Ancient Imperial Examination Daily

Chapter 111 Unexpected visitor
If Du Jinning's current identity was a young woman, or if she had money and status, she would still think about it, thinking that Liang Xiankuan was planning something.

But now she is a poor boy in the country with nothing. Liang Xiankuan can show kindness to her, either because he admires her, or because he admires her and wants to win her over.No matter what it is, she is not disgusted.

She also smiled, and raised her hand in return: "Du Jinning, it's a pleasure to meet you."

Seeing that the two cherished each other and greeted each other, Guan Jiaze was not happy, and shouted: "Liang Xiankuan, don't think about Du Jinning, he is with me."

Hearing this, Du Jinning couldn't help laughing.

She felt like she was back in elementary school—he was with him, I was with you, we didn't play with him.

"Childish!" Liang Xiankuan spoke out her heart.

Guan Jiaze was so angry that he stared at Liang Xiankuan as if he was about to hit someone.

"Okay, okay, the competition is over, let's go out to eat, I'm hungry." Du Jinning quickly pulled Guan Jiaze, greeted Qi Muyuan, turned and walked outside.

Qi Muyuan followed immediately.

"Hmph!" Guan Jiaze snorted coldly at Liang Xiankuan, and hurriedly followed Du Jinning.

Seeing a group of people leaving the scattered house, talking and laughing, Liang Xiankuan laughed and said, "This kid, it's not easy."

Wu Fan looked outside suspiciously, and asked, "Why isn't it simple?"

"I'm a poor kid in the country, and he's young, but Guan Jiaze obeys him, even Qi Muyuan, who is cold and ignores everyone." Liang Xiankuan said.

Wu Fan nodded thoughtfully.

"Let's go, let's go to eat quickly."

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Du Jinning didn't intend to eat, so he planned to say goodbye when he left the house: "You go to eat, I'm going home. Our family has moved to the Zhuangzi in the back. Tomorrow the academy has a rest, and I have a treat at noon. Chang and Grandpa Qi, Mr. Yuan, and Mr. Huang have all posted posts, and you will come over together when the time comes."

"Great, now it will be more convenient for us to find you. Otherwise, we would have to ask Zhang Hongwen to bring the letter, and it would be a waste of time for you to go back and forth." Guan Jiaze said happily.

Qi Muyuan nodded.

"Then I'm leaving." Du Jinning didn't talk nonsense, turned around and left.

"Hey, wait a minute." Guan Jiaze came up to hold her back, "You helped me today, I have to show it. Let's go, I'll treat you to dinner."

Du Jinning has a straightforward temper, and he is not polite, nodded and said: "OK."

They didn't go very far.Guan Jiaze and the others only had half an hour for their lunch break, and they had been delayed for a long time just now, so the three of them went directly to the dining room of the academy.

In ancient times, it was not always the case that only two meals were eaten. Many wealthy families ate three meals.The students in the academy are all in good health. They come from home early in the morning and only go back after dark. They stay in the academy for a long time. If they only eat two meals in the morning and evening, many of them will not be able to bear it.

But the summer is hot, and the food is not put properly; the winter is too cold, and the food brought over is cold and cannot be eaten.The students in the academy were all children of well-to-do families, not the kind who couldn't even afford to eat, so the academy opened a dining room and invited two cooks to cook for the students who needed to eat.

When the three of them arrived at the dining room, the good dishes were almost gone.Time is tight, even if Guan Jiaze is not short of money, it is difficult to tell the cook not to cook well, so he can only order three meals while saying: "Next time, next time I invite you to Zuixianlou, let's have a meal OK."

"It doesn't need to cost so much." Du Jinning waved his hand and said, "This is enough."

"Hey, don't be polite to me, the Zuixian Tower is the property of our Guan family, I can still afford a meal there." Guan Jiaze said proudly.

"Oh?" Du Jinning's eyes lit up, and he was concerned.But she didn't mention it, and she left after eating with the two of them.

Instead of going home, she went to the market to see what vegetables were on sale in the market.Tomorrow is going to treat guests, she has to check the food, lest Mrs. Chen will not be willing to give up the money, and the renovation will be too shabby.Although their family has no money, since they want to treat guests, they must have some sincerity.

The busiest time for the market is in the morning, when many nearby country people come to sell vegetables, and by noon they are almost sold out.Only those hunters who live in the mountains will come late, and this is the most suitable time to buy prey.But the prey is not met every day, it depends on luck.

Fortunately, Du Jinning was lucky. After walking around the market, he saw a middle-aged man in his 40s carrying a pheasant and a hare on his back, looking around for a place to sell things.

