"Young master, why did you come to the study to paint again. It's going to be on the list this afternoon, so let's get a good spot and find your name early, oh no, it's the fat man's name. Master, you've been painting for three days, what are you drawing? Why are all squares? Is it so difficult to draw?"

Ning Du stopped his pen, looked at Hu Ran with concern, and said, "Maybe one day we have to run for our lives, and this map is used to escape." ”

Hu Ran looked at the squares carefully, and couldn't see the appearance of the map at all, and said, "I don't understand." ”

Ning Du sighed a little helplessly and said, "Hu Ran, you should learn more." ”

"Learn what?"

"Just learn a little bit. ”

"Then I want to learn how to fry melon seeds. ”

"Okay...... ......" Ning Du washed his pen, put the painting away, and asked, "Is the list released this afternoon?"

"Well, this afternoon, Qingteng Garden will release the list, tomorrow morning Bailu Academy will release the list, and tomorrow afternoon Guangze School Palace and Shenfeng Academy will also release the list. Speaking of which, since I bought this pen and paper back, young master, in addition to eating, drinking, and sleeping, you are painting in the study. The fat man never came again. ”

"It's been three days? I forgot the time when I started painting with one hand. After Ning Du said a word in his heart, he remembered the spectacular scene of crowding people during the exam, and said, "Today's list? Then we won't go, and we'll go tomorrow when there are fewer people." It's too crowded. ”

"No, we have to go!"

"It's okay, the fat man went for us. He is in a hurry than we are. ”

"That's right, then we'll wait for the fat man at home. What's going to eat tonight? or are you going to Yuyinliang?"

"I don't want to go, there are too many tricks, and I don't have much taste. You go buy a lamb backbone and come back, and we'll stew it tonight. ”

"Good. ”

——

The merchants, large and small, were still immersed in the happy times of the previous three days, when they had received more money than in a normal month combined, and they talked a lot about what that day had been.

Qingteng Garden is on the list today, and the shops on both sides of the street are also doing well, and most of them are full.

By the time Shen arrived in the afternoon, ten long poles were erected, from east to west, and ten names were written on each side, exactly one hundred. According to the order of east and west and the order of top and bottom, it is the ranking of the exam. However, even if he is the last on the list, he is a student who is really admitted to Qingteng Garden, and he has supreme glory.

In fact, the crowding next to the flagpole far exceeded Ning Du's imagination. The crowding was as if someone had smashed a hammer into it at the very edge, inserting one piece of iron into another. Even so, everyone scrambled to look forward, eager to find their name in those few two or three hundred words, and even the only word that coincided with their own name would cause their hearts to beat faster.

"I got in! I got in!"

A young man suddenly jumped up and cheered, waving his hands, but after a few jumps, he fainted from the excitement, and then someone quickly squeezed through the crowd and quietly took the young man away. Anyone who is admitted to Qingteng Garden is a piece of gold, and no one wants to be wooed, and it is undoubtedly the best choice if he is accepted as a golden beetle son-in-law.

This level of congestion will continue until midnight tonight, when it will gradually dissipate. Every year, no less than dozens of people are injured by the crowded stampede of the exams of the four universities.

The top of the Qingteng Garden also quickly spread throughout the Tiandu. A person named Chen Nanping, on the four armors, won the top spot of Qingteng Garden without any suspense. The wizard boy, who had never heard of it before, immediately became the most gimmicky talking about it.

Over the next few days, the whole day will be a feast of talking about exams. All restaurants will be free of charge for students who are admitted to the four secondary schools. This kind of exam is better than that of Chunqiu.

Almost at the same time as the list was released, someone ran into Xuanhemen to report.

"Young master, young master, it's out!"

Pang Jiushan, who was sitting in his father's study, immediately stood up, picked up the tea on the table, opened the door first, greeted his old housekeeper, and said, "Uncle Tong, don't worry, drink this cup of tea first, and then talk slowly." ”

Uncle Tong, who was over the age and still in good spirits, immediately drank a bowl of tea, looked at his young master, was silent for a moment, and said, "Young master, there is no name for you." ”

Pang Zhixing stopped his pen and raised his head to look at Uncle Tong and his son.

