The autumn breeze brings coolness, and the sweet fragrance of osmanthus in the alley slips along the courtyard wall into the Xiao family courtyard.
Several bunches of green and purple grapes hanging from the grape trellis in the garden were swaying in the wind. There were numerous fruits but no one cared about them.
Everyone in the Xiao family is preparing for Xiaozhao's provincial examination tomorrow.
Xiao Ruo shakes off two layers of thick silk robes and gestures towards Xiao Zhao: "Zhao Zhao, put this on. It's cold at night in autumn, so it's always good to wear more autumn clothes."
Zheng Dongyang stretched his neck and looked at the clothes, and objected: "No, no, the clothes are two-layered. The tribute courtyard will be opened to see if there are any notes inside. It is better to only wear one layer."
In terms of scientific research experience, Zheng Dongyang has veto power in the Xiao family.
Putting down her robe, Xiaoruo pulled out a moon-white plain fine kudzu robe and said, "Then wear this one. The material is thicker and it can keep you warm. Let's add another outer robe..."
As he spoke, he took out an azure colored brocade robe engraved with precious flowers from the box. "It looks great with this robe!"
In the past few years, with the share of the chamber of commerce, the labor costs of preparing medicinal materials, and Xiao Xun's wages as escorts, the Xiao family has built up a substantial fortune. Not to mention accumulating gold and jade, the family is still considered to be wealthy.
Although the family is rich, the Xiao family still keeps a low profile, and the family of six still lives in the original small courtyard.
According to Old Man Cen, the current house is more than enough for the few of them, and buying a big house is a waste of money.
Xiao Ruo has also made some calculations. Just looking at the two Zaizai, there will be a lot of money to spend in the future.
When Xiao Niao gets married in the future, she will definitely give her thousands of acres of fertile land and ten miles of red beauties, so that Xiao Niao can get married in a glorious way, and also let her future husband's family know that Xiao Niao has a wealthy family, so that her precious sister will not be deceived when she gets married.
Bully.
As for Xiaozhao, Xiao Sanyuan, who has ranked first in both the government and college examinations in the past two years, is well-known far and wide. Now he is about to take part in the provincial examination. Next, there will be the college examination and the palace examination. Needless to say, the cost of each examination is needless to say.
If Xiao Zhao is recommended to the Imperial College in the future if he is promising... Xiao Ruo has already thought about it. He heard that the other students in the Imperial College are from wealthy families, and they will definitely spend a lot of money.
When the time comes, she will give Zhao Zhao a lot of money. She must not let the top student brother be looked down upon by his classmates because of the lack of money.
After such a calculation, the Xiao family's current savings of one million taels cannot be said to be very rich.
However, keeping a low profile, the family's living standards have still improved a lot.
Especially for the two Zaizai, Xiaoruo is most willing to buy them new clothes that are comfortable and beautiful.
In the past two years, Xiao Zhaoxiao's wardrobe has gradually become overloaded with work. Every year, she wears spring clothes and autumn clothes, summer shorts and winter furs, updating them more frequently than the old hen next door laying eggs.
In her left hand, she held an azure embroidered brocade robe with precious flowers, and in her right hand, she turned out a round-necked sapphire satin robe with black trim and sapphire flowers. Xiao Ruo raised her eyebrows and said, "This one looks good with it too... which one is better..."
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Xiao Zhao sat obediently on the bench, letting his eldest sister put one piece of clothing in front of him and show it to him.
Now he stands up to his slim ears. With his slender figure and years of study, he already has the faint demeanor of a handsome young man in his movements.
"Sister, please choose the azure one. The black color is deep, and the autumn tiger is still fierce during the day." Xiaoniao and Xiaozhao sat next to each other, their sleeves slid down because they were leaning on their faces with their hands, revealing a pair of white wrists like lotus joints.
Due to her many years of experience in female celebrity, she has a good sense of clothing and color matching.
"Okay, just this one is azure." Xiao Ruo threw the black robe back into the box, and the selected azurite robe with precious flowers and silk engraved silk was placed on the table waiting to be stuffed into the baggage later.
