What an unlovable stinky girl!
Zhu Pingan shook his head slightly, shifted his gaze away from the dark belly girl Li Shu, no longer paying any attention to this young girl who was spoilt by her family, then seeing the bun maid, Painted Child, still staring at him with eyes of curiosity and admiration, he could not help but smile.
“I observed the sky at night and counted with my fingers, it will snow today.”
Zhu Pingan patted off the snowflakes on his body and answered the question of the bun attendant girl, Painter, just now with the same seriousness as a godly man.
The bun attendant, Painted Child, blinked her eyes with a confused expression.
“Foolish Painter, he wrote ‘snow today’ and told you to open it only on a snowy day, can it not be allowed!” Li Shu couldn’t help but reach out her slender hand and nudged the bun maid on the side of her head.
The bun maid, Painter, aggrievedly touched her brain, pondered for a long time, and then suddenly raised her head in a dawning realisation, puffed up her cheeks, and glared angrily at Zhu Pingan with her eyes, “Aiya, so I fell for your bad guy’s tricks again!”
Zhu Pingan looked away and couldn’t help but laugh himself.
“You bad guy, I won’t give you any food today even if I say so!” The bun maid, Painting Er, said with a puff of anger.
The old maids behind the dark girl Li Shu and the other little maids all laughed, there wasn’t much entertainment in ancient times, these people still looked forward to Zhu Pingan coming to borrow books. Every time they come to borrow books and return books, as long as they bring some snacks and food, they can exchange for Zhu Pingan to tell a story for a while, or the soul of the spirit or martial arts and rivers and lakes, but this kid’s mouth is very picky, but every time Painter brings snacks and food can always be pitched to his liking, and Painter is always the most active, so when he hears Painter betting that he won’t be able to give the food, he thinks it’s funny.
Li Dazhong family’s study is very elegant and spacious, the collection of books is also very rich, every time there are books to attract Zhu Pingan’s attention.
There is a white-bearded accountant taking care of the study, Zhu Pingan enters the study and returns the last borrowed volume with both hands from the book bag he carries diagonally, and only after the white-bearded accountant has checked it, can he go in and select the current borrowed book.
“Well, Brother An is a lover of books, how is it, there are a few more months before the boy’s test, do you want to go down and try your hand at it?” The white-bearded bookkeeper asked jokingly after checking that the books were in order.
The child test is also known as the child test, commonly known as the test showman, divided into “county test”, “government test” and “hospital test” three stages. County test in each county, presided over by the governor. This dynasty is generally held in February each year, five consecutive exams. The prefectural exams are conducted by the prefectural officials in April, with three consecutive sessions. Those who passed the county and prefectural exams could be called “child students”, and took the courtyard exams conducted by the provincial government officials or the academics. Those who passed the courtyard exams were called shengcai. The first place winner in the township examination is called Xieyuan.
Zhu Pingan’s eldest uncle is through the county, the government test, has the title of child, but the court test has never been tested, since Zhu Pingan’s family was separated, the eldest uncle and the examination twice, and the same as before, the halberd sinks. After a few months will be once every three years of the children’s test, the eldest uncle will still participate, there are news legend said eldest uncle threatened to pass this time and so on.
As for whether Zhu Pingan will participate in this time
“Child examination? Well, it seems that the teacher said some time ago, this is not prepared to let the kid to go, just a senior brother mourning at home can not participate in the examination, the application and to be the same test five people joint insurance, missing a place, the teacher said that the kid to experience the imperial examination, learn from experience, and then later on again will not be panic. Oh, the kid is a make up the number, is to go to learn the experience of failure to come.”
Zhu Pingan pondered slightly, recounting the words of his benefactor, Old Master Sun, again, and ended with a self-deprecating smile.
Any candidate who applies for the child examination must register with the county’s Department of Ceremonies, filling in his name, place of origin, age, and three generations of biography. The application for the student must have the same test five people joint guarantee, but also have the county a granary student as a guarantor, issued a bond, called “recognition of the guarantee”. Zhu Pingan’s teacher Sun old man, is a guaranteed qualification of the granary, the beginning is not ready to let Zhu Pingan to go, just the original five people to do the guarantee of a person to go to the mourning, the lack of a person, Sun old man on the Zhu Pingan to add on. I don’t expect Zhu Pingan to win the exam, it’s a make up for the number.
“Yo, toad or have self-awareness ah, you such a mouth flower specialising in cheating little girls bad boy if you can pass the examination, unless the sun comes out of the west. If I say, say you make up the numbers are to lift you, Wenquxing can only get the exam, you are a toad.”
As soon as Zhu Pingan’s words fell, Li Shu, the dark-hearted girl who followed behind, sneered.
After finishing her speech, Li Shu looked at Zhu Ping An’s frozen look and laughed, then the old mums and maids behind her all followed and laughed.
Although the dark girl’s words made herself a little upset, but looking at so many more women laughing in front of her, but also pleasing to the eye.
Zhu Pingan only smiled lightly at this.
Then self-conscious to go to the study to select their own need for books, because the examination is almost, so Zhu Pingan largely selected are the four books and five scriptures of the eight books, the ancient imperial examinations are also teaching materials, do not think that the four books and five scriptures are the same, Zhu Xi did the note and Su Shi did the note is two versions. Zhu Pingan this time selected a book “Zhongyong” is Zhu Xi do note.
You can only borrow one book at a time.
This rule is from the mouth of Li Shu, the dark girl who just laughed at herself, Li Dazhou could not wait to spoil her to the sky, so he naturally nodded his head and set this rule.
Borrow a good book, the dark girl is not letting Zhu Pingan leave, must tell a story to do. If you don’t tell a story, you’re not allowed to borrow a book.
People under the roof, had to bow his head, Zhu Pingan also had to last time did not finish the eight parts of the dragon then tell a section.
Small maids and old mums are also familiar with moving over stools and chairs, pulling out snacks, sitting in a row.
This time offended the bun maid painting, there is no snack food to eat, but the dark girl intentionally let the back kitchen to make hot sizzling shabu-shabu, thin slices of mutton, fish and vegetables, cloth a table, greeted the painting and a few other small maids together around the table while listening to the story while shabu-shabu hot pot to eat, but also intentionally smacking smacks, attracted Zhu Pingan salivation.
On a snowy day, it seems that shabu-shabu is the best match.
Zhu Pingan didn’t know how many times he had swallowed his saliva, he really couldn’t help himself and opened his mouth to discuss with Painter, “Miss Painter.”
The bun maid, Painting Er, with mutton stuffed in her bulging mouth, looked at Zhu Pingan and shook her hand, muttering, “Don’t even think about it, I won’t give you any food this time even if I say so.”
“Nope, not for food, please give me a handkerchief.” Zhu Pingan shook his head.
“What for?”
Painter asked in bewilderment.
“Wiping saliva when I see you guys eating.”
Zhu Pingan glanced at them and said indifferently.
Wiping saliva
Upon hearing this, the young girls gathered around eating shabu-shabu let out a string of silver bell-like laughter.
“Look at you, you’re so worthless, you’re still trying to take the imperial examinations, I’ve never seen any Wenquan star so worthless!” Li Shu, the dark girl, gave Zhu Pingan a disgusted blank look, very displeased with his lack of talent, “The sound of you gagging is unpleasant to hear!”
Speaking of this, the dark maiden pointed to an old maid and said, “You go and ask the back kitchen to send in a pot!
