, really? I didn't think about anything." Li Wen saw Lu Zhishu staring at him and chatting with Lu Zhishu. These are his family matters, and Li Wen doesn't intend to tell others.

When Lu Zhishu saw that Li Wen was unwilling to tell him, he stopped asking.

From that day on, Lu Zhishu went home and told his mother that he no longer had to ask his servants to bring him food to the academy. He always ate lunch provided by the academy. The food didn't taste very good, but seeing how delicious it was that Li Wen ate every day, he felt that the taste was acceptable and he could eat it.

Taking advantage of this little time at noon, Li Wen would take a walk to the library and read a book here for half an hour, and then go back to take a nap for a while to regain his nerves before continuing with the afternoon class.

The originally anxious heart gradually calmed down later. Instead of thinking here and there, it is better to finish the class well. When school is over in the afternoon, his father will come to pick him up. I wonder if his father's business is going well today. Is it?

The sun is scorching hot, and ships dock here at the dock every day, and men work here to carry goods. At noon, the foreman would get off work and let everyone take a rest. The working men would find a place to sit down, eat something, drink water, rest for a while, and then continue working.

Today there is an extra stall at the pier, and many people are gathered around to buy things.

A man came out of it and took the food he bought. He opened the outer leaves and took a bite of the rice inside. The rice was fragrant and soft. The rice was mixed with meat and vegetables. It was fragrant with every bite. His eyes suddenly lit up. It was delicious. !

When acquaintances saw the man eating this thing, they had never seen it before. Someone asked, "What is this thing you are eating? Why haven't I seen it?"

"Hey, you don't know. Well, this is called lotus leaf rice. It contains rice and meat and vegetables. It's delicious every bite. It's hard for me to squeeze in and buy one. Do you want to eat it? It's a place with a lot of people. Hurry up. Take a look, I don't know if there will be any more at this time^"

"You kid, don't ask your buddies to go with you if you have good things."

Their business was not very good all morning. The reason is that no one has seen this kind of food. Not to mention that I have eaten

it, only curious people passing by came to ask about it, bought a few to taste, and there are still a lot of them here.

Li Laoer was also worried that they would not be able to sell.

Compared with Li Laoer's restlessness, Li Gugu felt much calmer. They had been working at the dock for so long. He knew that work would get off at noon and everyone would have lunch when they had a break. He This is the time I've been waiting for.

"Boss, what are you selling? Why haven't I seen it before?" It's time to get off work at noon. Everyone has been working all morning and is all hungry by now.

When they saw an extra stall selling food at the pier, which they had never seen before, someone asked out of curiosity what it was.

"Ours is called lotus leaf rice. It contains rice, meat and vegetables. Would you like to try one?" Li Laoer asked with a smile when he saw business coming to the door.

"How do you sell it?"

"One for three cents, two for five cents. If it doesn't taste good, we won't charge you. If you've had a good meal, I'm sure you'll come back to us tomorrow. How about one, little brother?" "

Then come. Two."

It costs two or three coppers for them to buy some food in the town. This three cents can buy rice, meat and vegetables, which is not expensive.

Seeing someone selling it and leaving, the people next to him hesitated for a while. They heard that this rice contains meat and vegetables. It costs three cents a piece, which is enough for a meal. It is also a good deal.

When I saw the people who bought it in front of me eating it and saying it was delicious, some people also paid to buy it. They passed it around one by one. Everyone looked good at the back, and there were a lot of people coming to buy it. Buying two can be a penny cheaper. .

Their business suddenly opened and got better.

"Boss, give me one."

"Okay, okay."

The lotus leaf rice in the basket was getting smaller one by one, and the coins in his pocket were getting more and more. But Li Laoer was so happy that he took the coins and put the lotus leaves in his hands. Pass the rice to others.

Li Shangu was selling things and collecting money silently.

Chapter 46 Business is open

"Boss, give me one."

"Oh, I'm sorry, we sold out today, we have to wait until tomorrow." The last one in the basket was sold, and when someone came to buy it, it was gone. Mr. Li Er glanced at the bottom of the empty basket and hurriedly said sorry to the person and asked them to come back tomorrow.

"Hey, boss, if you don't do more business, your efforts will be gone soon^"

"Haha, this is the first day for us brothers to do business. I don't know that everyone takes good care of our business. Wait for tomorrow, We must be prepared to bring more tomorrow. Brother will come back tomorrow. "

The man had no choice but to leave if he couldn't buy it.

"Brother, we're sold out." Li Laoer looked at the empty load and looked at his elder brother in disbelief. It wasn't long before noon that they sold out everything.

"Yes." Li Shangu nodded, and it could be seen that his expression was more relaxed than that in the morning.

"Brother, let's sell more tomorrow. You see our business is so good today. If we do more tomorrow, we can make more money." Li Laoer even forgot how much he received today. It's money, which is much more than the money they get from doing hard work at the dock for a day.

Li Shangu nodded and said, "We will discuss it with my mother when we get back."

The brothers never thought that their business would be so good. It was only after they sold out that they remembered that they had been so busy since the morning that they hadn't even had a drink of water. Li Laoer's stomach growled with hunger, "Hey, brother, I'm hungry."

"You can take two copper coins and buy a sesame cake over there to eat."

"Okay, I'll go right away, brother . Watch here, I'll come back soon." After

the items were sold out, Li Shangu asked Li Laoer to carry the burden and go back. He went to the gate of the academy to wait for his son to finish school. Li Laoer knew that his eldest brother was going to take his nephew back, so he went home first with a load.

Mrs. Li, who was waiting at home, saw her second son coming back with a load. She stood up and asked, "How is the business today?"

The return of the second son Li also brought good news to the family, "Auntie, my eldest brother and I Everything is sold out!"

"Really? Everything is sold out?" Li Wang couldn't believe it and took a few steps in the yard. Li Laoer took a sip of water and said to his mother-in-law, "Mom, it's true. We have all sold out. Brother went to pick up Sanbao and asked me to come back first to tell you the good news. Oh, and brother asked me to Come back and ask what you mean, should we sell more tomorrow?"

"Yes, let's do more!" Since the business is so good, they will sell more. Li Wang made the decision at the time

. Sun Yi knew that all the food they cooked was sold, and the business was still very good, and she also had a happy smile on her face.

Not seeing her man come back, Sun Yi knew that her man should be waiting for his son at the moment, and his son would not come back until after school.

The academy didn't finish school until You day, and it was the time when the sun was setting.

As soon as Li Wen came out, he saw his father waiting at the entrance of the academy. His father was taller than everyone else, so he could easily see him.

"My father is here to pick me up. I'm going back. See you tomorrow." Li Wen informed Lu Zhishu, who came out with him, and ran towards his father carrying his small schoolbag.

Li Gushan reached out to hold his son's hand and led him down.

"Dad, are you all sold out?"

