Daxing County is Jing County, the main hall is spacious, half an acre. However, the seats where the officials were brought by the county order in front of them took up part of it, and the aisle between the candidates also took up part of it, and the rest of the ground was crowded with 200 people.

I didn't feel anything when I wasn't full before, but now that the candidates have entered the venue, it can't be crowded when I look at it, and the taste has suddenly increased.

Shen Rui has been practicing for a few years, and his five senses are sharper than ordinary people, but he has suffered a big crime.

There was a smelly greasy smell from behind, Shen Ruishi couldn't help it, and when he looked back, he saw a burly young man sitting behind him, with a simple face, sixteen or seventeen years old, and his body was taller than an adult man. He was wearing a white-washed cloth robe, and although he was simple, he looked clean.

The smell came from his desk, and he looked at the board that couldn't tell whether it was red or black, and there were knife marks on it.

What's that board for? The smell is so smoky. When the honest young man saw Shen Rui turn around, he smiled a little.

This honest young man originally had a pair of bull's eyes, and when he didn't smile, he looked like an ordinary person, and this smile looked a little silly.

Shen Rui didn't have much curiosity, nodded to the young man, and turned around.

I heard someone snort softly and said, "Sit without sitting, Sven is on the ground."

Shen Rui followed the voice and looked at it, it was his left hand side, and the candidate on the seat opposite the aisle, although he didn't have a beard, he looked like he was in his thirties.

Since there are children who still can't pass the college examination at the age of 50, it is not uncommon for them to come to the county to take the Confucian examination in their thirties.

It's just that this person is not very good, otherwise he wouldn't be so boring and nosy in the examination room.

As for why he raised his chin high and looked disdainful of others, it is estimated that he burned a lot of money. He was dressed in a single garment, but he was made of plain satin, and even his shoes were satin, and he had a gold ring on his finger, which was set with rubies the size of pigeon's eggs.

Looking at the table and chair used by this person, although it is also red, black and red, it is different from the willow board used by the young man behind Shen Rui, with a faint sandalwood fragrance, which is made of good sandalwood.

If you really want to talk about it, the person in front of him has not even passed the child test, and he is still a "citizen" and a "common people", and this dress is already overstepping. It's just that the capital is full of powerful people, and luxury is the norm, not to mention good people, even slaves wearing gold and silver are common.

Compared with this person, Shen Rui's original elm table and chair that was not even painted looked shabby. In addition, Shen Rui was dressed up, and the upper half of his body was not covered with silk and satin, and he was made of fine cloth.

The young man behind him was willing to get close to him, and the one next to him was disdainful of him, also because of their positioning of Shen Rui's identity.

Shen Rui glanced at him and withdrew his gaze.

He made up his mind to make two flowery articles come out, and they must be in the top ten.

The top 10 in each session can be tested individually in the next session.

At the beginning of the morning, the sky was bright, and the first county test of the fifteenth year of Hongzhi in Daxing County, Shuntianfu began.

When the exam questions and test papers were sent out, Shen Rui picked up the brush.

Those fill-in-the-blank questions are naturally done in one go. Even here in Shiwen, he also took advantage of it, and one of the topics happened to be done before, so he was silent. As for the second part, because he had to ponder for a while, he put down his pen for the time being.

Waiting to look up, Shen Rui was startled, and saw a person dressed in a short shirt holding a pot in his hand, standing aside, and whispering to the older young man next to him: "Son, do you want hot water?" ”

Even if he had heard that there were people selling food and water in the examination room, he thought it would be at noon, but he didn't expect that less than an hour after the exam started, someone started selling it.

When he looked around, Shen Rui found that there was not one, but two or three such people.

Some candidates brought their own cups, so they took the cups to buy water; There is no problem if you don't have a cup, and the guy who sells water has a coarse porcelain cup here.

The older young man next to him had already taken the blue and white porcelain bowl from the basket, and then took the tea leaves, and when the hot water was injected, the tea fragrance overflowed.

The water seller held a small ingots in his hand, and said with a red face: "Thank you for your patronage."

When he turned around and faced Shen Rui, Shen Rui changed from a spectator to a person in the play.

His eyes turned around Shen Rui, and the water seller straightened his waist, still with a kind breath, and whispered: "This little brother, do you want hot water?" ”

This guy in the hall is the most hot-eyed, although Shen Rui is wearing cloth clothes, but this calm energy is not like the common people. Coupled with the fact that he looked so young, the young man also accepted his slackness and spoke in a good voice. After all, there is only a scholarly family, a family history, and the children are enlightened early, and the children should be tested early. Changed to ordinary people, they started studying in their teens, and there are many people who are twenty years younger and have to take the children's exam.

Shen Rui nodded, and took the white porcelain bowl from the basket: "Youlao"

The guy hesitated for a moment and said, "Little brother, a bowl of water is fifty wen......"

Shen Rui took out a blue cloth purse from the examination basket, grabbed a handful of copper coins from it, counted out fifty, and handed it to this guy.

The young man took it, counted it again, and poured half a bowl of hot water for Shen Rui with the kettle, and went back down the aisle.

Shen Rui was holding the purse, but he was thoughtful.

