Chapter 6 Pretending to Sleep
Su Yuan caught a glimpse of Nan Chu's eyes that looked forward to being recognized. She curled her lips and smiled, praising him:
"You're right. That's what I meant. We have two quilts in our room. One is wet, so we still have one left. Dad doesn't have one, so I bought it for him."
She thought for a moment and said:
"You have nothing to do now, so hurry up and make some clothes. The clothes you are wearing are mine, and they are too big and not warm enough."
"I'll cook dinner tonight. I have five buns left. I'll just heat them up and make a pot of rice porridge. I don't need you."
Men in the Fengqi Dynasty were generally thin and petite. Nan Chu was just over 1.7 meters tall, so her clothes were too big for her.
Nan Chu felt a little embarrassed. He was taught that older girls should stay away from the kitchen and men should not let their wives enter the kitchen to cook.
But in the end he swallowed what he wanted to say. He found that his wife had a strong personality and would not tolerate any argument. Once she made up her mind about something, it was useless for him to object.
So he nodded and agreed: "Okay."
After saying that, he picked up the three pieces of cloth his wife had bought and looked at them, one piece was light pink and the other was smoky blue.
There is also a royal blue one, which is more suitable for older people to wear, probably for my dad.
Nan Chu had an idea in mind and didn't need to measure himself. He picked up the scissors and started cutting the fabric.
It was getting darker and dark clouds covered the sky.
After taking the medicine and having dinner, Father Su went back to lie down.
Su Yuan washed up quickly and lay down on the bed.
Only Nan Chu was still sitting at the table in the room, working hard under the lamp. He could be seen holding the needle and thread in his hands, flipping it over and over again with great vigor.
It made Su Yuan dizzy and felt quite hypnotic. The effect was even better than her hypnosis.
After watching for a while, her eyelids felt heavy and she felt sleepy. She said to Nan Chu in a daze:
"Nan Chu, don't rush. It's already midnight. Go to bed quickly. If you don't go to bed now, you may not be able to get up tomorrow morning."
When Nan Chu heard Su Yuan telling him to go to bed, his hand trembled and he accidentally pricked his index finger with the needle, causing his eyebrows to twitch slightly in pain.
He replied in a trembling voice:
"My wife, I know, I know."
God knows, he felt sorry for the candles as he was making clothes here late at night. But when he thought about sleeping in the same bed with his wife, he became nervous and his heart was beating fast.
Nan Chu hesitated, walked to the bed with his head down, and swallowed nervously.
"Nan Chu, don't be nervous, come on!" After encouraging himself in his heart, he mustered up the courage to steal a glance at Su Yuan.
It was this glance that made Nan Chu relax instantly, and his nervousness and shyness turned into embarrassment.
He looked at his wife on the bed with a slightly embarrassed look, narrowed his eyes, and was no longer nervous.
It turned out that he had been nervous and shy for a long time, but his wife had already fallen asleep, and he suddenly didn't know what to feel.
Nan Chu sighed, quietly took off his coat, shoes and socks, quietly lifted the corner of the quilt and got into bed.
What he didn't see was that Su Yuan, who he thought was asleep, curled up the corners of his lips silently.
You know, Su Yuan's sensitivity is extremely strong. When Nan Chu approached, she woke up and understood why Nan Chu didn't go to bed.
I suddenly felt funny.
It turned out that my husband was nervous and scared. No wonder he had to wait until so late and waited until I fell asleep before coming over.
Su Yuan noticed that Nan Chu was very far away from her and was sleeping on the edge of the bed. She was worried that he would fall in the middle of the night, so she pretended to turn over and put her arm around his waist and hugged him towards her.
However, this action really shocked Nan Chu. He opened his eyes wide in surprise and moved his gaze to Su Yuan's face. He found that she had her eyes closed and was not awake, so he felt relieved.
His eyes trembled, and he selfishly moved his body closer to Su Yuan's arms, with the corners of his mouth slightly raised.
My wife’s arms feel like a small stove, so warm, Nan Chu thought to himself.
Just like that, the two of them, each with their own thoughts, felt each other's body temperature, and gradually closed their eyes and fell asleep.
The night gradually deepened.
At some point, the cold stars in the sky broke through the lead-gray sky, revealing a few points of cold light, illuminating the sky.
In the morning, Nan Chu was the first to get up. He got dressed and went to the kitchen to boil his father's medicine, then steamed the rice and started to stir-fry the vegetables.
Waving the spatula, Nan Chu thought to himself.
Today is the day when his wife goes up the mountain, so she must eat enough. He made two extra bowls of rice.
When the meal was ready, only Su's father got up, but Su Yuan was not there. Nan Chu served the food and put it on the table, then went into their room to check.
There was a bulge in the quilt on the bed. Su Yuan was sleeping in. It was her hobby that she couldn't get out of bed in the morning.
"Wife, wife, wake up, it's time for breakfast."
Nan Chu walked to the bed, pushed Su Yuan under the quilt, and called softly.
"Okay, I'll get up right away." Everyone was standing beside the bed, so Su Yuan had to get up. And if she didn't go out, Su's father and Nan Chu would probably wait for her.
After Su Yuan got up and washed, the three of them finished their meal together. Nan Chu cleared the dishes and went to the kitchen to wash them.
Su Yuan and her father sat in the main room to rest, but her eyes were fixed on an empty and distracted space, and she was thinking about her next plan in her mind.
Let's deal with the ginseng issue today, take care of Su's father's health, and have some money to spend.
Then she could find a private school or college to study in. After all, it was an imaginary dynasty with different cultural customs. It was impossible for her to get in without reading anything.
According to Su Yuan's recollection, the original owner had attended school when he was young, and he could recognize all the characters even though they were a little halting.
In addition, she had read the novel and combined the information she knew to get the following:
The process of the Fengqi Dynasty: initially, there was the student, then the scholar, the juren, and the gongsheng.
She planned her next route:
The examination for tongsheng is held in Qinghe Town, for scholars goes to Tongcheng, for juren goes to Jiangzhou, and finally one goes to Beijing to take the spring examination, also known as the metropolitan examination.
After passing the joint examination, the palace examination will take place. The top ten candidates will have their test papers reviewed by the empress, who will then designate the top three.
She now has to take the examination for a Tongsheng and participate in the county examination, which will be held in February next year.
It is now early November, and with the Chinese New Year, she only has three months left, but it is enough.
Another thing is to buy a house and move to Qinghe Town, where there are private schools and the teachers are all scholars.
If Su Yuan wanted to take part in the county examination, he had to be guaranteed by a scholar (a student on government academy), and five of his classmates had to form a bond to testify for each other.
Because when the roll call is called at the entrance, the students and the five people in the same group have to be aware of each other. If there is any abnormal situation such as taking the exam on behalf of others, they must report it immediately. If there is any concealment, the five people will be punished together, and the student will also be expelled from the exam.
Although information was not well developed in ancient times, examinations were very strict.
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