A very handsome young man leaned on the railing of the bridge, and the burden in his arms was spread out, revealing a few books. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info crowd of people crowded and pushed, and he carefully hugged the book in his arms, as if it was the most precious treasure in the world. The boy lowered his eyes, without any expression, without shouting and selling, immersed in his own world, out of place with his surroundings.

"How old are you?" Old Man Pan stepped forward and asked kindly.

"Seventeen." The boy was a little shy, and struggled to open his slightly purple lips, reflecting from the side that the clothes he was wearing now might not be very warm.

"How do you sell books?" This is the reason why Mr. Pan stopped, there are very few books sold in the big set, and ordinary people can't afford to buy them, let alone sell them? Books are so precious in this day and age that even the nursing doll knows it. What makes a child sell books? Looking at the clothes, these books may have taken a lot of effort for his parents to save money to buy...

"My mother," replied the young man, whose eyes were red, and who was a little choked, "sick." ”

Old Man Pan sighed secretly, feeling a little pity for this young man.

"How many years have you been reading?"

"After four years of studying, then my father fell ill and the family sold the land... My dad wouldn't have been to school since he went, if it weren't for my mother..."How long has it been since he had spoken to anyone? He couldn't remember, his mother was lying there, not eating or drinking, and no one would lend him any more money...

Old Man Pan understood, first his father was sick, spent all the family's savings and sold the land, and now his mother is critically ill. Old Man Pan thought of himself when he was young, and his face couldn't bear it.

"I want all these books", Old Man Pan said and handed over a silver ingot. In fact, the Pan family didn't need these books at all, they were all old editions of enlightenment books and Analects.

"Thank you, sir!" The young man's face turned red with excitement, and finally he looked a little angry with the young man.

After paying, Mr. Pan said to him again, "Later, you can go to the Pan Ji grocery store opposite the county government to find me, and I will get you some medicine, maybe your mother will use it." ”

The young man's moved eyes lit up, and he couldn't stop thanking him again and again.

Qinglan: Grandpa is really... It's no wonder that the neighbors are very warm and respectful of him...

Li Shisan saw it in his eyes, and added a sense of respect to Old Man Pan in his heart.

Buying a book was just a brief episode, and the group continued on their way, scraping second-hand kitchen and restaurant supplies everywhere.

People who often come to Daji know what to sell in which areas, such as Mr. Pan, his favorite place to go is the willow tree root by the river, where there are many antiques for sale. Mr. Pan likes antiques, but he doesn't have much valuable goods at home, so after a few times, he just looks at it and doesn't buy it. Maybe it's because he carried a big family when he was a teenager, Mr. Pan is very thrifty, and he is reluctant to throw away the autumn pants or cotton pants patches inside.

So as soon as Pan Erniang said that he would open a restaurant, Mr. Pan naturally came to Daji to buy second-hand furniture.

After getting off the bridge, less than half a mile to the right, the number of people selling second-hand tables, chairs and benches gradually increased.

A few children were chattering on the side, discussing enthusiastically, but Mr. Pan did not stop him, smiling and watching the children discuss and pick, and then come out to bargain when the things were almost chosen.

Grandpa is such a talent... Looking at the calm old man Pan bargaining with the seller, after saying a few words, the seller's forehead was sweaty, and the price was only half of the original.

After buying tables, chairs, benches, pots and pans, it was almost noon, a few adults put things into the carriage, the two family members rushed back to Pan's house to unload, and the rest of the group continued to walk towards the North Palace.

The North Palace is not a palace, but an underground palace, built to simulate hell. I don't know why such a heavy-tasted, eerie palace was built, which was composed of Huangquan Road Nai He Bridge and eighteen halls. Each hall represents a layer of hell, and the scenery inside is the suffering of people in this layer of hell after death, so the shape is particularly hideous and terrifying.

Old Man Pan doesn't plan to take the children to Beigong, it is R-level now, which is not suitable, what if he scares the children. The place they are going to now is about three miles between the North Palace and the City God Temple, and the main venue of the temple fair is actually on this road.

At a glance, most of the streets are filled with children, as well as young girls and boys, and generally married couples or young couples, who also love to come to the temple fair for a date and go shopping. Among the many stalls, the sugar man and the sugar painting are undoubtedly the most surrounded by children.

Qinglan doesn't like candy, but it doesn't prevent her from taking over the candy people that Old Man Pan bought for each child - pinched out according to her personal image, which is very expressive.

There are obviously fewer people coming to the temple fair than people rushing to the big market, and most of them are people in the city, but they are also very lively. In the middle of the road is the dragon and lion dance, holding hydrangeas high and swinging around; Followed by the gong and drummer and the stilt team, stepping on stilts and looking rich, what eight immortals cross the sea, what fishing and woodcock farming, and twisting can also turn over and split a fork or something, which provoked the audience to applaud.

