"Children, children, don't be greedy, after Laba is the new year.

Laba porridge, in a few days, Lili Lala 23.

23, Tanggua sticky, 24, house sweeping,
25, make tofu, 26, cut the meat,
27, slaughter the chicken, 28, hair the face,
29. Steam steamed buns, stay up all night at thirty,
New Year's Eve twists and turns. "

Along with the children's New Year's songs, Xiao's yard also started the New Year's mode.

Under the command of the two old men, Xiaoxun pasted up the couplets and hung up the red lanterns.

Xiaozhao's private school had already been on vacation, so he took over Zheng Dongyang's job, and taught Xiaoyou all kinds of scripts, coaxing Xiaoyou not to pester the two old men and hinder them from working.

Xiaoruo is the busiest. She not only has to pay attention to her family's New Year's preparations, but also receives a steady stream of guests.

These guests are all members of the Qinzhou Pharmaceutical Chamber of Commerce-the shopkeepers of various medical centers and pharmacies.

"Is Miss Xiao at home?" There was another knock on the courtyard door, and it was Treasurer Qian who came back.

Old man Zheng opened the door. He smiled and took the gift from Shopkeeper Qian, and put it in the warehouse in a familiar manner.

In the past few days, several groups of people have come, all of them carrying gifts in large and small bags, and he is numb to accepting them.

"Treasurer Qian is here? I should be the one to visit you, but you all got ahead of me one by one." Xiao Ruo hurriedly wiped her hands and came forward.

She is pasting new window paper for Xiaozhao's room. The window paper she bought this time is thinner and stronger, which can make the room bright and convenient for Xiaozhao to study.

"Where is it, if it weren't for Miss Xiao, we would have a hard time this year!" Shopkeeper Qian smiled like a Maitreya Buddha, his fat face stretched out.

"In the coming year, Miss Xiao will continue to take care of us. Among other things, the medicinal materials you concoct should continue to be sold to us first!"

"It's natural, if I don't sell my medicinal materials to you first, who will I sell them to?" Xiaoruo also joked with a smile.

"I'm relieved with your words!"

Immediately afterward, Shopkeeper Qian took out two more densely written cooked rice papers, handed them to Xiaoruo and said, "This is what you told me last time, the summary of our medicinal material dealers and farmers who are resident in Qinzhou and nearby, you can look at the classification like this right?"

The names of medicinal material dealers and farmers in different regions are neatly listed on the two thin papers. Below the names, the types of medicinal materials they can supply, the corresponding quality grades, and the recommended selling prices are listed in more detail.

Xiaoruo handed the paper to old man Cen for a review. Fundamentally speaking, old man Cen is her master in medicine, and it is a respect for old man Cen to have a review.

The old man Cen was also unambiguous, and pointed out several unreasonable quality grades, and the treasurer Qian responded repeatedly, and revised them when he went back.

The three of them sat in the courtyard and drank a few cups of hot tea, talking for a while about the pharmacy of the Qinzhou Medical Center.

Shopkeeper Qian told the two that the shopkeeper of Kaitong Medical Center couldn't wait for anyone who wanted to buy Jinwutou for a long time, so he smashed the medicine cabinet in the store to pieces, and even went to the government to file a complaint.

However, he couldn't tell who sold him the golden cockroach and who wanted to buy it.

Although the owner of the yamen, Bo and the army, had contacts with him, Governor Zeng ignored them at all, and only said that he made trouble for no reason, and expelled the shopkeeper Kaitong from the yamen.

It is said that in the end he repaid the debts owed by Guang'an Bank and sold the yard of Kaitong Medical Center. The whole family finally moved out of Qinzhou and disappeared.

The original largest pharmacy in Qinzhou ended up here, and the three of them couldn't help sighing, feeling that they were really unsatisfactory and self-inflicted.

After chatting for a while, Shopkeeper Qian stood up and said goodbye.

"It's thirty years old, I have to go home early, Miss Xiao, please stay and don't send me any more." Shopkeeper Qian cupped his hands.

Xiaoruo stopped being polite to him and said goodbye to closing the courtyard door.

On New Year's Eve and New Year's Eve, every family prepares a sumptuous meal, and the family reunite and watch the year together.

Xiaoxun was still in charge of the cooking, Xiaoruo was in charge of watching the stove, while the old and the young were watching eagerly at the door of the stove. After cooking a dish, they rushed over and took the hot dish and put it on the dining table.

