Ancient Imperial Examination Daily

Chapter 20

Mrs. Chen grabbed Du Jinning's arm, because she was too excited, she was a little strong: "Okay, the writing is good, the words are well written, and the writing is not wrong at all..." As she said, her tears flowed down whereabouts.

"Mother..." Du Jinning could guess some of Chen's mood, she sighed secretly, and diverted Chen's attention, "You hurt me."

"Ah?" Chen hurriedly let go, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, mother didn't mean it." He rolled up Du Jinning's sleeve again, trying to see if he was scratched.

"It's okay." Du Jinning pulled his arm back and asked again, "Mom, what do you think of my story?"

"Okay, it's really well written." Chen's thoughts returned to the novel, and she looked at Du Jinning with a strange gaze, "I can't believe that you wrote it."

No, although she has only read a few lines, the story is very attractive from the very beginning, and the language is fluent, the characters are vivid, and the words and sentences are extremely exquisite. of.

Du Jinning didn't expect that Chen could read and understand articles, so he thought that Chen was being fooled, and he didn't think much about it before he took out the novel.Seeing Chen's doubts at this time, she hurriedly lowered her voice, pretending to be mysterious: "Mother, let me tell you a secret."

"What secret?" Mrs. Chen also lowered her voice cooperatively, and brought her head closer, but her mind was turning back and forth, always thinking that Du Jinning was going to tell her some supernatural things, such as Wenqu Xingtuomeng, who had this story in her hand , and so on.

"I've read all the books that uncle bought back." Du Jinning said.

Du Chensheng's eldest son, Du Yunyi, had no talent for reading and his family had no money to support a few scholars, so he dropped out of school after Du Chensheng discovered that Du Yuncheng had a talent for reading, and followed Du Chensheng to the county to learn to be an accountant.His biggest hobby is reading novels, and if he has spare money, he will buy two to read.He was filial to Du Chensheng, knowing that his father didn't go out often because of his poor health, and he didn't bother to gossip with the ignorant villagers in the village. He was very bored at home, so he brought back the script he had read to relieve his father.So it is reasonable for Du Jinning to say this.

Chen was taken aback, and her first reaction was Du Jinning's safety: "Are you crazy? Is that something you can touch? How did you get the book?"

Du Jinning pointed to the passage at the back: "The windows of the main room are always wide open, and the story books are placed in front of the windows. I go around here in the evening, take a copy secretly, and squat in the corner to read it." Then put it back. You were all busy in the kitchen, and your grandparents were eating, and no one noticed me."

"You little boy, why are you so uneasy?" Chen was furious, but he was reluctant to hit Du Jinning, staring at her and wanted to say something cruel, but he thought that this child would go through it twice in a few days. Life and death, and distressed, finally had to warn, "You can't do this again in the future, you know? You just touched your cousin's book, and you were punished to kneel and lose half your life. If someone Knowing that you stole your grandfather's book, is there still life? You are going to die, and neither mother nor your sister can live..."

As she spoke, she hugged Du Jinning in her arms and began to cry "woo woo".

"Mother, don't cry." Du Jinning also panicked.She has a tight skin and is not afraid of beating and scolding, but she is the one who hates the tears of her relatives the most.

She stretched out her hand and patted Chen Shi on the back: "I won't go, I won't go again, mother, please don't cry." She also threatened Chen Shi unkindly, "The second aunt is next door, if she hears it, she will cause trouble again .”

After hearing this, Mrs. Chen quickly stopped crying.She wiped away her tears and looked at Du Jinning with red eyes: "Are you really not going?"

"Well, I really won't go, I swear." Du Jinning's face was serious, and he half-raised his hand.

Only then did Chen give up, and took the two pieces of paper again, with a proud face on his face: "My son is smarter than others, but he can write such a story just by knowing a few words."

Du Jinning accepted all the compliments and asked Mrs. Chen, "Do you think my story can be sold?"

Mrs. Chen thought for a while, then nodded: "Yes, I can." She said with a sad face, "Your father also bought me two story books before he was alive. Your father still has many books, but later all Let your grandfather take it."

Du Jinning didn't dare to let her mind go that way, and quickly pulled her back: "Mom, can you take me to the county? There are many literate people in the county, and there are many people who are willing to spend money to buy books."

Chen rubbed the paper carefully with her rough hands, feeling very self-blame.Du Jinning is only ten years old.Such a big kid, who doesn't just eat and play foolishly and mischievously, how could he have lived and died several times, and now he wants to do his best to make money secretly for the family?It's all her useless.

Thinking of Du Fangfei's marriage, she couldn't refuse Du Jinning's offer.She raised her head and nodded to Du Jinning: "Okay, when you are healthy, mother will take you to the county."

"I'm ready." Du Jinning jumped up from the bed and jumped twice on the ground, "Look, mother, I'm really well."

"No, keep it for another two days." Mrs. Chen insisted on this point, grabbed Du Jinning who was alive and kicking, and stuffed her back under the quilt, with a smile on her face.

For the next two days, Du Jinning was still resting at home, while thinking about another novel by the way.If the article "A Bao" can be sold, she will have to write another one when she comes back.

Two days passed quickly. Mrs. Chen woke up Du Jinning early in the morning and took her to the field under the pretext of taking her to the field. After leaving the village, she told the three sisters Du Fangfei: "Go to the field by yourself and be careful. I will take my brother to the county. one trip."

Everyone was very surprised.Du Fangling asked first, "What are you doing in the county?" As he spoke, he turned his gaze to Du Jinning, with dissatisfaction in his expression.That day, she heard it sincerely. Du Jinning asked about the affairs of the county. Today, Mrs. Chen's visit to the county must have something to do with Du Jinning.

"It's something, I'll tell you what happened later." Mrs. Chen said lightly, took Du Jinning's hand and left, "Let's go."

Although the Chen family is gentle, they are very assertive. The three sisters Du Fangling obey her discipline very much.Seeing that she didn't speak at this time, Du Fangling didn't dare to say anything, but just pouted and said: "It's mysterious, I don't know what I'm doing."

"If we can let us know, mother will naturally say it. Since she didn't say it, it's inconvenient for us to know." Du Fangfei persuaded, "Okay, let's go to the field."

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The county seat is twelve miles away from Taohua Village, neither far nor near.It doesn't take much effort to ride a carriage, but it takes a lot of time to walk with feet, especially for a person like Du Jinning who can't walk fast enough and needs to rest after walking for a while.By the time the two of them arrived in the county, it was almost noon.

(End of this chapter)