After rebirth, the Queen and I are on the run.

Chapter 1090 The Great Festival on the Second Day of the Second Month

That’s right, after last year’s discussion, agreement, construction and arrangement, Taifeng Town School will finally officially open on February 2 this year.

During this period, every household in the town, including those from other towns who have places in the town school, are busy sending their children to school.

Those who live far away rush to the town to stay temporarily after the Lantern Festival, waiting for school to start, for fear of missing the sacrifice ceremony on the first day of school.

Qin, Jiang, Xu and Qiao's families also had children who needed to go to school in town, so after they finished preparing for the start of the workshop, they also prepared to open it.

"Oh my God, the villagers are so scary! The grocery store in town is almost collapsed by the crowds. We only managed to get sugar, sesame seeds, candied dates, rice flour and other ingredients for making the cakes after we registered the Qin family's name!" Aunt Xu said as she handed a bag of things to Grandma Qin's family: "This is for your family. Xiaogu and Xiaomai have to go to school, so we need to steam a few trays of cakes too."

In the Xu family, little Fubao goes to a preschool class.

Grandma Qin then slipped a small box of cinnabar into Aunt Xu's hand: "Cinnabar, on the first day of school, after dissolving it, use a brush to dot it on Fu Bao's forehead. This will open his mind, make him remember Wen Chang Jun, and ensure he will be on the list of successful candidates in the future. You must use cinnabar; using the red dye from the new dye won't work."

"Oh, thank you, we will remember it." Aunt Xu happily took the cinnabar, and went to Qin Jingyi's house with Aunt Qiao, carrying the things.

Qin Jingyi also wants to go to school.

But Qin Cunquan and Su were both busy, so they grabbed some ingredients for making cakes from Qin Jingyi's house to save Su from having to spend time buying them.

On the first day of February, every household in the town makes cakes.

The Qin, Jiang, Xu and Qiao families also started to get busy. Qin Xiaomi's family steamed several trays of cakes.

Qin Xiaomi was getting tired of watching: "Grandma, Second Aunt, why are you steaming so many cakes? After the second day of the second lunar month, won't our family have cakes for breakfast every day?"

She doesn't want to eat!
Grandma Qin said, "We don't keep these cakes at home. They are offered to the Emperor Wenchang on the first day of school. After worshipping Wenchang, the town association will distribute the cakes to the children and fellow villagers. You can't even eat them if you want."

Qin Xiaomi suddenly understood: "Ah, so that's how it is. Then, considering the villagers' habit of eating everything without leaving any leftovers, we really can't expect to get tired of eating Xuegao."

Grandma Qin: "Qin Xiaomi, apologize!"

Are the villagers just greedy?
It's because the villagers don't eat their fill often enough that they eat so much.

Qin Xiaomi said helplessly, "I was wrong. I shouldn't have bothered the villagers."

Grandma Qin was finally satisfied, and then said to her, "You apologize every time, but that just means you'll do it again next time!"

Haha, Aunt Qin couldn't help but laugh, and Qin Xiaomi also laughed: "I call this being able to bend and stretch, which is one of the essential skills of a civil official."

Aunt Qin: "What other skills does the civil servant have?"

Qin Xiaomi: "There are many things like abusing power, shifting blame, charging crimes, forming cliques for personal gain, and killing politicians..."

"Qin Xiaomi!" Grandma Qin was so angry that she threw the sealing paper of the cake aside.

"Grandma, I was wrong." Qin Xiaomi stood up and apologized solemnly.

Grandma Qin took a deep breath and pointed to the front bunk: "You should go and rest in the front bunk. The kitchen doesn't need you."

Qin Xiaomi: "As you wish."

Hahaha, Aunt Qin laughed as she watched Qin Xiaomi being chased away. After Qin Xiaomi glared at her, she looked away and packed up some rice cakes with her mother-in-law.

On that day, in addition to steaming the cakes, people in the town also took their children to bathe, had dinner early, and put them to bed as soon as it got dark.

It was the quietest night, even the patrolling sounds were much quieter, which scared Liu Ge'er, Yangzi and others who were imprisoned.

I thought to myself: Could it be that the people outside the mountain are doing something big? Why is it so quiet?

They were so scared that they couldn't sleep all night.

The next day, at the hour of Mao.

