Chapter 325： Make up your mind

So Yingbao recounted what he had experienced, talking about Shiquan Mountain and the peonies that appeared in the cave, and added so much detail that everyone was amazed.

"Can peonies bloom in winter?" Li He didn't understand.

Li Daobai's younger brother glanced at him: "I've already said it was a miracle. Do you understand the miracle? Not to mention the peonies blooming in winter, it's not surprising that there are auspicious dragons in the sky."

Li He scratched his head and nodded in agreement.

Erni looked fascinated and said: "It would be great if I could encounter a miracle. Then I would ask her for some magic medicine, the kind that can make me immortal."

She has made arrangements in her heart. She will give one to her father, one to her mother, one to her brother, and one to herself. Yes, Yan Ru’s mother will also have one. They will live forever in peace and harmony.

Jiang Quan ruthlessly broke her fantasy: "Stop dreaming, do you think the magic medicine is all leeks on the ground? Just a few leeks at a time. When meeting a believer like you, the goddess probably doesn't have to do anything, just refine the magic medicine for you." Got the medicine."

Erni glared at her second cousin: "I want a few! What's wrong?"

Jiang Quan snorted and muttered: "Wishful thinking."

“What are you muttering about?” Erni poked her head over.

Jiang Quan ran away in a flash.

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She suddenly remembered that her Wudingzhi should be regarded as a miracle medicine, and she should give more to her parents and younger brothers to make them live longer.

In the afternoon, my sister-in-law learned that Jiang Quan had returned with a cart of fruits, and she came over with her child in her arms to help look after the shop.

She also brought a piece of news, "My father has inquired clearly. There is indeed a specialty shop near West Street. The products sold are the same as ours, and even the packaging is the same. The name of the shop is Caoji Specialties. , opened by the family of County Lieutenant Cao Shen."

“No wonder.” Jiang Cheng sneered.

Qiu Rong added: "The strange thing is that Caoji's specialty also sells golden fungus and snow fungus, but the quantity is not large."

“Let’s open our own and don’t care what they do.” Jiang Quan said, “I don’t believe it. They even have lychees, grapes and longan.”

Qiu Rong smiled and said: "That's really not the case."

Yingbao doesn't care much about Cao's shop, because if his shop doesn't follow suit, there will be others in the future, which is not surprising at all.

At this time, more and more people came into the store to buy fruits, and Jiang Cheng hired an ox cart to deliver the fruits everywhere.

Although there is a carriage at home, the old horse has just dragged a cart of goods so far, so it is natural for him to have a good rest when he returns to the county town.

There are also many wealthy families in the county. They have ordered lychees and other fruits in the store a few days ago, and they are just waiting for the goods to be delivered as soon as they arrive.

Yingbao saw that the bullock cart was quite spacious, so she got on it too. She wanted to go back to the medical office to give some fruits to her master and senior brothers.

By the way, I have to go to Yuanbao’s school and bring him and his master some fruits to try.

The ox cart walked slowly under the scorching sun, and when it reached the door of a house, Jiang Chengcheng quickly picked up a large basket of fruits and knocked on the door.

The door opens, someone carries the fruit in, and then gives money out.

At this time, Ying Bao was sitting on the bullock cart sweating profusely, thinking about the ice cubes stored in the cave.

Those ice cubes were piled in a corner by her, but they did not melt.

However, it was very cold within one foot of the ice cube, so she put all the fruits picked in the cave around the ice cube to freeze. It would be very refreshing to eat them at this time, but she did not dare.

Jiang Cheng saw that his little cousin was very hot, so he fanned her with his straw hat and said angrily: "I told you not to follow me, but you didn't listen. What if you get a heatstroke?"

Ying Bao: "He won't suffer from heatstroke." At worst, she would just eat a piece of ice to cool down. There is no chance of heatstroke anyway.

The ox cart stopped and went, and soon all the fruits were delivered to those houses. Jiang Cheng then came to the school where Yuan Bao studied, and got off the ox cart with Ying Bao.

The school is called Yude School, and it was opened by a scholar named Xie.

At this moment, the school door is closed tightly, and the sound of reading can be faintly heard inside.

Jiang Cheng hesitated for a moment, then stepped forward and patted the door knocker. Not long after, a woman in her thirties came to open the door. When she saw it was Jiang Cheng, she immediately invited them in.

The wife is the daughter-in-law of the master of the school. She cooks for the students in the school and guards the door.

She asked her brother and sister to wait in the living room while she went to the classroom to call for help.

Jiang Cheng placed the fruit basket he brought in on the ground and sat down with his little cousin on the side seat.

“Brother!” Yuan Bao walked in quickly and was very happy to see Ying Bao again: “Ying Bao, you are back from your travels.”

"Hmm." Yingbao took out the books he bought in Fucheng from his bag and handed them to Yuanbao: "My master added annotations. I heard from my cousin that you will end up next year. These books should be useful to you."

Yuan Bao knew that his little cousin's current master was a learned man, so he immediately felt like he had found a treasure, so he took it over and looked through it.

Sure enough, these books have annotations on every word and sentence, and the meaning is explained in more detail than what Confucius said.

“Thank you Yingbao.” Nothing could be more important than this, Yuanbao was simply overjoyed.

Because it is really hard to find a classic with detailed annotations.

Otherwise, it would be difficult for a poor family to produce a noble son.

It’s not that they are not smart or hardworking, but it’s just that they really can’t compare with the people of our country who have abundant resources.

Books on scientific research are not difficult to buy as long as you have money.

But you have to know the meaning before buying it.

Many ancient books discuss the present and quote classics. As long as you don’t know the allusions, you won’t understand the meaning at all.

In this case, you either have to be well-read, or you have to find a teacher to guide you.

In fact, it is difficult for students from poor families to have access to books annotated by great scholars, let alone famous teachers.

Once you enter the examination room, even if you have good calligraphy and can write all the books silently, you can only pass the county examination.

When it comes to government examinations and college examinations, it’s not just as simple as writing books silently.

Candidates also need to test the theory, edicts, imperial edicts, expressions, judgments, etc., as well as strategies, that is, "jing, history, current affairs, etc.", which examine the understanding and strategies of Confucian classics, anecdotes from past dynasties, and current affairs.

For poor students who are ignorant of what is going on outside the window, these policies will cost them their lives.

“Why are you so polite?” Ying Bao said with a smile, “When you come back next year and take the exam as a scholar, we can also benefit from it.”

Yuan Bao scratched his head in embarrassment and hummed.

Coming out of the school, Ying Bao said goodbye to her cousin and went straight to the medical office.

Zhou Wuchang, from the Yin and Yang Department of the Medical Department, had just returned. He was washing his hands and talking to his eldest apprentice when he saw his younger apprentice running in, carrying a fruit basket in his hand.

Yingbao placed the fruit basket on the table and asked, "Master, will you go to Chuanhe Town tomorrow?"

Zhou Wuchang glanced at the fruit basket and nodded: "I really want to go to Chuanhe Town as a teacher."

He wanted to see what was going on in Dongchen Village, which attracted many people.

“Great, I’ll go and clean it up right now.”

In fact, there is nothing to pack, but you must take your own medicine box.

Yingbao ran out of the house and then turned back and asked Zhou Wuchang: "Master, has Pei Shi started to have ideas for Dongchen Village?"

Zhou Wuchang: “?”

“Today, people who go to my shop to buy things always ask if my fruits have been given magic by Master Pei Tian.”