The road of the farmer's fortune and the imperial examination

Chapter 164 Heading to the County
It's early spring, and it's already February.The spring is cold, and the early morning wind is still bitingly cold.

Gu Chengyu put down the brush and stretched.Practicing calligraphy in the morning and evening has become his habit, and it is a must-do homework every day.Today is the seventh day of February, Gu Chengyu and the others plan to go to the county today, because the county exam will be taken tomorrow.

"Little Treasure! It's still cold this morning! Why do you only wear so little?" When Lu came out of the kitchen, she saw that Gu Chengyu was only wearing an unlined jacket, and she was still wearing a jacket!
"Mom! I'm not cold, where's dad? Are you up?" Gu Chengyu is now more resistant to cold than ordinary strong men.

"Your father has gone to your uncle's house. Isn't Brother Hua also going to take the exam? Your father is going to ask them when he plans to leave. You should go back and put on your clothes, so don't freeze. It's not like someone said you can get a cold Will it affect the exam?" Mrs. Lu had heard before that she had a cold, passed out in the exam room, and was carried out.

Gu Chengyu had no choice but to turn around and go back to add a jacket, and pack the things to bring along the way.Bring two pieces of inner clothes for a change of clothes, and one piece of outer clothes, and the rest are all books, pens and inks, and some other supplies are available in the space, so they will not be placed on the bright side.

The pens and inks for this exam were all bought from Shopkeeper Pan, which were better than those used in ordinary times.

"His father! What do you say, big brother? When will you leave?" Lu's voice came to mind outside the room.

"It is said that I will leave after lunch. If I go late, I am afraid that I will not be able to find an inn. Every inn is full when it is time for the exam. If I am late, I am afraid that I will not even have a firewood room."

However, Gu Chengyu thought that the last time he went to Huichuntang, shopkeeper Liu had told him that if he came to the county to take an exam, he would live in the backyard of Huichuntang.

The Gu family planted a few acres of medicinal materials every year. Except for what they needed for their own use, the rest were sent to Huichun Tang, which could earn a fortune.

It's just that Gu Chengyu didn't want to bother shopkeeper Liu too much. There were several rooms in the backyard of Huichun Hall, but not only shopkeeper Liu lived there, Master Zhang also lived in the backyard.Ever since the incident of selling honeysuckle, master Zhang had prejudice against their Gu family, and he didn't look good when they met, so Gu Chengyu didn't want to be annoying.

"Father! Then let's have lunch early! I still have to go to the private school to wait for my master. There are three senior brothers in our party who are going to take exams, and Brother Hua and I have to pay a visit to the master." Gu Cheng Yu went out of the house and said to Gu Lao who was standing in the yard smoking a pipe.

"Alright! After lunch, call Brother Hua, and the second child and Erlang will go with us. Anyway, they are looking for your wife, Gu Bao."

Papa Gu was thinking in his heart that there would be quite a lot of people.They had to seat six people in the ox cart, and the carriage was small, and it should be able to fit if it was crowded.

By the time Gu Chengyu and the others had finished their lunch, Uncle Gu and Gu Wanhua had already arrived outside the gate of Gu's courtyard.

The six people got into the bullock cart, and the carriage was almost packed, not to mention, there was still some luggage.

When the bullock cart arrived at the private school, the door of the private school was already open.Gu Chengyu and the others then entered the private school. It was not too early for them to come. Ye Zhiqiu and Sun Xian had already arrived, only one year away from He Shunian.

"This is Gu Wanjiang, isn't it? Is your wife okay recently?" Although the two of them don't have much friendship, they have met a few times anyway, and the greetings are based on etiquette.

"The master is in good health, and he told the students to pay homage to Mr. Wen. If Master Wen hadn't promised Gu Bao, the students would not have been able to find a Gu Bao."