"Well, how can Sanbao be so sure?" Li Shangu looked down at his son, with a hint of smile in his eyes, and asked,

"Dad, am I right? " Li Wen grinned and showed his baby teeth. If the items hadn't been sold out, his father wouldn't have come here so early to wait for him.

Usually when his father went to work, he would come to pick him up a little later than when he got off school.

On the way, Li asked about his father's sales today. Li Gushan didn't think that his son didn't understand because of his young age. His son has been smart since he was a child, and it was his son who came up with the idea for this meal, so when his son asked, the man also told his son.

"Oh, we can do a little more, but we can't do too much. It's hot here, and we might be afraid of damage if we leave it for a long time." Halfway through, Li Wen lay on his father's back again and let him Dad carried it back.

He had short legs and walked slowly. He would get tired after walking for a long time. When he was tired, he walked slower and slower, so he had to let his father carry him for a while, otherwise he would not know when he would get home.

He felt relieved knowing that the business was good. It was okay to make more of this, but it had to be within the range of consumption

. It was a hot day, and he would get pregnant in the afternoon if the goods were not sold out.

Li Gushan did not go to the dock to do hard work today. Even though he was carrying a son behind him, he still walked back very easily.

Before dark, the father and son returned home.

In the evening, after dinner, the family closed the door.

"Auntie, this is the money we made from selling things today." Li Shangu took out the money from selling things and poured it on the table and said.

"There are so many, hurry up, count them." Mrs. Li

said with unspeakable joy on her face when she saw so many copper coins.

"Grandma, let me count." Li Wen slightly said to his grandma in a reserved manner.

"Okay, if the three treasures are coming, then the three treasures will come." When Mrs. Li saw her grandson coming to settle the matter, she asked her grandson to come and settle the calculations.

Under everyone's attention, Li Wen counted the coins one by one, quickly and accurately. One lotus leaf rice cost three copper coins, and two lotus leaf rice cost five copper coins. Even though they didn't cook much that day, they counted one hundred, sixty and thirty copper coins. Li Wen gave everyone a number. .

This number made the whole family very happy.

"Okay, let's do more tomorrow, so we can sell it for more money." Mrs. Li Wang heard that her two sons had earned so much money in half a day. Normally, the two sons went to the town to work, and the two of them came back to give them a lot of money. Hers was only sixty or seventy copper coins, or less than fifty copper coins.

Li Wen calculated in his mind that they earned one hundred and sixty-three coppers that day. After excluding costs, they probably earned about one hundred coppers, not counting labor division fees. If the division of labor fees are included, their business may just not lose money, not make money.

But now their labor costs are not included, so the net profit is so high.

But no matter what, this is the first day, and it's a good start. Let's see how things go later. They can make more flavors in the future.

In fact, another way is to do wholesale here and sell it to other people in the village. They are wholesalers, and they earn the price difference from it. If the property is larger, they will definitely make more money than they do now by doing retail. They don't have to sell it themselves.

For now, let's do the immediate thing first and consider the rest later.

Can this thing really be sold for money? Li Dahua, who originally had no hope, brightened up when she saw the money brought back by her husband and uncle.

"You all remember, you are not allowed to talk about family matters outside. Anyone who wants to go out and gossip must let me know..." Mrs. Li glanced over it, and finally looked at the second daughter-in-law. .

Li Dahua felt a little guilty when she saw her mother-in-law staring at her.

"This door can let any one of you in, and it can also let any one of you out!" Ms. Li Wang said harshly. At this time, the business has not even started, and there is someone in the family who is holding everyone back. She will not let it go. Got her!

Li Dahua's eyes widened. Are you trying to drive her out? After hearing what her mother-in-law said, Li Dahua became afraid.

Mrs. Li beat her hard and saw that her words had an effect. If this lazy woman dared to go out and talk nonsense about anything, she would really dare to let her son divorce this woman and marry another woman. A lazy daughter-in-law who can't give birth to a son wants to divorce her son, but even the people in the village won't say anything about her.

Seeing that it was getting late, the old lady asked everyone to go about their own business and go back to the house to rest early.

It was still very early the next day, and the Li family got up to prepare lotus leaf rice.

The lotus leaf rice cooked today was half as much as the previous day. It was divided into two burdens. Li Gushan and Li Laoer each picked up one burden. Li Wen went to the academy to read his book, while his father and second uncle went to the dock to sell things.

"Boss, bring me two lotus leaf rice."

"Hey, here, two lotus leaf rice."

"Boss, I want one..."

"Okay, okay."

This day, their stall's business was even better than the day before . What's better is that many people have bought their products the day before. Everyone knows what they are selling, and they pass it on to others. Everyone who has eaten says it is delicious and will come back to buy from them.

If two people buy two together, they can save a copper coin. If you eat a piece of lotus leaf rice, you won't feel hungry until you work in the afternoon. It's very practical.

So the brothers Li Gushan started doing business on the dock and gradually started doing business.

There were men here at the pier who came to work from the same village as them. We were all from the same village. Someone came to buy things from them. They recognized the two brothers Li Gushan and found out that they were no longer carrying goods at the pier and had

come here. Come and set up a stall to sell things.

"You two boys are so boring. You come here to sell things without saying a word. Brothers can still come to help you with your business, right?"

"Yes, it's my fault. I didn't tell everyone." Li Laoer compared with him The eldest brother can talk a little. He greets and talks to the people in the village. When people in the village wanted to buy things from him, he said politely, "You don't have to pay a few bucks. We'll treat you."

"What's wrong with that? There's no point in buying things without giving them money."

"You're welcome, you're welcome. ." Li Laoer said thank you repeatedly and accepted the money.

People in the village knew that their family made food and sold it in the town. The business was very good, and everyone in the village came to their door to inquire about the news.

"Hey, it's just a business that doesn't make money. What kind of business is that?" Mrs. Li Wang is a powerful old woman. When people from the village come to her house, the old woman invites people to come and sit in the courtyard. Her attitude is The others were also polite

and sat there for a long time, but they couldn't get any news out of Mrs. Li.

Mrs. Li knew that the second daughter-in-law was unreliable, so the cooking method was still in the hands of the eldest daughter-in-law, and some chores were left to the second daughter-in-law.

After listening to her mother-in-law's words that day, Li Dahua has been afraid to go out recently, fearing that her mother-in-law would kick her out of the house if she accidentally said something she shouldn't have said to others. Seeing that the second daughter-in-law has been staying at home honestly recently, Mrs. Li Wang is somewhat satisfied with this daughter-in-law.

"We won't sit down. We still have work to do at home, so we'll go home." When these people came to Li Wang's place, they didn't say anything, and went back looking bad.

Sun Yizai closed the door to the courtyard, blocking the view of outsiders.

Chapter 47 Harvesting Grain

In July, the crops in the fields are ready for harvest.

