The little cook in the book has fallen asleep

The Cheng family has been in a state of prosperity and joy these days, but also in a state of chaos and turmoil!

After everything was arranged in the new capital, the Crown Prince and Rong Jingyi got married in a grand ceremony in the new capital under the arrangement of the Ministry of Rites.

After all the major issues in the capital were resolved, Sun Xiaoxiao and the other two were four months pregnant, so the Cheng family quickly brought them back to West Province. After all, West Province had all kinds of chickens and eggs prepared by Old Lady Cheng for them.

And there are Zhao Yue’s fellow sisters, all of whom are now famous gynecologists. They are all in Western Province at this time, so Sun Xiaoxiao and the others will be safer when giving birth!

When sister-in-law Sun Xiaoxiao was six months pregnant, another big happy event happened in the Cheng family. It was also what Cheng Liyao had been looking forward to. It was his wedding with Sheng Banxia.

The difference from the previous time when Cheng Lixiao and the other two got married at the same time was that this time only Cheng Liyao was getting married. In addition, the Cheng family had previously arranged the marriages of Cheng Lixiao and the others, so the four of them, including old lady Cheng and her daughter-in-law, had accumulated a lot of experience, so they handled it with ease.

This also made Cheng Liyao and his wife's marriage surprisingly smooth, and the wedding was also very lively, with laughter and full of blessings for the newlyweds.

After the wedding, Cheng Liyao also took a two-week vacation in Western Province, and spent several days of leisure with Sheng Banxia at the Cheng family!

As a result, as soon as the vacation was over, he couldn't wait to take Sheng Banxia straight to the border town. He didn't want to be with his wife in different places!

Besides, why should I bring a burden along when I can just spend time alone with my sister?

Cheng Xiaoba and Cheng Yu: ...Sure enough, they are wife slaves

The burden Sheng Ming: My nephew-in-law, that’s not what you said before we got married!

So in the end, Cheng Yu followed the original plan and took some members of the Holy Medicine Clan who were good at growing medicinal herbs to the border town. As soon as she arrived, she began to explore the barren mountains in the border town.

(Biancheng also belongs to the Western Province, so it can be regarded as Cheng Yu’s fiefdom!)

These people from the Holy Medicine Clan have the technology to grow and prepare medicines. When the time comes, they can bring the technology to grow medicinal materials to the border town, and then transfer the medicinal materials to Huichun Hall. In this way, Haohai Kingdom will no longer be short of medicine.

At the same time, combined with the favorable weather, location and people of the border town, the moist land in the border town is a good place to grow some scarce medicinal materials! As long as they make good use of the land in the border town, some medicinal materials will no longer be in short supply!

With the arrival of Cheng Yu, Sheng Ming and others, the border town changed from its original single animal husbandry economic structure to growing medicinal herbs and then raising sheep and cattle.

Cheng Yu also researched dairy products, including milk fans, yogurt, and milk powder, all of which were worth money! So within just half a month, this border town was full of life.

Relying on their rich experience and superb planting skills, the Holy Medicine Clan opened up one fertile medicinal field after another on the hills outside the border town, and planted all kinds of rare and precious medicinal materials.

The Shengyao tribe has few people, and they need people to grow medicinal herbs, so they invited many local people to help, which increased the income of the people in the border town and boosted the economy of the border town.

At this moment, no one dared to underestimate the Holy Medicine Clan. Their industry grew like a snowball, not only driving employment for local residents in the border town, but also promoting the prosperous development of the Haohai pharmaceutical industry.

The affairs of the border town have been busy for nearly two months. Cheng Yu thought that her three sisters-in-law at home should have been eight months old. She missed them so much!

The weather is starting to get cooler, and it's time to harvest the crops at their estate in the Western Province. She has to go home!

Cheng Yu thought about it and did it! She immediately pulled Cheng Xiaoba up and ran straight home.

"Sister, where are you going?" Cheng Xiaoba asked a little uncertainly.

He had a lot of fun in the border town. Every day he went to the military camp to fight with his fourth brother's men. Looking at the majestic fourth brother, he also wanted to be a young general!

In the future he will ride on a tall horse to marry his sweetheart.

"Go home! If not, what are you doing here!" Cheng Yu said unhappily.

She knew that the Autumn Examination was coming soon. Her grandparents wanted Cheng Xiaoba to pass the examination first, and they would not care what he wanted to do after he passed the examination!

