On the twenty-second day of the lunar month, Shen Xi only took half a day of classes after arriving at the school.

By the end of school at noon, the younger students all got their test results, or they were happy, or they were depressed, or they didn't care, which can be described as a few joys and a few sorrows.

But when it came to Shen Xi's class, the results were not announced on the spot, and when Shen Xi inquired, it turned out that Principal Feng had to make "home visits" one by one.

Shen Xi returned to the pharmacy at noon, and Zhou kept asking Shen Xi how his grades were.

At this time, Zhou's was five months pregnant, her belly was bulging, and she didn't dare to do heavy work now, and even the things on the counter were taken care of by Xiaoyu and Ning'er.

"Bastard boy, if you don't do well in the exam, see how the old lady cleans you up!" Zhou didn't get the results, and hatefully threatened.

Feng Huaqi didn't go to the pharmacy until dusk, and then he came with Hui Niang.

"Sir, my family is a baby...... How did you do on the exam? Zhou's expression was full of nervousness.

Feng Huaqi did not answer Zhou's question directly, hesitated slightly, and said to Hui Niang and Zhou: "Two ladies, the county exam will be held in February of the year of Bingchen next year, and the old man wants Shen Xi to return to Ninghua County to take the exam as an assessment of his studies. ”

"What!?"

Feng Yanqi's words surprised Hui Niang and Zhou.

Hui Niang hurriedly asked, "Mr. Feng, what's going on with this county test?" ”

Feng Yuqi patiently explained: "Shen Xi wants to be a candidate, and he must pass the three examinations of the county, the government, and the hospital, and the county examination is the first hurdle he has to pass in the middle of the show." ”

After listening to Feng Yuqi's words, Hui Niang and the Zhou family were a little at a loss, they didn't know why Feng Yanqi was so optimistic about Shen Xi, and Shen Xi went to take the Xiucai exam at such a young age.

"Sir, my baby is still young, and after this year...... I'm only ten years old, I'm afraid I don't have the ability to take the county test. Isn't it...... Wait a few more years? ”

Zhou had expectations in her heart, but at the same time, she felt that happiness came too suddenly, and in her thoughts, maybe Feng Yanqi looked at Hui Niang's face. intends to promote Shen Xi's talents.

She married into the Shen family late, and heard from her husband that Shen Mingwen began to take the Xiucai exam at the age of seventeen or eighteen, and it took more than ten years to be admitted.

Hui Niang also asked suspiciously, "Yes." Mr. Feng, is Xiaolang a little younger? ”

Feng Yanqi sighed: "To say that Shen Xi's talent is the best among the students of the old professor. In the exam at the end of the year, I have read all his articles, and I have learned with the talent shown in these two articles. It's easy to pass the county test...... In my opinion, what he lacks is only the trial poem and the flexible application of poetry, endowment, strategy, treatise, theory of sexuality, and the teachings of the Sacred Message. ”

"Moreover, Shen Xi's age is actually not young, a few years ago...... Well, it should be a matter of three years of Hongzhi, Jiangxi has Yan's children who are young and intelligent, and they will pass the county test at the age of ten, and they will be recited by the world. In comparison, Shen Xi would not be much worse, even if it was not. It should also be for him to accumulate experience in the imperial examination in the future. ”

Shen Xi didn't expect to get such praise from Feng Yuqi, he shouldn't have spoken at this time, but when he heard "There are Yan disciples in Jiangxi", he still couldn't help but ask: "Sir, is that person's name Yan Song?" ”

"Exactly, where did you know?" Feng Yanqi looked at Shen Xi in surprise.

Shen Xi smiled bitterly, Jiajing was the first assistant of the extremely powerful government and the opposition, how could he not know? Yan Song and his son Yan Shifan, in the history of the Ming Dynasty, their reputation was more ruined than famous. Some people even listed him as one of the six traitorous ministers of the Ming Dynasty, saying that he was "the only one who is flattering, stealing power and profiting", but Shen Xi is from the point of view of a historian. is only a speculator who knows how to fight for power and profit in Vanity Fair and fight against dissidents, and he is also a big winner, but unfortunately in the end, he still ended up with a cut of officials and returned to his hometown, homeless, and died tragically in the grave.

"I just heard it happen by chance." Shen Xi said casually.

Feng Yuqi didn't ask any more questions.

Yan Song's family is wealthy, and his father has not succeeded in the examination for a long time. He pinned his hopes on him, carefully cultivated and taught, enlightened at the age of five, entered the county school at the age of nine, and was praised as a prodigy since he was a child, but Shen Xi did not have such conditions.

But if Shen Xi can be like Yan Song and pass the county exam at the age of ten, his reputation will soon spread and become well-known to the world.

After Feng Huaqi proposed that there was an example of a prodigy like Yan Song who passed the county exam at the age of ten, Hui Niang and Zhou, who had always been skeptical, were relieved, they usually looked at Shen Xi's smart ** in their eyes, and now that they have been affirmed by Mr., they naturally hope that Shen Xi will become as soon as possible.

Later, Feng Huaqi discussed the details of the Shenxi County test with Zhou and Hui Niang.

