From setting up a card on the way up the mountain to "ask for money", to finding a sponsor to sponsor the cultural meeting, it can be seen that the mountain chief is not a pedantic old pedant, but Xu Jin is new to the mountain after all, and he doesn't know the temperament of the mountain chief, maybe he is a stingy old man? Seeing that the riddles and couplets that came out made me broken, I felt that I had no face, and I might not be able to deliberately make things difficult for myself at this time.

So Xu Jin said cautiously: "It turns out that the deputy long link was made by the mountain chief, although the students barely came out of the lower link, but it was far inferior to the upper link, and we only guessed three of the other ten lantern riddles." ”

Lou Wei stroked his sparse beard and smiled: "You kid is also a slippery head, and the riddle was not guessed because Han Shoucheng didn't let you guess anymore, and he dared to earn the old man's five dollars of silver, so let's punish you for recording the deputy long couplet, and use the line of grass that you just wrote the words." ”

Xu Jin secretly breathed a sigh of relief, but it was easy to write a letter, and nodded: "The student obeys!" ”

Most of the people around were a little unsure, but everyone could see that Shan Changming was punishing Xu Jin, but it was actually a compliment.

Xu Jin walked to the front of the case, and the surrounding students immediately gathered around to watch, there is no doubt that Xu Jianding has become the most eye-catching dark horse in this literary meeting.

Shanglian: Drive a flat boat, swing two oars, support three or four canopies, sit five or six passengers, cross the seven-mile beach, go to the Bali Lake, and leave the Jiujiang River for ten miles.

Downlink: Drink ten years of aging, hold nine or two pots, pour eight or seven cups, about six or five friends, talk about the four seasons, smell the three watches, and drink two cups for a drunk.

Xu Jin wrote down this long couplet in cursive font, and everyone gasped, this Shanglian is so difficult, it is simply perverted!

And listening to what the mountain chief just meant, the upper link was made by him, and the lower link was made by Xu Jin, no wonder the mountain chief attaches so much importance to Xu Jin, the newly admitted student, he is indeed talented, whether it is poetry or couplet!

The teaching and learning of the academy naturally know this long couplet, because this is a few years ago from the mountain chief, until now no one has been able to neatly come out, of course, now it is Xu Jin out of the pair, although the artistic conception is not as good as the upper couplet.

Lou Wei looked at it carefully, and then said with satisfaction: "It's okay, and retreat!" ”

Xu Jin hurriedly put down his pen and bowed and withdrew from the circle, unable to stand the envious and jealous eyes of the students around him.

Next, after drinking a few glasses of wine and singing a toast, the cold meeting was over, and the county lord and the mountain chief took the rattan chariot down the mountain, while most of the scholars who were still unsatisfied continued to stay on the mountain to exchange and learn.

Xu Jin was about to go down the mountain, but was suddenly stopped by a person. This person Xu Jin didn't know, he was about sixteen or seventeen years old, half a head taller than Xu Jin, with a high forehead and pointed cheeks, he already looked a little ancient, but he still had a straight face, as if the whole world owed him money.

Xu Jin arched his hand and said, "Is there anything wrong with this benevolent brother?" ”

"Xu Jin, I am the first to be the head of the county exam next year, don't be delusional!" After the man finished speaking, he flicked his sleeves and turned around and went down the mountain.

Xu Jin was a little inexplicable, and Wei Yang next to him introduced: "That person's name is Li Chen, a native of Geyang County, who has only been promoted to the inner house for half a year after entering the academy, and is lonely and arrogant. ”

Fei Maozhong said contemptuously: "That's it! ”

Fei Maozhong was selected for Xiucai at the age of fifteen, so he naturally has the capital to say so.

Xu Jin smiled calmly, his goal was only to pass the county exam, as for whether he could get the head of the case, he didn't care at all, in addition, he still had self-knowledge of his level of Baguwen, after all, the contact time was short, and now there are less than three months before next year's county exam, and it would be good to be able to raise the level to pass the county exam.

Everyone went down the mountain to return to the academy, because today is a holiday, there is no need to have classes in the afternoon.

Fei Maozhong reminded: "Brother Xu, you said that you would invite me and my eldest brother in the afternoon, don't forget!" ”

Xu Jin smiled: "Don't worry, I can't forget it, so let's go back and prepare now, and you will come to my house at the end of the Shen Shi (five o'clock in the afternoon), and you will definitely not be disappointed." ”

The Fei brothers looked at each other strangely, could it be that Xu Jin still had to cook himself? In ancient times, ordinary men rarely cooked, let alone scholars, but the brothers had some expectations in their hearts.

As soon as Xu Jin returned to his residence, he saw Xie Xiaowan struggling to carry a basket of white radishes back from outside.

"Xianggong!" When Xie Xiaowan saw Xu Jin, she immediately quickened her pace happily, her little face flushed.

Xu Jin hurriedly stretched out his hand to help lift it, Xie Xiaowan's eyes instantly bent into good-looking moon buds, other people's father-in-law would not be so caring.

"Xianggong, will the cold article end? I haven't eaten yet, Xiaowan is going to cook! ”

The two carried the radish into the house, Xie Xiaowan put down the basket and planned to cook, Xu Jin hurriedly grabbed her and said, "Xianggong is not very hungry, let's rest first and then cook, don't get tired!" ”

Xie Xiaowan smiled sweetly: "Xianggong, Xiaowan is not tired!" ”

"Don't be tired and rest for a while, let Xianggong hug, are you bored at home alone today? Do you want to be together? Xu Jin hugged Xie Xiaowan and asked with a smile.

