Chapter 2 Simple Happiness
Cao Ang held back his smile and got up from the ground, patted his body hard, and dust suddenly flew.
Cao Anmin, who was standing by, stared at Cao Ren who was leaving, was not prepared at all, and immediately sucked in a few mouthfuls of dust. He quickly flashed to the side, waved his hand to drive away the dust, and shouted dissatisfiedly: "Be careful, be careful, there are people next to you! Cao Ang, you must be so angry that your uncle Xiao left, otherwise he would definitely give me some advice on my fists and feet. It's all your fault!"
Cao Anmin is the second son of his uncle Cao De. Although he is the same generation as Cao Ang, he is twenty years old this year, one year older than Cao Ren. Seeing Cao Anmin calling Cao Ren an uncle, Cao Ang felt a little awkward.
Xiao Yi said that Cao Anmin bullied the weak and feared the strong when he was young, punched the Cao family's juniors and kicked the children in the county. Even Cao Ren was not seen by him. Later, Cao Ren became aware of martial arts. Cao Anmin knew that he was no match for him, so he immediately shook his tail and begged for mercy. His uncle called him so close to anyone else, which was really a despicable thing!
Cao Ang was too lazy to pay attention to a snobbish guy like Cao Anmin. He was about to turn around and leave, but Cao Anmin grabbed the corner of his clothes and whispered: "Boy, have you considered what I told you last month? In my opinion, you should agree!"
How could Cao Anmin know what Cao Anmin told him last month? He hadn't traveled through time yet. However, in the spirit of asking if he didn't understand, Cao Ang asked calmly: "What's the matter? You know, I fell from the beginning of the month and can't remember many things!"
"Shh!" Cao Anmin quickly looked around and saw that there was no one around, so he breathed a sigh of relief. He was actually a little embarrassed and whispered: "That's it, what you should remember... is... it's the matter in a few days of the clan exam! Cao Ang, don't pretend to be garlic!"
Exam? Cao Ang was still a little puzzled. Xiao Yi once said during a chat that Cao Anmin's grades were pretty good, but he had been suppressed by "Cao Ang" before traveling through time, and always ranked second in the exam at the end of the month. He should not be worried about his grades. Unlike himself, the time travel time is still short, and he can't memorize the Five Classics thoroughly, and he has learned ancient Chinese so hard. Could it be that he has failed the test questions for this exam? If this is true, he has to flatter him a few more times.
Cao Anmin didn't know Cao Ang's random thoughts. Cao Anmin blushed and lowered his voice and said, "It's just that you can let go of the exam. As long as you pass the answer to me this time and let me take the lead, I will give you five guan money! Don't hesitate anymore, five guan money is a lot, you can buy a lot of meat, and it will save you from stealing every day!"
Cao Ang was stunned. He didn't expect that he would still encounter cheating in exams when traveling back to ancient times. When he was in school, he passed all the homework by plagiarism and cheating! Now that I think about it, I really miss it. Thinking of this, he couldn't help but smile slightly.
Cao Anmin misunderstood Cao Ang’s meaning and thought he was laughing at him. So Cao Anmin blushed and asked angrily: “Why are you laughing at?”
Cao Ang took a step forward and whispered: "I heard from Xiao Yi that if you get the first place in the exam, the clan school will be awarded the money for you. Mrs. Ding loves me very much and values her face the most. She will at least give me two guan rewards. As long as I am a little more acquainted, my uncles and uncles will also give me some rewards. In this way, why should I give this name to you?! It is too unsincere for just five guan coins!"
Cao Anmin felt a little embarrassed by Cao Ang's analysis. In fact, his father had given him a full hundred stale money before, but Cao Anmin had spent a lot of money recently and wanted to take some kickbacks. In addition, he also felt that Cao Ang was just a ten-year-old boy and didn't understand the world, so he suppressed the price.
Seeing that Cao Ang turned around and was about to leave, without any nostalgia, Cao Anmin gritted his teeth and whispered: "Well, it's okay, it's okay for eighty-tenth stakes of Qian!"
Hearing this, Cao Ang stopped suddenly. Thanks to the knowledge he learned when he was reading books at Qidian before traveling through time, Cao Ang knew that the Yellow Turban Uprising had a heavy blow to the economy at the end of the Han Dynasty, prices rose sharply, and coins depreciated seriously, but even so, the purchasing power of Wuzhu coins was still okay.
In the Central Plains, five jin of money can buy about 100 jin of rice; the prices in Qiao County are relatively stable, and five jin of money can buy about 150 jin of rice. Calculated at two yuan per jin of rice, five jin of money is equivalent to 300 yuan, which means that one jin of money is equivalent to 60 yuan. Eighty jin of money, that is, 4,800 yuan, is a very low price for a small exam!
After traveling back to ancient times, although he was Cao Cao's eldest son, he was just the son of a concubine, but his treatment was not too high. In addition, Cao Cao took office as prime minister of Jinan and was far away from his hometown in Qiao County. Cao Cao, who was generous, not only could not bring money home, but also needed to supplement the family. In order to save expenses, Mrs. Ding had already cut the monthly payment for each person in the family by half, and Cao Ang only had half a month of pocket money. Such a small amount of money was really not enough to spend!
