Splendid peasant girl busy farming

Chapter 11765

The incident involving Da Niu Niu is just a minor episode in everyone's daily life, and it doesn't have any significance worth delving into.

Later, when Liu, Ju'er, and Yang Huaming learned about this, the family sat around the table for a meal and sighed a few times.

"That girl has been spoiled rotten by Yongzhi!"

"Yongzhi and Liu'er are too good to that girl. She's so old, and they've never called her by her name. They just call her Da Niu, Da Niu."

“Dad, it’s not about what name we call you, it’s about the problem with your upbringing. You’re not strict when you should be, and you just let things slide with a laugh.”

"That's true."

While gnawing on a large chicken leg, Liu said, "We came straight to the new house at the village entrance after returning from Lijia Village today. If we were at the old house, I might have been able to catch the first thing."

The others at the table understood the implication in Liu's words. If everyone were in the backyard, Liu would have heard the first two sentences of the argument in Zhao Liu'er's room in the front yard and rushed over immediately.

Instead of waiting until Jinshi couldn't hold on any longer and worried that Zhao Liuer and Da Niu Niu would quarrel and cause a serious accident, she hurriedly went to the village entrance to call for help.

"What? You're in the backyard, what can you do? If people are arguing, are you going to stop them?" Yang Huaming glared at Liu Shi with annoyance.

Liu spat out a chicken bone and rolled her eyes at Yang Huaming. "Why would I stop her? With the way Da Niu Niu acted back then, if I went there, I would have slapped her across the face right away."

“Those kinds of kids deserve to be beaten!” Liu said indignantly again.

This time, Yang Huaming did not refute Liu. Because Liu had spoken his mind.

“No matter what, it’s best not to join in this kind of commotion,” Yang Huaming continued. “Even if she deserves a beating or a beating, it’s not our place to do it. Her parents will take care of her.”

Ju'er put another piece of chicken in Liu's bowl and said, "Mother, my father is right. It's better to leave the task of disciplining children to their parents. If you do it, it will be thankless and you'll end up blaming your third brother and the others for feeling sorry for the child."

"How could that be? I'm helping them teach their daughter!"

Seeing that Liu was still so self-righteous, Yang Huaming began to get annoyed.

Sanya smiled and said, "Mother, think about it. Today, Sister Qing'er went with everyone, and she didn't slap Da Niu Niu. It's clear that Sister Qing'er is a smart person and knows that outsiders shouldn't interfere in such matters."

"It's not good if it's good, and it's even worse if it's bad. In short, the child belongs to my third brother and sister-in-law, so only they can scold and beat him. We shouldn't interfere."

……

The topic of Da Niu Niu was not discussed at the Luo family's or the third branch's dinner table.

Because the Luo family and the third branch of the family now have something that worries them all.

That is: starting tomorrow, this round of imperial examinations will begin.

So at night, Yang Huazhong, Sun Shi, and even Old Sun and Big Sun Shi, all came to the front yard of the Luo family to cool off after dinner.

When people are cooling off, they each have a palm-leaf fan in hand, and tea, plum juice, and chilled watermelon are placed on a small table next to them.

Above us was the night sky and the Milky Way.

A gentle night breeze made the autumn night quite pleasant. Everyone sat together enjoying the cool air, talking about Dazhi and Jinling's exams. "I just received a letter from Da'an two days ago. In the letter, Da'an explained to me about Dazhi and Xiao Qiao's situation after they arrived there," Yang Ruoqing said.

"How are things? Have you experienced any symptoms of acclimatization problems?" Wang Cuilian asked, as this was her biggest concern.

If you arrive in a new place and experience problems adjusting to the local environment, the food doesn't suit your taste, or even the bed doesn't fit you well... you'll feel very uncomfortable, and you might even get sick.

In such a situation, how can one fully dedicate oneself to making adequate preparations for the exam?
Yang Ruoqing glanced at Wang Cuilian and said with a smile, "Auntie, don't worry. Da'an said in his letter that Dazhi and Xiao Qiao are doing fine after they arrived there, and they haven't experienced any discomfort in their daily lives."

"Moreover, the food is all cooked by Xiao Hua and Lily of the Valley, it tastes exactly like home cooking."

"Xiao Qiao took care of the bed and everything else, just like the layout of his home. His uncle specially arranged a small courtyard in the backyard for him so that he could concentrate on preparing for the exam. Under normal circumstances, no outsiders would come to disturb him."

"That's fine, that's fine!"

Wang Cuilian and Sun Shi nodded repeatedly, saying "good" over and over again.

Luo the blacksmith, Yang Huazhong, and Old Sun were sitting on a stool nearby, smoking their pipes. When they heard the conversation, they exchanged a knowing glance and nodded in understanding.

"With his uncle looking after him over there, we don't have much to worry about."

"The blacksmith is right. As for living expenses, that's all the family can do to help. He'll have to rely on himself for the exams starting tomorrow."

"Haha, it's not that we don't want to help with the exam, it's just that we really can't!"

"I have an exam tomorrow. By the way, I heard that you have to stay in a very small place for several days during the exam? Is that true?" Luo the blacksmith asked again.

Although his grandson Chen'er had passed the imperial examination a few years ago and was a scholar with both literary and martial talents.

However, as I said before, Chen'er is too independent, and he hasn't been back for many years. His family can hardly get involved in anything he does outside; he's the one who makes all the fuss.

Back home, we could only hear bits and pieces of information from Yang Ruoqing, and even Yang Ruoqing only learned a little from the letters Chen'er sent back home.

Therefore, even though his children had experienced those things, Luo the blacksmith still knew nothing about them.

When he asked Yang Huazhong, things got interesting. Yang Huazhong, the father of the top scholar, also looked completely bewildered.

"Da'an took the exam a few years ago. I think that's how it was. They said that eating, drinking, sleeping, and even defecating were all done in a small room... Qing'er, is that right? Am I right?"

“Father, you’re right, that’s exactly how it came about,” Yang Ruoqing said.

"Qing'er, if you understand the ins and outs of this, why don't you tell everyone? Otherwise, you'll all be making wild guesses and scaring yourselves!"

The person who said this was Madam Da Sun, who was holding a bowl of plum juice and drinking it with great gurgling sounds.

Everyone else looked at Yang Ruoqing, seemingly hoping she would tell them more about the exam and satisfy their curiosity.

That's how things are; when you don't understand or know anything about something, you get very worried, make all sorts of bad guesses, and scare yourself.

Once you understand and know what's going on, you'll naturally feel relieved.