Chapter 51: It's Not Just a Test
Shen Junqian was still hesitating to reveal the exchange of test questions, Guo Baobao had already shared this method very boldly, and it happened that he couldn't get out of the courtyard in the afternoon, and for a while the West Courtyard fell into a rare quiet state, and most of them exchanged test questions with others, and were preparing to complete the next two test questions. In fact, after these two days, many people are planning to give up the first question, not to mention the inexplicable topic, it is also impossible to do it as required. Fortunately, there are three questions in total, only one question has not been answered, and it seems that most of the questions cannot be answered, so the other two questions are better answered, and there should be a chance to pass the assessment.
Although the reputation of the Cangwu Women's Academy is outstanding, not all the people who come to participate in the assessment have to be it, of course, if you can enter the academy in one fell swoop, even if you can't learn anything, it is good to use the reputation of the Cangwu Women's Academy to improve yourself.
Shen Junqian finished copying the "Dizang Sutra" again, saw that the sky was getting darker outside, looked around again, and saw Zhang Xiaohe drawing something on the desk on her right hand, thinking that she was tired of writing and resting, so she put down the pen and turned her neck while rubbing her wrist and walked towards Zhang Xiaohe.
Zhang Xiaohe painted a pair of fine brushwork hibiscus, and Shen Junqian couldn't help but praise it at a glance, although she didn't particularly understand it. Gongbi painting is not like freehand painting to pay attention to artistic conception, but Gongbi is quite a test of painting skills, not to mention hibiscus, the layers of calyx not only have exquisite lines but also pay attention to the color, the painting is not good basically into a mess. Zhang Xiaohe's paintings of flowers and leaves are suitable for each other, but they are not bad.
"Sister Qian's scripture has been copied?" Zhang Xiaohe finished drawing the last stroke, and only after collecting the pen did she see Shen Junqian standing next to her, and asked.
Shen Junqian helped her clean up her pen and ink, and replied: "How can it, but it's almost there, I see that it's getting dark, so I want to rest first and write it in the evening." ”
After all, it is to be copied twenty times, Zhang Xiaohe is still a little worried, "My painting has already been painted, I only need to repair the color, why don't I wait for me to finish painting and I will help you copy some?"
Shen Junqian is actually the last thing she is afraid of is copying, she is not very good at anything else, but this word is not bad, after all, she was forced to write for more than ten years in her previous life, not only the quality is guaranteed, but the speed is definitely not slow.
"Sister He, don't worry, I can finish writing tonight. Besides, if we change the subject unscrupulously, I don't know if the Master knows about it or not, and whether he will punish us in the end. Even if the Master agrees with our approach, if I hand in the copy, the Master will definitely be able to see the traces of the copying of two people, and I still don't need it. ”
Zhang Xiaohe thought about it, so he didn't say much, looked around, and asked, "Where did the baby go, why didn't you see her?"
Shen Junqian shook her head, "I've been copying books and I haven't seen her, so I should have run out to play." ”
"Isn't she going to embroider a purse, is it done?" Zhang Xiaohe frowned and said uncertainly, in fact, although she is not good at embroidery, she still knows how much, although the purse is not big, but in such a short period of time, it is not easy to make a purse. I couldn't help but secretly think, Guo Baobao wouldn't go out to play without embroidery, right?
Shen Junqian shrugged, "I don't know." Xiao Shi has looked for a good mother-in-law and maid with good embroidery needlework skills to put on her side two years ago, but she still doesn't know anything about embroidery, and now Xiao Shi has no hope for Shen Junqian's embroidery, and has turned a blind eye to Shen Junqian's escape from the embroidery course.
Zhang Xiaohe didn't expect Shen Junqian to answer, after all, the two of them were busy completing the test questions, and if Guo Baobao wanted to go out to play, they wouldn't notice it for a while.
"The yard we are in has been locked, and everyone can't get out, where should the baby be in the yard, why don't we go out and find her?"
Shen Junqian nodded, just taking this opportunity to learn about the situation of the others.
Who knows, it is not a coincidence, they and Guo Baobao almost missed the front and back feet, and the big yard actually made Shen Junqian and Guo Baobao stagger away.
It was still time for dinner when the three of them got together, and Shen Junqian and the two didn't have time to ask Guo Baobao about embroidery, so they were shocked by the news she threw over.
"Do you know, I heard that most of the students from Cangwu Academy who came from the opposite side this time have sisters or cousins to participate in the assessment of Cangwu Women's Academy. After speaking, Guo Baobao gave Shen Junqian and Zhang Xiaohe a "you know" look.
Shen Junqian's heart moved, and just as he was about to ask, Zhang Xiaohe couldn't wait to ask, "Really?"
Guo Baobao said arrogantly: "Of course it's true!" and mysteriously stretched out his head to the two of them and said, "I heard that the girl from the Huang family who lives in the second wing room in the east has received the answer secretly handed over by her brother." ”
Shen Junqian looked at Guo Baobao in surprise and asked, "Where did you hear that? Aren't we locked up in this courtyard and not allowed to go out?"
