peasant girl wedding

Chapter 184 Imperial Examination
The sun is just right.

Tong Zhi'er raised his head, looked at the green bamboos and shrubs outside the window, and stared blankly.

This is already the sixth day after Tong Duo'er got married.

"mother."

Hearing footsteps approaching, Tong Zhi'er turned his head and shouted at Fang Cuiwei.

Fang Cui smiled, looking haggard.

She hasn't slept well in the past few days, her eldest daughter got married, and she was so worried that she couldn't sleep all night.

"I don't know where your eldest sister and brother-in-law are now?"

Fang Cuiwei walked along the table, sat down opposite Tong Zhier, poured a cup of tea, and sighed.

"It should be on the way to Dong's house. Mother, you don't need to worry so much. Haven't we seen clearly how brother-in-law is in the past two years?"

Tong Zhier comforts her.

"I'm naturally relieved of your brother-in-law. I'm just worried about the rest of the Dong family."

Tong Zhi'er felt that Fang Cuiwei had to be distracted, otherwise you would worry about Tong Duo'er every day, and you wouldn't get sick from boredom.

Immediately, Tong Zhi'er stood up, took Fang Cuiwei's arm, and said, "Mother, Zhu'er has designed a new jewelry shape these two days, let's go and have a look."

"Pearl has designed a new one?" Fang Cuiwei was very surprised.

"Yes," Tong Zhi'er nodded, "Let's go quickly and give Zhu'er some advice."

As she spoke, she dragged Fang Cuiwei into Tong Zhu'er's room.

Tong Zhuer's room is different from before, with a row of shelves and a table added.

The shelves are full of nude-colored wooden boxes, and inside the boxes are pieces of jewelry designed by Tong Zhu'er herself. From hairpins to step shakers, from bracelets to finger rings, everything is Tong Zhu'er's painstaking efforts.

The door to her house is open.

When Tong Zhi'er and Fang Cuiwei came over, Tong Zhu'er leaned on the table, scribbling on the paper with a charcoal pencil.

She started learning with charcoal pencils, and she also relied on charcoal pencils for her later practice. To her, brushes are soft and slippery, and she can't use them well.

The charcoal pencil is easy to use, and she can draw any line she wants to draw.

The only downside is that after using a charcoal pencil, a layer of charcoal stains will inevitably stick to your hands.

The second sister thought of a way for her, asked her father to use thin bamboo to make a pen holder, cut a bamboo tube in half from the middle, and then tied a strong thin thread to the end of the sharpened charcoal pen, and then cut it with The good half of the bamboo tube is wrapped, and the end of the bamboo tube is fastened with a thread.

When the lower end of the charcoal pencil is almost used up, pull the thin thread that binds the top of the charcoal pencil outside the bamboo tube.In this way, the charcoal pencil can be lowered and then used.

The one Tong Zhier made is similar to a modern mechanical pencil.However, this "automatic pencil" has to be completed by pulling the thin wire outside.

Tong Zhu'er was serious about her work, Tong Zhi'er and Fang Cuiwei didn't bother her, they walked into the room quietly, picked up the drawing paper she put on the side, and looked at it.

"Second sister, mother!"

After finishing the final line, Tong Zhu'er turned her head, and was pleasantly surprised to find that Tong Zhi'er and Fang Cuiwei were also there.

She got up and ran over, nervously looking at a blueprint in Tong Zhi'er's hand, and said, "Mother, Second Sister, how about this? Is there anything else you want to modify?"

"Well, the pattern design on the top of this hairpin is unique, hey, why does it look like the little blue flower that came out of our backyard?"

Fang Cui said in surprise.

Tong Zhu'er nodded, and said with a smile, "Mother, this is the little blue flower in our backyard. I think it looks pretty, so I used it on jewelry, isn't it okay?"

"Well," Fang Cui nodded slightly, and reached out to pat Tong Zhu'er's shoulder, "My third girl is also capable."

Tong Zhu'er grinned, then looked at Tong Zhi'er.

"Pearl."

Hearing Tong Zhi'er calling her, Tong Zhu'er moved her head towards her.

"The lines here are sharper. If you change it to a smoother one, the effect will be better."

"Ah."

Tong Zhu'er took the design drawing over, and went back to the table to revise it again.

A quarter of an hour later.

"Second sister, how are you doing now?"

"Well, not bad, Pearl, how many pictures did you design today?"

"There are three pictures in total, a hairpin, a forehead wipe, and a comb. Second sister, have you read both the forehead wipe and the comb? Is there anything you want to modify?"

Tong Zhi'er shook her head, "There's nothing to modify, Zhu'er, your design is already very good, and I'm afraid I won't be able to pick out any problems in the future... Today's design plus yesterday's two, a total of It's just five pieces of jewelry, I'll take them to the county tomorrow and let the masters in the shop make them."

Tong Zhu'er's eyes sparkled, "Yes."

There was a rush of footsteps outside the door, and the three of them looked over, and they happened to meet Tong Zhaofu who was holding on to the door frame and gasping for breath.

Fang Cuiwei walked over distressedly, and wiped the fine beads of sweat on Tong Zhaofu's face.

"Ah Fu, what happened? Why are you running in such a hurry?"

