Otoharu

Chapter 268

Naturally, we ate lunch together at Mrs. Li's place. Brother Kang ate two large bowls at once with his rice bowl in his hands. He alone ate one-third of the big pot of stewed tofu with loach. If Mrs. Jiang was not afraid of him Even if he is not allowed to continue eating, he can still eat another bowl of rice.

"Sister, the dishes you cook are really delicious. I'll catch some whitebait tomorrow. You can wrap them in flour and egg liquid and fry them. It must be delicious." Kang Geer licked the rice grains around his mouth, Flattering Li Meier.

"You haven't finished your meal yet, so you're thinking about another meal! Look at how fat you are." Li Meier gave him an annoyed look.My younger brother is really a snack.

Mrs. Li was the first to be unhappy when she heard Li Meier's words, and said, "What's wrong with being fat? Being fat is a blessing! My good grandson is blessed to have such a blessed appearance! You only lost weight and think others are fat I don’t like to mention how fat you were when you were young!” These days, who wouldn’t be envious of being able to raise a child fat?
Li Meier almost choked to death for Li Lao Niang.

Brother Kang asked his grandmother with a silly smile, "Grandma, was my sister also fat when she was young?"

Mrs. Li curled her lips, "She's not as good-looking as you, grandma's grandson is the prettiest!" After speaking, she hugged Brother Kang's chubby face and kissed her.

Kang Geer smiled happily, "Then I will definitely look better than my sister in the future!"

Mrs. Li encouraged and determined, "Does this need to be said?"

Kang Ge'er looked extremely beautiful immediately.

Li Meier looked at the greasy appearance of the grandparents and grandchildren, who had a sore toothache, and took good care of them, looked at her mother and asked, "Mother, are you still feeling bad, do you want me to pickle some plums for you this afternoon?"

"It's not uncomfortable, I'm fine now, I just vomited some water this morning." Jiang shook her head and replied with a smile.She was very sick a while ago. She vomited whatever she ate every day. She was so sick that she could only lie on the bed and live on porridge and pickled plums. Nutritious, and nervously invited Dr. Dong to give Jiang's pulse.

Dr. Dong is used to it, and he only told the Li family members not to be nervous. Many women have severe nausea when they first conceive, and usually they will be fine after four months, and the fetus in the early stage does not need much nutrition. fully able to provide.Only then did Mrs. Li feel relieved.However, Dr. Dong was still asked to prescribe some anti-emetic decoction.

Dr. Dong's words were very effective. After the fourth month, Mrs. Jiang finally didn't vomit very much. Except for vomiting once every morning when she got up, she could eat normally at other times.Li Mei'er and Li Laoniang tried their best to make delicious food for Jiang Shi, to make up for her body, and try to make up for all the weight she lost some time ago.

Li Meier felt relieved when she heard what her mother said, but she still planned to pickle some sour plums in the afternoon, and let Jiang shi eat them as snacks on weekdays.

Because it is already hot now, the afternoon sun is very strong, Jiang Shanqing comes back from school every day, hot and sweaty, Li Meier cooks sour plum soup or mung bean soup every day at noon, etc. When Jiang Shanqing came back, it happened to be cold enough to drink.

Jiang Shanqing drank a bowl of sour plum soup in one gulp, went to fill another bowl by himself, and sat under the jujube tree in the yard, chatting with Li Meier while drinking. "Mr. Today asked me if I want to try next year's Xiucai."

Li Meier blinked when she heard the words, looked at Jiang Shanqing and asked, "Then what did you say?"

"I want to wait a little longer. I will only be [-] next year. Even if I pass the exam, I won't be able to participate in Qiu Wei." Jiang Shanqing said calmly.

"Why can't you take part? There is no age limit for the exam here. If you really pass the Juren exam, you will be No. 1 in the world. The 11-year-old master Juren, no one will believe you when you say it." Li Meier covered her mouth and smiled. Obviously he has great confidence in Jiang Shanqing, so he doesn't think he failed the exam.

Jiang Shanqing looked at Li Mei'er speechlessly and said, "You really think of me as a child prodigy. I just lived an extra life, and I'm not much smarter than the people here. I'm sure if I'm a scholar, but I'm not sure if I'm a man. I really have no idea, since I am not 14% sure of passing the exam, it is better to wait." Jiang Shanqing also has other considerations, he is still too young now, and it is always too eye-catching to take the imperial examination at this moment. Waiting for three years, waiting for him to be [-] years old, even if he passed the Juren examination, it would not be so eye-catching.

"You're right, if you don't make a big hit, it's a blockbuster." Li Mei'er nodded in agreement, then suddenly remembered something, and said with some disappointment, "I don't know if my father will win this time, if he doesn't win this time , then I won’t take the exam with you next time.”

"Did your father get hit in the last life?" Jiang Shanqing couldn't help asking when he remembered that Li Meier was born again.

"No..." Li Meier replied more and more frustrated, feeling that her father's road to the imperial examination was really not smooth, and he failed so many times.

Jiang Shanqing was also silent when he heard the words, not knowing how to comfort Li Meier.

"Oh... I'm too stupid. If I can just remember Qiu Wei's exam questions, I might be able to help my father." Li Meier knocked her head in frustration and said dejectedly.

Jiang Shanqing quickly took her hand, and said very seriously: "Even if you remember Qiu Wei's topic, I don't suggest you tell uncle that people can't think of tricks, learn it by yourself, this is really your own. Otherwise, If you play tricks today, the next one will think of tricks again. You told your uncle Qiu Wei’s questions, and he will want to know Chun Wei’s questions. After Chun Wei, there will be a palace test. You can’t always know the test questions. Only you really If you have learned it, you will not be afraid of those future exams. Otherwise, those learned people are people who rely on a horse and a thousand words. If my uncle gets a good ranking because he knows the questions, but the answer does not match the name, what should we do? People suspect that he cheated for personal gain during the exam, and that would really ruin his reputation."

Listening to Jiang Shanqing's reasoning, Li Meier lowered her head in shame, then quickly nodded and said, "Brother Shanqing, I will write down what you said, and I will never try to play tricks again in the future."

Jiang Shanqing nodded in satisfaction, and then said in a relaxed tone: "But my uncle is a decent person, and he won't think of tricks. He must rely on his true talents to pass the exam."

The two talked for a while, Jiang Shanqing saw that the weather was not so hot, so he was going to visit the printing workshop.

Maybe Li Meier hadn't been there for a long time, so she greeted Mrs. Jiang's Li, and planned to go with Jiang Shanqing. By the way, she took a large bucket of sour plum soup that she had cooked at home to reward the masters in the workshop.

Mrs. Jiang told them to be careful on the road, and asked Baozi and Ding Yi to go with him. Ding Yi was a new laborer hired by the Li family. He was just fifteen years old, tall and strong, with a lot of strength.Because Shuxiang followed Li Yan to the state capital, and the Li family lost a man who could do heavy work, Mrs. Li took the initiative to hire him from outside. She signed a deed of work, with a salary of [-] Wen per month, including a meal at noon.

Ding set up the car, let Li Meier and Jiang Shanqing sit in the car, and Baozi sat in the back of the car, yelled "Sister, sit still, young master!" and set off.

(End of this chapter)