In addition, there are small stalls on the side of the street where there are performances on the ground, and monkeys jump into the fire ring - the monkey is very small, wearing a little red dress, and is whipped and jumping in the fire ring; What else is the human flesh jack, rolling iron hoop - Qing Lan saw that the man was constantly rolling in a large iron ring, doing all kinds of dangerous movements, and was very worried that he would get dizzy and fall out, and everyone exclaimed in surprise as he swung around.

But what surprised Qinglan the most was that it was... People?

Five seven or eight-year-old girls, their hair is combed into a big braid on the core of their brains, and the tail of the braids is tied to a large wooden circle similar to an umbrella, which is about ten meters high from the ground and connected to a thick wooden stake. He is also doing various actions!!

Oh my God~~~ Qinglan only felt that her scalp was numb, this is simply a human version of the air turntable! I don't even have a seat belt, I rely on my own hair to connect the wooden circle, in case it is not tied properly or the hair... Qinglan looked around worriedly, would she fall and kill a few?

Old Man Pan saw that several children were fascinated by it, and explained: "These girls are all in the juggling team, and when they enter the class at the age of five, they will be kicked out at fifteen or sixteen." Don't look at it like this, the class owner is still very strict with this requirement, and there is a special requirement that must be met..."

Is it skinny?

"I have to live my mother." When Mr. Pan said it, the children listened very seriously, and even Ding Xicheng didn't know about it.

"Huh? Why? ”

"Because they have to let their mother-in-law comb their hair before every performance, what kind of hair each strand is tied into, my mother-in-law knows in her heart, if it is someone else..."Old man Pan did not explain further.

Hararashi: It's probably like that shampoo commercial: "Not only is the dandruff gone, but the scalp is gone..."

Ding Xicheng watched the juggling while turning the group under the command of the two family members, and his hands were full of snacks. Several of the children were also hungry and ate as they went.

Of course, they set a task for themselves, not simply to come to the temple fair to eat, drink and have fun, but also to do market research for the restaurant opened by Pan Erniang.

"The skin of this meat is too thick, and it's not crispy at all!" Ding Xicheng looked at the meat he had bitten in his hand with a bitter face. In fact, the skin is not much thick, only five millimeters, but compared to Pan Erniang's two millimeters, the young master Ding who picks his mouth is very dissatisfied.

"This steamed dumpling is too ugly!" Pan Erniang's steamed dumplings are the same size, each with nine pleats, about the same size as Qinglan's little hand, like a fat crescent moon, with thin skin and full filling, and a hiss and soup.

"This wonton stew doesn't taste at all!" Li 13 put down the spoon, frowned and handed it to Chief Zhao Guard, it's time to help the master clean (eat)!

Pan's wonton stew is rich in ingredients, in addition to adding fresh shrimp and calla lilies to the meat filling to increase freshness, the soup base is particularly particular, it must be an old hen of more than three years, put it in a casserole and stew it for a morning, scoop the oil, and put it in the boiled wonton stew bowl. Pour the dried red pepper and boil it in sesame oil to make chili oil, serve with a little SX aged vinegar, add pickled toon sprouts and diamond-shaped egg skin, and sprinkle with sweet garlic and chopped coriander.

"Oh my God, is this a bun? I didn't eat the stuffing in the first bite, but I bit it in the second bite? ”

Ding Xicheng complained while eating all the way, making several children laugh irrepressibly.

The City God Temple in Wei County is called a City God Temple, but it is not a real City God Temple, at least it is different from the City God Temple in other places, and it is dedicated to the ancestor of Bodhidharma. The reason why he became famous later was because Su Shi and Su Dongpo had spent the night here.

"It is said that day~ heavy snow is flying, the weather is cold, and people are sleepy and tired. Su Shi couldn't catch up..."Old Man Pan likes to tell the children about Gu'er, and the children are also deeply attracted by his subdued and frustrated, story-like tone and ups and downs of the storyline.

Li 13: I want to write a letter to my father and brother! Send them delicious food and tell them stories!

The kind-hearted Li 13 has always felt that his father and brother who were imprisoned in the imperial city were very pitiful.

Emperor Jingtai: ...

When the Ding family's family drove to pick them up, everyone had all kinds of toys and snacks in their hands, Qinglan picked two lanterns, a lotus lantern and a rabbit lantern, planning to take one for Brother Huan to play with, and the other for Ming Ran of the third uncle's family later.

After the holiday, Hariran prepares for the entrance exams in early February.

