Xu Chunrong sat upright in a flower hall in a side courtyard, his buttocks only touched one-third of the area of the chair, motionless like a sculpture. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

The subordinates of the Yan family brought a cup of tea, Xu Chunrong smelled the fragrant fragrance of tea, and the spring fatigue of getting up early was swept away.

She really deserves to be a servant woman of a wealthy family, and she doesn't even make a sound when she walks. After adding tea to Xu Chunrong, the woman retreated to the door and continued to stay there.

Xu Chunrong knew that she was here to monitor herself.

Sitting on official wealth, the Lord is sealing.

From the emperor to the hundred officials, this method has always been used to inspect subordinates or select subordinates.

Xu Chunrong didn't dare to act rashly, this is Lord Yan's test for himself, if he can't even pass this level, how can he talk about the future!

Before and after the Spring Festival, every Gongsheng who wants to bow down in the name of an adult or a Jinshi who seeks an official in the spring entrance examination high school will experience such a "before" rule - "punishment" sitting.

"Punishment" is not really "punishment", but it is more painful than "punishment".

Welcome into the door to bring a cup of tea, you can only drink three dishes at most, if you want more, the servant will immediately come forward: "I'm sorry, my lord has something to do today." "Just drive it away!

The time spent sitting also varies from person to person.

Those with a strong family background, or those who are famous, will say "sit slightly" after the servant serves tea. How long does it take to "sit for a while"? Generally about an hour.

Those who seek to be released from the government and have the money in place and the door is hard, "sit for a while" - about two hours.

Holding a letter of worship and a letter of introduction to the name, the relationship is full of turns, but there are still some ways, "wide sitting" - about three hours.

People who study and seek advice, apprenticeship in the door or people of the same clan and surname, "sit in peace" - four hours.

And Xu Chunrong, who came to visit early in the morning, was directly introduced into the flower hall by the servant, without saying a word, thinking that if he didn't sit on it for five or six hours, he was afraid that he would not be able to see Lord Yan.

Don't look at it just "sitting", there is a lot of knowledge here.

First of all, the buttocks can't occupy the lean, no matter how fat, thin and old you are, at most you can sit for a third of the body, and most of the support of the body depends on the strength of the legs and feet.

Secondly, if the back is straightened and cannot be bent, if you sit hunched over or directly on the back of the chair, a servant will immediately come forward, "I'm sorry, my family is really not idle", and will always be "not idle" to you.

Again, you can't move your feet and your legs can't shake, you have to sit "as steady as a rock", if you can't stand it, lift Erlang's legs, sorry, "This is Mr.'s name sticker, my family also asks Mr. to come back." "I passed it directly, and I didn't even leave a name post.

Of course, the position of the hands and arms is also very important, in addition to drinking tea, the hands must be placed on the legs in a regular manner, the fingers can not be moved, the elbows are leaning left and right or scratching the ears and cheeks, and the cliff will be immediately driven away.

Drinking tea is also particular, if you don't drink it, you can't drink it, and you can't ask for a bowl of white tea, you will be "dismissed" by the servant with an excuse, and if you drink too much, you will go to the toilet, which is extremely impolite.

The so-called "sitting material" is selected in this way, and it has been recognized by insiders and has become one of the important "inspection" indicators. Those in power prefer to believe that only those who can sit still can "be promoted to official positions and make a fortune".

The servant woman glanced at Xu Chunrong, who was sitting in the hall, without a trace, only to see that she lowered her eyes, not knowing what she was thinking.

That person naturally didn't know how much suffering Xu Chunrong had endured and how many sins he had suffered during the time he had been able to get to where he was today.

Xu Chunrong was lifted at the age of eighteen, and he was the first "female master" in the local area. The following year, he married a classmate, and he was also a son of the same class, a double lifter, Xu Chunrong and his wife were not good at the beginning, and they could be described as proud of the spring breeze.

After marriage, the two opened a private school, both male and female students, and after a long time, they were quite famous in the local area, and their lives were not bad.

But one day her husband went out to party with friends, but unexpectedly died on the street at night!

There are many rights and wrongs in front of the widow's door, and Xu Chunrong is hard to be soaked by her in-laws and concubines every day, so she has to move back to her in-law's house with her two children. Who knew that her mother-in-law's house was comparable to a wolf's den, and after deceiving her trust with hypocrisy, she squeezed out her belongings little by little, and swept her out of the house!

Xu Chunrong can't, the only destination is his mother's home. But her biological mother has passed away, and her younger siblings are in charge, so she can't allow outsiders to eat and drink for nothing. Xu Chunrong also has the temperament of not admitting defeat in his bones, so he simply took his father out with her and depended on her.

Fortunately, some of her former students often helped, which allowed Xu Chunrong and his father to survive the last harsh winter.

