Shopkeeper Shen laughed and said, "I don't think so."
He gossiped to Xu Wenqu in a low voice: "This man's name is Xu Xian. I heard he has some talent. Because he has the same surname as Xu, people often talk about you. What do you call him 'Little Xu Four Yuan'? I see how arrogant he is." , I felt like I definitely missed it!”
Tang Shiyue couldn't help but laugh and said, "Maybe I'm crazy because of my poetry."
"No," Shopkeeper Shen shook his hand: "His kind of madness, at first glance, seems to be the kind of madness that doesn't know the heights of the sky. If you have some ideas and talents in your belly, you won't be like this. If you don't believe it, let's make a bet. "
Tang Shiyue rolled her eyes at him: "Why should I bet that he is the culprit? It's not like no one in my family has taken the exam!"
Shopkeeper Shen couldn't help but feel happy, "Yes."
They were talking and still staring down, but everyone came out and the three of them were not seen.
Xu Wenqu was a little surprised and said, "I thought Yang'er would be the top player."
Fourth Uncle Tang respected Xu Wenqu very much and usually did not dare to talk to him. He hesitated before asking: "Mr. Xu, is A Yang's knowledge better than that of A Rong and A Chen?"
"Not really," Xu Wen said: "Yang'er is calm and decisive in doing things. He won't check again and again after finishing, so he will come out earlier. Rong'er has a cautious temperament, and Chen'er... lacks confidence, so the two of them will be slower. , but the second cards should all come out.”
Half an hour later, the second card was played, and sure enough, all three of them came out together.
Several people hurried forward to greet him. Shopkeeper Shen went straight over and picked up Huo Qiyang, while muttering: "Ah Yang is still a baby! Sitting in the cold wind for a whole day is really not what people do."
Huo Qiyang shook his head and said to Tang Shiyue, "Sister, it's not cold."
Xu Wenqu asked: "What question was asked?"
"Ahhh!" Tang Shiyue said anxiously: "Don't ask after the exam! You will be nervous!"
Xu Wenqu put his head on his forehead and stopped talking. He returned to the Sifang Restaurant where they were staying. He heard a commotion in the distance. After entering, he saw several scholars surrounding a scholar in the middle like stars holding the moon. It was that scholar. Xu Xian.
Xu Xianzheng was reciting something loudly. It must be an article he wrote in the examination room. He recited a few sentences, and the people next to him praised him.
A few people stood and listened.
Tang Shiyue couldn't tell whether it was good or bad anyway, so he looked at Xu Wenqu with his eyes. Xu Wenqu didn't comment. He only listened for a short period and said, "Go up and have a rest. It's not interesting."
The group of people walked back. When Xu Xian was feeling satisfied, he caught a glimpse of Huo Qiyang being held in his arms.
At that time, Huo Qiyang's seat was diagonally across from him. During lunch, there was a sudden smell of salty fragrance, which made him upset. He was holding a grudge in his heart. When he saw it, he couldn't help but taunted him: " When will unweaned babies be able to take exams?"
Huo Qiyang was really tired and was lying on Shopkeeper Shen's shoulder. When he heard this, he raised his eyes and looked at him without saying anything.
Tang Shiyue really wanted to fight back.
But she really had no idea about the level of her family members, and was afraid that she would lose to Xu Kuangkuang in the future, so she didn't say anything. Xu Wenqu, on the other hand, glanced at her and stopped walking: "You are so frivolous before the rankings are released. How will you get out of the industry in the future?" At home?"
Xu Xian was furious: "Who are you? How dare you curse me like this!"
Xu Wenqu continued to walk forward while coldly replying: "Xu Qing."
Xu Xian said angrily: "You..." He stopped suddenly.
Xu Siyuan, whose name is Xu Qing and whose courtesy name is Wenqu, this... could it be that he is actually Xu Siyuan? But Xu Siyuan has already been elected, so how could he come to take part in the county examination? Could it be that he heard about his talent and deliberately mocked him?
