After writing the plaque, several of them chatted for a while, and now among the four people, He Zhiyuan is the youngest, and he is still the first time to participate in the township test.

He Zhiyuan originally planned to play, but now that they got together and began to talk about the mountains again. At this time, He Zhiyuan proposed: "Everyone, with such good weather, how boring it is for us to be bored in the house, let's go to the surrounding area of Daming Lake." ”

Wang Yun shook his head and said, "What's interesting about Daming Lake, I've been there three years ago." ”

When He Zhiyuan heard this, he was very dissatisfied with Wang Yun in his heart, this person only thinks about himself, and has never been to others, such a person can't expect him to be the master of the people at all.

Zhao Nai said at this time: "Brother Wen Yu is coming to Jinan for the first time, I think we should accompany Brother Wen Yu to go shopping, and buy some exam equipment by the way." ”

When Xu Feng heard this, he also echoed: "It's not just to buy some exam equipment, three years ago I was inexperienced, I only bought some pen, ink, paper, inkstone, and blue food, but a heavy rain soaked the exam papers, and was beaten into a 'blue roll' and finally ended up in a futile, this year's preparation of exam equipment must not be sloppy at all, let's think about what objects we want to buy!" ”

He Zhiyuan is a newcomer to the township test, and he casually asked casually about the term blue roll, which is quite fresh: "Brother Xiwen, what is a blue roll?" ”

Before Xu Feng could explain, Zhao Nai said to He Zhiyuan: "Now there are eight or nine thousand houses in the Gongyuan, some new and some old, the oldest one was built in the Hongwu year, and the latest was built in the Chenghua year. Those old buildings are in disrepair, if it rains, it rains heavily outside, it rains lightly inside, and if the exam papers are wet, then basically the subject will be in vain. Because the test paper must not be wet by the rain, nor can it be damaged, otherwise it will be picked out by the collector, and a list will be written with a blue brush and announced, which is called 'on the blue list', such a test paper is called 'blue paper', Brother Xiwen was originally very promising in the last subject, but the result was bad luck and was assigned to a 'rain number', and it rained in the first game, and the exam paper was wet and was beaten into a blue paper, and the result was on the blue list, how wronged do you say Brother Xiwen! ”

Xu Feng pouted and said: "Brother Dongqiao, don't talk about me, you are not better than me in the last subject, I divided the rain number, you divided a stinky number, smelled the smell for nine days, and was dizzy from the smoke, if you don't fall off the list, it will be a strange thing." ”

After listening to their glorious history three years ago, He Zhiyuan knew that the original Gongyuan examination number was still so exquisite, so since then, the purchase of examination items should not be sloppy at all, and everything must be prepared.

Subsequently, the three of them tried to teach He Zhiyuan, a new township, an experience that they could not hear at various literary meetings.

Jinan Gongyuan was built in the early years of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty and rebuilt in the nineteenth year of Chenghua in the Ming Dynasty. The gate faces south, is three bays, hangs the plaque of "Gongshi Courtyard" in the middle, and builds a gate outside the door in the east and west. The door is built with two arches of "Ming Jing to take scholars" and "seeking talents for the country", and 4 gatehouses are built in the second gate. Passing through the gatehouse is the public court, where the officials who manage the affairs of the scientific expedition work. To the north of the public hall is the tall and magnificent Mingyuan Building, and you can overlook the whole courtyard when you climb the building. Behind the building is Jukui Hall, where examiners review exam papers and decide who to admit. On the east and west sides of the building, there are large and neatly arranged examination rooms. When Chenghua was rebuilt in the nineteenth year, only a few buildings where officials worked were rebuilt. As for the examination room, it is just a repair of the old room and the addition of some new rooms.

I heard them say that there are four types of test numbers now, which are called "old number", "seat number", "rain number" and "stinky number" according to the degree of good and bad number.

The level of comfort in each room is very different, which will directly affect the candidate's mood and test results. Although it is difficult to cheat in the exam questions and during the exam, these examiners have room to operate in the allocation of the number room. Therefore, those candidates who have money in their families will also secretly stuff silver for the examiner to get an old number. As for those who don't stuff silver, they can only ask God to bless them, and don't get "rain horns" and "stinky horns".

The so-called "old number" is the part of the house built in the early Ming Dynasty, these houses are three feet wide, four feet deep, the back wall is seven feet high, and the front eaves are six feet high.

With the increasing number of candidates taking the examination, and later successively expanded some houses, some corrupt officials and corrupt officials cut corners in order to fill their own pockets, and privately reduced the size, so that the eaves of the number houses are at the eyebrows, and the width is not allowed to sit down, and they can't stand up straight, and their feet are exposed when they lie down, and they can't even turn around. This kind of house is called "seat number", and in this kind of test house, you must first endure back pain and neck cramps.

However, the candidates who were assigned to this kind of house had a lot of melancholy on their faces, and they had not yet reached the point of beating their chests and sudden, and secretly wept, because compared with the other two "rain horns" and "stinky horns", this is quite unsatisfactory.