In order to prevent the two children who stayed in her mother-in-law's house from being bullied, to have a good future in the future, and to find a way out for herself, Xu Chunrong resolutely prepared to go to Beijing to take the exam.

In order to be able to come to the capital, she didn't want any face, so she made old friends and walked all over the threshold and borrowed a lot of debt. Now that she has passed the exam, she is even more worried, waiting for the lack of children to be able to line up from the imperial city to Daxing, if she can't send officials or appoint positions, she and her father will have to go to the street to beg for food!

The sun was setting, and the glow of sunset penetrated the west-facing window and gradually moved in front of Xu Chunrong. Only then did she realize that it was already so late? Lord Yan probably won't see him, right?

Sure enough, after a while, a little girl who hadn't left her head came in from outside, and said in a childish voice: "My adult has a guest today, Xu Jinshi will come back another day." After saying that, he ran away without a trace.

Didn't pass the test... Xu Chunrong sighed in his heart, he really has nothing, and he is still a woman when he is old, so he can't blame him for not being able to get into the eyes of others.

******

"Have you heard? In the spring of this year, a female jinshi was examined. ”

On the corridor of the academy, the students walked together in twos and threes, and there was a small handful in front of them. Because of the proximity, even the content of the speech can be heard clearly.

Since the news of the spring festival spread, the recent talk in the academy has been about the female jinshi.

Dashun's first female jinshi, Qinglan admires her. I don't know how my father will feel when he hears the news, after all, when I was a child, what my father talked about the most was that he hoped that he would become the first female jinshi.

"Hey, all Dashun knows about this!" The other student's tone and expression were pompous.

"How did you say she got in?" The little man next to him seemed to be envious, jealous, and hateful.

"You ask me, I ask who to go!" The student in the middle pushed the little man with his shoulder, scolding him far away.

How can you get in, you can learn with real talent! Qinglan hates habitual discrimination against women the most, but the environment is like this, and she can't do anything about it.

"What you are talking about is the old yellow calendar, I heard that the female jinshi worships under the name of Lord Yan!" The first student to speak finally couldn't muster up and told his peers the "new news" he had heard.

"Which Lord Yan?" The little man had just returned to the team and hadn't reacted yet.

"Which other Lord Yan? Our mountain chief's old father-in-law! The student was burning with a raging fire of gossip, and Qinglan was tired of looking at it.

"Yo~~~" The little man is very popular, and the tail is dragged out with a deep meaning.

Qinglan pulled Thirteen and Xiaobao to quickly pass over a few people, and the three of them were going to the Zhongyong Hall to take classes, and all they heard along the way were discussing the remarks of the female jinshi.

"Boring." Qinglan is not ashamed to be in the company of people with tongues.

"Indeed." Thirteen echoed a sentence, when he returned to Beijing for the Chinese New Year, he discussed Yan Shifan with his eldest brother, only to find that this Lord Yan was deeply hidden, and it was really "extraordinary".

"Why did she vote under Yan Shifan?" Xiaobao wants to know this even more.

Why?

Qinglan's first reaction when she heard this incident was: This female jinshi may not be as good as she imagined, after all, those who are close to ink are black, and those who are close to pigs are fat.

Why did you choose Yan Shifan?

Xu Chunrong glanced at the man sitting opposite her, his appearance was a little indescribably awkward, his left and right cheeks were not symmetrical, and his facial features were also... is not upright, but the official authority is very heavy, and the momentum is domineering.

"Student..."Xu Chunrong lowered his eyes, "The student has long admired the prestige of the adult and admired the ability of the adult to govern the country, so he wants to worship under the name of the adult, so that he can be educated early..."

Without waiting for Xu Chunrong to finish speaking, Yan Shifan spit out two words: "Lying." ”

Xu Chunrong was shocked, this was her only chance, she came to Yanfu to sit for seven days, from morning to night, she didn't dare to eat when she went out in the morning, she only swallowed a few mouthfuls of dry nests and sucked tea in her stomach.

"Let's go", Yan Shifan put down the teacup gently, which meant that Xu Chunrong could leave.

No!

Xu Chunrong was in a hurry, she knelt down from her seat and fell to the ground, "Lord Yan, my lord, I beg you, please accept Chunrong and save the little girl's life!" After speaking, he lay on the ground and kowtowed.

Wouldn't it have been like this a long time ago, Yan Shifan looked down on these scholars from the bottom of his bones, and he wanted to suffer the crime of saving face, what a beating!

"If you have a grievance, you should go to Shuntian Mansion Yin Cai." Yan Shifan said coldly, what do you think of me here, charity!

"My lord," Xu Chunrong cried but the wording was very clear, telling Yan Shifan what she had encountered before concisely, she didn't have much time, and she had to grasp the weight of every word.