Du Jinning didn't know about prices, and there was nowhere to inquire about them at this time.But she can make money, and she doesn't care whether it is more expensive or cheaper. When the man said that three pheasants and two rabbits cost 98 yuan in total, she didn't even bargain and bought it directly.

Coming out of the market with wild game, she met someone bringing goats to sell, so she bought two goats, a male and a female, and spent one or two or five renminbi.After thinking about it, she bought some more tea.

Back home, Mrs. Chen saw the things she bought, and blamed her: "Why did you buy so much? How much did it cost?"

"Sheep are bought and raised. I see that there is grass on the back mountain. If you cut some grass every day, you can raise them. When the lambs are born, they can be sold for money when they grow up; and goat milk is the most nourishing. Our family People's bodies are in a panic, and they need to make up for it." Du Jinning said.

She is not the Chen family, she only knows how to farm.You can't make a fortune by farming, and you have to start from other aspects.Breeding and growing cash crops are ways for farmers to make a fortune.Now that the family is separated, they can show their talents.

After all, Mrs. Chen can read and read, so she has some knowledge.Hearing what Du Jinning said, she also agreed: "It is true that we must raise some livestock." Du Jinning has been in a panic since he was a child. He grew up eating corn paste, and when he is ten years old, he is about the same as an eight-year-old child.In the future, it will take a lot of effort to study, and you really need to make up for it.

Du Fanghui used to be in charge of breeding at Du's family, and was very happy to see the two sheep, so he took Du Fangling up the mountain to mow grass with a bamboo basket.

Chen Shi and Du Fangfei went to deal with pheasants and rabbits.

"Mother, one pheasant is stewed with wild mushrooms, and the other two are stewed in brown sauce; the rabbit will cut some fat meat tomorrow and cook it together." Du Jinning ordered, feeling worried after thinking about it, and went to the kitchen to check the seasoning again.There are also spices and soy sauce for making dried tofu, let Mrs. Chen buy some sugar and sour tomorrow, and the seasoning at home will be complete.

Mrs. Chen also knew that her family was able to live such a life thanks to the help of Guan Lehe and others, and Du Jinning would still have to study in the academy in the future, so she also needed the care of those people.Therefore, even though he felt sorry for the money, he knew the importance of it. On the second day, according to Du Jinning's instructions, he bought a few catties of pork and mutton, and bought two ducks, and cooked them according to the method Du Jinning said.

Her cooking skills are already good, and with Du Jinning's guidance, the three tables of dishes made her cook with a full range of flavors and flavors.

There were not enough tables and chairs at Du's house, so Du Jinning went to Dong Dacheng's house and another neighbor's house to borrow some.Not to mention Dong Dacheng's family, the other neighbor saw that Du's family directly delivered a bowl of prepared meat dishes, so naturally they were very happy to borrow tables and chairs.

At the beginning of the morning, Du Jinning was in the kitchen directing Chen Shi and Du Fangfei to cook, when he heard a voice outside the courtyard: "Du Jinning." It was Guan Jiaze's voice.

She rushed out to greet her, and saw Guan Lehe, Yuan Xiuzhu, Qi Bokun, Huang Chengming leading Qi Muyuan and Guan Jiaze coming hand in hand.She hurried forward to salute and let a group of people into the house.Du Fanghui had already made tea under Chen's order and came out to entertain the guests.

Taking advantage of Du Jinning's coming out, Mrs. Chen asked, "Why aren't Lizheng and your uncle here yet? The dishes are all ready."

Du Jinning was also puzzled.

Not to mention Du Yinsheng, she thought she could see through Zhang Guangyi.He was a man with a good heart but also a scheming person, and he had an ambition to climb up.Knowing that besides inviting them today, she would also invite Guan Lehe and Mr. Shan Changhe from the academy, Zhang Guangyi should have come here early to avoid being rude.Why is it not here yet?

She was just about to ask Mrs. Chen to wait for a while, when she saw a seven or eight-year-old boy rushing in from the door, shouting: "Du Jinning, you have a visitor." It was Dong Dacheng's youngest son, Dong Wenqing, who borrowed something in the morning seen when.

"It should be Li Zheng and the others." Du Jinning rushed out to welcome them.

When they walked to the gate of the courtyard, they saw Zhang Guangyi leading Zhang Hongwen and Du Yinsheng leading Du Yunchang standing at the gate.And there were two people standing behind them, one was Du Chensheng and the other was Du Yunnian.

(End of this chapter)