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Chapter 253 Can't afford it
Chapter 253 Can’t afford it
“Liu Li ranked 2nd and 13th place, a very good result! Congratulations!” Qin Yao said to Liu Li with a smile.
Liu Li smiled excitedly at Qin Yao, a little unsure of what to do. He looked at the names on the list and confirmed them over and over again.
The Si Niang siblings didn’t believe that their father could not be on the list, so they watched it from beginning to end twice, but in the end they had to recognize the reality.
It is true that passing the main examination is not something you can just get lucky, it requires real talent and practical learning.
As for their biological father, he didn’t have a few drops of ink in his belly.
“Alas~” The dragon and the phoenix sighed.
Dalang and Erlang looked at each other and looked at Liu Li with envy, "Congratulations to Uncle Li for being on the list."
The huge gap between rich and poor is even more obvious in the city. People in the city can eat several meals as much as people in the countryside.
The rice, flour, oil, grains, fruits and vegetables are brought in every day by the guards from the village outside the city, and life is very free.
It will be terrible when all the rice shops are closed. Where is this going now?
They have never seen such a shameless person!
Seeing that he could still make such unreasonable demands, Qin Yao knew that he was absolutely fine and sneered, "I think you want to eat shit!"
Qin Yao saw that Liu Ji was still reluctant to speak, so she didn't bother to talk about him anymore.
Liu Ji: "."
After that, I went to Fulong Trading Company and failed to see the second shopkeeper Jiang Wen, so I had to ask the clerk to help convey the news that she was returning to the village.
Qin Yao came to the kitchen to look for his father and son. Hearing what Liu Ji said, he laughed twice.
"You have such wonderful thoughts. Do you know what's going on outside now? Let alone chopped green onion broth, if you make it fragrant and get noticed, you may be surrounded and killed at night, or you may be cooked."
Qin Yao nodded to Liu Ji, "It's really good to eat this on the road."
Liu Ji didn't know what he was thinking. He raised his head after a while, nodded, and then raised his hand to point to the ice syrup sign hanging in the lobby, "Have a bowl of ice drink and you'll be fine soon."
On the way back, when Qin Yao turned around, the five father and son sighed with similar faces.
Qin Yao glanced at Liu Ji and said, "Don't you want to say congratulations?"
Liu Ji was so frightened that he almost threw the dough in his hand into the fire pit. He finally managed to steady himself. He felt that Qin Yao was deliberately trying to scare him, so he muttered angrily:
“But if we go all the way back and head north, we will definitely encounter them on the way.”
But it was only four or five days on the road, and it passed patiently.
This family of six must prepare well for food on the road. The fifty kilograms of flour he brought with him when he came here is finally going to be used. With the current price of food in the city, Liu Ji wouldn't even buy it if he had a headache.
He has been dreaming these days, dreaming about the invigilator who was standing in front of the exam table, staring at him, pointing at his nose and saying: I am very optimistic about you, and I will definitely let you be on the list!
But I don’t dare to think about what the scene is outside the city.
But it's useless to talk about it now. The evil woman will set off the next day, and he still has work to do.
The four little ones next to her immediately showed expressions of disdain, and decisively stood back to their mother's side, looking at their biological father with incomprehensible words.
"I asked the **** agency for the latest news. It's best to find a few more people to accompany you on the way back. I'm going to find Master Ding and go back together tomorrow."
Qin Yao patted Erlang on the shoulder, and the little guy immediately chose the largest crispy pancake and handed it to her.
But looking at the price on the signboard, it was 80 cents per bowl before, but now it has risen to 180 cents per bowl.
Every day when he goes to the vegetable market to buy vegetables, he is shocked by the price of rice.
This thing is easy to store, and you can make enough at once to eat it all the way.
Liu Ji led Dalang Erlang and two helpers to make dry food in the kitchen.
Leaving from the trading house, before the **** office closed, Qin Yao spent dozens of coins to inquire about the current situation outside, and then returned to the inn.