Yan Shifan had no expression, but his heart was happy, who wouldn't be able to act, but at this level, tsk tsk... Not even a small apricot blossom.

Xiao Xinghua was Prince Yu's popular drama before, and now he has a new favorite, and he doesn't remember what apricot blossom osmanthus is.

"Lord Yan, students just want to be able to follow adults, and they don't hesitate to go to the soup! I also ask the adults to fulfill it! "Xu Chunrong kept praying, asking God to bless...

Just you?

Yan Shifan glanced at Xu Chunrong without a trace, a half-old, what can he do? If you're twenty years younger... Maybe it's useful.

Yan Shifan's smile was obscene, and he looked down on women in his heart.

The room fell silent, Xu Chunrong was nervous, everything that should be said was said, if Lord Yan didn't accept me... Alas... Thinking of his father, who was looking forward to bringing back good news every day, Xu Chunrong was so sad that tears flowed uncontrollably.

"You women, you only cry when you get into trouble."

Suddenly, Yan Shifan changed his tone just now, and was gentle like a kind Shibo.

Yes? These words completely stunned Xu Chunrong, and his tears involuntarily stopped.

"Someone's coming." As soon as Yan Shifan's words fell, a middle-aged elder immediately walked in.

"Go find a decent place for Xu Jinshi." Yan Shifan instructed that although he hadn't seen Xu Chunrong in the past few days, he had already explored her in private. It's good to be cornered, he likes to accept these desperate people, and use it to rest assured.

This is... Going to use yourself?! Xu Chunrong stayed on the ground happily for a while and forgot to get up.

The chief glanced at the woman kneeling on the ground, dressed as a student, her face was not powdered, and the crow's feet at the corners of her eyes revealed her true age.

What about Jinshi, he doesn't have to kneel here honestly to beg for a way, it's better for him to be decent.

******

There were already a lot of students sitting in the middle hall, and the mountain chief had not yet come, and they were talking about something lively.

"Hahahaha..."A voice got carried away and laughed presumptuously.

Qinglan was attracted by the laughter, and glanced at it as a black and fat student, and when she laughed, she could see the teeth with molars.

"What do they say?" Xiaobao was close to a sven-looking boy, who was also one of the students in Mr. Ji's class.

Mr. Ji's class is difficult to report, in addition to his excellent results in the annual examination, he also has to pass his interview.

As an aside, Qinglan's excellent results in this annual exam successfully silenced those who doubted her knowledge before.

Mr. Ji's interview was very strange, which Mingyu deeply understood.

For example, when he was examining Shi Wen, he asked him: What can I borrow and not pay it back?

Shi Wen thought for a long time and couldn't answer, Mr. Ji glanced at Mingyu, and Mingyu had to bite the bullet and say: Borrow light.

Shi Wen was embarrassed and left Mr. Ji's yard with an embarrassed expression.

Since then, Mingyu has a new understanding of Mr. Ji: Mr. is also ruthless enough to scold people!

Yes, Mr. Ji doesn't look down on Shi Wen, and thinks that this person's virtue is lacking and he is too drilling.

Shi Wen and Zhou Fang failed the interview, but Guo Xiaoqing, the newly promoted Xie Yuangong in this township examination, became the most dazzling newcomer in the class.

It is worth mentioning that this Guo Xiaoqing is a talented and elegant person, although he entered the school late, he is polite and polite, and he is very popular with his classmates.

"Pick up the poem." The boy quickly replied to Xiaobao and continued to stretch his neck to watch the excitement.

Pick up the poem? Qinglan doesn't look like it, she understands the poem, many students like to play this game between classes, set a topic, you come up with a sentence, I take a sentence, see who catches it exquisitely.

"Themed after the female jinshi." Thirteen sneered.

I see, what's so funny about that.

I only heard the fat man shouting: "I and Mr. untie the robe!" ”

"Warm spring night in the hibiscus tent!" I don't know who took such a sentence, which caused everyone to laugh.

Thirteen clenched his fists and was presumptuous!

"Come again," the fat man said with high interest, "Grandma hears that the girl is coming!" ”

"Lift yourself to Qingchi!"

"Hahahaha..."

Qinglan and Thirteen Xiaobao moved to the corner, such a lively, just don't look at it.

"Sister Wen Nei~"

"Hang yourself on the southeast branch!"

"Hahahaha..."

Qinglan felt deeply sad for that woman, the first female jinshi who "ate crabs", was supposed to be an example for students to learn, but she was used to play like this.

"Little brother Wen Sister is coming~?" The fat man is like a DJ with an active atmosphere, just a microphone is missing.

"The sound of the pipa is late!"

"Hahahaha..."

Xiaobao felt that everyone's laughter was so harsh.