Transmigrating to the Ming Dynasty’s Imperial Examination

In the end, Choi Xie still didn't drink any strong alcohol.

After seeing the steaming wine, the two rode back to the house and changed into new home clothes for dinner. Xie Qianhu only asked him to take the refined wine that had been steamed once in the altar. Two glasses were divided for lunch, and he asked him to eat the food and taste it fresh. After drinking two cups, even the wine was withdrawn for him, only let him drink some fake lychee soup boiled with sour plum to relieve his greasiness.

The lunch on Zhuangzi is not as refined as Jingli Qianhufu, but it is fresher: I have killed a bite of pigs, steamed pork made with refined meat under the ribs, steamed pork made from pork with pork netting, and meat filling. Sweet and sour red and tender lychee meat. There is also a large piece of roast lamb skewered with a skewer, which is brought up and cut at the table. The mutton tallow dripped with the knife, and the white mutton tallow was mixed between the lean meat, the skin was crispy and the meat was rotten, and the slightly sweet sauce penetrated into the meat. Without cumin, the taste was unexpectedly tender.

The side dishes are not surprising, they are all seasonal vegetables picked from the vegetable field behind the house. Pick up the tenderest and plump ones, stir-fry them with meat and vegetable oil according to their temperament, or roll them in broth, and season with bamboo shoots, green garlic, and mushrooms. It is also sweet and smooth without losing the meaty taste.

Anyway, Cui Xie usually does not lack the amount of exercise, and does not have to consider the problem of fat intake. What to eat and what to eat when eating, he is happy, it is the kind of guests that the entertainers love to see.

Seeing how he was eating, Xie Ying seemed to have a lot of appetite, and she also picked up a few more chopsticks and dishes. However, he is a drinker and eats slowly. This meal still takes care of Cui Xie a lot. After eating and drinking, he got up and asked someone to hold his straight knife, and practiced the knife in front of the court for a while.

The blade of grass in the courtyard made him flutter up with the wind of the sword, and Cui Xie also dropped his drink and got up to watch him dance the sword on the base.

Taking out the knife, holding the knife, turning left, turning right, jumping into the upper split... all of them are very simple movements, but watching him do it is brilliant, and even his eyes cannot keep up with his movements. Looking at the tip of the knife, you can’t see how your feet advance and retreat. When you look at your legs and feet, you ignore how your wrists turn. When you look at your wrists, you’re afraid to miss the appearance of his waist turning...

At first, Cui Xie still wanted to learn from him, but when he saw it, he threw everything behind his head, watching him hacking and attacking in the courtyard intently.

The red dress was dazzlingly bright and dazzling. After receiving the knife, he stopped sharply and steadily. The man had stood firmly on the spot, but his clothes were still spinning a half circle in the air, hitting his legs, wrapping his legs straight and slender, and then falling again.

Cui Xie immediately applauded and applauded, his eyes fell on the hem of his skirt, but inexplicably a thought came up: It is better not to wear a skirt when practicing martial arts.

Xie Ying waved at him and told him to go down: "Come on, I will teach you a few styles."

Cui Xie ran off without saying a word, only to remember in the courtyard that he had never learned straight knife. Not only I haven’t learned it, I don’t have such a sword at home, and the technique of swords is different from that of swordsmanship.

He sighed and discussed: "I am an ordinary scholar. The court does not allow me to use a knife. After learning it, I can't practice it. Should we take the sword next time?"

Xie Ying seemed to have a drink, her eyes were reddish, and she unconsciously showed a strong attitude that could not be rejected. Instead, she held the Xiuchun knife, stuffed the hilt into Cui Xie's palm, and said with a smile, "You learn swordsmanship. It's not about going to the streets to fight people with the sword, just practicing to build up the body, and learning the sword is the same? The first few swords can be practiced, I will teach you first, and I will practice the sword before coming to my house. ."

He pressed Cui Xie’s shoulder with one hand, and with the other hand led him to hold the handle of the knife. The knife was held down to form a gesture of carrying the knife. Then, the left hand was horizontally open, and the right hand held the handle of the knife to draw from bottom to top. Made a thief out of the sword.

The palms of his hands were slightly hot, pressing Cui Xie's shoulders and the back of his hands hot, and the sun above his head was so bright that he could hardly see how the long knife in his hand came.

But he still remembered that teachers most hate students who wander in class and can't remember anything, and PE teachers are the same. Even though he hadn't even seen how he turned his hand just now, and the weather was terribly hot, he still tried to recall the appearance of Xie Qianhu when he practiced the sword, and restored it with the basis of his sword practice at his hometown.

Fortunately, it's just a basic sword style...

