After having a quick bite at Ling's house, he returned home, keeping the red envelope tightly closed, not daring to reveal how much money he had earned.
Afraid that others will get jealous if they know.
However, one could see some joy from the looks on their faces. The villagers were a little jealous, but they couldn't say anything.
After all, they didn't participate when the Ling family asked them. Now they regret it, but there's nothing they can do.
Chi Xingyue washed her hands and prepared to eat. Before she even entered the kitchen, she was pulled into the east room by the old lady.
After filling his stomach under her eager gaze, he told her about his great achievements.
"La la la, look, grandma, I've earned so much!" Chi Xingyue gestured, quite proud.
The old lady quickly held her hand, telling her not to show off her wealth. She peeled a few shrimps for her and praised her for her ability.
He also said: "Indeed, don't give food to others with your own hands. If they get sick, they will be blamed on you.
Especially at this critical moment of scientific expedition, if someone does something bad and ruins Ji Heng's reputation, it will be troublesome.
Even if the truth is discovered later, it will be too late. In this world, rumors always spread faster than the truth!
The old man also nodded: "You must be careful in what you do and don't fall into other people's traps!"
Chi Xingyue said "hmm hmm" to indicate that he understood.
Seeing that Ling Jiheng looked tired, the old lady sent him back to Qingfeng Courtyard and told them to rest quickly.
He also said: "The exam is in two days, don't bother yourself during this period, just study hard at home.
After the exam, you can play however you want!"
The old lady smiled brightly, as if she had already seen her grandson pass the imperial examination.
Who would have thought that the Ling family, who had been engaged in business for generations, would one day embark on the path of imperial examinations?
Her grandson is so capable, it’s only a matter of time before he changes his family’s fortune!
Time went on to the eve of the children's exam. Ling Jiheng took Chi Xingyue, Ling Jiyi, Jinbao, Ling Yi, Baozhu and Xiaohe to the county to take the exam.
The examination was presided over by the county magistrate and was divided into two stages. The first stage was the preliminary selection, which consisted of five consecutive examinations.
The examination contents include eight-legged essays, poetry, policy essays, etc., and the examination hall is not closed.
After the exam is over every night, candidates can come out, go home to rest, and go again the next day.
Ling Jiheng could go back and forth every day, but the old lady thought it was too much trouble, so she asked to borrow Ji Ke's house to stay for two days.
But he felt it was troublesome to buy furniture at the last minute, so he booked a room at Hongfu Inn.
This way, you don’t even have to prepare your own meals.
There were seven of us in the group and we booked four upper rooms.
Ling Jiheng and Chi Xingyue had one room, Jinbao and Ling Yi had one room, Baozhu and Xiaohe had one room, and Ling Jiyi had one room each.
Such an honor made him feel a little embarrassed.
Especially since the inn was bustling with people, many scholars were sharing rooms, and he lived in a single room alone, which was very luxurious.
The waiter helped a few people settle down and happened to meet a few candidates who had won the third prize coming out of the house.
Surprised, he asked, "Boss Ling, why are you here? Are you also going to take part in the children's exam tomorrow?"
Ling Jiheng blushed when he asked this question.
It's really embarrassing for him, a young man in his twenties, to take the exam with other kids.
But then again, aren't we all about the same age? Let's embarrass ourselves together.
So he nodded: "Yes, it's a rare opportunity to have an exam, of course we have to give it our all, everyone is..."
"Let's go buy some pastries to prepare so we don't get hungry tomorrow and affect our test state. Mr. Ling, do you want to come with us?"
Ling Jiheng declined politely: "I just arrived and need to settle in. Perhaps I'll run into you guys later."
"In that case, Brother Ling is busy, we'll see you later."
"See you later!"
Ling Jiheng pushed open the door of one of the rooms and saw that the windows were wide open, sunlight was pouring in, and the floor was spotless.
Baozhu came in, changed the sheets, and covered the quilt with a duvet cover.
Ling Yi brought in Ling Jiheng's exam basket and change of clothes and prepared to leave.
But Ling Jiheng stopped him: "What about Ji Yi's? Bring it in too!"
Ling Yi hummed, took Ling Jiyi's exam basket and stuffed it into the corner.
Then they went back to clean up their rooms, and left after a while to relax outside.
Before closing the door, Chi Xingyue carefully put the two exam baskets into the space, and also placed two similar ones out to confuse the eye.
The two of them took Ling Jiyi for a stroll on the street. When they saw someone composing poems, they encouraged him to give it a try.
When I heard someone discussing current affairs, I quietly asked for his opinion.
Yunrou County was bustling like never before, with young men and women jostling each other on the streets.
A few of them went to Ruyi Tower and ordered a table of meals. After eating, they strolled on the street to digest the food.
I returned to the inn when it was dark and bought a few bags of pastries.
However, Ling Jiheng asked them to go back to his room.
Ling Jiyi wanted to say something, but Ling Jiheng glared at him and he became dispirited.
He had no idea what his brother was going to do.
What Ling Jiheng did was, of course, to replace the pastries.
No one can predict what will happen when the exam is resumed after being suspended for more than ten years.
Ling Jiheng was afraid that his naive younger brother would get caught in the trap, so he replaced all his things.
He replaced it with chestnut crisps and mung bean cakes that he made himself using space materials.
Chi Xingyue also went to the Space Pharmacy and prepared some medicine for the two of them.
There are Huoxiang Zhengqi Capsules and Xieliping. Unpack them and pour them into small porcelain bottles, and write the name and purpose clearly on them.
Then put it in the examination basket of two people.
"When we set off tomorrow, remember to remind your third brother."
Ling Jiheng said "hmm" and went to bed.
I have no idea, the inn has poor sound insulation.
In the quiet night, the creaking sound was particularly clear.
It's not that some people are upset, but the candidates are excited and nervous, unable to sleep, tossing and turning.
Ling Jiheng didn't have this worry. He slept very soundly in Chi Xingyue's dormitory.
On the contrary, Chi Xingyue was a little nervous and did not go with him. She stayed in the conference room for a while, but still couldn't sleep, so she went for a walk in the orchard.
Apples, lychees, mangoes, durians, and cherries, regardless of north or south or season, all sway on the branches.
Chi Xingyue picked a small basket of cherries, washed them in the bathroom, and then sat on the lounge chair under the roses.
Strolling around, eating cherries and listening to novels.
I don’t know when I fell asleep, I didn’t wake up until the alarm rang.
I hurried to the dormitory to call Ling Jiheng, and saw that he had already washed up and changed his clothes.
When the two came out of the space, they heard Baozhu knocking on the door outside.
Chi Xingyue opened the door and let someone in, and saw Baozhu placing the food on the table and Ling Yi putting the basin of water on the shelf.
"Second Young Master, Second Young Madam, Xiao He and I personally went to Master Ke's courtyard early this morning to prepare the food."
Chi Xingyue thanked the two of them and washed up briefly before picking up his chopsticks.
After having dinner with Ling Jiheng, the group carried their exam baskets and drove an ox cart to the exam site.
Yunrou County is neither big nor small.
The examination place is about two or three quarters of an hour's walk from Hongfu Inn.
Chi Xingyue was afraid of any accidents on the road, so he set off early and took an ox cart with Ling Jiheng, Ling Jiyi, Jin Bao and Ling.
If anything happens, it can be solved in time.
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