Chapter 125 Taking the Exam

Jiu Ge was reserved, Su Wan stared at her, her cheeks slowly turning red.

"You and your brother are somewhat similar." Su Wan pointed to the noodles on the table: "Eat before going to bed."

Jiuge was stunned for a moment, staring at the bowl of noodles on the table. The slender noodles were soaked in the clear soup, two green and tender vegetables, snow-white eggs lying next to them, and a few pieces of medium-thick white-cut meat. It emits a fragrance that permeates the heart.

The fragrance filled her mouth and she couldn't help but swallow her saliva. She suddenly felt hungry.

"Eat quickly, it won't taste good when it's cold." Su Wan pulled her to the table and sat down, putting a pair of chopsticks into her hand.

Jiuge couldn't resist the temptation of food. She took a sip of the soup and tasted the fragrance of radish, which was especially sweet, but there was no radish in the noodle bowl.

"Are the noodles made from carrot soup?"

Jiuge licked his lips and couldn't help but take another sip of soup.

"I pounded radish into juice and made noodles." Su Wan poured her a bowl of water, "Does it suit your appetite?"

"It's delicious!" Jiuge nodded. A lamp, a bowl of noodles, and a gentle sister made her feel the warmth she had not seen for a long time. She couldn't help but say, "My brother and I are not from Dazhou. When I was five years old, At that time, we fled to the Kingdom of Zhou together. Because we didn’t have customs clearance documents, we were chased by soldiers, and we were separated. I was deceived and sold to a remote mountain to mine without having a full meal. Fortunately, something happened in the mine. I was able to escape during the chaos and luckily met you and found my brother. "

Su Wan saw a section of Jiu Ge's arm exposed, and it was covered with scars. It didn't take much to think about what kind of life he had lived.

"Bitterness first, then sweetness. After all the bitterness in this life, life will be good in the future." Su Wan comforted her.

Jiu Ge pursed her lips and smiled: "Miss, you are as good as my aunt." At this point, she tilted her head and stared at Su Wan's face, and suddenly exclaimed: "You and my aunt look a little bit alike." picture."

Su Wan did not take these words seriously. The fact that Jiuge came to Dazhou when she was five years old meant that she was separated from her relatives at that time and her memory has long been blurred. Maybe it's because I've only met one good person in so many years, so it overlaps with the memory of my aunt who was kind to her.

"When I was young, everyone said that I looked like my aunt. When I grew up, I was just as beautiful as my aunt. I'm not lying to you, our eyes are a bit similar." Jiuge pointed at his eyes stubbornly, asking Su Wan to look carefully. , proving that she didn't lie.

Su Wan couldn't help but look into Jiuge's eyes, took out a small, palm-sized mirror from her sleeve, and took a look at her own eyes. I don’t know if it’s a psychological effect, but in comparison, it’s really a bit similar.

"Who is your aunt?"

Su Wan asked casually.

"My aunt..." Jiuge suddenly stopped, looking lonely, and answered the question inappropriately: "She is a very good person in my heart, but my mother said she is not a good person."

Children's memories are mostly incomplete.

But Jiu Ge's memory is very good. He started to remember things at the age of three, but he couldn't understand most things because he was young. Now that he thinks about it when he grows up, he can understand what it means.

My aunt was the child of the Imperial Grandmother who was living abroad. She was found the year she was born. The Imperial Grandmother loved my aunt especially, so my mother became jealous and opposed her at every turn.

Later, when she heard that the imperial grandmother was going to pass the throne to her aunt, her mother had evil thoughts and wanted to kill the imperial grandmother and seize the throne. In the end, her aunt found out, and her mother committed a capital crime.

The mother gave them to her confidants, letting the brothers and sisters go far away, and when they grew up, they would come back to avenge her, take back everything that belonged to her, and prevent that bitch with impure blood from taking away what should have been hers.

Jiuge's aunt is what her mother calls a bitch.

The last memory that stayed in Xiliang was the fire in the sky at home. Her mother's confidants sent her and her brother to the border between Dazhou and Xiliang. In order for them to pass smoothly, they died under the spears of the border soldiers.

Her brother told her not to listen to her mother. In her heart, she felt that her aunt was good, so she was a good person.