He raised his arm high, the tip of the knife pointed at 45 degrees diagonally to the ground, and the blade was facing the sky, and the pattern formed by the stack of stainless steel on the blade swayed like water waves in the sun.

Xie Ying patted his shoulder lightly and praised: "The posture is good and the strength is also good. You have worked hard before. Don't say anything else, just look at your frame, your spirit, and those who are higher than you. Standing together with scholars, others can see you at the first glance."

Yes, we don't look at the data, we need to look at the visual effects!

Cui Xie felt that his words were just too reasonable. I'm only sixteen years old now. It's unscientific to compare blindly with those brawny men in the military and adult supervisors in their 30s and 40s, as long as they exercise, supplement calcium, and increase their visual height. Doesn't it mean that twenty-three jumps, and twenty-five can make up one more? He still has so many years to grow up, and he won't fight for a while.

He was particularly moved and said: "Then I will practice for a while, and try to master this movement."

Xie Ying held the hilt in his hand and told him to take a rest first: "You have just eaten a lot, don't rush to practice, be careful of stomach pain. I will teach you how to draw and set the sword later. It's the same when going back to practice with a sword."

This afternoon, the two of them took a break to practice, and to see how late it was, Xie Ying said: "Now we are going to leave. We have to rush back to the gate of the city. We can't keep you for dinner today. Entertain you at home, I can stay a little longer."

Cui Xie had to go to school tomorrow, and he didn't dare to spend the night at his house, so he immediately agreed.

The servants of the Xie family brought them the shawl that they wore when they came, and Xie Ying's set also brought a cloak, which immediately looked heroic and graceful.

Cui Xie admired it, but also secretly proud of it-this is the clothes he made, and it looks good when worn. Look at Xie Qianhu's long legs. The ratio is good. When walking around, the skirt turned upside down, and the exposed white pants and ink boots only appeared to have slender calves, without the problem of dividing the legs into several sections.

The three young men who wore a copycat white to block him, even when they rode on their horses and carried their belts, all appeared to have long waists and short legs. They were not the same species as Xie Qianhu!

Cui Xie was secretly taking the authentic products in front of him and slamming the three pirated copies in all directions. Xie Ying suddenly glanced at him, and asked with a smile, "Why don't you just look at me? Hurry up, you have to drive into the city." ."

Cui Xie quickly moved his gaze to the wall next to him, speeded up his pace, and replied softly, "I see."

When they arrived in the backyard, their carts and horses had been installed, and Xie Shan was still driving. Cui Xie sighed when he remembered the car tremor, and tried to pull the door with a bitter expression.

Before getting to the car, Xie Ying grabbed his shoulder and said: "Get on the horse, I'll show you through this section, and you can take the car on the official road outside."

But there are also people on the official road.

Although he is not a celebrity, he is also such a big young man. It's not good for two men to ride a horse, right? Why is this piece of land also the private property of Xie Qianhu's family, and all the people encountered are their own people, and there is nothing, so how can outsiders see it?

He hesitated to refuse. Xie Ying had prepared for a long time. He took a wide-brimmed hat and buttoned it on his head, then untied his cloak and fastened it to him, wrapped it tightly, and pressed it on his hat. A handful: "Isn't that all right? Outsiders can't see you. Just change to the bus on the official road."

He also changed a hat himself, sat on the saddle first, and reached out to Cui Xie: "You wear a hat. If you sit in front of me, you will easily block the way. Sit behind. What's the hindrance."

Both of them wore wide-brimmed hats, and he was still wrapped in a cloak, should no one recognize him? Daming is not a modern society, the world is full of paparazzi and cameras...

Cui Xie hesitated, grabbed his hand and sat on the horse's back, pressed the brim of the hat back, and then lightly grasped Xie Qianhu's one-two-five-dollar silver and inlaid jade with his fingertips. Leather belt.

Xie Ying grabbed his hand and pressed it to her waist. He drank a "hold tight" and clamped his legs. The horse gathered up its front hoofs, stood up, and galloped along the road.

Cui Xie immediately tightened his arms and hugged his waist firmly, not knowing which bead he had touched with his fingertips, and felt some movement. He was afraid of breaking his belt and touching other people's flesh. His hands were loose and fists, and there was no place to put them. The bumpy road outside the village seemed to be longer than the car ride when he came, and he was so anxious that he could rush to the official road.

Xie Ying also felt his nervousness. She simply grabbed his hand and brought the belt up, pressed his hands together, and said back: "You can hold your arms tighter, just grab your own hands, don't just think about clothes— -The clothes are only worth a few taels, can't you put them on again if they break?

Asking him to press his hands to ride for a while, Cui Xie was used to it, and he leaned his face on his back and leaned on the road.

