"Hey, have you noticed?" A middle-aged man wearing a linen shirt with a slightly chubby figure carried his companion next to him on his shoulders and said, "Why do I look a little familiar with these hundred households." ”

The companion was a middle-aged man whose facial wrinkles had sunken in, a rather sturdy farmer, and he nodded: "Well, I look a little bit too." ”

The chubby man rubbed his hands, looked out the door, paused for a moment, as if recalling something, he put his hand down again and said:

"Isn't it a bit like the beam at the west end of the village before...... Liang, ah, could it be him? Who's that? Hasn't he been out for many years, a little younger than us, didn't we shoot birds together at that time, do you have any impression?"

"Liang Xing, I remember, his house is close to me, and I know him well. Impossible. Can that kid make hundreds?" said the companion with a pout, shook his head, and said in disbelief.

Chubby continued: "Hey, I really feel a little like it. ”

"Okay, okay, come on, let's continue, there are so many things today, gambling money and encountering so many things, it's sad. ”

"No, it's really like, it's really like ......"

"Quick, two dogs, bet on ......"

"Okay, Third Master. ”

......

Night.

Without modern technology, it always seems like night falls a little early.

A silent cool breeze hit, wafting the branches of Jiangyang, blowing through thousands of households.

Rao is the street of Jiangyang Town, and it is also pitch black at this time, only glowing with a little yellow light.

Even though it is a little richer than most rural tenants, most of them are just small households, and candles and oil lamps can still be saved.

Of course, the Zhou family gambling house is naturally not among them.

In the courtyard of the Zhou family, the lights in the courtyard are transparent, and the eye-catching yellow light is transparent, compared to those small households that are dark, it is like daylight here.

A nondescript room.

The door is open,

What caught my eye was Zhou Qianwei and Yan Luo, a small square table, eating.

If an outsider saw it, it would be a surprise.

They wouldn't have thought that they would be as rich as Zhou Qianwei, and all they could eat was a bowl of rice and two plates of vegetarian dishes.

A plate of cabbage, a plate of greens.

Although these things are naturally a particularly happy meal in the eyes of the peasant tenants.

But for the local old tyrant like the Zhou family gambling house, it should be nothing, and no matter how bad the mountain and wild game are, it is also standard.

However, the two didn't care about the simplicity of the food, but ate it very deliciously.

Yan Luo gulped down the white rice in his mouth, and in this period of growing body, he had only one idea about food.

One word, eat.

Two words, you can eat!

Three words, very delicious!

......

Zhou Qianwei sat on the other side leisurely, picked up clusters of white rice grains plainly, and sent them into the white jade teeth, chewing slowly.

Like a graceful and elegant lady, like the sister of the governor of Mingli, she sat aside and ate a miserable amount of food......

Yan Luo quickly finished the meal in two bites, and threw the rice bowl on the square table, then he turned his eyes to Zhou Qianwei on the opposite side, and said with some surprise: "Sister Wei, what are you ...... Is this a hunger strike?"

He touched his head and looked at the scene in front of him with some confusion, is this still my sister Wei?

Where did Sister Wei, who eats faster than me, go?

Where did the gobbling sister go?

When Zhou Qianwei heard this, he stopped his chopsticks, immediately glared at Yan Luo, slammed the rice bowl on the table, and said righteously: "After eating, go and serve it yourself, how can the old lady eat, what's in your way?"

Forehead...... Well, this is my micro sister, moody...... Yanluo smiled bitterly in his heart, I was too difficult...... She was still a lady in the last second, and she became a violent girl in seconds, and she was amazing.. ...... I can't hide from the heat, bye-bye......

"Don't go, come back. ”

Yan Luo had just taken two steps, and Zhou Qianwei slapped a handful of chopsticks again and slapped the chopsticks on the bowl.

The bowl "swayed" around the table twice, making a strange sound.

Yan Luo "chuckled" in his heart, and wondered if he had done anything that could not be seen by "people" recently, such as cheating money and other small tricks.

