The Pretty Eldest Daughter of a Scholar's Family

Chapter 252 Tiger Skin ([-])

The eighth day of the second lunar month is the day when Dongling Guochun Wei starts the exam.

Su Yunduo was very busy in Geshan Village that day, while Su Chengzhi and the Zuo brothers were driven by Qiu Xi and the gardener in a carriage to send them to the Gong Yuan to prepare for the triennial Spring Festival.

Su Chengzhi and the Zuo brothers followed Lu Jinkang to leave Geshan Village on the fifth day of the first lunar month. After a long journey of thirteen days, they arrived in the capital at the end of the eighteenth day of the first lunar month. Lu Jinkang arranged for the three to live in the house left by his mother Located in the courtyard of Dongcheng.

This is a courtyard with three entrances. In Lu Jinkang's eyes, it is not very big, but it is superior in its exquisiteness and quiet environment. The only disadvantage is that it is a little far away from the Gongyuan.

There are not too many domestic servants in this yard, except for the two guards, there are also two sweeping women, two rough maids, a cook and a gardener, all of whom were once companions of Lu Jinkang's mother.

After Su Chengzhi and the Zuo brothers moved into the courtyard, Lu Jinkang didn't plan to add any more servants to them.

On the contrary, this suits Su Chengzhi's wishes very well. Su Chengzhi also has Qiuxi who has been by his side to serve him earlier.

Qiuxi's parents are the companion of Mrs. Lu, but they left the capital very early. Qiuxi is a real native of Yanshan Prefecture, so it is his first time to come to the capital.

He was the servant that Mrs. Lu gave to Su Chengzhi through Lu Jinkang. Although he was young, he was extremely clever, and he figured out the way to the Gongyuan within a few days.

After returning to Beijing, Lu Jinkang seemed very busy. Apart from sending them to this courtyard on the day he entered Beijing, he also came to visit him on the [-]th, the day before Chunwei, and gave Su Chengzhi a set of the Four Treasures of the Study and a tiger skin .

This tiger skin was hunted by Lu Jinkang himself that day, and it was also the skin that was peeled off from the male tiger that seriously injured him.

Originally, Lu Jinkang hunted and skinned the tiger to honor his grandparents, but because of that serious injury, Duke Zhen and his wife felt distressed and angry, so they refused to accept Lu Jinkang's filial piety.

Two days before the Spring Festival, Mrs. Lu borrowed the plan to visit the Mrs. Zhen Guogong who was suffering from the wind and cold. She brought the warm clothes she had prepared for Su Chengzhi to the Zhen Guo Gong Mansion and handed them over to Lu Jinkang, who then asked Lu Jinkang to pass them on to Su Chengzhi.

Lu Jinkang looked at the warm clothes prepared by Mrs. Lu, most of which could not be brought into the examination room, so he remembered the tiger skin he had kept.

The beginning of February is the coldest time in the capital. Although Yanshan Mansion is farther north than the capital, the humid February weather in the capital should be more difficult for Su Chengzhi from the north, so Lu Jinkang not only gave Su Chengzhi the clothes prepared by Mrs. Lu Come here, this tiger skin is also sent here.

At the beginning, Su Chengzhi naturally refused to accept the tiger skin sent by Lu Jinkang, it was too precious, besides, he brought the wolf fur cloak specially made for him by Su Yunduo, which should be able to withstand the coldness of the examination room.

"It's just a tiger skin that I hunted by myself, so it's not very valuable. Could it be that my cousin's body is not as valuable as a tiger skin?" Seeing that Su Chengzhi insisted on not accepting it, Lu Jinkang's expression was light.

Lu Jinkang had already talked about this, and Su Chengzhi knew it was not good to refuse, so he had to accept it gratefully.

"These clothes were brought to you by my great-aunt. The jacket is absolutely not allowed to be brought into the examination room. Cousin can put it away and wear it later. It is the kindness of my great-aunt after all." Waiting for Su Chengzhi to take the tiger skin away Next, Lu Jinkang took another package from Jiu'er and handed it to Su Chengzhi.