His set of exam skills were all prepared by Xu himself.

It was ready last night, and Shen Rui checked it himself. Although he didn't know why the things Xu had prepared for him were so simple, Shen Rui didn't ask much. It is an answer to the question, and it is not interpersonal communication, as long as the pen, ink, paper, and inkstone are fine, everything else is a trivial matter.

When he arrived to buy water, Shen Rui faintly felt that something was wrong.

A cup of hot water, which costs less than a penny, can be sold for fifty yuan, not so much to buy water, but to buy water. It's just that this is a scientific research practice, and everyone has passed it down from generation to generation, and it has become a convention.

Xu put two coarse cloth purses in the examination basket, which contained a lot of copper coins, in order to do this.

At this time, I heard someone behind Shen Rui: "I'm just ten cents, is it ten cents?" ”

Then came the guy's voice: "Yo, do you still want to repay the bill?" Everyone else has given fifty wen, why do you want ten wen, are you the son of the prime minister's family? ”

Thinking of the honest smile of the young man behind him, Shen Rui couldn't help but turn his head.

The honest young man was holding a few copper plates in his hands, his face was full of panic, and his forehead was already sweating rapidly.

Shen Rui's eyes fell on the exam table, and he saw a coarse porcelain cup filled with hot water.

There was little moisture, the guy's expression became colder and colder, and the eyes of the honest young man were red.

I heard the guy say: "If you want to owe on credit, it's not impossible, but when you get to Mingrì, the tea money is...

Before he could say it, the honest young man had already seen Shen Rui turn around, and immediately stretched out his long arm and grabbed Shen Rui's shoulder as if he had grabbed a life-saving straw: "Big brother, lend me forty yuan"

didn't make a move like this, the guy was stunned, and Shen Rui was also slightly stunned.

Seeing that Shen Rui didn't answer, the corners of his mouth cracked, and the tears of Dou Da rolled down.

The candidates' seats, except for the aisles, are next to each other.

As soon as this piece is pulled, the surrounding candidates will probe over.

The guy's face was also a little unbearable, staring at the honest young man's luck.

This is also a common means of Sona, the candidates of the reading family, the elders who have entered the examination room and know the rules, will prepare to scatter the silver copper plate and the like, and the boy from the mud-legged family does not know the rules of the road to be frightened, so that he obeys, and Ming rì brought the silver money over.

I don't want to be stupid and the kid doesn't play cards according to reason, this is the exam room again, and Sona is Sona, but it's not easy to make it public. If there is a lot of noise, the candidates will not be able to get a good go, and this guy will also be disappointed.

Shen Rui was innocently implicated, and he felt a little impatient in his heart, but he just regretted that he had too many things.

For this honest boy, there is not much anger.

People who can afford to read are not destitute after all, and it is not enough to say that they can't make up fifty yuan, but this young man has no one to guide him, so he didn't bring money into the examination room. This guy looked smiling, but he was a black-hearted person, the more people who had no foundation like this, the more they wanted to make a profit, so they made it difficult.

As soon as the young man borrowed money, Shen Rui turned around and took out forty wen from his purse and put it on the young man's table

The young man was crying sadly, and when he saw the copper coin, he immediately burst into tears and laughed, thanked him repeatedly, "hehe" twice, took the copper coin, and handed it to the buddy.

Although the guy's face is still not good-looking, he doesn't dare to provoke this honest boy again.

This person who cries when he cries and laughs when he laughs, is obviously a big fool, and he still comes to take the children's test? Whose father and mother are so ignorant that they let this stupid boy out.

As for the young man who dug out the copper plate in front, when he came out of the scholarly door, he would carp and jump into the dragon gate when he couldn't keep it, but he was not a guy who could afford to offend.

A turmoil passed like this, Shen Rui calmed down and solved the problem in his heart.

The hot water he bought was cooled, and Shen Rui didn't drink a sip.

Although he answered the questions quickly, he released ten people in the examination room, and he didn't know when he would be able to get out, so in order not to relieve himself, it was better not to drink water.

By the time Shen Rui finished the second essay on the draft and copied it on the answer sheet, another hour had passed.

Shen Rui could also hand in the paper at this time, but he didn't hand it in, and if he did, he was waiting for others, so it was better to wait.

The man who sold water continued to walk down the aisle, only this time instead of a kettle, he was carrying a basket of baked cakes, which contained packets of baked cakes wrapped in oiled paper.

A glass of water sells for fifty yuan, if you talk about the cost of this snack, it is naturally several times that of hot water, perhaps considering the amount of money that the candidates bring with them, plus the original notice that the candidates should bring their own food, it is not too outrageous. This time there is a choice, the roast cake with beef is 50 Wen, and the ordinary 20 Wen, you can buy it or not.

Shen Rui didn't ask for it, and the stupid big guy in the back didn't have the money to buy it, so the two of them brought their own food.

The older young man with the golden ring next to him obviously didn't like this rough food, and waved his hand impatiently.

But the man refused to go, and only one laughed with him.

The young man with the golden ring was full of irritability, and he had already opened his mouth to pick up people, but the guy just refused to leave. In the end, he took out a small ingot, and the guy left a few oil paper bags and left with a smile...