When Gu Wanjiang entered the private school, he saw that the environment in the private school was elegant. Compared with the private school in Xiasang Village, it was far inferior. Xiasang Village only changed a few houses. How can there be gardens and corridors here?
Now seeing Master Wen's extraordinary aura and majesty all over him, I feel a little uncomfortable.At the beginning, I didn't know if my uncle mentioned him to Master Wen, otherwise, maybe he would have worshiped Master Wen long ago.Now it's time to take an exam, but I still have to rely on my uncle's face to ask Mr. Wen to protect him.

Master Wen was taken aback when he heard this. Although the Niu Masters in Xiasang Village were not natural students, the annual exams did not delay students from taking the exams.It is right to pay the money, and you have to take risks if you are born with insurance. Naturally, you have to collect the money, otherwise what will you use to support your big family?But why did Gu Wanjiang say that?
Although Master Wen was a little puzzled, it was inconvenient for him to ask further questions, so he had to stop talking.For Gu Chengyu's sake, he agreed to give Gu Wanjiang a guarantee, and he didn't receive any money.He will never help someone he doesn't know well, even if he spends money.Of course Master Wen would not know that Master Niu disapproved of Gu Wanjiang going to the exam.

After everyone waited for a quarter of an hour, He Shunian arrived late.

"I'm really sorry, I'm late!" He Shunian was carrying the burden, with a thin layer of sweat on his forehead.

"It's getting late, let's set off quickly! Don't be nervous about this exam, you have all your knowledge, take the exam!" Seeing that everyone has arrived, Mr. Wen stopped talking and urged everyone to hurry up.

When he got outside the gate of the courtyard, Father Gu talked to a man in his forties, who was He Shunian's father.

Sun Xian's family has only one sick mother, so it is impossible to come to see him off; Ye Zhiqiu's family is also a female family member, and it is even less likely to come to see him off, so Gu Chengyu guessed that it should be He Shunian's father.He Shunian's family is also considered a rich peasant, so the father and son are not badly dressed, both are fine cotton clothes.

Because of the large number of people, we had to call another bullock cart, otherwise, one bullock cart could not hold so many people. The bullock cart we called had no carriages, so more people could sit on it.

An hour later, Gu Chengyu and the others arrived at the gate of the county seat.Gu Chengyu lifted the curtain of the car to look out, only to find a somewhat familiar figure at the gate of the city.

"Father! Look, isn't that Brother Dongzi?" When the bullock cart got closer and closer, Gu Chengyu saw the figure clearly, only to realize that it was Dongzi from Huichun Hall.

"Hey? Is it really Dongzi? What is he doing? He seems to be waiting for someone!"

Dongzi looked at the horses and horses coming and going at the gate of the county seat, and searched for the Gu family's ox cart among them.

Suddenly, the Gu family's ox cart appeared in front of his eyes, "Uncle Gu!"

Dongzi trotted to the front of the ox cart and jumped onto the shaft.

"Why are you here? Are you waiting for someone?" Father Gu felt a little strange when he saw Dongzi getting into the car.

"It was Shopkeeper Liu who told me to wait for you here. The last time Xiaobao went, he told me about the time. He thought that you should return to the county by this time, so he asked me to wait for you here."

Dongzi smiled and greeted Uncle Gu and the others in the carriage.

"Brother Dongzi! Shopkeeper Liu is really polite, but I'm afraid I won't be able to live in the Huichun Hall this time. You see there are so many people in our Gu family, and I have so many classmates. You think the Huichun Hall is not enough for you to live in. You replace me Let’s apologize to Shopkeeper Liu first. After we find the inn and settle down, I’ll go and apologize to Shopkeeper Liu.”

Gu Chengyu didn't expect shopkeeper Liu to be so enthusiastic, which was beyond his expectation.

"Haha! Little Treasure! As you said, our shopkeeper had thought of it a long time ago. He only realized later that you have a lot of family members and many references. He asked me to wait here because he wanted me to take you to the place he ordered for you. The inn, he has already arranged rooms for you. As I told you, you have so many family members, you can’t fit in the backyard. Today’s inn is hard to book! The few ones near the examination room are all booked, even the ones farther away That's enough!" Dongzi smiled at Gu Chengyu.

(End of this chapter)