dressed as a scholar

The countryside in August can be described as lively. The fields in the village are full of tenant farmers harvesting crops, the rice is golden, and the cornfields are full of laughter.

"This year's rice has grown really well. A bunch of rice is full and heavy, and there are not many shriveled husks."

"Yes, I see that the corn is growing all over the country, and only a small number of them are damaged by insects."

As soon as they entered the field, the students couldn't help getting off their horses to look at this year's crops. They were more interested in harvesting the crops in their own fields. After all, they were the crops that they had worked so hard to plant by themselves. Looking at the achievements of the crops during the harvest The feeling is indescribable.

"Sir, look at the pumpkin I planted, it looks so round and big, it's no smaller than the ones sold in the vegetable market."

"You are rewarded, take it home and eat by yourself." Fang Yu looked at the monkeys jumping up and down in the field, just like farming in spring, and waved generously: "You can harvest the crops you planted earlier and take them home. You count as much as you can earn, and you are not allowed to let people from Zhuangzi help you."

"Okay, thank you sir."

Fang Yu took a look around the field. This year the field is all managed by the head of the farm. He didn't worry too much. He waited for the crops to be harvested, or sold or handed over the grain. He just had to sit and watch. The ledger is.

He went back from the top of the field and looked at Qiao Hezhi, who was sitting on top of the horse with the belly between the horse's belly. He went out today and combed his black hair into a high ponytail, with boots and sleeves. He looked so heroic and looked down at him .

Fang Yu walked in front of the horse, reaching out to grab Qiao Hezhi's hand, but someone dodged him: "Are you still angry?"

"I didn't."

"It won't work without letting me hold your hand?"

Qiao Hezhi stomped on the stirrup and snorted softly: "Whoever is riding a horse still holds hands and tugs."

Well, today is a good day, and in Xunri, I don't know who wants to hold hands with him when going out: "He Zhi, look at Sun Yuan."

"Ok?"

Qiao Hezhi was puzzled, turned his head to look at the place Fang Yu was pointing at, but raised his head and saw nothing. Suddenly there was heat behind him, and Fang Yu took the opportunity to flip onto his horse.

"What are you doing, this makes others see the joke!" Qiao Hezhi turned his head to see the person who jumped behind him, and the brows that were still hanging suddenly couldn't pretend to be arrogant.

"Who dares to joke." Fang Yu pulled the reins, and put one hand around Qiao Hezhi's waist that was too thin today, "You've been angry all the way, and it's so hard to come to Zhuangzi, and I'll leave everything for you." Take your breath away, that's not worth it."

"In spring, I asked Zhuangtou to lead people to circle a piece of land in the back mountain to make a hunting ground. Now the grass and trees in the mountain are verdant, the wild fruits are all ripe, and there are many small things that come out to look for food. Let's go for a walk. If we are hunting something , drink and eat all night. Okay?"

Qiao Hezhi was sullen and didn't agree, but his heart was still eager to move: "I have never hunted before, can I hunt anything?"

"Don't talk about bears and deer, high and low can hunt pheasants and hares."

"Have you ever hunted?"

Fang Yu patted his chest confidently: "Let me tell you that, my husband, no."

Qiao Hezhi rolled his eyes, bragging is great.

"Just the two of us? Don't care about the students?"

Fang Yu flicked the rein: "If they want to come, they will come. I have already explained to the head of the village. Right now, they are comparing whose winter melons are bigger, whose corn has swallow worms, and waiting for the freshness of this head. After a while, I know that the left and right sides are not new students from the first day, and this side is also familiar to them."

Only then did Qiao Hezhi nod his head: "Then let's go."

The farmer on the road in the back mountain has been repaired by farmers. When the hunting ground was enclosed, there were small houses built inside. Before winter, dry wood can be cut down to make winter charcoal. The farmers live on the mountain for convenience, and usually hunt wild animals. The traps were set up on the first day when the goods were delivered, and the nets could be collected on the second day after staying on the mountain for one night. In the past two years, Zhuangzi has sent a lot of good things from the mountains to the house.

There are everything like pheasants, badgers, wild boars, etc. In addition to game meat, there are also some rare delicacies in the mountains, such as chicken fir fungus in spring, fungus and bracken after rain, pepper wood and ginger in autumn, etc. More than that, every time Zhuangzi sent things from the mountains, Qiao Hezhi would make a good meal with these things next time.

It is because the road was opened when the bricks and tiles were transported up the mountain before, and the cart can go up the mountain, so it is easier for the horse to go.

Although it is autumn, the sun is still red and hot outside, but after entering the mountain, it can obviously feel cold, even a little cold when the wind blows.The trees in the mountains are as small as the mouth of a bowl, and as big as Fang Yu's waist. It is difficult for the sun-blocking sun to shine in, so it is reasonable to be cool.

Fang Yu hugged Qiao Hezhi a little tighter, but he was quite glad that he had become a scholar through his books. He started from a high starting point and belonged to the upper class of society. bitter.

"Husband, hurry up, hurry up, the grass over there is moving, is there something small?"

Fang Yu came back to his senses, Qiao Hezhi didn't feel cold, his attention was absorbed by the first time he went hunting in the mountains.

"I'm afraid it's not the wind."

What Fang Yu said was true, and he had never hunted before. He had never even ridden a horse before, so how could he hunt on horseback.Even so, he still knows how to archery. He didn't go to the equestrian class back then, but luckily he has a cousin who likes archery, and he took him to sign up for the class when he was a child. The two have been together for more than ten years.

He took out the arrow from the arrow pocket tied on the horse's belly, tightened the bow and let the arrow go with slightly squinted eyes. There was a rustling sound, and then there was a muffled sound. Voice of the Earth.

