At noon, Chen Qi almost fainted from hunger, but could only eat a few bites of dry hard bran cake.
This day felt longer than a month to him.
Returning home at night, he devoured his dinner ravenously, didn't even want to take a bath, and had no time to think; as soon as his head touched the pillow, he fell into a deep sleep.
At 5 a.m. the next morning, he was awakened by the family's servants.
Today, he still had to experience a day in the life of the family's servant.
Half awake, he pinched his nose and emptied the chamber pot, fed the horses, chopped wood, and by the time he finished all this, it was almost noon. While cleaning the courtyard, he finally couldn't hold on and fainted...
When he came to, a woman was watching over him by his bedside, silently shedding tears, and she complained to Chen Tieniu: "It's all your fault, my son is going to take the exam to become an advanced scholar and a great official, why did you make him suffer like this..."
