In the afternoon, Ling Yun worked on the test paper for less than an hour. When he turned around, he found that he had finished it.
Seeing that he had enough time, he checked it carefully again and found that there was nothing missing. He looked again uneasy.
Then I carefully sorted out the test papers and put them aside, waiting for the examiner to collect the test papers after the exam was over.
Ling Yun put away his pen and stopped, and suddenly realized that it was really cold today. He had just been writing for a while, and his hands were a little frozen.
He quickly put his frozen hands into his sleeves and covered them.
I muttered to myself, luckily it’s not a cold spring this year. If there is another snowfall at this time, I’m afraid it will be fatal!
As if nothing had happened, he looked at the brother across from him in boredom, and saw that the man's brows were furrowed, his eyes narrowed, and he pulled off a piece of hair to inhale and refresh himself.
Ling Yun thought to himself, could it be that when the county examination is over, his hair will also be finished?
The man seemed to notice that Ling Yun was staring at him, and turned his head and rolled his eyes at him, as if he felt that Ling Yun was hindering his thinking.
Ling Yun withdrew his gaze and stopped looking at him.
With his hands in his sleeves, Ling Yun leaned against the wall and dozed off.
About three sticks of incense were left to be collected. Ling Yun, who was half asleep, suddenly heard three more bells. This should be a time signal to remind candidates.
Just as Ling Yun was about to change his position and continue lying down, he glanced at the entrance of the cave and saw the man opposite, holding a pen and shaking it towards him.
Ling Yun looked over and looked at each other.
I saw him pointing at where his pen was and talking non-stop. Maybe his voice was too low, and Ling Yun didn't hear a word clearly.
Seeing that Ling Yun didn't know what was going on, he suddenly became anxious and quietly hissed at Ling Yun a few times.
Ling Yun took a closer look and realized that the pen in his hand had been stuck to the ink on it. It was frozen and cracked and unable to write, so he must have borrowed the pen from him.
Ling Yun quickly retracted his gaze, turned his head back, and leaned against the wall to recharge his batteries, as if he hadn't seen anything, as if he hadn't seen the man shouting.
Ling Yun thought to himself, how long has it been since this happened, and you still dare to ask me to borrow a pen? He is not a holy mother, and he does not have so much sympathy.
Besides, this is a county exam. For an exam of this level, if you don’t prepare two extra pens, if something goes wrong and you have no pen to use, you deserve it and you don’t deserve sympathy!
Speaking of Ling Yun himself, whether it was ink or pen, he had prepared three copies just in case, to prevent accidents.
But what Ling Yun didn't know was that the man opposite had prepared three pens. But when he was thinking hard, the ink on the pen accidentally solidified, and when he realized it, it had already gone awry.
If Ling Yun knew what happened, he would burst out laughing, wondering how such a person could exist.
On such an important occasion, people are unpredictable. Who knows whether this person is really making a mistake or is just acting?
What if he feels that he has no hope and wants to find someone to back him up?
He is not soft-hearted when he should be cruel. After all, no one here is a three-year-old child.
Seeing that Ling Yun ignored him, the young man was so anxious that he broke into sweat.
At his wits' end, he booed the examinee on his right a few more times. Perhaps he was too far away to hear, or perhaps the examinee simply ignored him.
After a while, he saw a noise coming here. The officer who was patrolling the examination room quickly came to Ling Yun's room. He took a look at Ling Yun and found that he had dozed off.
I thought to myself that while everyone else is busy writing, you are taking a leisurely nap here, you must be doing something small.
So he picked up the test paper that was held down by Ling Yun without thinking, opened it, and found that he had already finished the test questions, which made him stunned.
When he turned around and looked at Ling Yun carefully, he was surprised to find that he was only a teenager.
Ling Yun, who was closing his eyes to rest, heard a noise, slowly opened his eyes, and found that the test paper he had pressed down with small stones had disappeared.
Frightened and sweating all over, he raised his head suddenly, looked at the yamen servant, glanced down, and found the test paper in the yamen servant's hand.
Ling Yun finally breathed a sigh of relief, took a deep breath to calm down, and bowed to him.
Seeing Ling Yun cupping his hand, the yamen servant was stunned for a moment, and then he cupped his hand like Ling Yun, and carefully put the test paper in his hand back to its original place.
After inspecting the examination venue, the yamen officer finished all this and decisively turned back to look at the man opposite Ling Yun. He found that he had an abnormal expression, was trembling, and was actually sweating in this cold day.
Unable to let him go, the officer stared at the man fiercely for a while, with a sharp look in his eyes, as if he wanted to eat him.
Ling Yun saw the man trembling all over as he was being stared at in the fierce cold wind. He didn't know whether it was because of a guilty conscience or because he was cold.
For some unknown reason, the government officer who inspected the examination venue didn't do anything to him in the end. He just snorted, and when he left, he turned back meaningfully and glanced at the man.
After the Yamen servant left, the man lowered his head, his hands kept shaking, and the pen in his hand shook off to the ground.
Finally forced to give up, he angrily picked up the pen that fell on the ground, put it in his mouth and held it again and again. The hard work paid off. After a cup of tea, the pen that was stiff and interrupted was finally taken away.
He smoothed it out with his mouth.
He turned around and glanced at Ling Yun provocatively. Ling Yun was amused by his series of actions and shook his head helplessly.
I have to say that he is really a talent for being able to do such a thing!
After finally remembering the sound of a series of bronze drums, the yamen patrolling the examination room began to collect the examination papers, and the candidates became anxious.
There were also some young candidates who cried looking at their unfinished test papers...
But all this was in vain in the eyes of the yamen officer who collected the examination papers. The yamen officer took away the examination papers with an expressionless face, leaving behind a bunch of sighing candidates.
Coincidentally, the officer in charge of Ling Yun's row turned out to be the man who came over just now.
Seeing Ling Yun, the man smiled and nodded to him, then put away his test paper. Ling Yun bowed his hand in response.
When it was dinner time, the government servant came again and served dinner to each of them.
Ling Yun took a look at several cakes, a small bowl of pickles, and a bowl of steaming soup.
Ling Yun quickly picked up the hot soup, took a small sip first, and then covered it with his hands to keep warm.
Just when Ling Yun thought it was over, the government servants distributed a lot of charcoal to him, as well as a small iron pot and an iron stand to support the small iron pot.
Ling Yun looked up at other people's charcoal, then looked at his own charcoal, and found that his charcoal was half as much and smaller than others.
I didn't know why I looked at the yamen servant. The yamen servant didn't say anything, but just smiled at him.
Just as he was about to leave, he remembered something again, turned around and whispered, "Did you bring any ginger?"
[Author's digression]: I recommend a friend's science fiction apocalyptic novel "Ji De Xing Yu", the plot is fascinating and exquisite!!!