Yu Ying walked into the room with a bowl of chicken soup, and saw her sister Yu Lian sitting in front of the bed wiping her tears. She smiled in surprise: "Why are you crying again!"
Yu Ying discovered that her sister had become sentimental and secretly shed tears since she became pregnant.
"Ah Ying, do you think the official has forgotten me?"
Yu Ying put the chicken soup bowl on the table and said with a smile: "What nonsense are you talking about! The official asked me last night, how is your situation?"
"The officer slept with you last night?" Yu Lian asked jealously.
Yu Ying was a little embarrassed, "It was my turn last night, it's normal!"
"How long has it been since I served an official? It has been more than three months since the beginning of the year."
"Of course you can't have sex with your tummy, it will hurt the child."
Yu Lian bit her lips and whispered, "I know, but there are other ways."
Yu Ying sighed and advised her: "I know what you are worried about. You are afraid that the officials will neglect you and forget about you, but don't forget that a mother is more valuable than her son. As long as you give birth to a son,
You don’t have to worry about falling out of favor or anything, so don’t think about anything now. Giving birth to the child smoothly is the most important thing. Stop crying and be obedient!"
Yu Lian nodded and said, "I heard that my husband is going to Lin'an, are you going too?"
Yu Ying shook her head, "You are pregnant, how can I go? I listened to my wife and Yingluo went with me."
"Ma'am, you're not going?"
"Of course she can't go, because Ji'er has to stay in Jingzhao, so my wife also has to stay in Jingzhao."
Yu Lian breathed a sigh of relief, "It's good that Madam is here, otherwise I'm really scared. What should I do when I give birth to a baby?"
"I'm here! What are you afraid of?"
Yu Lian curled her lips and said, "You can't do it. As long as my wife is here, the midwives and doctors will do their best."
"What did you say?"
Chen Qing walked in with a smile.
Yu Lian was startled, then cried out, "Wow!" She stood up and threw herself at her husband, hugging her husband's neck and refusing to let go.
Chen Qing touched her belly and said with a smile: "It's so big, be careful of it flashing!"
Yu Lian was full of grievances and cried: "You have no conscience. I miss you day and night, but you refuse to come see me."
"You are pregnant, we cannot have sex."
"Do we have to have sex? If you hug me, talk to me, comfort me, I'll be satisfied. Besides, I can still..."
Yu Lian whispered a few words into her husband's ear, and then secretly glanced at Yu Ying, who suddenly turned red.
Chen Qing said with some displeasure: "Stop thinking so wildly, your children are more important than anything else now."
Perhaps because he felt that his tone was a little harsh, Chen Qing said gently: "Besides, I'm going to Lin'an in a few days. I'm afraid you will have given birth when I come back. I will come over often to see you before I leave."
"Okay! You promised."
Chen Qing nodded and said with a smile: "Lie down first and let me listen to the fetal movement."
Yu Lian slowly lay down and pulled up her clothes. Chen Qing put his ear on her belly and listened to the heartbeat of the child in her belly.
"Not bad! The heartbeat is strong and the child is healthy. He drank the chicken soup."
Yu Ying quickly picked up the bowl and fed her sister some chicken soup. Yu Lian didn't dare to lose her temper anymore and drank the chicken soup obediently.
……….
At nightfall, Chen Qing lay down on his wife and stretched out his hand to pull the rope. After a while, a little maid came in with a tea cup. Chen Qing opened the curtain, drank a cup of tea, and then turned around and asked, "Madam, you want some tea."
?"
"I won't drink anymore, Ah Quan. I'll have nothing to do tonight. You guys should go to bed early."
"Madam, I understand!"
The little maid took the tea cup and slowly retreated.
Chen Qing lay down again. Lu Xiu wiped the sweat from his forehead and asked with a smile: "Did your husband go to visit Yu Lian today?"
Chen Qing sighed, "I'm ashamed to say that I haven't visited her since she was pregnant. I just wanted her to be fine, but I never considered her mood."
"It's not my fault, husband. In the past few months, you have basically been away from home, first to Hexi, and then to Sichuan. You have been at home for at least half a month. It is normal for you to take care of her. Besides, don't we see each other for dinner every day?
?You have to be alone with her to be called caring and comforting? In my opinion! Ah Lian is just a bit too pretentious, but Ah Ying is much better than her, and she endures everything silently."
"Pregnant women! They are all more sensitive and easily depressed. You were the same way back then."
"Not when I was pregnant with Ji's son! In Ganquanbao, I cooked, washed and bought groceries by myself. I was happy every day."
Chen Qingsheng was afraid that she would blame Alian again, so he quickly opened up the topic and said, "That's right! You actually went shopping for groceries at that time. I remember that the first groceries you bought were eggs, right?"
