The county magistrate's daughter only wants to farm

August 17, You hour,

The gong sounded, signaling the end of the exam.

"It's finally over. Are Chen Shuo and Chen Xi coming out soon?"

Second aunt Li stared at the entrance to the Imperial Examination Hall, her hand unconsciously grasped Gu Yin's arm, and asked nervously.

Gu Yin was not as nervous as Li. She patted her on the shoulder and consoled her, "I guess we'll have to wait a while. The examiner still needs to collect the papers."

In order to prevent cheating, students taking the exam need to wait for the invigilator to count and collect the papers, seal them and hand them in before they can leave the examination room.

Sure enough, after they waited for a while, candidates began to come out from the entrance of the Imperial Examination Hall one after another.

Without exception, these candidates were all unkempt, with dark circles under their eyes, and looked listless and exhausted. Only occasionally there were one or two who looked relatively energetic.

More and more candidates came out, and the family members waiting outside the Imperial Examination Hall were busy looking for their own children. Gu Yin was also looking for his brother among the crowd of candidates.

"Mom! Fourth sister!" an excited voice sounded.

The two looked in the direction of the voice and saw it was Gu Chenxi.

Perhaps his voice was too prominent among the tired-looking candidates, and he immediately attracted strange looks from the people around him.

"Son!" Li was happy and distressed to see her son. "You must be tired after staying here for nine consecutive days."

Gu Yin also smiled and shouted, "Second brother."

"I am a little tired, but the instant noodles prepared by my fourth sister are much better."

When talking about this, Gu Chenxi was very excited and chattered, "Every time I eat, I make a bowl of it. When the fragrance rushes into my nose, I immediately become half awake! And after eating two spoonfuls of beef sauce, I feel energetic."

"It's not as exaggerated as you say." Gu Yin said with a smile.

"I'm not exaggerating! You didn't see it. Every time I had a meal, the candidates sitting near me must have been envious..."

Gu Yin accidentally saw a candidate standing not far from them, looking at Gu Chenxi with a resentful look. She immediately twitched her lips and said, "Maybe it's not envy, but the desire to beat you up?"

"Humph! That's because they can't get what they want, and they're jealous of me!"

Gu Chenxi firmly believed this.

While they were talking, Gu Chenshuo also came out and walked to their side. He greeted Li first, then looked at Gu Yin, "Sister, why are you here? Didn't I tell you not to come?"

Gu Yin raised her head slightly, "Dad and Mom are not in the capital, so of course I, as your younger sister, have to come and pick you up!"

As she spoke, Gu Yin looked at Gu Chenshuo for a few times. Seeing that although he looked a little tired, he could not hide the spirit in his eyes, she asked with a smile, "How did you do in the exam, brother?"

"It's okay." Gu Chenshuo didn't dare to say too much. In fact, he felt that he performed very well, more smoothly than any previous time.

Gu Yin also had confidence in him, so she just asked casually and said, "That's good. Looking at your condition, it must be uncomfortable to be in there for so long. Go back and wash up and rest early."

As they were talking, they walked towards the direction where the carriage was parked, but unexpectedly they were blocked by a candidate.

"Classmate, what can I do for you?" Gu Chenxi stepped forward and asked.

The examinee was white and plump, but after nine days of examinations, he seemed to be covered with a layer of dust. He bowed generously and said, "I don't know if you remember me, but I was sitting diagonally opposite you during the exam."

Gu Chenxi thought about it and seemed to have some impression, but he didn't know the other party's intention, so he pretended to be vague and said, "I was busy doing the questions and didn't pay attention to it."

"Classmate, you are concentrating on doing your homework, but those of us sitting around you are feeling uneasy because of the smell of your food." The fat man gave him a rather resentful look.

Gu Chenxi was stunned by his gaze and a look of embarrassment suddenly appeared on his face.

"Don't mind, classmate. Look at me..." The fat man lowered his head and patted his belly. "Look at my figure, and you know I love to eat. I stopped my classmate rashly just to ask what you ate in the exam room?"

Nine days!

He was greedy for nine whole days!

He still remembers the taste clearly!

So it was because of this. Gu Chenxi secretly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart. It was good that he was not here to cause trouble.

"I ate instant noodles."

"Instant noodles? Where do they come from?" The fat man asked in confusion, "I've been in Beijing for more than ten years, and I've never heard of instant noodles."

Seeing this, Gu Chenxi whispered in Gu Yin's ear, and after getting Gu Yin's nod, he took out an oil-paper bag from the basket brought into the examination room and handed it to the fat man, saying,

"I just happen to have one pack left. If you don't mind, you can take it home and try it. Put the contents in a bowl and use half a cup of boiling water to make tea before eating."

The fat man hesitated. "How can I take your things? Just tell me where to buy them and I can buy them myself."

Gu Chenxi grinned, revealing eight white teeth, "You can't buy this anywhere else. This is made by my sister, and it's the only one of its kind!"

That look is quite proud...

Gu Chenshuo also narrowed his eyes and nodded in agreement.

Hearing this, the fat man looked disappointed, but after a few seconds he regained his spirits and asked, "Brother, can you help me ask your sister if she can sell me the secret recipe of this instant noodle?"

Then, as if afraid that Gu Chenxi would refuse directly, he took the oil paper bag from his hand and said, "I bought this instant noodles! As for the secret recipe, you don't have to answer in a hurry. If you want to sell it, you can send someone to the Wang family in the east of the city to tell them. I promise to give your sister a satisfactory price!"

After saying that, he took the oil paper bag and turned around and ran away. The follower behind him quickly stuffed a silver coin into Gu Chenxi's hand and chased after him.

This action stunned several people. Gu Chenxi handed the silver to Gu Yin and smiled helplessly, "Fourth sister..."

"Second brother, take this silver!"

After all, this was the instant noodles prepared for him, so it was reasonable for the money from selling it to belong to him.

Gu Chenxi immediately put the silver into his sleeve pocket.

"Brothers, go back and wash up quickly, you stink!" Gu Yin pretended to be disgusted.

"Is there?" Gu Chenxi even deliberately raised his sleeve to smell it, "Why can't I smell it?"

Gu Chenshuo rolled his eyes at his second brother and walked quickly towards the carriage.

"Hey, third brother, what does that look of yours mean?" Gu Chenxi shouted as he chased after him.

Gu Yin was amused and asked Li, "Second Aunt, was my second brother like this before?"

"That's right. You're still making such a fuss at such an old age." Li was helpless about her eldest son. "If your second uncle and I hadn't been pressuring him to take the imperial examination, he would have probably gone into business long ago."

When Li said this, she couldn't help but complain to Gu Yin, "Tell me, with his personality, how can he do business?"

"Second brother wants to do business?" Gu Yin was a little surprised.

Li nodded, "Yes, I mentioned this last year! But his father and I stopped him. He was able to pass the imperial examination at such a young age, which shows that he is a good student. Why would he suffer in business?"

"Second aunt is right."

In this dynasty, if one could go smoothly in the imperial examination, it was indeed much better than doing business.