Entering the venue to take the exam was quite a novel thing for Tao Rui. He had only given others questions on the palace exams before and watched others answer them. Now that the roles are changed, it's like experiencing this from a different angle.
Coincidentally, Tao Bin sat opposite Tao Rui. There is a small compartment for each person, no door, and the people facing each other are far away. They can't see the words written by the other party, but it is enough to see the actions of the other party clearly.
After Tao Bin arranged the desktop, he looked at Tao Rui confidently, with forbearing resentment and ferocity in his eyes.
[Floating years: Brother Rui, is Tao Bin putting pressure on you? If this is a person with a bad ability to bear it, will it be affected if he looks at it like this? ]
Tao Rui supported his chin and watched the candidates' movements at random, and said nonchalantly: [If he cares so much, he may be affected in the end. ]
Sure enough, Tao Bin felt a fire in his heart when he saw Tao Rui's attitude. Although it was not big, it was still burning with his calmness and reason.
After the test papers were issued, Tao Rui glanced at it, thought for a moment, and answered with a pen. His movements were smooth and smooth, and he was confident at first sight, without hesitation or pause. Even for the poem, he wrote a poem after a little thought.
The invigilator walked up to him and was attracted by his words and poems. He couldn't help stopping and admiring it with his hands behind his back. In fact, the invigilator was very surprised. Earlier, he only heard that Tao Rui had won five games in a row at the party. He had no specific feelings about how good he was in all aspects. He knew that the emperor valued Tao Rui.
I didn't expect Tao Rui to be truly brilliant when I saw it today.
Tao Bin noticed that the invigilator was on the opposite side. He raised his eyes and saw that Tao Rui took the pen calmly and finished writing! And the invigilator stroked his beard and looked satisfied, indicating that Tao Rui answered very well.
Tao Bin refused to believe, how could Tao Rui, who has been crushed by him since childhood, be truly outstanding? Did Tao Rui learn to hide clumsy since he was a child? why? Tao Rui discovered his true identity at that time? Such a young child is already so scheming. Does that mean Tao Rui is really wise?
Or is it just like Tao Rui said, he has been making noises over the years to attract the attention of his parents?
Either way, they were thoughts that Tao Bin didn't have when he was young. This seemed to prove that Tao Rui was smarter than him in any way. This made Tao Bin especially uncomfortable, and his chest became stuffy.
He lowered his head again, and suddenly found that his brain was blank, and he completely forgot what he just wanted to write.
Tao Bin frowned, took a deep breath to calm himself, and re-read what he wrote, hoping to continue smoothly.
But writing poems and making essays sometimes requires inspiration. The inspiration flashes by, and if you don't catch it, you can't remember it no matter how much you think about it. Especially when he was disturbed by the other side, he thought of many things in the past in a mess, shame, annoyance, anger, embarrassment, and many complicated emotions directly overwhelmed him and disrupted his thinking even more.
The invigilator went to inspect elsewhere, this world is not allowed to hand in papers in advance, Tao Rui put his chin on and closed his eyes to rest. In fact, he quietly operated his spiritual power to start practicing, so that he wouldn't be bored.
But this fell into Tao Bin's eyes, and it caused even greater pressure. The more Tao Bin wanted to ignore Tao Rui, the more he couldn't help but look at him. The more he wanted to calm down, the more chaotic his thoughts became. The last poem he wrote was really lacking in spirit, and he didn't even like him.
But time is limited, he can't think about it all the time, he always has to hand in papers.
This was the case for several exams. When he was finally able to leave, Tao Bin was sweaty on his forehead, and he slumped in a chair, his face turned pale.
Tao Bin didn't know how he got out of the examination room, but the carriage of Xuanjinhou Mansion was waiting outside. When he got into the carriage, he saw Tao Rui walking towards the Tao family from a distance.
Tao Jin, Xiuniang, Tao Wangcai, Fuxi, Leng Xiao, as well as Qi Lang and Fu Yun, they all came to pick Tao Rui, talking and laughing as if they were very happy and warm.
He had always felt that Tao Rui moved out of his household registration and did not return to the Hou Mansion because he was stupid with his will, or deliberately wanted to embarrass the Hou Mansion.
Now when he saw Tao Rui getting along with them, he was suddenly surprised that what Tao Rui said may be true. Tao Rui really hates the harsh treatment of the Hou Mansion and loves the family affection of the Tao family.
Xiao Si found that his face was wrong, and asked cautiously: "Master, do you want to go back to the house?"
"Back." Tao Bin stepped into the carriage, shutting off the eyes of others, his heart sinking continuously.
He knew how much Tao Qian and Tao Li looked forward to the test, and he himself valued it very much. But even if the results haven't come out yet, he knows that this time, the most important thing is that Tao Rui seems to be doing well in the test, and he doesn't know how to explain it. Thinking about it this way, the pressure is even greater than before.
Sure enough, after he returned home, Tao Li's smile solidified as soon as he saw his face. Tao Qian couldn't wait to ask: "You didn't pass the exam? What about Tao Rui? Did you see him?"
Tao Bin lowered his head and said, "Tao Rui is across from me, with a hall in between. I vaguely saw him knowing his mind, and the invigilator seemed to admire him."
"Then why didn't you answer? You are not reading every day? What did you read?" Tao Qian's voice rose louder, and several aunts, concubines and concubines subconsciously straightened up and lowered their heads, feeling the atmosphere very tense.
