Chapter 214 The Eve of Parting

   After dinner, Qiu Sheng took the initiative to bring up the matter of going to the capital, and Wang Zhuangzhi gathered the whole family in the front hall.

   Didn't treat the children as children, Wang Zhuangzhi said: "Qiusheng is promising, and our family should be happy to meet a noble person to guide him to the capital."

  The children are very happy, but after all, the capital is so far away, and after being happy, they feel a little bit sad.

   Erya raised her hand on behalf of everyone and asked, "Father, when will Big Brother go to the capital?"

  Wang Zhuangzhi didn't know about this either, he looked at Qiusheng and asked, "Qiusheng, how long do you plan to go?"

  Qiu Sheng pursed his lips, "Tomorrow."

  When the words came out, the whole family was a little surprised.

  Liu Zhihua hurriedly said: "What did the nobleman say in the letter, do you have to go tomorrow? Isn't this a little too anxious?"

   Qiusheng looked at his mother and said, "Mother, I want to go earlier by myself. It will take two days to travel and visit the nobleman. If you delay for a long time, you will miss the class."

The capital city is no better than the town, so there are naturally more people competing. If you delay for two or three days, you will miss more than a dozen classes. Now that you have decided to go, you must strive to do your best. Right now, the courses must not be delayed. If you want to gain fame , more efforts are needed in all aspects.

  Liu Zhihua choked when she heard this. Although she knew that Qiu Sheng put her studies first, she still couldn't bear it.

  Wang Zhuangzhi patted his wife, and then said with a smile: "Okay, students should naturally focus on their studies. Then dad will feed the horse in a while. You pack up the simple books and clothes. We will set off after breakfast tomorrow."

  Qiu Sheng heaved a sigh of relief, shook his fingers and nodded, "Yes."

   Liu Zhihua wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes with her back to the children, pretending to smile and said: "The mother is going to prepare some dry food for you, and you can take it with you on the way."

   Saying that, Liu Zhihua went straight out.

  Wang Zhuangzhi felt uncomfortable seeing his wife like this, and his mother was worried that Qiu Changsheng had never left them since he was so old, so he actually felt reluctant.

   "Brother, can we find you in the future?" Xiao Li pouted and asked.

  Qiu Sheng pursed his lips to restrain his emotions, then nodded and said with a smile: "Yes, brother will come back home to have a look during the holiday."

  Erya saw that her parents and elder brother were a little sad, so she lowered her head to play with her nails, pursed her lips and didn't ask any questions.

  Jiaojiao looked left and right, and could feel that the eldest brother was in a bad mood, so she said in a waxy voice, "Brother, there are still many books in Jiaojiao's room. Let's see if there is anything you want."

  Qiu Sheng nodded, and said "Mmm" in a hoarse voice.

   got up and followed her sister to her room.

  No one else followed, he and Jiaojiao were the only ones in the room, Qiusheng stretched out his tense face in front of his younger sister, and dared to quietly heat up his eye sockets.

  He naturally couldn't bear to part with his parents, younger siblings, but even if he stayed for another two days, it would still be hard to leave, so it would be better to cut the mess quickly.

Moreover, he heard from his master that the academies in the capital city pay attention to the autumn assessment, and the assessment results will be recorded in the general examination file of the same year. This time it will be here soon. If he can enter the academy, he should work hard to catch up by jumping in the queue halfway. Decided to go early.

  Jiaojiao found a lot of books in the space again, they were full and the original ones took up half the cabinet in total.

  She opened the cabinet and rummaged through it, and got up with a pile of books in her arms, only to be scattered on the ground with a clatter.

  Qiu Sheng came to his senses when he heard the news, and hurried forward to help, "Jiaojiao, be careful not to touch her, big brother."

  Jiaojiao looked at her fleshy little hands, and said helplessly, "Brother, I'm too young to carry so many books. There are many books in this cabinet, why don't you find the ones you like by yourself."

  Qiu Sheng laughed through his tears, and softly coaxed: "Okay, Jiaojiao is resting aside, and elder brother will come and find it by himself."

  Qiu Sheng tidied up the books in the underground, and looked at the names by the way. They were all chronicle books, so he picked one out and put it on the side.

   Then I sorted out other books. I was relatively calm at first, but I became more and more shocked later, not only because of the number of books, but also because of the variety of types.

   This is definitely a help for him. After all, many works are orphans, and it is very rare to read them at a glance, let alone ordinary people who can borrow them to watch them.

  Most of the ordinary students learned the content from the master to learn, but the master of the younger sister actually gave the younger sister such a box of books.

  Some of them can be seen to be expensive from the cover paper, so he is excited and grateful. This will undoubtedly be of great help to him who is thinking about going to the capital.

  Qiu Sheng forgot his sadness for a while, and chose the books that suit him with joy on his face.

   "Jiaojiao, your master is really a kind person. If you meet him in the future, you must thank him very much."

  Jiaojiao saw that her eldest brother was happy, so she nodded with a smile and said, "Okay."

  She is also very grateful to Master in her heart. There are many things that are inconvenient to say on Master's head, and everyone will no longer doubt it. Sure enough, she has not made a friend with Master, and she can take things up if she has something to do.

  …

  The next day,

  Before dawn, the Wang family got up.

Liu Zhihua was busy from last night until midnight. In addition to preparing dry food, she was afraid that Qiusheng would not be used to eating outside. She prepared some chili sauce and mushroom sauce, and made bacon jerky. Braised and fried until there is no moisture, it is not afraid of spoilage after being stored for the first half month.

  Wang Zhuangzhi outside the door was worried, and checked the carriage several times, worried about problems on the road, and prepared some tools on the carriage just in case.

  Erya and Xiao Li helped his mother pack dry food into the basket, while Qiu Sheng moved the books to the carriage. There were too many books and he selected more than a dozen of them, and his original books were very heavy to carry.

  Jiaojiao hid in the house and prepared the medicine that Dad brought back from the pharmacy. They are all individually packaged small medicine jars with the name of the treatment on them.

   These fathers are going to be taken by the eldest brother, and Jiaojiao is pouring stream water into them one by one, so as not to affect the efficacy of the medicine, it can help the recovery of the injury to the greatest extent.

  She also crushed a few of her spirit whiskers and rubbed them in. After all, the eldest brother kept them for himself, so she added a lot without hesitation.

  …

  After breakfast, Wang Zhuangzhi and Qiu Sheng were about to leave, and Liu Zhihua hurried back to the house to fetch a blessing.

   This was asked by the master in the temple in the early years. When he was a child, Qiu Sheng was weak and the master said that he couldn't hold it down. Now that his body has recovered, and he has to run so far, Liu Zhihua thought of this safety talisman.

  Liu Zhihua found a red string, put Ping An Fu around Qiu Sheng's neck, and said: "Don't dare to take it off. This is a consecration from the master. It will definitely keep my son safe."

  Qiu Sheng touched Ping An Fu, raised his arms to hug his mother, and said, "Mother, I will protect myself and write letters back from time to time. You don't have to worry too much."

  Liu Zhihua suppressed tears, nodded and said: "Okay, everything will go well with my son being so smart."

  (end of this chapter)