Therefore, she had to catch Cheng Xiaoba back now and take the exam!

"Ah! Sister, can you go back by yourself?" Cheng Xiaoba felt speechless. He just didn't want to take part in the scientific examination.

"Myna, I know you don't like studying, but what do you want to do? Have you thought about it?" Cheng Yu rarely frowned at Cheng Xiaoba.

"I want to be a young general! A general!" Cheng Xiaoba said immediately.

He wants to do business, become a young general, stay at home with his grandparents, and play...

"My brother, have you ever seen an illiterate general? My adoptive father is well-versed in military books and has read them countless times!

And have you seen how the fourth brother narrowly escaped death? Poisoned, with dozens of wounds all over his body, some of which were not cleaned up, and festering, so he used a dagger to scrape the rotten flesh!" Cheng Yu said coldly.

The Cheng family cannot afford to have a playboy, especially if the family’s hard-earned money is wasted by one man. The Cheng family absolutely cannot accept this!

"Me!..." Cheng Xiaoba was speechless. It seemed that everyone was climbing up step by step, except him, who only wanted to play.

"Myna, the biggest gain from my trip to the border town this time is that I have opened up our family's medicinal materials base! What about you?" Cheng Yu asked.

Others say that a loud drum does not require a heavy hammer, but Cheng Xiaoba is very stubborn. If they don't explain it clearly, he will have no idea where he is wrong.

She now wanted to preach in Cheng Xiaoba's ears with drums and gongs!

"I...I went to the military camp to spar with those soldiers!" Cheng Xiaoba could only make excuses.

“Eighth brother, if you were to join the army, and you sparred with the brothers in Fourth Brother’s barracks, I would say you would do well!

But if you are just doing it for fun, I would say you are wasting your time!" Cheng Yu sat in the carriage, and next to him were Shi Shu and Shi Mo, who were making tea for them.

"I...I didn't!" Cheng Xiaoba was still not convinced. He was just afraid of suffering!

"Myna, you have to know that everyone in our family has gone out to make a living. You are the only one who has nothing to do. You are unwilling to study when I ask you to!

If you were asked to join the army, you wouldn't want to do it. If you were asked to do business, I'm afraid you wouldn't have the perseverance!

Five, six, and seven of my friends are planning to take part in the imperial examination next year. They are going to become officials. What about you? What are you planning to do?

Don't say it's for me, I have six secret guards around me, and ordinary people can't beat them at all!" Cheng Yu said pointedly.

This myna has had too many good days and has forgotten how to work hard. It just wants to sit back and enjoy the fruits of its labor!

"Eighth brother, you should think about what you want to do. Because when my third brother was thirteen years old, he had already passed the imperial examination!

If you want to join the army, go ahead, our family will support you!

A man should have great ambitions, you should go out and shine, and become a better version of yourself! " Cheng Yu was not comparing Cheng Zhiwen and Cheng Xiaoba, she just wanted to tell Cheng Xiaoba that he should do his own thing.

"I understand, sister. I will take the autumn examination first. If I pass, I will join the army. I want to become a general like my fourth brother!" Cheng Xiaoba said immediately.

He now feels very excited and thinks he can read a whole cabinet of books!

So when Cheng Yu and his friends returned to Cheng's house after a day's journey, Cheng Xiaoba took the book and began to read frantically.

The autumn examination was approaching, and he was studying very hard. The candlelight in the study never went out all night.

"Xiao Yu'er, is your mynah bird okay?" Old Mrs. Cheng was very worried about Cheng Xiaoba, so she asked Cheng Yu immediately.

As soon as Xiao Ba came back, he went straight into the study and never came out again. Even when he came out, he carried books into the study of No. 5, No. 6, and No. 7, and stayed there all day.

"Don't worry, grandma, he's fine, he just got smarter! But grandma, will you be disappointed if little starling doesn't pass the exam this time?" Cheng Yu knew that his grandmother would not force him, but when he saw little starling at the door, he deliberately asked.

"Xiao Yu'er, what do you think of grandma! ...

You may not remember that our Cheng family was really poor in the past, so poor that your eldest brother had to become an apprentice. The second, third and fourth brothers loved studying but had no money to go to private school.

The year your starling was born, our family didn’t even dare to get sick, for fear of spending money on little starling’s medicine!