This year was a good year, and the harvest in the fields was better than in previous years.

During the busy days of farming, Li Gugu and Li Laoer did not go to town to do business, but came back home to help collect grain. At this time, the men in the village usually do not go to the town to do work, but go home to help collect grain.

Every household is busy collecting grain, which is enough for their family for a year.

The academy held Tianjia for seven days, allowing students to go home and experience farm work.

Li Wen doesn't have to go to the academy these days, but when he proposed to go to the fields to help work, his family objected and asked him to study hard at home. He had to read day and night, and occasionally he had to relax, right? He was being reasonable and coquettish with his grandma, so the old lady let him go to the fields to relax.

By this time, many families were out as a family, with young and old going to the fields to help work.

Even if Mrs. Li did not go to the fields to collect grain, she was responsible for cooking for the family at home.

At a glance, the fields are full of people bending down to work. This scene can only be seen once a year at this time.

"Sambo, it's so hot here. You should go to a shady place to hide." Sun Yi saw her son's little face turned red from the sun. She felt distressed and asked her son to go to a shady place to hide. What's wrong with this child? They were disobedient and had to follow them to the fields.

The sun is shining...

"Mom, I'm fine. Sunshine makes you healthy." Li Wen chatted with his grandma. Even if he was serving tea and water to his grandma, he thought it was fine. The whole family was here. He was busy, and he felt uncomfortable being alone.

Their family didn't have much land, so they collected the grain in two or three days, and then dried the millet. The sun is strong today, so the millet can be dried for two or three days. It can be stored in the cellar to provide food for their family.

This year, people's faces are filled with the joy of harvest.

"This year's harvest is good. The taxes we have to collect from the government are enough to feed the family."

"Isn't it? I'm looking forward to it. If it is this good every year, it will be a lot."

Farmers farming It depends on the weather. Everyone hopes that the weather will be smooth and the food in the fields will be harvested every year, so that they don't have to go hungry. What they fear most is that God will be angry and there will be a catastrophic disaster and not give them a way to survive. People who have survived the famine years do not want to experience such years again, and there are starvation deaths everywhere on the road.

Hearing these words, Li Wen sighed in his heart. This era is based on agriculture, and most families rely on farming to make a living. If there is a drought, the food in the fields will suffer, but not everyone in the family will suffer. Waiting to starve to death? After excluding the taxes paid by farmers, the food they worked hard to grow was barely enough to feed a family for a year. If the court increased taxes someday, farmers would also go hungry.

Therefore, life as a farmer is really difficult.

I hope that every year in the future will be as good as this one, with a good harvest.

The seven-day field holiday passed in the blink of an eye. Li Wen went back to the academy to study. His father and second uncle also carried their burdens to the town to do business every day.

"Haha, Li Wen, why are you so tanned?" Shen Zijing saw Li Wen coming back to the academy as dark as charcoal, pointing at him and laughing.

The corner of Li Wen's mouth twitched. He didn't feel it at home because everyone was very tanned. When he went to the academy to compare with his classmates, the difference was a bit too obvious.

"Haha, isn't this our field holiday? I'm going back to experience farm life, helping the family harvest grain and so on." Li Wen never concealed the fact that he was born in a farm family in front of his classmates. His grandfather He is a farmer, and his father is also a farmer. His ancestors have been farmers for eighteen generations, so there is nothing to hide.

Li Wen's frank manner made everyone dislike him. Those classmates who looked down on him in the past gradually changed their view of him, so if you want others to think highly of you, you still have to rely on your own efforts.

Self-esteem is something you give yourself, not something others give you!

Even when the gentlemen came to class, they would all glance at the student Li Wen subconsciously. Obviously, they didn't expect that this student would become such a bad person after not seeing each other for just a few days.

Li Wen didn't agree with this. What's wrong with being a little darker? Darker is more masculine!

The gentlemen will conduct routine inspections before giving lectures. Those who cannot recite the articles will be punished. After checking the students' homework, the gentlemen praised a few students and punished a few students. He said, "The following is Let's continue the lecture."

One month after they enroll, the college's monthly exam will be held. This is their first quiz since enrolling, and the college takes this very seriously. The monthly exam scores are arranged from high to low. The college will post the students' scores and post them outside for everyone to see.

After learning about this operation of the academy, Li Wen cursed in his heart: Damn it! Isn't it too

little to give people a way to survive? It doesn't matter who is ranked first, are you trying to force those who are ranked lower?

However, the purpose of this move by the college is also to enable students with poor grades to work hard next time and strive to get higher rankings.

Within two days, the results of their monthly exams came out.

"Li Wen, our results are out and posted outside. Let's go and take a look." As soon as the results were posted, everyone ran out to look at them. Shen Zijing pulled Li Wen and asked him to look at them together. Li Wen easily pulled Lu Zhishu over and said, "Let's go together."

He saw that the child sat in his seat all day long. He could sit there from morning to night after school. This was better than a monk sitting while chanting sutras. You still have to be on an even keel, I admire you!

Lu Zhishu did not refuse, got up and walked with Li Wen without even looking at Shen Zijing.

"Hmph!" Shen Zijing snorted at Lu Zhishu and turned away. He didn't want to play with Lu Zhishu. This person was too annoying.

Lu Zhishu didn't even spare Shen Zijing a look, which made Shen Zijing even more angry.

These two people seemed to be incompatible with each other. Shen Zijing always wanted to cause trouble for Lu Zhishu every time he saw him. However, Shen Zijing couldn't take advantage of Lu Zhishu. Lu Zhishu could often make Shen Zijing jump three feet high with just one sentence.

At this time, Li Wen was caught in the middle, and he couldn't help anyone, so he couldn't help anyone. Hitting was a kiss, scolding was. Dead love, the more fights and fights, the better the relationship becomes.

So all children are like this, they will play together soon after playing?

Su Yuan held onto Shen Zijing with his soft little hands, as if he was afraid that Shen Zijing would leave him and run away.

When they arrived, where the results were posted, many people were already looking at their results.

The college also posted the papers of the top ten students for everyone to see.

The rankings were from top to bottom, with the first place at the top. Li Wen saw at a glance that his own name was at the top.

"Wow...Li Wen, you won the first place!" Shen Zijing saw at a glance that Li Wen was ranked first, and the second place was actually taken by that guy Lu Zhishu, who was only ranked third.

Su Yuan's name was ranked fourth, and basically all the previous ones were taken by a few of them.

"This is just a small test. It's nothing. We don't have to worry too much." Li Wen was not surprised that he got the first place in the test. It would be a surprise if he didn't get the first place.

However, Li Wen still had a very shameful feeling in his heart. You said that he, a student who had graduated from college before, came to compete with a group of primary school students who were still in the enlightenment stage? Haha...

Shameless or something, I'm talking about people like him!

