Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
Little Ah Yu hurriedly said, âYou canât fill your stomach with rice cake. Wait a moment. Iâve already asked Auntie Hua to help make another portion of food. Itâll be done in a while.â
âEldest Young Madam, that wonât do. The bride canât eat before the groom comes,â Haitang reminded her softly.
Little Ah Yu said, âI specially asked. Our village doesnât have this rule. Thereâs only the rule that we canât starve the bride! My new sister-in-law only entered today. If she cries from hunger, my big brotherâs heart will ache.â
âBut thatâs against the rules.â
âI told you, Iâve asked!â Little Ah Yu was not too happy. Why was this new maid not as good as the previous one?
She said very seriously, âMy Grandma and Old Master Hu have already said that if you marry into a family and donât even have enough to eat, youâd might as well not marry. If on the day of the marriage, the husband is eating and drinking alone, but the wife has to suffer and starve in the room, that would be marrying the wrong person!â
âAchoo!â Far away in Wannian City, Qin Huai suddenly rubbed his nose.
Chi Jia stepped forward and draped the fox fur jacket over his shoulder.
âYoung Master, itâs almost dark. Why donât we rest and continue tomorrow?â
The imperial provincial examination was about to begin. Even Qin Huai, who was very confident, was studying the written examination diligently.
The imperial provincial examination lasted for eight days. It was a test for the body and mind.
He could not be careless at all.
Now, he was about to turn nine years old.
However, in the entire Great Chang, there was no nine-year-old child who participated in the imperial provincial examination.
Even if there was, they would probably be long dead.
No child could last eight days in the examination hall.
Qin Huai waved his hand. âGo to sleep first. Iâll continue studying.â
âYoung Master, your knowledge level is already sufficient. In the previous poetry gatherings, there were scholars who praised your essay greatly. They all said that youâre very knowledgeable.â Chi Jia added, âHowever, there will be eight tests at that time that will last for eight days. Young Master, can your body take it?â
Qin Huai was really not confident.
But his gaze was on the table. There was an inkstone placed there. The inkstone was in the shape of a little rabbit hugging a carrot.
There was also a line of small words engraved below that said, âThousands of miles in the sky.â
Little Ah Yue had specially asked Old man Wang to help her carve it. Although it was made of Nanzhu bamboo, it was especially ingenious. It looked similar to an inkstone carved from stone.
Other than this inkstone, there was also a water gourd and sound transmission grass.
Qin Huai could not bear to open them.
After listening, the sound would be gone.
âAfter we pass this exam, weâll go to Nanhe Town.â In Wanning City, there were too many schemes.
He still had to go to Ah Yuâs side to feel happy.
Chi Jia: âYoung Master, donât force yourself too much. Everything is fine on Miss Ah Yuâs side.â
Just as Chi Jia finished speaking, the Crimson Guards came forward and presented something.
A small box was opened, and two white teeth lay inside.
One was the tooth that was knocked off Little Ah Yu, and the other was new.
âMiss Ah Yu threw one of them onto the roof and buried the other underground. Chi She brought them all over,â the Crimson Guards said. âHe also said that seeing Young Missâ teeth like this is like seeing Miss Ah Yu.â
Qin Huai:ââ¦â
Was he that perverted?
Chi Jia held back his laughter at the side.
âGo back and tell Chi She that if he really canât stay there anymore, get back here!â
After the Crimson Guards left, Qin Huai asked, âWhatâs so special about throwing teeth on the roof and underground?â