After more than twenty miles, because it was getting late, I didn’t dare to delay on Chenping Road. Halfway through, I saw a figure walking towards me in the distance.
"Dad!" Chen Ping recognized the person at once and ran quickly.
Chen Duohai responded to Chen Ping's calls repeatedly, with a smile on his face and his hands not idle. He took out a pancake from his arms and handed it to him.
"It's still hot, eat quickly."
Warm pancakes are also a rarity in the Chen family. How can I make such a pancake out of precious rice noodles? Chen Ping took a bite, and there were wild vegetables with meat and oil inside.
Chen Ping raised his eyes and looked at Chen Duohai, who was holding the bag for him next to him. His eyes were hot, he lowered his eyes and opened his mouth. Before he could swallow the food in his mouth, he handed the pancake in his hand towards Chen Duohai.
Delivered.
"Dad, you eat too."
Chen Duohai shook his head and directly refused Chen Ping's sharing, "You can just eat it by yourself. Your father and I ate it before we went out."
Chen Ping pushed his tongue against the wild vegetables that were still left in his mouth. Of course he knew in his heart that what his father ate was not the same as his own.
Chen Duohai didn't notice anything was wrong with Chen Ping. He was carrying a cloth bag and looking forward, his eyes full of expectations for the future. "You read carefully, our family can afford it. By the way, those things you took me to find before
The herbs are almost ready. I plan to go to the city tomorrow to see if there is anything you want to eat?"
Not hearing Chen Ping's reply, Chen Duohai thought he was tired from walking, so he hugged Chen Ping directly without asking any more questions.
"Dad, put me down!" The sudden rise in height startled Chen Ping, and then the warmth in his father's arms made him blush, "How old am I? Put me down quickly."
Fortunately, there is no one on this mountain road, otherwise I wouldn’t know where to hide myself.
Chen Duohai didn't care about that much, "When you're tired, just say, your father and I can still walk a few steps."
Along the way, Chen Ping could barely stay in Chen Duohai's arms, but when he saw the village entrance, he began to struggle hard. No matter what Chen Duohai said, he had to leave by himself.
In the end, Chen Duohai could only put him down and watched Chen Ping trot away, while he slowly followed behind, laughing and cursing, "You bastard, you are still ashamed of your father."
As soon as Chen Ping walked into the house, Xiang rushed out. She didn't see Chen Duohai. She even complained for her son, "Your father didn't pick you up? I've reminded you so many times..."<
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"It's nothing!" Chen Ping quickly explained to his father, "It's just that I ran back first."
Xiang stopped talking, turned around and began to greet Chen Ping again, "Are you hungry? Do you want to eat something? Are you tired?"
"No, I ate a pancake on the way." Chen Ping answered truthfully.
"Is that enough? If you want to eat me, I'll do it for you."
He shook his head quickly and said, "That's enough, that's enough."
Chen Duohai arrived home, and Xiang was packing Chen Ping's luggage to go to the academy. Because he was going to the academy in the town, which was too far away from the village, after confirming with the academy, Chen Duohai and Xiang decided to let Chen Ping go to the academy.
Although you have to pay more money to live in a college, you can also have more rest.
Chen Ping was lying on the bed, and next door was the faint sound of his parents discussing in low voices.
In the early morning, the cockcrow outside had just begun, and Chen Ping had already gotten up. He bumped into Xiang, and after washing up, he went into the kitchen.
"I didn't tell you, I just do these things myself."
Xiang wanted to stop Chen Ping from taking firewood, but was dodged.
"I just want to help my mother. Besides, isn't it my duty to feed the chickens as well, so I am an exception?"
"Don't arrange it!" Xiang Shi remembered and wanted to cover his mouth. "When have you ever seen a scholar holding a hoe? They all have to hold a pen."
"Then I've really seen it."
Afraid that Xiang wouldn't believe it, Chen Ping had to describe to her vividly how Li Feng took the muddy hoe to dig out earthworms from the soil and feed the domestic chickens. In the end, he did not forget to drag Chen with him.
Duo Hai testified, "Dad, do you think your husband has a brood of chickens at home?"
Chen Duohai washed his face and walked in to help when he was stared at by the mother and son. He was still a little confused and answered from memory, "Yes, yes..."
Xiang was speechless, she nodded Chen Ping's forehead, turned around and started cooking, but she couldn't let it go, and from time to time she had to say a few words, "It's a mistake to ask you to read more."
Chen Ping simply made breakfast, took the cloth bag, and rushed to the neighboring village.
Li Feng had been reading in his room for a long time. When he heard movement at the door of the courtyard, he knew who had come to the door.
But today is different from yesterday. After he took the exam and learned what he had learned before, he let Chen Ping read the book by himself.
It is a casual book, and its words are straightforward. It can also give children who are still learning to read more fun in reading. It is just like a scholar's interesting stories on the way to the exam.
Looking at the scholar in the story, wandering around the scenery, talking with friends about what he would do after becoming an official while admiring flowers, there is an understatement here that attracted Chen Ping's attention.
He called Li Feng softly, "This book says that there is preferential treatment for scholars. Is this true?"
"Nature is true."
Li Feng replied, although this is still too far away for this newly literate child, Chen Ping has already entered the academy, which is extraordinary.
According to the laws of the dynasty, in order to cultivate more bachelors, there was a special academic land system for the academies. The imperial court allocated land to the academies, and the academies operated themselves, in exchange for money to support more bachelors.
In addition, the emperor also established county schools and state schools in various places.
If you want to make a difference in this place, you must first pass the state examination, that is, after passing the examination.
Speaking of this, a wry smile appeared on Li Feng's face, "Take me as an example. I only took part in the state examination but failed. I am a scholar. However, this also reduced some taxes for my family during the autumn harvest and exempted me from corvee."
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"How can we reduce taxes?" Although Li Feng's voice became softer and softer, Chen Ping still caught the important words.
"At least you have to be a scholar, and the farther you go, the better the treatment given by the court. But this is not as good as being an official..."
Chen Ping's eyes burst out with light. He originally thought that he went to the academy just to have a literate person in his family. How could he have thought that the imperial court at that time was willing to encourage civilians to enter officialdom.
"How can I take the exam?"
Li Feng was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said: "You want to take the state exam now? You'd better study hard first. The exam in this county is the first level."
Chen Ping recalled the hardships of his parents, and he missed the warmth they gave him. As long as he could help the family a little, he would try to do it.
"In the future, I will have to trouble you, sir." Chen Ping bowed to Li Feng unskilledly, "Please continue to teach me, sir."
Reading, he was considered a scholar in his previous life, but now he is just doing it again, so what is he afraid of? Chen Ping's eyes were firm, Li Feng saw it, he took the book on the shelf and put it down in front of Chen Ping, "Just as I said,
We have to do it."
The day to go to the academy was getting closer and closer, Li Feng crushed the contents of the book into pieces as much as possible and accelerated the progress to teach Chen Ping.
Chen Ping also became more serious, immersed himself in reading and reciting it. Even halfway through the meal, he would not stop and recite it silently in his heart.
How could Chen Duohai and Xiang not notice such an abnormality, but they couldn't help much. Making a soft sound when doing things was their biggest help.