It's early spring, and it's February. The spring cold is steep, and the wind in the early morning is still a little biting cold.

Gu Chengyu put down the brush and stretched. Practicing calligraphy in the morning and evening has become a habit for him, and it is a daily homework. Today is the seventh day of the second lunar month, and Gu Chengyu and the others plan to go to the county seat today, because they will take the county exam tomorrow.

"Little treasure! It's still cold in the morning! Why are you only wearing that? Lu Shi came out of the stove and saw that Gu Chengyu was only wearing a single coat outside, and she was still wearing a jacket!

"Mother! I'm not cold, Daddy? Can it be up? "Gu Chengyu is now more resistant to cold than ordinary strong men.

"Your father went to your uncle's house, isn't Brother Hua going to take the exam too? Your father is going to ask them when he is going to leave, and you should go back and get dressed, but don't freeze. Didn't you hear that having a cold will affect the exam? "Lu Shi had heard before that he had a wind chill, fainted in the examination room, and was carried out.

Gu Chengyu had to turn around and go back to add a jacket, and by the way, he packed up the things he wanted to bring. Bring two changes of underwear, one with the outer clothes, the rest are all books and pen and ink, and some other supplies are in the space, so they are not on the surface.

The pen and ink for this exam were all bought from Pan's shopkeeper, which was better than what I used on weekdays.

"Dad! Big brother, what do you say? When to go? Outside the house, I remembered Lu's voice.

"Said to have lunch and left, go late, I'm afraid I can't find the inn, every time I get to the exam, the inn is full, I go late, I'm afraid I don't even have a firewood room."

Gu Chengyu thought that the last time he went to the Rejuvenation Hall, Shopkeeper Liu had instructed him that if he came to the county seat for the exam, he would live in the backyard of the Rejuvenation Hall.

The Gu family will plant a few acres of medicinal herbs every year, and in addition to the ones they want to use, the rest will be sent to the Rejuvenation Hall, and they can also earn a sum of silver.

It's just that Gu Chengyu doesn't want to trouble Shopkeeper Liu, there are several rooms in the backyard of Huichun Hall, but not only Shopkeeper Liu lives there, but Master Zhang also lives in the backyard. Since the incident of selling honeysuckle, Master Zhang has had a prejudice against their Gu family, and he doesn't have a good face when he meets them, so Gu Chengyu doesn't want to dislike people.

"Daddy! Then let's have lunch early! I still have to go to the private school to wait for the master to be together, and we still have three senior brothers going to take the exam, and Brother Hua and I have to go to the master's place to pay a visit. Gu Chengyu walked out of the house and said to Daddy Gu, who was standing in the courtyard smoking a dry cigarette.

"It's good! After lunch, I called Brother Hua, and the second child and Erlang came with us, anyway, they were looking for your husband to be protected. ”

Father Gu thought in his heart, there are a lot of people in this way. They had to sit six people on the ox cart, and the carriage was small, so it should be able to sit down, but it really couldn't be done, so they unloaded the carriage, and it should be able to sit more spacious.

By the time Gu Chengyu and the others finished their lunch, Uncle Gu and Gu Wanhua had already arrived outside the gate of the Gu family's courtyard.

When the six of them got into the ox cart, the carriage was almost crowded, not to mention, some luggage.

By the time the ox cart arrived at the private school, the door of the private school had already opened. Gu Chengyu and the others then entered the private school, they didn't come early, Ye Zhiqiu and Sun Xian had already arrived, only one He Shunian was missing.

"This is Gu Wanjiang, right? How are your masters doing? Although the two don't have a big friendship, they have met a few times, and the greetings are also courteous.

"The master is in good health, and the students must worship Master Wen, if it weren't for the fact that Master Wen agreed to be insured, the students would not have been able to find a guaranteed life."

When Gu Wanjiang came into the private school, he saw that the environment in the private school was elegant, and the private school in Xiasang Village was far worse than that, and Xiasang Village only changed a few rooms, how could there be a garden and a corridor here?

