Strategy to develop champions

Chapter 81

Mrs. Xu is a farmer and only knows how to save money for his son to study. How could he know that there are so many skills in the study test? Hearing Zhao Caifeng said that he was looking for a house, he was puzzled.

"Why do you still need to find a house? Why don't you just find an inn to live in?" Xu remembers that the last time Song Mingxuan went to Beijing for the exam, it wasn't that troublesome.

"Of course, I need to find a quieter house. There are people coming and going in the inn, so how can I read a book? Going to the exam is not just for fun, and there are three exams for nine days in a row, so staying in the inn for nine days is not a lot of money. I'm afraid it's enough to rent one It’s been a month.” Although Zhao Caifeng has never been to the capital, according to her experience, even in modern times, renting a house is cheaper than staying in a hotel.

"Why is it so troublesome? Our family doesn't have any acquaintances in the capital. How can we find this house?" Mrs. Xu is in trouble now. It's easy for Zhao Caifeng to say, but she has never done these things before, but she is confused. of.

"Now I also have money. I will ask Uncle Li in a few days to see if he will go to the capital soon. If he does, let him inquire about it. Wang Yan is now working as a maid in Prince Gong's Mansion in the capital, or give her a little Letter, ask her if she can introduce a place.” Zhao Caifeng never thought of asking for help, but in ancient times, she could only make good use of these neighborhood relationships.

Mrs. Xu heard what she said was reasonable, and felt that Zhao Caifeng would be the daughter-in-law of their Song family sooner or later, so she simply said: "Then I will entrust this matter to you, and don't give me the money. Anyway, let Mingxuan take care of you, he failed the exam last time, if he fails this time, there is no extra money in the family for him."

Hearing this, Zhao Caifeng only smiled and said, "If Big Brother Song could pass the exam last time, then he would not be a talent, but a genius. How can the imperial examination be so simple?" Zhao Caifeng also visited the Jiangnan Gongyuan in her previous life, and there The test houses are densely packed like small alleys. It is not easy to perform normally under such test conditions.Zhao Caifeng also deeply sympathizes with the scholars of this era.

When Xu heard what Zhao Caifeng said, she also felt a little ashamed. Although she was busy in the fields these years, although she cared about Song Mingxuan, most of the time she just said a few words: Ergou, you should read well, the family is counting on you!

She never knew that apart from studying, Song Mingxuan would encounter so many difficulties.There is no place to live for the exam, no place to go to review, and maybe not even enough to eat.

Mrs. Xu took a look at the silver in the box, it was the first time she saw the whole ingot of silver, she suddenly felt a little sorry for Song Mingxuan, she just sighed: "Mingxuan of my family has a hard life, reborn in such a family, if anyone How can other families with better conditions suffer like this.”

Zhao Caifeng will not complain about herself, she has now become such a poor village girl, it is useless to complain anymore, instead she comforts Xu: "The ancients said that one can be a superior person when one endures hardships, Brother Song begged like this." Make progress, and God will treat him kindly."

But these are just Zhao Caifeng's words of comfort to Mrs. Xu, the imperial examination is really not something that can be explained clearly in one or two sentences.For example, Liu Yong in the Song Dynasty, who wrote poems and articles so well, didn’t he also laugh at himself: Did he even lose the top spot on the gold list...

Since Mrs. Xu intends to hand over the money to Zhao Caifeng, Zhao Caifeng will not shirk it. For a huge sum of 50 taels of silver, how to spend the money wisely is also a matter worth studying.

What's more, she doesn't know the price of goods in the capital, don't wait for Song Mingxuan to go, the money is not enough to spend.Therefore, as much of the money as possible should be reserved for Song Mingxuan's personal use, so he can rest assured that he has money in his pocket!

Zhao Caifeng and Xu's discussed this matter, and took Zhao Caidie back to Zhao's house first.Looking at the desolate state of the family, Zhao Caifeng's full fighting spirit just now has been reduced by half.

Zhao Wen had already washed up and was sleeping on the kang. Zhao Caifeng glanced at the footbath leaning in the corner, and carried her to the river to wash up.When you have extra silver, the first thing you need to do is to buy a tub!
Early the next morning, after the rooster in the backyard crowed three times, Zhao Caifeng hurriedly got up from the kang, only to remember that Zhao Wen was going out with Carpenter Qian again today, so she got up and packed his luggage for him.There was no dry food at home, but luckily Mrs. Xu sent some steamed buns over last night, so Zhao Caifeng wrapped them in cloth, boiled some eggs and put them away for Zhao Wen to take on the road to eat.

Zhao Wen followed behind Zhao Caifeng, looking tall and big, although he was dull and dumb, he was very obedient and quiet.Many people came out to go to the fields in the morning. Along the way, people in the field saw Zhao Caifeng and Zhao Wen and greeted them.

(End of this chapter)