Su Wan did not ask her aunt again, "Do you remember which country you are from?"

"Xiliang."

Su Wan was shocked, Xi Liang Kingdom?

Although Xiliang is a small country, it is very rich. Unlike other countries, the throne is inherited by women.

Jiuge put down his chopsticks and finished the entire bowl of noodles.

Su Wan put away the dishes and told her: "Eat before going to sleep."

She took out her bedding and built a simple small bed for Jiu Ge out of wooden boards in Gu Huaizhi's study.

Su Wan packed up and went back to the room, crawled from Gu Huaizhi's feet to the side of the bed, leaned up and asked him: "Are my eyes similar to Jiuge's?"

Jiu Ge is fifteen years old, Jiu Yu is five years older than her, and is now exactly twenty years old.

Su Wan is only one year older than Jiu Ge.

Gu Huaizhi glanced at her: "It's a bit similar."

Su Wan touched her face: "I think the model is a bit similar. If she is from the Great Zhou Kingdom, I suspect that the two are related."

Gu Huaizhi narrowed his eyes. Jiu Ge was not from the Zhou Dynasty, so Jiu Yu obviously wasn't either.

But Jiuyu said that his hometown was in the poor Lingnan.

"Don't think too much, go to bed early." Gu Huaizhi put away his thoughts, covered Su Wan with a quilt, and put out the oil lamp.

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Su Wan left Xihe Town for a while, and a lot of things piled up. She was busy hiding Mrs. Hu with Qi Guang, and then delivered Zhao Wei's remaining 50,000 bottles of wound medicine as soon as possible, and hired someone to make red jade. Gao, there are also some dishes to be served at Zuixiang Restaurant. I am so busy that even taking a breath is a waste of time.

After everything was done, it was already the seventh day of August in a blink of an eye.

Su Wan specially bought mutton, pork, and fish from the town the day before, and got up at midnight to get busy in the kitchen.

Chop the mutton into minced meat, mix with other fillings, and make meatloaf. The pork is cut into strips, deep-fried into dried meat, and stir-fried with chili peppers and chili noodles. The spicy flavor is tangy and will make greedy people drool. Remove the fish bones from the fish, mince it into puree, fry it into fish cakes, and then steam a pot of white and plump steamed buns.

None of these foods were wet and could last until Gu Huai's hometown was finished.

After she finished it, she put it all into a small jar, sealed it, wrapped it in furoshiki, and carried it on the table in the main room.

Gu Huaizhi happened to pack his things and came out, only a test basket and a small baggage.

"That's just a few things? Is there anything missing?" Su Wan asked, taking his baggage and checking the items. He only brought two sets of clothes. He was going to stay there for nine days and six nights. She went to the room to take them out. Put on a piece of thick clothes: "The examination room is made of hard boards. You are not in good health. When you rest, use thick clothes to make it more comfortable. You can also cover it when it gets cold at night, but don't catch a cold."

"Wanwan is right, you have to take good care of your body." Gu's mother was more nervous than anyone else. She would never forget the incident when Gu Huaizhi fainted in the examination room and almost died. She put an amulet Handed it to Gu Huaizhi: "You have to wear it."

"Okay." Gu Huaizhi put it close to his body and picked up all the things Su Wan had prepared: "Don't worry, I'll be back after the exam."

Gu Baozhu and Gu Jingyun stepped on the stools, hung a rice dumpling high on the top of the door frame, and grinned at Gu Huaizhi: "Brother, you need to go to high school!"

Gu Huaizhi touched their heads and went to the entrance of the village to take a carriage to Fucheng to take the exam.

Gu's mother, Su Wan, Gu Baozhu, and Gu Jingyun were sent to the entrance of the village.

Several people happened to meet Song Erlang.

Song Erlang has become very gloomy since he owed a huge sum of money to the gambling house. When he saw the Gu family and the group of people, his eyes fell on Gu Huaizhi in front. When he saw the test basket in Gu Huaizhi's hand, Song Erlang's eyes flashed. A strange light passed by.

This time, not only will Gu Huaizhi be unable to take the scientific examination, but he will never come back!

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Rubbing her hands together excitedly, she prepares Song Erlang’s lunch box! See you tomorrow, babies, good night, okay~