Over the years, Li Rizhi's parents, Li Zhengchun and Zheng, did not engage him, because Li Zhengchun firmly believed that his son Li Rizhi could be admitted to the Jinshi and become a big official, and he would be able to glorify his ancestors in the future and achieve a career.

So Li Zhengchun was not in a hurry to give Li Rizhi an engagement, and Li Rizhi's mother Zheng also agreed.

For the Li family, Li Rizhi's marriage can't be too anxious, if Li Rizhi can't pass the Jinshi exam at the age of twenty, then it's not too late to get married, the ancients came of age at the age of twenty and got married at the age of twenty, which can't be considered early for the Tang people, but it must not be said to be late!

So, Li Rizhi also did not have a marriage!

As for Fu Guibao, his family is rich, and his father Fu Dada hired him early, but Fu Dada is in business, so the daughter-in-law he found for Fu Guibao is also the daughter of a businessman's family.

So Fu Guibao has no expectations for life, and that's it, he is also planning to pass the imperial examination once, whether he is in the middle or not, he will get married at that time, have a child with his chubby daughter-in-law, and inherit the family from the old Fu family!

In the end, Cheng Zizi, one of the four people, did not get married, but there is really nothing strange about this, because his family is too poor, and it costs a lot of money to see a doctor for his family.

But even so, no matter how capable he is, there is no money left in the family, and he is unable to talk about marriage, so he naturally can't get married.

The four best friends are all singles for the time being, but they are not in a hurry.

Li Rizhi and Fu Guibao walked out of the dormitory and walked to the cafeteria together, the canteen of Shangyang Academy is getting better and better, Guo Youjun has a new good student, this good student's family is very rich, and this student has not come to the academy for a few days to study at all, but the tuition fee has been paid thousands of times first!

Why is this student so rich? That's because he is the son of Chen Dunru!

After Chen Dunru took Li Rizhi's Bi Nan Pill, he really gave birth to a son and gave birth to a younger brother to Chen Yingying, who is more than seven years old this year, almost eight years old, and the incense of the Chen family is finally inherited.

Of course, Chen Dunru wanted his son to worship Guo Youjun as a teacher, and Guo Youjun was also willing to accept this disciple, but Chen Dunru loved his son too much, so he didn't let his son enter Shangyang Academy too early, but the donation to the academy was a lot, so the food of the students in the academy also increased.

Because of this, Chen Yingying came to Shangyang Academy to play, just like going to the other courtyard at home, even if the students had all heard rumors about her, no one dared to look down on her, let alone talk about her, even if they were talking about her behind their backs, they didn't dare.

When Li Rizhi and Fu Guibao arrived at the cafeteria, they saw that there were more than 20 students eating in the cafeteria, and near the window, there were two people sitting, it was Chen Yingying and Cheng Zizi.

Seeing the two of them, Fu Guibao couldn't help but praise: "Yingying is really getting more and more beautiful as she grows, and the eighteen changes in the female college are getting better and better." I believe what Uncle Chen said now! ”

"What?" Li Rizhi asked casually, but as soon as he finished asking, he guessed what he was saying!

Fu Guibao said with a smile: "That is, no one else is worthy of Yingying, and they dare not marry her, so they all go to see the king of Hades!" ”

Li Rizhi snorted twice, he ran to the window, and at this time Chen Yingying and Cheng Zizi also saw them, Cheng Zizi immediately got up and said, "Brother Li, Brother Fu, you also come to eat, Sister Yingying and I just said that I will go to you after eating!" ”

Chen Yingying was very happy, clapped her hands and said: "You guys are here, okay, when we finish eating, let's go to the town together, when I went up the mountain, I saw a group of singing and dancing girls coming to the town, it is the kind of singing and dancing girls who perform everywhere in various states and counties, I heard that the dancing is beautiful, let's just go and see it!" ”

Li Rizhi said with a smile: "Watch the song and dance, this is okay, otherwise you don't eat in the cafeteria, let's go to the town now, ask for some wine and food, and watch the song and dance Ji performance, wouldn't it be good to drink at the same time!" ”

Chen Yingying immediately became happy and said with a smile: "Okay, then let's go now, this time it's Xiaojie's treat, right?" ”

Fu Guibao patted his chest and said with a smile: "Don't save money for my brother, eat and drink whatever you want, just order hard!" ”

Chen Yingying immediately stopped eating the cafeteria, pulled Cheng Zizi, and went out of Shangyang Academy with Li Rizhi and Fu Guibao to eat and drink in the town!

Out of the mountain gate, on the way, Li Rizhi asked: "Yingying, how is your brother, has he been naughty again?" ”

Chen Yingying smiled: "Fortunately, as long as I am at home, he will not be naughty, he is afraid of me, because in my family, except for me, no one will beat his little ancestor!" ”

Although Chen Yingying's younger brother is young, he is very naughty, Chen Dunru is very precious to him, naturally he will not beat him, just reason with him, but it doesn't make sense to reason with a seven or eight-year-old child, but Chen Dunru still won't teach his son.

