On the afternoon of the eighth day, the students started to enter the examination hall, as they were not concentrated at the time of the son, so they came one by one to enter the examination hall.
When Song Si’s group arrived, it was already half an afternoon and there were a dozen students in line.
Two boys unloaded the bedding and other things needed for the examination from the carriage and waited on the side.
Song Si got down from the carriage.
“I wish you all the best with your writing.”
Song Si smiled and couldn’t help but touch her head. I don’t know if it was because she had grown a year or because the family’s life had improved, Song Wan Yue had grown a great deal taller and was up to his neck.
“Remember what big brother said, no wandering around.”
“I remember.”
“It’s not remember, it’s do it.”
“Good.”
Song Si looked to Gu Yi, who hastily assured him, “I remembered that too, don’t worry big brother, the two of us aren’t going anywhere until you come out after your exams.”
Song Si didn’t quite believe him, Gu Yi was very playful and had brought a number of servants with him, so he would certainly be unable to hold it in the inn. But the capital was full of high-ranking and powerful officials, so if they accidentally bumped into each other, they could not afford the consequences.
“When big brother finishes his exams, there will be many more days to stay in the capital, so he will show you around well then. Until then, you guys try to stay in the inn and don’t come out and run around.”
“Big brother, we’re both getting calluses on our ears.”
Song Wangyue said with a smile.
Ever since lunch, Song Si had been instructing this, and she and Gu Yi could both hear it backwards.
“Isn’t big brother still uneasy? If you guys could listen, big brother naturally wouldn’t say so much.”
“Obey, we both will obey.”
Song Wangyue repeatedly assured her, but Song Si was still uneasy and instructed and instructed again until Xiao Si reminded, “Sir Song, it’s almost our turn.”
Song Si grabbed the work and instructed him one last time before he quickly went over and took the bedding, clothes and writing materials from the boy’s hands to enter the examination hall.
A carriage was parked in the distance, taking in all of Song Si’s movements.
That day, she deliberately dropped her books on the ground and Song Si did not look at her, so she did not see Song Si’s face clearly. Today, as the carriage was close, she could see clearly that the young man was handsome and upright, which was exactly what she had in mind.
Xu Ling’er lifted the carriage curtain again, “Go and inquire, who is that girl to him?”
The maid answered yes and walked in the direction of Song Wan Yue.
Song Wangyue and Gu Yi turned around and prepared to walk back as well.
“Miss Song, Young Master Gu!”
Two surprised voices came over from the side.
The two looked over at the voices and could not help but freeze for a moment when they saw that it was the Yellow Cake couple.
“Miss Song, Young Master Gu, we’ve found you.”
The Huangcake couple walked up to them and said joyfully.
“You two have come all the way here to find us?”
“Yes, yes ……”
Huang Gao nodded excitedly, “Ever since we parted from the capital city, the two of us, husband and wife, have been asking for news of you two.”
“Boss Huang’s looking for us for something?”
Huang Gao looked around, “It’s not convenient to talk here with all the people, let’s go and talk to one side.”
Song Wangyue and Gu Yi followed him to a secluded place.
Huang Gao put the bundle he had been clutching to his chest in his daughter-in-law’s hand, then opened it and took out a pile of silver cheques from it, “This is the money from the sale of Xue Mei Niang’s recipe, 40,000 taels of silver, we wanted to give it to you two at first, but you suddenly left without saying goodbye so we didn’t. Now it’s good that we have given it to you two, our hearts are now at ease.”
After saying that, he handed the silver cheque to Song Wangyue.
Song Wan Yue was surprised, “You two are looking for us just to give us this silver?”
“Yes.”
Finally the silver ticket was given to them, and the yellow cake daughter-in-law was happy, tying the bundle and clutching it to her chest, “You taught us the recipe for Xue Mei Niang, the silver from the sale naturally goes to you.”
Song Wan Yue’s heart was very shocked, when she and Gu Yi left without saying goodbye, it was because she did not want to take the money from the Huang Gao couple’s seller, if it was someone else, they would have left it themselves, but the Huang Gao couple kept thinking of giving it to her, such a character not many people would have.
“We don’t want this silver.”
Song Wangyue pushed it back, “I said at the beginning that since the recipe was given to you, the money from the sale would also go to you.”
“This won’t do.”
Huang Gao insisted on handing back the silver ticket, “You taught us the recipe, we didn’t buy it, so the money from the sale will naturally go to you, so don’t push it away.
“Young master.”
Xiao Si leaned close to Gu Yi and whispered, “Someone is watching us.”
Gu Yi followed his line of sight and saw a person dressed as a maid looking towards this side.
Gu Yi withdrew his gaze and said, “This is not the place to talk, this way, let’s find a restaurant and talk while we eat.”
“No, the two of us still have to get out of the city while the gates are still open, Miss Song, Young Master Gu, you quickly put the silver tickets away.”
Although the two of them were wearing fine cotton clothes, they did not look new, and the shoes on their feet were the same; they were in such a hurry to leave the city, I’m afraid they wanted to save money on accommodation.
“It will soon be dark, it is very unsafe for you to leave the city at this time of day, eat your fill and stay for the night before you leave.”
“This ……”
The Yellow Cake couple looked at each other, they didn’t have much silver left on them and they had to rent a carriage to get home.
“Let’s go.”
Song Wangyue pretended not to see the two men’s movements, “Once we say goodbye this time, we might not see each other again in the future, we have to take this opportunity to talk properly.”
“Okay.”
Huang Gao readily agreed.
In his mind, he thought that when he rented the carriage, he could negotiate with the driver and pay half of the money up front, and then pay the other half when he arrived at home, and as for food and drink on the way, he could just buy some biscuits and drink some cold water.
The maid of the Xu residence saw several people walking towards the carriage and was just about to go up to them when she was stepped on, causing cold sweat to break out.
“I’m sorry, I’m sorry ……”
The person who stepped on her apologised one after another.
When the maid’s pain had passed, she looked again in the distance, where was the carriage.
She limped back to the Xu family carriage, “Little, little miss, I, I didn’t inquire.”
“No harm done ……”
Xu Ling’er’s voice was inaudible with anger, “Have someone inquire at the inn where they are staying, and remember, don’t reveal your identity.”
……
A few people went to the restaurant, Song Wan Yue and Gu Yi then realized that the Yellow Cake couple had really gone to a lot of trouble to find them.
At first, the two of them did not leave their names and only heard the servants call her Miss Song and Young Master Gu. Later, when the two heard that the Qingping House’s Jieyuan was called Song Si, they suddenly thought that it was possible that Song Wangyue and Gu Yi were accompanying Song Si to take the imperial examinations.