Chapter 85: Preparation for the Exam
Qin Huiyin went to the kitchen to make tea, leaving Tang Yichen to think about the future.
In Qin Huiyin's plan, he must pass the imperial examination.
However, every imperial examination is like walking on a single-plank bridge, and one could fall into the water if one is not careful. Can he really pass the examination and gain fame?
He was just a farmer's son, with no one to rely on, had never seen the outside world, and had not read many books, all of which were found for him by the teachers who had tried their best.
Those families with a legacy of scholars have been educating their children since childhood, hiring famous teachers and having them read lost ancient books. Even if they don't read tens of thousands of books, they have read at least several thousand.
How could it be easy for him to compete with such a person relying solely on his courage?
Tang Yichen's eyes were full of confusion.
Dongdong! Qin Huiyin tapped the table lightly to bring him back to his senses.
Tang Yichen looked at her.
"Rest when you are tired, don't read until you are stupid."
“I wonder if I don’t pass the exam, will everyone be disappointed?”
"No." Qin Huiyin said, "There is not only one path in life. If one path is blocked, there will naturally be another one. Your path is yours to walk, and no one else can interfere."
"Are you really only eleven?"
"I'm only eleven years old, but I'm smarter than that. Have you ever seen someone kill a child and eat him? I have. Have you ever seen someone use their old mother to exchange for someone else's old mother to eat? I have. Human nature is very complicated. One day he was hugging his old mother and crying like a helpless child, and the next day he knocked her out and handed her over to someone else."
Tang Yichen clenched his palms: "Beast."
"Yes, I made some tea and left a bowl for you." Qin Huiyin said, "When we make more money, we will buy better tea leaves and beautiful tea sets."
A gentle smile flashed in Tang Yichen's eyes: "Okay."
"Don't put too much pressure on yourself." Qin Huiyin walked away with the tea.
Tang Yichen watched Qin Huiyin disappear: "What a clever little girl."
After that conversation, Tang Yichen studied harder. In the following days, he never put down his book even when he was supervising the digging of the well.
Qin Huiyin had seen the book in his hand, which was densely covered with notes, including his notes and other people's notes.
While digging the well, Qin Huiyin took Tang Luwu and Tang Yixiao to the market twice and earned fifteen taels of silver, and then spent two taels of silver to buy them new shoes.
After the well was dug, the weather turned cold, and cold noodles and jelly officially bid farewell to their menu. However, in order to satisfy those who like noodles, she added fried noodles.
Tang Yichen also returned to the private school.
This time when he returned to the private school, his whole family accompanied him.
Tang Yichen's original bed was padded with a thick mattress, covered with new sheets, and then covered with a new quilt.
Qin Huiyin prepared four cans of sauce in advance, including mushroom and minced meat sauce, black bean sauce, sweet noodle sauce and crab roe sauce.
"Brother, these cans are prepared for the teachers. You can deliver them over personally later." Qin Huiyin took out a few more cans of sauce.
"Thank you." Tang Yichen stroked her hair. "I'll have to trouble you to take care of the household affairs again. And thank you for your hard work in helping them learn to read."
"They have learned to recognize a few words recently. They can recognize the signs in the county town. They are very excited and are more motivated to learn. Don't worry, I will make arrangements for them."
Li Taohua said sourly, "If someone didn't know, they would think you two were siblings."
"Is it okay for me to have a good relationship with my elder brother?" Qin Huiyin said with a smile, "Mom is jealous!"
Li Taohua snorted arrogantly: "We'll wait for you outside."
Qin Huiyin looked around carefully and saw that Tang Yichen's place was simply decorated, so she had an idea in her mind.
She went for a walk around the town with other people, bought a pot of flowers from a flower grower, and also bought some pens, ink, paper and inkstone to send to Tang Yichen.
They didn't want to disturb him, so they just handed the things to the uncle guarding the gate.
When the gatekeeper notified Tang Yichen to go and get it, Qin Huiyin and others had already left.
Tang Yichen walked inside holding the flowerpot.
"Yi Chen, you've become more and more elegant recently. You've even started growing flowers."
"My sister bought it for me." Tang Yichen smiled faintly, "My sister also made some dried fish. If you are interested, you can try it."
"I'm interested, definitely interested."
The crowd gathered around.
When they saw Tang Yichen's residence, they felt it was brand new.
Tang Yichen put the flower pot on the desk. When he sat here reading, he could see it as soon as he looked up, and he would feel much more relaxed.
He washed his hands, took out the fried golden dried fish from the cupboard, opened the oil paper package, and handed it to his classmates.
“It smells so good…”
"Yi Chen, what is this?" Someone found a few bottles of sauce.
He had just delivered the sauce to the teachers, and what his classmates saw now was the one Qin Huiyin prepared for him.
"This is the sauce my sister made." Tang Yichen said, "You can try it when we eat later."
"It smells so good, I'm dizzy with the fragrance."
"The dried fish is also delicious. There is another taste in this dried fish. What is it? It feels numb, but it is also very appetizing."
"I don't know either. These are the secret recipes my sister figured out on her own." Tang Yichen said.
"From now until now, you have mentioned your sister several times. Your sister is really a strange person. When she comes again, you can let us meet her."
"She is timid and shy. Let's talk about it later!" Tang Yichen looked at these people and always felt that they had bad intentions, so he instinctively refused.
Tang Yichen returned to the private school, and the teachers immediately gave him a test.
Those are the science examination papers from previous years.
While Tang Yichen was undergoing the devilish training from the teachers, Qin Huiyin and others were still working hard on their business.
A newly dug well needs to settle for a while before it can be used. When the water has settled, it needs to be washed out several times before it can be used.
The villagers said a lot of sour things about Tang Dafu's family digging a well. After all, digging a well costs more than just the labor cost, but also various materials. The most important thing is that everyone in the village shares the same well, but Tang Dafu's family is so pretentious that they want to dig a well alone. Isn't that showing off?
Qin Huiyin looked at the numbers in the account book and counted the cash box in her hand.
"Girl, what are you thinking about?" Li Taohua sat over.
"Our house is too small and not big enough for us to live in. I want to build a bigger house, but this little money is not enough," said Qin Huiyin.
"Isn't this amount of money enough? I see they didn't spend much money to build that big house." Li Taohua said.
"The big house I want to build should be very nice, with a big garden, and everyone should have a spacious room, and I also want to build a desk and a wardrobe." Qin Huiyin said, "I asked about the housing prices in the county, and they are too expensive. I feel that I can't buy a big house there in a short time, so it's more cost-effective to live in the village."
"Your brother is going to take the imperial examination. If he passes, we will have to move, right?"
"That's not something that can be accomplished in a short period of time. Besides, even if my brother passes the imperial examination, his official position won't be very high at first, so we don't need to rush to find him."
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