Su Chengzhi took the burden silently, feeling an inexplicable touch and warmth in his heart.

He has been in the capital for nearly [-] days, and this is the first time he has received something from Mrs. Lu.

Although it was the first time he received something from Mrs. Lu, it was not the first time for Su Chengzhi to hear about Mrs. Lu and the Su family. Although he didn't deliberately inquire about it, he had no choice but to have a small ear to tell God Qiuxi.

Although she knew that Su Chengzhi had come to the capital, Mrs. Lu had never reported the news about Su Chengzhi to the Su clan, and the Su clan had been doing Mrs. Lu's work, hoping that Mrs. Lu would adopt an heir from the clan as soon as possible.

Judging from all the signs, the old lady Lu can still withstand the pressure of the clan, so Su Chengzhi stayed in this yard to study his homework and prepare to participate in the spring festival that started on the eighth day of February.

Of course, during the period, I went to two famous gatherings in the capital together with the Zuo brothers. I met the two members of the Su family who were also going to participate in the Chunwei test this year, and they even had a little trouble with each other. unhappy.

But these are not big things in front of Chunwei, Su Chengzhi didn't let the trivial matters affect his mood of studying for the exam.

With the tiger skin sent by Lu Jinkang, Su Chengzhi didn't have to worry about getting cold in the few days of the exam.

Although Su Yunduo had prepared a wolf fur cloak for him, compared to tiger skin, wolf skin was not as warm-keeping. Su Chengzhi felt warm and grateful for Lu Jinkang's thoughtfulness as he touched the thick tiger skin.

With this tiger skin, Su Chengzhi naturally didn't need to wear a wolf fur cloak, so he simply lent this wolf fur cloak to Zuo Er who was relatively weak. As for Zuo Ying, he brought an extra piece of Zuo Er's thick clothes.

Although there is no tiger skin and wolf skin to keep warm, but an extra piece of thick clothes can still resist the cold a little more.

What the three of them ate was prepared by Qiu Xi with the cook according to the list given by Su Yunduo. All three of them brought the same food, which made the Zuo brothers sigh and move.

If they hadn't followed Su Chengzhi, not only would the two brothers have no chance to celebrate the New Year at home, they would have to worry about whether they would bring enough money when they arrived in the capital, and they would have to prepare food for themselves before entering the examination room. It's all right, they only need to study and review, and they don't have to worry about anything else.

Yesterday Lu Jinkang reminded Qiu Xi that he had to go out early today, and specially ordered the gardener to come with him, so that Qiu Xi could free up time to run errands for the three of them.

Although they deliberately went out early, when they arrived at the Gongyuan, the vicinity of the Gongyuan was already crowded with people, and the carriage could not enter Gongyuan Street at all, so the three had to get out of the car early and squeezed in front of the Gongyuan with their test boxes and clothes.

At this time, they finally understood why Lu Jinkang asked the gardener to follow him.

Because of Qiuxi's help, the three of them arrived at the gate of the Gongyuan smoothly, and then lined up to accept the strict inspection of the imperial guards.

Because of Qiuxi's help, the three of them arrived at the gate of the Gongyuan smoothly, and then lined up for strict inspection.

Although the examinees were also inspected by officials in Qiuwei, it was only when they came to the front that they found that Chunwei's inspection was more strict and serious than that of Qiuwei.

The pens, inkstones and clothes in the test basket must be opened one by one to check carefully, and even the clothes worn on the body must be carefully checked to make sure that they are not entrained before being released.

The Zuo brothers lined up in front of Su Chengzhi, and after some inspections, they entered the Gongyuan smoothly.

When it was Su Chengzhi's turn, something went wrong, and the problem was precisely the tiger skin that Lu Jinkang specially sent to Su Chengzhi.

(End of this chapter)