A blessed wife leads her husband to wealth and prosperity!

What bad luck! I never expected that the student I lived with in the same dormitory would be such a lecherous scoundrel!

Lin He'er felt incredibly uncomfortable. Fortunately, she was only staying there for a few days; otherwise, she would have loved to move away if it weren't for her exam tomorrow.

After waiting in the room for a while, Lin He'er heard two people leave the courtyard, and then she came out of the room again to go to the kitchen to prepare the pancakes.

Take the dough out of the bowl, knead it several times on the cutting board, then make the dough into a large, thin pancake, stack it back and forth, take a knife, and cut it into thin noodles. The instant noodle pancake is now ready.

In order to replicate the round pancakes from her previous life, Lin He'er took a large bowl from the cupboard, bent the noodles with chopsticks, covered them with the bowl, and made them into round pancakes.

After the pancakes are made, they cannot be fried in oil immediately. Before that, they must be steamed until cooked.

Fortunately, the Qiao family had a large iron pot. Lin He'er placed a steamer basket on it, carefully put the flatbreads one by one on the steamer cloth, covered the pot with the lid, and then sat down in front of the stove to start a fire.

If you burn a lot of firewood, you can quickly steam a pot of flatbreads, which takes about 15 minutes. Then you can take the flatbreads out of the pot.

Scrape the water out of the wok, add plenty of oil, and then start frying the dough cakes.

Lin He'er controlled the heat and spent another fifteen minutes frying the steamed flatbread.

Looking at the finished instant noodles, I felt a great sense of accomplishment.

Lin He'er carefully wrapped each piece of dough in oil paper and took them all back to her room.

Ever since she discovered that the student living across the street was not a good person, Lin He'er decided to go out less often and to bring Qiao Shi with her whenever she came to the kitchen.

She took the flatbread into the room and took out the seasonings she had brought from home from her suitcase. Lin He'er wrapped them in oil paper and then put them into the oil paper bag that contained the flatbread.

And that's how you make a simple instant noodle dish packaged in an oil paper bag.

I made a lot of pancakes today. I'll ask Wen Yuning's classmates if they want to take some to the exam hall too.

After finishing with the dough, Lin He'er went to the kitchen to prepare lunch, waiting for the group of people who had gone out to return for a meal.

Wen Yuning and the others went out and, led by Meng Xing, walked all the way to the vicinity of the examination hall, which only took the time it takes to drink a cup of tea.

This journey is quite short. Since the imperial examination will officially begin tomorrow, there are other students around the examination site besides ourselves.

Soldiers were already guarding the examination site today, and the group simply stood outside, took a quick look, and then returned the way they came.

However, before they even reached the alley entrance, the two heard other students who had come to take the exam say that the last lecture of the day by a great Confucian scholar was about to begin at the Zhaixing Tower ahead.

Upon hearing this, Wen Yuning and Lu Ran naturally decided to go to the scene to hear it for themselves.

Although there was only one day left until the exam, everyone was still very enthusiastic about the great scholar's lecture. When the group arrived at the Star-Picking Tower, they found that the tower was already full of students.

They arrived late and could only find a corner behind the door to stand and listen to the great scholar's lecture.

The great Confucian scholar giving the lecture today is Gao Yuanpeng, a famous scholar from Guangde Prefecture.

This Gao Yuanpeng, a great scholar, was a first-class Jinshi (successful candidate in the highest imperial examination) in the second session of the Great Wei Dynasty.

Back then, the Great Wei Dynasty had just been established, and countless scholars wanted to join the new court and realize their ambitions. The imperial examinations in those years were even more competitive than the exams we have today.

The fact that this great scholar was able to stand out at that time shows that he was quite talented.

He later rose through the ranks to become a second-rank official, which speaks volumes about his talent.

Having served as an official for half his life, Gao Daru retired from the court and returned to his ancestral home after his mother passed away. In order to observe the mourning period for his mother, he wished to observe the mourning period for her.

The reason I'm here to lecture at Zhaixing Tower today is because my family has some connection with the owner of Zhaixing Tower. Otherwise, given Gao Daru's status, who could possibly invite someone of his stature and position?

Wen Yuning and his group were unaware of what had just been said. Fortunately, they were standing there and had pieced together what they had overheard from other local students around them.

Yishan, this is truly a rare opportunity! Fatty Lu Ran had also heard quite a bit about it and naturally felt that today was a hard-won opportunity.

Okay, let's just listen to what they have to say.

Wen Yuning was very excited to be able to listen to a great scholar lecture.

Before long, a high platform was erected inside the Star-Picking Tower. A middle-aged man stood on the platform, pressed his hand down, and then cleared his throat. He called out to the students sitting below.

Please be quiet, everyone. Gao Daru is about to begin his lecture. Please keep quiet and cherish this hard-won opportunity.

I, the owner of Zhaixinglou, wish you all the best in your academic examinations and hope you will be listed on the honor roll!

After speaking, he cupped his hands in a gesture of respect to the audience below the stage.

Many thanks to Zhaixing Tower for inviting such a great scholar to lecture us. I, Li, am very grateful. If I pass the prefectural examination, I will definitely come to Zhaixing Tower again to stay!

"Thank you, innkeeper! Thank you, innkeeper!" After a student surnamed Li in the audience spoke first to express his gratitude to Zhaixinglou, the other students below also began to speak highly of the owner of Zhaixinglou, saying that they would choose Zhaixinglou as their first choice for lodging in the future.

Even Lu Ran joined in, saying, "Thank you, boss."

Seeing his silly son shouting so hard, Lu Zhengping could only shake his head and think to himself that the owner of Zhaixinglou was a real master at doing business!

There are few businesses that can earn the gratitude of scholars. Before this great Confucian scholar even began his lecture, the Star-Picking Tower had already achieved its intended purpose!

My son's classmate, who was standing a little in front of me, was not affected by the atmosphere. He just stood up straight and waited quietly to the side.

Sigh, my son is still far behind the young people of the Wen family!

As the shopkeeper stepped down from the stage, a waiter moved a chair and placed it on the high platform.

Immediately afterwards, an old man was helped up to a high platform and sat down in a chair.

Now that the audience had seen the man sitting down, they assumed that this old man was the Confucian scholar they had been discussing earlier.

The old man didn't say much when he came on stage, only gave a brief introduction, and then the lecture began immediately.

I, Gao Yuanpeng, have been invited by the owner of Zhaixinglou to give a lecture here today. Today we will talk about the Analects.

Those who know it are not as good as those who love it, and those who love it are not as good as those who enjoy it!