But no matter how he thought about it, he didn't dare to catch up.
When Tang Shiyue saw Xu Xian's constipated expression, she immediately felt happy and chased after Xu Wenqu, "Sir, sir! How is his article?"
Xu asked the channel: "Not satisfactory."
She asked: "Can it win?"
Xu Wenqu pondered for a moment: "It's almost the same."
He gently explained to her: "The main admission is very wide, 70% of people can win, and then the first round will be reduced by 20%, and then each round will be reduced in sequence. In the end, about fifty people will be left. ."
He touched her head: "He can hit the spot, but he may not be able to stay until the end. He is definitely not as good as Rong'er and the others."
After coaxing her for a few words, he said, "I've been tired all day. Let's have something good to eat tonight."
Tang Shiyue just said "Oh" and went to the kitchen.
Shopkeeper Shen looked a little funny, thinking that Xu Wenqu was just coaxing a child. Xu Wenqu had closed the door and asked several apprentices to silently read the articles in the examination room. After taking a look, he said: "Not bad." , if there are no accidents, you can win."
After each exam in the county examination, results will be released, which is called "issue case", because the name on the examination paper is sealed, and only the seat number will be written in the report, which will be written in a circle, called "round case".
Those who are ranked within fifty are in the first circle. The circle is divided into two layers: the outer circle is thirty and the inner circle is twenty. In the middle of the outer layer, the word "improve" is written for first place, and the other rankings are , arranged in order from left. That’s why those who don’t win are called “out of the circle”.
Moreover, in the middle of the circle, a Chinese character "中" will be written with a red pen. The vertical part of this "中" character will also be written with a long top and a short bottom, just like the upper part of the word "gui", which has an auspicious meaning.
When you hear the sound of blowing, a crime has occurred.
Tang Shiyue refused to listen to the advice and squeezed in to take a look. Then he was confused by the "Tian Zi No. 8" and "Chen Zi No. 5". Tang Shirong took a few glances and frowned. , and looked at the preparation list next to it.
The round plan is for the top 50 in this session, and the next one will have to be seated, that is, the seats will be closer to the examiner, and the invigilation will be stricter.
But those who made plans and prepared the list were all eligible to participate in the next round, and the rest were eliminated. As expected, they were eliminated by about 30%.
Tang Shiyue was shaken by the squeeze, so Tang Shirong took her hand and squeezed out, whispering to Xu Wen: "Ayang and I are both working on the case."
Xu Wenqu raised his eyebrows and glanced at Tang Junchen. Tang Junchen lowered his head and said nothing. Tang Shirong said again: "Achen is preparing for seventh place on the list."
Xu asked the channel: "What's your rank?"
Tang Shirong coughed: "First. Ayang is at the 22nd."
Tang Shiyue, who didn't understand it at all, was overjoyed: "Really?"
"Shh!" Tang Shirong patted her gently: "There's still more to come."
Tang Shiyue quickly covered her mouth, her eyes widening.
Xu Wenqu looked amused, and did not remind her that she was actually the first in this competition. If there were no surprises later, her ranking would not be bad, so she stood up with a smile.
After four consecutive exams, Tang Shirong has been steadily occupying the first place, while Huo Qiyang has been jumping between tenth and twentieth place. Tang Junchen's ranking has slowly risen, and finally jumped into the circle. Erli is here.
Until the final announcement of the results, all the admitted candidates are arranged horizontally according to their rankings and reported by name, which is called "long case".
Tang Shirong's name indeed topped the list of cases.
But what is surprising and surprising is that Huo Qiyang's name is actually in the second place!
And Tang Junchen was in the fiftieth place. Because a total of fifty people were selected in the county examination, under the fiftieth place, a mark with a red pen would be drawn, like a chair, to indicate the cutoff, so the fiftieth place,
People jokingly call it "sitting on the red chair", which is also very conspicuous. (To be continued)