After the cannon fodder father and daughter married into the family, the whole family regretted it

As He and her son walked out of the bookstore, a man who looked like a scholar blocked their way.

"This sister-in-law."

He had a somewhat concealed expression, as if he had something to say but didn't want others to know, so he moved closer and lowered his voice.

"I just heard you two wanted to buy this year's college entrance exam papers. I do have some here. I bought them for my own use before, so I'm selling them to you at a discount. Why don't we find a place to talk?"

When He heard this, she was so happy that she followed him to a secluded alley where no one could hear their conversation.

"Sister-in-law, I have not only the exam papers from previous years, but also the papers that scholars used to predict the results of this year's provincial exam. Would you like a copy as well?"

He didn't understand: "What? This year's?"

Seeing that she came to buy questions but seemed to know nothing, the scholar could only explain it more clearly.

"It's the provincial exam questions! You got the questions in advance, so why are you still worried about failing?"

He finally understood that someone was actually selling the test questions for this year!

Although I don't know why he has it, but since this question was made by someone, it's not surprising that someone knows about it. Maybe he bought it from a high-ranking official?

There are so many capable people in this world!

She wanted it so badly that she couldn't help but ask the price.

"Five hundred coins!"

He couldn't help but gasp in amazement: "This is too expensive! Just one question, and it's more expensive than what the bookstore has been selling for several years!"

The scholar was speechless: "Sister-in-law, how can you compare the new with the old? I may not be able to pass the old test no matter how many questions I do, but these new ones... don't you agree?"

It was expensive, but He really wanted it, so she stood in the alley and bargained with him.

In the end, it took a quarter of an hour to reach an agreement.

Four hundred and twenty coins, money on one hand and goods on the other!

He happily took the purchased questions and left with her son.

Looking at the backs of the mother and son as they left, the scholar had a look of disdain on his face. He lost the politeness he had just pretended to have and spat fiercely on the ground.

"What the hell! A poor peasant like you, trying to buy exam questions!"

He happily returned to the village with her son and went to look for Fang Jin as soon as she got home.

Fang Jin came out of the study and asked her for the test questions he had bought. She told her mysteriously what had happened in the county today.

Unexpectedly, after Fang Jingang heard this, his face darkened and he became furious!

"Is your head full of straw? You are the daughter of a scholar after all, and you are cheating in the imperial examination! If you are caught, you will be disqualified!"

He was shocked, and Fang Jin quickly asked for details, such as where they said this, whether there were other people around, etc.

"No, we were talking in a small alley. No one was there except my son..."

Fang Jin finally breathed a sigh of relief, but his expression was still grim.

"You, you, if you know you can't do it, then don't act on your own! If you can cause such a big mess just by asking you to buy something, you might as well do nothing!"

He was extremely aggrieved: "I just don't understand, I didn't do it on purpose..."

"If it's not intentional, how else do you want to do it?!"

Seeing Fang Jin so angry, she also felt a little guilty: "Then, let's burn the questions? What if something happens and they come to check at home? If there's nothing, they can't say anything, right?"

Fang Jin's anger had not yet subsided, and he hesitated after hearing this.

"Forget it, I'll handle it. You don't have to worry about it. Don't mention it to anyone. And by the way, go and tell your son!"

He had no suspicion and hurried to find her eldest son.

While they were talking, Fang Qingya was in the kitchen, which was a rare sight for her, but she was not making sugar-roasted chestnuts.

Nowadays, it is mainly Mrs. Fang who roasts the chestnuts. She is thinking about new things.

Since she got the money, she has figured out a lot of things. As long as she doesn't go to the uncle's house to live a rich and luxurious life, she still has to make a living in the Fang family.

Life is so hard nowadays, we still need to have money on hand!

As for the greedy Fang family, just think of her as someone hired for business. Thinking this way will make you feel a lot better.

At least she didn't want to be outdone by Fang Nanzhi, a child who had nothing.

But even a good cook cannot cook without rice. There was nothing at home, so she could only use what was available.

For the time being, she had no idea about food, but she did think of something.

Heating pack.

Of course, there weren't many easy-to-use packaging options here, so she studied the bamboo tubes she already had at home.

Make the bamboo tube into two layers, put the food on the top and the heating pack on the bottom, just like the modern self-heating lunch box!

She planned to sell it to the students taking the imperial examinations so that they could have a hot meal during the exam. I guess no one would have thought of such a thing!

But she was not sure how much lime to put in the heating pack, and she had not tried it yet.

At this time, she was sitting on a bench in the kitchen, staring at the bamboo tube in front of her. It had been almost a quarter of an hour.

Old Mrs. Fang saw that she was struggling for a long time and didn't know what she was doing, just wasting food with a bamboo tube.

But the old man reminded her that she could do whatever she wanted as long as she was not excessive. Maybe she could even come up with something like sugar-roasted chestnuts and bring in some income for the family.

She endured it for a long time without saying a word.

Fang Qingya heard that there was no movement in the bamboo tube at this moment, so she went over to open the lid, took a bite of the dish on top with chopsticks, and then tasted a bite of the rice at the bottom.

"It's cooked!"

She was delighted, it finally worked!

You know, she spent a lot of effort to make this rice that can be used as self-heating rice. After steaming it, she had to drain it. She went through this several times, and this was the first time she could cook it in a quarter of an hour.

Although the taste and craftsmanship of the rice were far inferior to the self-heating rice she had eaten, it was enough to fool the people here!

Mrs. Fang, standing by, was surprised. "What? It's cooked without any fire? How is that possible?"

Does her granddaughter have this ability?

Fang Qingya knew that she wouldn't understand even if she explained it to her, so she just pretended not to hear and poured all the rice in the bamboo tube into the bowl to make sure it was cooked.

Fang Jin didn't know when he came out.

Fang Qingya knew that if this thing was to be useful, the Fang family would have to know about it, at least it had to be known openly; it couldn't be hidden.

She suppressed her discomfort and said gently with a smile, "Dad, you're going to take the provincial examination soon, so I've been researching this. This bamboo tube, put something at the bottom and rice at the top. When you want to eat, you can add water..."

She explained how to use this "self-heating bamboo tube", and Fang Jin's expression changed immediately.

"So that's how it is. My daughter is thoughtful. This thing is useful!"

He looked relieved and thought that this thing could be sold for money.

"There are a lot of students taking exams every year. Since this thing is so useful, you can try to do more of it. I'll leave this matter to you!"

Fang Jin pretended to praise Fang Qingya for a while, saying that it was all thanks to her for the last time's sugar-roasted chestnuts and this time's incident.

Fang Qingya was actually very impatient with his acting like a father, but she still agreed to everything he asked.