"Mr. Chen is studying hard in his room," Meiya hurried over and whispered to Grandma Chen, "Grandma, please speak softly and don't disturb Mr. Chen. The provincial examination is about to begin."
"It's still early. There are still three months," said Grandma Chen indifferently. But she still lowered her voice. At the same time, she whispered to Meiya, "If you can pass the exam this time, thank God!"
"Mr. Chen works so hard, so he will definitely pass the imperial examination," Meiya said hurriedly, and then asked Grandma Chen. "Grandma, Mr. Chen has to teach classes every day, will it affect his studies?"
"The prefect also told him to study hard. He said that a new private school has been opened in another place. Everything will be ready in a few days. The children can go there for classes, and then Qingxuan can concentrate on studying at home." Grandma Chen said, taking the meat out of the basin to wash it. At the same time, she suddenly looked at Meiya, "Girl, why don't you come with me to worship the Buddha one day!"
"That's fine. Let's go and pray to the Buddha to help Mr. Chen pass the imperial examination," Meiya nodded hurriedly, looking at the pork in the basin, and then smiled, "Grandma, since we have to pray to the Buddha, we can't eat meat recently."
"Yes, yes, we have to eat vegetarian food," Grandma Chen nodded hurriedly, but she continued to wash the meat, tilting her head and smiling at Mei Ya, "We don't eat meat, but Qingxuan has to eat it."
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After dinner, Chen Qingxuan went back to his room to read. Meiya and Grandma Chen were chatting in the kitchen while they fried chestnuts. The chestnuts were sweet and sticky right out of the pan. Grandma Chen quickly brought a bowl to Chen Qingxuan. She didn't know why, but her eldest grandson, who always hated sweets, now loved sweets and even liked snacks. Grandma Chen was surprised and happy, and she always found ways to make snacks for Chen Qingxuan these days.
When Grandma Chen came out of Chen Qingxuan's room, Mei Ya was gone. She thought she had gone back to her room to rest, so she didn't think much about it and washed up and went back to her room.
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Meiya was walking laboriously on the muddy mountain road with a big bag of chestnuts in her arms. It rained really hard last night, and the already rugged mountain road became even more difficult to walk on, not to mention it was still dark. Meiya regretted not bringing a lantern when she went out. But if she had brought a lantern, she was afraid she would not be able to carry the chestnuts. Meiya rested for a while by holding on to a tree, and then continued to walk up the mountain road.
When Meiya reached the gate of the small courtyard on the mountainside, she found that the gate had been replaced with a new one and was tightly closed. Meiya stood at the gate in a daze for a long time before she came to her senses. She took two steps forward and pushed the door, but it didn't budge. Knowing that it was locked from the inside, Meiya's heart sank. She wanted to knock on the door, but she couldn't open her mouth. But she was still worried, wondering if the house was broken. So Meiya walked around the yard step by step, wading through mud and water, holding the big bag of chestnuts. When she walked around and returned to the door, her face was extremely pale.
The house was in good condition, without even a crack, and there were no fallen trees around. Everything was fine except for the two newly replaced doors.
Mei Ya bit her lip and stared at the two doors. Then she suddenly stepped forward and kicked them hard with her feet: "Open the door! Open the door! Open the door!"
Meiya had never been so angry before, not even when she saw Xiao An sitting on the kang that night. She had never been so rude before. Even though she was a poor maid with little literacy, she was always humble and polite in dealing with people. But at this moment, she was like a mad woman, kicking the two brand new doors hard, letting the mud on her shoes dirty the new doors. But she couldn't stop, and kept kicking hard. In the empty mountains, the woman's sharp voice and the "bang bang" sound of kicking the door intertwined and echoed.
Pang Yi had woken up a long time ago. Gu Changlin had gone down the mountain to drink and had lived outside. There were only him and Zhong Mingwei left at home. He was more alert than usual. When Mei Ya was walking around the yard, he woke up. He heard the footsteps of a person, but he didn't know that the person outside was Mei Ya. He subconsciously pulled out a dagger from under the pillow, and then tiptoed out of the room. However, as soon as he entered the yard, the footsteps disappeared. He was wondering, and then he heard the sound of kicking on the door outside, and Mei Ya's hysterical shouting at the door.
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