"What do you mean?" the man asked with a frown.

"Do you want to draw five feet three inches long?" Xu Wen asked rhetorically, pointing to the dice over there.

The man glanced back and nodded.

"Did you just draw this line?" Xu asked again.

"That's right. ”

"You've drawn enough, and if you draw again, you'll be overdone. Xu asked.

"Huh?" the man paused for a moment, then looked back at his own lines.

"Aren't you going to draw anymore?" several people next to him shouted together, and one of them looked up and looked at Xu Wen deeply.

"I always feel that there are still shortcomings...... the man hesitated.

In the end, he decided to trust his own judgment and insisted: "It was accidentally aborted just now, I haven't finished painting yet, I have to continue!"

The companions who were playing with them next to each other glanced at each other, and then looked at Xu Wen, but this time they were very happy to get out of the way.

The man bent down with the red brick, drew a short line, and hesitated again.

"Hurry up, hurry up, don't delay!" a bunch of gimbled urging voices.

The man paused for a moment, shook off the brick, and said, "Okay, stop drawing, so be it!"

Now that he's stopped, he can start measuring.

One with a mustache and a little older than the others stepped forward and took a ruler to measure it from scratch.

At this time, the person in front of him was a little relieved, Xu Wen wanted to go inside, Lu Cheng was still staring at the movement of the mustache, and begged: "Look again, look again." ”

Qi Kun looked at the line with a deep groan, nodded at this time, and said, "I also want to see the result." ”

As a result, a group of people stayed for the time being, Zhao Mazi grinned, stood under the tree next to him, fanned the wind with his hands, and watched this side.

This ruler is the kind of folding ruler that you carry with you, folded up three inches and three, and pulled out exactly one foot.

The figure-eight beard pulled the ruler apart, measured it foot by foot, and counted it while measuring: "One foot, two feet, three feet, four feet...... Five feet!"

After measuring five feet, there was still a little left, and when they saw this length, many people showed subtle expressions.

It's not easy to judge when the size is too long, but it's not the same when it comes to that extent. The remaining few inches can be roughly judged by most of the people present.

It was also a coincidence just now, the length that the man pulled out was just five feet three inches, at most only a few points more. If you stop as Xu asked, it's just right.

As a result, he later drew another section, adding a few points to it, and the final total length was five feet four inches. It's not much, but it's still overgrown.

Xu Wen is right!

The man showed an annoyed expression, Xu Wen just smiled, and Qi Zhengzheng said to them, "Let's go." ”

"Don't!" said a man, suddenly. It was an eighteen or nineteen-year-old boy, and he smiled and said to Xu, "Brother, you are also here to register for the government examination, right? ”

He drew a circle around him and said, "Anyway, it's all waiting, where is not waiting, why don't you come and play with us." ”

This man spoke fluently and was much more expressive than the average apprentice.

Zhao Mazi also told them about queuing up to get the license plate just now, they originally planned to find a place to sit after receiving the license, but in fact, there was nothing else.

Lu Cheng had never played this kind of game before, and he was suddenly a little eager to try, Master Yao looked at him, and said with a smile: "Okay, you young people play yours, our old man went to get the license plate, and after receiving it, he took a break." ”

At this time, Zhao Mazi stepped forward and handed three number plates to Qi Zhengrule: "It's the three little brothers who took the exam, right, I just went to get three number plates, and there are more than 30 people in front, just enough to play for a while." ”

Qi Zhengze glanced at him with a smile, took the number plate, and nodded slightly. Zhao Mazi suddenly looked happy and retreated.

Now that the masters have already spoken, Xu Wen has no choice but to step forward: "How to play?"

"My name is Zuo Teng, and my name is Brother Xian?" asked the young man who had been invited just now with a smile.

Xu asked. ”

"Qi Kun. ”

"Lu Cheng. ”

Each of the three signed up.

Zuo Teng suddenly realized: "It turned out to be the county head of Yushui County last year, it's really amazing! It seems that it's fun below." But speaking of which, we play this with a lottery. ”

The young man was dark-skinned, had a sly smile, his black hair was tied up in a mess, and his clothes were neat, but in fact they were very shabby.

Compared to Xu asking them to come over after changing into new clothes, he almost didn't take today's registration seriously.

Hearing the word "head", the person next to him was a little commotion. But Yu Shui is not too conspicuous in Tonghe Mansion, and the head of a county is one-seventh here, which is still a relatively backward one. So the commotion quickly subsided.

"What color head?" asked Xu Wen.

Zuo Teng put his five fingers together, rubbed it, and gestured.

This gesture is common in all eras, and it is clear that they do not play with flowers, but gamble for money.

"Oh......" Xu Wen dragged out a long tone.

"It's hard for us to go out, Master should have given pocket money, right? Each person has a copper plate each time, whoever is the winner of this round, all the copper plates will belong to whomever it is, it's very simple, right?" Zuo Teng said enthusiastically.

It's a very simple rule, and it sounds pretty fair. Whoever has the ability takes the money, it's as simple as that.

But Xu Wen always felt that there was some ill will hidden in the young man's smile.

- But more than that, he really wasn't afraid.

"Okay. He smiled, readily agreed, took out a purse from his bosom, and threw it on the stone table on the side, "There are twenty copper plates in here, I'm afraid we won't be able to play that long." ”

Twenty copper plates were just a penny for Xu Wen, but they were a lot for most of the apprentices who had not been apprenticed.

"Your master is very generous. Zuo Teng licked his lips and said with a smile, "There are more than 30 people in front, you can have fun." ”

As soon as they arrived, the number plates they received were the last few pieces, so there were only more than 30 people in front. It's been a long time since this person called Zuo Teng feels, and there are so many people in front of him?

Xu Wen raised his eyebrows, didn't point out the question, just nodded and walked up to them.

There were twelve teenagers here, plus fifteen of them, and now all of them were gathered together, and one of them took a copper plate and threw it into the pile of money next to him.

Whoever wins in a moment will be the owner of this small pile of money.

Xu Wen noticed that Zuo Teng stared at the pile of money and licked his lips again.

Then Zuo Teng took out the dice and looked left and right: "Then I'll throw it." ”

"Throw, throw!" shouted the teenagers.

"Big or small, each has its own destiny!" Zuo Teng shouted and threw the dice out.

The dice swirled on the ground, and the boy in first place watched nervously. It's true that this game depends on your ability, but it also has a lot to do with luck.

The smaller the number thrown, the more beneficial it is for the game participants.

Soon, the dice stopped, and the three dice were three numbers from left to right, 2, 5, and 6.

"Three feet one!" Zuo Teng quickly reported the result.

The first number is the ruler, the last two numbers are inches, and five plus six is eleven, so one place is advanced, which is three feet one.

The second is a small number, and the last two are a little bigger. The young man clenched his fists happily, made a circle around, and said, "Promise, promise." ”

He finished painting very quickly, and he painted a little conservatively, just three feet, no more than no less.

"Oh, it would be nice to give a little more. It's a pity, it's a "The boy was a little regretful, but he was satisfied. This gap, his winning face is still quite big.

"It seems that the class master is in a good mood at this time. Zuo Teng said with a sigh, Xu Wen was stunned for a moment before realizing that the Ban Ye he said was referring to Lu Ban.

Then Zuo Teng raised his eyes to look at him, and said with a smile: "How about it, you come second?"

"Okay. Xu Wen simply agreed.

The dice swirled on the ground, everyone stared, and finally the numbers appeared-

"Five, five, six, one inch!"