On the third day of the ninth month of the 11th year of Taisho, the whole Dayan held the primary election of the martial arts, before that, the parents and officials in various places were busy with their feet in order to review the qualifications of the candidates who should take the examination.

Everyone is curious, what is the test of this martial arts? Why do you have to bring a pen and ink basket in the first session, just like the candidates in the Kaowen test?

Fan Amber solved the confusion of his younger brothers and sisters, "Although martial arts is based on martial arts, it is the same as the literary examination to test strategy theory and the art of war, and those who are illiterate have no way to take the test." ”

"Then, won't the son of Sister-in-law Du's grandmother fail the exam?" Fan Anyue was a little gloating.

Fan Amber glanced at him, saw his restrained expression, and said: "The little brother of the Liu family is literate, he used to be an errand boy in the Gao family's private school, his father was a miscellaneous worker in the private school, both father and son are literate, I heard that he has also practiced martial arts and boxing with others. ”

Mrs. Fan was surprised when she heard this: "Speaking of which, this child should be good, but it's a pity!" If it weren't for his mother's death, staying in Du Mansion would be very promising! ”

"But then he can't take the martial arts test!" Fan Anyang felt that maybe Grandma Liu just wanted to get out of the country, so she died like this!

Fan Anyue sneered and said, "Do you think the martial arts are easy to test?" Arguments are not written with literacy! ”

Patting his brother's dog head, Fan Amber explained in detail: "But I heard that this time the martial arts are reopened, and this old routine has been changed, and this infield can only silently write one of the paragraphs of the 'Seven Books of Martial Arts', which is full of 100 words, and it doesn't matter if you make mistakes or omissions, the important thing is that you can pass the two tests in the outfield, and you can obtain the qualification of Wu Xiucai." ”

Fan Anyang read miscellaneous notes, which once mentioned that when Emperor Wu was in power, he had opened a martial arts, and later it seemed that a fraud case broke out, which was widely implicated. The implication was too much, and the court finally had to stop the martial arts.

The reason seems to be that the infield of martial arts, the martial arts are illiterate, but they require the infield to discuss the martial arts to meet the standards before they can continue to take the outfield. So there are policies and countermeasures. Collective fraud, the miscellaneous notes only understated this matter, and Fan Anyang knew nothing about it.

"What's the test in the field?" A few maids also held female red, listening as they did.

Fan Amber held a cup of tea and said slowly: "There are two outfield exams, both of which are tested for bows, horses and skills, and the first gallop horse is three times and nine arrows are fired, and three arrows are required to hit the target, so as to be qualified, unqualified." You can't take the second test.

"The second time to shoot nine arrows, the same need to have three arrows to hit the target, and then test the skill of Yong, and the skill of Yong is divided into drawing the bow, dancing the big knife and moving the stone, the bow is divided into more than 12 forces. Twelve forces, ten forces and eight forces, the bow number is optional, limited to three times, the big knife is divided into 120 catties, 100 catties and 80 catties of three numbers, choose one number, you need to swing the knife over the top, before and after the chest dance flowers and other actions. The third item to move the stone, divided into four, there are more than 300 catties, 300 catties, 250 catties and 200 catties, the stone number is also optional, the designated action is to lift the stone between the chest and abdomen, with the help of abdominal force to the bottom of the stone to the left and right to turn over once to pass the level. ”

Van Amber finished. The people in the room were all silent, everyone imagining those things and pictures, foot shooting, riding shooting? How many people can ride horses these days? It's just that the outfield starts from the riding and archery test, and just this one can brush down a lot of people, right? Oh. No, it should be said that many people have already been brushed in the infield exam.

Those ruffians and hooligans are illiterate or not, and for them, it is more difficult for them to write a 100-word paragraph of the Seven Books of the Martial Arts Scripture than to ascend to the sky! The two Ruixue sisters often hang out in the big kitchen and the second door, listening to the chatter of those mothers-in-law and mothers-in-law, knowing that there are many people outside who are looking forward to turning over through martial arts, after hearing the detailed explanation of the eldest young master, they can't help but be speechless, "I can't even pass the infield, how can I take the outfield!" ”

Fan Anyang said in his heart, these people should not be too disappointed, but let their grievances go out on the township.

I have to say that Fan Anyang is really a bit of a crow's mouth, and she really guessed it! After the infield examination of the first martial arts examination, there was a lot of chaos in various places, and the ruffians and hooligans were the masters of trouble, and they originally hoped that they could get an official position and mix with an official body, even if it was a martial artist! It's the same show, isn't it?

But I didn't expect that I had to be literate, and it didn't matter if I couldn't write articles, but I had to be able to write silently! Stumble! If Lao Tzu had that Huigen, would he still be a gangster in the market? But I heard that these were those white-bearded old men in the court who wanted to come out and toss the candidates, everyone was very angry, they were far away, we couldn't stare at them, but the parents and officials who were close to them were hated!

For this reason, Uncle Ding's trip to Beijing has slowed down a bit, and he has to arrange the work of his subordinate officials and appease these people before he can leave, otherwise he has not yet arrived in Beijing, and if he is in chaos, the emperor will give him a good look?

The tall man was also delayed! However, his wife was not affected, and when the first test of martial arts was in the second outfield, Mrs. Gao arrived in Guangling City. She just lived in Du Mansion, and the tall sister-in-law also came with the child.

As soon as she got out of the car, the tall sister-in-law obviously felt that it was different from the previous feeling, and it was the grandmother of Du Mansion who came to greet her, this greeting person is skillful, the mouth is clear and bright, and the person who was promoted by the sister-in-law's unobtrusive nurse is not at the same level at all, what is going on?