After choosing clothes for the first round of the provincial examination, she began to worry about other things.
"I don't know which room I will be drawn tomorrow..."
Students who participate in the provincial examination will draw lots to select the next "examination room" and "dormitory". The quality of the room they are drawn can have a direct impact on the status of the examination.
Although all rooms are made of two wooden boards, the upper board is used as a table for writing answers, and the lower board is used as a chair. When sleeping at night, the two boards are put together as a bed, but I was lucky enough to get a clean and comfortable room.
You can take the exam safely during the nine days of the exam. If you are unlucky and get a room next to the toilet, let alone the exam, the smell alone will make you dizzy.
Therefore, there is a folk saying that the real scientific examination starts from the lottery room. After all, luck is also a part of strength.
Xiaoruo has never been a mother in her entire life, but now she deeply understands the mood of mothers who tossed and turned the night before the college entrance examination.
Alas, becoming a mother is painless.
"Sister, don't worry, Zhao Zhao is auspicious and will definitely get a good room!" Seeing the eldest sister's brows furrowed and worried, Xiaoxiao jumped down from the bench and threw herself into her arms. Her delicate little face looked at the eldest sister.
Her shoulders rubbed back and forth, like a coquettish kitten.
The fraternal twins are only 70-80% similar in appearance. The older they get, the more obvious the differences between her and Xiao Zhao are. There is even a height difference. Xiao Niao is five or six centimeters shorter than Xiao Zhao.
However, neither of them has become disabled, and they still have outstanding looks and are quite eye-catching among the crowd.
Holding Xiaoxiao in her arms, Xiaoruo felt in her heart that the little greedy cat has grown up, can help give ideas, and can comfort people.
The courtyard door creaked open, it was Xiaoxun and Old Man Cen who had returned from their mission.
The two of them were assigned to buy food for the Xiaozhao Township Examination Hall.
"Yanji sesame cakes are really hard to buy. The queue is half a street long!" Mr. Cen drank a large glass of water as soon as he came back and said after taking a breath.
"I told you to just let Ah Xun buy it, but you still insist on going with me." Xiaoruo complained half-truthfully.
Old man Cen is getting older, and his body has obviously become weaker than before in recent years. When it comes to buying food for Xiao Zhao, Xiao Ruo originally only let Xiao Xun do it. The old man said that he must contribute to Zhao Zhao's important life events and insist on going with him.
go.
"Oh, buying a sesame seed cake is such a big deal, I'll just wait in line, unlike Ah Xun who has to go to Cuixiang Building in the east end of the city to buy a food box." Old man Cen was a little unconvinced. The older a person gets, the less convinced he is of old age.
Such a stubborn temper that refuses to admit defeat.
Don't argue with him. Xiao Ruo knows the temper of the old man. The more he talks, the more serious he becomes. He has to be coaxed like a child: "It's all hard work."
Old children, old children, aren’t they just children when they are old?
Xiaoxun put the food box on the table and said: "When I catch up with the provincial examination, I can bring the food box to eat delicious meals on the first day. On the second and third days, I can only survive on shelf-stable sesame cakes, so
That’s why the queue for Yan Kee Shaobing is so long.”
After opening the food box to make sure that the packed meals were fresh and not greasy, Xiaoruo closed the food box and nodded: "I'll have a Hanju and two eggs for breakfast tomorrow and I'll be fine!"
Han Ju is today's fried dough sticks, but at this time, Han Ju were all round.
"Tomorrow's Hanju must be shaped into a long strip!" Xiao Ruo said to Xiao Xun solemnly.
Holding the eldest sister's arm, leaning against the eldest sister's fragrant shoulder, Xiaoxiao raised her fair and tender little face and asked curiously: "Why? Is the long Hanju better to eat?"
"No, the long Hanju plus two eggs can help Zhaozhao get good grades in the exam!" Xiao Ruo explained while touching Xiao Ruo's little head.
Add two eggs to the fried dough sticks, this is the mysterious power from modern times!