A valley garden, deep in the green clouds.

Early in the morning, Qingyan came back from her wife's room and entered the outer hall. When she saw Niangyan and the others posting statues of the Mawang God. She couldn't help but pat her forehead and said, "I have forgotten that I am twenty-three today."

According to the custom of the Central Plains, on June 23, all military camps and post stations and families who keep chariots and horses will worship the Horse King on this day, and more than a dozen horses are raised in Yisou Garden, so they also have to offer sacrifices to pray for the safety of the riders.

Niangyan turned around and asked, "What's wrong with you, Madam?"

"Mrs. I asked if the ice here is enough. The court issued ice tickets. There was also the master's ten thousand silk hat and yellow tusk robe. I asked if our master would wear it."

Qingyan walked for a long time, sweating from her forehead, picked up a ball of smuggled it a few times, "The weather is particularly hot this year, I've been sweating all over the morning, so I have to take a shower."

"There is a lot of ice in the ice cellar, which should be enough. Please wear clothes for the eldest young master. We have white ice sauts sent from Suzhou this year." Niaoyan said.

"The heavy rain last June was not stopping. I remember the master asked us to cut Qingniang." Qingyan looked at the cloudless blue sky outside, and it was too hot. "As long as the Dragon Prince can sneeze, I am willing to ask me to be a Tianpo."

Speaking of Sacing Qingniang, Xu Hao, who was ignorant at the time, found a paper-cut woman hanging under the eaves during the rainy season of a certain year. He felt strange at the time and thought it wasn't this Japanese sunny doll?

From then on, I realized that it was actually derived from Chinese customs. It is no longer verified when it first appeared. It is recorded that the poem "Sweeping the Sun" written by Li Junmin in the early years of the Yuan Dynasty.

"Carry your sleeves and hold your shang and hold your broom in your hand, and then waving your hand towards Yinkong."

By the Ming Dynasty, the custom of sweeping Qingniang was very popular, from south to north. Just like posting the Dragon King like praying for rain, during the rainy season, people's homes are either unbearable to rainy days, or have family members to travel, dry clothes and food, etc., they will ask the girl in the boudoir to cut a paper man, draw a skirt with facial features, etc. Under the scissors of a skillful girl, the paper man's shape is very cute and beautiful.

It is said that in the Yellow River Basin such as Shaanxi and Gansu, people call Shuiqing Niang the Shuitian Po, and paper man is the image of a woman.

Saotianpo is one of the traditional gods in the local area, similar to Nuwa and Fengpo's maternal gods. The customs are mostly passed down for a long time. Saotianpo's head is usually cut into a lotus shape.

In Japan, the Japanese generally believed that Sao Qingniang was a substitute and could withstand disasters and diseases on behalf of others, showing a certain worship of Chinese customs. Later, due to the strong power of Japanese Buddhism, those who presided over the rain prayer or the sun prayer ceremony were all monks, so Sao Qingniang transformed into the image of bald heads that Chinese people knew in later generations.

The custom of sweeping Qingniang in the Qing Dynasty was also very popular, but in the Republic of China, many areas gradually disappeared. At that time, the entire society began to despise everything about tradition and advocated the West and Japan, and even continued to this day, so Xu Hao didn't know it, thinking it was an inherent custom of Japan.

Xu Hao was very moved by this and felt deeply regretful. Therefore, whenever he was in the rainy season, he would ask the girls at home to cut some of the sun and hang them on it, hoping that this interesting custom could continue.

Ice tickets were also a summer welfare for the central government of the Ming Dynasty. From the summer day to the beginning of autumn, each government office will give ice. At that time, the Ministry of Works will issue ice tickets and can be collected by themselves. The amount of ice received varies according to the official position level.

The Ming Dynasty society inherited the development of the Song Dynasty in all aspects, and ice making was one of them. During the Hongwu period, ice cellars were a luxury for powerful families. Nowadays, the streets are full of so-called cold and cheap sons carrying ice, which the people call them Ice Huer.

In fact, it is ice core, and Hu is also a core. Over time, it becomes ice Hu. In the hot summer, the cheaper ice brings great convenience to life in all walks of life. Even if people seem to be quite backward in later generations, the convenience of people's lives at that time is undoubtedly the only one in the world. If you have the conditions to build an ice cellar, who dares to say that it is no less than a refrigerator?

This also gave birth to the profession of selling ice cups. Ice cups are similar to a rogue musical instrument. They can make cold sounds, meaning sounds of peace.

Qingyan, who wanted to take a shower, walked to Xu Yu first and said seriously: "Madam said."

"Oh." Xu Yu stood up quickly and stood with his hands sternly.

Mu Caichun, who was playing chess with him, also stood up quickly. Mu Lingxia, who was sitting in the distance, turned her head when she heard this. Qingyan asked with a stern face: "Yu'er, do you study every day?"

