Child Bride’s Peaches and Plums Are All Over the World

Chapter 51: Exam Preparation

Shopkeeper He hesitated and asked, “Since you’re going to take the government exam, why don’t you leave some time earlier, I know a few shopkeepers, and their ships will leave in a few days, so I can introduce you to your host. Why don’t you go to take the exam? , it’s better to arrive earlier.”

Li Baolu shook his head and said, “My little son has to get the county test results before leaving. I have asked about the whole pier, and only the boat of yours is the best, and it just set off at that time.”

Mr. He, a person who has experienced ups and downs, couldn’t help his face turn black. Co-author, your master has not even passed the county exam. He thought he was going to take the prefectural exam in the previous exam.

But the scholar is not easy to offend, he squeezed a smile on his face and said: “If your master has to go to Guangzhou for the test, as long as you come to the dock, our boat will take you.”

The key is that you have to pass the exam.

Shopkeeper He looked at Li Baolu inquiringly, and saw the little girl’s face full of joy, “The shopkeeper has any proof for me, what if we find you but you’re not there?”

Seeing that she was so confident, Manager He seemed to be certain that his master would pass the exam. After thinking about it, he would have someone get on board and bring his famous post, “This is the post of my Bora, you just need to bring this post, Even if I’m not here, the guys below will greet you, but I don’t know your master’s surname.”

Li Baolu took out the famous note that he had prepared in his arms and handed it to him, “My master’s surname is Gu. He is busy with his studies now, so he can’t come to visit the shopkeeper in person. Please forgive me.”

Shopkeeper He opened the famous post and saw that although the words on it were a little immature, they were already very strong. Baolai is one of the largest business names in Guangdong and Guangxi. Although Shopkeeper He could not read, but in order to be arty and to please those who like painting and calligraphy Officials have also seen many famous calligraphy and paintings, and naturally they can see that the words on this post have begun to take shape, which made Manager He solemnly take Li Baolu two points.

“Don’t worry, little girl, I will give an order later. As long as Mr. Gu comes with a post, they will be treated as guests. As for the shipping fee, there is no need to pay out.” Shopkeeper He raised his hand to stop Li Baolu and said with a smile, “My owner is the most cherished. Scholar, Young Master Gu is devoted to learning, although they haven’t met, but they have similar interests, maybe they can become friends when they meet, how can I dare to ask the owner’s friend’s boat money?”

Shopkeeper He really treats Gu Jingyun in a different way. The third uncle often speaks like a person, and sometimes reading the characters of those scholars, especially those who have not experienced the polishing of the world, can especially see their character. .

No matter what this Master Gu will do in the future, he is now a rare talent just by words, so there is nothing wrong with getting along well.

Anyway, their boat will take candidates to Guangzhou for reference every year for free. Not only is it free, but also includes board and lodging, and a set of pen, ink, paper and inkstone will be given as a gift before going ashore. These things may be rare for poor candidates, but for Bora No., but it came without a hitch.

The candidates recite their kindness, and in the future, the Bora will have another way. If they don’t recite it, they will stay away from this person in the future, just pretending that the past never happened.

Now it’s just a name for Gu Jingyun.

Shopkeeper He turned around and instructed his staff to always pay attention to the announcement in front of the county office.

Just because he was sure that he could pass the test before he took the test shows his courage. He was arrogant when he didn’t pass the test in the end, but he was confident if he passed the test.

Li Baolu rushed home with the Bora’s famous post, and found Gu Jingyun in the study, who wrote the textbook in dictation, and said anxiously, “I seem to be in trouble, why do you think the Bora is so diligent? You don’t even want the shipping fee.”

Gu Jingyun took the famous post in her hand, flipped through it, and threw it on the desk, saying, “What trouble can you cause? They are investing, don’t pay attention to them.”

“Investment?” Li Baolu tilted her head and thought for a while: “Investment in connections?”

Gu Jingyun nodded, “You don’t have to be suspicious, he helped us this time, I remember it in my heart, and I will naturally repay them in the future.” He took out a money bag from under the table and handed it to her, smiling: “You didn’t keep thinking about it. Do you want a broadsword, take the money and find a blacksmith for one, you have a month’s work, and you should be able to get it before you leave.”

Li Baolu twitched the corners of her mouth, took the purse and said, “Stop fighting, we have so much luggage, how can we carry more big knives? I’ll just use the dagger that Master gave me. But I’ll take the purse, and I’ll take care of the money in the future. Well, we have to spend three years outside, and money can’t be spent indiscriminately, do you know how to get rich?”

The money that the capital sends to them every year is also limited, that is, the expenses here are small, only a dozen or so taels are spent on food and clothing every year, and the rest of the expenses are for the family to buy pen, ink and paper, but this cost Gao, the entire Qin family spends at least fifty taels a year on reading, so the Qin family can save seventy taels every year, plus they have to buy medicine when the weather is bad, until they come, the Qin family can save up to seventy taels. There are also five hundred and thirty-eight taels of silver.

This money is a lot of money in Qiongzhou, and it can enter the top 50 of the richest people in Qiongzhou.

can be placed outside, the money is not much.

Qin Xinfang only kept 100 taels, and Gu Jingyun took the rest. There was a lot of money, and it was enough for a family to live for two lifetimes.