Think about it...... I couldn't think of anything, so I turned around with a stiff body, a professional smirk, and a mouthful of big white teeth.

"Hehe, what's wrong, Sister Wei. ”

Zhou Qianwei's expression immediately changed again, he was no longer serious, his right hand was raised, and the moon robe fell off, revealing half of the white moment like a tender lotus.

She held her cheeks and asked quite gently, "Can Tong pass this test?"

The children's examination is one of the examinations held in the imperial examination in the Eastern Shang Dynasty, and it is the lowest selection examination and the lowest threshold examination.

Theoretically, you can participate in the competition, but it costs a lot of money.

Even though it is the lowest level of the selection exam, it is also very important.

Only by passing the "children's examination" and becoming a talent can you be considered eligible to participate in the official imperial examination, that is, the higher-level "government examination".

Xiucai's identity is particularly important, not only can he claim to be a scholar, but also the minimum threshold for entering the academy.

Only by becoming a Xiucai can you be qualified to enter the academy, otherwise even if you are the Heavenly King Laozi, the children of the royal royal family will not be able to.

Of course, having said that, it's really like that, and who would put in such hard work to get a reputation that doesn't help them much.

Even if you really want to take the test, it's not easy to get a show.

The academies of the Eastern Shang Dynasty had a noble status, and each of them was a famous existence, which was only available in some large cities.

The most important point is that only Xiucai who enters the academy to study can register for the imperial examination. In other words, if you are just a talent and do not study in the academy, you still can't participate in the imperial examination.

Therefore, the Eastern Shang Dynasty did not say that it was rich in literature and martial arts, it has always been rich in literature and martial arts, whether it is to join the academy or join the martial arts academy that rarely exists, everything costs money, and it is not at all something that ordinary people can support.

Unless you are gifted and lucky enough to meet nobles who appreciate you and are willing to invest in you, you may barely have any hope of continuing to take the road of imperial examinations.

Jiangyang Town is located in a remote area, far away from Dafu City, even if it is other big families like Zhou Qianwei, few people say that they spend a lot of money to send their children to school in Fucheng.

It's too far, and it's expensive.

Second, there is no return in the short term, and children are generally not reading materials, and nine times out of ten they can't even pass the children's test.

Over time, few people in the huge Jiangyang Town have taken the children's test seriously.

At most, it is to send the only private school in the town to study for two years, know a few words, and speak it is considered literate, which is better than the illiterate lower riba people.

The old Xiucai in the town, that is, the one who opened a private school, he is the best embodiment, his family was also one of the few big families in Jiangyang Town, after his parents left, he only knew that the mountain was empty, and he was dedicated to studying.

No, I don't have the money to continue studying in the academy, so I can only come back to run a private school to support my family.

Of course, having said that, Lao Xiucai still has a certain reputation in the town, an old scholar......

"Well, uh, I can pass, I can definitely pass. ”

Yan Luo hesitated for a moment, his eyes were certain, thinking of his question and answer on the exam paper, and replied firmly.

This is the third time he has participated in the "children's test".

It's a bit embarrassing to say, after all, I'm also a traverser, so I don't want to lose face......

People wear it over, it's not a nine-year-old Huiyuan or something, they're embarrassed to blow, it's good for themselves, it's the third year, Xiucai, there's a long way to go......

After all, the children's test here is really difficult, there are dozens of books in the "exam syllabus", or all kinds of books, such as "Tianji Sutra Revised Edition", "Water Scripture Annotated Edition", "Mojia Font Reading", "Zhang Zhongshan Landscape Ink Painting Appreciation" and so on.

And there are some superstitious, untrue, wrong, religious theological books like "On the Charms".

To be honest, Yanluo doesn't have too much talent for learning, he just relies on the perseverance and habits he developed in his previous life to work hard to gnaw down every book.

The first and second failures were understandable, after all, the time to learn was still short, and dozens of books were not so easy to master.

But now it's different, he's been studying for three years, and the college entrance examination is not a problem, will he still be afraid of this little children's test?