Chapter 014 School Starts

Ji Qingyue was stunned: "My workshop?"

Yuan Ming gently hugged him from behind and said with a smile: "Qingqing, don't you like making incense? This will be your exclusive incense workshop in the future."

The so-called incense making is to extract spices from various flowers, woods or other materials with fragrance, grind them into powder to make incense or add essential oils to make perfume. The process involved is complicated and tedious. Sometimes a simple step will take several days.

Ji Qingyue's love for making incense has a lot to do with his mother. His mother Luo Sujuan is a branch of the Luo family, a famous incense making family. Although she is not a direct descendant, she is extremely talented. Before marrying Ji Fulai, she participated in the development of new incense many times. If she had not focused on her career after marriage, she would probably have been able to make incense independently.

But Ji Fulai disagreed with this. He stubbornly believed that women should be gentle and quiet, and their main job was to take care of their husbands and children. Therefore, Luo Sujuan's talent for making incense was gradually worn out in the daily life.

When Ji Qingyue was young, she saw her mother secretly making incense once, and she fell in love with this craft from then on. It's a pity that when little Ji Qingyue showed her father the incense she made by hand for the first time, she not only did not get compliments, but was greeted with a deep contemptuous look from the other party.

Ji Qingyue will never forget that day, the father whom she respected and loved overturned her hard work to the ground, angrily scolded him for not doing his job properly and not being like a brother, and then he began to blame his mother for bringing up the child badly.

Since then, Ji Qingyue never dared to make incense again, or never dared to let Ji Fulai know that she liked to make incense.

But now, her husband has reserved a room for her, with encouragement and support in his eyes, saying that this is a workshop for him to make incense.

Ji Qingyue's expression was blank for a moment, and then she trembled her lips and asked in disbelief: "Let me make incense? I have married you, and I should take care of my husband and children. How can I..."

"You have been wronged by marrying me. I can't give you a rich life in the short term. If I have to deprive you of your hobbies, then I have the qualifications to like you?" Yuan Ming said lightly, but his words were sonorous and powerful, and they struck Ji Qingyue's heart with great weight.

Influenced by his father's prejudice, Ji Qingyue hid the technique of making incense very deeply, for fear that Yuan Ming would look at him with contempt after knowing it. In his previous life, Yuan Ming knew about it six years later. At that time, they settled down in the capital and met the head of the Luo family by chance. It was from him that Yuan Ming learned about the origin of Ji Qingyue and the incense-making family.

When Ji Qingyue told him everything, he did not show any opposition, but he did not support her either. He used silence to gradually crush all of Ji Qingyue's expectations.

Therefore, giving Ji Qingyue an incense-making workshop became Yuan Ming's obsession.

Although he has nothing now, he can't wait to realize this long-cherished wish, not only for Ji Qingyue, but more for his own redemption.

The house was not big, and it would not take long to walk around every corner and plan every place in the future life. Yuan Ming and Ji Qingyue locked the door and went to Yang Chao's house again, told them the address of the new house, chatted for a few words and went back.

Cao had no objection to the decision to stay in the village alone. She had long lost her love for the hustle and bustle. If it were not for her son, she would not even want to go to the town, but just want to stay quietly in the village and live the rest of her life.

In the next few days, Yuan Ming plunged into the intense review again.

The Fangyuan School where he studied was the only school in Shifang Town. It was run by the government and had a certain welfare nature. Before each semester, an exam was held. The top three students would not only be assigned to the best teacher class, but also have their tuition fees waived.

Yuan Ming's grades had always been in the top three, and he was a student who received subsidies every year.

After his rebirth, his writing skills were incomparable to those of his previous life, but he still didn't dare to be careless in this exam.

In addition to the subsidies, he needed to make a splash in this exam and successfully obtain a place to take the exam this year.

A few days passed in a flash. The day before school started, Yuan Ming chartered Yang Tao's car and made two round trips to move his and Ji Qingyue's daily necessities to the town.

After inviting Yang Tao to dinner, they started to clean the room after he left.

Fortunately, the house was very clean and there were no unnecessary decorations. They worked together and finally tidied everything before dark.

In the kitchen, Yuan Ming stood in front of the stove and swung a spatula to cook. Ji Qingyue didn't know how to cook, so she sat on a pony and added firewood. Ji Qingyue

raised her head and looked at Yuan Ming, chuckling, "My husband is so nice."

Yuan Ming smiled back.

The two dishes were quickly ready, and the two had a meal at the small table in the kitchen.

The next day, before dawn, Yuan Ming had to report to the school.

After cooking the porridge and heating up the steamed buns, Yuan Ming ate his share, returned to the bedroom, kissed Ji Qingyue on the forehead, told him to get up and eat breakfast before going to sleep, and then carried his bookcase on his back to Fangyuan Academy in the center of the town.

When Yuan Ming arrived at the academy, many students dressed like him had gathered at the door. They were all wearing white gowns, square scarves on their heads, and carrying bookcases. They signed their names in the registration book at the door and went in twos and threes.

