Bianshanhan [farming]

They slept together, and the next morning, Li Qingwen woke up before dawn, but the side was empty, and the bedding and quilt were neatly folded, and it looked like it was made by his second brother.

After wiping his face and getting up, he heard movement in the kitchen behind him, Li Qingwen looked over with sleepy eyes, and saw a thin figure sitting in front of the stove, it turned out to be Lin Wanjun who was recuperating.

"Sister Wanjun, are you hungry? I'll cook what you want to eat. You can go back and rest." Li Qingwen said quickly, feeling relieved of sleepiness.

"It's much better after drinking the medicine!" Lin Wanjun turned her head to look at him, showing a smile, she didn't know if it was because of the fire, or what, she looked much more energetic than yesterday.

Seeing her like this, Li Qingwen didn't want to persuade her anymore. The doctor said that Lin Wanjun was too worried, so she could only relax herself, eat and sleep well, and it would be good if she could distract her from work.

Because he was worried, Li Qingwen still helped in the kitchen for a while, but after a while, other people in the yard also got up one after another, and he was pushed out.

After breakfast, Lin Wanjun took Lu Qiuyan out to buy vegetables, Li Qingyong quickly said no, he just went to buy vegetables, the place where vegetables are sold in the market was quite messy, every time they went in and out they had to dirty their clothes and shoes.

Lin Wanjun mentioned a few dishes, Li Qingyong looked serious at first, then smiled and said: "It's all Qingzhuo's favorite food."

Lin Wanjun didn't hide it either, saying that it was ready at noon and sent to Dali Temple, otherwise the person would forget to eat when he was busy, which was the case when he was studying.

Li Qingyong agreed with a grin. According to his temperament, he would usually make a few jokes, but he didn't dare to make a fuss about Lin Wanjun, who was well educated and reasonable.

At this time, the front door had not yet opened, and a group of people were boiling water and preparing ingredients in the back. Li Qingwen left after saying a word.

Back at the private school, many people were already studying under the lush trees. Li Qingwen found Xu Qingyuan following the sound of the piano.

Among the blooming flowers, only a sharp corner of the gazebo is exposed, and the gentle string sounds flow out. When you get closer, you can see the people sitting on the stone bench inside.

Li Qingwen didn't go in to disturb him, but leaned on the pillar of the gazebo and listened quietly.

After an unknown amount of time, the sound of the piano stopped, Xu Qingyuan walked over, looked at Li Qingwen and said, "Are you thinking about your sweetheart?"

Li Qingwen immediately put away the turmoil on his face, and said with a tense face, "Why did you say that, master?"

Xu Qingyuan stretched out his calloused finger and pointed at his face, "It's all written on his face."

Li Qingwen's face turned hot, and Li Qingwen didn't make any further excuses, but Xu Qingyuan didn't ask any more questions, instead he talked about other things, "Among the people you've been admitted to this year, some of you didn't pass the exam, especially those from the Imperial College, You should be more careful when dealing with you in the future."

Li Qingwen was stunned for a moment, he knew that Xu Qingyuan wasn't the kind of casual gossip, there must be some reason.

So, he didn't ask too much, and nodded his thanks.

Xu Qingyuan's two nephews have also passed the provincial examination. Because of the Xu family, they have been treated politely on various occasions. After hearing some unpleasant words from the Li family brothers, knowing that the younger uncle has a close relationship with Li Qingwen, they decided to Gentle reminder.

This kind of thing is unavoidable after all, Xu Qingyuan carefully questioned the two nephews, then turned around and told Li Qingwen.

They have only [-] or [-] people in the Jinshi Department a year, and they have closer contacts in the same year than others. Li Qingwen from the Imperial College had met them at the banquet last time, and he knew what Xu Qingyuan said.

However, those who graduated in the same year may not be assigned some kind of errands. If they leave the capital, they may not see each other for the rest of their lives. Li Qingwen didn't care, but he could feel Xu Qingyuan's protective heart.

Taking advantage of these few days of free time, Li Qingwen wrote down the fables and fairy tales he still remembered. One was to practice calligraphy, and the other was to save more storybooks for Su Yuanbao, so that when he returned to the border town this year, the little guy could pout less. Mouth for a few days.

On that side, Li Qinghong finally bought the house that Li Qinghong looked at. It was in the southeast corner of the outer city, not far from the shop in the east city.

Li Qinghong invited several aunts of the Lu family to come and ask them to see how to arrange the place. It stands to reason that this should be arranged by the Li family, but Li Maoxian and the Chen family are not in the capital. In the future, there will be a young couple living here. Ask Lu There is nothing wrong with the family.

The aunts were all warm-hearted and didn't feel troublesome at all. While helping, they looked at Li Qingyong and the others who hadn't married yet. In a short period of time, they gave some of them a red thread.

On the eve of the election, Li Qingwen received two new clothes and shoes and socks, one from Lu Xuening and one from Lin Wanjun.

Lin Wanjun began to take care of Li Qingzhuo's meals, and went back and forth to the inner city once or twice a day to do something, her illness gradually recovered, and a slight smile could often be seen on her face.

As soon as Li Qingwen put on new clothes, Lu Qiuyan took them to be washed as soon as he took them off. He quickly said no. He used to wash his clothes with Jiang Cong. At home, his mother and sister-in-law were neither outsiders nor Habit.

But this girl moved swiftly, Li Qingwen didn't stop her, so she had to give up.