I had the heart to ask, but who knew that the little girl who led the way would only smirk, but she didn't know anything, so she would only use "I don't know, I don't know, my sisters didn't say it." Back and forth her words.

After seeing her mother-in-law and sending the children away, Dr. Gao asked her daughter, "I heard that you have denaturalized the nurse?" ”

"Yes." Du Da Shao's grandmother has rarely gotten along with her mother since she was a child, and although she made a decision on impulse, she actually didn't know the bottom when she saw her mother ask about it.

"You're doing a great job." Mrs. Gao smiled and praised her daughter's actions, Mrs. Gao who was holding the tea was actually very nervous, when her daughter was still petite, she let her mother-in-law take it away, she was worried that she would be raised by her mother-in-law, and her mother-in-law took her daughter to her side to raise, which is a good thing! However, their mother and daughter have been separated for many years, this distance is not a star and a half, what you want to say from the bottom of your heart, you have to weigh it in your heart first, is it appropriate to say this, will the daughter complain that she cares too much? Ignore her when it's time to take care of her, she is married and a mother! She just wanted to teach her something, would it be a little too late?

But the things that the eldest daughter-in-law told her in the letter shocked her! I'm afraid that I'll be late, my daughter was picked up by Mrs. Liu, and she was separated from her son-in-law.

Wasn't that Aunt Zhu on the throne like this back then? It took her a lot of effort to clean up over the years, and the slut didn't give birth. Now that she is old and old, the unfavored concubine is not stepped on by everyone in the inner house, and she no longer has the beautiful and beautiful face that she is proud of. Want to turn over? I have to see if she, the housewife, is willing to do so.

Before going out this time, she also specially asked her husband that after returning to Beijing, she would have to go back to the old house to live, and the old house had many people and few houses, how to arrange the aunts? Speaking of which, her father-in-law is also cold, and told her that all the concubines who have no children are gone! As for how to spend it? He didn't say it, he is a big man, so much care, the affairs of the house are all in charge of his wife!

So, the tall lady sent them all away before leaving the door. If you are willing to marry, you will give a dowry, no more than twenty taels, and the lord in the house will give you all the rewards and self-savings. and if he does not want to marry, he will give it to his son and sell it.

As for selling it there, she doesn't care!

Not to mention, nine out of ten are willing to marry, that Aunt Zhu is still the first to nod and marry, Mrs. Gao has suffered a loss by herself, she really hopes not to let her daughter suffer the same sin.

I looked at the big girl next to my daughter. I saw that they were all the four given by her mother-in-law, and as for the second-class and rough ones given by her mother-in-law and concubine, I didn't see them, and Grandma Liu was not there.

"I gave Granny Liu's family a hundred taels of silver, they bought a house and moved away, and the nurse's son also said that he was going to take the martial arts exam!"

"Really?" Seeing her daughter's affirmative nod, the tall lady smiled. "Well, if he has a chance in the future, your nurse's family will be waiting to enjoy it!"

Grandma Du nodded, and sister-in-law Gao also nodded. But I hope that Grandma Liu will use her sister-in-law as a backer outside, causing trouble and causing trouble.

Mrs. Gao knew that her daughter had been in Guangling for more than a year, and she had never gone to Ding Mansion to meet her husband's aunt and grandmother, so she was so angry that her face turned white! In addition to hating Mrs. Liu, Mrs. Gao also blamed herself for not having any intentions, thinking that her daughter was in front of her mother-in-law, and everything was taught, so she didn't have much to do, saving the old man from feeling uncomfortable.

That night, Mrs. Gao said to her henchmen and grandmother, "I knew earlier, I shouldn't have scrupled too much, I didn't care about anything, and when I returned to Beijing to get married, I felt strange, how could the four maids I picked so hard be that the master was going to leave the cabinet, but they grabbed the head to get married, it turned out that it was all the ghost of this Liu Granny!" ”

"The big girl is too soft-hearted! If you hadn't let her family get out of the country, you would have come to clean her up in the name of justice, but now you can't move her. ”

No, Mrs. Gao vaguely felt that something was wrong, she knew that the daughter she gave birth to was that Grandma Liu had committed an accident, and her daughter would probably only put people on the Zhuangzi to marry, out of sight, at least she still supported her family, but her daughter's Zhuangzi was in the capital, and the capital was ......

The daughter is in front of the ancestors, rarely goes out, but whether Grandma Liu is not, people inside and outside the Gao family, Zhuangzi, and shops all know her, if she is really sent back to the capital Zhuangzi Rongyang, it is difficult to guarantee that she will not do anything in the name of her daughter, but in Guangling City, she gave her family a naturalization with great fanfare, gave the silver to buy a house, and Grandma Liu can still run back to the capital?

Thinking of the rumors I heard all the way north, even if Grandma Liu wanted to go out in the name of Grandma Du in the future, no one would buy her account, right?

Mrs. Gao said in her heart, this shouldn't be arranged by her son-in-law, right? Sister-in-law Gao came over, her face was pale, and she told her mother-in-law about the wrong things that Grandma Liu had done, "No wonder I want to denaturalize her in Guangling!" By the way, isn't she settling a few big maids' affairs with a matchmaker? ”

"Don't worry, your uncle has already told them about family affairs, they are all stewards and servants in the house, and they are all clever and capable."

Mrs. Gao breathed a sigh of relief when she heard this, "I'm relieved!" The eldest aunt really thinks for the eldest sister, and in the future, these four big girls can come back to be the daughter-in-law of the eldest sister! ”

"Yes! Otherwise, it would be good if he asked the manager to do this, this is making a face for his sister-in-law! ”

"You have to help me wake her up, so that she treats her uncle better, otherwise how can she be worthy of her uncle's heart for her!"