Quick Wear: I've never been a good person

Chapter 394: Dressed as a Widow Without a Man (9)

When everyone was asleep, Shuangshuang was still awake. She went to the backyard and caught a black hen and dealt with it quickly.

Then add a large pot of water to the pot, skim off the foam after boiling, and simmer for another 20 minutes. Then take out all the burnt firewood, cover the open fire in the fire room with ashes, and slowly warm it.

By tomorrow morning, the chicken will have been cooked until the meat and bones are separated, and it will be sweet and tender.

I kneaded another bowl of dough and kept it awake, ready to make breakfast tomorrow morning.

The next day, when the rooster crowed for the first time, around the beginning of the first hour, around one o'clock, Huanyan got up.

First, I looked at the chicken stewed last night. The fire had naturally been extinguished long ago. I poked the chicken with chopsticks and it went in effortlessly. I lit the fire again and boiled the chicken soup.

Fill the pot at the back with water, which is used for washing, and then start preparing breakfast for everyone.

She didn't prepare anything else. She scooped out half of the dough she had kneaded yesterday, quickly formed it into buns, and steamed them on a bamboo rack in the pot.

Set aside one-fifth of the remaining noodles, cut the rest into noodles, and add them to the chicken soup later.

After boiling the soup, he didn't sit idle either. He went to the back to feed the chickens, pheasants and rabbits.

Let's take a look at the sky outside later. It's probably around midnight.

I didn't call anyone. Anyway, the people here are very self-disciplined and have their own biological clocks. I don't need to call them. They will get up when the time comes.

Take a winnowing basket to take out the steamed buns and put them aside. I plan to take them with me to eat at noon.

Then just sit quietly by the fire and watch it go out.

Sure enough, in less than half a minute, the brothers and sisters all got up. Usually they would get up at the crack of dawn.

I woke up late today because I chatted too late yesterday, so I slept in today, which is a rare occasion.

Xu Zhexing looked at his mother embarrassedly, "Mom, I'm sorry, I got up late."

Shuangshuang said lovingly, "You studied so hard last night, and you were able to get up so early today. That's quite impressive."

Caiyun was very sweet-mouthed, "Auntie, we can smell the aroma of chicken. Is this the chicken specially prepared for us?"

Each of the four brothers used a large bowl and ate two large bowls of chicken noodle soup. In the end, they used a steamed bun to wipe the bottom of the bowl clean and ate it.

She wrapped the steamed buns in dry lotus leaves and put them in a backpack, which Bonnie carried on her back.

Several children went to fill their own bamboo tubes with water, and Dunzi carried his own school box on his back.

The other four brothers were very reluctant when they heard Shuangshuang asked them to carry the backpack they brought with them.

Caiyun muttered, "Grandpa and Grandma specially asked me to bring this to nourish you."

"No, you should have seen the live pheasants and rabbits behind me. Who would want to eat these preserved ones, right?

It would be better to exchange them for a few copper coins, and then each of us can carry a bag of food back home."

It was only the beginning of the Yin hour, and it would take about two hours to walk from here to the county town. It was still early, as long as we could get to the county government office before the Chen hour, it would be fine.

Everyone was used to walking this way, so even Dunzi didn't find the road difficult to walk on.

On the way, everyone just kept going with their heads down, only Dunzi would occasionally carry on his back, "The Master said, 'Learn and practice it from time to time...'" or "When I went there, the willow trees were swaying..."

This made the wealthy people shrink their heads and feel lucky that they didn't listen to their grandfather and move to their aunt's house to study in that damn private school.

We arrived at the county government office before noon. I heard that some places were more formal and had formal examination halls.

However, this place is located in the frontier area, and there are few scholars, and even fewer people who can take the exam. Therefore, the county magistrate did not spend any special money and always took the exam directly in the county government office.

Shuangshuang originally thought that their home was early, but she didn't expect that there were already many candidates and parents gathered here.

Of course, most families are like theirs, with most people accompanying their children to take the exam.

When the county government office opened, the official came out and blew the gong to clear the way, asking the onlookers to leave the gate of the county government office.

Now, only candidates can enter the area within the entrance of the examination room.

Shuangshuang looked nervously at the officer who was calling out the names. When Xu Zhexing's name was read out, they carefully confirmed his household registration status.

Then there was the student who was to guarantee his singing, so the teacher naturally agreed to be the guarantor for this student.

Next, we need to check whether there is any personal belongings in Xu Zhexing’s exam basket.

Several officers were looking at Xu Zhexing, holding him like a birdcage and placing him on the table.

The officers had seen many such examination baskets today and felt strange. Finally, a younger officer couldn't help but mutter something.

"What's going on today? Everyone is covering their exam baskets tightly with cloth?"

The other one scolded in a low voice, "Why do you care so much about him? Just do your job. Besides, I think it's a good idea."

After checking the examination basket, several officers took him to a small room on the side and took off his outer robe for inspection.

After all the candidates entered and the gate of the examination hall was closed, all the parents looked at the gate nervously.

Those from well-off families came in horse-drawn carriages and sat back in the carriages to wait.

Of course, there are more people like Shuangshuang, who are from farming families and want their children to make a breakthrough and change their family fortune.

Therefore, the whole family is working together, hoping that this child will be blessed by God and be able to protect the family in the future.

Most of these people just find a place to sit and wait for their children to come out.

Shuangshuang didn't plan to wait here for a long time, as there was still a whole day left.

"Okay, we can't finish it here in a short time. Let's go to other restaurants and ask and sell the things your cousin has."

"Ah, Auntie, everyone else is sitting at the entrance of the examination hall, waiting absentmindedly, but you are the only one who still has the mood to sell goods?"

Shuangshuang rolled her eyes at Caiyun and said, "What's the point of me worrying? I can't take the exam for him. We might as well do our own thing and wait for Dunzi to come out so we can go back."

The other parents of the candidates looked at Shuangshuang in surprise, thinking that this was also strange. Their sons were struggling for their future in there, but she actually had the mood to earn a few coins.

Shuangshuang brought a few people to a restaurant called Hongyunlou.

When there was plenty of prey here in the past, prey would occasionally be sent here.

She brought her people directly to the back door and asked the brothers and sisters to wait outside while she asked the shopkeeper.

The owner of Hongyunlou is worried because business has not been very good recently.

He also knew the rules of the hunters, so in the spring, no hunters would come to deliver wild animals to his door.

The business in the store will naturally decline a lot.

When he suddenly saw Shuangshuang, he was stunned for a moment, and then he was overjoyed.

I thought Shuangshuang had gotten something good, so she came to find him.

"Madam Qi, did you catch anything good?"

"No, no, the shopkeeper is like this. I have some chickens at home, so I have about a hundred eggs. I wanted to ask if you want some?"

I also have some cured meat, chicken, rabbit, and other things that were smoked before last year's Chinese New Year. I'd like to ask if you'd like to take a look at them."