But this money is very little in Li Baolu’s eyes.

When they go out, they need to stay, eat, clothe, and travel. Gu Jingyun is not strong, and she is reluctant to let him live in a shabby house, eat coarse grains, wear coarse cloth, and use his feet to travel, so the cost is definitely a lot.

Gu Jingyun wants to participate in the imperial examinations, so he must have enough money for social networking. He is not in good health, so he has to set aside a part of the money for medicine and a part to prevent accidents, so the money on them is really true. Not much.

Not having to pay for the boat made her happy for a while. For fear that she would save money and find trouble for Gu Jingyun, she hurriedly ran home to find him to make up her mind. How could she use the money to fight a knife?

Master said that it is best to pretend to be a pig and eat a tiger when walking outside, so that they can live longer and more nourished. In this case, she should not carry knives with her. She also has a bow and a crossbow in her luggage. They were useless and the dagger she hid on her calf, the big deal was to hug Gu Jingyun and run away.

Her Qinggong is now verified by Master.

Li Baolu looked at Gu Jingyun with shining eyes, “I’ll practice Qinggong behind your back.”

Gu Jingyun’s ears turned red, and he turned his head and said: “This is in the county town, how to practice? You can honestly meditate at home, or practice martial arts in the yard, don’t run out.”

After speaking, he shoved the famous note on the table into the drawer in a little panic, got up and said, “I’ll go to the kitchen to see what to eat for the evening.”

Li Baolu saw that he was shy, so she smiled and didn’t mention it again.

Gu Jingyun read all the books thoroughly, and took a moment every day to discuss matters with Zhang Yiyan, and the rest of the time was spent reading silently, playing chess with Li Baolu, or meditating to practice the inner power.

His body is weak, so he can’t practice for a long time. In Bai Yitang’s words, his internal organs are weaker than ordinary people’s. Practicing qi can strengthen bones and strengthen internal organs, but their bearing capacity is limited, so The inner strength that you have learned should be gentle and not excessive, otherwise the impact will backfire.

Therefore, although Gu Jingyun has developed internal strength earlier than Li Baolu, the growth rate is the same as that of a tortoise crawling on a road.

Fortunately, after being recuperated with internal strength, he has been dancing Wuqinxi to exercise his limbs, and he has supplemented his diet. His body has improved a lot. Although he still looks weak on the surface, he is not worse than the average person.

This is also one of the reasons why the three adults of the Qin family let him go out with confidence.

Perhaps his appearance is too deceptive, and he is always sick and taking medicine every year. Li Baolu has always taken care of him like a fragile porcelain doll.

The two of them passed half a month in such a comfortable way. When it was time for the county exam, Gu Jingyun got up earlier and took the exam basket that Li Baolu had prepared for him last night to the exam room.

Li Baolu and Zhang Yiyan also got up early, Li Baolu cooked porridge for Gu Jingyun in the kitchen, and Zhang Yiyan hired a donkey cart.

“It’s still cold in the morning. I heard that there are air leaks in the examination room. You should eat something warm first.” Li Baolu gave Gu Jingyun a bowl of lean meat and vegetable porridge.

Zhang Yiyan tugged at Li Baolu and said in a low voice, “It’s not good for him to enter the examination room to eat porridge, what if he wants to go to the toilet?”

“Don’t worry, he’s fast.” Li Baolu was very confident in his schoolwork.

Gu Jingyun was more confident in himself, put down his chopsticks while eating a bowl and said, “Okay, let’s go, we have to wait in line for inspection, I don’t want to eat meat at noon, you cook some light meals.”

Zhang Yiyan opened his mouth, isn’t today’s exam going to take one day? Is it really good for you to come out at noon like this?

Zhang Yiyan realized that Gu Jingyun’s test basket contained only stationery and no food. He immediately looked at Li Baolu and said anxiously, “Didn’t you inquire about the food you want to bring when entering the venue? Why didn’t you prepare it?”

Li Baolu was inexplicable, “He came out at noon, so why prepare food?”

Zhang looked at Li Baolu without a word, and said after a while, “He is confident, why are you so arrogant?”

Li Baolu rolled his eyes at him, got up and sent Gu Jingyun to the exam room.

A lot of test takers were standing at the entrance of the ceremony room. They entered the hall in two rows. The yamen inspected the hall in front of them. Only after passing the inspection, they could enter the hall.

Gu Jingyun saw that he had to take off his outer robes for the exam in front of him, and only checked his underwear, his face darkened.

Li Baolu knew that he had a slight habit of cleanliness and hated strangers touching him the most, so she immediately hugged his hand and comforted: “Close your eyes and it’s over. Every exam will be like this in the future, you have to adapt.”

Gu Jingyun took a deep breath, and then suppressed the dissatisfaction in his heart and stepped forward to line up.

The clerk was polite to the candidates, but he was not soft at all when it came to the examination, and it was Gu Jingyun’s turn. Food? The ceremonial room doesn’t include lunch, it’s not yet time, you can quickly ask your family to buy something.”

The other party was kind, and Gu Jingyun’s gloomy face couldn’t help loosening. He nodded to him and said, “I don’t have lunch, have I finished the inspection? I wonder if I can put on my robe.”

The yamen glanced at him curiously, swept him, made sure there was nothing wrong, and waved: “Okay, let’s go in.”