This time, Zhu Pingan borrowed three books from the Belly Girl’s house, all of which were aimed at the next imperial examinations as well as the township examinations. The idea of borrowing some miscellaneous books that he had once thought of before had long since disappeared without a trace. When to do what, Zhu Pingan still knew what to do.
The moon is bright, the wind is clear, the water is flowing, the fireflies are dancing and the frogs are singing.
After eating dinner, Zhu Pingan, with the oil lamp in front of the table, read at night. As a man of two lifetimes, Zhu Pingan deeply understands the truth that an inch of time is an inch of gold.
How many people, sword and horse, said poetry and wine while the years, but how many people know that the years are countless snap of the fingers. If you do not want the moon in the well flowers in the water, only to cherish an inch of time, the effort when the effort, the struggle when the struggle, to the enjoyment of the time will not be in the arms of no girl in the hands of no money.
The sword is sharpened, and the fragrance of plum blossoms comes from the bitter cold. The last life of the hanging career, with their own hard work is not enough, the relationship is very big, so this life, in this feudal Ming, Zhu Pingan learnt a lesson, angry and strong, never stop.
The wind is also Xiao Xiao, the night is also Xiao Xiao, thin all the lamps and flowers another night.
At dawn, Zhu Pingan got up early, out of the room, at this time there are still several lost stars in the sky.
Walked to the courtyard well before the stone, habitually laying on the black wooden board, scooped a scoop of well water, washed his hands and face, and then will have washed his hands and face of the water poured in the stone in a groove, with his father’s early years to do for their own ox-tailed brush, dipped in the water, the stone and the book.
Early ※% long ※% wind ※% text ※% up cooking mother has not yet to get up to cook time, Zhu Pingan has collected the black wooden board and brush put back to the room, take a few volumes of copying books diagonally across the cloth bag, go out to the river and go.
The river is quiet. The breeze is blowing, it is really a good place to read books.
When the red sun rises in the east. When the rooster tore his voice and whistled down the river village, Zhu Pingan collected the books in his hands. Slowly returned home.
It just so happened that his mother, Chen, had made breakfast, and the aroma of breakfast filled the courtyard.
“What did Mother cook that smells so good?” Zhu Pingan took a hard sniff and slapped a horse’s arse.
“Just you have a sweet mouth.”
Mother Chen was all smiles.
The day began again in the lower river village, Father Zhu went to drive the oxcart to make money, and now Father Zhu seemed to have fallen in love with the job, happily driving the big black ox out every day, and talking a lot more.
Three days later in the afternoon, an errand boy arrived from the county. He sent a copy of the gazette from Yingtianfu to Zhu Pingan’s house.
“The imperial grace is great, declaring the imperial examination This official is hereby obeying the imperial decree to take the examination of all students at Yingtian on the twentieth of October. Those whose learning is long and beneficial will remain until the imperial examination; those whose learning is sparse will be deposed as mandarins; those who do not arrive without a reason will be severely punished.”
Sure enough, still hanging test, but fortunately is the 20th of October, the place is also Yingtianfu, after the examination from the Enke countryside test is not a few days. Just in time for the countryside examination, also don’t need to run back and forth by yourself.
Calculating the time from the time of the examination there are still nearly twenty days.
There is enough time.
After a few more days, the autumn wind blew the scent of rice. Large slices of rice stood quietly in the field dreaming. Flush rice stalks stood straight up, held in the hands of autumn. It stretches out to the farthest reaches in front of and behind the village of Shimokawa. Standing on a high place and looking around, all of them are golden rice.
Shimokawa Village is getting busy because the rice is ripe.
On this day. Zhu Pingan also changed into his rough short clothes early in the morning, and was going to follow his parents and elder brother to harvest the rice in the fields.
“Swine brother. What are you doing, quickly go back to your books.” Big brother Zhu Pingchuan had sharp eyes. Seeing that Zhu Pingan had changed into a coarse cloth short garment, he instantly understood what this younger brother of his wanted to do, and could not help but open his mouth to tell Zhu Pingan to go back to his room and read a book.