According to the regulations, Shen Xi had to return to his hometown of Ninghua County, submit his resume, and then find a student and the villagers to provide insurance, which was tantamount to guaranteeing his participation in the imperial examination, and at the same time, he also had to contact the people who participated in the county examination together to form a mutual agreement, that is, the candidates cheated and sat together.

The whole process in the middle is extremely complicated, it takes time and connections, and Shen Xi must also rush back to Ninghua when he takes the exam, and the chief examiner of the county exam is the local magistrate, and now the magistrate of Ninghua is still Ye Mingsu.

"Sir, you have taught Xiaolang a lot, we have nothing to repay, this is a small meaning, please smile."

In order to express her gratitude, Hui Niang decided to give Feng Yanqi a large sum of silver. The dignity of the teacher, in order to avoid Shen Xi from seeing, Zhou specially took his son back to his home in the back alley, saying that he was kowtowing to the student seat enshrined at home, and thanked Shen Xi for the enlightenment of the old gentleman who made up Shen Xi.

After the mother and son left, Hui Niang took the silver out.

Although Feng Yuqi repeatedly refused, he needed to support his family, so he finally accepted it.

However, in return, Feng Yuqi promised that during the annual vacation, he would take time to make up lessons for Shen Xi, specializing in teaching the knowledge needed for each exam in the county examination.

Feng Yanqi has a reputation for showing talent, and the annual examination has never been interrupted since he was admitted to Xiucai, and he can be said to be an expert in how to take the Xiucai test, and he has come to teach Shen Xi to learn, Hui Niang and Zhou are still at ease.

Regarding Shen Xi's year-end exam results, Feng Yanqi never said. But after this exam, except for Shen Xi, only two people were favored by Feng Yanqi and recommended to participate in the county examination.

This means that during this period of make-up classes, Feng Huaqi will teach three students at the same time.

In addition to Shen Xi, one of the other two students is named Mining, who is the son of a cloth shop in the city, who is fifteen years old, and is also a student valued by Feng Yanqi.

Another person named Xu Shan, the son of the owner of the coffin shop in the city, is 16 years old this year, and it is said that the family is already planning a marriage for him, and if he passes the county test, he will marry a newlywed.

When Zhou informed Shen Mingjun of the matter in the evening, Shen Mingjun was surprised and delighted: "When my brother took the county examination, he was seventeen years old, and Xiaolang was less than ten years old to participate in the county examination, which is really a great joy...... No, I have to find someone to write to inform my mother about this. ”

In the past, the Zhou family didn't want to have much contact with the Li family, but Shen Xi was going to take the county exam, which was a major event that she was proud of in her life, and she didn't mind telling the Shen family the news.

"Who else are you looking for, isn't Xiaolang just a reader? Last time, I wrote to my mother to ask her old man to come to Fucheng to pick up his uncle back, wasn't it Xiaolang who helped write it? Zhou was triumphant, "In the future, we will have a scholar in our family, if another son comes out, then there will be two scholars in our family in the future......"

Zhou is immersed in the longing of happiness, and now Shen Xi is only preparing to take the county exam, but in her eyes, her son seems to have won the show.

Shen Mingjun was also happy in his heart, and couldn't wait to bring paper and pen, let Shen Xi write the letter on the spot, and took it to the printing workshop overnight to hand it over to the guy who was about to return to Ninghua to transport the goods, and let the guy deliver it to his home as soon as he arrived in Ninghua County. He specially instructed the Li family to help contact the villagers of Taohua Village to protect Shen Xi.

Regarding the matter of finding a child to be protected, Shen Xi's uncle Shen Mingwen was originally a child of a child, but in the Ming Dynasty, Gu Bao had to avoid relatives and could only find someone else.

There is no problem in this regard, after all, the Chamber of Commerce is also developing very well in Ninghua County, Ninghua is the base camp of Huiniang to set up the Tingzhou Chamber of Commerce, those students seem to be ambitious and spotless on the surface, but in fact, they have to eat grains and grains in the world, and now the Chamber of Commerce is powerful, how can they be alone? There's no difficulty in getting a help from one or two students!

Seeing Shen Mingjun happily going out with the letter, Zhou took Shen Xi's hand with a look of relief: "Xiaolang, do you remember how they treated you when the family chose to choose one of your six brothers to study a few years ago?" I begged my father to sue my grandmother, but in the end I didn't achieve anything, and I watched Rokuro study......"

At that time, my mother was disheartened, thinking that in this life you can only be like your father, a barbarian who can only do hard work, I am afraid that I will go out to work in my teens, make money for the family, and there will be no way out for the rest of my life. Now that you have this opportunity, you must study hard and take the test well, so that everyone knows that the Shen family's Qianli Ju is not someone else, but you Shen Xi, do you know? ”

Saying this, Zhou couldn't help wiping his tears.

At the beginning, the Zhou family was a typical example of a good wife and mother, and there was a gap in her relationship with the Shen family, and it was from the Shen family's election of Liulang Shen Yuan to study, that incident made her recognize the warmth and coldness of people and began to have her own ideas.

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PS: Today's third update, and it is also a monthly pass with 480 votes! (To be continued.) )