Chapter 66 66 Closed City Gate

In the end, An Chuxia still didn't twist the wooden quilt and took off her shoes and socks.

I saw two watery blisters grinding out on her thumb and little finger.

This time Mu Tan showed no mercy. She took out a silver needle from the medical box and quickly stabbed a pair of bubbles in a very accurate way, and picked the bubbles and applied medicine.

Mu Tan did not do any extra moves. After finishing the treatment cleanly, she had to take the silver needle and medicine back to the medical box. She was stopped by An Chuxia. "Let me lend this first. There may be blisters on Miaomiao's feet. I'll deal with it for her."

Mutan nodded and handed her the thing.

It rained heavily for two days and two nights, and the sun finally came out today.

The morning sunlight gradually rose, the air was soaked with the fragrance of green grass, and the chirping of birds on the branches became more beautiful.

The horse was eating the grass beautifully there.

An Jinchen cooked meat porridge in a ceramic jar and served with the mixed noodles that he had not finished buying from that family last night. This is their breakfast today.

At this time, there was still meat porridge, and fortunately An Chuxia thought of staying in the examination room for a long time when the provincial examination was held.

I heard from the teacher that after entering the examination room, the food provided is very casual, not everyone can eat and eat enough.

In order to continue the exam with the physical strength, it is better to prepare some food and bring it in.

Not to mention the place to sleep, a board, a table for exams during the day, and a wooden board where they sit at night is where the candidates sleep.

After hearing this, An Chuxia thought of making some food that can be stored for a long time and can be hungry.

To meet these two conditions, meat is the only thing that can be found.

It can be cooked into meat rice and into meat porridge, and it is good to eat it as snacks, and jerky is the best choice.

In ancient times, it was not allowed to kill cows at will, so it was impossible to make beef jerky. The meat of domestic pigs was too fat, and the most suitable one was wild boar meat with thick fibers.

So after An Chuxia returned home from Songjiang Mansion, she carried a sharp hatchet and went to the mountain to search for a few days and hunted a wild boar. All of them were made into jerky meat and they could eat it all on the way.

After An Chuxia came over to help Gu Fangmiao pick the water bubbles on her feet and apply medicine, the two of them went to the river not far away to clean it.

Then everyone sat together and started having breakfast.

An Chuxia and Gu Fangmiao ate half a piece of cake and drank a bowl of porridge.

The remaining men finished the mixed bread and quickly washed utensils and put them on the carriage.

Then he rushed to the provincial capital again.

An Chuxia and Gu Fangmiao were asked to sleep more in the carriage, because they would start to go to the examination room after searching tonight.

There is not much time left for the two of them to rest.

An Chuxia and Gu Fangmiao also understood that after getting on the carriage, they covered the quilt they brought and fell asleep quickly.

Ling Yun knew that the girl surnamed An inside was the one whom his master liked, so he didn't dare to take it lightly and tried to drive the carriage steadily and quickly.

Mu Tan was not idle either. He knew some things that were needed for the imperial examination.

I was afraid that time was too tight, so I checked the two girls whether the items needed to be used during the examination were prepared.

As expected, both of them prepared sufficient paper, ink, pen and inkstone for the imperial examination.

It seems that someone has checked them out.

That person was Gu Tongsheng, and who could make the things that were used for the imperial examination so thinly that even two brushes were prepared for each of them.

No matter how many you have, you won't let it be brought in.

Mu Tan put the test basket back and saw An Jinchen and Runsong resting in the carriage, and he also leaned against the carriage and closed his eyes.

Because everyone didn't sleep all night last night, several men took turns to drive the carriage on the road.

Ling Yun and Ling Feng also thought An Jinchen and Runsong were good.

As for the wood sandalwood, it is not appropriate for both of them to evaluate.

Maybe it was because I was too tired last night. At noon, An Chuxia and Gu Fangmiao didn't wake up. Except for An Jinchen and Runsong who were driving the bus, no one else wanted to stop and have a meal.

It was not until the afternoon that everyone stopped and had a hot meal in the noodle restaurant in the passing town, and bought some food on the way.

I also bought a bag of bean cakes mixed with grass for the two horses.

After continuing to set off, An Chuxia felt a little cold because according to the distance, it was too late for them to go.

But everyone has worked hard for so long, and no one has said anything to give up.

Whether it is time to hurry up or not, I have to go to this provincial capital.

After dark, Gu Fangmiao leaned her head on An Chuxia's shoulder, and a few tears soaked into her clothes.

An Chuxia gently patted Gu Fangmiao's back and comforted him: "It's okay, Sister An will accompany Miaomiao to take the exam next year.

Next year, we will go back to Jieyuan exam, and the teacher will definitely be happier!"

Gu Fangmiao sniffed and said in a hoarse voice: "Sister An, do you know?

My father died shortly after I was born, and my mother left me and returned to my grandfather's house. I was raised by my grandfather and grandmother.

They hope that I can live a happy life, and they also hope that I can hold up the Gu family's family.

My grandfather once said that even if I don’t become an official, I hope that I can get a good fortune and open a college like Changqing Academy.

This will not fall into the reputation of the Gu family’s ancestors.”

Gu Fangmiao raised his arm and wiped his tears, "I know that my grandfather gave up the scientific examination and felt guilty to the ancestors of the Gu family for so many years.

I have always wanted to fulfill this wish for my grandfather. I was enlightened at the age of three, and I have been working hard this year for thirteen years.

I didn’t even enter the exam room, how could I be content with it?”

An Chuxia didn't expect that when she looked at the heartless little girl, she felt such a heavy burden in her heart, so she patted her gently to comfort her with a distress.

Runsong, who was sitting in front of the carriage, felt even more distressed and his whole heart was so painful. The little girl was so sensible at such a young age. How could she not make people love and cherish her?

The carriage finally arrived at the provincial city gate before the ugliness in the middle of the night, looking at the tall city walls and the tightly closed city gates.

Everyone's faces looked quite ugly. Even if they arrived, the closed city gate would not be opened easily at night.

An Jinchen was about to kick the city gate and was pulled by Runsong.

If you kick the city gate for no reason, it would be fine if you don’t care about it. If you come out to beat you with a bad temper, you will have to suffer.

However, Runsong opened An Jinchen and the city gate was still kicked by someone.

Everyone looked at the young man who was chasing the city gate in surprise.

The guards inside who looked at the city gate were finally woken up by such a loud noise. They cursed and climbed up the city gate with a lantern, looking down at An Chuxia and his group.

He shouted very badly: "Get out, I knocked on the city gate in the middle of the night. I went out to beat you up, but I had no place to deal with it."

Ling Yun, dressed as a middle-aged coachman, did not talk much to the soldier who was looking at the city gate. He seemed to be swaying lightly, and a black gold token merged into the darkness and accurately hit the soldier's forehead.
Chapter completed!