Xiao Yuer, we want to thank you. If you hadn't come, our family might all be digging for food in the fields, not even having enough to eat, how could we have the opportunity to change our family's door lintel!

So now, no matter what choice you make, your grandfather and I will not ask any questions. I just hope that Xiaoba will not regret it.

Everyone should shine in his or her own life. Whether you grow into a tree, a flower or a grass is up to you.

If it’s good, we’re happy, if it’s not good, home is here!” Old Mrs. Cheng said with a smile, and then her heart became heavier as she spoke.

The child has grown up and has his own ideas. Why does she want Cheng Xiaoba to take the exam? She hopes that one day when he can't stand up anymore, he will have something to save his life!

"Once your brothers pass the imperial examination and become scholars, we will buy them some land.

If nothing works out in the future, at least you can still live on the land. As for your mynah bird, we have the conditions now, so I asked your mynah bird to take the exam to become a scholar!

As for what he wants to do in the future, as long as he is happy! "Old Mrs. Cheng stood up and stretched!

When I turned around, I saw my little grandson crying behind me.

Hmm? How long has this guy been listening from behind? Did Xiao Yuer do this on purpose?

"Grandma, grandma, I will study hard in the exam and will definitely pass the exam to become a scholar..." Cheng Xiaoba cried while hugging Grandma Cheng.

Now he finally understood. His brothers helped them to bear the heavy burden and made him worry-free. So why should he be so timid and afraid to move forward?

"Come on, don't put too much pressure on yourself. We will be very happy if you pass the exam. If you don't, at least you can be a brave man again in a year!" said Old Mrs. Cheng with a smile.

This was what Xiao Yuer taught her. It's right, right? The Autumn Examination is held once a year, and Xiaoba will only be twelve years old next year. There is no rush at all.

But Cheng Xiaoba didn't think so. Since he wanted to join the army, he had to pass the exam this time. After passing the exam, he would join the army without distraction. He wanted to start from a humble background like Uncle Yuan!

Therefore, before the autumn examination, Cheng Xiaoba studied very hard. When the time came, he picked up his bags and went straight to the examination room without taking anyone with him.

This time, the Cheng family has settled in the provincial capital of Western Province, so Cheng Xiaoba no longer needs to travel a long distance to the examination venue.

Because of this, this exam is crucial to Cheng Xiaoba. He secretly vows to pass the exam and make his grandparents feel at ease!

From the first day of the provincial examination, Old Mrs. Cheng lived in the Buddhist temple, ate vegetarian food and worshipped Buddha. As soon as she entered the ancestral hall, she knelt on her knees devoutly, clasped her hands together, lit incense and candles, and prayed silently to the solemn Buddha.

He muttered to himself, hoping that the Buddha would protect his little grandson Cheng Xiaoba and help him pass the imperial examination and become a scholar!

The Cheng family ancestral hall does not enshrine the ancestors of the Cheng family. At that time, Mr. Cheng and his family severed ties with the old Cheng family.

Then they are the people with the highest seniority in the Cheng family, and the ones worshipped in the ancestral hall of their Cheng family are the compassionate Bodhisattva and Buddha!

The Cheng family attached great importance to this provincial examination. Even the three brothers Cheng Wu, Cheng Liu and Cheng Qi, who usually studied hard and prepared for the imperial examination, put down their books at this moment.

The three of them made a special trip to the temple with the best reputation in Western Province, solemnly lit incense, and prayed for blessings and good fortune for their younger brother Cheng Xiaoba.

On the other hand, when Cheng Xiaoba got the test paper and saw the questions, he couldn't help but feel confident that he could do it!

He wielded his pen with confidence, writing down the knowledge in his mind on the answer sheet.

He completed every test question carefully and patiently. Three days later, when the provincial examination was over, he happily handed in his paper and left the examination room, returning to Cheng's house in high spirits.

After returning home, Cheng Xiaoba fell asleep immediately. He slept soundly for three days and three nights, and no matter how hard you tried to wake him up, he would not wake up.

It was only when Doctor Shen said that he was just too tired that the Cheng family breathed a sigh of relief.

When Cheng Xiaoba woke up, he immediately told him about his exam results.

Everyone was happy when they heard this. It seemed that Cheng Lixiao's generation of the Cheng family could finally put their mission aside!

Then everyone looked at Sun Xiaoxiao and her two sisters-in-law, but the next generation of the Cheng family was here!