Xu Yu didn't dare to say that there was no, so he kept laughing dryly. Bixiao walked over and replied for him: "During the day, the young master has to write five hundred words a day, and he can read one or two books under the lamp."

Qingyan said, "Since that's the case, my wife said that the Imperial College will pass the exam soon, so let's go and wait."

As soon as this said, the girls in the room became nervous, and Niangyan said, "What should I do? I haven't touched the books for many days. What if I don't do well in the exam, what can I do?"

Mu Lingxia looked at Xu Yu and said distressedly: "I don't care about it at this time. No matter how good or bad it is, at worst, I can go home and receive punishment."

Seeing this, Mu Caichun said, "It's time to cram the Buddha's feet. Do you have to stay in the Imperial College for a few days?"

"Yes!" Qingyan said in a slutty voice: "It's okay to say that we're near, but we have to stay for at least two or three days. Why don't you clean up quickly and stand up?"

At this moment, a few people ran to pack their luggage. Mu Caichun asked someone to bring the book, and then she grind it herself. Qingyan went to take a shower by herself. Niaoyan and others were busy holding books, holding pens and pens, and everyone was suddenly in a mess.

Mu Lingxia looked at them funny, pursed her lips, and looked at them without saying a word. Soon, a large number of ancient books and five classics, Shiwen Fulu, and arithmetic poems were brought in, piled up in front of Xu Yu like a hill.

Xu Yu looked at the book in front of him and smiled helplessly, "Where did you start reading this at this time? Don't read it!"

"That won't work." Mu Caichun grinded the ink hard and grinded the ink from the inkstone pool. "There are only those test-taking questions, and I think it's hard for you. Shi Wencai's theory is also good at, so you can do more posts or questions. It's better to start with the Spring and Autumn Period and the Analects of Confucius first."

Xu Yu looked up at her. Mu Caichun was only concerned about grinding ink. Suddenly, Xu Yu reached out and wiped it in the inkstone, then raised his hand and stroked Mu Caichun's cheek.

"Ah!" Mu Caichun screamed, her white face was dyed black, and she shouted in anger: "You are so unreasonable! I kindly grind it for you. You don't appreciate me, so I wipe my face with ink! Forget it, kindness will not be rewarded."

Xu Yu laughed and said, "You guys apply those makeup every day, and your face is getting paler. I'll help you neutralize it, and your complexion looks much better."

Mu Caichun did not wash her face immediately, looked at Xu Yu who was smiling and said, "Then do I want to thank you? Well, thank you very much!"

"Then there is no need." Xu Yu said embarrassedly, after all, it was abrupt, even if everyone was close relatives.

"Hmph!" Mu Caichun rolled her eyes and walked aside, asking her smiling sister to help her clean it. At this moment, everyone was busy and it was inconvenient to wash her face, not to mention that she had to re-dress her face after washing her face.

Xu Yu said, "Put it away."

Niangyan, who took over Mu Caichun's position, asked, "Don't write anymore?"

Xu Yu said: "It's still early to take the exam, two or three days, why are you anxious?"

"Isn't that a waste of work?" Niaoyan said speechlessly, pushing the inkstone aside.

Xu Yu pointed to the books stacked into hills and said, "Put it away."

"I won't read the book anymore?" Nianyan became speechless.

Xu Yu shrugged and said, "I'm done."

Niangyan said funnyly: "I didn't even look through it, but I said I've finished reading it? I think I can write something on the paper when you enter the venue? Don't come back with a bad review and ask everyone to make fun of it."

Mu Lingxia, who was on the other side, saw that her cousin seemed to be impatient with Niangyan's nagging. He looked down at his fingers. The ink traces that had not been wiped off were not dry. So while Niangyan was not prepared, he quickly raised his hand and wiped her face, and smiled and said, "I'll just make up your article."

Mu Lingxia, who captured this scene, did not expect that her gentle and considerate brother would have such a naughty side as a child, which was very fresh and unexpected. Although she witnessed the naughtyness of not loving to study, she also felt that her cousin was more approachable.

If one thing is put on different people, the effect will naturally be different, such as handsome guys and ugly guys. In short, their sisters cannot get disgusted. Of course, they are also living in the Xu Mansion, and they are only related to Xu Yu, unlike others who care about it and are confused.

"It's true." Niaoyan was angry and laughed, and said angrily: "Forget it, I can't do it when you enter the venue, so Lord Jijiu beat you a hundred rulers."

When I saw the little girl laughing, Niangyan dipped her hands in ink and wiped her face.

While making a fuss, Xu Yunyu and Xu Yunning came in. Seeing their faces covered in darkness one by one, they couldn't help but smile: "Which is singing today? Why are there so many Kunlun slaves?"

