Fast Passage

Driving along the road with Master Shen, Li Yu felt the bumpy road and the fatigue of the journey. After leaving his wife, Li Yu felt that the sky was dark.

"Brother Li, why are you so depressed? Are you nervous?"

"No, I miss my wife. When I think about being separated for a month, not being able to see my wife for a month, not being able to eat the tea and meals she makes for me, I feel like going home."

As he spoke, he began to mutter again.

"Without me at home, who will comb my dear wife's hair, draw her eyebrows, and apply makeup? When my wife is tired, who will urge her to rest and massage her shoulders? Alas, what will my wife do without me?"

Mr. Shen next to him twitched his lips and complained in his heart, showing off, this is definitely showing off.

"Brother Li, it shouldn't be that serious."

"Not really? Why not? Forget it. How can someone like you who doesn't even have a wife understand the mindset of a married person?"

"But Brother Shen, I believe that one day you will find your sweetheart."

Mr. Shen didn't understand why the topic had suddenly turned to his marriage, but he felt mocked, nakedly mocked. "Do I not want a wife? Isn't it said to establish a career first and then start a family? What gives you the right to laugh at me?"

Mr. Shen stopped talking, but Li Yu started mumbling again. He ate a piece of cake and said sullenly.

"Sure enough, the cakes my wife bought are sweeter."

I stopped to rest and met a few girls who came up to talk to me, and I sighed.

"None of them even have the slightest bit of respect for my wife. Oh, it's another day of missing my wife."

After a long journey, they finally arrived at the provincial capital. All the students were preparing for the exam, so Li Yu finally calmed down.

The provincial examination was an important opportunity for scholars to turn their lives around. Once they passed the examination, they would own hundreds of acres of land tax-free. Those who were interested in a career in politics could become minor officials, while those who were not interested could return to their hometown and become wealthy. This was the reason why so many scholars failed in the examinations repeatedly but refused to give up.

The provincial examination was a silent battle among scholars. There were winners and losers. The winners returned home in glory, while the losers continued to study hard or simply returned home to find other jobs.

Li Yu entered the examination room step by step. After nine consecutive days of examinations, even Li Yu, who exercised regularly and had no worries about food and drink, found it a little too much to bear, let alone that group of poor scholars with pale faces and skinny bodies.

After nine days had finally passed, Li Yu walked out of the examination room and saw that all the other candidates taking the exam had bad complexions and were on the verge of collapse, except for him who had a rosy complexion.

He searched in the crowd for a long time and finally found Master Shen.

Li Yu helped the pale-faced Master Shen to his family's carriage, handed him over to the servant, and walked towards the inn alone.

Although Li Yu was still in good spirits, the nine-day exam had exhausted his mind, so he fell asleep immediately.

I woke up in the afternoon of the next day, had dinner, and then thought about going to the provincial capital to buy some gifts for my wife.

After leaving the inn, Li Yu went straight into the rouge shop, picking left and right, comparing this hairpin, looking at that velvet flower, and having a lot of fun choosing.

Finally, she returned to the inn with a bag of rouge, powder, hairpins and earrings, looking very satisfied, and was greeted with a round of teasing from her classmates.

There was a lantern festival in the evening, and talented men and beautiful women came out one by one. Fireworks exploded above the city. Li Yu stood in front of the railing, looking like a gentleman, which attracted the attention of many young ladies.

But the elegant young man Li looked at the fireworks in the sky and said, "The sky is full of fireworks and silver flowers, and my beloved is sleepless all night. Alas, I miss my wife." These words broke the hearts of the young ladies around him.

After the provincial examination, Li Yu kept talking about my wife all day long, which made the students around him want to go home and get married to avoid this punishment.

Show off, just show off.