Chapter 171 Chapter 171 Eating Vegetarian Meals
After registering for the provincial examination, although there was still a month left, Yu Li and Fu Wenxiao had no plans to return to the county town.
After arriving in the provincial capital, Fu Wenxiao received countless invitations, all of which invited him to participate in various gatherings and literary gatherings held by scholars in the provincial capital.
Fu Wenxiao did not refuse out of pride. Most of the gatherings of scholars like this were mainly for discussing academic matters, but they also wanted to make a name for themselves.
This is a very normal process. Scholars participating in the imperial examinations will work hard to make a name for themselves before the exam, publicize their talents and reputations, and at the same time make some like-minded friends.
Although Fu Wenxiao felt that he did not need to make any friends, it was still necessary for him to become famous.
Yu Li went to the shop in the south of the city every day, helping out when there was something to do, and acting as a bodyguard for his sister's shop when there was nothing to do.
Even in a place like the provincial capital, there would be hooligans who would go to stores to cause trouble and extort money. This kind of thing was inevitable, so she would naturally have to look around more often and take care of some of the idlers in the city.
She has experience in this matter. Even if she moves to another place, she can still continue to fight crime and recruit some useful younger brothers.
Yu Li found that sometimes such a thing as a younger brother is very necessary.
Especially since her sister wants to do business, she will encounter many problems and will inevitably face jealousy and frame-up from colleagues.
If you have younger brothers active in the market to keep an eye on you, you can avoid trouble to a great extent. So it seems that it is really a good idea to gather some younger brothers.
Every noon, Yu Li would go to the store to have lunch when he had nothing to do.
If she has nothing to do, she will go for a walk.
The provincial capital is really too big, and there are many places to visit. Although Fu Wenxiao stayed in the provincial capital for nearly a month when she took the college entrance examination last year, there were actually not many places to visit. It was a good opportunity to make up for it now.
In the evening, Fu Wenxiao and Yu Li came back one after another.
The two of them could sit together and have dinner, which was a rare time in the day when they could sit together and eat.
Yu Li goes out early in the morning and has breakfast on the street. The two of them have staggered breakfast times.
Fu Wenxiao picked up some food for her and asked with a smile, "Mother Li, are you still going to Second Sister's store today?"
"Not really." Yu Li said, "There is a temple fair nearby. I went to visit the temple fair today. It was quite lively and there were many delicious foods." Thinking of something, she said, "By the way, I heard that there is a temple outside the city. The vegetarian food in the temple is delicious. I want to try it someday..."
She had never eaten vegetarian food before, and was very enthusiastic and curious about all the delicacies she had never tasted before.
Fu Wenxiao listened silently, his eyes fixed on her face.
After a long while, he said with some guilt: "Sorry, I'm busy recently and don't have time to accompany you..."
Yu Li said nonchalantly: "You don't have to accompany me. I can do it alone."
She is not the kind of rich girl who never leaves the house and needs someone to accompany her even when she goes out. She can go wherever she wants and is quite comfortable alone.
Honestly, it didn't matter whether he accompanied her or not.
She would naturally be happy if he could accompany her. If he was busy and couldn't accompany her, she could still enjoy herself alone.
Fu Wenxiao was choked and then stopped talking.
Although he didn't say anything and his expression didn't seem to change, Yu Li could feel that he seemed to be in a bad mood, and the smile on his lips seemed to fade a little.
She looked at him thoughtfully. Could it be that someone had upset him when he went to the literary gathering today?
After dinner, the two took a walk in the yard to digest the food.
Then Yu Li began to practice physical skills.
The set of physical training she practiced today was obviously different. Fu Wenxiao stood aside and watched, and then was pulled by her to practice with her.
When the two finished practicing, Yu Li was sweating all over, even his clothes were soaked.
Fu Wenxiao only had a few thin sweat stains on his forehead, but his body was still clean and fresh. He looked like a noble young man, and his clothes were not even messy.
Yu Li looked at him with some envy, it might be because he had practiced this basic physical technique for half a year, and now he had mastered it completely. It was as light and smooth as flowing clouds when he practiced it, and naturally did not require too much effort. After practicing, even his breathing had not changed.
Of course, her breathing didn't change much, she just sweated more.
After all, what she is now practicing is advanced physical skills, which even she finds extremely difficult.
Fu Wenxiao wiped her sweat with a handkerchief and asked, "Ah Li, the physical training you are practicing now is an advanced physical training, right?"
