I don’t know whether it’s because good things don’t go out and bad things spread thousands of miles, or whether it’s because people who read a lot are unfaithful people and slaughter more dogs for righteousness. Just sitting there for one morning, Gu Qingling listened to no less than five versions of “Chen Shimei”.
It's a pity that the poor wife in the story shared poverty, but could not share treasure, and ended up making wedding clothes for others.
Originally, she was only worried about the physical condition of Mr. Yao and Yao Anhong in the examination room. Now that they are better, Mrs. Yao's mood is even worse. She doesn't know whether to pray that her man will pass the exam or hope that he will fail.
Forget it, I still failed the exam.
Mr. Yao only has that little ability, and he doesn't seem to be able to pass the exam.
If she wants to pass the exam, her son Hong Geer should pass the exam.
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When it was time for lunch, Gu Qingling led everyone to leave. The adults could go hungry, but there were still a bunch of children at home.
Because she got up too early, Gu Qingling was reluctant to wake up her granddaughter and grandson, so she took Mrs. Yao, Mrs. Yao and Mrs. Yao out to see them off, while the others stayed at home.
Sure enough, after returning home, Yao Anxin, Yao Anyi, and Yao Anling were already waiting there.
Yao Anling stepped forward anxiously and asked them why it took them so long to come back and what happened to her brother and the others.
Mrs. Yao Er held her hand and felt that her hand was a little cold. She told her to wear more clothes and said: "It's okay. They have all gone in and won't come out until tomorrow. We just waited outside for a while, right?"
If you're hungry, I'll have lunch brought up in a moment."
"Hmm, I'm a little hungry, I want to eat..." Yao Anling bala bala directly reported a list of dish names.
Gu Qingling suddenly laughed and joked that Yao Anling was a greedy little cat and was going to make the family poor. Fortunately, this girl was from her family. If she had been from someone else's family, she would have been hungry.
Yao Anling pouted and said frankly that she was not a greedy cat, and the dishes she ordered were not her favorites alone, but also those of her eldest cousin and cousin.
"Yes, yes, you are not a greedy cat, we are all greedy..." Gu Qingling said, and everyone in the room was amused by Yao Anling's cute little expression.
After a while, lunch was served.
On the other side, Uncle Yao, Second Master Yao, Third Master Yao, and Yao Anhong have already arrived at their rooms with their own numbers.
They were all quite lucky and were assigned to the middle position, far away from the bad numbers.
Fortunately, these young gentlemen from the rich and powerful have been specially trained by Gu Qingling, otherwise they would have been blinded when it came to the exam.
The room number is not big, just tall enough for an adult male. There is a board placed at the door, which can be used as a table or bed.
After Yao Anhong arrived, the first thing he did was to sort out his room number and put things in their usual places. When he was placing them, he didn't forget to check the sky to make sure it wasn't likely to rain.
It looked like it was raining, so I put the wooden boards in the room, spread a thin quilt on it, and made it look like a bed.
You can bring your own stove for the exam. Yao Anhong asked the patrolling government servant for some water and boiled a pot of hot water for himself.
After the hot water was boiled, Yao Anhong cooked himself a bowl of thin noodles, paired with special meat sauce, and a bowl of noodles with meat was freshly baked.
By the time he finished all his work, it was getting dark.
Compared with Yao Anhong's smooth cooking, Uncle Yao, Second Master Yao, and Third Master Yao are not bad either, but the three people have different hands-on abilities, so the food they cook is somewhat different, and the taste is also different.
Fortunately, I cooked and ate it myself, so no one could dislike anyone, so we all made a meal together.
After eating a bowl of hot food, drinking hot water, and then getting dressed and lying in thin quilts, the four of us had a relatively comfortable night.
In order to prepare for the exam, they developed the habit of going to bed early and getting up early, waking up at dawn.
The four of them called the yamen who were passing by and went to the latrine to clean their hands. When they came out, they washed their faces with cold water in the pool outside the latrine, put tea leaves in their mouths, chewed them, and rinsed them with cold water.
Clean, it can be considered as brushing your teeth.
There was no way, they were allowed to bring very few things to the examination room, so they had no choice but to make do with it.
The effect of washing your face with cold water is that you feel very energetic. They boiled a pot of hot water again, poured it into the pot, and made a bowl of fried rice.
After a simple breakfast, the time was just right. The yamen came over to hand out examination papers, and the day's examination finally began.
Yao Anhong got the paper and checked it from beginning to end to make sure there were no typos or blurred parts, so as not to find out after finishing the paper that there were blurred parts and the work would be in vain.
Because in the Ming Dynasty, in order to prevent anyone from engaging in malpractice in the examination room, no mark could appear on the examination paper except for answering questions, otherwise it would be treated as a "wasted paper".
The so-called "waste test" means not recording the results, which is equivalent to you taking the exam in vain this year and coming back next year.
Yao Anhong didn't want to make such a mistake, so he naturally prepared carefully.
After confirming that the test paper was correct, Yao Anhong filled in his name, number plate and other information on the seal, and then started to answer the questions.
The content of the examination is nothing more than the Four Books, Test Poems, Five Classics, Poems, Strategies, and Oral Edicts. Because it is a county examination, the scope of the questions will not be too difficult, and it will basically focus on the basics.
However, when doing the questions, you need to pay attention to the fact that the poems you write must not violate the temple taboos, royal names and sacred taboos. The examination essay must not be less than 300 words, and it must not cross the red line on the examination paper.
Yao Anhong feels that he is very lucky. He has reviewed most of the test content and feels particularly relaxed when starting to answer the questions.
Yao Anhong thought that it would be great if the next two exams were as easy as the first one. If so, he felt that he had a high chance of passing.
Yao Anhong was the first to write it, followed by Uncle Yao.
Second Master Yao and Third Master Yao are much slower.
Mr. Yao Sanye didn’t know enough, so he couldn’t write after writing. He always felt that he had seen all this knowledge, but he couldn’t remember what the content was. He was also stupid, so he didn’t remember it at first.
I did what I knew how to do first and put what I couldn't do last. I got stuck on a question and read it for a long time, unable to remember it.
Ah...why is it so difficult?
Yao Sanye frowned, feeling extremely painful.
He is indeed not a student, so it seems that there is no hope.
Mr. Yao is much smarter. If he doesn't know this question, he will skip it and go to the next one. If he doesn't know that question, he will skip it and go to the next one.
One jump, several jumps.
After he has finished all the things he is sure of, he will turn back to do the things he is not sure about. Then, after thinking about it, he will start to recall the set of wrong questions he usually memorizes.
Occasionally, I can still hold a few things in, but if I really can’t, there’s nothing I can do about it.
In the examination room, everyone had different reactions.
The most unlucky person is probably the person next to the bad number. Someone had diarrhea on the first day. Oh my god...
His whole body collapsed!
I pulled the paper and stuffed it into my nostrils, and I read the entire test paper from left to right. As for how I did in the test, no one knows.
In the evening, before it got dark, the yamen officer informed everyone that it was time and they had to stop writing.
Yao Anhong put the test papers he had prepared long ago on the desk, packed his things and put them into the test basket, waiting for the yamen to come and lead the way.
After a while, a yamen servant came over to check the test papers and drafts on the table. After confirming that there were no problems, he handed Yao Anhong a sign and asked him to follow him out.
