Chapter 137: Accused
Jiang Xiaoxing’s answer was very clear and simple - yes.
Seeing that Jiang Xiaoxing was very satisfied with Zhu Yongwu, Jiang Youfu and Yang said nothing more. They just agreed to be the matchmaker and started to arrange the rest of the matters.
It’s almost the fifteenth day of the twelfth lunar month.
Zhu Guangtai came that day, carrying a bamboo basket in his hand, and he shouted in a crisp voice, "Uncle Yang."
"Guangtai is here." Yang was washing pot lids and other things. She wiped her hands on her apron and came to greet him. "Why are you here at this time? Your cheeks are red from the cold. Come in and warm up."
"No, no, I'm here to deliver some things. I'll leave after I put them down." Zhu Guangtai pushed the small bamboo basket into Yang's hand. "It's walnut and date cakes. Aunt Xiaoxing likes them."
Ever since the family agreed to the marriage between Jiang Xiaoxing and Zhu Yongwu, they had been sending gifts over every now and then. Either for Jiang Xiaoxing or for the old couple, and the gifts were almost never the same.
Apart from anything else, this kind of thought alone is already extremely rare.
Yang grinned, "Did your father ask you to deliver it?"
Zhu Guangtai scratched his head a little embarrassedly. "I bought this with my pocket money. Aunt Xiaoxia happened to go to town every day, so I asked her to buy it for me."
Yang was stunned for a moment, but she felt warm in her heart. She reached out and rubbed Zhu Guangtai's little head, "Did you give the pocket money you saved with great effort to your Aunt Xiaoxing?"
"Of course. Aunt Xiao Xing will be my mother in the future. I am her son, so I should respect her." Zhu Guangtai straightened his chest, looking like a real man. "If mother and father have children in the future, I will be their eldest brother. As the eldest brother, I should set a good example and teach them to respect mother and father."
Although she is still very young, she speaks such sensible words.
This is the most heartwarming move.
As Yang grew older, her eye sockets became shallower, and in an instant, several hot tears fell.
"Why is Uncle Yang crying?" Zhu Guangtai was a little surprised.
"I didn't cry, I didn't cry. It was a windy winter day and it blinded me."
Yang wiped the corners of her eyes with her sleeves. "It just so happens that your aunt Xiaoxing went to the county town with your uncle today and is not at home. I will collect the walnut and date cake for her and tell her when I come back."
"Okay." Zhu Guangtai grinned, "Then Aunt Yang, you go ahead and do your work. I have to go back quickly. Uncle Ergou and the others are waiting for me."
Sun Ergou didn't have much work to do after Laba Festival. At this time, he could only wander around the workshop every day. To kill time during these days, he asked Zhu Guangtai to play Cuju together.
"Go." Yang saw Zhu Guangtai out of the house.
Seeing Zhu Guangtai running away like a gust of wind, Yang finally sighed.
Zhu Yongwu taught Zhu Guangtai very well.
It shouldn't be difficult for Xiao Xing to marry into this father and son family.
Yang thought so.
The holiday time here at the academy is set on the 20th day of the twelfth lunar month.
Before the holiday, the teacher assigned homework for the New Year period.
The teacher assigns different homework to each person based on their daily study situation.
When it came to Song Jingyun, Mencius not only gave him several books he had copied and asked him to read carefully, but also asked him to compose a certain number of poems during the New Year.
In addition, Meng Ziting gave Song Jingyun a stack of paper separately.
It was densely covered with words, and if you looked closely, you would see that they were all passages and explanations from the Four Books and Five Classics, as well as some simple regulated verse.
It can be seen that this should be an exam paper.
The imperial examination system of the time was extremely strict, and any test paper, even if the test papers had been passed, would not be circulated among the people. However, among the test takers, there were always some with good memory, who could recite most of the answers after the test.
Especially those who passed the exam with excellent results and came from poor families would write down their test papers after the exam and sell them to private schools or academies in exchange for some silver so that they could continue their studies.
The handwriting on these test papers is different, so I guess they were obtained in this way.
Jiang Mixia looked at the test papers Song Jingyun brought back and raised her eyebrows. "The teacher asked you to look at this. Could it be that he wants you to take the county exam after the Chinese New Year?"
"Well, the master said we can give it a try."
Song Jingyun replied, "The teacher mentioned that the exam will be held in February. One month before the exam, the county government will post a notice. You should pay attention and go to the county government's etiquette room to register in time."
Jiang Mixia was silent for a while.
The county examination is the first examination in the entire imperial examination system. Compared with the entire imperial examination system, the county examination is naturally the most basic and simplest.
But Song Jingyun had only studied for a few months after all. Although he had a good memory and could talk about many things in a coherent manner, he seemed to have quite some insights.
But these are just daily performances. It is hard to say what will happen in the exam.
But seeing Song Jingyun's enthusiasm, Jiang Mixia naturally couldn't tell him her concerns, and just cheered him up, "Since the teacher said so, I think he thinks you can do it, so let's give it a try."
"Yes!" Seeing his wife say so, Song Jingyun nodded excitedly, "I will study hard during this period of time."
Live up to the expectations of the master and the wife! So, during the New Year, Jiang Mixia saw a diligent and studious Song Jingyun.
The fifteen minutes of reading time after school was extended to an hour.
Half an hour in the morning and half an hour in the afternoon.
The rest of the time, he either helped Jiang Mixia and Liu pack up things to prepare for the New Year, or followed Jiang Chunyu, Sun Ergou and Zhu Guangtai to play Cuju on the street.
Moreover, because of playing Cuju, Jiang Chunyu and Zhu Guangtai came to his house to complain.
The reason for the complaint was that as long as Song Jingyun came to play Cuju, no one else could play Cuju anymore and could only watch. The sense of participation in playing Cuju dropped sharply.
Jiang Mixia had to persuade Song Jingyun to give the children some slack when they were playing Cuju.
In the blink of an eye, it is New Year's Eve.
Starting from noon on New Year's Eve, the sound of firecrackers could be heard one after another in the village.
The sound of fireworks and firecrackers, mixed with the strong smell of gunpowder from firecrackers, creates a strong flavor of the New Year.
As the sun was setting, some people who had started their New Year's Eve dinner early had already put the dumplings into the pot.
Jiang Mi and the Xia family had also finished making the last plate of dumplings and were discussing the time to eat the dumplings later.
Jiang Mixia went to the straw stack to pull the straw, preparing to light a fire for the stove later. At that time, she saw through the gate of the yard that there were still people in the bamboo weaving workshop opposite.
Jiang Mixia was a little curious, so she went to take a look, and saw Sun Ergou wandering around in the yard of the bamboo weaving workshop.
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