She tilted her face up and let him wipe the sweat off her face. She hummed, "Did you see that?"
"I can see one thing. It's different from the intermediate physical skills." Fu Wenxiao said hesitantly, "I don't quite understand it either."
Yu Li couldn't help but laugh, "It's right that you don't understand it now."
He is indeed a genius with a photographic memory. Elementary and intermediate physical techniques are not difficult for him. He can remember them just by watching them once, and can even comprehend and understand them very well.
But advanced physical skills are different. Even a genius would find it difficult to understand, let alone practice it. Even in the end times, everyone who could practice advanced physical skills was an outstanding person.
Fu Wenxiao heard what she meant.
Advanced physical skills are not something that people like them can practice. Perhaps she is the only one in the world who can practice it.
Even if it was her, when she started practicing now, she would have to proceed step by step and be cautious, and not be impatient for success.
Fu Wenxiao didn't say anything, and gave her some more water, and then they went back to the room to wash up.
It was completely dark, and sheep-horn lamps were lit in the house. The light was brighter than an oil lamp, and the room was bright and clear.
When Yu Li came back from washing up, he saw Fu Wenxiao wearing a white singlet, sitting under the lamp. There was a chessboard on the table next to him. He was holding the chess pieces and playing chess with himself.
The lighting at night is not as good as that during the day, so he usually doesn't read at night to avoid damaging his eyes.
There is nothing wrong with playing chess, it can be used to pass the time.
He had finished washing up, and his hair was spread out behind him. The ends of his hair were a little wet, and he let the night breeze coming in through the window dry his hair.
Seeing her, Fu Wenxiao picked up the towel beside him and waved at her: "Ali, come here."
Yu Li walked over, sat beside him, and let him help wipe his hair.
She leaned over to look at the chessboard on the table, picked up the black piece and casually placed it on the board, and said to him, "Xiao brother, it's your turn."
Ever since he taught her how to play chess, she would play a few games of chess when she had nothing to do. It was really a good way to kill time.
Fu Wenxiao had no hands free, so he told her a position, and she helped pick up the white pieces and put them down, and then he continued to play the black pieces.
The two of them played back and forth in a very casual manner.
By the time his hair was dry, Yu Li had already played several games of chess with him.
When she played chess, she followed her heart and didn't care about winning or losing. Every game ended quickly, and she always lost more than she won. If she could win, it was because Fu Wenxiao let her win on purpose.
Yu Li knew this very well. She was not obsessed with winning or losing, but when he deliberately let her win, she was naturally very happy.
Winning once again, she happily leaned over and kissed him on the cheek: "Xiao brother, thank you for your hard work."
She played without any plan, so he had good intentions in order to let her win. It was not easy for him to scheme himself into losing step by step.
Fu Wenxiao held her in his arms and bent down to kiss her.
After a long while, she rested her head gently on his shoulder, against his slightly cool neck, feeling a little drowsy.
She yawned and suddenly asked, "Xiao brother, you don't seem very happy today, is someone bullying you?"
Although her question was confusing, Fu Wenxiao understood what she meant instantly.
He smiled helplessly, "I'm not unhappy, I just feel that without me, Ali can still be very happy alone. On the contrary, I really want to accompany you..."
The person who can't live without her has always been him.
"But don't you want to participate in literary gatherings?" Yu Li said. If scholars want to become famous, they can only participate in these literary gatherings and poetry gatherings. It is said that this will affect their ranking in the provincial examination.
Of course, although the ranking of the provincial examination is mainly based on the examiners' considerations, if the candidate has a good reputation and is known for his talent, the examiners will also consider ranking him higher.
Fu Wenxiao lowered his head and buried his face in her neck, "Those literary gatherings are really boring..."
Yu Li understood what he meant, "It doesn't matter, after the provincial examination, you don't have to go to participate specially." Then he added, "Then let's go to the temple to have vegetarian food together."
She heard that the vegetarian meal was very delicious, and she had been thinking about it all the time. She decided to wait until he was free and then go with him.
Fu Wenxiao's mood became cheerful, "No need to wait that long, I'll be busy for a few more days, then we can go have a vegetarian meal together."
I'm thinking about it all the time.
But she could endure it and wanted to go with him...
This realization made his heart begin to soften, and his heart felt as sweet as if it were soaked in honey water.
