The Road to the Imperial Examination for Poor Children"

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came back. Chunmei
　　said as she opened another bag.
　　When Zhou saw it, the bag was full of dried meat, which looked like beef. She quickly picked up a piece and put it in her mouth. Well, it was better than The pork is chewy, so the beef jerky may not have escaped.
　　"A few days ago, my husband went to Jingliu Town, and when he came back, he happened to see beef for sale, so he weighed more than 20 kilograms and came back. He said he had made jerky for my mother to bring. Eat on the go. "
　　The imperial court has a decree prohibiting the slaughter of farm cattle. The beef on the market is only allowed to be farm cattle that have died of old age or died in accidents, so it is rare to see beef for sale. In the past few days, Zhou is also preparing to bring food to the ship
　　. I heard from my brother-in-law that apart from fish, there are basically no other dishes on the boat.
　　So Zhou thought of making some shelf-stable dried rabbit meat to take with her, which would be good as snacks or as a dish. In the afternoon,
　　Dani He and Erni also came over, and the two sisters also planned to stay at their parents' house for a few days. It was a long way to the capital, and they didn't know when they would come back, so they both wanted to spend a few more days with their parents. After dinner
　　, Mrs. Wu called Dani, Erni and Chunmei Chunxiu into the room, then pointed to the four piles of fabrics on the kang and said to several people, "When you go home, take these fabrics with you and give them to the baby." Or make some clothes yourself. "
　　"You can also take these silver coins. "
　　Said, Mrs. Wu quickly took out four purses from the wooden box. Each one looked bulging, and each contained forty taels of silver.
　　These cloths and silver were exactly what the town had to offer on the day of the No. 1 Scholar's Banquet. Lin Yuanqiu gave it to Wu from a wealthy family and asked her to take care of the arrangements.
　　In fact, Lin Yuanqiu knew that the family was worried about the eldest aunt, second aunt, and two cousins, so giving these to the nurse was to let her The idea of ​​breast feeding to support my aunt and cousin.
　　That night, Danni Erni, Chunmei and Chunxiu, who left the east room with the cloth in their arms, had tears in their eyes. They were touched by their family's care for them, and also felt I was reluctant to say goodbye to my loved ones.
　　But no matter how reluctant I was to say goodbye, the day of separation still came.
　　Before midnight, the villagers saw a dozen carriages entering the village, and the sound of horse hooves made the originally quiet morning become lively.
　　Seeing this scene, many villagers holding porridge bowls and drinking porridge quickly sucked the remaining few mouthfuls into their stomachs, then put down their bowls and chopsticks and followed the carriage to the end of the village.
　　"Are these carriages here to take people to the capital?" a villager with a face asked.
　　"No way, this is to send Dagui and the others to Fucheng Pier. I heard from Dazhu that they are going to the capital this time on an official ship." The speaker
　　was Lin Daniu, who was holding his little one-year-old child in his arms. Daughter.
　　When the others heard that they were on an official ship, they couldn't help but be envious.
　　"Oh, that's not a big deal."
　　"It's good to be able to read. After the rice is harvested, I will also send a few boys at home to study!"
　　Lin Daniu laughed, "I said Lin Laoliu, you can't Are you stupid? After harvesting the rice, you send a few boys to school, and you don’t want to eat it yourself?"
　　Lin Laoliu rolled his eyes, "You are stupid. There are only seven people in my family who can eat the grain commemorated by the farmers. , why can't we sell some grain for the children to study."
　　"Yes, we have grain for the field sacrifice this year." Lin Daniu slapped his head, how could he forget such an important thing.
　　Also, I didn’t expect that Lin Laoliu’s family would actually have seven places, which is really enviable. But so does his precious little girl. Thinking of this, Lin Daniu smacked his daughter's little face, haha, his daughter brought her own food.
　　When the other tribesmen nearby heard this, they thought, yes, there will be grain sacrifices for the fields this year, and there are people in their families who eat the grains for the sacrifices to the fields.
　　So, how about their family also sends their children to school starting from this year?
　　Lin Shi's father also had this plan, "It's great to study. Look at how happy your family is now. That's the capital, where the emperor lives. We, let alone live in the capital, will never live in the capital again." There’s no chance to go for a spin.”
　　Lin Shi’s father’s words. Naturally, it was recognized by all the villagers, but it just didn't even have a chance to go around.
　　Lin Daniu couldn't help but said, "Let alone the capital, I've never even been to the capital." "
　　I haven't been to the capital either."
　　"Me too!"
　　"I've never even been to the county town."
　　Everyone was talking. tongue, all expressing their envy for Lin Dagui's family.
　　Lin Jincai and Jin were also walking in the crowd, followed by the two brothers Lin Quanhe and Lin Quanjiang, followed by Zhang and Xu, and their three grandsons-in-law. As for Lin Wenyan and Lin Wenqing, it was rare for them to go out today. , a family, except for a few children running around the village, only Lin Wenjin, who was in a private school in the town, did not come over at this moment.