"Mother... Mr. said... I can... take the test of a scholar."

Tong Zhaofu spoke intermittently, his little face flushed.

Fang Cuiwei and the others opened their eyes wide, unable to believe what Tong Zhaofu said.

"Ah Fu, you, you say it again, and say it again for your mother."

"Mother, my husband said that my homework is very good, and I can try to take the exam for this year's scholar."

"My God! Ah Fu, you are only eight years old." Fang Cuiwei was very excited.

Tong Zhi'er and Tong Zhu'er were also very happy.

In the time and space where Tong Zhi'er lives, there is no age limit for the imperial examinations.As long as you have real talent and learning, you can take the scientific examination.

When eating that night, Fang Cuiwei was all smiles.

The location of the scholar's exam is in Qingzhou, and the exam will be in two months.

Ah Fu consulted the teacher of Mingyang Private School, planning to study and study hard at home.

However, Tong Zhi'er has other plans.

Her shop in Qingzhou often has literati coming over, most of them here are scholars and above.If you can inquire about the problem-solving skills and the general types of questions from them, Ah Fu can review them in a targeted manner with less effort.

Moreover, she also knew Li Yuncong, Meng Liang, Su Ziyu, Liu Wensheng and Feng Tao.

These five people are rare talents in the county, even in Qingzhou, they are not ordinary people, they are extremely famous for their talents and learning.

However, they also went to Qingzhou in the past two years, and they didn't often live in the county. Tong Zhi'er opened a shop in Qingzhou, and after handing it over to Tong Zhaoyin, they stayed at home to do other things and seldom went to Qingzhou.

Now that Ah Fu is going to be a scholar, Tong Zhi'er decides to go to Qingzhou with him, and pulls the relationship between Meng Liang and others by the way.

Tong Zhier is a practical person.

Immediately, she told Tong Zhixin and Fang Cuiwei what she thought.

The two children are going to Qingzhou, and Tong Zhi'er is about to reach the age of Ji, Tong Zhixin and Fang Cuiwei are a little worried.

However, it is an extremely important event for Ah Fu to test for talent.

The family discussed it, and finally decided that the whole family will go to Qingzhou.

Anyway, in the past two months, the peanuts and soybeans have not been cooked, and they have no farm work to do.

It's just that one person has to be asked to take care of the house.

The next day, Tong Zhixin went to Tong Zhide's house.

Tong Zhide said that when Tong Zhixin was not at home, he helped take care of Tong Zhixin's home.

Luo Shi, Zhou Yuniang and their children stayed at their own home, so something unexpected happened. They only had two women and one child at home. Zhou Yuniang went back to her mother's house and called the housekeeper to come and live there.

Probably because Zhou Yunniang is married and has some children. Master Zhou has been staying in the village for a long time in the past two years. If there is any important matter to deal with, he will go to Qingzhou by car.

Therefore, the housekeeper and other servants stayed at Zhou's house.

Tong Zhixin made the arrangements, Fang Cuiwei and the others packed up and saluted, Tong Zhaofu mainly prepared books for scientific examinations.

Three days later, on a sunny morning, Tong Zhixin's family set off for Qingzhou.

This is Fang Cuiwei's first time traveling far away.

Along the way, she looked here and there from the carriage, and she was very excited.

The carriage didn't go fast, and it arrived in Qingzhou the next morning.

Tong Zhi'er's shop in Qingzhou has a similar structure to that of the county, with the shop in the front and the place to live in the back.

There are a total of six rooms, because they came, the guys who used to share one room, now two people live in a room next to each other.

In this way, three rooms were freed up.

A room for Tong Zhixin and Fang Cuiwei, Tong Zhi'er and Tong Zhu'er's family, and Tong Zhaofu's room for himself is just enough.

The boss suddenly came over, and the guys were a little embarrassed.

Tong Zhi'er said something for a while, saying that the big guys just act as usual.

Even so, the guys are still under pressure.

The most direct manifestation of them is that they are working harder and harder in the shop.

Although, they are usually very diligent.

"Where is the child steward?"

Tong Zhier asked Tong Zhaoyin.

A clerk replied: "Boss Tong is going out to buy new goods today, and he probably won't be back until evening."

Tong Zhi'er nodded, and said to the waiter: "Please go to the restaurant to order a table later, and tell the waiters that we will have dinner together tonight."

The guy was a little flattered, "Boss, it's too expensive, you can just eat this, we don't have to."

"What are you talking about? It's rare for me to come to Qingzhou. I rely on you and Tong Guan on weekdays, so the business of the shop is so good. I should invite you."

"Thank you so much, Master. Rest well, Master, and the younger one will go to work first."

"Well, let's go."

After giving orders, Tong Zhi'er walked back to the house.

At this time, Tong Zhu'er had already tidied up the house. Charcoal pencils and drawing paper were placed on the table, and the clothes were neatly put aside.

"Second sister."

"Pearl, let's go to Ah Fu's room."

The two sisters came out of the house.

Next door is Tong Zhaofu's house, which is near the bamboo grove and is the innermost one of the six houses. It is quiet and quiet, and it is the most suitable for reading.

If you are bored in the room, you can also sit in the bamboo forest next to it.

(End of this chapter)