**
After a few days, Fu Wenxiao really stopped attending those literary gatherings.
Yu Li also made time to go to a temple outside the city with him to have a vegetarian meal.
The temple outside the city is called Nan'an Temple, located on Nan'an Mountain, hence the name.
Nan'an Temple is an ancient temple with hundreds of years of history. It is very popular and is said to be very efficacious. No matter if you want to pray for marriage, academic success, career advancement, or even a child... In short, anyone who wants something will come here.
Especially when the provincial examination is approaching, people come here every day to burn incense and worship Buddha.
At the foot of Nan'an Mountain, horse-drawn carriages are parked here.
The nobles all came in horse-drawn carriages, but the carriages could only stop at the foot of the mountain. For the rest of the journey, they could either walk up the mountain or take a sedan chair.
Most of the rich people went up the mountain in sedan chairs, while ordinary people were reluctant to spend money to rent sedan chairs and chose to walk up the mountain.
As soon as Yu Li and Fu Wenxiao got off the carriage, the sedan bearers came over to ask them.
"My dear lady, would you like to take a sedan chair?"
Yu Li refused. With their physical strength, they could walk such a short distance by themselves and there was no need to take a sedan chair.
The two walked up the stairs at the foot of the mountain. The stairs meandered to the top of the mountain. There were only a few hundred steps, which was nothing in Yu Li's eyes.
And when you hike up, you can also enjoy the scenery along the way.
Both of them have outstanding looks and attracted a lot of attention along the way.
Especially when they found that they walked up almost in one breath without breathing, many people were stunned.
When they reached the top of the mountain, a young monk came to greet them.
The young monk had handsome features and a clear voice. He bowed to them and asked, "Would you two like to burn incense?"
"Let's burn incense." Yu Li said, "Let's have a vegetarian meal."
The young monk was stunned and looked at the young couple, unable to react.
Eating vegetarian food now? Isn't it too early? And don't people usually burn incense first and then eat vegetarian food?
"Young Master, I'm sorry for the trouble." Fu Wenxiao said with a smile, ignoring the little monk's doubts, "Please prepare three tables of vegetarian meals for your temple."
The young monk finally reacted and took them to a dining room.
When the vegetarian meal was served, the young monk asked, "Dear donors, are there more donors coming? When will the remaining two tables of vegetarian meals be served?"
The vegetarian meals here are mainly served at tables. Most people who come here book one table. If they book more than one table, they must have other companions.
Fu Wenxiao said: "Send them together."
The young monk was stunned for a moment, but did not ask any more questions. He asked the chef to bring the three tables of vegetarian meals together, and soon the whole table was filled.
Then the young monk withdrew and waited outside, ready to receive instructions from inside at any time.
Yu Li finally got to eat the vegetarian meal he had been longing for, and found that it tasted really good.
She didn't expect that vegetarian dishes could taste like meat. It was truly magical and it whetted her appetite.
Fu Wenxiao was happy to see that she had a good appetite. Seeing her eat so happily would make people want to eat two more bowls of rice.
The two of them ate up all the vegetarian food from the three tables without wasting anything.
After the vegetarian meal, Fu Wenxiao called the little monk over and asked for some vegetarian snacks from the temple to take away. He heard that the vegetarian snacks were also very good.
The little monk looked at them blankly. He didn't expect that no one came over. The two of them actually finished eating...
After paying the bill, Fu Wenxiao left the temple with Yu Li, carrying a box of vegetarian snacks. The two of them walked around the temple before going down the mountain.
As for burning incense and worshiping Buddha, neither of them went.
While walking halfway, Yu Li saved a woman who almost fell off the mountain.
The woman was walking on the stairs and suddenly she stumbled and was about to fall. Yu Li quickly grabbed her.
If you fall like this, it's no joke.
The woman's family members were almost scared to death.
They rushed over and hugged the woman tightly, still in shock and very grateful to Yu Li.
Yu Li said it was nothing amid their numerous thanks and quickly pulled Fu Wenxiao away. She was afraid of being thanked all the time.
Fu Wenxiao was a little amused and said softly, "A-Li did a good thing, it's only right for them to thank you, why are you hiding?"
The person who thanks is not afraid, but the person who is being thanked avoids him.
"It's too much trouble to thank you all so much." She scratched her face. "I just did it casually. It's nothing."
She was also very distressed. It was just a piece of cake, so there was really no need to thank her so much. It would make her feel very troubled.
