Chapter 79

About half an hour later, Wang Ergou came with people.

There are four men and ten women in total. Wang Ergou stepped forward with a flattering smile and said, "Young Master Qin, four servants are in charge of the door and running errands. Six servants, two cooks, six are in charge of washing and sweeping the courtyard."

Speaking of this, Wang Ergou approached some and lowered his voice, and said with a smile: "I have specially selected two pretty personal maids for you, both of whom are 16 years old and look beautiful. They are all signed death contracts, Mr. Qin can do whatever you want." make fun of."

Seeing his humble appearance, Qin Guan still doesn't know what Wang Ergou means.

He raised his eyes and saw that the two maids were really good-looking, although they were not stunning, they could definitely be regarded as two little beauties.

Qin Guan was very satisfied, and asked Erbao to pay the money to get the deed of selling himself, and rewarded him with another 5 pennies. Wang Ergou thanked him and left.

Qin Guan said to Erbao beside him: "Erbao, the young master has given you a task. You will be the housekeeper of this other courtyard from now on. You will be responsible for everything here."

Er Bao was stunned, and said with some fear: "Master, I, I don't understand very well either."

Qin Guan patted him on the shoulder, "If you don't understand, just learn. Besides, there is nothing to do here. It can be used as a leisure place at most. I usually live at home."

If Qin Guan dared to move out now, his mother would probably tell his father Qin Zhang immediately, maybe Qin Zhang would run back from Jinling and break his leg.

Parents who dare to separate the family are so unfilial that it is easy to break a leg.

Erbao had no choice but to bite the bullet.

The other servants went to clean up, and Erbao directed the work. He really looked like a big butler. Qin Guan came to the backyard, sat in the gazebo, admiring the lotus leaves and flowers, and the breeze blew by, wrinkling half of the pool of spring water.

Two servant girls brought tea, Qin Guan didn't move, and asked, "What's your name?"

The two pretty little servant girls saluted together, the taller one spoke first, "Master, the name of this servant girl is Ping'er."

The other girl, who was shorter, was even more shy, and whispered, "My maidservant, Mei."

Qin Guan was a little dazed when he heard the name.

Is Lao Tzu going to change his name to Ximen Daguanren?

"Okay, you guys have changed your names now. You will be called Shuxiang from now on, and you will be called Mo Yun." From then on, the tall maid changed her name to Shuxiang, and the shy maid changed her name to Mo Yun.

It was getting late, Qin Guan didn't stay in the other courtyard, and went back to the Qin Mansion.

In the other courtyard room, two little maids secretly chatted about Qin Guan.

"I thought our young master would live here tonight."

"Scholarly sister is missing spring."

Shuxiang patted Mo Yun, "No way, but I think the young master is different from the rumors."

"It's different. Outsiders used to say that the young master is a dandy, but now it doesn't look like it. And now the young master is a famous talent in Hangzhou. His poems are sung by the whole Hangzhou. I like the song "Magpie Bridge Immortal" the most."

"Mo Yun, we have to serve the young master well in the future, and it is our blessing to be able to follow the young master."

"Scholarly sister, I understand."

Time flies like a white horse, and it flies by in a blink of an eye. It has already entered August, and the Qiuwei Township Examination starts.

At two o'clock in the morning, Qin Guan was woken up. It was still pitch black outside. Qin Guan was blindfolded and asked Rue Xiang to dress and comb his hair.

When I washed my face, I was jolted by the cold water, so I woke up a little bit.

When I came to the living room, I found that my mother, elder brother, second mother, and younger sister were all there, and he was probably the last one to get up in the entire Qin residence.

Mrs. Qin looked at her two sons, and she was very happy. The eldest son has always been sensible, obedient, knowledgeable and friendly. He is likely to develop on the road of imperial examinations. The younger son used to be stubborn, but he suddenly changed a lot. He knows that he has made progress in studying , He was also admitted as a scholar, and now he has a good reputation in poetry and prose.

The eldest son once told her that Guan'er's poems are masterpieces that can be handed down for hundreds of years and thousands of years. Perhaps in the future, the Qin family's name in history will depend on Qin Guan.

With such two sons, what is there to be dissatisfied with?

Mrs. Qin greeted her two sons for dinner, and ordered her servants to prepare things, and this time the preparations were even more complete.

The rural exam is different from the college exam. This exam takes two days and one night, and you can't leave the exam hall during the test. Even when you go to the toilet, you are followed by a special person, and you eat, drink, and drink in the exam hall.

The place to sleep can only be that the quiz room cannot come out.Regardless of whether you are a son of an official or a scholar from a humble family, there is no preferential treatment like this.

Fortunately, it is only August now, and the weather is quite suitable. If it is arranged in November, maybe a test will be passed, and those who are not in good health may not be able to survive.

Bacon and marinated vegetables, dried fruit snacks, teapots and cups, pens, inks, papers and inkstones, in short, Qin Guan thought of everything, and Mrs. Qin thought of it all. She made a large suitcase full, and even prepared two thin blankets and a pillow.Moreover, Mrs. Qin put all these things into the suitcase with her own hands. This is the mother's love and care, and she is also afraid that there will be mistakes in the hands of others. After all, this is a major event related to her son's life.

If someone really had evil intentions and just put a piece of paper with words in it, it might ruin his son's life.

There is still a chance to participate in the exam if you are caught in the hospital examination, but if you are caught in the township examination, the end will be more serious. The light ones will not be allowed to participate in the imperial examination for life, and the serious ones may be sentenced to exile.

After eating, Qin Wei and Qin Zhang came to grandma's room again, and the old lady was already up. Seeing the two grandsons kowtow, she said kindly, "The most glorious moment for a man is when he is named on the gold list."

"My Qin family has farming and studying for several generations. Back then, your great-grandfather studied for 30 years and passed the examination as a scholar. Your grandfather studied literature for 16 years, and finally passed the examination. He filled the official vacancy and became a county lieutenant in Anxi County. Your father studied hard, and he became a Jinshi in high school after [-] years of studying literature. At that moment, our Qin family was so honored."

"Now that you are adults, you are the future and hope of the Qin family. If you are on the road of imperial examinations, you must put all your energy into striving for a bright future and carry forward the Qin family."

What the old lady said made Qin Wei and Qin Guan feel excited and full of strength.

Don't look at the old lady who is usually very kind and doesn't interfere with the family affairs at all, but how can she be an ordinary old lady who can personally teach a Jinshi like Qin Zhang.

The two brothers paid homage to the old lady again, and Qin Xi drove the two young masters to the examination institute, followed by Er Bao and several servants.

Before a group of people came to the examination institute, they saw that the place was already crowded with candidates and family servants who came to take the examination. Although it was only 5 o'clock in the morning, Qin Guan estimated that there were no fewer than 3000 people here, and there were still people. They came one after another.

Qin Guan searched in the crowd, but did not find Zheng Da.This year Zheng Da will also take part in the township exam, and before the exam, he was locked up by his father for retreat. Except for the Qixi Festival, Qin Guan has never seen him again.

But now the crowd is noisy, but it is hard to find someone, it seems that we can only talk after the exam.

When the sky was just showing a fish belly, the gate of the examination institute opened, and a row of government soldiers came out and lined up on both sides, the number of them was as many as three to four hundred.

Standing there with a long spear in full body armor, the originally chaotic playground of the examination institute was suddenly quiet.

(End of this chapter)

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