From setting up a card to "ask for money" on the way up the mountain to looking for sponsors to sponsor the cultural conference, it can be seen that the mountain leader is not a pedantic old scholar. However, after all, Xu Jin is new here and does not understand the mountain leader's temperament. Maybe he

Is he a stingy old man? Seeing that the lantern riddles and couplets he played have failed him, he feels that he is losing face, so he might deliberately make things difficult for himself.

So Xu Jin said cautiously: "It turns out that the long couplet was written by the mountain chief. Although the students could barely guess the second couplet, they were far inferior to the first couplet. We only guessed three of the other ten lantern riddles."

Lou Wei stroked his sparse beard and said with a smile: "You are also a naughty boy. You didn't finish the lantern riddles because Han Shoucheng didn't let you guess anymore. You dared to make me five pieces of silver. So, I'll punish you by giving the deputy chief

When the couplet is recorded, I will use the same cursive writing as I just wrote the lyrics."

Xu Jin secretly breathed a sigh of relief, but it was easy to write the words. He nodded and said: "Students obey!"

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

Xu Jin walked to the desk to write, and the students around him immediately gathered around to watch. There is no doubt that Xu Jin has become the most eye-catching dark horse in this literary conference.

First couplet: Driving a small boat with two oars, three or four canopies, and five or six passengers, we crossed Qili Beach and arrived at Bali Lake, which was already ten miles away from Jiujiang.

Second line: Drink ten years old wine, hold nine or two pots, pour eight or seven cups, meet six or five friends, chat about the four seasons, listen to the third watch, drink two more cups to get drunk.

Xu Jin wrote down this long couplet in cursive handwriting. Everyone took a breath of air. This couplet was so difficult. It was simply abnormally difficult!

And listening to what the mountain leader just said, the first couplet was written by him, and the second couplet was written by Xu Jin. No wonder the mountain leader values ​​Xu Jin, a new student, so much. He is really talented, both in poetry and couplets!

Naturally, all the teachers in the academy know about this long couplet, because it was published by the headmaster several years ago, and no one has been able to correctly correct it until now. Of course, it has now been corrected by Xu Jin, although the artistic conception is not as good as the first couplet.

Lou Wei looked at it carefully and then said with satisfaction: "That's enough, please step back!"

Xu Jin felt like he was being pardoned, so he quickly put down his pen, bowed his hands and bowed out of the circle. He really couldn't stand the envious, jealous and hateful looks of the students around him.

After drinking a few more glasses of wine and singing toasts, the anti-cold literary meeting ended. The county magistrate and the mountain chief rode down the mountain in rattan chariots, while most of the scholars who still had unfinished ideas continued to stay on the mountain to exchange ideas and discuss ideas.

Xu Jin was about to go down the mountain, but he was suddenly blocked by a person. This person was unknown to Xu Jin. He was about sixteen or seventeen years old. He was half a head taller than Xu Jin. He had a high forehead and pointed cheeks. He was a bit throwback to ancient times, but he was still stiff.

He looked like the whole world owed him money.

Xu Jin cupped his hands and said, "Is there something wrong with this dear friend?"

"Xu Jin, I am the one who will lead the county examination next year, so don't have any wishful thinking!" After saying this, the man turned around and walked down the mountain with a flick of his sleeves.

Xu Jin was a little confused. Wei Yang next to him introduced: "The man's name is Li Chen. He is from Yiyang. He has been promoted to the inner house only half a year after entering the academy. He is aloof and arrogant. He once boasted that he would be the first in the county examination next year. He is probably

They regard Junior Brother Xu as a competitor!"

Fei Maozhong said contemptuously: "That's all!"

Fei Maozhong was selected as a scholar at the age of fifteen, so he naturally had the capital to say so.

Xu Jin smiled calmly. His goal was just to pass the county examination. As for whether he could get the case, he didn't care at all. In addition, he was self-aware of the level of his eight-part essay. After all, the contact time was short, and he was now far away from the county next year.

There are less than three months left for the exam, so it would be good if I could improve my level enough to pass the county exam.

Everyone went down the mountain and returned to the academy. Since it was a holiday today, there were no classes in the afternoon.

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

Xu Jin smiled and said: "Don't worry, I won't forget it. Let's do this. I'll go back and prepare now. If you come back to my house at the end of the afternoon (5 p.m.), I will never let you down."

The Fei brothers looked at each other strangely. Could it be that Xu Jin wanted to cook himself? In ancient times, common men rarely cooked, let alone scholars. However, both brothers had some vague expectations in their hearts.

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

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

Xu Jin quickly stretched out his hand to lift it up. Xie Xiaowan's eyes instantly turned into beautiful moon buds. Other husbands would not be so considerate.

"Ms. sir, is the cold-reducing cultural gathering over? You haven't eaten yet, Xiaowan is going to cook now!"

The two of them carried the radishes into the house. Xie Xiaowan put down the basket and planned to cook. Xu Jin quickly grabbed her and said, "My husband is not very hungry. Let's rest for a while before cooking. Don't be exhausted!"

