Author: Seven taels of broken silver

When he first heard that such a child was asking about his career, Zheng Bai was a little dumbfounded.

Looking at Cheng Miaomiao's serious eyes, he felt that she was indeed asking seriously. He thought for a while and said: "As long as you read the Four Books and Five Classics carefully several times, it is not difficult to pass the Tongsheng test. As for the scholar, I haven't passed the test yet.

, I don’t know if it will be a good test for the time being.”

"Uncle Zeng told us that brother Ji Huai can still pass the Tongsheng test, but I can't."

When someone calls her Cheng Tongsheng, how majestic it is!

Cheng Miaomiao held her head high, looked at him with clear black and white eyes, and asked distressedly: "Why can't I? Is it really just because I am a girl?"

Ji Huai also looked at him curiously.

Zheng Bai didn't know what to say to her.

After hesitating for a moment, he still said: "In the previous dynasty, the female emperor was in power, so the imperial examination was used to recruit many female officials. Now that your Majesty has succeeded to the throne, in order to prevent women from disrupting the government, he has blocked this road, so women cannot take the imperial examination."

Industrial."

Cheng Miaomiao exclaimed in surprise: "Empress?!"

Seeing the interested look on her face, Zheng Bai quickly said: "This is still taboo now, so don't go out and talk about it to others. If the officials hear it, they will lose their heads!"

Ji Huai rubbed her little head and patted her comfortingly.

He nodded to him and said, "We remember."

Cheng Miaomiao also hurriedly covered her mouth and nodded repeatedly to promise that she would never tell anyone.

In fact, she wasn't very interested in these things, but Uncle Zeng always stopped mid-sentence to whet his appetite, so she wanted to know. Now that she knew the reason, she naturally had no interest in being a child student and taking the exam to become a scholar.

Very concerned.

"Why are you here?"

At this time, a stern voice suddenly came from outside the door.

Looking at the two children sitting in the main room, Mrs. Yu's eyebrows almost wrinkled into the Chinese character "Sichuan". If it weren't for the vegetable basket on her hand, she would have touched her face to see if her face, which could stop children from crying, had changed.

How come everyone else was so scared but not this little girl?

The three people in the room immediately turned their heads to look over. Cheng Miaomiao's eyes immediately lit up, and she immediately jumped off the stool, ran to Madam Yu, and reached out to take the vegetable basket in her hand.

While holding her hand, he carried the vegetable basket and handed it to Ji Huai.

Because the table is too high, it is simply too unfriendly for a short little kid like Cheng Miaomiao, so I can only leave it to brother Ji Huai to put the food basket on the table.

"You asked me to come and play yesterday, so I'm here today!"

Cheng Miaomiao raised her face, looking at her expectantly, and asked her to look at the peaches she brought on the table.

Madam Yu: “…”

That's really just a polite comment.

Ji Huai greeted her with a faint smile.

This is what Uncle Zeng said. You should say hello to elders when you meet them, especially those who look fierce.

No matter how fierce the other person's face is, who doesn't like to see a beautiful child smiling at him?

Zheng Bai stood up cautiously and shouted: "Mom, I see Miaomiao and Brother Huai are here, so I invite them to come in and sit for a while. Then I will continue to chop the firewood in the yard."

"You can chop firewood at any time, but you can't read books at any time."

Mrs. Yu frowned and said: "The day's plan begins in the morning. Do you want to chop wood on such a beautiful morning? Your father used to get up at dawn to study and never dared to delay on chores. Don't you remember that?"

Two questioning questions in succession showed that she was angry again.

Zheng Bai suddenly complained in his heart and had to change his words immediately: "I understand, mother, I will go read a book now."

After saying that, he didn't bother to entertain the little guests, so he walked to the side room with his head sluggishly.

"Huh?" Cheng Miaomiao opened his eyes in surprise and couldn't help but clapped his hands and exclaimed: "A day's plan begins in the morning, what a great saying! Aunt Yu, you know a lot, you are so awesome!"

