Ancient Imperial Examination Daily

Chapter 31

Du Fangling wondered: "If you don't carry wood, how can there be planks and oil and salt?"

Chen looked at her indifferently: "Don't ask too much, I have a way."

Chen's deterrence in front of her daughters is quite strong, seeing her displeasure, Du Fangling immediately dared not ask.

Remembering the matter of giving the money to Mrs. Chen, Du Jinning didn't sleep well all night, and woke up just after dawn.If so, Mrs. Chen and the others all got up earlier than her, and now they have washed up and had breakfast, and are ready to go to work.

Taking advantage of the fact that there was no one in the house, Du Jinning took out the [-] Wen from the hole in the wall and handed it to Mrs. Chen when she was about to leave.Sensing a large handful of copper coins in her hand, Mrs. Chen was startled, and hurriedly said, "You don't need that much, just twenty coins is enough."

The trees on the back hill belong to the village.If every family wants to build a house and plan a bed board, they can go to the mountains to cut trees.As long as the amount of use is not large, and it is not the kind of mature tree, and it is not shipped out for sale, no one will care.The only thing that costs money is sawing the wood into planks. The old lady of the carpenter's family, who is native to the village, takes pity on her and only charges her ten cents at most.

With ten coins left, you can buy some oil and salt back.

Du Jinning also knew that the copper plate was quite heavy, and sometimes it would jingle in his pocket, making it easy for people to find it.That's all, Niu is the most sensitive about money, if she finds out that Chen has money, something might happen.

She had no choice but to carry a few sisters on her back, count [-] Wen, and then give it to Mrs. Chen.

Watching Chen Shi and the others leave, Du Jinning was about to take out the two story books that Du Yunchang gave her last night to read, when she heard footsteps outside, she hurriedly stuffed the books into the quilt.

"Dong dong", the door was knocked, and Du Fangling's voice came from outside: "Brother Ning, open the door."

Du Jinning was puzzled, got out of bed, opened the door, and asked Du Fangling, "What happened?"

Du Fangling didn't speak, turned around and closed the door, approached Du Jinning, stared at her and asked, "Where did you get the copper coins?"

Du Jinning was stunned, and then remembered that Du Fangling knew about the scene just now.This elder sister has always been hostile to her, and she doesn't want her to know that she wrote and sold the storybook.

She said: "My uncle gave it to me. He was afraid that we would encounter the two previous incidents again, so he gave me a hundred coins. Mother also knows about this."

Du Jinning's face turned pale.

She stared at Du Jinning for a while, and asked, "Does my uncle want to adopt you into the big house?"

Du Jinning was startled again, and nodded immediately.

Du Fangling frowned, and said in a low voice: "Don't think that you can live a good life by adopting the past. You went there and became the heir of the uncle. You usually spend money on education and food. How much do you spend here?" It’s gone, there will be less in Fu Ge’er; after a hundred years from uncle and grandpa, you will still have to share a share of the family property. Think about it, would the fourth aunt be willing? Don’t be stupid and just believe a few good words from others. Go there, and you will be angry later."

Du Jinning looked at Du Fangling, narrowing his eyes slightly: "This is... Fourth Aunt asked you to come and tell me?"

Du Fangling rolled her eyes: "She has a good reputation, how can she bear this name? It's just a few complaints in front of me, taking me for a fool, so that she can convey her thoughts to mother and you, and stop your adoption. .”

"Then you are..." Du Jinning really didn't understand what Du Fangling meant.

Obviously, Du Fangling did not tell Chen Shi about Zhang Shi's words, otherwise she would know that Chen Shi would not be able to adopt her to the big house.It's just that what does she mean by revealing these words in front of her now?Does she hope that she can adopt or not?

Du Fangling didn't explain, and said impatiently: "I'm just reminding you, believe it or not, it's up to you whether you go or not."

As she spoke, she quickly picked up a hoe in the corner, opened the door and ran out.

Du Jinning rubbed his chin, thinking about it for a long time but still couldn't understand Du Fangling's attitude.But in any case, it was impossible for her to adopt, so she simply put the matter aside and didn't bother to bother.

She looked at the two story books and threw them aside.

The scripts written by literati in this era, to be honest, are not at a high level. They come and go are stories of wits and beautiful women. The characters are stereotyped, and the portrayal of women is simple and superficial. The good-looking poor scholar can't hold back his thoughts day and night, forgetting about his parents, reputation, and usual education, and trying every means to meet with the poor talent and even lose his virginity to him.As a result, his parents stopped him because of his family status, so the man went to Beijing to rush to the top of the exam and came back to marry the young lady.

This is similar to the plots of "The Romance of the West Chamber" and "The Peony Pavilion" that Du Jinning has read.Probably these scriptures were written by poor scholars, but what is the dream of poor scholars?It's nothing more than marrying a lady from a rich family, and then getting lucky in the first place in the exam.And people who usually read story books have almost the same dream, so even if this kind of story books have old-fashioned stories, there are still people who like to read them.

Speaking of which, the "A Bao" she originally wrote is very similar to these stories, but it is better in the plot and characters. The character A Bao also has his own thoughts and persistence, which is better than the heroines in these stories.

Alas, it's all a trick.Could it be that after traveling to ancient times and becoming a copywriter, still can't get rid of the end of writing routines?
Du Jinning rolled twice on the bed, thought about it, and decided to find Du Yunchang next door.

The new year is approaching, the weather is cold, Du Yunchang is not in good health, so now he basically studies at home, and every few days he goes to the county to ask his husband to read the articles he has written.

Du Jinning entered the courtyard of the big house and yelled, and sure enough, he heard Du Yunchang's voice in the west chamber: "I'm here."

Before Du Jinning could move his body, he heard the curtain of the east chamber slam, and Mrs. Zhang came out from inside.

She looked at Du Jinning and asked with a smile: "Brother Ning is here? Your fourth uncle is writing an article, and he is most afraid of making noise. Why don't you come over here and play with your younger siblings?"

Du Jinning didn't pay much attention to Zhang Shi before, but after hearing Du Fangling's words, she couldn't help but scrutinize Zhang Shi.

This woman is in her twenties, with a slender figure, her eyebrows can only be considered delicate, but her skin is fairer; her pair of small red phoenix eyes seem to be picky, and although she has a smile on her face, the smile is cold and distant, and it is a thought at first glance. Many and not easy to get along with.

Du Jinning sneered in his heart, and immediately said: "No. If fourth uncle is not free, I will come back later."

She said this loudly, just to let Du Yunchang hear it.

"Boom", the window of the west wing was pushed open, revealing Du Yunchang's anxious face.He raised his head and waved to Du Jinning: "Brother Ning, come in quickly." Then he said to Zhang Shi, "Brother Ning will come to me in the future, it must be for academic matters, let him come in directly, don't stop. "

(End of this chapter)