The county school belongs to the government and is the best school in the county. There are four classes in the school: Mengxue, plum, orchid, bamboo, and chrysanthemum, which are also four graded grades.

As long as Mengxue's household registration is the county seat of Weixian, after a simple test (that is, ask your name, age, where you live, as long as you are not a fool to know - Shu Dalang language), you can read it by paying money. The maximum age to study is 10 years old, and it will not be accepted after this age. After two years of studying in Mongolia, you can take the examination for promotion to Meiban, and the examination time is the winter solstice of each year, and the priority condition for Mongolian school is that there are three opportunities for the examination, that is, the time of studying in the county school cannot exceed four years. But like Shu Dalang, who didn't pass the exam three times, he could only go to a private school or study at home. The private school that Mr. Shu chose for Shu Dalang was not far from the county school, and it was opened by a couple, and Pan Siniang also taught in that private school.

As long as you are at least 6 years old, your household registration is Weixian, any township or village in the county can be, and after a rigorous examination, the top 60 will be admitted to the county school and study in Meiban. Originally, the plum class was divided into a male class and a female class, but there were very few female students who could be admitted, so the women's class was canceled, and if a very small number of girls could be admitted, they would also study in the same class. But most of the women who have better family conditions and can afford to read are still in private schools, such as Pan Wuniang.

The requirements of Meiban are strict, and the examination is also very difficult, but the tuition is completely free, only the book fee and the school uniform fee are paid, and the top three in the annual examination are rewarded with ten taels, eight taels and five taels of silver.

If you have excellent academic performance in the Meiban, and the entrance examination at the end of the year is also among the best, you can be promoted to the Lanban, and those who fail the exam can stay for a year, but there is only a chance for one year, and if you can't take the exam in the second year, you can say goodbye.

The same is true for the promotion from the Lan class to the bamboo class, and after being promoted to the bamboo class, you can take the exam, starting from the bamboo class, most of the teaching content revolves around the imperial examination.

The goal of the Qinglan exam is not to learn from Mengxue, but to Meiban.

Before she got sick, she had finished learning Mengxue's books, she knew almost the words, and she could write thousands of traditional characters, so she didn't want to waste time and money to read Mengxue, but went directly to the Meiban.

Ding Xicheng knew that Qinglan was going to study in the county school, and he also tried to persuade his father to let him study in the county school. The Ding family itself invited Mr., Ding Xicheng was enlightened at the age of five, and the family also wanted him to take the imperial examination, but the county school... Mrs. Ding is reluctant to let the children and grandchildren of the Ding family go to the county school, for fear of being scolded by others, they are so rich and let their children be greedy for that little welfare, and they are not bad for money, why are they doing.

And Master Ding is not sure about his son's exam, which can't be examined... That's a big shame in the county.

Ding Xicheng's troubles were solved by Qinglan with one sentence: "Let your father donate some money to the county school every year, set up a scholarship, and reward poor children who study well." Ding Xicheng was overjoyed, and ran home with a smoke, but the reincarnated ones couldn't catch up.

Li Shisan's enlightenment was earlier, and when he was three years old, four teachers surrounded him. But he didn't like it very much, except for the words, he really couldn't get his hands on it. I don't know why, seeing Qinglan working so hard for the exam, he also began to have some expectations for school in his heart, no, he has to write a letter to his father!

Qinglan looked at the two people who ran away speechlessly, and continued to work hard - to prepare well for the exam, but her preparation was not to study hard like others, she was doing statistics.

Because of the back door of Shu Laoer, she successfully got the exam questions of the county school in the past ten years.

Transcribe all the questions by subject, such as Chinese studies, literature, mathematics, history, politics, natural society... Each subject is subdivided, such as the explanation of nouns and sentences, mathematical applications, essays, analysis or argumentation of famous sayings, etc.

After classifying, Qinglan listed all the questions one by type, and the repeated questions were marked with cinnabar next to them. Questions that are repeated multiple times are copied separately on a separate sheet of paper. She took out her own paint, and noted the source of the exam questions as she looked up the materials, so that she could refer to it later and have a general understanding of the book.

When this job was completed, Qinglan felt that her neck had become shorter—stiff.

Next, it's time to focus on reviewing the content of the exam.

The first step is to borrow or buy all the books covered in the exam questions. Then study it carefully, but don't chew on the words.

The second step is to carefully study the scope of the test content to reach the level of touching the class.

The third step is to memorize the key areas that are repeated, and give yourself the way to simulate the test and the ideas for answering the questions in your mind.

Li 13 and Ding Xicheng initially looked down on Qinglan's approach, (Li 13: Ye doesn't disdain speculation.) But the later results proved that it was really decent to use Qinglan's method to cope with the exam!