There are also potted plants that definitely look like tomatoes and peppers, which are sold as ornamental plants.

Shi Zhongkui couldn't help but feel his throat twitch when he thought of scrambled eggs with tomatoes, stir-fried pork with chili peppers, and vegetarian noodles for two days.

I only bought a little of each kind of fruits and vegetables, just enough to make seeds.

Then I bought hundreds of eggs and ten kilograms of meat and took them home. I only spent a few tens of cents for half the money.

Go home and reward yourself, reward your stomach, and exercise in the morning in the following days to practice the art of magical movement.

In the morning, I recite the Four Books, and in the afternoon I practice calligraphy by drawing talisman and seal script.

Five days passed in a flash.

I sold another 100 kilograms of preserved fruit in exchange for 10 taels of silver, and went out to buy some paper, pens and ink. Two days ago, I also paid 500 kilograms to the private school and received a letter of recommendation from the private school teacher.

Early that morning, Shi Zhongkui took twenty of the 'Evil-Breaking Talisman' and 'Diamond Talisman' that he had drawn in the past five days. They looked like they were walking, but they were using magic skills, and they seemed to be slow but actually they were running at a trotting speed, and went to the Daxing County Government Office to exchange them

County examination certificate.

By the way, he pretended that he was helplessly harassed by Jia Quan, and talked nonsense about going back to the clan in Daxing County to see if he could bring back some preserved fruits.

He only brought 30 kilograms of preserved fruits, and then told Jia Quan with a look of regret and unwillingness that the preserved fruits had been bought by merchants and shipped to the grassland.

I also promise to go back to the clan early next year and prepare more preserved fruits.

When Jia Quan saw this, he could only leave 3 taels of silver and leave with 30 kilograms of preserved fruit.

He has been staying at home since then.

Except for one peach tree that was left untouched, all the vegetables and fruits purchased were planted in the other 19 space farmlands.

Unfortunately, apart from the fact that each plot of land still produces 10 kilograms of fruits and vegetables, the space farm shows no signs of change or upgrade.

After excluding money, a variety of plants, and more harvests, which are the perennial methods in the novel that can upgrade the space.

Shi Zhongkui can think of only antiques, luck, aura and merit.

Antiques are easy to understand and have a literary or historical flavor.

But he tried his own ancient fan, but there was no reaction.

Merits are nothing more than good deeds, saving people, helping others, discovering things that are beneficial to mankind, etc.

It stands to reason that Jia Quan's family has made a lot of money from preserved fruits, so there should be some response, but now it seems that this kind of merit is too small and has no effect on the space farm, or the changes that have occurred are so small that they are not aware of it.

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Then only luck is left.

Dynasty luck, when an individual becomes an official, his luck will increase, and it can even affect a certain person and change his destiny, which is also considered a kind of luck.

Even taking away someone's opportunity, etc., may be said to be luck.

In this way, it only depends on whether there will be any changes in the space farm when you pass the exam to become a scholar.

As for spiritual energy, the space increased from 1 cubic meter to 10 cubic meters due to Wuqu Xingjun's fairy energy.

In other words, if you want to expand the space with your own spiritual energy, you may not be able to match the immortal energy of Wuqu Xingjun in ten years.

After all, the level is different by who knows how many times.

After that, he also tried whether the things produced by the space, and even the water from the well, could improve his memory and physical fitness.

Unfortunately, perhaps the space level is still too low, so the products produced are ordinary except for the fact that they taste much better than those outside.

If this were changed to modern society, a straightforward description would be: space produces fairy peaches, deliciousness 1, sweetness 1, and taste 1.

Then easily others sell it for a few percent more expensive.

In the next 40 days or so, I only occasionally went out to buy some meat.

He also took the article he had written to a private school to consult with old scholars.

Shi Zhongkui had been shutting himself up at home to practice hard and read and practice calligraphy.

I don’t have to worry about eating and drinking, and I got exercise. Not only did I have obvious muscles on my body, but I also seemed to have grown 2 or 3 centimeters in height.

With a 19-year-old body and previous malnutrition, it would not be a surprise to grow taller.

To his surprise, as the year was approaching, he finally broke through to the first level of Qi training.

The power of the Evil-Breaking, Vajra, and Divine Movement Talisman drawn again has doubled.

After the lonely years, Shi Zhongkui, who was offering incense to his parents and worshiping them, felt helpless and drank the wine of this era alone.

For the first time, I felt regretful.

Ancient society and cultivation did have many benefits, but no matter what age, life alone would never be easy.

Hearing the sound of firecrackers outside, Shi Zhongkui remembered the dozen bamboo poles Jia Quan had given him.

Rich families use fireworks and firecrackers to celebrate the New Year, but poor families can only follow the longer-term method of building a fire, throwing bamboo poles into the fire, and listening to the sound.

The only thing that comforted him was that he had memorized the Four Books and Five Classics by heart.

The old scholar also praised him for being really enlightened in his one-hand calligraphy. As for the magic technique, his speed can even rival that of a fast horse.

By this time, Shi Zhongkui was truly at ease.

At worst, I have to leave the capital, but when I think about the world of Red Mansions, I have basically never heard of ghosts.

It is not easy to subdue demons and demons, and there are even fewer opportunities to earn merit this way.

After the Chinese New Year, I tried to memorize the Four Books and Five Classics backwards in my free time. It only took me a few days to practice and I was able to memorize them word for word.

In order to buy these books, a relatively large amount of paper, and the expenses spent on buying meat and eggs these days, only 6 taels of silver were left from 13 taels.

Fortunately, I can use whole wheat semolina instead.

Calculated in one month, it’s only a hundred words.

By comparison, the old scholar's income is indeed only enough to support his family.

On this day, Shi Zhongkui went to the scholar's house again with a 50-pound bag of whole wheat thick noodles.

Uncharacteristically, the old guy first asked questions about knowledge for more than an hour. Seeing Shi Zhongkui's answers fluently, his face suddenly showed a happy expression.

And before leaving, she pulled him and said some vague words.

Shi Zhongkui didn't understand it at first, but after returning home and thinking about it carefully, he guessed that the old man asked the students for money, probably because he wanted to spend money to find a position in the Daxing County government.

Scholars cannot be officials, but they can be scribes or masters.

Moreover, as a master, you can take the imperial examination again.

In other words, the old man is indeed related to the county master, and the relationship should be pretty good, otherwise not everyone can do it.

Wait, Shi Zhongkui looked overjoyed, and suddenly wanted to understand the meaning of the old scholar's words.

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On the tenth day of February, even Shi Zhongkui felt tired after five consecutive exams, let alone other scholars.

The first thing I did when I got home was to boil water, Meimei took a bath, and then she made hot meals and dishes by herself.

Then he fell on the bed and went to sleep.

A few days later, I rushed to Daxing County Government early in the morning, and the results of the county examination came out as expected.

Seeing that his name was at the top of the imperial list, Shi Zhongkui not only breathed a sigh of relief, but he also followed the yamen servant into the backyard of the county yamen with great joy to pay homage to the county magistrate who was considered his benefactor.

It was a pity that after the county magistrate waved the government officials to leave, he said a few words of courtesy and some words of encouragement.
Chapter completed!