It is said that Chinese people are the best at exams, they either don't understand the principle of the question, but they definitely know what the correct answer is.

This is the result of more than 2,000 years of test-oriented education.

Especially in later generations, various exams emerged one after another, and teachers and students have long summarized a set of test-taking modes.

Summarizing, marking key points, and brushing up questions, Anne has long been accustomed to these.

Thinking of the May Third in the future, Anne felt that she could do some business with test papers in this time and space!

The next morning, Anne got up early, washed up, and began to copy the book.

If you use a computer and have a fast hand, it is estimated that you can complete the content of 3,000 words in ten minutes.

But writing word by word is a bit of a hassle.

What's more, you still use a brush, but also to ensure that the font is clear, neat, and consistent in size.

This is definitely not a trivial task.

Anne sank down and copied it intently.

While copying, she memorized it silently in her heart, which was considered to be a review again.

It may be the first time to copy a book, Anne has no experience, and she is afraid of copying mistakes, so she is extra careful, so it took more than an hour.

After copying the book, Anne spread the paper on the desk and floor.

Only when the ink had dried did she arrange the papers in order.

Standing up and stretching, Anne walked around the yard and saw Zhou Yufen following Mrs. Tan to the vegetable field to pick vegetables with a disgusted face, and she was in a very good mood.

After moving her muscles, she went back to her study.

This time, Anne did not copy the book, but rummaged through her memory to find the questions of this year's children's exam.

She went through the topics one by one, and then put them together with what she had written yesterday.

She ate at noon, and in the afternoon she followed her two younger brothers to the fields.

At this time, the farm work was almost busy, and the weather was getting colder and colder.

According to the practice of previous years, Zhou Yaozong and Zhou Yaoting should also go outside to find short-term jobs.

The two brothers discussed entering the city, but Anne did not interject and listened quietly.

Within two days, Zhou Yaozong's brothers went to the county seat, saying that they were repairing a yard for a foreigner, and they could have ten literary wages a day, as well as room and board.

Anne continued to copy books, endorse books, and write articles at home.

Ten days later, Anne packed up the copied books and articles, led the girls, and rode the ox cart from the neighboring village to the county seat.

Yes, the Zhou family has not bought an ox cart yet.

Because Zhou Jing had concerns first, he always felt unreliable with the money he earned from the casino.

And this kind of thing is also afraid of jokes: Zhou Xiucai made money for the first time in his life, not by studying, but by gambling.

What do you think about letting others hear it?

On the other hand, this will also make people mistakenly think that gambling can make money, in case they mislead other people in the village and cause a big disaster, Zhou Yaozu will be a sinner.

Zhou Jing thought first, it happened that the boss was copying books, and when he copied for a few days, he let out the news, saying that the boss had made money by copying books and added an oxcart to the family.

The ox cart entered the county seat, and Anne sent Zhou Xiaomei to Aunt Lu's house, told the girls to be obedient, and went to the bookstore.

handed over the book and the copied book to Boss Xue, who carefully checked it and couldn't help but give a thumbs up.

Boss Xue made a gesture to settle Anne's salary, Anne smiled and waved her hand, "I want to choose a few books and settle them together." ”

Boss Xue was curious, "What book does Zhou Xiucai want to buy?"

Anne said: "Is there a collection of current writings in recent years?"

That's right, in this era, there are also anthologies of model essays. However, most of them are sold for a certain period of time to take the imperial examination.

Not a mock test that Anne wanted to do.

"Yes, Zhou Xiucai wants to take the township test?" asked Boss Xue.

Anne shook her head, "No, I want an anthology of our county's current literature." That is, the model text of the various candidates in the children's examination.

Boss Xue was a little curious, but after thinking about it, Zhou Xiucai's son seemed to be going to take the Xiucai exam, and it was estimated that he bought it for his son.

Boss Xue didn't ask anything more, and directly took out seven or eight books.

Anne looked through the last three years' selections.

Because the county magistrate of Qi County has been in Qi County for three years, Anne mainly wants to understand the preferences of this parent official when she reads these times.

Books from this year are not cheap, even old books from previous years are worth a lot of money.

Three books, one tael of silver.

Anne only got 100 wen for copying books, and now, not only did she not take a penny, but she also had to supply Boss Xue with another 900 wen.

Anne Lisso gave the money and took a few more books, and instead of going home at once, she picked up the books in the bookstore.

There is no way, a few girls have to stay at Aunt Lu's house for a day, and in the evening, she has to pick people up.

After a brief meal at noon, Anne continued to copy the book.

It was quiet in the bookstore, and Anne copied six books in less than four hours.