But it was also in this small monthly exam that Li Wen won the first place quietly, which made the teachers in the academy start to notice this student. In the subsequent major and minor exams, Li Wen maintained his first position and never fell behind.

His results made Lu Zhishu and Shen Zijing, who were ranked behind, study harder, but no matter how hard they tried, they couldn't push Li Wen out.

But that's a story for another day.

"Lotus leaf rice, selling lotus leaf rice..."

On this day, a new stall was set up not far from the stall set up by Li Shanshangu and Li Laoer. It sold the same things as them, and the price was higher than theirs. It's cheap, two pennies for one, two for three pennies.

As soon as they heard that it was so cheap, many people ran to them to buy it.

"Brother, what should we do? No one came to buy anything from us today, what should we do if we still have so much left." Li Laoer saw that everyone ran to the store opposite to buy, and there was no one in front of their stall. Buying.

If at this time in normal times, their stall would be crowded with people buying things and they would be too busy to do so, today they could only watch helplessly as the people across from them took away their business.

"Let's take a look first." Li Shangu's mind was calmer than that of Li Laoer, and he took a deep look at the house opposite. Opposite there is a couple selling lotus leaf rice. The man has a sinister face and looks fierce.

The man noticed that the two men from the opposite house were looking at them, and he gave them a provocative look.

"Bastard!" Li Laoer was so angry that he wanted to fight with them.

Li Shangu grabbed Li Laoer and said, "Don't be impulsive."

Two lotus leaf rice cost three cents, which was half cheaper than the original price. Many people went to buy the lotus leaf rice and ate it. When they opened it, they found that Not to mention the small quantity of the food inside, the taste is completely different from the original one. It is not as delicious as the original one at all.

"Bah!" The person who took a sip spat on the ground. The rice inside was hard and had no oil or water at all

. It was just a lump of rice. No wonder it was sold so cheaply.

The man went back to the stall, threw the things on the ground, and cursed, "Your food is so unpalatable and you sell it. Isn't it obvious that you are trying to steal money?"

There were also people who bought. After eating it, it didn't taste good, so I felt that I had been deceived. Everyone went back and said,

"What are you talking about? Are you the one across the street who came to trouble us? We set up a stall here to sell things, and they are clearly labeled Price, you are so innocent, why do you say that we are cheating money? Come on, let's go to the Yamen to reason!" Upon hearing this, the man with a rough face jumped out immediately.

The woman's voice was loud and she said in a sharp voice, "Yes, that's right, let's meet at the Yamen. I see that you are just here to defraud money. We are doing good business here. What are you doing to hinder us? You are here to destroy us. Business."

Anyway, the couple both look the same. As the saying goes, "One family does not belong to the same family." It refers to these two people, who are completely scoundrels and unreasonable.

"You guys...I can't talk to you! Humph! Forget it, it's just two cents..."

When the man who went back to look for reasoning heard that the other party wanted to drag him to the Yamen to reason, it was totally unreasonable to go to him just because of the two cents. Go to the Yamen. If you make the county boss unhappy, you will be punished.

As soon as the onlookers saw the man's attitude in speaking, those who wanted to continue buying food stopped buying. This matter will be settled later.

Chapter 48: Stealing Business

Because everyone saw the arrogant attitude of the couple, many people bought the food and said it was not delicious. After that, no one went to the new stall to buy things, and they all went back to the original stall to buy goods. Leaf rice.

It's a bit expensive, but that's why it's expensive, isn't it? They would be willing to pay even a penny more.

"Thank you, thank you..."

"It's delicious. Come back next time."

Seeing the business coming to his door, Li Laoer smiled happily while collecting money and selling things. After a month, Li Laoer's talk became better and better. .

They had witnessed the whole incident here just now, and knew that the couple were not good people. When they saw Li Laoer talking about other people's affairs, Li Shangu even reprimanded him, "We do what we do." "Business, don't talk nonsense about things that have nothing to do with us"

so as not to cause trouble for yourself.

The shop opposite started a good business but no one was left behind. They wanted to make money but were reluctant to spend money. They just opened a lotus leaf and there was a piece of rice inside, which was hard and sugary.

Whether this food is good or not, people who have bought it will know after taking one bite. Only if it is delicious, others will continue to go back and buy it. If it is not delicious, others will not go back after taking a bite. This is understandable. reason. But the couple opposite didn't think so. They felt that the two brothers opposite had taken away their business.

Because today there is an extra stall across the street selling the same things as them to compete for business. Many people in the front went to buy from them. But in the back, there were not as many people coming to buy from them as before. There are still quite a few left here.

The lunch break time passed, and everyone went back to work after the break. After this time, no one came to buy anything.

When Li Laoer saw that there was so much lotus leaf rice left, he felt a little worried and asked, "Brother, there is still so much left, what should we do?"

"Let's pack it up and sell it over there on South Street." Li Shangu thought for a while and said decisively.

By this time in the afternoon, many people who come to the town to do business will be ready to go back. They will go over there and wait to see if they can sell some. Otherwise, if there are so many left, they will all be ruined when they go back in the evening. , you can only take it and throw it away.

We can only see how many can be sold.

"That's all. Brother, let's leave quickly." Li Laoer understood this and said.

The two brothers started to pack their things. The man opposite saw the two brothers packing up the stall and looked at them with a proud face. Li Shangu picked up the burden, and the two brothers were about to leave when a hurried steward stopped them, "Wait..."

"Uncle, do you want to buy something?" Li Laoer heard the sound and turned around to see. He shouted to them, and when they came to him, he asked.

"Young boss, do you want to close the stall and go back? You've sold out all your stuff. Do you have any more..." the manager asked.

"Yes, yes, we are about to change the place to sell it. Sir, you are here. How much do you want to buy? We still have it here." Li Laoer put down his courage, opened the lid and asked.

The manager took one look at it and asked, "How do you sell these things? I want them all."

Just as Li Laoer was about to speak, Li Shangu spoke up and said, "We usually sell them for three cents each. It costs five cents for two. Since you want so much from us, we'll give you two cents for each. Don't you think so?"

"Yes, our lotus leaf rice is guaranteed to be delicious." "If it doesn't taste good, you can come to us tomorrow to refund the money, and we will refund it to you without saying a word." Li Laoer added.

Li Shangu opened one directly and handed it to the steward to try.

The person in charge was not polite. He took a bite and immediately said he wanted them all, "Two cents each, okay? Chengcheng, I want both."

"There are a lot of things, let's send them to you." Li Shangu counted how many there were and quoted the price. The steward counted the money and gave it to them without saying a word.

"We cook our food in the morning. It's hot and it's hard to store it for too long. It's best if you buy it and eat it immediately. If you can't finish it, put it in the steamer to cook it. You can also eat it in the evening. "

Okay, thank you, little boss, for reminding me."

The two brothers carried the burden and followed the steward onto the boat.