Madam Yu: “…”

She is often praised for her awesomeness, but this is the first time she is praised by such a young child. It feels weird.

Madam Yu said with a straight face: "The next sentence is that the plan for the year begins in spring."

Cheng Miaomiao raised her hand and said, "I know this!"

There are four seasons in a year. Spring is the season when all things grow. Animals reproduce and plants sprout. It is also the season when farmers cultivate. Only by cultivating in spring can you harvest in autumn!

This is not a problem for the little mountain god!

Her dark eyes flickered, and her face said 'super good, waiting for praise'.

That tone that was filled with pride was completely devoid of any humility.

Mrs. Yu saw that she spoke so clearly and neatly, and was very different from those children with muddy hands and snot on their faces, so she knew that she was indeed smarter than ordinary children.

Mrs. Yu likes obedient and sensible children.

His expression softened slightly and he said, "Not bad."

Cheng Miaomiao was so happy that she was so happy that her tail was almost raised, and she asked while the iron was hot: "What do you usually do at home? We come to play with you, so we have to follow you."

"Embroidery, reading."

Mrs. Yu glanced at her and didn't think such a lively and comfortable child could sit calmly.

Ji Huai guessed the unfinished meaning of her words and said: "Miaomiao and I have become enlightened, and we have memorized the Three-Character Classic and Thousand-Character Essay by heart these days. I heard that your family has a lot of books. Can I read with you?"

Cheng Miaomiao nodded repeatedly and looked at her eagerly with his round eyes.

He promised: "We will not disturb Brother Zheng while he is reading!"

She invited this person yesterday, and now the two children were looking at her intently. No matter how hard-hearted and unkind Madam Yu was, she couldn't refuse him. She could only say: "Then you guys wait here."

She went to Zheng Bai's room and took two books and handed them to the two children.

The book given to Cheng Miaomiao was "Baijia Surnames", while the book given to Ji Huai was "The Analects of Confucius".

Although the surface of the two books is old and damaged, not only are they not broken, but they also highlight their neatness and cleanliness, which shows that the owners of the books take great care of them.

At this time, most of the books used for children's enlightenment were three hundred and thousand. Madam Yu just heard Ji Huai say that they had read the Three Character Classic and the Thousand Character Classic, and then she chose a hundred surnames for the two of them. It can be seen that there was an exchange of names.

look.

Mrs. Yu herself put the vegetable basket and the peaches on the table into the kitchen.

Then he took out the half-embroidered embroidery from the house.

She was originally worried that the two children would not be able to calm down and read a book, and she was even more worried that the book they took out would be torn and damaged by them. However, after looking at it for a while, she found that they were quite quiet while reading. Even Cheng Miaomiao, who she thought would be noisy, was also very calm.

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Madam Yu finally felt relieved, lowered her head, picked up the embroidery needle, and started embroidering attentively.

However, Zheng Bai in the room found this scene extremely strange.

How could his mother get along so well with such a young child and not send him home?

The time spent happily reading (reading stories) flies by.

With the two little girls shaking their heads, they quietly moved to Mrs. Yu's side.

Madam Yu paused slightly, turned her head and looked at Cheng Miaomiao who was running over, with a serious face, and said, "What's wrong?"

Seeing her stern look, Cheng Miaomiao felt a little frightened, but thinking about her warm invitation and lending her a book to read, he was no longer afraid. He turned the book to a certain page and pointed to an unknown word and asked, "Can you

Can you teach me what this word is?"

Of course no problem.

Faced with a studious child, Mrs. Yu would certainly not refuse her questions.

Mrs. Yu lowered her head and leaned over. She didn't see the words clearly until her eyes were almost close to the book, and she answered her one by one.

After Cheng Miaomiao said that he had written it all down, he asked doubtfully: "Auntie, why are you reading like this?"

Mrs. Yu said nonchalantly: "My eyes are blurry and I can't see clearly."
Chapter completed!