Chapter 197 has been approved
After studying hard for ten years, who would not want to succeed in the first place, shine on the lintel, and soar into the sky.
Some students have been preparing for this for a long time, and they are eagerly looking forward to the glory, but just in this excitement, someone suddenly tells you, don't bother, you fail the exam, isn't this like a pot of ice? Sprinkle your head with water to cool your heart?
The scholar named Lin An who stood in front of Qin Liuxi thought the same way, and on the spot his face darkened, he was very annoyed, and secretly thought it was bad luck.
He glanced at Qin Liuxi and then at Yu Changkong who was beside her, curled up his callused and slightly cracked hands, trying to cover them.
The two people in front of me are by no means comparable to me in terms of the clothes they wear, not to mention their extraordinary aura and natural extravagance, they are definitely not ordinary people, let alone a poor student like him.
Then this little boy, is he laughing at himself, because he thinks life is boring, so he uses himself to make fun of it?
Lin An was afraid of the identity of the two of them, so he didn't dare to speak out, so he suppressed his anger and said, "Young master, don't make fun of Xiaosheng. If you are upset that Xiaosheng is not good-looking and blocks your way, Xiaosheng will just apologize to you."
As he spoke, he took a step back and made a long bow to Qin Liuxi.
Qin Liuxi was delighted, and said to Yu Changkong: "He is treating us like dudes. He never thought that I have the potential to be a dude."
Yu Changkong: It's not me, it's you!
Also, why is this kid so proud?
Lin An couldn't hold back anymore, and was about to go around her, Qin Liuxi said at this moment: "I didn't say those unlucky things on purpose because I was angry that you blocked my way."
Lin An paused.
"Although you have been selected as a scholar, you are from a poor family and your family background is meager. I think you have calluses on your fingers. I think you usually earn a little money by copying books. It stands to reason that you have a reputation as a student and can earn some money by copying books." Small money, you can get by. But you smell like medicine, you can see sorrow on your brows, and your parents are jealous in the palace. This Lord’s parents are sick, and your sun star has fallen, which means that your father is dead, so now you are here The sick one is your mother, am I right?"
Lin An's face was pale, and his fingertips were trembling.
"The smell of medicine on your body must have been contaminated by your mother's brewing of medicine. The money you earned from copying books is far from being able to cover your mother's money for medicine. You don't have enough money, and you worry about your mother's body, so your brows are sad. I said you failed the exam because your parents, Gong Shaji, saw Xingyao, a mourner, and your mother, I'm afraid you don't have the fate to see you and Diyao's lintel."
Yu Changkong listened, and looked at the person opposite, with a bit of sympathy in his eyes, but it disappeared in a moment.
"It is the misery of a child to raise a child but not to be loved. If you are dressed in filial piety, how can you go to the exam? How can you pass the exam if you are worried about it?"
Lin An staggered on both feet, trembling his lips and said: "My son is so powerless, you, you are talking nonsense. You just beat and scold me when you are angry with me, why bother to talk about my mother?"
"Whether I'm talking about it on purpose, or whether I'm right or not, you know in your heart." Qin Liuxi took out a peace amulet from his sleeve, and handed it over: "Your mother has worked hard, and time is running out. This peace talisman, if you wear it on her body, it will make her last days more comfortable, at least she will not be too tortured by illness. This is a little good fortune when you and I met."
Lin An didn't pick it up, Qin Liuxi put it on the book aside, and said: "Mr. Xiucai will take the exam three years later, and he will pass. Your sister, don't marry far away in the future, especially marry someone by the water."
Lin An's body trembled again when he heard this, and he was speechless when he looked at Qin Liuxi.
Qin Liuxi and Yu Changkong went up the stairs, and soon disappeared between the corners of the building.
Yu Changkong said to Qin Liuxi: "The mother of the scholar just now is incurable?"
Qin Liuxi said: "From the smell of the medicine on his body, I can still tell a few herbs. They are all for calming the nerves and taking care of the nerves. They are mainly used for conservative treatment. One of them is wild ginseng. You can see that he is wearing patches, which can be seen The family background is not good, although wild ginseng is not more expensive than ginseng, but it is still ginseng, which is not affordable by ordinary people."
She walked up the stairs slowly, and continued: "According to that kind of medicinal material, once you can't eat it, you are just waiting for death. If you ask whether it can be cured, it's hard to say if you haven't seen anyone, but judging by his face, he is not far from losing his mother. It’s going to be winter in Licheng, and the old woman who is already weak and depends on the medicine to hang her life, if the weather changes and can’t take the medicine, that’s a dead word.”
Qin Liuxi lowered his eyes, and said: "This kind of life, if you take it, you can live for a while, but you can't live long, why bother? The living will be sent, and the dead will return. Sometimes the tortured body is worse than liberation."
Her tone was a bit cold, but also a bit bearish about life and death.
Yu Changkong sighed.
But Lin An went back to the small courtyard of his home with a few books in his arms in despair. Seeing the mess in the courtyard, he was startled and shouted: "Ni'er."
"Brother, you are back." A slender girl with slightly withered hair and a coarse dress came out of the house.
"Why is the house so messy? Where's your mother?"
Lin Ni's face collapsed, she pursed her lips, and said: "Mr. Zhu and the others came to the house and said that this year's harvest is mediocre, and Brother Zhu is going to get married too. Let us pay back the money."
Lin An pursed his lips when he heard this, looked her up and down, and asked, "Are you hurt?"
Lin Ni shook her head and said, "Mother handed over the silver hairpin at the bottom of the box."
"That's not for you." Lin An was a little anxious.
Lin Ni smiled wryly: "Brother, what is there to keep? The family owes money, and mother's medicine also needs money." Seeing Lin An's ugly face, she hurriedly said: "Brother, don't think too much, just study at ease. That's good, I've already entrusted Mrs. Jiang next door to find me a laundry job."
Lin An looked down at the little girl's hands, which were rougher than his, and couldn't tell what it was like.
In the room, there was a woman's voice, Lin An hurried in, but saw a thin, haggard old woman lying on the bed in the dark room, she was about to sit up when she saw him come in.
"Mom, don't move." Lin An went to help her up.
Mrs. Lin coughed a few times, and said: "Master Zhu has been here, the silver hairpin is worth five qian, I handed it over, ahem..."
Lin An hurriedly followed her back, and said: "Don't talk about it, mother, just give it. I will copy more books and return them as soon as possible."
Mrs. Lin shook her head: "I don't have a good life, only you and Ni'er. Mr. Zhu said that his aunt had a handsome talent in the south. He was eighteen this year and made a living by fishing. I can earn a few taels of silver every year, I want to lead us Nier..."
Lin An's mind is buzzing, marrying from afar, people on the water, all approved!
The point is not this, since the little son is right, then she said that she will lose her mother, so isn't that his mother?
Lin An was heartbroken, and knelt down, holding his mother's hand, tears streaming down his face.
(end of this chapter)