It was getting late, Anne settled the account of the six books, she didn't take any more books, said goodbye to Boss Xue, picked up a few excited girls, and returned to Zhoujiaao in an ox cart.

In the following days, Anne did not continue to copy the book, but carefully studied the preferences of the magistrate, and guessed some exam questions with reference to the questions published in the past three years.

Then, she made it again.

In the blink of an eye, it was another decade, and Anne took a thick dozen manuscripts and took Zhou Xiaomei and them to the county seat together.

"Zhou Xiucai, what is this?"

Boss Xue himself is a reader, and when he saw what Zhou Yaozu took out, he instantly understood.

His eyes flashed with excitement, and he asked cautiously.

"Just what you think. ”

Anne smiled and said, "Although I have tried and failed repeatedly, the title of the youngest talent in Qi County is still somewhat useful. ”

Mock exam questions still need fame and signboards.

Why do you buy Huanggang, because people are cattle.

Those really good mock exam questions can even press the middle and high school exam questions, how surprised are the students who have done it to see exactly the same exam questions during the exam?

After a long time, word of mouth came, and the candidates became more and more convinced of the mock test papers published by this publishing house.

Although Zhou Yaozu is said to be "injured Zhongyong", his brilliant record has not been broken so far.

If the bookstore uses this as a selling point, there are still many people who are willing to pay for it.

Boss Xue read Annie's articles carefully, he is also a talent, and naturally understands the quality of the articles.

In good conscience, these articles are not very impressive, but they are calm, fluent, concise, and unconventional.

Boss Xue is also a person in the cultural circle, and he has vaguely heard that their magistrate is a pragmatic and conservative person. I don't like anything too fancy.

And these articles are all for the appetite of the magistrate.

"It is worthy of Zhou Xiucai, who was admitted at the age of thirteen, and he is really brilliant. ”

The most important thing is that people know how to "do what they like".

Such a model article is absolutely welcome.

Boss Xue was very optimistic about this set of mock test questions, so he discussed cooperation with Anne.

The two of you went back and forth, bargained, and finally reached an agreement: Anne was responsible for the test questions, and Boss Xue was responsible for funding, printing, sales and other matters, and the division was divided into four or six points.

Anne got four, and Boss Xue got six.

It's the end of the year, Anne doesn't have a lot of manuscripts, and it's not the time for exams. The two discussed that they would wait for the spring of the next year to prepare for the printing of the book.

Anne also took advantage of this time to write more sample essays.

In order to show his sincerity and to let Anne write the article as soon as possible, Boss Xue even gave twenty taels of silver as a deposit.

Pen, ink, paper, and inkstone were sent a lot.

Anne nodded secretly, this is the person who can really do great things.

In the evening, Anne carried a lot of things, picked up a few children, and still went home in an ox cart.

The next day, news came out from Zhou Jiaao: Zhou Xiucai easily earned twenty taels of silver by writing books.

Twenty taels of silver is definitely a lot of money for ordinary farmers who don't see much money all year round.

Especially when I heard that Zhou Xiucai didn't make much effort, he just copied and wrote it for more than ten days and earned it.

only made the villagers envious, and they ran to Zhou's house to ask about the situation.

As a result, when they arrived at Zhou's house, everyone found out that Zhou Jingxian and Zhou Xiucai were not at home, and said that they had gone to the county to buy cattle.

At this moment, everyone is even more boiling: Zhou Xiucai must have made money, otherwise where would the Zhou family get the money to buy cattle?

The news that Zhou Yaozu wrote a book to make money also reached the Liu family, and Master Liu knocked on the table and said to the Liu family: "It's almost the lunar month, and the family has to prepare for the New Year, as the eldest daughter-in-law of the Zhou family, it's really not good for you to stay in your mother's house." ”

Liu was still a little unhappy, and her sister-in-law also returned to her parents' house a few days ago.

The younger sister, who was flattering and envious of her in the past, actually began to squeeze her, and no matter what she said, she could pull it on her husband, who had just passed the exam.

What does the sister mean, Liu knows it.

Their sisters are like this, when they were young, they grabbed clothes and fought for jewelry, and when they grew up and got married, they began to compare their husbands and children.

In the past, it has always been the Liu family that has the upper hand, but this year, the Liu family has a faint tendency to be compared to the girl.

How can the Liu family be willing?!

Writing a book?

No matter how well you write a book, can you be more productive than the imperial examination?

But his father had already spoken, and no matter how much Liu had an opinion, he could only be obedient.

After leaving for more than a month, the Liu family returned to the Zhou family......