Medicine Girl Jingjing

Chapter 30
Qu Duo is already an official scholar who has obtained the county certificate, but he is straightforward and respects his elders, and he is not angry when he is reprimanded by Qu's family who cannot read big characters.

Qu Shi looked at Qu Kuaishou who staggered into the room, and said angrily, "Brother, why are you drunk again? My sister-in-law is lying down in the room with a sore foot. I'll talk to Duo Yazi."

Qu Kuaishou smiled and said, "You said he spoke well. You are my sister, and it is only natural that he is a grandnephew!"

Qu said: "No matter how good I say it, he must listen to it."

Qu Kuaishou raised his voice and said, "My boy, can you listen to your aunt's words?"

"I can listen to you." Qu Duo was both respectful and afraid of Qu Kuaishou, and hurriedly stepped forward to help him into the bedroom.

"My dear grandson, you and your father have finally won the scholar prize. Your grandma and I have been waiting for this day for many years." Qu Kuai patted his grandson's thin shoulder.

Qu Changjiu drank too much and went to bed early.

At this time, there were only Qu Duo and the Qu family in the main room, and only then did Qu Duo reveal that the businessman in the county would use 300 taels of silver as a dowry to marry the widowed concubine daughter to Qu Jiu as a common wife.

Qu Duo frowned, and said: "Auntie, if my mother doesn't come back, my father will marry a common wife."

Qu's said: "Family and everything prosper. Your uncle once told me that with a flat wife, concubine, and common room, even a wealthy family will be ruined."

Li Bing has been doing business outside for many years, and he has money on him. In order to make Qu Shi feel at ease, when she was pregnant with Li Lao, he promised that he would never have another woman.

The women in the village were jealous of Mrs. Qu's money, and said behind his back that Li Bing had a woman outside, so he didn't come back once in a few years.

Qu firmly believes that Li Bing will not do anything wrong to her.

Qu Duo sighed softly and said, "What my aunt said is true. But three years later, my father and I have passed the Tanzhou government examination, and we have to go to the capital to take the examination. The money required is a lot. Grandpa thinks it is 300 taels of silver." Now, I will agree with my father to marry a merchant's concubine."

The scientific examination system in this dynasty is divided into county examinations, government examinations, general examinations, and palace examinations.

Those who pass the county examination are scholars, those who pass the government examination are candidates, and those who pass the general examination are Jinshi.

"A businessman comes to discuss marriage, and I will ask your grandfather to reject it for your father." Qu looked at his grandnephew who looked a lot like Deng. He was not talented in reading, but hard work can make up for it. This time he was selected as a scholar. I wonder if he will be lucky next time Winning Juren, Guangzong Yaozu.

Qu Duo said gratefully, "Thank you, Auntie!"

Qu said in a low voice: "If you and your father win the exam, I will tell your uncle to share the money with your grandfather for the money to go to Beijing to participate in the examination."

Li Laoshi can earn more than ten taels of silver for his family every year, and he can take out a lot of affordable food, which can support the whole Li family.

All the bank notes that Li Bing brought her over the years have been saved, and they have reached 300 taels.

She supported her nephew and grandnephew to participate in the examination and used a lot of money from the family. She had to get Li Bing's consent, so she didn't say how much money she used.

No matter how nerdy Qu Duo was, he could tell from the few words of his grandparents and father over the years that the Qu family was able to have what it is today because of the large sum of money from his aunt and his wife back then. , knelt down on the spot and kowtowed three times.

Qu's eyes were loving, and he raised Qu Duo with both hands and said: "You study hard, and after three years, Zhongju will go to Beijing for the exam. I will set a good example for you, Uncle Qubing and Xiao Yazi."

As the sun was setting, Li Qubing came to the main room of the Qu family with a bowl of black jelly.

The Qu family is eating.The dinner was made by Qu Kuaishou, Qu Duo and his son, who simply reheated the leftovers at noon and cooked a pot of rice.

Li Qubing smiled and said: "Sister Jing boiled the pain-relieving and blood-activating ointment, and said that my uncle and grandma can walk after applying it."

"Sister Jing is thinking of me again. Thank you so much!" Deng's face was full of smiles. Not long ago, she used Li Jingjing's freckle removing cream to remove the four yellow spots on her cheeks.

She put down the bowls and chopsticks and was supported by Qu Duo into the bedroom to apply the ointment. Qu Kuaishou and Li Qubing's conversation came from behind her.

It turns out that the analgesic and blood circulation ointment is mainly made of earthworms.

Deng Shi has hated ugly earthworms since he was a child, so he would not put ointment made from dead earthworms on his ankles. When Li Qubing left, he asked Qu Duo to keep the bowl away. See a second glance.

The next morning, it started to rain lightly. Mrs. Qu was worried that Mrs. Deng and Mrs. Deng were both ill. After breakfast, she went to Li's house to visit. Seeing Mrs. Deng still couldn't go to the ground, she didn't say anything to her face. .

Qu Kuai smiled and said, "Your sister-in-law is afraid of earthworms and dare not use it, but I dare to use it."

Qu said angrily, "Hey, talking nonsense in the morning! You are in good health, and you will never need it." Xin said: This is the ointment that my good granddaughter painstakingly made, even the Taoists praised it.Deng doesn't know the goods.

Li Jingjing was sitting in the guest room fiddling with the small stove, watching Qu Shiyuan bring back the bowl, and asked, "Grandma, is your uncle's foot all right?"

Qu said honestly: "Sister Jing, your aunt and grandma have good intentions in making medicine, but she dare not use it, so I took it back."

At noon, when Li Qubing came back from school, he said excitedly before he entered the guest room: "Mother, there is a canopy for a stage at the door of my uncle's house. I asked a few uncles who built the stage, and they all said that they would sing for seven days." Great drama, congratulations to the Qu Clan for producing seven talents."

Uncle refers to the old patriarch.

Li Yunxiao excitedly jumped from the main room to the door, shouting: "Oh, there is another show!"

Li Qubing was drying the rainwater on the umbrella under the eaves, turned his head and said, "Every time you shouted happily, after watching it for a while, you clamored to come back. Today your father and your brother are not at home, so I won't take them with you." You go to the theater."

Li Yunxiao was so angry that his cheeks bulged, and he shouted loudly: "Grandma, little uncle won't take me to the theater!"

Li Qubing smiled and said, "I'm just teasing you. If I don't take you there, who will take you there?"

Apart from him, there are only Qu Shi and He Shi in the family.He Shi doesn't like to watch Huagu Opera, and he also hates going to crowds of people.Qu is a true theater fan.He couldn't let Qu Shi just watch the beginning and go home just to send Li Yunxiao off.

In the evening, it rained heavily, and the sky suddenly became dark. The continuous lightning tore several holes in the darkness, and the rumbling thunder echoed in the sky and the earth.

Qu Shi, who had had dinner early, was sitting in the main room looking at the sky, and was not in the mood for embroidery.

Half an hour later, the rain subsided a bit, and there were occasional lightning and thunder, and suddenly there was the sound of gongs and drums in Qujia Village, and the old guest of an unknown family screamed excitedly: "Sing an opera!"

"Qubing, I'll go get a seat early, you bring Xiao Yazi and come quickly!" Qu Shi was more excited than Li Yunxiao, who was jumping and jumping, picked up two benches, and rushed outside, forgetting to cheer up umbrella.

He looked at the rain falling like a thread in the dark night, and told Li Qubing and Li Yunxiao not to sit in the middle, but to sit on the outermost edge.

(End of this chapter)