A poor family counterattacks, she is beautiful and sassy on the way to the imperial examination

Chapter 12 Chapter 12

As the sun rose at the door of Gu's house, the crowds were bustling, and more and more people came to the market.

Someone also walked to the stall looking for the smell of stewed pork and asked the price.

At that time, An Chuxia set the price not too high, and the pork sold outside was fifteen or sixty yuan a catty.

A catty of raw pork is six or seven taels after marinating mature meat, so the price of raw pork is [-] yuan.

In the end, An Chuxia discussed with her brother and set the braised pork at [-] Wen a catty.

People who inquired about the price of stewed pork felt that the price was not too expensive, so after tasting the stewed pork, those with affluent families would buy a few catties.

In ancient times, the family population was large, unlike today's family of three, it is enough to buy one or two catties.

If you are in tight hands, you will buy less and give your family a taste when you go home.

Gu Shi smiled from ear to ear, because more and more people came to the stall to buy stewed pork smelling the aroma.

Just before noon, more than half of the stewed pork was sold out.

There are two quick-witted tavern and restaurant owners on this street. Seeing the crowds gathered in front of Gu's house, they also came over smelling the aroma.

Squeezing in, they saw the stewed pork sold by Gu Shi, which was different from the cooked meat they usually saw.

So he didn't think his hands were unhygienic, so he took a piece of meat from the plate and chewed it in his mouth.

The strong aroma of stewed meat fills the taste buds, and this kind of meat is suitable for drinking.

So the owner of the tavern said first: "Sister-in-law of the Gu family, I want all your cooked meat."

The owner of the restaurant had just swallowed the meat in his mouth, and was cut off before he could speak, how could he agree to this.

"Boss Luo, don't pay attention to this!

The two of us come at the same time, even if we want to buy cooked meat, we should split half and half! "

Luo Donglin, the owner of Guangyuan Tavern, is a tall, thin middle-aged man. Seeing a gleam in his eyes, he laughed and said, "Since Brother Du also wants to buy this cooked meat, why not let me give you half of it."

The chubby restaurant owner, Du Qiuzhi, choked in his heart, fuck you... this is for me to accept his favor!
However, there was still a smile like Maitreya Buddha on his face, "Hehe! Brother Luo is what he says!"

After that, Gu Shi happily distributed the remaining [-] catties of stewed pork to the two with a smile on his face.

Taking the small basket with copper coins, I put away the stove and pot, and went back to the backyard happily.

In the study room, An Chuxia, who has a talent for remembering the homework assigned by Gu Tongsheng, is not difficult to memorize the Four Books and Five Classics.

It took a lot of effort to answer the questions of the Five Classics and the five-character and eight-rhyme poems.

Fortunately, she has the memory of the original owner. No matter how bad it is, the original owner has read the books for eight or nine years.

The talent is not enough, but the basic knowledge is solid.

The original owner failed the first county exam many times, and it cannot be said that her knowledge is not good, but the original owner has a low self-esteem and cowardice.

It caused her to have a serious fear of the examination room, which is why almost all the papers handed in in the county examination are blank.

An Chuxia flexibly used the knowledge learned by the original owner to solve problems, rhyme, and compose poems.

Although the poems may not be very good, but at least they are well-regulated and rhymed.

Gu Fangmiao is just the opposite of An Chuxia. Writing five-character and eight-rhyme poems is her strong point, and she can't help solving problems.

She spends most of her time reciting the Four Books and Five Classics.

Gu Tongsheng asked her to memorize not only the texts of the Four Books and Five Classics, but also the careful annotations inside.

When Gu Shi returned to the backyard, he stretched out his head and glanced at the study room. He saw An Chuxia and his granddaughter seriously lowering their heads to do the questions, and the other shaking their heads while reciting the book.

She married a scholar, so of course she knows how important it is to concentrate when studying.

Gu Shi didn't bother them any more, silently put the stove away, and cleaned the pot.

Only then did he enter the room and pour the copper plates from the basket on the table, counting to a hundred and threading them into a string.

Except Luo Lindong in the tavern and Du Qiuzhi in the restaurant gave silver ingots, most of the others used braised pork bought with copper plates.

After counting, put the money away, and Gu Shi started to make lunch.

The children who live in the town go home to eat and take a nap.

Only a few children in the village had paid for lunch at Gu Tongsheng's house.

After school at noon that day, Wang Wenyu, He Zijie, Han Feng, three seven or eight-year-old children who came to study in the village.

As usual, when they came to eat in the backyard kitchen, they found that there was an extra plate of stewed meat on the table where they usually ate.

An Chuxia also paid for the meal and had lunch at Gu Tongsheng's house every day.

The Gu family also invited her to have dinner together, but An Chuxia refused.

When she saw a few children eating, they only ate two plates of vegetables, but after all, people in the village seldom eat meat, so they couldn't help but look at this plate of stewed meat.

An Chuxia stood up and brought over a pair of clean chopsticks, and distributed a plate of stewed pork to the three children.

Looking at their surprised eyes, An Chuxia said with a smile: "Eat it, this is specially reserved for us by my wife."

The three little guys looked at each other and said in unison: "Thank you, Master!"

"...Thank you too, Senior Sister!"

After finishing speaking, he ate it with a big mouthful.

Standing at the door of the kitchen, he was about to tell An Chuxia to go to her room after dinner, so that she could hand over the money for selling braised pork to her Gu family.

Hearing that An Chuxia said that the stewed pork she brought was specially reserved for a few children, she couldn't help being taken aback.

An Chuxia was called into the room by Gu Shi before school was over, and she took out a heavy package from the cabinet.

After opening it, An Chuxia saw that it was a string of copper plates.

"Xiao Xia, here are all the money for selling stewed meat today, a total of six or two or three dollars." Gu Shi pushed the cloth bag towards her.

"Sold so much...Master, you are amazing!"

An Chuxia casually took out a silver ingot of more than one tael from the inside, and handed it to Gu Shi with both hands, "This is the filial piety that students give to their teachers and teachers!"

Gu's eyes squinted at An Chuxia, "Hurry up and put it away, what kind of filial piety do you receive regardless of the year or season.

The stewed meat you sent is the best tribute, I didn't see that your teacher ate an extra bowl of rice at noon. "

An Chuxia's moist eyes flickered for a moment, but she didn't force her anymore.

Although she also knew that the teacher's wife had sold her braised pork for a long time, it must be tiring and troublesome, but she couldn't say that she would pay her for labor costs.

If she really wants to say that, I'm afraid it will also chill the hearts of the teacher and the teacher's wife.

Thinking that it will be the Dragon Boat Festival soon, and she will buy some heavy gifts for them at that time, presumably the teacher and teacher's wife will not be able to refuse.

"Thank you, Mrs. Ma'am! The student was so disrespectful and had the audacity to accept it."

Only then did Gu said happily: "What kind of politeness is there with the teacher's wife? If your brother catches prey next time, just bring it over and the teacher's wife will sell it for you!"

An Chuxia bowed respectfully to the Gu family, "I obey! Mistress!"

It provoked Gu Shi to giggle very loudly.

(End of this chapter)