To be honest, Cao Ang really agreed at this time. Unfortunately, his body was in his body at this time, and he only knew that the Five Classics include the Book of Changes, the Book of Songs, the Book of Rites and the Spring and Autumn Annals. As for the detailed content, after this period of time, Cao Ang did not remember much. Moreover, he could not take out his crooked brush calligraphy. With his current situation, he was still passing the answers to others. It was a joke!
Cao Ang turned around and smiled slightly at Cao Anmin. At that moment, Cao Anmin suddenly had the urge to hold his money bag.
Cao Ang whispered: "One Hundred Continents, I deliberately answered a few questions wrong this time and gave you the first one! How about it?"
Cao Anmin gritted his teeth and said, "Do it! As long as you write it in a neat way this time and you will deliberately answer two questions wrong, I will definitely surpass you!"
Cao Ang smiled and said, "Then it's decided. You will send the money to my room before dinner today, and it will never be over yet!"
After saying that, Cao Ang smiled and walked towards the weapon stand in the distance, taking Xiao Yi away. He held his smile hard while walking, and was ecstatic: I made money and I finally got rich!
Cao Anmin also clenched his fists tightly, and kept laughing in his heart: Ding's family has no son, and someone in the family has mentioned adoption many times, and the person who decided to choose this person is the old people in the family, not the Ding family! As long as I can win the first place in the clan exam this time and beat you Cao Ang into a pig's head in the martial arts competition, what else do you have to compete for this position with me?! You must know that my uncle (Cao Cao) is now the prime minister of Jinan and is highly valued by my grandfather. As long as I can adopt it to my uncle, I can go smoothly in the officialdom at that time. Why do you have to study hard like my father and brother?!
Cao Ang naturally didn't know what Cao Anmin thought. He led Xiao Yi and went to pay tribute to Ding (Cao Cao's wife) as usual. While walking, Cao Ang said to Xiao Yi: "Brother Xiao Yi, have you noticed that Brother Anmin has been pursuing progress recently!"
While talking, Cao Ang felt a little stomachache. He scratched his head, Brother Anmin... I'm so angry! But who made me only ten years old now!
Perhaps it was the tacit understanding between the master and the servant, Xiao Yi, like Cao Ang, scratched his head, "Anyway, since the Lord was promoted to Jinan Prime Minister, Cao Anmin has been very diligent! Young Master, he is a very unreliable person, he is a traitor and is scheming, bullying the old and the weak..."
When Xiao Yi said this, Cao Ang was slightly stunned and couldn't help but stop. He didn't say anything, but just stared at Xiao Yi with his little black and shiny eyes.
Xiao Yi stuck out his tongue, "Those words just now were said by Uncle Li in the yard, and I think it makes sense."
Cao Ang then realized, "I don't know if you can't say this. You just bow your head to do things in the compound. Listen more, watch more and speak less, and you won't suffer any loss."
Xiao Yi nodded repeatedly, unaware of how strange it was to say a ten-year-old child that taught people this lesson.
The master and servant walked and said as they came to Ding's room soon. Before they could enter the door, they could hear the sound of the loom inside.
Cao Ang coughed lightly, took off his shoes outside, and shouted: "Good morning, madam!"
"It's A'ang here, come in!" After hearing Cao Ang's shout, the weaving sound in the room stopped. Ding stood up from the loom, greeted him happily, and reached out to rub Cao Ang's head.
Cao Ang was actually mentally prepared and wanted to avoid him, but he was only ten years old after all, and he could not escape quickly with his arms and legs. He was soon hugged by Ding.
Although Cao Ang has adapted to his identity as a child, he has the idea of an adult after all, and is always a little embarrassed, and still wants to break free. However, the more he frowned like a little adult, the more cute he looks, the tighter he is hugged by Ding.
Cao Ang could clearly feel that Ding really likes children. This kind of love is not superficial, but from the heart. Lying in this warm and comfortable embrace, you can relax your body and mind, and relieve your soul from all kinds of guard against this world. What's more, there are also the candied dates sent by your father to eat.
After all, his body is still a child. Cao Ang, who loved sweets in his past and present lives, quickly lost his will to fight. While eating candied dates, he lay comfortably in Ding's arms and asked in surprise: "Madam, there is no cloth shop in the city, why do you have to weave cloth so tired?"
Ding's relatively distant name "Madam", but she also knew that Cao Ang was a stubborn child. Since Liu's death, Cao Ang never called out the word "mother".
Ding sighed secretly in his heart, and took the candied dates from the box and fed them to Cao Ang slowly. He smiled and said, "Although the cloth in the cloth shop is good, it was woven by someone else, and there is no one in it. Your father is far away in Jinan, and no one knows the cold and warmth. I will feel more comfortable with him. I heard that the north is very cold during this period, and I don't know if he is cold at night. It's funny to say that you, father and son, are not honest after sleeping, and always like to kick the quilt. By the way, I cut a new dress for you the day before yesterday. It's not too busy these two days, and I finally got out. Change it and see if it's right!"
While Ding said, he carried Cao Ang to the couch and turned to get clothes. Looking at her busy figure, Cao Ang suddenly felt that he was actually very happy now...
Chapter completed!