It turned out that today the cook on the boat got sick and was sent to the hospital. There was no one to cook, and the boatmen on the boat had not eaten yet. The steward heard that there was a stall selling good food down there, so he hurried over to buy some. .

When the two brothers passed by the stall on the dock carrying their empty burdens after selling their goods, a man with a sinister face looked at them with unkind eyes.

Li Shangu walked over without squinting and ignored this kind of person.

In the past, after they finished selling things, Li Laoer would go back first. Today, when they finished selling things, it was later than usual, so he simply came over and waited for his nephew to finish school with his eldest brother.

There is a tea stall not far from the entrance of the academy, where Li Gushan used to sit and wait for his son. Today, the two brothers are sitting here waiting. They want to serve cheap coarse tea, which costs two cents a pot.

On weekdays, Li Gugu came alone to wait for his son and was reluctant to even get a pot of tea.

"Come here and wait for your son to finish school, right?" The owner of the tea stall saw this man waiting here every day. He knew that he was here to wait for his son to finish school and take his son home every day, so he saw him more often. He remembered This person. "Well, yes." Li Shangu said hello to the boss.

School doesn't end until midnight in the academy. As soon as the door opens, the students come out.

Li Wen saw his father as soon as he came out, and today he also saw his second uncle coming to pick him up, and the three of them went back home together. On the way back, Li Laoer told his nephew what happened today, "I bought food with them, but it doesn't taste good. I'll go back to them to reason with them. The two of them will arrest people and go to the officials."

" Do you think this makes sense?"

"Dad, second uncle, this kind of person is a scoundrel. You do your business, don't conflict with them. After listening to what his second uncle said, Li Wen knew what his second uncle said. The two of them were definitely not good people.

After noticing that in what his second uncle said, the man said that he would bring people to see the officials, Li Wen had a guess in his mind and said, "Second uncle, they always ask people to see the officials. , I must know someone in the Yamen. "Dad, I think you guys should not go to that location to set up a stall tomorrow. Move to another location to avoid any conflict with them." "

The people do not fight against the officials. In this era, even if someone has relatives working as yamen servants in the yamen, they can run amok. They have no power. It is a problem to provoke such people. It is not as good as It's better to take the initiative to get out of the way.

"San Bao, don't worry, Dad knows it well. "Li Shangu has a calm personality and never acts impulsively.

On the contrary, Li Lao Er has a fiery personality and does things regardless of the before and after.

On the way back, Li Wen was thinking about what happened to his father and second uncle today. The food they make is not difficult. If someone puts their mind to it, they can make it. Their lotus leaf rice sells so well, I am afraid that someone has already taken notice of it. Today there will be Zhang San selling it, and tomorrow it will be the same. When Li Si sold it, Li Wen originally didn't think that their business would be sustainable for a long time. It was possible to do it in a short period of time, but he still had to think of other ways.

Now that there are people imitating what they are doing, others will imitate them later, or else they will stop doing it, but if they want to continue doing it, just do it in a different way.

When he got home, Li Laoer told his family what happened today.

After hearing what her son said, Mrs. Li was also worried. She was worried that someone would rob their business and they would not be able to continue the business. She was also worried that her two sons would provoke some gangsters outside, and said, "How about we You haven't been doing business in town these days?"

"Mom, how can I not do this business?" Li Laoer can't bear to do this good business without you. They do it every day. They all made a lot of money. Li Dahua also echoed, "Yes, grandma, how can I not do it? This is a profitable business."

Li Shangu sat there without saying anything, and his attitude showed that they would continue to do this business tomorrow.

Sun Yi was more worried.

There was silence in the yard for a while. Li Wen broke the silence and said, "Mom, dad, and uncle, I have an idea here. What do you think about it?"

"What do you think of my dear grandson ?" Come on, tell me your idea." Mrs. Li said when her grandson said he had an idea.

"Grandma, aren't we the only ones in our village who know how to make lotus leaf rice? People in the village now know that we are doing business, and many people come to our house to ask about it." Li asked himself. People in the village have asked about their family's cooking, and the envy and jealousy in their words are unmistakable.

Hearing what her grandson said, Mrs. Li Wang said, "Yes, only our family can do this."

When talking about this matter, Mrs. Li Wang glanced at the second daughter-in-law with an unkind look. Don't think that she doesn't know where Li Dahua's mother-in-law is from. I came to her to ask how they made their lotus leaf rice, and wanted to get the recipe. Mrs. Li doesn't like the people from her second daughter-in-law's natal family very much. We usually live in the same village and don't interact much with each other. Every time we come to their house, we just want to catch the autumn breeze.

Her mother-in-law and the others came to him and asked her about their family's business. They also visited her several times. Li Dahua really didn't know how to cook. Everything was made by her sister-in-law. But if she knew, she wouldn't dare tell her parents' family. After all, she was a married daughter, and she would still rely on her husband's family to make a living in the future.

So this woman has no brains, and she is not stupid at certain times.

"Dad, Second Uncle, why don't we do this? You go ask Uncle Dazhu and his family, as well as other families who are close to our family and are more down-to-earth, and ask them if they want to do this business. Our family can Make more, sell it to them at a lower price, and let everyone come to us to take it and sell it." Li Wen said his suggestion. If his family made money, everyone would definitely be watching. Why don't they just get everyone to do it together and let more people follow and make money together.

If everyone in a village is poor, the relationship between each family will be good; but once your family suddenly becomes rich and other families are still poor, then the people who were close to you in the past will slowly become richer. I'm alienated from you.

Jealousy is a human instinct. They live in a place like Lijia Village. After all, it is better to maintain a good relationship with the people in the village. So it is better for everyone to make money together, to continue to maintain this good relationship, and to prevent them from being independent from others, which is also a good thing.

At least if they want to live in this village, they will still have to rely on the help of their clan and neighbor acquaintances for everything at home.

"For example, there are three companies doing this business. One can go to the town, one can go to Zhaojiacun, and one can go to Xiajiagouzi. Instead of all crowding into one place to sell, we can still make a profit. "And this year's harvest is good, and everyone's money is not so tight. If there is delicious food, some people are still willing to spend two yuan to buy it.

"If you go to the village to sell things, you are not limited to collecting money. You can exchange them for eggs or grain."

They go to the town to do business. Most people buy things with money, but If you go to the village to sell something, there must be someone who wants to exchange it with them. Bartering is also a means of buying and selling here.

The whole family was stunned for a while after listening to Li Sanbao's words. In the end, it was Li Wang who spoke up first and said, "This is a good idea. Our dear grandson's brain is so good. Why didn't we think of such a good idea?" What an idea, my dear grandson is so smart."

"Brother, what do you think of this idea?" Li Laoer asked.

"Okay, okay." Li Gugu thought about his son's words, and finally nodded, agreeing with what his son said.