The little girl's immunity from love to Xianggong was almost zero, and she suddenly blushed and sat on Xu Jin's lap softly, and said shyly: "Xianggong, can you not ask, it's so embarrassing!" ”

"I just don't want to be married!"

"No, no, no, I think, Xiaowan is thinking about Xianggong!" Xie Xiaowan's face burned even more after speaking, the husband is too bad, and he always makes people say these embarrassing words.

"Well, that's pretty much it, Xiaowan, you touch what this is!" Xu Jin took out the ingot of silver.

"I won't touch it, and you will be bad again!" Xie Xiaowan took a low sip, closed her eyes and buried her face in Xu Jin's arms, since one morning, under someone's inducement, she touched someone's "pen" hidden in the quilt, and the little girl was no longer fooled.

Xu Jin coughed awkwardly and said, "What do you think, look at what this is?" ”

Xu Jin touched the little girl's face with the silver ingot of ten taels, and then opened his eyes to look, and suddenly exclaimed in surprise: "Silver ingot, where did Xianggong come from?" ”

Xu Jin said with a smile: "Xianggong has picked the leader of the Wenhui, and these ten taels of silver are a reward!" ”

Xie Xiaowan's eyes were suddenly full of little stars of admiration: "Xianggong is so powerful!" ”

"Of course, it doesn't depend on whose husband it is!" Xu Jin quipped.

"Xianggong is not modest at all!" Xie Xiaowan covered her mouth and laughed, her heart was sweet!

"And this, it's also won by guessing the lantern riddle!" Xu Jin also stuffed the remaining five coins of silver into Xie Xiaowan's hand.

Xie Xiaowan was still worried that the silver could only come in and out, and the fifty-five taels of silver obtained from selling the field were now less than fifty taels left, and she didn't think that today's Xianggong would earn back ten taels of silver at once.

The little girl took out the small clay pot hidden under the bed, pouted her little buttocks and carefully counted the silver inside, and then put the silver ingots and broken silver that Xu Jin gave him in, carefully sealed them, and hid them back under the bed.

"Xianggong, our family now has sixty taels and eight dollars of silver!" Xie Xiaowan whispered happily.

Xu Jin smiled and nodded Xie Xiaowan's forehead: "Little money fan, our family's money will increase in the future, you have to change a big box to hold money." By the way, did you buy everything you bought? ”

Xie Xiaowan nodded and said, "I bought it, but what is the chili pepper that Xianggong said?" Xiao Wan asked many vendors in the market, but they didn't know what it was! ”

Xu Jin's heart moved, it seems that chili peppers have not been introduced to China at this time, so forget it, there is no problem without chili peppers.

In the kitchen, the newly bought lamb brisket was soaked in water, and Xie Xiaowan cleaned up the haggis and put them all in a wooden box.

"Xianggong, what are you doing when you buy so much lamb brisket and offal? We can't finish eating, and it's easy to spoil after a long time! Xie Xiaowan asked puzzledly, the ingredients she bought today cost almost five dollars of silver, and the little girl was distressed.

Xu Jin said with a smile: "Of course I don't eat it myself, Xianggong taught you to make spiced haggis today, and you will rely on it to make money for the time being in the future." ”

Xu Jin ate mutton once in Linjiang Building the day before yesterday, so he came up with the idea of making haggis and lamb skewers, this thing is simple, one person can complete it, and the store that needs is not too big, it is really okay to do ghost stalls without a storefront.

In his previous life, Xu Jin, as a successful person, never treated himself badly in terms of food, as the so-called food is not tired of eating, and often makes some delicious food by himself to treat himself and his family, and it just so happens that he knows how to make offal.

Although there are differences between cattle and sheep, the principle is much the same. In the ancient times of the agrarian society, the cattle were an extremely important labor force, and the government strictly prohibited the private slaughter of the cattle, otherwise Xu Jin would directly make the cattle offal, so now he can only retreat and make haggis!

Next, Xu Jin quickly began to make haggis, first soaked the lamb belly and internal organs a few times, poured out the blood water, and then used ginger, wolfberries, five-fingered peaches, etc. to remove the smell and freshness, and finally cut it into pieces and threw it into a large iron pot to simmer, and added a small amount of wine, spices and soy sauce such as spices and soy sauce.

Xie Xiaowan looked at her father-in-law's skillful movements, and couldn't help but be a little dumbfounded, it turned out that her father-in-law could cook in addition to reading?

Xu Jin washed his hands and tapped Xie Xiaowan's forehead, and said with a smile: "Dumbfounded, you look at the fire, add water when there is less water, add the radish after two hours, and continue to boil for half an hour!" ”

Xie Xiaowan nodded and said, "Oh, I know, Xianggong will go to the rest meeting, Xiaowan will take care of it here!" ”

Xu Jin was tired for more than an hour, and he was really tired from participating in the cold meeting in the morning, so he went back to bed and lay down to rest.

As time passed, the enticing smell of meat wafted out of the kitchen and spread in the small courtyard, and everyone passing by couldn't help but stop and sniff a few sips.

"What smells so good!"

The Fei brothers who were standing in front of the small courtyard glanced at each other in surprise, it seems that they have a good fortune today, Xu Jin doesn't know what kind of dishes he is making, it is so fragrant.