I'm taking the imperial examinations in Liaozhai

As soon as we arrived at the border of Baihe Town, the guide left.When he arrived at a place he was familiar with, what kind of guide did he need? Ji Zihe felt that he could find home with his eyes closed.

Halfway on the way, Huang Jiulang, who had been waiting early on the way back to the village, successfully joined them.With Huang Jiulang's face on his face, he was still a bit reluctant to go around acting like a monster. It's rare for someone to take the blame, but the happiness is too short.

Having not been home for nearly two months, Ji Zihe felt joy in his heart when he saw the small village where the smoke was curling up.

Before reaching the door of the house, the big yellow dog ran out of the house and greeted him with its big tail.This dog was brought from his aunt's house a few years ago, and now it has grown into a big dog. Ji Zihe gave it a very popular name, Ah Huang.

Ah Huang was very excited to see the little master who had just returned home after a long time, not only flicked his tail like a wind, but also kept throwing himself on Ji Zihe.Compared with Ah Huang's enthusiasm, the black and white raccoon cat at home is much colder.

This cihuamao is the daughter of Erhei, who was lost several years ago, and cihuamao is one of its last litter.Erhei was very old when he was lost, and all cats in the country will disappear when they reach a certain age, because cats don't like to die at home.Although no one has seen Erhei again, everyone knows that it is probably dead.Ji Zihe didn't dare to look for it, as if he could have hope without seeing its corpse.

Besides, this raccoon cat, old man Ji named it Xiao Hua.Little Peanut is extremely fat. Bones says he hates cats, but he is the one who feeds cats the most in private.The birds flying in the sky, the rats and snakes running on the ground, and the fish and shrimps swimming in the water are all bones that secretly give Xiaohua extra food.However, Xiao Hua still doesn't like him on weekdays.

Bones complained about this cat to Ji Zihe more than once. If he rubbed against him with food in his hand and meowed at the throat, if he had nothing in his hand, the white-eyed wolf cat would ignore him.

At this moment, the cat was sleeping on the courtyard wall. When it heard the barking of the dog, it raised its head. When it saw Ji Zihe and the others who came back, there was no fluctuation on their faces, and then lay down and continued to sleep.Not seeing the owner's self-consciousness at all, his angry bones floated to the courtyard wall to blow air-conditioning on Xiaohua.Xiaohua didn't even open her eyes, she shook her ears, and curled up her body, which didn't affect it at all.

Old man Ji was squatting under the big tree in the yard, holding a kitchen knife in one hand and an old hen in the other.Seeing Ji Zihe enter the house, he glanced at him, "I'm back."

After finishing speaking, he twisted the chicken's neck neatly, raised the knife in his hand and dropped it, and the blood flowed out from the wound on the chicken's neck and fell into the porcelain bowl on the ground.

"Well, Grandpa, I'm back." Ji Zihe touched his nose, feeling guilty for some reason.

Tell Huang Jiulang to lead the donkey to the shed, and let him move the rattan boxes on the donkey's back into the study, and Ji Zihe moves to Old Man Ji's side.

"Why did you come back so late? I thought you lost it." Old man Ji drained the chicken blood and threw the chicken aside.

The old hen walked crookedly for a few steps, as if she was drunk, and finally fell to the ground with her mouth open, as if she was dying.

"I met a few friends in Honghe Town, and it was delayed for a while. Grandpa, I will help you." Seeing old man Ji go to fetch chicken blood, Ji Zihe hurriedly carried it for him.Old man Ji didn't compete with him, he stood up and went into the kitchen, and Ji Zihe followed behind him like a little tail.

"Grandpa, why are you killing chickens at this time? Are there any guests coming?" Ji Zihe put the chicken blood bowl on the stove and watched Old Man Ji scoop hot water from the pot.

"Aren't you the biggest guest? Who else wants to come?" Old Man Ji said with a cold face.

"I, Grandpa, how do you know I'm coming back today?"

Old man Ji snorted coldly, unwilling to talk to him, and went into the yard with a basin full of hot water.

"Grandpa, don't be angry. I was wrong this time. If you encounter this situation again in the future, I will definitely send someone to send you a letter in advance." Ji Zihe followed Old Man Ji from the kitchen to the courtyard, and squatted on him By his side, he watched as he took the paw of the dying old hen, pressed it in hot water and scalded it, ready to pluck the hair.

Ji Zihe also stretched out his little claws that had no place to rest, and was about to pluck the hair, but was stopped by the old man Ji.

"Go, go, don't get in the way, I'll be fine. Go to the study and study, and I'll call you when dinner is ready." Old man Ji finally stopped being cold-hearted.

"Grandpa, you want to cook, what about Auntie Fan?" Auntie Fan is the cook he hired with money, so she probably neglected her duties while he was away.

"I don't like the food she cooks, so I tell her not to come here in the future. Don't hire any cooks in the future. Don't waste money, the food you cook is not delicious."

"Oh, I see." Ji Zihe nodded, and according to what the old man meant, it was probably not the cook who neglected her duties while she was away, but the old man finally got the chance to drive him away while he was away.

Ji Zihe was a little helpless, he obviously invited a cook to give the old man a rest, but although his grandfather didn't say anything on the surface, he was still unhappy in his heart.As a grandson, he actually found out today.Grandpa must be afraid of wasting money. Although his family is a little rich now, grandpa is still reluctant to spend money in his heart.It is estimated that only after he became an official, grandpa would be willing to be his old man at ease.