When the New Year's Eve dinner in nine large pots and eight small bowls was ready, the six people sat around the dining table and began to feast on it.

The dining table was arranged in the middle of the courtyard, with a tarp on top to block the falling snow, and a charcoal fire was placed around it, and a jug of wine was warmed on the charcoal fire.

Although there is no wall to cover, but the charcoal fire is very strong, Xiao Ruo quietly used the supernatural power to increase the temperature of the flame, making everyone feel warm and harmonious, eating the New Year's Eve dinner in the yard only feels the air is fresh, not feeling cold at all .

"Come on, brother Cen, let's have a toast!" Old man Zheng poured two glasses of wine, handed one of them to old man Cen, and touched the mouths of the two glasses first.

"Who would have thought that a few months ago, I was still guarding three closed rooms with air leakage by myself, hahaha!" He laughed loudly, and there was incomparable joy in his laughter.

The old man Cen also took a sip of the warm wine cheerfully, and said: "Yeah, I didn't expect that I could live such a year in my lifetime. We are so lively together."

"What kind of excitement is this? It will be lively when Ruo Ruo and Xun Xiaozi get married and have a few babies!"

Zheng Dongyang rolled his eyes at Xiaoxun and teased: "What's the matter with you, Axun boy, you haven't married Ruoruo yet, you won't plan to be irresponsible, kid?"

Xiaoruo suddenly remembered that they never seemed to have told Zheng Dongyang why he and A Xun were not married.

Wanting to rescue the puppy, she took a piece of chicken with chopsticks for Zheng Dongyang, and said, "My father and mother were newly mourned in March, so I plan to think about getting married in three years..."

Before he finished speaking, Zheng Dongyang stood up suddenly, and his hips touched the dining table, shaking the table.

He raised his voice and exclaimed: "What are you talking about! New—"

Before he finished speaking, he seemed to realize something, restrained his inner fluctuations, bent down and lowered his voice and said, "New mourning?! Your parents just passed away in March this year?"

Everyone was dumbfounded by Zheng Dongyang's reaction, and they couldn't figure out what he was excited about.

"Yes, yes..." Xiaoruo stuttered a bit.

"New mourning, new mourning, no!" Zheng Dongyang ignored the bewildered and astonished expressions of several people, left the dining table and started pacing back and forth, his half-grey eyebrows completely locked into a ball.

"Tai Li, what's wrong with you?" Old man Cen didn't understand why Zheng Dongyang reacted so suddenly.

"Oh, Brother Cen, you are so confused!" Hearing old man Cen's voice, Zheng Dongyang seemed to have recovered from his anxiety, stepped over to old man Cen's side, and said heartbroken.

"Why didn't you say that their parents are newly bereaved!"

"Well, is there any problem with this? Their parents have already been buried?"

"They didn't know it when they were young, and you didn't know it either? You can't take the exam for three years!"

Zheng Dongyang shook his head repeatedly. If he had known about Xiaozhao's parents' funeral, he would never have agreed to Xiaozhao's participation in the county examination. Now he has to take the government examination in April!

Hearing that old man Cen was dumbfounded, Xiao Ruoxiao and Xun Xiaozhao were also dumbfounded, they really didn't know there was such a rule.

Now on the dining table, only Xiaoyou's little mouth was still chewing the food, and everyone else froze in place.

"Xiao Zhao participated in the county examination, and he is already in hiding. No, no matter what the government examination in April, he will not be allowed to participate again." Zheng Dongyang said firmly.

"But...but..." Old Cen felt remorseful and distressed at the same time.

What I regret is that I didn't know how to inquire about the taboos of the scientific examination earlier. It's normal for Xiaoruo and the others to think about it when they are young. Now that I am old, why didn't I think of it!
What is distressing is that Xiaozhao studies hard every day, and his little face is not so round for the government exam. If he doesn't take the April exam now, won't he work hard for nothing?

"It's okay, then let's take the exam in three years." Xiaoruo was the first to calm down and said. "Since it is stipulated by the imperial court, if Zhao Zhao really participates in the government examination, it will be a felony instead."

She turned her head and said to Xiaozhao: "Zhaozhao, studying is not something that happens overnight. Even if you can't take the exam this time, you can't give up. Just think that we have an extra three years of preparation for the exam and prepare more fully to meet it." Challenge, don't you think?"

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