Tibet

Chapter 27 Forced Blind Dates
Li Ye handed the five qian silver and the registration form to Du Wang, and he asked his relatives to help him register. It was convenient because he had a relationship, and it saved them from queuing up to register.

Li Ye drank tea and asked with a smile, "How many people will be admitted in total?"

Ma Jinsong stretched out five fingers, "50 people, of which 30 people are admitted by the exam, and the other [-] people are recommended by the dignitaries!"

"With so many people admitted, are there so many opportunities to play?"

Ma Jinsong said contemptuously: "Do you think there are only polo leagues? There are many! There are thousands of games between schools and private games between rich and powerful. Dragon is no longer on the leaderboard."

"why?"

"I heard that some white players have switched to black players. As soon as they come down, they squeeze Xiao Feilong down. They play the league with the highest gold content, unlike the black players who play wild games, so there is no comparison. .”

Qiao Bin next to him smiled and said: "Old Ma, it's not the reason you mentioned. Just now Du Wang said that Xiao Feilong went to Yang's polo team to play and has become a white player."

Li Ye scratched his head and thought of a very serious problem, "If the white players refuse to move, wouldn't it mean that the people behind will have no chance to enter the regular team?"

Qiao Bin laughed and said: "White players can't play for a few years. The rich and powerful like the new and hate the old. Unless they are very good and can play for more than ten years, the career of other ordinary white players is only five or six years! Black players don't care. You can play for as long as you want, of course, most people can’t make any money, and after a few years they will change careers, and many people go to teach!”

"What lecture?"

Qiao Bin frowned, "Why doesn't Brother Li know anything?"

Li Ye stared, and said confidently: "I was beaten by you, I forgot everything!"

"I'll tell you!"

Ma Jinsong next to him was a little guilty, and quickly explained: "Chang'an has many schools for learning skills, such as martial arts field, music workshop, arena, literature hall, women's hall, etc. We all go to the polo hall to learn to play. Many famous polo After the players retire, they will be hired by the polo hall as coaches, which is also a good way out.”

"I see, what is the women's house?" Li Ye asked curiously.

"Of course, unmarried women learn all kinds of skills! Otherwise, how can they care for their husbands and raise their children after they get married?"

Li Ye nodded, "If I want to learn calligraphy, I can go to the Literature Museum, right!"

"That's right, writing poems, calligraphy, and painting are all in the literature hall. If you want to study and take the imperial examination, you have to go to a real school. All kinds of halls are actually training hobbies, and there are cram schools."

At this time, Du Wang came back and gave each of them a card. This is their test card. Li Ye is No. 570. On the morning of the first day of March, he participated in the preliminary test at the Zuowei polo field!
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There is less than half a month before the polo exam, and Li Ye basically has nothing to do.

His house was repaired, and his mother, Pei Sanniang, recruited a little drug girl named Xiao Cuiniang, Aunt Ge's granddaughter, who was only ten years old and was in charge of making medicine, and Li Ye lost her job.

Pei Sanniang was kind to her, and gave her a consistent amount of money a month, which was not low. In Yonghefang, a young lady was usually hired for [-] yuan a day.

The main reason is that Xiaocui's mother's house is just across the street, so Pei Sanniang doesn't have to pay for food and lodging, so she converts her board and lodging into ten Wen a day, and gives an extra hundred literati money every month, and everyone is happy.

Of course, this little lady looks a bit shabby, not to mention her dark skin, she is still a slob, fortunately she doesn't have to eat at the same table.

Li Ye originally wanted to go to the Literature Museum to learn calligraphy, but was scolded by his mother Pei Sanniang, saying that he was burning too much money. She found Li Ye's calligraphy practice stickers when he was seven years old from a broken box, and it was not moldy yet. , let him follow suit.

After only three days of writing, Li Ye lost his pen, and he began to concentrate on studying the thirteen moves of swordsmanship that Pei Min gave him.

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"A Ye, hurry up, I have something to do today!"

Early in the morning, Pei Sanniang walked into her son's room with a smile and a new set of clothes.

"Hurry up and put on new clothes, mother will take you on a blind date today!"

"what!"

Li Ye's eyes widened, wasn't he just kidding?Why do you take it seriously.

"Mother! Are you kidding me!" Li Ye stammered, a little panicked.

"Nonsense! It's been said a long time ago. The little lady from the Lin Family Medicine Store is in the same family as us. She looks very handsome. She is 12 years old this year, and she is only two years younger than you. You always said that you would marry her when you grow up!"

Li Ye fell headfirst on the quilt, moaning in pain, resisting weakly in his heart, 'That's not me! '

"All right! All right! Don't be so depressed."

Pei Sanniang comforted her son and said, "Go and have a look! It's not an engagement, it's just a blind date."

The dark sky in Li Ye's heart suddenly revealed a glimmer of light. He raised his head and said, "Is it because I don't like it and just refuse?"

Pei Sanniang smacked her lips and said, "I really don't like it, it's best to let the woman look down on you."

"What?"

"The man doesn't like the woman, and I have to compensate him with a piece of cloth. If the woman doesn't like you, I will save the cloth."

Li Ye really despises him, his old lady is so calculating, but it seems to be like this all the time!
"Hurry up and get dressed! Otherwise, it will be noon and you will have to treat the other party to dinner."

Walking to the door, Pei Sanniang smiled again and said, "Actually, Xiao Cuiniang is pretty good, she's quite smart, as my daughter-in-law, you can save money every month."

Li Ye waved his hands frantically, "Hurry up, I don't want that Lei Gongzui!"

Of course Pei Sanniang was just joking, she likes to see her son go crazy.

Pei Sanniang giggled, turned and left.

The mother and son went out, Pei Sanniang rode on the newly bought big green donkey, and Li Ye followed on foot.

"Ye'er, why don't you change your clothes, you are so rude to others!"

Seeing that her son was still wearing his half-worn gray cloth jacket, Pei Sanniang frowned.

"Mom, I'm afraid that I'm going to dress too brightly, like a jade tree facing the wind, what if she takes a fancy to me?"

"You brat, you look like a cow, and you are still in the wind!"

Pei Sanniang was amused by her son's cheekiness, and said: "The young lady of the Lin family is recognized as the number one beauty in the workshop, she really might not like you!"

"What is the number one beauty in the workshop? Your son is going to marry the prime minister's daughter in the future. Wouldn't the premature engagement be a waste of my future?"

What Li Ye said was from the bottom of his heart. It was so easy to come to the Tang Dynasty. Based on his knowledge of thousands of years later, even if it was too late to marry Concubine Yang, there should be no problem with the beauty of other countries. Pity.

Pei Sanniang was startled suddenly, she seemed to have thought of something, her face turned pale and she stopped involuntarily.

"Mom! What's wrong with you?"

Seeing his mother in a daze, Li Ye stretched out his hand and shook it in front of her eyes.

Pei Sanniang slowly came back to her senses, her eyes were a little sad, she forced a smile and said: "If you really don't want to, then we won't go."

"If you don't go, you will have to pay a piece of cloth. It's not worth it. Let's go! I have a way to make her run away crying."

Li Ye's method is naturally the "four nos countermeasures", illiteracy, no earning money, no raising children, and the last no, of course, is that fists do not recognize their wives.

I believe that any woman who has a longing for marriage will give up under the "four no countermeasures".

(End of this chapter)