How to survive in poverty: I use a simulator to farm

On the first night, Xiucai Qu ate happily at Chen Yixuan's house and slept comfortably.

He really didn't expect that with Chen Yixuan's family being in such poor condition, his family would be able to do a lot of tricks.

For example, I don’t know how the straw mat he slept on became so beautifully woven.

It's laid out layer by layer, and it's really soft to sleep on. There was also a linen quilt covering him, and he didn't know what was in it. Although it smelled like duck and goose feathers, it felt warm when it covered me.

This old man slept all night and didn't want to get up.

Scholar Qu put on his clothes and when he came out, he saw Chen Feiyan setting up a table.

A large pot is filled with fried sorghum cakes.

A large pot seemed to be stewed with freshly slaughtered chicken.

There is also a pot of Chinese cabbage filled with lard.

A bowl of egg custard and a bowl of pickles.

It's full, which is quite rich for farmers.

There is no reason why women in Chen Feiyan's family cannot serve at the table.

Chen Feiyan waited for Chen Yixuan to hold hot tea and said a lot of polite remarks and polite words to the scholar Qu, and then the family began to use chopsticks to eat.

Qu Xiucai has long known that country people are not particular.

When he saw Chen Feiyan, Wang Yingying and others coming to the table to eat, he didn't lose his temper and say anything.

Chen Feiyan's cooking skills are really impressive.

She is good at cooking, frying and frying.

Especially making fried food, Chen Feiyan is the best at it.

The fried food she made was particularly crispy and delicious.

Xiucai Qu ate it last night, and he thought about it as soon as he got up this morning.

Now eating such delicious food, he is smiling.

After eating and drinking, Qu Xiucai began to spare no effort in giving instructions to Chen Yixuan.

When Chen Feiyan saw it, she quickly pushed her fourth and fifth sons and daughters who were studying at home quietly and asked them to listen.

When Wang Yingying saw it, she quickly pulled her son Wang Jihe over and asked him to learn from her.

A rare opportunity.

Although he is an old scholar with gray hair, he is also a capable and knowledgeable old scholar.

Scholars are generally not idle people.

If you can learn some skills along the way, your child will be more likely to be a scholar when the time comes.

With Qu Xiucai's guidance from morning to night, Chen Yixuan felt that he seemed to have improved academically.

Time flies so fast, and it’s mid-March in a blink of an eye.

The end of March every year is the day when the county examination starts.

You have to register, you have to jointly sign, and you have to submit all relevant information about the candidates to the court.

This time, it was Chen Yixuan’s own money.

He didn't ask his cousin Zhang Jiqing to hand it over for him.

His family has helped him a lot.

Chen Yixuan's heart felt heavy when he thought about it, and he was a little ashamed.

……

Chen Feiyan sent her husband out.

Seeing him following his master to the county town to take the exam, Chen Feiyan felt excited and nervous.

She didn't know what his future was like, but she really hoped that he could pass the exam earlier, preferably this year.

As long as he is admitted as a scholar, the burden on his family will be much lighter.

Chen Feiyan has long been very clear about the benefits she will get from being admitted to the Xiucai University.

If he is admitted as a scholar, he does not have to pay taxes, including grain tax and poll tax. There is no need to perform corvee military service.

As long as he stays at home, he is the backbone of the family that is always creating benefits and making money.

Moreover, if there is such a capable scholar in the family, the social status of their whole family will be improved. Whenever people in the village mention his home, they will give a thumbs up and praise it.

And this is something that many people cannot buy even if they want to spend money. …

It's been raining heavily lately.

The continuous heavy rain affects people's mood.

Chen Feiyan heard people say that the test for scholar, examiner, and Jinshi could not be completed in one day.

Some take three days, some take nine days.

For such a long time, I stayed in a small room one meter wide and one meter long. And it’s the kind of place without doors or windows. Chen Feiyan felt that the place where most people took exams in ancient times was still too simple.

Moreover, those students who are studying cannot come out of the exam room until they finish the exam, and they have to sleep there at night.

When Chen Feiyan thought of this, she couldn't help but start to recall the things she asked her husband to carry when he went out.

She prepared three pieces of clothing for him, a pair of cotton shoes sewn by herself, and a rabbit fur vest.

A large bowl of wheat flour fried directly in lard was also prepared for him.

You can eat it dry or cooked.

She also prepared for him some pairs of socks made of linen that she had carefully knitted.

Most importantly, she gave him three taels of silver.

She had never been to an examination room in ancient times, and she was not particularly clear about what ancient scholars should bring before entering the examination room.

She had to ask Chen Yixuan carefully when he came back this time.

After Chen Yixuan went out, everyone in the family was thinking about him and missing him.

Even the big yellow dog at home grunts in his throat every day without knowing what he is talking about.

He is getting bigger and stronger.

Every morning before dawn, the big yellow dog would run out with Chen Feiyan's sons.

Go up the mountain to catch birds and hares, go down the river to catch fish and crabs, this big yellow dog can do it all.

And he is extremely humane.

When people talk to him, he understands them. So much so that everyone in the family likes him.

Today the big yellow dog caught three more voles.

Chen Feiyan does not object to eating field mice at all.

I don’t know how the voles on the mountain grow.

After peeling off the skin, the meat inside is quite fragrant.

Whether eaten grilled, stewed, boiled, or fried, field mice taste good.

The big yellow dog caught several voles, which together weighed just over two kilograms.

If the internal organs and bones are removed, there will be even less edible meat.

But for those rural people in ancient times who could not eat meat all year round, some food was better than nothing.

Chen Feiyan's whole family doesn't dislike it.

They all ate happily and deliciously while eating a large pot of sorghum paste stewed with field mouse meat made by Chen Feiyan herself.

The big yellow dog eats the same food as their humans at this time.

The big yellow dog eats very quickly.

In a short while, he finished a large bowl of food.

After eating, he went fishing with Chen Feiyan's sons.

When Chen Feiyan's sons came back, his tail was wagging very happily.

When Chen Feiyan saw his posture, she knew that he had caught a lot of fish today.

Small fish can be fried in lard and eaten.

The big fish was peeled off its scales and internal organs, inserted into the fish's mouth with a branch, and then roasted by the fire.

Three more days passed unknowingly.

Chen Feiyan has saved a large amount of grilled fish at home, and she is waiting for Chen Yixuan to come back and sell these grilled fish.

Just when Chen Feiyan was missing him, Chen Yixuan felt like he had been fighting on the battlefield for ten days and a half. After exhausting his strength, Chen Yixuan was sent back on a donkey cart.