Before it got dark, Mrs. Li and her two sons went out and told the families they usually walked close to about what happened

next. Li Wen ignored it, knowing that his grandma and father would do it. good.

Now that he is back from the academy, if he has time, Li Wen will teach Li Siya to read two sentences of the Three Character Classic, teach her to memorize two characters and some simple arithmetic. As much as he could, Li Wen wanted Li Siya to learn a few words and be able to do arithmetic, so that he would not be bullied for anything he did in the future.

In this era, women were not allowed to go to the academy to study, so there was a story about Zhu Yingtai who disguised herself as a man and went to the academy to study.

Li Siya is smart and studious. She can often remember the things her brother taught her after reading them twice. Li Siya studied very seriously with her brother, and when she mastered it, she would teach it to her two older sisters.

After the sisters usually finished their work, they would squat together on the ground to write and draw, and learn what Sambo taught them.

In this way, the sisters remembered two words today and learned two more words tomorrow. In this way, they learned more and more, remembered more and more words, and also learned simple arithmetic.

Chapter 49 Before the County Examination [Third update]

Spring goes and autumn comes, and three spring and autumn years pass in the blink of an eye.

The previous year, both Lu Zhishu and Shen Zijing had passed the county examination. Without him as an obstacle, Lu Zhishu successfully won the first place in the county examination.

In the past few years, Lu Zhishu has been firmly ranked second by him. Lu Zhishu is only friends with him because of his good character. If it were another person, he would have been jealous of him.

Li Wen and Su Yuan were a little younger, and their husband was afraid that their performance in the examination room would be unstable, so he asked them to postpone the exam for a year and postpone the county examination until this year.

Lu Zhishu and Shen Zijing are preparing to take the government examination next year.

During these three years, Li Wen calmed down and studied seriously. Although in his previous life he had read books for more than ten years and graduated from college, this time he studied even more carefully than in his previous life. After understanding it, Li Wen truly understood how difficult it is for scholars in this world to gain fame through the imperial examination.

Three years ago, their family started a small business. From the small business started by his father and his second uncle, he took some people from the village to do it together.

However, this business is not suitable for everyone. Some people can sell the same thing, while others cannot; some people can sell it well, while others cannot. . In this process, not many people could persist, so in the end, less than ten people persisted.

Some other people can't persevere, so even if they envy others and make money from doing business, it's their own business. You've been given the opportunity, but if you can't do it yourself, then it's no one else's fault.

Their family is now responsible for shipping. In addition to the lotus leaf chicken they originally made, they have also added several food items, including dried fruits. Years ago, Li Wen remembered making bean sprouts. His grandma and grandma thought about it and came up with bean sprouts. So they produced good bean sprouts around the Chinese New Year, and they made a small amount of money

to do small business during the New Year. You can't make big money, but you can make small money. Let's all have a good year.

The family may have made a little money in the past three years, so after the year, his father proposed to build a house.

There are only a few houses in their family now, and his grandson still shares a house with his parents. When the eldest brother proposed building a house, Mrs. Li Wang did not object and said, "Our house is going to be built. It depends on how it is built. Let's discuss it first."

"You two brothers have a good relationship. It's a good thing that we can continue to live like this without separation. But if we say that we want to separate in the future, we should also consider this issue, don't you think so?

" Too many, my eldest brother and I are so good, why would we want to separate our families?" Li Laoer

said with confidence.

"If you say that now, how can you say it accurately in the future?" Mrs. Li glanced at her son, and then at the second daughter-in-law who was standing there. The old lady knew that the second daughter-in-law was restless. . It's okay that she is alive now. If one day she is gone, this daughter-in-law will have no one to suppress her.

In the past three years, there has been no news from the two daughters-in-law, which makes Mrs. Li very anxious!

Up to now, the second child's house has not had a son. This is also out of the old lady's selfishness. She thought that if the two sons did not separate, if the second child really had no children in the future, the boss would be able to help her. The second child's house is a little bit.

The family is discussing about building a house. If they want to build a house, whether they want to build a mud brick house or a blue brick house, where the house should be built, how big it should be, and how much silver is needed.

Mrs. Li was thinking that her grandson would need more money to study in the future, so she was hesitating whether to build a mud brick house or a blue brick house, so she was hesitant about this matter.

When he heard that his family wanted to build a mud-brick house, Li Wen thought for a while and said, "Grandma, if we want to build a house, let's build a house with blue bricks and tiles. A house will be inhabited by several generations, so building a house with mud bricks is better. The labor costs for a blue brick house are the same, but with a little extra money for materials, we can just build a blue brick house. "

The main thing is that the blue brick house is stronger, and the house is stable and safe to live in."

Moreover, this house is not just for three to five years, but may be for several generations. For this reason, it is not suitable for them to build a house here now. The place where they live now is in the middle of the village, and there is not much land in the front, back and left. If they want to build a new house, they will have to find another piece of land to build it.

"My dear grandson, what you said makes sense. Then let's build a brick house." Mrs. Li now listens to her grandson's words more and more, mainly because her grandson has been smart since he was a child and is well-organized in everything he says and does. , what he said was unconvincing.

"Grandma, dad, and uncle, let me design the drawings for our house. Then I will draw the drawings and we can discuss it together." Li Wen calculated the time, and their house If he planned to wait until spring plowing before building a house, he would have finished his exams at that time and would have just enough time to deal with the matter of building a house.

"These things can be done at home. Will it delay my grandson's study? " Mrs. Li was worried about delaying her grandson's studies.

"No grandma, don't worry." Li Wen has long wanted to have his own room and study. He has lived in the same house with his parents since he was growing up. Sometimes it's really hard to live together. A very embarrassing thing.

If conditions hadn't allowed him to do so, he would have already suggested that his family build a new house, but it would be perfect to build a new house now.

Li Gushan took a fancy to a piece of land at the end of the village. There happened to be a large piece of land there. They could buy it and it would be suitable to build a house there.

When he mentioned that piece of land, Mrs. Li also felt good about it. After asking the second eldest brother if they had met anything, they agreed that the eldest son would first go to the village chief and Li Zheng to talk about buying the land. After the land was purchased, their family would build a house after the spring plowing.

After the New Year, the academy will start school on the 15th day of the first lunar month.

Li Wen went back to the academy to study. He now has to prepare for the county examination.

Two years ago, after the family made some money, his father bought a jealous son and drove him to the academy in a donkey cart every day to study, and then drove him home in a donkey cart. In fact, walking to school in summer is not the most difficult thing. The most difficult thing is having to walk such a long way to school in heavy snow. Li Sanbao's heart is also very broken.

But now that he was a little older, Li Wen proposed that he go to school by himself and come back after school, but his family members unanimously opposed it.

He will be eight years old after the Chinese New Year. In fact, his mental age must be more than this number, so Li Wen feels that he is so old and has to be sent to and delivered by his own father every day. He doesn't want his father to have to work too hard.