“Hehe, I didn’t see you change clothes in the blink of an eye. Stop fooling around and go read your book.” Mother Chen sniffed and also saw Zhu Pingan who came out from the room door, and with a surprised cry, she also opened her mouth to tell Zhu Pingan to hurry up and go back to his room to read his book.
“Swine child, don’t go, I’m enough with your brother and your mother. These days the farm is busy, I won’t even go to catch the cart.” Father Zhu did the same, telling Zhu Pingan to go back to his room and read. Although, Father Zhu had always felt that it was good for a boy to sweat a little more, when Zhu Pingan was about to go for the examination for the Enke, Father Zhu still felt that it was better for Zhu Pingan to read at home.
Zhu Ping’an walked to his parents and elder brothers in his rough short clothes and said with a simple smile, “I have been reading for too long, my arms and legs are a bit rusty, so it’s time to go to the field to get some rest. Besides, I’ve been reading at home all these days, and I’m a bit tired, so I’ll just go and relax. I used to go to the fields too, it’s nothing, it’s just for these two days, it won’t be a problem.”
Over the years, Zhu Pingan’s family has acquired a lot of fields, and if he lets his parents and elder brother go to the fields to harvest, he doesn’t know when he’ll be busy.
“One more of you is not much, one less of you is not less.” Mother Chen was not willing to let Zhu Pingan go to the fields, “You are a Xiu Cai what else to go down to the fields ah, you will still go and read your books.”
“Mother, I am also a strong labourer. Besides, even today’s Emperor would go down to the ground at specific times to advise the science of agriculture and mulberry, let alone the fact that I’m just a small Xiu Cai.” Zhu Pingan laughed nervously and took the sickle from his mother Chen’s hand.
“One more day of reading is not too much, one less day of reading is not too little, my son has long since memorised the books in his head, and reading them silently while working is not a hindrance.” Zhu Pingan then went on to swim and said.
The parents as well as the elder brother couldn’t persuade Zhu Pingan, so they agreed that Zhu Pingan would follow him to the fields, but only for this day, and could not follow him again in the future.
Walking on the road, many villagers were surprised to see Zhu Pingan wearing a short cloth coat and straw hat with a scythe, very curious ah.
“Why is little Master Zhu going down to the fields?”
“Why is Master Xiu Cai still here?”
The townspeople were either curious or joking, in short, they asked questions when they saw them.
“Xiu Cai is also a human being who also needs to eat, today’s saint will set an example by advising science agriculture and mulberry, not to mention that I’m a small Xiu Cai.” Zhu Pingan smiled nervously and explained to the townspeople.
When they arrived at the field, Zhu Pingan followed his parents and elder brothers down to the ground, sweating and harvesting rice.
Zhu Ping’an’s family’s field and Zhu family’s old mansion’s field are together, Zhu family’s old mansion field work only grandfather and third uncle and Zhu Pingjun three people, Zhu Pingjun is still grinding work, out of work, not to contribute!
After harvesting, Zhu Pingan learnt that the youngest uncle is sick again, this time he ate a bad stomach last night. The eldest uncle, Zhu Shouren, is still at home reading a book as usual.
Grandfather harvesting rice in the field, looking not far from the sweaty harvesting of rice Zhu Pingan, think of the eldest son of the family, feeling, the same are all readers ah.
Harvested from the rice fields to the rice, Zhu Pingan family oxcart will be rice on the oxcart, Zhu Pingan family oxcart is larger, pulling more, a trip top others two trips. Oxcart will be harvested rice in the field, the so-called field is used to dry the crop threshing some of the higher flat land, flat and dry.
The fields in Xiahe Village are all together, and each family puts the harvested rice here to dry for a few days before using oxen to pull the stone rollers to grind and thresh it.
From morning to night, Zhu Pingan followed his parents and elder brothers to harvest rice for the whole day, and by the time he went to bed at night, his arms felt sore.
Zhu Pingan couldn’t help but sigh before he went to bed, he had to study harder in the future!
