Traveling through ancient times with golden fingers to farm and raise cubs

Chapter 46 Departure

Yuan Xiucai was not polite, avoided touching Yu Xiaoxiao's hand, took the basket, and said with a smile: "Can you tell me your names and where you live?"

Shen Ye, a scholar, said politely: "Student Shen Ye, from Shenjia Village under the jurisdiction of Qingshan Town."

Shen Qi followed suit: "Student Shen Qi is also from Shenjia Village under the jurisdiction of Qingshan Town."

Yuan Xiucai nodded to show that he understood: "Okay, you three, wait a moment, I will write a letter of guarantee right now."

"OK."

Yu Xiaoxiao quickly responded, then watched Yuan Xiucai enter the kitchen with the child, put down the basket, and then went to his study to write a letter of guarantee for the two of them.

A quarter of an hour later, Yuan Xiucai came out with two pieces of paper that were still stained with ink, and handed them to Shen Ye and Shen Qi respectively: "Take these two guarantee letters and go to the government to report them, and you can get the road guide. 2 It will be used for the county exam in March.”

Shen Ye made another scholarly salute and said, "Thank you sir for your advice."

Yuan Xiucai nodded, and then began to drive people away: "Okay, you can leave."

Yu Xiaoxiao and the other three didn't care. They got the things anyway, so they left happily and went to the government to report and get directions.

At the end of the tidying up, only the money box for three people, the money box containing all the family belongings, and three sets of clothes for each person were left.

I would also like to ask the village chief uncle to help you collect the hemp poles. This is the money used to collect hemp poles in previous years. If there is less, please ask the village chief uncle to help you cushion it first, and then return it to you when we come back. .

Yu Xiaoxiao knew that this was the kindness of the elders, so she accepted them one by one. After being warned for a long time, she was let go by the two of them.

He also warned: "In the past few months, Aunt Guihua will have to help look after the house, and there will also be work collecting hemp poles in the village. People in the village are waiting to make money, so we can't delay everyone just because they have something to do at home."

Aunt Guihua came out after a while carrying the empty basket. While returning the basket to Yu Xiaoxiao, she couldn't help but tell Yu Xiaoxiao to pay attention to safety like her old man.

Yu Xiaoxiao listened obediently, nodding from time to time to show that she had listened.

Yu Xiaoxiao nodded and said: "Well, I will definitely take care of it. You can keep this basket of eggs, but don't refuse. Otherwise, I will feel sorry for bothering you so much."

A basket of eggs is the trouble fee. Yu Xiaoxiao told the village chief that she was going to take the county exam with her two children, and told herself that she had to rent a house half a month in advance. In addition, if she did well in the exam, she would let the two The child will continue to take the prefectural examination, and the child will not be brought back until the results of the prefectural examination are available.

Just go out and be alert at all times, don’t let anyone bully you mother and son..."

"Okay, you three, mother and son, must follow the others and try to take the official road, okay? Although our place is not too far from Anyuan County, we are still afraid of any dangers on the road.

Each person had an exquisite little basket in his hand, which contained their pens, inks, paper and inkstones, as well as the books that Shen Ye had recorded that were useful to him and his brother when he took over the task of copying books. There were no other books. Yes.

Sure enough, the ancient people's poor family and the modern people's understanding of poor family have completely different meanings.

After returning to her home, Yu Xiaoxiao rubbed her head that hurt from talking about it and continued to prepare her luggage.

I went to the government office and spent another taels of silver to get the guide for the two of them.

When the meal was ready, the two children also finished all their own things and packed their luggage.

The village chief and Aunt Guihua looked at each other and understood each other's meaning at the same time. Aunt Guihua took it over with a smile: "You have said so, and Auntie will not be polite to you anymore. Just wait a moment, and Auntie will give you the basket."

Free up."

After sighing, Yu Xiaoxiao packed up her mood and continued her life.

Yu Xiaoxiao sighed in her heart, studying is really expensive. Just two qualifications for the exam cost more than seventy taels. When the time comes, living in the county and preparing for the exam will cost a lot of money. Tsk tsk... This is the real meaning of studying in ancient times.

The difficulty lies in it!

This is a big deal for two children, you have to take good care of these two children."

If ordinary people want to have a scholar in their family, they really have to support a family of more than a dozen people. This cost is simply not something that ordinary families can afford.

Then without even daring to look at the luggage, he turned to the kitchen to make dry food for three people and take it with him on the road.

After the three of them had eaten, they went back to their houses to sleep.

After that, go back to the house and put the eggs away.

If they do well, they will receive an additional 200 yuan as a reward when their family comes back.

Yu Xiaoxiao asked Shen Qi to tell Fifth Aunt Zi and Aunt Li that her family planned to go to the county in two days and would not come back until April. By the way, she had to explain what she had done before and what she would do in the next few months.

As before, there can be no mistakes.

So there was a scene like this. Yu Xiaoxiao took out an earthen jar from her luggage and put it back in its place while chanting: "When the time comes, just rent the yard and then buy it. It's not expensive. It only costs a few pennies. You can buy it."

I can afford it..."

Then he took out some miscellaneous things and said the same thing, "I rented the yard and bought it. It's not expensive. It only costs a few pennies. I can afford it..."

I didn’t do anything too complicated, I just made a dozen scallion pancakes and cooked rice at the same time.

When the three of them returned home, Yu Xiaoxiao began to prepare the things that she would take away in the next few days. Yes, Yu Xiaoxiao planned to go more than ten days in advance and could rent a house to live in.

After telling Shen Qi, Yu Xiaoxiao and Shen Ye took a basket of eggs and the money needed to purchase hemp poles in previous years and went to the village chief's house to ask for something.

After hearing this, the village chief and Aunt Guihua said straight away that this was a big deal: "Xiao Yatou, don't worry, you can leave your family affairs to us. We will definitely take good care of you in the past few months.

Yu Xiaoxiao looked at the village chief and said, "Uncle, I'll leave that matter to you. We plan to leave in three days."

Do you think that’s okay?”

A backpack can fit it all in. Yu Xiaoxiao was afraid that she would be short-handed and felt that her luggage was too small. In the end, she had to put back the things she had just taken out, and then quickly changed her attention to unpack the mess she had just made.

Clean up the room.

Finally, after thinking about it, Yu Xiaoxiao took out the same things from the packed luggage. It was inconvenient to carry too many things when going out. Besides, it’s not that I didn’t have money, so I would just buy whatever I needed when the time came.

In the blink of an eye, the third day was the day when Yu Xiaoxiao, mother and son were planning to leave.

The three of them got up early. Yu Xiaoxiao heated up the scallion pancakes she had made, wrapped them separately in oil paper that she had bought in advance, put half of them into a backpack, and wrapped them in clothes.

The half is divided into three parts again, and the mother and child each carry one portion in their arms so that they can take it out to eat easily when they are hungry.

After packing up, Yu Xiaoxiao put the basket containing the salutes on her back, and the two teenagers also carried their own baskets, and left the village under the morning light, heading for Anyuan County.

(End of chapter)