The two of them were laughing, and Xu Yu secretly made two hands of ink and walked over with his hands behind his back. Mu Lingxia immediately became alert and hurriedly pulled her sister to hide in the corner.

Xu Yu walked behind Xu Yunyu, accidentally wiped her face, and said with a smile: "I also asked you to sing a beautiful face."

Xu Yunyu was so scared that she quickly turned around. Before Xu Yunning could react, she was wiped on her eyes in an instant and was stunned for a moment.

Xu Yu simply drew two circles on her eyes and laughed: "There are long eyebrows, and yours is a bunch of makeup."

After saying that, before he could fight back from his sisters, he ran away.

Mu Caichun said to Mu Lingxia: "No wonder he doesn't want to call him brother. He is so naughty, like a ten-year-old naughty boy. However, having such a brother is interesting, and brothers and sisters smile and make trouble, and they don't have to worry about their boring life."

Mu Lingxia couldn't help but nodded. Her life was very dull and she was cold, so few people joked with her.

Xu Yunning asked the little girls to bring the water, and they washed their faces. Xu Yunyu said, "Just swim here, it's just a hot and stuffy weather."

"It's not possible." Niaoyan waved his hand quickly, "One of the time, Qingyan was in the bathhouse, and second, it was my brother's place, and Yu Li was not in line."

"Are you afraid that we will dirty your pool? You're stingy." Xu Yunyu curled his lips.

"Hehe." Niuyan neither admitted nor denied it.

Look at each other, let me see if there is any trace of ink on my face. Xu Yunning said, "We are so confused, hurry up and take the mirror to look at it."

At this time, Xu Yu walked in and said with a smile: "I am guilty, I am abrupt and should be slapped by Xizi."

Xu Yunyu said, "Then let's slap each one."

"Okay, okay." Mu Caichun spoke, "Let him sit down, take care of himself, read, and go to the exam."

Xu Yu sighed, "Looking at the distance, we all should talk today."

"God." Mu Caichun felt incredible, "I'm only a few miles away from your house, so I'll say far away? Then if you become an official in the future, if you go to Sichuan, Guangxi, and Yunnan, what else can you say? With the word "far" alone, if I'm an examiner, I'll beat you a hundred sticks!"

Xu Yu bowed deeply to her and said respectfully, "I will never dare to talk nonsense again after being taught."

"Oh!" Mu Lingxia sighed softly at it, and finally learned about her cousin's ability to mess around. It's better to see it at first sight than to hear it.

This whole day was overwhelmed by Xu Yu's nonsense. In the evening, Xu Qingtang sent someone to call him, and Xu Yunyu said gloatingly: "I'm having fun now."

Under everyone's sympathetic eyes, Xu Yu followed him listlessly.

When I arrived at the study, my third brother Xu Xian was there. Xu Qingtang asked him to sit down and said, "Although our family is not far from the Gongyuan, we can't help but be busy. This time, passing the exam is not an imperial examination, and we should not be taken lightly. I have ordered someone to rent a residence on the back street of Qinhuai. I will accompany you tomorrow. All our hopes are on your brothers. I hope you can achieve something, shine your family, change the noble family into a cultural prominent family, and pass on the poetry and books from generation to generation. Only in this way can we avoid the destruction of gentlemen for five generations, such as the Ye family, Shen family, Sun family, Wang family, and Xie family in Jiangnan."

"Yes." Xu Yu and Xu Ying stood up to agree.

In Xu Qingtang's heart, although he treated his two grandchildren equally, he could not help but value Xu Yu more. As an elder brother, Xu Yu was smart since childhood, inherited his mother's advantages and had greater hope of becoming a talent.

"Yu'er, let me ask you, have you improved your knowledge? How have you been studying in the park for a year or two?"

To be honest, with his father's indulgence, Xu Yu has hardly studied hard in the past two years, so he is very ups and downs in his heart and dare not answer.

Xu Qi smiled in his heart. His second brother played with girls in the garden all day long, so how could he have time to study? However, he was stared by his mother Zhiqing all day long. He was also working hard for a while. Master Xia and others left, and no one seduced him out to play anymore, and his academic progress has improved a lot.

Fortunately, Xiao also came in the study, just for his baby grandson. Like most elderly people, the older they are, the more they spoiled their grandson, and they were almost spoiled.

Xiao said, "I heard from them that Yu'er reads and writes every day, and doesn't know whether it's true or false, so I think it's not wrong. Besides, he is also my mother, so why would he spend all day having fun?"

"His father?" Xu Qingtang said disdainfully. What kind of virtue is his son? After so many years, how can he not understand me?

To say that your son is good in everything, it is simply irresponsible in educating his children.
Chapter completed!