In addition to them, there were some students who were led by their parents. They were obviously freshmen who were about to enter the school.

Yuan Ming signed his name in the registration book and got a pass for this semester. It was a bamboo sign. He had to show it and register every day when he went to school. If he was late for more than three times, he would lose his eligibility for financial aid.

After hanging the small wooden sign on the strap of the bookcase, before he raised his head, he heard a lively voice calling his name: "Brother Yuan, you are here early!"

Yuan Ming looked slowly towards the source of the voice and met three young men.

The three men had very different styles, and the most eye-catching one was the one who called Yuan Ming just now. He was the youngest and shortest among them, with a baby face, and was waving his arms at Yuan Ming at this moment. The one

walking in the middle was a tall man with a somewhat silly expression and a very strong body. When he looked at Yuan Ming, he smiled very heartily.

The last one was a little cold, and his long gown was clean and neat, as if there was not a single wrinkle.

The three of them, plus Yuan Ming, sat at the same table in a row. They usually worked in pairs for any group assignments. Even though he hadn't seen them for many years, the moment he saw them, their names suddenly popped up in Yuan Ming's mind.

Liu Shaoxuan, the youngest son of the big landlord Liu Huairen in the town, Li Jing, a farmer from Xiaohe Village in Shifang Town, and Zhao Yucheng, the son of Zhao Zan, a yamen aide.

After a brief greeting, Yuan Ming stood at the gate and waited for them to sign their names and get their passes before the four of them went in together.

It took about half an hour to walk from the school gate to the Qingmiao classroom where they had classes. During this time, only Liu Shaoxuan chattered non-stop, from family and friends to holiday homework, one sentence after another, and Li Jing was his best supporting actor, responding to everything.

Suddenly, Zhao Yucheng, who had been silent all the time, said: "I heard that Brother Yuan got married."

He said it in a positive way, and Yuan Ming was not surprised. According to the laws of this dynasty, marriages must be registered and sealed by the government, and Zhao Yucheng's father happened to be in charge of related matters.

Before Yuan Ming could say anything, Liu Shaoxun let out a strange cry, came to Yuan Ming's side, and grabbed his sleeve: "Is it true? Brother Yuan got married? Is it his wife or his husband? When was the wedding held? Why didn't you notify me so that I could go to the banquet to celebrate."

Yuan Ming: "..."

He suddenly said this long list, which really made Yuan Ming at a loss for words.

Fortunately, Zhao Yucheng rescued him in time and said softly: "Marriage is a great joy. I congratulate Brother Yuan here. I hope Brother Yuan and sister-in-law will live happily together forever."

Hearing this, Liu Shaoxuan and Li Jing also followed suit to express their congratulations.

Yuan Ming thanked them one by one and apologized to them. He apologized, saying that the preparations were rushed, and that the wedding guest arrangements were all finalized by his family relatives, which he had neglected. Later, they agreed to meet at home another day.

After saying this, they arrived at the classroom, and most people had already arrived.

As soon as they sat down, the teacher walked into the classroom with test papers and a ruler, and the entrance exams were about to begin.

Everyone knows that the results of the autumn entrance exams are related to the college's recommendation for the imperial examinations. They are all students from the Qingmiao class with the best grades. They lowered their heads and wrote the papers very seriously. The only sound in the huge classroom was the friction between paper and pen.

An hour later, the exam was over.

Yuan Ming packed up his bookcase and walked a few steps before Zhao Yucheng caught up with him.

"Brother Yuan, do you want to take part in this year's imperial examination?"

Yuan Ming had no need to hide it, and nodded, "Yes, what about Brother Zhao?"

Zhao Yucheng nodded and handed him a book in his hand, "This is the real questions from the provincial examinations in previous years. My father spent some effort to get it. I have an extra copy. If Brother Yuan wants to take the exam, I'll give it to you."

Yuan Ming looked at the book and didn't move.

Zhao Yucheng took it in his hand on purpose because he was sure that Yuan Ming would take the exam, and he had already prepared it for him.

Although they were deskmates, they were not close friends. Except for Liu Shaoxuan who treated everyone like brothers, the others were just ordinary classmates.

If Zhao Yucheng wanted to take the imperial examination, they would be opponents. Which opponent would be so kind?

Zhao Yucheng smiled: "Brother Yuan, do you think I have some conspiracy?"

Yuan Ming also smiled and took the book directly: "Of course not, Brother Zhao is upright and honest, he is a gentleman. If I have such thoughts, wouldn't I be judging a gentleman by my own mean heart?"

Zhao Yucheng was stunned, obviously not expecting Yuan Ming to say that.

After a moment, his expression returned to normal, but if you look closely, you will find that there is a little shame hidden in it: "I do have selfish motives, but I promise that I will never do anything to harm others and benefit myself. There is absolutely no falsehood in the content of this book, Brother Yuan, don't worry."

Yuan Ming did not ask any more questions, thanked Zhao Yucheng for his kindness, and left with the book.