At this time, I saw that Master Wen was extraordinary, and he had a majesty all over his body, and he felt a little uncomfortable. I don't know if the uncle mentioned him to Wen Fuzi at the beginning, otherwise, maybe he would have already worshiped under Wen Fuzi. Now it's just going to take a test, but I have to rely on my uncle's face to ask Master Wen to protect me.

Wen Fuzi was also stunned when he heard this, although the cow master in Xiasang Village was not a gift, but every year in the exam, he did not delay the students to take the exam, and they were all familiar with the town. It is necessary to give out the silver, and the endowment is also to take risks, and the silver must naturally be collected, otherwise what will be used to feed a large family? It's just that why did Gu Wanjiang say that?

Although Wen Fuzi was a little puzzled, he was inconvenient to ask again, so he could only stop talking. It was for Gu Chengyu's sake that he agreed to give Gu Wanjiang a guarantee, and he didn't receive a penny. He will never help people who do not know each other, even if he makes money. Of course, Master Wen would not know that Master Niu did not approve of Gu Wanjiang going to the exam.

After everyone waited for a quarter of an hour, He Shunian was late.

"I'm so sorry, I'm late!" He Shunian was carrying the burden, and a layer of fine sweat appeared on his forehead.

"It's getting late, let's go! Don't be nervous about this exam, your knowledge has arrived, take the test well! When Master Wen saw that everyone had arrived, he stopped being verbose and urged everyone to hurry up.

When he arrived outside the courtyard gate, Father Gu talked to a man who was about forty years old, and this person was He Shunian's father.

Sun Xian had only one sick mother in the family, and it was impossible for him to come and see him off; Ye Zhiqiu's family is also the daughter of the family, and it is impossible to come to see him off, so Gu Chengyu guessed that it should be He Shunian's father. He Shunian's family is also a rich peasant, so the father and son are not badly dressed, they are all muslin clothes.

Because there are many people, you can only call another ox cart, otherwise an ox cart can not sit so many people, and the ox cart called has no carriage, so there can be more people.

An hour later, Gu Chengyu and the others arrived at the gate of the county seat. Gu Chengyu lifted the curtain and looked out, but found that there was a figure at the gate of the city that was somewhat familiar.

"Daddy! Look, isn't that Brother Dongzi? When the ox cart got closer and closer, Gu Chengyu saw the figure clearly, only to find that it was Dongzi of the Rejuvenation Hall.

"Huh? Is it really Dongzi? What is he doing here? It's like waiting for someone! ”

Dongzi looked at the carts and horses coming and going at the gate of the county seat, searching for the Gu family's ox carts among them.

Suddenly, the Gu family's ox cart appeared in his eyes, "Third Uncle Gu!" ”

Dongzi trotted to the ox cart and jumped onto the wheel.

"Why are you here? But wait for someone? "Daddy Gu was a little strange when he saw Dongzi getting into the car.

"It was Shopkeeper Liu who called me to wait for you here, the last time Xiaobao went there he said the approximate time, he thought that you should return to the county seat at this time, so he asked me to wait for you here."

Dongzi smiled and greeted Uncle Gu in the carriage.

"Brother Dongzi! Shopkeeper Liu is really polite, but this time I'm afraid I can't live in the Rejuvenation Hall, you see that there are so many people in our Gu family, and I still have so many classmates, you think it's not enough to live in the Rejuvenation Hall, you can accompany the shopkeeper Liu on my behalf. When we find the inn and settle down, I'll go and apologize to Shopkeeper Liu. ”

Gu Chengyu didn't expect Shopkeeper Liu to be so enthusiastic, which was beyond his expectations.

"Haha! Xiaobao! As you said, our shopkeeper has thought of it a long time ago, and he only later thought that you have a lot of family members and a lot of references, so let me wait here because he wants me to take you to the inn he booked for you, and he has already arranged a guest room for you. As I told you, you have so many families, you can't live in the backyard. Today's inn is not easy to book! The few that are close to the exam room have been booked, and even the farther ones are enough! Dongzi smiled at Gu Chengyu.