Ancient Imperial Examination Daily

Chapter 1 Different
Cold, bone-chilling cold!Although the sun was out today and it didn't rain, the cold wind blowing on his body still pierced into the padded jacket that had been worn for several years without any heating.

Du Jinning could bear the cold, but the most terrible thing was the hunger in his stomach.Except for drinking half a bowl of corn mush in the morning, she didn't eat at the end of the day.

She may be the most useless traverser who was starved to death in history.

Du Jinning smiled mockingly.She let go of her thoughts and raised her head to look at the sky, but when she looked up, she saw a few jujube branches.On the branch swaying in the cold wind, there is actually a shriveled small fruit that is not fully developed but refuses to fall to the ground. I unconsciously think of the candied dates in my refrigerator before crossing. "Crackling" was crisp, she felt that she was even more miserable.

She looked down at her ten-year-old hand and sighed deeply.

With a bang, the courtyard door was pushed open, and a woman in her thirties came running in, followed by a girl of twelve or thirteen.

The woman knelt down beside Du Jinning, hugged her into her arms, and cried loudly: "Dad, Dad, brother Ning's illness is still not cured, how can you bear to let her kneel in the cold wind?" On the cold ground? She is your own grandson."

"Crying, crying, why are you crying? I'm not dead yet!" A man's roar came from the main room blocked by the thick cotton curtain, "I, Du Chensheng, educate my children and grandchildren, and it's not your turn to intervene like a woman. Cry, you also kneel for an hour."

Du Jinning came back to his senses, and quickly pushed the woman beside him: "Mother, get up quickly, I'm fine, I'm already fine." Then he called the panting little girl who had just entered the door, "Fourth sister, help your mother quickly. stand up."

"I'm sorry, mother will kneel with you." Mrs. Chen threw off Du Fanghui's hand, and hugged Du Jinning tightly, "If you want to freeze again, how can you ask mother to live?" Weeping.Probably out of consideration for the people in the main room, the crying was suppressed to a minimum.

There was a sound of cotton curtains, and a man came out of the main room, about fifty years old, wearing a brown muslin padded jacket with stone blue beige on the outside, the bun on his head was neatly combed, not a single mess was visible, but It is Du Jinning's grandmother Niu's family.

She took a stern look at Chen Shi and Du Jinning who were huddled together, and said coldly: "Chen Shi, you have to think clearly. If you continue to mess around, Brother Ning will have to kneel for another hour."

Chen's body trembled, and she turned her head to look at her mother-in-law in disbelief.

"Mother, get up, I'm really fine." Du Jinning quickly pushed Chen Shi again.

Chen looked down at Du Jinning, closed her eyes in pain, slowly let go of her, and stood up with Du Fanghui's support.

"If you do something wrong, you have to let him know it. Father has always taught us that books are the things of sages and should never be spoiled." A female voice came from a room next to him, followed by Chen's voice. A woman of similar age lifted the curtain and came out, looking at Chen with a half-smile, "Third siblings, brother Ning ruined the book and was fined to kneel for an hour, and the punishment was divided into two time periods, father is enough." Brother Ning hurts, what else do you want? You are crying and making noise in this yard, do you want outsiders to watch our family's excitement?"

Mrs. Niu looked at the open yard, and there seemed to be passers-by outside poking their heads in. Her face darkened suddenly, and she said to Mrs. Chen: "Don't eat tonight with Sister Hui, hurry up and bring me some water." Go. Don't come back until you fill up both tanks."

Du Jinning has always been a calm personality. Two days ago, he suddenly traveled to ancient times and was reborn as a ten-year-old child. After receiving the original owner's memory, he found that he was still a woman disguised as a man. Except for her mother Chen and her eldest sister, no one in the family seemed to know her. It's a woman; moreover, Sanfang is in a very difficult situation in Du's house. Although she has a temper that can't be tolerated, she has been afraid to speak out for the sake of the Chen family and a few sisters.Even when her illness was slightly better, she was dragged into the yard by her grandfather to kneel down, she endured it forcefully.She was going to have a good understanding of the situation of this family and the world before making plans.

But at this time, she couldn't bear to see Chen Shi and Du Fanghui being punished because of her.She is born with a short-tempered temperament. In her memory, Chen Shi and Du Fanghui were very kind to her. It can be said that they used their lives to protect her. Since she inherited this life, she also inherited the family love of the original owner. She needs to be protected. her relatives.

She raised her head and shouted in the direction of the main room: "Grandfather, there is something unclear about my grandson, please ask grandfather to clarify my doubts for my grandson."

As soon as these words came out, the yard fell silent, Yao Shi, the second aunt of the Du family who wanted to speak, opened her mouth halfway, but didn't make a sound.

"Boom", the cotton curtain of the main room was lifted, and an old man in a navy blue cotton gown came out from inside, with a thin face and a serious expression.

He looked at Du Jinning without saying a word.Immediately afterwards, he went down the steps step by step, walked up to Du Jinning, stared at her closely, with a stern expression.

Du Jinning was stared at by this man's intimidating eyes, his eyes were blank, and he didn't know what went wrong with her words just now.

"What's the problem?" Du Chensheng opened his mouth, without any emotion in his voice, neither sad nor happy.

Du Jinning calmed down and asked: "The grandson wants to ask, as grandsons, the elder brother, the second brother, and the fourth brother can study, but the grandson cannot. Even touching a book is a serious crime. Why?"

This is a question that Du Jinning has been puzzled by since his time travel.

The same is the male of the Du family, the grandchildren of the first room and the second room are loved by their grandparents, and they have the opportunity to go to school in addition to having enough food and clothing.But Du Jinning is a superfluous existence in this family - there is no ration and supplies for her in the public house, she can live so long, it is all saved by Mrs. Chen and her sisters from their rations. , all so.

Not only is she treated very differently from the grandchildren of the Du family, but her mother and sisters also live a life like cattle and horses in this family, which is very different from the situation of the eldest aunt, second aunt and cousin.Not only do they have to do the heavy and tiring work that men can do, but they also often suffer scolding and harsh treatment from Mrs. Du and Mrs. Du.

But it was the punishment after she was discovered disguised as a man, but it was not at all.In the memory of the original body, a child of this age has no concept of gender at all. She herself thinks that she is a boy. She is completely different from her older sisters. She longs to live like her cousins.And in memory, her mother Chen and eldest sister Du Fangfei arranged for her bathing and changing clothes, and she never pretended to be someone else. In the summer when she was four years old, Du Fanghui saw that her mother and eldest sister were too busy and wanted to help her take a bath. Chen slapped in anger.

Because of this, why did Mrs. Chen want to call her a man in a panic? Naturally, she didn't know anything in her memory.And why Sanfang's status in the family is so poor, she can't get the answer in her memory.

She had to ask this out.

As soon as these words came out, the yard became even quieter.Even Niu Shi, who used to cough from time to time, suppressed the discomfort in his throat.

"Why?" Du Chensheng didn't have any expression on his face, but for some reason, Du Jinning still saw a hint of sarcasm and coldness on his face.

He raised his eyes and looked directly at Chen Shi. Chen Shi was startled by the sharp eyes, and Du Fanghui was almost knocked down when he stepped back.

"He doesn't know, do you know?" Du Chensheng's voice was cold.

"I know, I know." Chen replied stammeringly, her lips trembling, a tear slipped from her eye socket, and dripped onto the rough cloth clothes that had been patched a few times.

"When you get back to the room, you tell him." Du Chensheng finished in a cold voice, then turned around and went up the steps. He lifted the curtain and entered the main room at a leisurely pace.

(End of this chapter)