The so-called "rain horns" are those very shabby, with heavy rain outside and light rain inside. Like the kind of house number that Xu Feng was assigned before, in this kind of examination house, if you are unlucky enough to encounter rain, wet the exam paper by the rain, and be beaten into a blue paper, it will definitely be no fun to be on the "blue list", so you have to prepare to come again.

As for those who are assigned to the last type of "stinky number", most of them will directly give up their qualifications for the exam. Because the smell is the number house next to the toilet, it is hot at this time, and hundreds of people are drowning here, and I am afraid that no one can bear the smell except Chu Liuxiang. Just imagine, eat and sleep in a place where others pass and hold their breath, and it is strange if you don't vomit and fall into a coma, what kind of test!

After talking about these, everyone talked about what to buy, Wang Yun said: "Pen, ink, paper, inkstone, word circle candlesticks must be indispensable." ”

Zhao Nai said with a smile: "I also have to buy tableware, food, door curtains, and tops." ”

"What do you want the curtain to do?" He Zhiyuan asked strangely.

"Inexperienced, right?" Zhao Nai smiled and said: "For the convenience of invigilation, there is no door in the house, and the entire south-facing side is empty, which is not right for the examiner to invigilate, and it is also convenient for flies and mosquitoes to swarm." ”

He Zhiyuan couldn't help but shudder when he heard this. Zhao Nai smiled when he saw it, and then said: "And this season is sunny and scorching, and rainy days are pouring rain, if you don't have a cover, you can be sure of mosquito bites and insect bites, how to take the exam?" ”

Xu Feng said with deep feelings: "Yes, you must bring a door curtain, and it must be an oilcloth." ”

He Zhiyuan smiled and said: "Okay, but what is the 'number top', doesn't that number house even have a roof?" ”

"Yes, yes." Xu Feng replied: "As I said just now, those rain numbers are in disrepair, the wind is next to the rain, the frame is loose, and it often rains heavily outside, and it rains lightly inside. ”

"You can't bring a roof in, can you?" He Zhiyuan asked curiously.

"After the misfortune of the previous subject, I found out that you can buy the top of the number on the shore of Daming Lake." Xu Feng said with a smile: "After more than a hundred years of township, all problems have been solved by the predecessors...... Use a tarpaulin, sew bamboo sticks at both ends, roll it up and clamp it to enter, use the oil and unfold, the bamboo stick to the wall to support, it is a rain does not leak the top. This thing is sold in the examination shop, but it is only a few dozen dollars. ”

After solving the problem of "living", the topic quickly led to "living", and He Zhiyuan then asked: "Brother Dongqiao, how small is that house?" ”

"The size of a beehive." Zhao Nai smiled and said: "According to the standard, it is three feet wide, four feet deep, the back wall is eight feet high, and the front edge is six feet high." However, only the old ones in the early years met the standards, and the later expansions did not meet the standards. The magistrates who undertook the construction all cut corners and privately reduced the size, so that the already small number of buildings was not wide and could not be seated, and the eaves were at the eyebrows. If you are unfortunate enough to stay in such a house, it can only be regarded as a tempering. ”

He Zhiyuan had never entered the Tribute Courtyard, just listening to it, he felt sore, his neck was numb, and he couldn't help but say in a cold sweat: "Then how can you sleep?" ”

"Head north against the wall, feet south out of the room." Wang Yun, who had not spoken, replied: "Fortunately, it is the August exam, and I can't freeze anyone." ”

He Zhiyuan asked strangely: "Do we still have to sleep on the ground?" ”

Zhao Nai replied with a smile: "There are two smooth hardwood planks in the number room, called the number board......"

When Zhao Nai said this, he reminded He Zhiyuan that he had seen some introductions in this regard in his previous life, so he suddenly said: "Is it the legendary 'holy board' that you can't do without eating, sleeping, and taking exams?" The word "holy plate" has been abstracted and even sacredized in the hearts of scholars, because only students who have participated in the township examination can see its true face. For those scholars who can't enter the tribute courtyard in their lifetime, they will have no chance with this 'holy board' for a lifetime.

"It's just two boards of wood." Wang Yun sneered contemptuously, and there was a bit of hideousness in that smile.

He Zhiyuan looked at the contempt and viciousness on Wang Yun's face, and became more and more disgusted with him in his heart.

Zhao Nai ignored Wang Yun and continued: "But that thing is too useful. I'll tell you more about it, so you won't get flustered when you go in. On the left and right sides of the brick wall of the building, one foot five inches high and two feet five inches high from the ground, there is a brick joint called the 'upper and lower brick supports'. Each plate is one inch and eight minutes thick, just enough to be inserted in a brick tray. ”

"If you put both boards in the brick tray below, and together they can cover the house, and it becomes a bed, on which you can lie and rest. If you don't sleep to answer the questionnaire, you can move the outer board to the same brick support, and it will become a table and chair again. With just two planks, you can combine them according to your needs such as sitting and lying, writing, eating, etc., which is really admirable. ”

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