"It's just that those of us who participated in the assessment can't go in and out, and not all of us are locked here, and the sprinklers and sweepers in this courtyard, the cooks who deliver the food, and the people who deliver the food, aren't there still people around each of us? Guo Baobao said as a matter of course.
It doesn't seem to be a difficult thing, after being silent for a while, Zhang Xiaohe suddenly spoke: "I am the eldest sister in the family, and my younger brothers and sisters are still young, do you have an elder brother in Cangwu Academy?"
Guo Baobao sighed heavily, "It's a pity that my brothers are not in Cangwu Academy, otherwise it would be fine, maybe I can come over this time, but it's a pity that ......"
Shen Junqian thought about the Shen family's elder brothers in Cangwu Academy, it seemed that except for the third brother Shen Junchun, who might come to see the excitement, the others might not come, and said with a little humility: "The academy is arranged like this, maybe it is also an assessment, let's figure it out ourselves!"
I thought that Guo Baobao and Zhang Xiaohe would ask something, but even Guo Baobao, who said at the beginning that he must enter the Cangwu Women's Hospital, didn't say much, just shrugged his shoulders and said: "It seems that we three stinkers can only rely on ourselves." ”
"You're fine, what are you doing with this little fish? This fish is unique to the hot springs, and it doesn't grow big, and you can't bring it back. Xu Zhuqing looked at Shen Junhao holding a small net pocket and fishing there without any image, and he couldn't hold back for a long time, and reminded loudly.
Shen Junhao made a boo and stood still, and after a while, the hand that suddenly took the net pocket quickly made a scooping motion in the water, and when he took it, there were fish beating in the net pocket.
He poured the fish he had just caught into a small basin on the shore, and there was already a school of fish swimming in the small basin. While turning his head sideways and Xu Zhuqing said, "Zhuqing, if you don't come down and try it, in fact, fishing is also a bit interesting." ”
Xu Zhuqing only glanced at him lightly, to be honest, there are many times when he doesn't know his friend and cheap cousin very well, and he often looks like a beautiful son, but only those who really know him know that behind Shen Junhao's gentle and harmless face is a ghost idea that makes people cry and laugh, and it is really a trick in the wrong place.
"You didn't pull me out to catch fish, did you?"
"How can it be, hasn't it been done according to our plan before?"
The plan that Shen Junhao said is actually not a plan, but he knows more things than others by relying on his identity as the son of the head of the academy, such as why they came to the villa at this time, the little girls who lived in the courtyard opposite participated in the admission assessment of the Cangwu Women's Hospital, and even what the assessment topics of the women's hospital might be. Relying on his own knowledge of this, he didn't do anything, so he quietly and deliberately released the news. Then, he himself dragged Xu Zhuqing here to catch fish.
"No matter how many fish you catch, the master of the academy may not let you send the fish into the yard over there. Xu Zhuqing pointed to the west courtyard where Shen Junqian and the others lived, and couldn't help but say.
Shen Junhao sighed deeply, "You're wrong, I didn't want to send the fish over there. In fact, I only roughly know that the most important assessment of this women's hospital is related to fish, but I don't know what it is, but I know that the topic this time is from my father, and with my understanding of my father, this time the topic of fish will not be the focus at all. ”
"Fish isn't the point, so what are you doing here?"
"Isn't I thinking while fishing, with my father's character, why did he come up with such a question? Do you say that it will be 'fish and bear's paws can't be both' or 'it's better to retreat and close the net', you can also help think about it. Xu Zhuqing seemed to see that the fish was almost finished, and finally gave up continuing to fish, and waded out of the hot spring lake.
Xu Zhuqing suddenly said, "It is better to teach people to fish than to teach them to fish." ”
Shen Junhao didn't react for a while, and was surprised for a moment before he suddenly reacted, "You mean, this is my father's purpose in asking the question." After speaking, he pondered for a while, looked up at Xu Zhuqing and said with a smile: "It makes sense, but if there is no question like this, I am afraid that this question will be ......" He laughed as he said it.
Xu Zhuqing also smiled, and suddenly thought of a certain girl in the library pavilion, probably in a hurry, "The women's academy is originally better than us, they don't need to participate in the imperial examination, your Shen family can run such a women's academy is actually a coincidence, and it also relies on a large part of the academy's credit." But now those who want to enter the Cangwu Women's Academy, I'm afraid that they are more likely to use the reputation of the academy to enhance their reputation, and in the end, they may have more good husbands to choose from than others. According to your father's character, this is probably the last thing he wants to see, not to mention that your sister also participated in the assessment this time, in terms of your father's love for his daughter, I am afraid that this time he did not take this assessment as a test at all, but it is just a reminder for these little girls, and more importantly, a reminder for your sister. "It's a pity that Second Master Shen didn't really understand the unusual things about his little girl.
"Hey, you didn't say it earlier, as soon as you said that, I understood what my father wanted to do, this fish is a shhh After Shen Junhao finished speaking, he looked at the small pot full of fish he had caught, and asked, "What about these fish?"
Xu Zhuqing clasped his hands to his chest, shrugged his shoulders and said indifferently: "Whatever you want." ”
Shen Junhao looked at Xu Zhuqing's figure walking away in a dashing manner, and couldn't help but raise his head and sigh: "Alas, my first life is famous~~~."