This is really a beautiful misunderstanding. Is Jie such a beast who loves to save money? Obviously not.If he really ran out of money, at worst he would go to the mountains to dig gold mines. He was afraid of lack of money, just kidding.The reason why he doesn't want a cook is nothing more than that he doesn't want more people in his territory.When Xiao Hezi was at home, it was fine. When his grandson was not at home, he asked an outsider to cook for him every day. He was afraid that one day he would not be able to resist swallowing the cook as food.

Hearing that the imperial court will reopen the imperial examination soon, Xiao Hezi will not stay at home for long, so why should he ask him to find a cook to be an eyesore.Compared with cooked food, he actually prefers to eat raw food. He will definitely not wrong his stomach when Xiaohezi is not at home. It would be inconvenient if outsiders are there.

"By the way, Grandpa, I went out this time and bought some good tea for you, none of which we sell here."

"Well, I'll try it later. By the way, don't forget to visit your wife. He sent someone to look for you several times, but you didn't come back."

"I'll go tomorrow, Grandpa, then I'll go to the study."

"Go, I'll call you when the meal is ready."

Ji Zihe really didn't know anything about the kitchen, he couldn't even light the simplest fire.Regarding this aspect, Ji Zihe has always been very self-aware, so he didn't stay here to get in the way, and went to the study decisively to study, after all, reading is his old profession.

On the second day, Ji Zihe went to Mr. Liu's house with a gift.Mr. Liu was so eager to find Ji Zihe because of the imperial examination.His protégé who was an official in Jingzhou sent him the news, saying that a few months ago, court officials had been handing in paperwork for the Holy Majesty to take the imperial examinations, and the Holy Majesty also vaguely revealed that he wanted permission. .

The most important purpose of reopening the imperial examination this time is to elect officials to fill the vacancies of officials.Even if this year's autumn may be delayed due to time issues, next year's spring will definitely be a certainty.Mr. Liu just revealed the news to Ji Zihe in advance, so that he can prepare early for the next year's exam, and don't waste his studies.

Although Lang Yuzhu had told Ji Zihe about this news before, maybe he heard it from his teacher, and Ji Zihe immediately felt that the authenticity of the news had improved a lot.

After bidding farewell to Master, Ji Zihe planned to go home to study.Although he has not missed his homework these years, he is still a little lazy. It is better to hurry up and review more.

As soon as I arrived at the door of the house, a few white catkins suddenly fell from the sky.Ji Zihe looked up, and it turned out that it was not flying catkins, but big snowflakes.

A gust of cold wind blew, and Ji Zihe shivered suddenly. It's been several months, why is it snowing all of a sudden.He hurriedly wrapped his clothes tightly and walked into the house.

At night, after dinner, Ji Zihe was still lighting up the lamp to fight at night.The snowflakes outside the house were getting bigger. Huang Jiulang turned out his winter padded clothes for him to put on, but Ji Zihe still felt his legs were cold.

"The weather is too abnormal. How can the weather change?" Ji Zihe curled up on the chair, holding Xiaohua in his arms, flipping through the books on the table.

Bones lay lazily on the low couch in the study, "Who knows, maybe it's a monster who made a ghost."

Ji Zihe sighed, "No matter what, I just hope that the snow will stop quickly, otherwise the crops in the field will suffer."

Suddenly, the door of the study was knocked, Ji Zihe thought it was Huang Jiulang who came to bring him hot water, and said without looking up, "Come in."

The door was pushed open, a little guy walked in, and closed the door again.

"Why are you here?" Bone asked, Ji Zihe looked up, and it turned out that it wasn't Huang Jiulang who knocked on the door, but Xiao Hei.

"I want to ask you for some advice." Xiao Hei was a little embarrassed.

"Heh, what can we help you with, you'd better go find your white lady." Bone obviously still hated the fact that Xiao Hei's words didn't count, leading the way halfway, and he ran away without a trace.

"Bone, don't be rude." Ji Zihe scolded, the bone was cut, and he didn't speak again.

Ji Zihe put the little flower on the ground, got up and greeted Xiao Hei, "Please sit down."

"Thank you. Well, I was wrong last time, please forgive me." Xiao Hei said.

The bone floated to Ji Zihe's side, and said quietly, "Children love to play, we can understand. But children who are only over 2000 years old have only grown in age but not brains. Of course we understand."

Ji Zihe glared at him again, turned his head, looked at the sky and then at the ground, his face full of innocence.

"You're right, I really don't have a brain, otherwise how could I end up where I am now." Xiao Hei lowered his head and said lonely.

"What happened?" Ji Zihe asked softly.

Ji Zihe's voice seemed to have a magical power, which easily aroused Xiao Hei's emotions.He sniffed, and suddenly felt a desire to confide, and shook everything out regardless of 21.

"Are you looking for the divine grass of the deer tribe?" Ji Zihe thought for a while.

"Well, I just remembered it after I left. I don't know where to look. But, let me go back and ask Aunt Hua again. I am a little reluctant, so I want to come to you and ask."

Bones shook his head, "I've never heard of any divine grass."

"That's it, excuse me, I'll think of a way." Xiao Hei said, and was about to leave, but Ji Zihe stopped him.

"Wait a minute, when it comes to the divine grass of the deer tribe, I seem to know a little bit."