Liu Ji choked. Did someone forget that she just said that if she ate this on the road, people would be worried about her and kill her?
But when I came back and told the evil woman at home, she was not worried at all and even said with a smile:
“The fact that we can still buy grain at a high price means that the problem is not big.”
Qin Yao sneered at Liu Ji while eating the cake: "You only daydream about high school, how can you care about the suffering of the world?"
“Thank you, thank you!” Liu Li thanked him happily.
Liu Ji also specially learned two tricks from Mrs. Zou in the kitchen. Eat the scones with sweet water, or break them into pieces and soak them in the broth to make a paste, and then sprinkle a handful of chopped green onions. The taste is quite good.
Liu Ji saw that she was going to get angry, so he stopped as soon as he saw her, and hurriedly responded, and followed the five mothers back to the guest room honestly.
A pound of fine rice has already cost ninety cents.
Liu Ji looked envious and jealous, and hated himself for not having such a fate.
It’s just too dry, and becomes as hard as a helmet after it cools down.
Qin Yao winked at Dalang again. The biscuits were too dry and she choked.
Leave twenty kilograms of flour to make some hot soup noodles or pimples on the way, and use the remaining thirty kilograms of flour to make scones.
"It's not a ghost story." Qin Yao looked serious, "A large number of refugees from neighboring provinces have come over. The capital is in the south of the province, so I haven't seen anyone here yet."
First, I went to the lumber shop and asked shopkeeper Fang to confirm the delivery status of the first batch of lumber. I was relieved to learn that the lumber had already started being delivered to Liujiacun.
However, when passing by the lobby, my eyes can't help but glance at the ice drinks in front of other guests.
After arranging the arrangements for the father and son, Qin Yao went out again.
“Madam, it’s not even dark yet, what ghost stories are you talking about?”
Qin Yao narrowed her eyes dangerously and said in a deep voice: "The list has been released. Get ready. We will leave the city and go home early the day after tomorrow!"
The result, that’s it?
Although I knew that I was just going through the motions and experiencing the feeling of a formal scientific examination, it turned out that I was just going through the motions. The feeling of disappointed expectations was still very uncomfortable.
Qin Yao wanted to go with them, but she really couldn't stand the negative atmosphere. When she reached the door of the inn, she stopped and turned around.
Liu Li and Dazhuang are going to the government office to go through follow-up procedures, so the two families are separated for the time being.
Liu Li just comforted him to keep up the good work next time. We can't just not congratulate him just because he didn't make the list, right?
Liu Ji refused to speak!
"Huh?" Liu Ji was shocked and asked hurriedly: "Madam, where did you get the news? Why didn't I know?"
Today, the price of rice in the city has risen a lot. The people in this city have money. Not only can they afford high-priced rice, but they can also afford meat, drink, and ice.
Liu Ji: “Madam, please don’t use bad words.”
I heard that there is a famine in neighboring houses, but the young masters and ladies here can continue to drink tea and write poems. There is enough food left at home, and they seem not to feel the changes outside.
The little boy understood, took out the bowl, and scooped out half a bowl of bone soup for her. He also sprinkled a handful of green scallions on the cake, and it was so fragrant.
"Liu Ji, is it so difficult to recognize your own shortcomings?" she asked with a frown.
The two of them confirmed the quantity and delivery date of the subsequent wood. Only after everything was arranged correctly did Qin Yao leave.
Liu Ji shook his head and said, "I can't afford it, I can't afford it."
Qin Yao asked Liu Ji to prepare dry food for the road, and asked the four children to finish their homework quickly, and then packed their luggage in advance.
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He didn’t expect that he could pass the exam in one try. He just felt that everything was unreal, and he still had to hold on, otherwise he wouldn’t know where he would go with the flow of people.
Qin Yao drained the soup cakes in the bowl into paste in one go, put down the empty bowl, and patted Liu Ji on the shoulder with satisfaction, "Make more, it's delicious."
If there is a blind person who dares to miss her scones and bone soup, don't blame her for being cruel!
(End of this chapter)
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