Chapter 201 3/3

Mr. Ping had already read Li Qingzhi’s articles, and a few days ago, someone had gifted him a set of Li Qingzhi’s “Collection of Fun Stories for Children.”

This book was quite delightful, and recently, Mr. Ping found himself reading it whenever he had some free time, even taking it with him to the restroom.

Seeing that there were only a few thin pages left unread, Mr. Ping felt a bit reluctant to finish it.

At that moment, someone came in from outside: “Sir, we have brought back the ‘Solitary Journey’ that you wanted.”

“Let me see it quickly,” Mr. Ping immediately said, asking the person to bring the “Solitary Journey” over.

He put down the “Collection of Fun Stories for Children” and began carefully studying the book by the Solitary Traveler.

Although he was no longer young and not as passionate as he once was, now more focused on securing money for his children and grandchildren, he still loved this book.

It depicted an ideal world.

Meanwhile, Li Qingzhi and his friends finally got their hands on the book.

On their way back, they started reading it, expressing their admiration as they went.

Li Qingzhi read it casually since he had already memorized the book.

However, he was genuinely satisfied with the Shen family business.

This wasn’t just because the Shen family business paid him a lot in royalties, but also because the quality of their books was truly excellent.

In this final book, he had written about the military and even included some drawings. The illustrations in the book matched his original drawings almost exactly.

After the book was released, the scholars in the provincial capital discussed it for several days.

Du Yongning, a scholar who idolized the Solitary Traveler to an extreme degree, bought many of the Solitary Traveler’s books and started a reading club.

He invited Li Qingzhi to join, and Li Qingzhi went, only to watch as the discussion veered off-topic. Many believed that such a place described in the book truly existed; otherwise, the Solitary Traveler could not have written it so realistically, and they wanted to find it.

Li Qingzhi: “…”

Time flew by, and soon it was August. The weather finally cooled down, making Li Qingzhi feel much more comfortable than before.

The day before the provincial examination, Li Qingzhi stayed home.

He planned to rest well and spend some time with Jin Xiaoye, Li Damao, and Li Ermao to lift his spirits.

“Father, you’ll definitely do well in the exam this time!” Li Damao said as he handed Li Qingzhi an egg he had found in the chicken coop. “Father, this is Dabao’s egg, to help you nourish your body.”

Seeing this, Li Ermao quickly brought over Erbao’s egg as well.

Zhao Xiaodou’s chicken was also a hen, and he gave Li Qingzhi its egg too.

Feeling cherished, Li Qingzhi happily made a bowl of egg fried rice with the three eggs and ate it in front of the three children. “This egg fried rice is really delicious.”

Li Damao and Li Ermao: “…” They were having noodles today, which were also delicious, but somehow, they felt that their father’s egg fried rice looked even tastier!

Li Damao and Li Ermao couldn’t resist hugging their father, trying to sneak a bite of the egg fried rice.

After eating, Li Qingzhi chatted with Li Damao and Li Ermao and discovered that they spoke the official language very fluently, without any accent.

Jin Xiaoye also spoke well, though she still had an accent.

As for the others… they could speak a bit, but their official language was hard to understand.

However, at least they could communicate, and with a few more months of effort, by the time they went to the capital, they would be able to converse without too much trouble.

The provincial examination was very important, so Li Qingzhi ate quite a bit to boost his energy and went to bed early.

Early the next morning, Li Qingzhi left home with his exam basket to head to the examination hall.

The conditions in the previous exams had been tough, but this provincial examination was expected to be the harshest yet.

The main reason was that candidates had to stay overnight at the examination site, and the conditions at the examination hall were far from comfortable!