Xie Ying saw that there were no people around, so she stopped her horse and told Cui Xie to go down and rest for a while. Soon Xie Shan drove the car over, and he changed to the carriage. Sitting in the car was more relaxed than when sitting on the horse. When you opened the curtains to see the scenery outside, you could clearly see Xie Ying riding a horse. .

The only regret is that he didn't want to put on the white cloak again, otherwise the flying cloak would look better when riding.

Cui Xie said regretfully, leaning on the car window and finished the return journey. Maybe the time was wrong along the way. Xu was Xie Ying with a hat, but no one came to ask him why he was following the carriage and who was sitting in the carriage.

Although no one came to ask, it was still in sight. They entered the city from Xuanwumen in carts and droves, passing by the Elephant Training Institute in the south of the city, and they were bumped into by a hundred households who had just left the house. It was just that the man saw that he was well-dressed and was accompanied by a carriage. He didn't dare to be alarmed at the time, so he turned and told his colleagues.

It's a pity that others rushed a step too late and didn't see him, but when the hundred households said that his clothes were so fit and perfectly matched with the appearance of people, they said, "It's definitely him! He wears the white body! Others are still rushing to wear plain ones and don't want to wear that gorgeous color. Who can suddenly remember to make red ones again!"

The next day he arrived at Fusi in Beizhen, and Li Long, a thousand households of the Elephant Training Institute, asked him face to face: "Yesterday, Wang Baihu, a member of the Institute, saw a man wearing a red scatter and following a red oil carriage in Mazhuang Hutong. Is it you? He said that the back looks similar, that is, the clothes are really good-looking. I never saw you wear them. At that time, he was so far away that he didn't dare to go up and recognize each other."

Lu Xi sighed, "You gave it to Qian'an child prodigy again? They said that there are two of them, and they are still waiting for you to wear them out. You didn't wear them well to show us, but you wore them secretly when you went to the countryside. Clothes?"

Xie Ying admitted frankly: "I want to dress well, I'm afraid that someone will look at the new clothes, and they have to rush to make it. Several shops sell silks and satin are out of stock. Isn't it a waste of money? It was not on duty, so I changed my clothes and went to the winery at home to take a look and grab some real wine for everyone to taste."

Zhu Ji was annoying when he heard about the clothes. He waved his hand and said, "What are you arguing about because of clothes. I didn't see anyone wearing that clothes. It was tight on my body and a little belly appeared. How good it looks. The wine is not bad. I will bring some dishes later. I will add some dishes for you, and ask the chef to tidy up. Let's get together in the dining hall."

Several people laughed and said, "Master Zhu is so generous. Could it be that Mrs.'s staff have relaxed these days? It's rare for an adult to entertain guests. We naturally want to join in, eat more dishes, and drink more Xie's wine."

Zhu Ji also smiled: "It's not that I suddenly became generous, but the family found a southern goods store and said that it would close in a few days and sell everything for cheap. I think he picked home some Ham, scallops, dried ginseng, sea rice... are all pretty good, but they are 30% cheaper than the usual ones. I'll ask him to buy some more later."

Then Qianhu asked, "Cheap southern goods? Is it the Cui's southern goods store that always called the buddy out these days to close?"

When Xie Ying heard the word "Cui's", her ears pointed, and she swept her eyes over there and asked, "Which one is it?"

Xu Fu said: "It's the Cui's South Store in the east of the city. I heard that he was an official behind his house. Later he was given some crime and he was sent to the sidelines. The family had no money, and the owner was still a kid who knew nothing. , I’m going to sell the shop. Now I’m selling the goods first, and I will sell the shop in the future."

Not to mention the distribution... Why is this Cui family a bit like the Cui family he recognizes?

Xie Ying asked: "Can't his family's goods be sold?"

Zhu Ji, the one who had tasted it, said it was a pity, but it was a pity to close the store, but Yao Qianhu, another one who bought it, shook his head and said: "They can't go to their store. Everything in it is just plain. You take the first place. The first floor is good, and the inside is old goods, but the price is still better than the price of good goods. After discounting, they are too expensive!"

He said to Zhu Ji: "The adults bought it early at home, and they caught up with the good ones. I'm afraid I won't see good ones in the future. It's better to simply ask Master Xie to even produce the vegetables. Let's eat him— —Who told him to look good and can't strangle his stomach in thin clothes? We fat people want to wear good clothes but can't wear them. We all have to blame him, and it's justified to ask him to treat him."

Xie Ying shook her head, and said helplessly, "Master Yao said...that's all, so I don't want you to eat fat, I will ask someone to go to the store to buy some dry goods, so that you will lose your appetite when you look at it. Take a few bites. When you look back, you are hungry and your bodies are thin, so you can wear narrow clothes."