If this was an exam question, then there must be someone hiding nearby to observe their words and deeds. Even if Xu Xi had a guess in her heart, it was hard to say anything to Xu Xue, lest it backfire.

Anyway, Xu Xue, this little girl, is of good character, so there is no need for her to remind her, she just needs to act according to her nature.

After Xu Xue told her, she looked around and muttered: "Who lost the purse?"

Xu Xi also followed her and looked around.

It was quiet all around, except for the sound of the wind blowing bamboo leaves, there was no sound, and no one could be seen.

Xu Xue looked at Xu Xi: "Sister, what should I do?"

Xu Xi hesitated for a moment and said: "We were the first to come in, so it must not have been lost by someone who came in to take the exam. The owner should be someone here. If it is normal and we are not in a hurry, there is no harm in waiting here.

.But we are here to take the exam, so naturally we can’t wait here. Otherwise”

She looked at Xu Xue: "Let's pick it up and hand it to the examiners later so they can ask who lost the purse."

"Yeah, that's good." Xu Xue nodded repeatedly.

Saying that, she ran up and picked up the purse without Xu Xi taking action.

"Take out the things inside and check them out, so that we can know what's inside," Xu Xi said.

Xu Xue quickly untied the rope tied to her purse and poured out the contents.

There are three ingots of silver inside. From the looks of it, there should be one ingot and one tael, making a total of three taels.

Xu Xi felt in his heart that if this was an exam question, the organizer would be too generous.

You must know that in this era, a family of five like the Xu family was self-sufficient in food, vegetables, chickens and ducks. If they did not need to send their children to school, two taels of silver a year would be enough for the whole family.

If someone hides money and refuses to pay it, wouldn’t the academy suffer a huge loss?

The thought made her burst into laughter.

There are people watching here, who has picked up the purse and who has not, and the people in the academy will naturally know clearly. When the time comes, when you go inside, it will be clear who has handed over the purse and who has not.

Anyone who hasn't handed it over can just drink it up and ask her to take it out. It's impossible to lose the money.

"Wow, three taels of silver." When Xu Xue saw the silver, she just sighed with her eyes shining brightly. "This is the first time I have seen so much silver in my life."

In order to prevent the hidden people from thinking about Xu Xue, Xu Xi looked at Xu Xue angrily: "Don't you have any thoughts about this silver?"

"No, no, no." Xu Xue waved her hands quickly, "How is that possible? I'm just talking. This is someone else's thing, how can we take it? The person who lost the money may be very anxious."

Xu Xi knew she would be like this.

She pursed her lips and smiled: "That's right. Although our family has no money, we are not short-sighted and cannot have bad moral character. Our elders have repeatedly taught us that we must behave righteously."

She put the purse into her sleeve pocket and said, "Let's go in and hand it over quickly so that the person who lost the purse won't be anxious."

"Let's go." Xu Xue didn't think much and followed Xu Xi forward quickly.

But when they turned a corner, a woman walked towards them. She glanced at the ground anxiously and muttered: "Where are you going? Why are you missing?"

Xu Xue saw this situation and quickly stepped forward and asked: "Mother-in-law, have you lost your wallet?"

When the mother-in-law heard this, she immediately became happy and nodded repeatedly: "Yes, yes, I lost a purse. Girl, did you see where it is?"

"Yes." Xu Xue turned around and looked at Xu Xi.

Xu Xi wanted to touch his forehead: I wonder if the academy would care about Xu Xue's silly and sweet performance.

She ignored Xu Xue and asked her mother-in-law: "Mother-in-law, what does your purse look like? What's in it?"

Although Xu Xue was naive, she was not stupid. When her cousin asked this question, she also reacted.

If the purse they picked up did not belong to the woman, and the woman saw the money inside and immediately took it, wouldn't they have done something stupid?

She immediately looked at her mother-in-law.

The mother-in-law smiled and said: "The purse is made of red satin, with some flowers embroidered on it."

Seeing that she had stopped talking, Xu Xi asked again: "What's in it?"

No wonder she was so careful. Since picking up the purse is an exam question set by the academy, it is unlikely that this question will be as simple as "pick it up and hand it in", and there will always be a fuss about it.

The previous test was about character, now the test should be about insight and judgment.

Sure enough, when she heard her asking this question, the mother-in-law's expression was a bit wrong. Her eyes flickered and she looked flustered, but she still pretended to be calm and said: "This is a reward from the master. I lost it before I had a chance to look at it."

Saying that, she blessed the two of them: "If you two girls have picked up the purse, please return it to me quickly. I have to cook for the master later, so I can't waste time."

Her performance made Xu Xi couldn't help but scream in her heart.

If this is an exam question, the woman's performance cannot be too superb, so that no one can see any flaws; on the contrary, it cannot be too clumsy, so that people can see at a glance that there is something wrong with it. She needs to act just right, while letting people know

If someone is interested, it should not be too obvious.

In Xu Xi's opinion, the woman's performance just now was definitely that of a movie queen. Her acting was so good, her eyes were panicked, but not obvious, just right for those who were observing carefully.

Although Xu Xue is a little sweet, she is attentive. Just now, Xu Xi did not take out the purse directly, but interrogated the mother-in-law, which gave Xu Xue a hint: the purse does not necessarily belong to the mother-in-law.

So the little bit of panic that the mother-in-law showed just now was also caught by Xu Xue. She immediately became alert and had an intuition that there was something fishy about this matter.

"Since you can't tell what's in the purse, we can't give it to you." Xu Xueyao said, "You go in with us. When we hand the purse to the examiner, you confirm it. If it's really your master who beats you

The examiner will naturally return the purse to you as a reward."

"Hey, you little girl, why are you so wordy? I already said that I have to rush to cook for the master, how can I waste time? Hurry up and hand over your wallet. To express my gratitude, I will reward you with five silver coins. Yes.

Otherwise, I will tell the examiner that you stole my wallet!" The old woman changed her pleasant expression, her expression became fierce, and she uttered threats.

"It only takes a while to get in, and there is a reason for it. Your master has just rewarded you. Even if you delay a little time, I think she will understand you. Okay, let's go quickly, let's hurry up."

Xu Xi said, and whispered to Xu Xue: "Run quickly." He pulled her and started running.

The mother-in-law originally had another scene, which was to use force if the threat failed. Generally, little girls like this have little strength, let alone courage. Once the mother-in-law wants to use force, the little girls will soften up, offer their purses, and settle the matter.

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After all, the silver in the purse is not theirs, so there is no need for them to risk their lives for the purse.
Chapter completed!