Ancient Imperial Examination Daily

Chapter 21 Coincidence
PS: The second update.Thank you Zixue leader, Zhou Dan, listening to the rain all night, ink washes the heart, and the sky is separated for the reward, okay~
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Mrs. Chen took out a cornbread from her bosom, shared it with Du Jinning, and went to a nearby house to beg for two bowls of water before slowly entering the city.

This county town seems to be quite big, and the city gate is also quite grand.When entering the city gate, Du Jinning saw two large traditional characters of "Lishui" written on the city wall, so he knew that this place was called Lishui County.

Chen said: "Your father told me before that the continent where the county seat is located directly divides a river into two halves. It has the function of separating water areas, so it is called Lishui. Some people think that the meaning of 'li' The word is unlucky, so I added water beside it, and it became Lishui."

Du Jinning nodded, looking at the rows of shops on both sides and the intersections leading to various streets, he felt very novel about the ancient streets and the things they sold.

But this is not the time to go shopping, you have to get down to business first.She asked Chen: "Where is the biggest bookstore in the city?"

Mrs. Chen looked around, with a very dazed look on her face: "I haven't been to the county town for more than ten years, and it has become more lively here. There are houses everywhere, and I don't know the way."

"It's okay, just walk along the biggest street and just go in when you see a bookstore." Du Jinning was very calm.

In modern times, she can roam the streets and alleys of first-tier cities like Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou, which are hundreds of times larger than this. What is this small county town?There are at most a few streets criss-crossing, and you can walk around all the streets for half an hour.

Mrs. Chen didn't have any idea, and followed Du Jinning forward.

"Third aunt, is this the third aunt of the Du family?" A clear voice suddenly came from not far away.

Du Jinning and Chen Shi turned their heads to look, and saw a boy of twelve or thirteen years old, wearing a stone-blue muslin gown, with delicate features, looking at them hesitantly.

Seeing him, Mrs. Chen's expression brightened immediately, and she pulled Du Jinning forward and said, "You are brother Wen from Lizheng's family, right? Why are you here?" Then she suddenly said, "By the way, you are studying in the county. .” Pulled Du Jinning again, “Call someone.”

"Brother Hongwen." Du Jinning smiled at the boy.

From her memory, she knew that this was the son of brother Du Yunchang and the grandson of Li Zheng's family, Zhang Hongwen.Du's family and Zhang's family live in the east of the village and in the west of the village, and the two families don't often see each other.However, because of this in-law relationship, they would go out and about during festivals, and Du Jinning had also met this Zhang Hongwen several times.Once when Du Jinning went home alone, she was chased and beaten by Du Jinshou on the way, but it was Zhang Hongwen who saved her.The original owner had a very good impression of Zhang Hongwen.

Zhang Hongwen looked at the two of them: "Where are you going?"

Chen hesitated for a moment, looked at Du Jinning, but said nothing.

Zhang Hongwen studied here, so he must know where the bookstore is.And if they go with him, they will be able to sell the storybook smoothly.But the origin of this script is hard to explain. She didn't know whether Du Jinning would like to let Zhang Hongwen know about her writing the script.

Du Jinning was the first to speak: "Didn't my grandfather knock me out a few days ago? My ears are always ringing these days, and I can't hear clearly when I speak softly. My mother wanted to take me to the county to find him. The doctor has a look."

As she spoke, she looked up at Zhang Hongwen, who was a head taller than her, pitifully: "Brother Hongwen, can you not tell what happened to us today? My grandmother knew that my mother didn't work and took me to the Come from the county and want to scold people. My mother also went to help others carry wood for a few days because of me, and only got a few pennies. Grandma didn't know what to do when she found out."

"Don't worry, I won't say anything." Zhang Hongwen promised quickly.

He hesitated for a moment, and said to Chen: "Auntie, why don't I accompany you to see a doctor. I know this county well, and I know some famous medicine halls and doctors."

If they really brought Du Jinning to see a doctor, Chen would naturally wish that Zhang Hongwen would take them there.But what Du Jinning said just now, made it clear that he didn't want Zhang Hongwen to know what they were doing, so he quickly evaded, "No, no, you are busy, so I dare not delay you."

Du Jinning also nodded and said: "We also know the place, I asked someone just now, don't bother brother Hongwen."

Zhang Hongwen saw that both his mother and son were evasive, and he himself was in a hurry, so he stopped insisting, reached into his bosom, took out a handful of copper coins, and handed them to Du Jinning without counting: "Come on, take the money Yes. I haven’t been home for the past two days, and I don’t have much money with me. Take a look. If it’s not enough, go to Boyue College to find me.” He pointed, “It’s over there.”

"No, no, no, no." Mrs. Chen grabbed the copper plate and stuffed it back into Zhang Hongwen's hands, "You need to buy pens, ink, paper and inkstones, and you have to eat. You need money everywhere. How can you do without money? I I brought Brother Ning’s medical treatment money, so I don’t need yours.”

Zhang Hongwen wanted to give it again, but Mrs. Chen didn't want it, so he had no choice but to give up, and said: "If you don't have enough money, you must come to the academy to find me. I still have classmates, even if I don't have money, it's okay to borrow them for a few meals. If it’s not enough, you can still go home and get it, Auntie, don’t delay Brother Ning’s medical treatment because of these dozens of pennies.”

Chen was very moved, nodded and said: "Okay, Auntie understands."

She waved her hand and pulled Du Jinning forward, and when she turned a corner and couldn't see Zhang Hongwen, she said guiltily: "It's not good for us to deceive people like this." She looked at Du Jinning again, with scrutiny in her eyes, "Brother Ning Son, why did you think of lying to you Brother Hongwen just now?"

"Who knows if he's tight-lipped? He knows about our storybook sales. He will definitely not tell his grandfather and grandmother, but he will definitely tell his uncles, aunts, and uncles. Then, how do you explain it? If there is a little The rumors reached the ears of grandparents, and it was decided that there would be another big disturbance." Du Jinning said lightly.

She knew that Mrs. Chen was concerned about the child, and she was afraid that she would go the wrong way.But her soul is already an adult, and because of her reading and experience, she is more mature than Chen.She really doesn't need others to teach her how to be a human being.

Mrs. Chen was speechless by what she said, so she could only say: "Mother knows, she knows..." He mumbled no more.

The two looked while walking, and finally saw a bookstore on the side of the street, and there were two of them at once.These two shops are also very interesting, separated by a road, if not separated by a shop, they are facing each other and door to door.

"Where are you going?" Chen looked at the bookstore and asked.

Du Jinning took a look, and saw that the bookstore called Shuxiangge near her was smaller. The shopkeeper was sitting behind the counter reading a book, and the waiter was standing listlessly at the door. Except for the books on the shelves, it was empty and there were no customers.The bookstore on the other side is called Boya Pavilion, which is larger in size and better decorated. There are scholars in long gowns going in and out, but the business is much better than that of Shuxiang Pavilion.

"This one." Du Jinning walked to Shuxiang Pavilion.

(End of this chapter)