Boom boom boom!
Boom boom boom!
From the town's school mansion, located at the intersection of the old and new main streets, came rhythmic drumbeats. Patrolling soldiers and martial arts students helped shout: "On the second day of the second lunar month, the town school opens. Families with children attending school, get up quickly and prepare for school!"

The Great Wei had the imperial examination system, which was the only way for children from farming families to change their family status, so the people of the Great Wei attached great importance to studying.

Therefore, even soldiers who would never take the imperial examination in their lifetime were happy to give a reminder so that their children would not be late on the first day of school.

Before long, the whole town seemed to come alive, lights were on in every household, and people appeared on the village roads.

They are all from various villages who come to send their children to school.

Qin Xiaomi also got up, holding a box of melted cinnabar and a few red cloth flowers in her hands. She looked at Qin Xiaogu and Qin Xiaomai with a mischievous look and asked Grandma Qin, "Grandma, is there a custom in our hometown for children to wear flowers on their first day of school? Those who passed the imperial examinations all wore red hairpins with flowers, and people also picked flowers to wear at the Qionglin Banquet. Shouldn't our Xiaogu Xiaomai wear a flower to fit in with the occasion?"

"Qin Xiaomi, getting into school is a big deal, don't do anything weird." Uncle Qin said to her.

Qin Xiaomi gave him a look and said, "I have something vicious to say, Uncle, do you want to hear it?"

Ahhh, that silly girl must be talking about how he was stripped of his title!
It's really vicious.

"If you don't listen, I advise you to be kind. A bad heart and a vicious mouth will only ruin your money."

Qin Xiaomi was angry: "Second Uncle, you have no moral principles. I didn't say anything malicious, but you cursed me."

Tsk, Grandma Qin had a headache and scolded, "Alright, stop arguing, you're delaying our little Gu Xiaomai's school... Little Gu Xiaomai, hurry up and have breakfast, you have to go to school soon. We have to worship Wenchang at the Chen hour, we can't miss the auspicious time."

"Yeah." The two boys responded, but did not go to eat breakfast immediately. Instead, they came to Qin Xiaomi and said, "Sister Xiaomi, do you want some cinnabar? Then give some to Xiaomai."

Qin Xiaomi: "Don't you want to order? It's too big? Are you shy?"

Qin Xiaogu: "I want my second uncle to give me some... one for each of us, fair and without quarrels."

Qin Xiaomi: "Our Xiao Gu knows how to get things done."

but……

"Our little Gu is so smart, is there any need for him to go to school in town? What can Old Master Pan teach him? It would be better for him to learn from Uncle Guan, or let Second Uncle teach him."

"With Xiaogu's knowledge, he could become a teacher at the town school."

Grandma Qin heard this and said hurriedly, "How can you be so shameless as to say such big words? If others hear it, they will say that our little Gu is arrogant."

"But our Xiao Gu is really smart." Qin Xiaomi simply thought, "Xiao Gu going to the town school is a waste of time... Second Uncle, don't you think so?"

"It's a bit of a waste of time, but it's necessary for him to go to the town school for half a year or a year." Uncle Qin said: "He may not learn much from studying in school, but it can set rules for him."

"Xiao Gu is very smart, but he has been studying idly all this time. This is not good. He has no sense of time, no rules, and no plans. So he needs to go to school and learn the orthodox method of studying."

Knock knock knock!
There was a knock on the front door of the shop, and Xiao Fubao's voice rang out: "Grandma Qin, are Brother Xiaogu and the others awake yet? I'm here to invite them to school."

"I didn't realize this kid loves reading so much and came so early." Qin Xiaomi sighed.

However, that was not the case. He was just young and loved the hustle and bustle. After a few days, he didn't want to go to school anymore.

With a creak, Aunt Xu went to open the door and welcomed in little Fubao and the adults from Xu and Qiao's families.

Little Fu Bao was dressed like a cotton ball, with a chubby white face, a red dot on his forehead, a cloth bag on his back, and a school cake in his hand. Grandma Qin adored him.

"Oh my, our little Fubao really looks like a New Year picture doll."

Qin Xiaomi smiled, dipped a brush in cinnabar, and dotted it on Qin Xiaomai's forehead, saying, "Our Xiaomai is also a New Year's picture doll."

Then he gave Qin Xiaogu the cinnabar and the brush and said, "Take it. Ask your uncle to add some cinnabar to you."