The time spent studying always passed quickly, and the quiz at the end of the month was approaching. Chen Yanwen was still thinking, what if I didn’t do well in the exam?
What else can he do? If he does well in the exam, the teacher will praise him. If he does not do well, he will be criticized. Wang Yu was not too nervous. He had also gone through three years of high school, written countless test papers, and taken countless exams. These were not a big deal.
Song Boyan didn't know whether it was because he was confident or because of his personality, but he wasn't too nervous. His face was dark and expressionless, but he looked very serious.
The tense examination atmosphere came to an end after two days. There were four subjects in total: the Four Books, the Poetry, the Policy Questions, and the Arithmetic.
Speaking of arithmetic, there is the multiplication table. It does not start from the number 99 as in the ancient times of Wang Yu, but starts from the number 11, and one by one equals one. It is said to have been invented by the founding emperor of the Dali period. Wang Yu had to suspect that the former emperor was also a time traveler. Then he thought again, the ancients were also very smart.
Mathematics was easy for Wang Yu. After all, he started learning it in kindergarten. Therefore, Wang Yu was considered the most proud student of the mathematics teacher. After leaving the classroom, the three of them did not discuss the test questions. They just waited to see the list after the holiday and made an appointment to go to Baiweilou for dinner together.
"The food at the prefectural school is okay at first, but you get tired of it after a while. It's always the same dishes. The roast chicken is good, but you have to go early every day or it's gone."
Chen Yanwen said pickily, and was still thinking of ordering some dishes that were not available in the provincial school.
Wang Yu wondered how good the big pot meal could be. The food in the provincial school was pretty good. There were one or two meat dishes every day and the food was cheap, which was very good for students from farming families.
After Chen Yanwen finished his meal, he thought about the monthly exam again. "I don't know how I did. Forget it. Brother Song, are you going home this month?"
Song Boyan shook his head. There were only two days of vacation. If he went back, he could only stay for one night. It would be too troublesome to rush back. The agricultural holiday would start in mid-June, so he could go back then.
"Then I won't go back. I'll be studying in the academy these two days. I've signed up for calligraphy and painting classes. I'll write a piece of calligraphy for you to appreciate."
Only Wang Yu and Chen Yanwen signed up for the extra interest classes, Song Boyan didn't. After all, it was a money-burning thing. Although life at home had been much better in the past two years, it still couldn't be compared with theirs.
However, Song Boyan himself did not care about these things. He thought that studying hard and making a name for himself would be worthy of Master Song and his mother. Besides, they had been classmates for so many years and knew what kind of person each other was. There was no intention of showing off.
The three of them were chatting when Chen Yanwen asked Wang Yu what he was planning to do during the holidays?
Wang Yu told the reporter that he was thinking about finding a shop. He wanted to put his previous consideration of opening a shop into practice. For the past month, Wang Yu has been drawing clothing patterns every day when he returned home. He has accumulated quite a bit of money, but he does not have enough money to buy a shop, so he plans to rent one first.
Chen Yanwen lowered his head and pondered for a moment, "Opening a shop, Xiuzhi, do you think we can open a dim sum shop in the capital?"
After hearing this, Wang Yu really thought about it seriously. The snacks from Song Boyan's family tasted good, otherwise they wouldn't have shops in the town and the county. It should be no problem to open one in the provincial capital.
"Yes, your dim sum tastes very good, but there are many dim sum shops in the city, so you should keep customers by introducing more new products. I remember that Brother Song's mother also makes delicious dim sum, you can go and learn from her."
Chen Yanwen also thought of this and said, "Yes, that's right. When I brought it back, my mother ate it and said it was good. I'll tell my father about it next time I go back."
Song Boyan also thought of how his mother could make a lot of snacks. When he was a child, his father told him that his mother seemed to be from Jiangsu Province. His father was a peddler and met his mother while walking around the streets. Later, the two got married, but she was the only one left on his mother's side.
Talking about opening a shop, Chen Yanwen no longer felt like writing and said, "Forget it. I'll write a letter back and ask my father to prepare it first. I'll go with you to see the shop tomorrow."
Wang Yu didn't expect Cheng Yanwen to say that wind is rain, and jokingly said, "You don't write for us to appreciate?"
Chen Yanwen waved his hand nonchalantly and said, "Let's talk about this later. I'll practice more. I won't make a fool of myself for now."
Actually, it's not really a show of ugliness. Those who can pass the examination for the title of Scholar all have good handwriting. Otherwise, the examiner will not let them pass. However, there is a world of difference between being good and having character. To cultivate your own character requires great perseverance and talent. Why did Wang Xizhi become a great calligrapher? He practiced calligraphy day and night, and even washed a pool of water black.
But speaking of snacks, Wang Yu suddenly thought of cake. Although Wang Yu didn't know how to make it, he still remembered the basic steps. As for the ratio of the ingredients, he couldn't remember it clearly at the moment.
All Wang Yuzhi knew was that his mother had been obsessed with making dim sum for a while. He had helped her do odd jobs during the Chinese New Year, but she gave up after failing for the third time. Wang Yuzhi didn't get to eat the finished product, but instead had a stomach full of failed products. He had to clean up the mess himself.
His mother was still muttering, "I followed the steps, why didn't it work?" Yes, he was also wondering why it didn't work, looking at the measuring cups, electronic scales, egg beaters, and various delicate tools on the operating table, strictly following the instructions, but it just didn't work.
Finally, he was forced to follow the tutorial again, but still failed. Wang Yu thought that maybe he and his mother were not talented enough in this area. However, his mother attributed the failure to the problem of the tutorial.
Wang Yu finally suggested that she change the course, but maybe his mother was discouraged and said, forget it, let others make the money.
Chen Yanwen looked at Wang Yu who didn't say anything and asked him what was wrong?
Wang Yu suddenly thought of his own mother and found that he hadn't thought of them for a long time. His eyes darkened and he hoped that they were living well in that world.
Wang Yu adjusted his mood and told Chen Yanwen that nothing was wrong, he just thought of something, and then he talked to them for a while before leaving.
On the second day, Wang Yu, Cheng Chen and Chen Yanwen met at the pawnshop. Wang Yu thought about it last night and realized that he didn't have the money to buy a shop, but he could rent one first. The winery had two months' income, which should be enough. He had asked Brother Chen to go back and get it. Cheng Fei also had a day off, so he asked Zheng Shu to take him to the winery to stay with his sister-in-law for two days.
The broker looked at several shops according to their requirements. One was on South Street, which had the largest flow of people. If the shop was good, it would be a good place. However, this shop on South Street was very small. It was okay to be a snack shop, but it was too small to be a clothing shop.
The second shop was on East Street. There were two, one one-story and one two-story. The one-story shop was of a decent size and had a backyard, but Wang Yu preferred the two-story shop which also had a backyard. He asked about the price and found that the one-story shop cost 150 taels and the two-story shop cost 220 taels. Wang Yu asked the agent if he could rent it first, and the agent said yes, that was good.
The three of them went to West Street to take a look, and Wang Yu still felt that the shop on East Street was suitable.
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