Xie Xiaowan smiled sweetly and said: "Mr., Xiaowan is not tired!"

"If you're not tired, take a break and let your husband hug you. Are you bored at home alone today? Have you missed your husband?" Xu Jin hugged Xie Xiaowan and asked with a smile.

The little girl's immunity to her husband's loving words was almost zero. She immediately blushed and sat limply on Xu Jin's lap. She said shyly: "My husband, can you please stop asking, I'm so embarrassed!"

"Then you don't want to marry me!"

"No, no, no, come to think of it, Xiaowan misses her husband so much!" After Xie Xiaowan said this, her face even burned like fire. Her husband was so bad, he always made people say such embarrassing things.

"Well, this is pretty much it. Xiaowan, feel what this is!" Xu Jin took out the ingot of silver.

"I won't touch it. My husband, you are causing trouble again!"

"Pen", the little girl will never be fooled again.

Xu Jin coughed awkwardly and said, "What are you thinking about? Look at what this is?"

Xu Jin touched the little girl's face with the ten-liang silver ingot. Then he opened his eyes and looked at it. He shouted in surprise: "Where did your husband get the silver ingot?"

Xu Jin laughed and said: "My husband has chosen the leader of the Wenhui, these ten taels of silver are the reward!"

Xie Xiaowan's eyes were filled with admiring little stars: "My husband is so amazing!"

"Of course, it doesn't matter who the husband is!" Xu Jin joked.

"My husband is not humble at all!" Xie Xiaowan covered her mouth and smiled, feeling very sweet in her heart!

"And this, too, my husband won from guessing lantern riddles!" Xu Jin put the remaining five coins into Xie Xiaowan's hand.

Xie Xiaowan was still worried about whether the money could only go out or come in. The fifty-five taels of silver she got from selling her land now only had less than fifty-five taels left. She didn't expect that her husband would earn back ten or five taels of silver in one fell swoop today.

The little girl took out the small clay pot hidden under the bed, stuck out her butt and carefully counted the silver inside. Then she put the silver ingots and broken silver that Xu Jin gave him into it, sealed it carefully, and hid it back.

under the bed.

"Ms. sir, our family now has sixty-eight taels of silver!" Xie Xiaowan whispered happily.

Xu Jin smiled and tapped Xie Xiaowan's forehead: "Little money fan, our family will have more and more money in the future. You have to find a big box to put the money in. By the way, have you bought all the things I asked you to buy?"

Xie Xiaowan nodded and said: "I bought it, but what is the pepper that my husband mentioned? Xiaowan 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 if there are no chili peppers.

In the kitchen, the newly bought lamb belly was soaked in water, and the haggis Xie Xiaowan had cleaned up and put them all in wooden boxes.

"Ms. sir, why did you buy so much mutton brisket and offal? We can't finish it, and it will get spoiled if left for a long time!" Xie Xiaowan asked puzzledly. The ingredients bought today cost almost five yuan, which made the little girl feel distressed.

Xu Jin smiled and said, "Of course I don't eat it for myself. My husband will teach you how to make spiced haggis today, and I will make money from it for the time being."

Xu Jin ate mutton in Linjiang Tower the day before yesterday, so he came up with the idea of ​​making haggis and kebabs. This thing is simple to make and can be completed by one person, and the store required does not need to be too big. There is really no store.

Just be a ghost driver.

In his previous life, Xu Jin, as a successful man, never treated himself badly when it came to food. As the saying goes, he never tires of eating, and often made some delicious food to reward himself and his family. It just so happened that he knew how to make offal.

Although there are differences between cattle and sheep, the principles are similar. In the ancient farming society, cattle were an extremely important labor force. The government strictly prohibited the private slaughter of cattle, otherwise Xu Jin would directly make cattle offal, so now he can only

Take the next step and make haggis!

Next, Xu Jin quickly started making haggis. He first simmered the mutton brisket and offal several times, poured out the blood, then used ginger, wolfberry, five-finger peach, etc. to remove the fishy smell and enhance the freshness, and finally cut it into pieces and threw them into the big bowl.

Simmer in an iron pot, then add a small amount of wine, spices such as five-spice anise and soy sauce.

Xie Xiaowan looked at her husband's skillful movements and couldn't help but be a little stunned. It turns out that besides studying, his husband can also cook?

Xu Jin washed his hands and tapped Xie Xiaowan's forehead lightly, and said with a smile: "I'm dumbfounded. Just watch the heat. If the water is low, add water. After two hours, add the radish and continue to cook for half an hour!"

Xie Xiaowan nodded and said: "Oh, I understand. My husband, please go and take a rest. Xiaowan will take care of you here!"

Xu Jin had been tired for more than an hour, and he had attended a cold-relieving literary meeting in the morning, so he was really tired, so he went back to bed and lay down to rest.

As time passed, the alluring aroma of meat wafted out of the kitchen and filled the courtyard. Anyone passing by outside couldn't help but stop and take a few breaths.

"What smells so good!"
Chapter completed!