Dad, including his mother and everyone in the family have been working very hard in the past few years. Others may see that they have made money by doing business, but outsiders often think that they are making a lot of money. In fact, their family works from dawn to dusk every day, and the money they earn is just enough to live on.

But no matter what, their family's life has gotten better little by little in the past few years. At least meat can often be seen on the table, and the family is no longer so skinny that one can see the bones.

In short, the days are moving in a good direction.

It's February soon, and the sixth day of February is the day when the county examination starts.

The county examination was presided over by the county magistrate of their Qingping County.

Before the exam, the candidates who take the exam must go to the reception room of the county government office to register and fill in the information. The gentleman from the academy will then provide a guarantee to ensure that the candidate is innocent and confirm that there is no fraud or substitution. This kind of thing is then allowed to take the exam.

The college will have special stewards to arrange these formalities for them. They only need to go to the county government office to sign up and register their information.

The sixth day of February came soon.

It was very cold in February, and it rained a little two days before the exam. The wind was like a knife, and it could penetrate through clothes. There are five county exams in total, one per day. You can enter by roll call before dawn, and you can only come out after handing in your papers at sunset.

Considering that the exams are too early every day and the weather is cold, it would be no joke if you catch a cold along the way. So after Li Wen discussed it with his family, he simply booked a room at an inn in the town, stayed here for a few days, and then went home after finishing the exam.

However, his father insisted on accompanying him to the town, and there was nothing Li Wen could do about the matter.

With the family's expectations, Li Wen and his father arrived in the town together. The father and son asked for a room in an inn here and stayed there to prepare for the exam tomorrow.

Li Wen went to bed early in the evening and had a good sleep.

Early the next morning, they came out of the inn. The road outside could not be seen yet. Li Gugu held a lantern in his hand, held his son in his arms with the other, and sent his son to the examination place.

When they arrived, there were already many people queuing up, waiting to go inside.

"Dad, you can go home after I go in later. I won't be able to come out until the sun sets after the exam." Li Wen queued up behind the team, because the county exam can be passed in one exam, so He doesn't have to bring much stuff either.

Fortunately, he thought that it might still be very cold in February, so he asked his mother-in-law to make him a pair of gloves. Otherwise, if the wind blew while he was sitting inside, how would he be able to write if his fingers were stiff.

He is now wearing thick cotton clothes, a thick hat, thick clothes and pants, and the shoes on his feet are also sewn with cotton inside. But despite this, he was so cold that he shivered all the way out.

"Well, daddy is going home in a while and will come to pick you up later." There are many things at home, and Li

Shangu has to go home to do some work.

It will be just right for him to go back after his son takes the exam.

"Okay, Dad, please be careful on the road. If you're busy at home, it's okay if you can't come." Li Wen knew that his dad was worried about him being here alone, so he insisted on accompanying him to take the exam. Li Shangu insisted, "

When Dad came back, it was still dark outside. Everyone came over with lanterns. There were many carriages parked outside. They were brought by the family to send people over.

Go to the Yamen and stand in front and shout. He said, "All the candidates lined up in order and entered one by one. "They can line up and enter.

Before the exam, the yamen officer will check whether there is anything on each candidate who goes in for the exam. Once found out, he will be fined and not allowed to take the imperial examination for three years. But it is not that no one will be desperate. Those who take risks and want to cheat will be caught every year in the examination room.

When it is slightly bright outside and there is some visibility, it is Li Wen's turn to check

. "The inspection officer carefully checked his writing and ink, and broke apart the dry food he brought in piece by piece. He had to fumble through his clothes inch by inch to see if there was anything hidden inside.

Wait until everything was covered from head to toe . After being checked and there was no problem, he was put inside.

When he saw his son go inside, the man standing outside turned around and left.

Chapter 50 County Examination Begins

Inside the examination room were simple shedsconnected one after another. This was where they took the county examination.

Li Wen took his sign in and found his exam room based on the number on it.Isn't this a bit too crude? The corners of his eyes twitched when he saw thisexam place.

There was a thick layer of dust here, and no one had used it for who knows howlong.

"Ahem..." Li Wen covered his mouth and nose and coughed. He lookedaround at the place where he would stay for the exam for the past five days .There

was a table and a chair, which were only big enough for one person to turnaround.

This place had not been repaired for who knows how many years. There was someair leakage from all sides, and the wind poured in through the broken holes. Hecould feel the wind flowing when he was standing here. Fortunately, he knewthat the weather was cold, so he deliberately dressed thickly before cominghere. He also wore a goose down vest in the middle. Although it was a thinlayer, it was very warm.

While there was still some time, Li Wen quickly found a rag and wiped thetables and chairs clean. After wiping it, the rag was too dark to be seen. Hethrew it aside casually, then took out the pen, ink, paper and inkstone one byone and placed them on the table. He sat down in his seat and waited for theexam to start.

In order to make it easier for the yamen to distribute papers and supervisetheir candidates' exams, there is no cover in front of the table. From where LiWen was sitting, he could see the man opposite him covering his nose and wipingthe desk and chairs. After the man finished wiping, He sat down and looked upat him.

There is no specific age limit for the imperial examination. Most of the peoplewho take the county examination are children. They are generally around fifteenor sixteen years old. Of course, there are younger or older ones. The manopposite looks like he is fifteen or sixteen years old, which is relativelycommon, but it is relatively rare for someone like Li Wen to take the exambefore he is ten years old.

This is also because he was young when he first entered school, two or threeyears younger than Shen Zijing and the others, so this is also the reason whyhis husband asked him to postpone the exam for a year.

The scholar saw a child sitting opposite and taking the exam, and he cursed inhis mind, "A little kid is here to take the exam. If he doesn't pass, hecan go home and cry to his mother!" He was just waiting to see the joke. !

After such a comparison, the scholar was full of ambition and felt that hewould definitely pass the exam this time.

Candidates outside lined up for inspection one by one. Only after theinspection was completed could they enter. The last candidate entered. The campgate was closed and the yamen was locked. No matter what happened inside duringthe exam, it would only be reopened and let out after the exam was over and thecandidates handed in their papers.

"Ruanjuan——"

"The exam is about to begin——"

Hearing the sound of the gong, everyone's nerves were perked up, waiting forthe examiner to hand out papers.

The Yamen took the papers and distributed them, and Li Wen also got his ownpaper. He held down both sides with a ruler

to prevent it from being accidentally blown away by the wind.

After the papers were handed out, the yamen officer held up a board with thequestions for their exam written on it. The yamen officer holding the boardstood in the middle of the two rows of dormitories. Li Wen quickly wrote downthe exam questions on the paper.

Their first session was the main session, and they tested two articles from the"Four Books". It was actually a very simple test of memorization anddictation.