Pang Jiushan's heart suddenly tightened, he knew that Uncle Tong would never make mistakes, so Ning Du really didn't get in. He let out a long breath and turned to look at his father.

Pang Zhixing picked up the pen again at this time, as if he hadn't heard about it at all.

Uncle Tong looked at the young master with some concern and comforted: "Young master, let's not be discouraged, if we can't pass the exam in one year, there will be another year, and we will definitely be admitted." ”

Before, he subconsciously went to see his father, wanting to see what his father had in mind, but now that his father ignored him, Pang Jiushan knew that such things would need to be handled by himself in the future, and he would no longer have anyone to ask for advice in the future. With a long breath, Pang Jiushan said, "Uncle Tong, start sorting out the family property." ”

"Young Master, do you really want to compensate our Xuanhemen to that Yicai Hall? It's just a joke, how can you take it seriously?"

No one will take such a joke seriously. A person with a normal brain would never gamble a penny with a million family fortunes. How can the angry jokes between young masters and sons be taken seriously?

"I have already lost Xuan Hemen, and I can't lose my reputation anymore. Pang Jiushan said irrefutably.

Uncle Tong saw unprecedented perseverance in the eyes of Pang Jiushan, who was only sixteen years old, and he gradually understood that what was in front of him was not Pang Zhixing's son and his own young master, but the independent Pang Jiushan!

At the age of sixteen, Pang Jiushan already had the courage and will to break through this world with his bare hands.

"Good!"

One word has proved Uncle Tong's determination. Back then, he accompanied Pang Zhixing to start from scratch, and now he can still accompany the young master to start from scratch!

Pang Jiushan suddenly burst into tears, he bowed respectfully to Uncle Tong, and said, "Uncle Tong! In the past, you started from scratch with your father, and today you will follow me." Poor all your life, all for my Pang family. The Pang family has nothing to repay! I, Pang Jiushan, swear by the sky, and become the world's largest businessman!"

The sonorous oath, although it still contains a bit of immature voice, is deafening and makes anyone's heart hot.

Pang Zhixing put down his pen, stood up, bowed to Uncle Tong, and said, "Uncle Tong, I don't have much time, and the Pang family will be in the future—please!"

Uncle Tong burst into tears and said: "The Pang family has not failed me, I will definitely live up to the Pang family!"

At this moment, someone outside ran in again, shouting all the way: "Young Master, it's high school! Young Master, high school! Young Master, Young Master, you are the top of the list! Young Master, you are the top of the list!"

Pang Jiushan's father and son and Tong Bo were stunned for a moment, and looked out together.

——

Hu Ran still couldn't help but take a detour and went to Qingteng Garden.

In the crowded street, Hu Ran jumped his feet and looked forward, so that he could see the flag, but he couldn't see the words on it. At this time, the speculators had already printed the list, and the price was thirty taels!

With such a crazy price, there are countless people competing for it!

A quarter of time later, twenty-two-one!

After two quarters, eleven two!

It was really hopeless to squeeze into Buqiu Street to see if there was the name of Pang Jiushan on the flag, Hu Ran gritted his teeth, took out ten taels of silver to buy a list of candidates, and ran home while watching, but when he saw the bottom, he didn't see the name of Pang Jiushan, and his heart couldn't help but sink.

slammed open the door in a hurry, slapped the paper on Ning Du's table with a snap, and finally couldn't help crying, crying and saying, "Young master, you didn't pass the exam!"

Ning Du glanced at the paper, he really didn't have his own name, frowned, and said, "No, no matter how bad my first three subjects are, the last one should be the first, how can I not be admitted?"

"I bought it for ten taels of silver, how can it be bad? Young master, you just didn't pass the test. ”

"If you don't get in, you don't get in, why are you crying?"

"I cried my ten taels of silver and bought this piece of waste paper! My ten taels of silver were spent in vain! I can exchange a lot of old sugar notes!"