Gu Chengyu supported his head and watched the deputy examiner in front of him handing out papers. After the papers were handed out, the door was about to be locked, and three candles were handed out along with the exam papers.
In fact, Gu Chengyu thought it would be better to stay in such an examination room and not write examination papers at night. Everyone's dormitories are locked, and if there is a fire, they can't even escape.
The door of the equal number room was locked, and the first test of the provincial examination officially began. Gu Chengyu polished the ink, picked up the paper, and glanced at it roughly. There are Analects, Daxue, and Mencius. Each question has more than 200 words. In fact,
It's just silent writing.
Then write one poem in five characters and eight rhymes. This one needs to be broken down first. Four poems with scriptures and meanings. Each question needs to be written in more than 300 words.
Gu Chengyu is not afraid of the four book titles. The most troublesome one is the classics and meanings. The classics and meanings of the Dayan Dynasty are already similar to the eight-legged essay in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, which is the Zou form of the eight-part essay in the Tang and Song Dynasties.
The questions on the meaning of the four classics first need to be broken down and followed up. Gu Chengyu did not read it carefully. He planned to finish writing the questions on the four books first before starting.
After laying out the paper, Gu Chengyu began to write the four book questions above on the draft paper. Each question was more than 200 words, which was not much for Gu Chengyu. He wrote fast. However, he could not make mistakes here. He wrote more than usual
Gotta go slower.
The time to leave the examination room was on the third day. Gu Chengyu planned to hand in the papers early in the morning on the third day. For him, there was still enough time.
At noon, the sunlight outside the dormitory shone in, which was very dazzling. Gu Chengyu squinted and looked out the window. It was another sunny day today, and he felt a little hot now. There was no ventilation in the dormitory, and the temperature inside was very high.
In addition, there is a small red stove next to it. There is still charcoal in the small stove, which is burning in order to heat vegetables and rice.
However, now Gu Chengyu only feels like he is in a steamer.
After taking off the two outer pieces of unlined clothing and working on his inner strength, he felt better. He looked outside and found that the candidate opposite him had already been shirtless, and he could still see his white flesh here.
Fortunately, he has internal strength, Gu Chengyu thought happily. He looked at the small clock in the space and found that it was almost twelve o'clock. He was going to have lunch before cooking. At noon, he planned to heat the water in the bamboo tube and then cook the meat.
Qian and Steamed Bun deal with it.
The guards outside are walking around from time to time. If any candidate needs to buy food, he only needs to ring the small bell next to him and the guards will bring it to him. However, I heard that the meals inside are extremely expensive.
Gu Chengyu looked at the dried meat and steamed buns in his hand. In such weather, they might not last for two days, and the steamed buns would go rancid. However, he was not afraid. Anyway, he had space, and there was a lot of food in the space. He would cook it at night.
No one would know about some noodles or anything like that. He only needed to make two meals in the morning and at noon.
After lunch, Gu Chengyu continued to work on the questions.
The following are four questions about the meaning of the sutra. The first question is that the Master said to Yan Yuan: "If you use it, you will do it; if you leave it, you will hide it. But you and I have this husband."
As soon as Gu Chengyu read the title, he knew it was from the Analects of Confucius, so he had to break the title first. Gu Chengyu wrote on the draft paper, "It is advisable for a sage to hide his things, and he will show them to those who are able to do so."
Then he took up the topic. It took Gu Chengyu nearly an hour to complete the meaning of this sutra. There were three more questions below. He expected that he would not be able to finish them today. He didn't plan to write at night. He was nervous during the day and was too nervous.
He was so tired that he needed to rest at night. Besides, he had plenty of time. He estimated that most candidates had not even finished the four book questions!
When it got dark, Gu Chengyu did two questions. There were still two questions and a test poem, which he planned to write tomorrow.
Gu Chengyu cleared the table, put the test papers and pen and ink into the test basket, and lay down on the bed to rest. The lantern above the dormitory was already lit. With his night vision, he looked at the dormitory opposite.
I found that the candidate was still writing hard.
In fact, three days is enough time to write these questions, but this is only for candidates who are relatively quick-thinking. This requires memorizing the four books thoroughly.
The next day, Gu Chengyu rested all night, brushed his teeth with the toiletries in the space, washed his face, boiled the steamed buns and dried meat in hot water, and then had breakfast.
After eating, he continued to write the remaining two questions on the scriptures and meanings from yesterday. He spent the whole morning writing the two questions on the scriptures and meanings. At noon, Gu Chengyu took out some noodles from the space and cooked them secretly. He had no choice but to always eat steamed buns and dried meat.
He couldn't even swallow it. After watching the patrolling officer leave, he quickly cooked the noodles, added only some salt and oil, mixed with dried meat, and had another meal.
After having a full meal, Gu Chengyu went to the toilet and prepared to take a short rest. Anyway, there was only one test poem left, so he just copied the answers on the test paper. It wouldn't take long to copy.
The final requirement for the test poem is sixteen lines in five characters and eight rhymes. The test poem means that the poem is appropriate. The title of the poem is "The Immortals Paiyun Chu", which is derived from the word "Tai". This is a poem about immortals by Guo Pu, a poet of the Jin Dynasty.
There is a sentence in it, "The gods came out of the clouds, only to see gold and silver platforms."
Gu Chengyu felt a little surprised. Not every student has read this poem. It has exceeded the Four Books and Five Classics. It seems that it should be a so-called bonus item.
This poem took a lot of time, so Gu Chengyu decided to think about it slowly and copy the answers on the test paper first.
Fang Huai sat at the top and looked down at the last dormitory where Gu Chengyu was. He stood up and prepared to go down and walk around. He walked to Gu Chengyu's dormitory and stood a little further away, facing
I took a look inside and found that Gu Chengyu was writing down answers.
Time flew by, and soon it was the third day. Gu Chengyu had finished writing, checked it up and down, and waited for the time to hand in the paper.
As soon as it was six o'clock, Gu Chengyu rang the bell next to him. In this narrow dormitory, Gu Chengyu could not stay any longer.
After a while, the deputy examiner came over to unlock Gu Chengyu's dormitory. They also had to seal Gu Chengyu's examination papers. The provincial examination was much more stringent than the previous examination. All candidates' examination papers had to be transcribed again, and then they would be replaced.
Proofread and finally start grading.
When Gu Chengyu left Gongyuan, he felt that the air was much fresher. Although the dormitory was still some distance away from Gongfang, the weather was hot and there were many people in Gongyuan, so the smell was really unpleasant. There were tens of thousands of candidates for the provincial examination this time.
people, only about three to four hundred people were admitted in the end!
"Young Master! I'm here to wait for Young Master Sun and the others. You should go back and wash up and have a good rest! We have exams tomorrow!" Ming Yan specially waited for Gu Chengyu outside the Gongyuan today, while Ming Mo followed Yu Pengzi.
Went to run errands.
"That's fine! When Mr. Sun and the others come out, you tell them and I'll go back to the inn first!" Gu Chengyu couldn't smell the smell on his body after not taking a shower for two nights. He didn't dare to run into the space. If the guard
What should they do if they suddenly get the urge to observe him? After all, they are curious at his age, so wouldn’t he have to become a living person?