Li Wen was the best at reciting and dictating these things. He would be reallystupid if he didn't memorize the things he knew were required for the exam.However, even if he could memorize all these things, Li Wen did not becomecomplacent because of this. On the road of learning, complacency is the mostimportant thing.

Humility makes people move forward, pride makes people fall behind!

After getting the test questions, Li Wen rubbed his hands together to warm themup, then calmed down and went through the articles to be tested in his mind.

As soon as the candidate opposite got the test questions, he proudly picked upthe brush and started writing on the paper. When he saw that the little kid inthe dormitory opposite was still sitting there without moving, with a sarcasticsmile on his face, he became even more confused. Confirmed the guess that theother party would not be able to answer the question.

Li Wen didn't know that the man opposite him was complaining that he couldn'tanswer the question.

After he had gone through the article in his mind and his hands were warm fromrubbing it, Li Wen picked up the brush and started making rough drafts on thedraft paper. Words passed through his mind one by one and were quickly writtenon the paper with the pen in his hand.

The sky was changing, the gray clouds were fading away little by little, timewas passing by little by little, and all the candidates were nervously seizingthe time to answer the questions.

When Li Wen finished typing the first draft of an article, his genius wasrevealed. As soon as he stopped writing, he felt that his hands were almoststiff from the cold. He didn't feel cold when he was writing just now, but whenhe stopped now, Li Wen heard the whistling wind, and his whole body felt alittle stiff from the cold.

Isn't it a little too cold in Ma Dan?

The candidate opposite, who was very satisfied at the beginning, went to theback and put his hands to his mouth to exhale and warm his hands while writing

. In comparison, Li Wen was still wearing gloves on his hands, so even if hishands were frozen, they were not so completely frozen.

Li Wen glanced at the man opposite who was writing and exhaling hot air to warmhis hands. He put down his pen and did not intend to continue writing. Instead,he opened the basket on the side and took out the prepared dry food and hotwater. water and start having breakfast.

He left home early in the morning, and he hadn't even had breakfast yet. Nowafter answering a question, he felt hungry. Brainstorming was a very physicallydemanding job.

If there wasn't a fire provided, Li Wen would have wanted to cook something hotto eat.

He was huddled in his coat, and when the rations came in for inspection, theyamen broke them piece by piece for him, saving him the trouble of breakingthem himself. While eating dry food and drinking hot water, when the food wentinto my stomach, my whole stomach felt warm, and my body also warmed up.

After eating, Li Wen didn't rush to write down the answers on the paper soquickly. Instead, he sat there for a while and stretched before picking up themanuscript and starting to check it carefully. Have you checked it again? Afterasking the question, Li Wen picked up his brush and wrote the answer on thepaper.

In the past three years, he has worked hard to practice standard small regularscript. Each small regular script is written neatly and beautifully. In LiWen's own words, it is just like what was printed by the printer. In hisprevious life, he started learning calligraphy since he was a child, but it wasall learned as a hobby. Later, in order to show his personality, he turned hissmall regular script into wild cursive.

Li Wen regretted this very much. It took him a full year to practice thecursive script back to regular script, and then practiced the script to bebeautiful one by one. It took another two years to print it out with a printer.Li Wen spent a lot of time practicing the small regular script.

Later, even the teacher who taught him praised his beautiful handwriting whenhe saw it.

Is it okay if this word is not beautiful? The first thing the examiner looks atwhen marking a paper is a candidate's handwriting. If the handwriting is notgood, the first impression will be bad. It will be very difficult to win thefavor of the examiner and get a good score. But a beautiful paper gives thefirst impression of a perfect score, which greatly increases the examiner'sfavor.

Writing beautiful calligraphy is the first step to success. This is one of thereasons why Li Wen persists in practicing calligraphy.

The answer sheet is required to be clean and concise, and no modifications areallowed.

Therefore, Li Wen had to maintain a high degree of concentration during thetranscription process and not make any typos or even mistakes, otherwise histhree years of hard work would have been in vain.

However, compared to the nervousness of others, Li Wen's mentality was betterand he was not too nervous. He controlled the rhythm of answering questions andwrote the first article before noon.

"iqi-"

the last word fell, and the first question was answered.

Li Wen glanced at the paper and saw that there were no problems on it. With acautious attitude, he checked it from beginning to end. After finding thatthere were no problems, he put the paper away.

The sun was still shining a little now, and the temperature had risen a little,so it wasn't as cold as it was in the morning.

Taking advantage of this moment to rest for a while, Li Wen began to take outdry food and water and go out for lunch. For dry food, he asked his aunt tomake rice cakes for him. They were made from rice ground into powder, so evenif it was hard, it would not be hard to bite.

Because they couldn't leave the dormitory during the period, and they had toeat, drink, and relieve themselves inside, so Li Wen couldn't eat so much anddrink too much water. Gong Tong was in the corner, less than three steps awayfrom him. He smelled the poop when he ran there, which made him feel good, sohe didn't even dare to drink more water to avoid peeing too much.

After the examinee opposite stuffed everything into his stomach in a fewmouthfuls, he glanced at the boy opposite who was still eating, sneered, andstarted to pick up the brush again to answer the questions.

From the beginning to the end, Li Wen had no idea that the man opposite him wasconstantly adding drama to his mind.

He has been chewing food carefully since he was a child, so he does not eatvery quickly. After eating slowly and carefully, he is used to taking a nap atnoon.

As soon as he finished eating, he fell asleep. Li Wen also squinted on thetable for a while, not daring to really fall asleep. It's very cold in here. Ifyou accidentally fall asleep, you might get into trouble from the cold. Thereare four more exams to take.

Every year, there are candidates who are carried out of the examination room,so the body is the capital of the revolution. If you are not in good health,you can't even answer the questions, let alone get in and get a good ranking.

After resting for a while, he felt energetic. Li Wen picked up the brush andcontinued to draw the manuscript. This time, he drew the manuscript faster.After finishing the draft, I carefully transcribed the answers onto the paperwithout even taking a breath.

After answering the questions, put down the pen and finish it in one go!

Then he carefully checked the paper and found that it passed the test. Then hechecked to see if there were any mistakes in it. When he found that there wereno problems, Li Wen's lips curled up, feeling quite satisfied.

I put the paper into the test paper bag, sealed it, and waited to hand it in.

At this point in the afternoon, there is not much time left before the end ofthe exam, and the candidates who have not finished answering the papers areworking hard to answer the questions. Li Wen saw that the man opposite him hadnot stopped writing since he sat down. He even took a break and finishedwriting the paper in advance.

The questions in today's exam are not too difficult for him. They are allthings he has learned before. As long as he studies hard, he can basicallywrite them down.

But what Li Wen didn't know was that not everyone had such a good mentalitylike him. When people get nervous, their minds go blank, so even the familiararticles that they memorized before can no longer be remembered during theexam.