Fu Wenxiao could see that she was not good at socializing and found it difficult to deal with other people's enthusiasm and gratitude.
She saved people, and those people had the right to be grateful to her.
But she seemed to have never felt anything about it. In her heart, saving people was her duty and she attached great importance to human life.
Fu Wenxiao couldn't help but hook her fingers around his, then held her hand tightly, interlocking their fingers, as if they would never be separated.
This girl made him admire her more and more every day.
On the way back, Fu Wenxiao opened the box of vegetarian snacks and asked her to eat them with the chilled fruit juice in the carriage. Yu Li was very happy with the meal.
But I didn't expect to meet a crazy horse halfway.
A mad horse was pulling a carriage and rushing forward. There happened to be many vehicles and pedestrians passing on the road, and the pedestrians who fell were almost trampled by the mad horse.
Seeing this, Yu Li grabbed a few walnuts from the food box on the table and threw them at the crazy horse.
The horse cried out, and fell to the side of the road, taking the carriage with it and overturning to that side, avoiding the pedestrians around.
The people around were shocked and didn't know what was going on.
Someone went to check on Crazy Horse and found that it was not dead. At the same time, there were a few walnuts around it, and they asked in confusion: "Why are there walnuts here?"
Someone nearby said, "I just saw that the horse was hit by a walnut and then stopped."
Everyone hurried to find out who had done it. It took someone extraordinary effort to knock out a crazy horse with just a few walnuts.
Even the people in the carriage pulled by the mad horse were looking for their savior.
The man was slightly injured, but he didn't look seriously injured. He said, "I don't know which brave man came to my rescue. Please let me thank you in person."
Yu Li ignored the other party's gratitude, waited for the road to be cleared, and told the driver to leave quickly.
She urged the driver, "No need to stop, it has nothing to do with us, let's go."
Fu Wenxiao couldn't help laughing. She really did good things without leaving a name.
He recognized the person who came out of the carriage pulled by the mad horse as an official in casual clothes. He should be one of the examiners of this provincial examination. If he was not careful and something happened this time, I am afraid...
Soon he smiled again. It seemed that this provincial examination should be held smoothly.
After returning to the city, Yu Li quickly put these things behind him.
Every time she saved someone, she seldom took it to heart, and compared to the gratitude of those people, she was probably not as memorable as a meal she had.
Fu Wenxiao didn't take it to heart.
In the following days, he read books at home, and went to Yu Jin's shop with Yu Li when he had nothing to do. His life was extremely leisurely.
**
August is here in the blink of an eye.
Seeing that the provincial examination was approaching, many scholars studied harder. Even Mr. Wang did not dare to disturb them, for fear of affecting Fu Wenxiao.
Although Fu Wenxiao's character would not be affected, he still had to be cautious at this time.
The provincial examination was divided into three sessions, each lasting three days. During these three days, the candidates had to stay in the small rooms in the Imperial Examination Hall.
Compared with the previous county examinations, prefectural examinations and academy examinations, the provincial examination takes longer, and candidates cannot go home at night. For the candidates, it is indeed an extremely tiring thing.
The environment is really bad, I probably won’t be able to get a good rest.
Yu Li said thankfully: "Xiao brother, luckily you are in good health now. If it were your health last year, I'm afraid you wouldn't be able to make it through the night."
"Yes." Fu Wenxiao nodded and looked at her with a smile, "Thanks to A-Li, otherwise I would have been stuck at the college entrance examination and would have been a scholar forever."
Without a good body, it is impossible to survive the provincial examination, no matter how talented you are.
Mr. Wang was also worried about Fu Wenxiao's health. A few days before the provincial examination, he ordered the kitchen to make more soups and water to nourish Fu Wenxiao.
Even though Fu Wenxiao said that he was well, Mr. Wang didn't quite believe it.
After all, he was still weak and sick last year, how could he recover so quickly in just one year? Anyway, it wouldn't hurt to take more supplements.
Fu Wenxiao was helpless, and he didn't want to let Mr. Wang down. In addition, Yu Li was staring at him, thinking that he needed to replenish his body, so he had to drink the soup.
Maybe I took too much supplements, I am really energetic in some aspects, especially when I wake up in the morning...
Whenever this happened, he felt a little embarrassed.
It was not until the day before the provincial examination that Fu Wenxiao finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Finally, I don’t have to drink those tonic soups anymore.
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