The date of Qiu Wei was decided, and it was set on the sixth day of August. The Qiu Wei exams would last for nine days, and the exams would be over just after the Mid-Autumn Festival.
The exam will be held for nine consecutive days, with food and accommodation in the exam room. Naturally, it is necessary to prepare some food that can be stored and convenient.
Although someone from the Yun family prepared some for Yun Luochuan, Shen Wan still prepared some dried meat and a large bottle of beef sauce and chicken sauce for him. She also made some ancient version of instant noodles, soaked them in boiling water, mixed them with meat sauce, and then It's a bowl of fragrant meat sauce noodles.
After the things were ready, he asked the servant to take them to Yun's house. After receiving them, Yun Luochuan took out some of the food prepared by his mother and replaced them with those prepared by Shen Wan.
On the sixth day of August, at dawn, Yun Luochuan went out. Jing Xing was holding his test basket behind him. The Yun family waved to each other at the door. Yun Luochuan waved to his family and turned to look. Glancing at the closed door of Shen's house, I got on the carriage.
As soon as people got on the carriage, the servants in the mansion set off firecrackers.
Hui'er heard the sound of firecrackers and looked at Shen Wan who was standing in the corridor and asked, "Won't Madam go see Mr. Yun off?"
Shen Wan shook her head.
"I don't know if Mr. Yun can pass the examination."
Huier whispered softly.
Shen Wan looked at the dazzling light emerging from the eastern sky, smiled and said, "He can do it."
In the eye of the beholder, not only beauties but also talents appear. It is clearly because Madam likes Mr. Yun that she believes that Mr. Yun can pass the examination.
When Yun Luochuan and Jing Xing arrived at the gate of the Gongyuan, there were already crowds of people outside. Scholars taking exams were queuing up to be inspected before entering the Gongyuan.
Yun Luochuan arrived neither too early nor too late. He was in the middle of the queue. It took more than two hours before it was his turn to check.
Qiu Wei's inspection was even stricter. He had to take off all the clothes he was wearing and inspect them carefully. Yun Luochuan's instant noodles were broken into two pieces during the inspection, which made him feel very distressed.
After everyone finished checking, it was almost dark when they entered the Gongyuan.
Mr. Ji is a good official. With the exam money, the tribute courtyard was cleaned cleanly. The damaged tables and chairs were replaced in advance, so the candidates did not need to worry about cleaning up after entering the exam room.
As soon as the gong sounded, the gate of Gongyuaner closed, and the nine-day autumn period began.
As soon as Youranju's recruitment notice was posted, some students who had failed the examination for a long time came to interview. Although only thirty people were recruited, the people who came for interviews every day almost crossed the threshold of Youranju.
After sending away another wave of people who came for interviews, You He sat on the chair at the counter with some exhaustion. He was obviously just the shopkeeper of a teahouse, why would he do such a thing?
On the ninth day of August, Xiao Yi took his son An to play in the yard, while Shen Wan compiled the job responsibilities of each position in the house.
The other people in Shen Zhai are doing their own thing.
"Bang bang..." A knock on the door broke the tranquility of Shen's house.
"Who is it?"
Ding Yuanqing opened the door and saw a middle-aged man with fat head, big ears, rich clothes and ten gemstone rings standing outside the door.
Next to him stood a woman with flowers in her hair, thick powder on her face, and a red dress. She looked like a matchmaker.
Behind him followed a group of boys, all holding gift boxes in their hands.
Yes, it’s time to come to your door again and ask for a kiss.
Seeing the door open, the matchmaker smiled and said, "This is Mr. Lu. He has come specially to propose marriage to your wife, Mrs. Shen. Why don't you open the door wide to welcome Mr. Lu in?"