Tao Bin pursed his lips and couldn't answer. He couldn't say that he couldn't accept that Tao Rui was better than him. It was even more embarrassing.
Tao Qian was so angry at him for the first time that he scolded, "Go and kneel in front of your ancestor! You give me a good reflection, if you don't get distracted by thinking about others, can you have today? Get out!"
Tao Bin gritted his teeth, turned his head and walked to the ancestral hall. It was the first time that he heard the word "roll" from his father, which he had said to Tao Rui before. It was also the first time that he was scolded by his father in front of his younger siblings. He was still so merciless and even mentioned Qin Ruo.
He likes Qin Ruo, but he also knows that it is a shame. He is now in Houfu, and his face is gone!
Tao Qian and Tao Li quarreled again, after which Tao Qian once again handed over the control of the family to Aunt Zhou. Tao Li's heart made a great alarm bell. The country test that she most wanted to make her son look beautiful has ended. At this time, the most important thing is to control the family. Aunt Zhou, as the birth mother of the dragon and phoenix, was very favored, and she was able to regain the control of the family. , Is there still a place for her to stand in the Fuzhong?
She was full of sons at first, but she didn't expect that when she was middle-aged, she would have to fight with her concubine again, and her most valued son really disappointed her this time. But she could only comfort herself that the time had not come, and Master Xuanzong had passed her fate, which must be correct. All her hopes in this life are pinned on Tao Bin.
But Tao Li couldn't help but pay attention to Tao Rui, the son she deliberately raised and abandoned. She always wanted to abandon the son she didn't like. Why did she live so well after leaving her?
Tao Rui settled down after taking the exam, and immediately worked out everything about opening a store with his family, and opened a Huanxi building.
There are several areas in the lobby on the first floor of Huanxi Building. There are several entertainment items such as pot throwing, dart throwing, fish fishing, pet feeding, etc. You can ask the staff to play with you, or you can invite friends to play together, just like a small amusement. field.
But because there is no playground in this world, there are many kinds of game items in such a store, which makes everyone feel very surprised.
On the second floor is a more secret box. You can close the box door to block the line of sight from the outside. You can play games and have refreshments inside, or watch the people downstairs playing games.
The second floor is very suitable for people with some identities and those who do not want to play in the crowd. The family lady can also make an appointment with three or five handkerchiefs and go to the second floor box to play. There is a side door that can park a carriage that goes directly to the second floor. Yes, it has created convenience for them to the greatest extent.
This is very interesting, because everyone is very boring on weekdays, it is impossible to have parties often, and there is nowhere to go if you make an appointment, and it is not fun to play at home. Coming to Huanxi Tower made them feel fresh and a little bit exciting. As soon as Huanxi Tower opened, the business was booming, and even the business of surrounding businesses was driven a bit.
Huanxilou was placed under the name of Tao Jin. Everyone praised Tao Rui for his filial piety and praised him for giving his parents glory and wealth. No one actually despised him as a talented person to help in the store. Probably Tao Rui's various operations have shocked them before, but now he doesn't seem abrupt in doing anything else. Some people joked that Tao Rui deserves to be a dude for more than ten years and has opened more shops than others.
The three princesses and the fourth princesses dressed as men and went to the Huanxi Building to play, instead of going to the second floor, they mixed directly into the crowd on the first floor to experience those items one by one.
The fourth princess whispered in the ear of the third princess: "Sister Sister, this fish fishing is too fun, right? How did Tao Rui come up with it? I haven't played before, he is too good, right?"
The third princess looked at the fishing net made of paper in her hand and carefully picked up a fish. The paper broke before it was placed in the small bowl, and the little fish fell back into the pool. She couldn't help but smile: Ingenious, maybe I like to play on weekdays."
The fourth princess pointed to the pet feeding area on the other side, and urged: "Sister Sister, hurry up. Let's go feed the rabbits, and the puppies and kittens. What is that? Squirrels? And hedgehogs! There are so many, and Little lamb, little chicken, that little chicken is so cute and fluffy, third sister, hurry up, let's go feed it."
The third princess glanced over there, regretfully put down the fishing net, and passed the fourth princess with him. When she was a child, she actually raised rabbits and puppies, but the kind of raising was that the palace people took care of the pets and sent them to her to play with.
Like Huanxi Lou, we clean up the small animals and put them in cages for everyone to feed them. The cages are also arranged very comfortably. It is really fun to put clothes on the small animals. And she has never seen a chicken or a lamb, so cute!
When they stepped forward, they were stopped by the people in the shop, asked them to buy special food, instructed them to feed special animals, and watched them all the time to prevent the wrong feeding from causing problems.
Everyone fed for a while, and a batch of small animals were replaced in the store. If anyone is interested in buying them, they can also pay the cash and take them away.
The little girls gathered here, and the three princesses and the fourth princesses were so cute that they couldn't move their eyes.
But the third princess feels a pity, there is no white little fox she likes most here. She finally bought a white puppy that looked like a fox. She also bought many sets of clothes and snacks that the puppy can wear. A great sense of satisfaction made her smile constantly.
The third princess hugged the puppy and thought, the fourth princess was right, Tao Rui was too good. Having fun in this store is really easy to decompress, no wonder Tao Rui has always wanted to be a dude! It's so cool to be a dude!