After crossing the bridge, Wei Chen first followed the flow of people to the Provincial Examination Supply Center. This is a temporary organization set up during the Provincial Examination. It is responsible for supplying paper and pens, food, water, lights, sundries, etc. needed in the examination room.
Wei Chen had already prepared the rest by himself, so after entering the supply house, Wei Chen only received some charcoal fires. Charcoal stoves are available in every dormitory. On rainy and humid days, lighting a charcoal stove can drive away cold and dampness. p>
When entering the supply station, Wei Chen also saw a civil servant wearing a seventh-grade official robe sitting under the awning.
According to the rules, there is one supervisor and forest officer required for the supply of the rural examination, headed by the county magistrate. The official sitting under the awning must be the Jiangning county magistrate.
Wei Chen couldn't help but feel a little emotional. The official's official duties in the provincial examination were only responsible for guarding supply stations and other logistical supply places. This shows how high the standards of the rural examination are.
After coming out of the supply house, Wei Chen looked around and saw a tall archway erected on the square in front of the dragon gate, with the inscription "Tiankai Wenyun". There are two archways on the left and right, with "Mingjing Scholars" on the left and "Mingjing Scholars" on the right.
"Seeking talents for the country".
When he arrived here, Wei Chen felt the solemn atmosphere of Jiangnan Gongyuan, and he couldn't help but feel awe-struck.
Two feet outside the gate of Gongyuan, there is a gate, which is a red wooden fence, where the candidates gather.
The Seventh Son of Jiangning is well-known, and Wei Chen himself is also well-known among the candidates of this year, so people greet him wherever he goes.
It’s just...
"Just say hello, can you please don't do it!"
Wei Chen was very depressed. Although it was not a vital part, having dozens of men touching him made him feel weird.
The candidates who had circled around Wei Chen for several times smiled in surprise: "Brother Wei, don't be so stingy, we just want to get the best of Xiao Sanyuan's exam luck." After saying that, they continued to move their hands up and down, rubbing against Wei Chen's body.
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Wei Chen's face suddenly turned as dark as the bottom of a pot. He led the book boy Yuan An to rush left and right, using all his strength, and finally squeezed a way out of the crowd and got rid of these guys.
Not far away, I heard Yuan An's crying voice coming from behind: "Master, it's not good!"
"What's wrong?" Wei Chen turned around in confusion.
"Our test box..."
Yuan An unloaded the test box from his back and brought it to Wei Chen. Wei Chen took a quick look and almost pushed it over on the spot in anger.
I saw that the buckle on the test box, which was originally well fastened, was unknowingly pried open by some rogue descendant, and it was swinging wildly.
All the drawers in the test box had been pulled out, and they were all empty. Papers, pens, food, candles and other items that were originally filled with items were all gone.
"Is it tolerable, which one is intolerable?"
Veins popped up on Wei Chen's forehead, and he looked angrily in the direction he came from. He saw the group of people who had surrounded him earlier, chatting happily.
"Hey, I touched Xiao Sanyuan's writing brush. I used this brush to answer the questions. I must have passed the Qiu Wei this time."
"We rejoice together, mine is an inkstone."
"Mine is a candle."
"I grabbed half a salted duck."
"This of mine seems to be Xiao Sanyuan's personal belongings..."
A young candidate was twisting a light jacket with two fingers, with a rather embarrassed expression on his face.
But the eyes of the old fried dough sticks next to them were shining: "Oh, this is a rare good thing, come on, come on, I will trade with you!"
Come and try it soon.]
"What a group of dishonorable people who have treated me with courtesy, but I didn't expect you to do such a scandal!"
Wei Chen's voice of grief and anger sounded in the distance. Seeing that the situation was not good, the group immediately ended the discussion, took the "treasure of luck" they touched, rubbed oil on their soles one by one, and fled the scene of the crime. p>
In the blink of an eye, they merged into the crowd like water droplets and disappeared. Their disappearance was so fast that Wei Chen was stunned.