Fang Yu pulled the reins and drove the horse over. Unexpectedly, he shot a fat and round bamboo rat in the first hunt. The little thing was squatting in the grass and was eating wild nuts that fell from the tree. He was caught greedy for eating.He carried the bamboo rat back, the little thing was still heavy, probably weighed more than two catties.

There are also sellers of bamboo rats in the city. He has seen them before. The rich families in the city think the fluffy ones are cute, and some will buy them back to raise them, but some plump ones are not so lucky and are sold directly. When I go to a restaurant to cook, the skin is peeled, smeared with sesame oil and roasted, it is still very fragrant, but the meat is a bit firewood, so it is not easy to bite.

"Still good."

Fang Yu returned to the horse, and the two continued to walk a little further into the mountain. Fang Yu held his own and stopped going inside the small house in the mountain, fearing that there would be some big goods that would scare the young master.

"Hold the bow with one hand, and take the arrow with the other hand and stick it on the string. The tighter you stretch the bow, the farther the arrow will go." Fang Yu held Qiao Hezhi's hand and taught others how to do it in a low voice. Using bows and arrows: "Keep your eyes on your prey, and then, shoot!"

There was another rustle: "Very good, the rabbit has run away."

After all, Qiao Hezhi has learned to ride a horse since he was a child, and he still has some strength in archery, but he can't master how to control his strength. When the arrow is released, his finger is flicked, and the rabbit runs very fast in fright, and suddenly jumps into the grass In the middle of the day, he tilted his head to look at Fang Yu who was smiling: "..."

"The hand was also broken, the skin was broken, and the pain was burning."

"Let me see." Hearing this, Fang Yu immediately put down the bow and arrow, seeing that the little boy's index finger was a little red, and his skin was slightly swollen. He quickly held his hand: "Okay, okay, stop hunting."

"Master, this rabbit is so ignorant that it won't let Danny squat honestly and let Master hunt it. The student is now hunting it for you!"

The two raised their heads, not knowing when Sun Yuan, Zhao Wanxin and others also entered the hunting ground, the rabbit that ran away just now was in Sun Yuan's hands.Fang Yu secretly felt that these boys are good at sports. They didn't work hard in studying before, and they didn't fall behind in horseback riding and archery. It seems that those students in the class of later generations are often good at sports.

"You brat, you can't find death, and you even made fun of your teacher's wife."

Sun Yuan smiled and said, "Sir, please don't wrong me. The teacher's wife knows everything, so she knows that the student has no other intentions."

"Sir, I wonder if the prey in this hunting ground is enough for the students to hunt?"

"How much you hunt is yours."

……

The weather became more comfortable, and the days passed by in the blink of an eye. Fang Yu devoted himself to lecturing and teaching.

The time of the college examination and the township examination in the next year was similar, and the difference between before and after was only two months. Fang Yu left early and returned late, teaching in batches.He had no hope of applying for the rural examination. After all, it was the first time for the children who passed the college examination to rush for the exam, and very few of them passed the exam once. published a fine-edited version of "Lightning Protection Guide for Township Exams".

After all the boys who were waiting for the township examination had set off, the college exam was next. He didn't have to worry about everything this year. He took the exam honestly before, and everyone in the college exam this time was confident, and it really lived up to expectations. Fang Yu All the remaining students on hand passed the college examination, and the whole classroom was promoted to scholar.

It's a great happy event, but what's sad is that all the rural exams are used to accumulate experience, and one has never been passed. The good news and the bad news are neutralized. Fang Yu is neither happy nor sad, and his mind is at peace.

"Now I have a major event on my mind. I have brought all the students in my hand to pass the college examination, which is considered to be living up to the trust. In the future, it will depend on themselves."

At night, the moon and the stars were thin, Fang Yu leaned on the slum and chatted with Qiao Hezhi: "Next year is my end. If I pass the test at one stroke, I can stay in the top three in the imperial examination. If you are an official in the capital, if you fail the palace exam, you will be sent down to be an official in the local area like Brother Sheng Jia. In short, once you pass the exam, you will become an official, and I am afraid that you will not have the opportunity to continue teaching them in the academy."

Fang Yu said that he still had some feelings in his heart. In the past, he also had a headache for these students. Now that his merits and virtues have been completed and everyone has achieved something, he is about to retire after success, and he still feels a little bit reluctant.The past two years have been full of joys and sorrows. If they had taken over a group of good students who respected their teachers from the very beginning, they would probably not be as sentimental as they are today.

Qiao Hezhi tilted his head, squeezed Fang Yu's hand, and said in relief: "One day is a teacher and a lifelong father. As long as the students remember it in their hearts, they can't teach them, so they can often come and go."

Fang Yu smiled: "Of course."

"Are you really so sure about the test?"

Fang Yu looked a little far away: "I talked with brother Sheng Jia, and it seems to be the top three in Fucheng. If you don't slack off after studying hard, and you can enter the examination room without any accidents, Chunwei will probably be famous."

"Although I can't say that this year I have worked as hard as Nangying Yingxue, I have never put down my books. The students are making progress, so why have I not been moving forward? What the masters of Hande College have done in the past few years is worthwhile. gone."

Qiao Hezhi looked at Fang Yu quietly, next year he will take the exam to Beijing, the journey is far away, he will not be able to show up in the capital to wait for Fang Yu to come out of the exam room, and the sorrow of parting has begun to grow in his heart, but he has never said anything , with gentle eyes, got up slightly: "Go and burn a stick of incense for my mother-in-law today. Time is not forgiving. Before I knew it, my mother-in-law had been gone for so long."

Three years.