The lucky girl in the village has a good way of making money.

Chapter 268 Milk Tablets
She wanted to ride in a carriage, but she couldn't buy a good horse for the time being. However, she wanted to ride a donkey, which was not difficult. The next day, a family in the neighboring Changqing Village sent her a donkey. The donkey was six years old and mature and strong.

When Shi Liu looked at the donkey's face, he couldn't help laughing, so he took some silver and bought the donkey. He took the donkey for a stroll on the village road twice and then tried to ride it.

The donkey was docile and obedient, and most importantly, it was short, so it was not difficult for her to climb on it.

But after just one afternoon, Pomegranate was able to ride steadily.

It felt pretty good to ride the donkey, so she decided to ride it back into the city.

At this moment, Shi Liu turned the donkey around and prepared to ride home. Just then, Li Rong Zhang and his friends from the village came back from school. When they saw their second sister riding a donkey, they excitedly ran after them.

The children with him were also jealous. Shi Liu had ridden the bike for an entire afternoon and was tired of it, so he smiled and asked them all to have a ride to try it out.

There were so many people that each person could only ride for a short while, but this was enough to excite them.

Knowing that the donkey was bought by his second sister, Li Rongzhang was not in a hurry to snatch it from others. He just waited for them to ride it first, and then he could ride it home.

At the moment, I was watching them riding and talking to my second sister, "Fan Qing and the others will set off for the prefectural capital early tomorrow morning. After passing the prefectural examination, they are now serious students!"

Seeing his envious look, Shi Liu couldn't help but say, "Tongsheng is the easiest entry point to the imperial examination. As long as you memorize the books, it's not difficult. You've only been in school for a little over a year, so don't worry. Take your time and make steady progress. Even if you pass the Tongsheng exam, it doesn't prove anything."

Just look at Sun Wenming from the village. He passed the exam for a tongsheng, but failed the academy exam that year. He persisted and took the exam last year, but still failed.

It is not enough to just pass the imperial examination for a Tongsheng. How many people remain just a Tongsheng from their youth to their sixties?

Shi Liu still hopes that his younger brother can concentrate on accumulating knowledge, laying a good foundation, accumulating knowledge, and then making a breakthrough. Wouldn't it be great if he could make a concerted effort when the time comes?
Like Sun Wenming, failing the exam again and again is actually quite a blow to one's self-confidence.

Li Rongzhang listened and nodded, "I know, Second Sister! Fan Qing and the others have been studying for several years. Although I am not much behind Fan Qing in the monthly exam, it takes a lot of effort to surpass her. Besides, my handwriting is not good enough, so I am far from being able to take the Tongsheng exam!"

Shi Liu saw that although he was envious, he was also aware of his own abilities, so she couldn't help but feel relieved, "I'll go to the city and buy you some more calligraphy copybooks later. You need to practice hard to write well."

Li Rongzhang nodded to indicate that he knew. He now copied calligraphy and wrote a few large characters every day without fail.

"Oh, Senior Brother Fan Jin has chosen a name. He chose it himself. I heard him say that the name was unlucky so he chose a name to make it up. Anyway, Senior Brother Fan Jin's words are so funny sometimes that I often don't understand him!"

Because Fan Jin always played with him in school and talked about all sorts of things, in Li Rongzhang's heart, Fan Jin was also his best friend in school, so he always talked about him when he came back.

Shi Liu raised an eyebrow when she heard this, "What character did he choose?"

Li Rongzhang said: "Hongzai, maybe it comes from the Book of Changes, which means broad, glorious and great, and virtuous and capable of carrying all things?"

Pomegranate was stunned, then thought of something and couldn't help laughing out loud.

Fan Jin, there is nothing wrong with this name, but it sounds the same as Fan Jin, and he is going to take the imperial examination, isn’t that unlucky?

As people of later generations, we have basically heard of Fan Jin's success in the imperial examination, but it took him decades to pass.