Wei Chen couldn't catch up, so he could only look up to the sky and sigh: "The world is declining, and people's hearts are not as old as they used to be!"
"Master, what should we do now?" Yuan An looked at the looted test boxes in front of him, his face turned pale, and he was so anxious that he almost cried.
If his negligence affected Wei Chen's provincial examination, or even caused Wei Chen to fail, then he would have no choice but to die.
"Don't blame yourself, I can't blame you for this." Wei Chen waved his hand and sighed: "It's still early for the exam to start. Let's go back to the supply center and buy another one."
Wei Chen took Yuan An back and packed all the examination materials at the supply station. When he hurried back to the gantry, the gate officer had already opened the gantry, and the candidates in front of him were waiting for inspection.
Wei Chen looked around in the square and finally found the team from Youyang County. Han Jiaoyu from the county school was standing in front of the team holding an umbrella.
Seeing Wei Chen coming over, Han Jiaoyu said a little bit angrily: "Why are you here so late? It's almost time to enter the venue."
After Wei Chen saluted, he forced a smile and said: "I encountered something unexpected on the road..."
Han Jiaoyu shook his head and without asking any questions, arranged for Wei Chen to stand at the head of the students in Youyang County and wait in line to enter.
Behind Wei Chen were Wang Yaochen, Sheng Changbai and several friends. They asked Wei Chen what happened when he came, and Wei Chen told him his tragic experience with a wry smile.
I heard that Wei Chen had even his close-fitting shorts taken away, and several people couldn't stop laughing. Wang Yaochen couldn't help but thought to himself, it seems that this little Sanyuan is not that easy to be a good guy. Fortunately, it's not me.
The sky was gloomy, and the rain was gradually getting heavier. There was a heavy sound of rain hitting the oil-paper umbrellas, and there were several puddles on the ground.
Looking at the increasingly heavy rain, the candidates' moods became heavy.
The dormitory in the Gongyuan has been in disrepair for a long time, and leaks are common. If rainwater leaks into the dormitory during the exam, it will be tragic.
Wei Chen wasn't too worried about this. When he went back to the supply station to purchase supplies, he bought a door curtain and roof to protect against wind and rain, which came in handy.
"Candidates from Youyang are entering!"
After waiting in the heavy rain for nearly an hour, the prison officer's angry shout finally came from in front of the camp gate.
All the candidates from Youyang were refreshed and slowly entered the gate under the leadership of Wei Chen.
After the Yuanmen is the Yimen, and after the Yimen is the Gantry, the passage between the Yimen and the Gantry is where candidates are inspected.
The examination in the rural examination is far more stringent than that in the boy examination. Under the gaze of the prison officer, all the candidates in Youyang stood close to the wall one by one, waiting for inspection by the officers and soldiers.
If someone is caught cheating, the officers and soldiers responsible for the inspection will also be held accountable, so they will be merciless in their inspection.
Each candidate is inspected by two soldiers, carefully checking from head to toe, and there are officials patrolling nearby to prevent any mistakes.
In addition to the candidates themselves, the test boxes and baskets and other items carried by the candidates are also the focus of inspection.
Is the pen barrel hollow, and is the inkstone with an interlayer? You have to hit it with a small hammer and listen carefully to the sound. As for pastries and snacks, cut them all to see if they are filled with fillings.
After such a rigorous inspection, the candidates seemed to have been ravaged. All of them had disheveled hair, disheveled clothes, and completely lost the elegance and dignity of scholars.
After the inspection, Wei Chen rearranged his clothes and examination box, walked into the examination room, and found his dormitory under the guidance of the clerk.
Before entering, Wei Chen took a look at the dormitory and found that the roof was a bit worn and a lot of rainwater had seeped in, but it was okay and not particularly serious.
The situation in the dormitory opposite Wei Chen was similar. The candidates assigned to that dormitory complained dissatisfiedly: "Damn it, I have been studying hard for ten years, and I ended up in a rainy dormitory!"