"It's not eggs! It's two radishes. I went to someone's field to pull them out myself and spent five cents. The second time I bought some fish for twenty cents, and the third time it was eggs.
"
"Do you feel like you paid too much for it?"
Lu Xiu suddenly reacted and sighed: "Husband, we have talked about this topic countless times, don't worry! I will not reprimand A-Lian. She is a pregnant woman now. I will take good care of her and give you another baby."
A healthy son and a younger brother for Ji'er, he is too lonely."
Chen Qing's thoughts were exposed. He hugged his wife and said, "I'm going to Lin'an soon. I'm really worried about her. Please be more considerate and let the child be born safely."
"Husband, don't worry about A-Lian. Her figure was born to give birth to a son. Her butt is so big and round. It must be a natural birth. I will arrange for Sister Liu to adjust her fetal position. Don't worry about Sister Liu's medical skills. As for A-Lian, I
Of course I won't reprimand her, I'm just saying that."
Speaking of this, Lu Xiu sighed again and asked, "When will your husband leave?"
"We must wait until the imperial examination is over!"
Lu Xiu calculated the time and said with a smile: "There are still some days left! He said it as if he was leaving tomorrow."
When she said this, she winked at her husband again. Chen Qing understood and stretched out his hand to extinguish the candle. The old couple both understood each other's excitement, and the two quickly became intimate with each other again.
In the past few days, the flow of people in Jingzhao City has obviously increased. The second imperial examination in Sichuan and Shaanxi is about to be held. Scholars from all over the place are everywhere. Compared with the first time two years ago, there are more people applying this time.
Double the number, more than 40,000 people. Scholars came not only from Sichuan-Shaanxi, Xihe Road, and Hedong Road, but also from Lingxia Road and Hexi Road. There were eight scholars in Lingzhou Prefecture, and three in Liangzhou City and Zhangye City.
This was the first time in a century that celebrities came to Beijing to take part in the imperial examination, and it became the headline of the Beijing News.
Of course, there are also scholars from Jinghu North Road and Jinghu South Road, and scholars from Jiangnan West Road.
This time we still admitted 100 Jinshi, and then Taixue admitted 400 people, for a total of 500 people.
No one dares to underestimate Taixue now. The first batch of Taixue students recruited two years ago will finish their studies next year, but they have been booked by various government agencies. They will all become technocrats. For example, those who study surveying will go to the Metropolitan Water Department.
Those who study smelting should go to the Craftsmanship Department and the Ordnance Department, those who study arithmetic should go to the Salt and Iron Department or the Taxation Department, those who study law should go to the Criminal Department, and those who study agriculture should go to the Agricultural Administration Department.
, it simply shocked countless people’s jaws.
At first, everyone looked down on Sichuan-Shaanxi Imperial College and ridiculed it as Sichuan-Shaanxi Craftsmanship School. It admitted 400 people, but in the end, less than 300 people enrolled. Now everyone knows that anyone who enters Sichuan-Shaanxi Imperial College can become an official.
The restaurants and teahouses in Jingzhao City have entered a golden period since last month. They are full of drinkers and teahouses every day. However, there is no business for scholars in brothels and brothels. The Imperial College strictly prohibits scholars from having sex with prostitutes. Once verified, they will not be punished.
Imperial examination and imperial examination admission.
Last year, more than 300 people were verified, and three of them were admitted to Imperial College but were not admitted. This year, the scholars did not dare to do so. However, there is no shortage of customers in the hundreds of brothels and brothels in Jingzhao. Basically, their customers
They were all soldiers, and Chen Qing allowed soldiers to enter brothels.
At noon, the Changqing Restaurant was bustling with people, mostly scholars taking part in the imperial examination. Almost every scholar was discussing the possible imperial examination questions this year. The exam was coming up in three days, and everyone was very nervous.
At a small table against the wall on the second floor, Chao Qing and his cousin Chao Kun are sitting. Chao Kun is the son of Chao Qing’s second uncle. He is twenty years old this year and has outstanding literary talent. He followed his father at the age of fourteen, that is,
Chao Qing's second uncle traveled around and even took a boat to Nanyang for more than half a year. He once wrote an article "On the Colonization of Nanyang Goods" and submitted it to the court, but the result was like nothing.
When he was in Taiyuan last year, Chao Qing recommended this "Nanyang Commodity Colonization Theory" to Chen Qing, which won Chen Qing's praise. Although he was a little immature, he had unique insights. He especially mentioned rubber, which he called white glue and thought it was extremely useful.
Big, no less than spice.
Chao Kun filled his eldest brother's glass with wine and said with a smile: "Brother, you only took two exams the year before last, but you have to take four exams this year. Did you know?"
Chao Qing picked up the wine glass and snorted disdainfully, "What four subjects, and calligraphy, how about five subjects?"