This Fan Jin was really interesting. He gave himself such a name. She remembered it clearly. In the history of the Ming Dynasty, the only person who won the top three places in the imperial examination was Shang Lu, whose name was Hongzai. He was a genius at a young age. Not only did he win the top three places in the imperial examination, he was also the chief minister of the cabinet. He served in three dynasties. People called him "the prime minister of three dynasties". After his death, he was posthumously named Taifu.

This is indeed the most powerful way to become an official through the imperial examination.

Well, the name is not auspicious, so he picked a character to make it up. This "fellow villager" is also determined to take the imperial examination well.

As a fellow villager, she naturally wished him good luck.

Therefore, she specifically asked people to pay more attention to the provincial examination so that she could be the first to know the results when they came out.

The new workshop in Xianggupo is busy in full swing, and as completion is imminent, Shi Liu is also not idle.

On this day, Shi Liu got some goat milk and made milk powder first. Then he added water to the milk powder and stirred it. The water should not be too much, just enough to make small lumps the size of millet grains appear in the milk powder. It should not be too wet as it would easily stick to the mold.

The molds were made by a woodworking workshop and come in different styles, including round, square, flower-shaped, small animal-shaped, and triangular. They all come in different shapes, but all have the word "Li Ji" engraved on them.

We have made several sets first, and now we have assigned people to work on making the mold.

Put the stirred milk powder into the mold, then use a small hammer to press it into shape. The milk slices taken out are still soft, of course not ready yet, so put some clean oil paper on it, spread it on the kang and bake it for a quarter of an hour, and then let it cool down.

Shi Liu immediately gave some of the milk slices to Sanni and her sisters, and left some for her younger brother. She also left some for Old Yuan and the others, so they could all have some to enjoy.

Shou Ge'er is still young, so it’s better not to give him any to eat for the time being. Instead, some was sent to Great Uncle and the clan leader’s family.

The Song family knew that this candy was made from goat's milk, which was very surprising. They had never seen such candy before, and it had such a milky flavor. It was really surprising.

It smells like milk and tastes sweet milky flavor, which is very intoxicating. Both Old Yuan and the children like Sanni love it very much.

After giving away the rest, Shi Pomegranate packed it up and rode her donkey to Luoshui City the next day.

She had asked the manager who came to transport the goods in advance and learned that Liu Dongjia was in Luoshui City for the past two days, so she sent someone to bring a message to Liu Dongjia, asking him to meet her at Wuming Tower today.

Riding a donkey is different from sitting in a mule cart, and the wind blows on your face, and the view is very wide.

It was comfortable, but a young girl riding on a donkey did attract attention. After Dafengji, Shi Liu returned to the mule cart and asked Hu Zhen and others to lead the donkey.

She wasn't interested in being a monkey for others.

After entering Luoshui City, we went straight to Wuming Tower.

Mr. Liu was calculating the time and had just arrived. When he saw Shi Liu, he had to exchange some pleasantries and talked about how popular the new chess toys launched by Tongwanzhai were in Beijing and other places.

"You don't know that the two children's playhouses in the capital can't even keep up with the supply. Most of the chess buyers this time are young masters from various families, and there are also quite a few military generals and ministers!"

The military chess game was really interesting. Even though he was very busy now, he couldn't help but take time to play two games every day. The more he played, the more interesting it became.

The more Liu Dongjia looked at her, the more he felt that Shi Liu was a great girl. If his eldest son had not been married for a long time and his second son was not of the right age, he would really want Shi Liu as his daughter-in-law.

He doesn't care much about family background. Those with good family background don't have Shi Liu's calmness and intelligence.

It is a pity after all, but it doesn't matter. It is also good that he can cooperate with Shi Liu for a long time. Anyway, he has made up his mind to be friends with this young man.

Thinking about the last time when Shi Liu almost got into trouble at the Liu family during the old man's birthday party, Mr. Liu had to tell Shi Liu about his niece's situation in Qingxin Temple.

Shi Liu listened to everything and had a very good conversation with Liu Dongjia.