After soaking the clothes in the big tub, Lu Qiuyan ran back into the house, holding the door frame with half-wet hands, looking hesitant to speak.

"What's the matter?" Li Qingwen asked, using his cattail fan to drive away the mosquitoes.

"How old is Brother Qingzhuo?" Lu Qiuyan said after holding back for a long time.

Li Qingwen didn't know how many people had asked this question, so he blurted out, "25, why, sister Qiuyan has someone suitable to secure a matchmaker for my second brother?"

Lu Qiuyan blushed, and quickly waved her hands, "I work in the shop every day, so where do I know anyone, I just don't know that such a powerful person as Brother Qingzhuo, why, why aren't you married?"

Li Qingzhuo had a good life, studied well, and ate official food. For peasants, it can really be said that a carp jumped onto the dragon gate. It is indeed rare for him to have no family at this age.

This Li Qingwen knew that he used to concentrate on studying, but later it was because of Lin Xueshi's affairs, but he didn't say that, he just said that he was too busy.

Lu Qiuyan said "oh", but the expression on her face did not change, obviously she had heard enough of this excuse.

Seeing that she had something to say, Li Qingwen was not in a hurry, poured a bowl of herbal tea for both of them, and drank it all by himself first, quenching their thirst inside, but still sweating from the heat outside.

Lu Qiuyan took a sip of herbal tea, then looked at Li Qingwen's expression, and whispered, "Qing Zhuo and Miss Lin, what the hell..."

"They are brothers and sisters from the same school." Li Qingwen poured water for himself while saying, "My second brother has always treated her like a sister."

Because this was said by Li Qingzhuo himself, so the second brother was hurt by Lin Wanjun, Li Qingwen could only tell himself not to care so much, if it was his own sister who accidentally hurt her, she might feel even more distressed, Lin Wanjun should be the same , That's why I have been making delicious meals and sending them to the inner city every day.

Seeing what Li Qingwen said was categorical, Lu Qiuyan didn't say any more. After drinking herbal tea, she went to wash clothes under the tree in the yard.

Even if the sun is high, the freshly washed clothes won't be able to dry for a while, so Li Qingwen can only go out in new clothes.

He was going to the private school, and there were too many people in the shop in front, so he wanted to go out through the back door, just as he arrived at the door, he happened to meet Lin Wanjun who got off the carriage.

Lin Wanjun was wearing a lotus-colored dress and holding an oil-paper umbrella in her hand. When she saw Li Qingwen, her eyes froze and a smile appeared on her lips, "Our son is more energetic today."

"Maybe I changed into new clothes today." Lin Qingwen smiled and helped Lin Wanjun take the food box out of the car, "Sister Wanjun, it's getting hotter and hotter, so you should work less hard. If you're really worried, let someone else deliver it to you." meal."

Lin Wanjun smiled and said "It's nothing", her eyes paused for a moment longer on Li Qingwen's new clothes, and said: "Zai'er, why didn't you wear the clothes that my sister made for you? Didn't it fit well? While you are here, I'll change it."

"It fits well." Li Qingwen followed her into the courtyard, "The blue dress I tried on first."

Glancing at the clothes hanging to dry in the yard, Lin Wanjun smiled, "It's good if it fits well. Do you have to go back to your private school? Take this umbrella with you. The sun is strong, and it's not good to get dizzy."

Li Qingwen got used to it, and didn't want to take an umbrella if it wasn't raining, so he took the food box to the kitchen and left.

The waiting time was not too long, and it was the day of the election in a blink of an eye.

Last night, a group of men looked up at the stars in the middle of the night with their necks up. They all said that it would be a sunny day tomorrow.When he got up early in the morning, Li Qinghong cooked dumplings for his younger brother. The custom in Yangshu Village is to eat dumplings during Chinese New Year and important occasions.

I said don't be too busy, but it still made a lot of people noisy. Li Qingwen came out of the shower, and the courtyard was crowded with people, just like the New Year.

Because it is hot and easy to sweat, so I prepared a folding fan and several purses containing spices. This is what Li Qinghong heard from the market, sweating is easy to produce smell, and spices can cover one or two.

Li Qingwen really likes to sweat, but I don't know if it's because of soaking in the medicine pool, there is no other smell, Li Qinghong knows it but thinks it's safer to carry it.

In order to make the third brother less troublesome, Li Qingwen will take whatever he pretends.

After eating, Li Qingwen said that he would not let the third brother go with the others. He is not a child anymore, and he is somewhat familiar with the capital, so he didn't want so many people to suffer with him outside.

Li Qinghong refused, and drove his younger brother to the Ministry of Officials in the inner city. When he arrived, Li Qingwen immediately asked his third brother to go back and waited at the door by himself. wait.

Those who participated in the election were not only those who were on this year's list, but also those who had not passed in previous years, but the number was not very large, only about a hundred or so, and most of them were familiar faces, chatting with each other while waiting outside the door.

Li Qingwen purposely said a few more words to those smiling gentlemen.

Because he was at the top of the list, when the time came, Li Qingwen was the first to introduce the gate, and he was taken to the spacious lobby when he went in. He should have waited until everyone outside came in before starting the lottery, but at this time the big lottery container It is empty, and there is a person sitting in the seat.

Seeing the people in the seat, Li Qingwen was stunned for a moment, it turned out to be the man who was surrounded by Tao Zi and them last time.