But Chen Yingying is different, the people who were engaged to her died one after another a few years ago, at that time she was in an upset mood, and her temper could not be much better, as long as her brother dared to appear by her side, she would be angry with her brother and beat the little brother of the Chen family!

The younger brother of the Chen family bullies the soft and is afraid of the hard, the more the adults treat him and get used to him, the more disobedient he will be, but Chen Yingying is not used to him, he beats him when he beats him, and the little brother of the Chen family is scared, and seeing Chen Yingying is like a mouse seeing a cat!

Li Ri knew: "If your father is willing, it is good to have your younger brother enter the academy as soon as possible, I can enlighten him, to say that he is not young, he is already in his early sevens, I think I have read seven or eight books at his age, but I estimate that your brother is now at most seven or eight literate, right?" ”

Chen Yingying said: "I'm afraid of delaying your time, you're going to take the exam, and you're not rich in time, right?" ”

"Fortunately, it's enough time for your brother to enlighten, and in two days, I plan to go back to the county seat to meet my parents, and there are some things to discuss with them."

Chen Yingying asked curiously, "What's the matter, you still need to go home specially?" ”

Li Rizhi hesitated for a moment, feeling that there was no need to keep it secret, and these people would not talk nonsense, so he said: "The mountain chief intends to recommend me to take the exam in the state, so that I don't have to take the exam in the county, and the county order in Xingyang is my uncle, so I have to go home and ask my parents, as well as my uncle, whether to exempt me from the county exam, or let me go through the formalities in the county." ”

He didn't hide it, but told the truth.

Chen Yingying didn't know much about the imperial examination, she said: "Can the county examination be exempted?" ”

Li Rizhi hummed and said: "Actually, the state exam can also be exempted, but someone has to be guaranteed, but my family can't find anyone in the state to be sure, and if they want to be exempted, they can only be exempted from the county." ”

Fu Guibao nodded and said: "That's true, but it's also because the eldest brother has good homework, so the mountain chief will be promoted, if it's me, even if it is to protect me, I don't dare to ask for this place, in case I get to the state, if I don't do well in the exam, it's not enough to be embarrassed." ”

Chen Yingying still didn't understand, and Cheng Zizi didn't understand it too much, although he studied in Shangyang Academy, but because he didn't take the road of the imperial examination, he couldn't understand the doorway in the examination room.

In the early Tang Dynasty, because the imperial examination was still in its formative period, it was not as rigorous as the system in later generations, as long as the candidates were promoted, of course, the people who were promoted had to be weighty enough to succeed, and they could be exempted from the local examinations, and they could even be exempted all the way up and directly participate in the highest examinations in Chang'an.

And before the exam, you can submit a famous paper, and the famous paper is to find a backer, and the candidate will take his best article to the wealthy family, so that the wealthy family can see their ability to make articles, so as to take care of themselves, because the exam at that time is not famous, so whose paper is clear at a glance, it is more convenient to carry out various operations.

Of course, this kind of non-standard situation will not last long, and various improvements will be made in the Wu Zetian era, such as the examination of the name, etc., and the system will be gradually improved.

But Li Rizhi happened to be in the time when the system was not perfect, his uncle Zheng Gangling was a county order, although he had been a county commander for too long, he had not been promoted, but because of this, the Zheng family was deeply rooted in Xing**, and it was difficult for Li Rizhi to be exempted from the state test, but it was still easy to be exempted from the county test.

Li Rizhi said that as long as someone is promoted, he can be exempted from the exam, Chen Yingying listened to it and said: "I think you still don't want to be exempted from the exam, if you don't do well in the state, wouldn't it be a shame for your uncle!" ”

Li Rizhi sighed and said: "I went home this time, just to discuss with my parents, whether I want to be exempted, I was thinking, if I go to the state, will there be any chance, can I also get the state exemption, you must know that if the county test is not exempted, then the people in the state will not necessarily be willing to protect me, and then the state test will not be exempt!" ”

Chen Yingying also sighed and said, "It's so complicated, you can do it yourself, but if you need help, even if you speak, my father will still be very willing to help you, not to mention anything else, how much money you need!" ”

Fu Guibao also sighed, he saw others sighing, that is the trend must be followed, he said: "There are some things that really can't be solved by money!" ”

Cheng Zizai saw that everyone sighed, and hurriedly sighed, "Shall we eat boiled mutton?" ”

Li Rizhi, Chen Yingying and Fu Guibao turned their heads to look at him together, Cheng Zizi smiled embarrassedly, he couldn't think of anything else to say, so he had to say: "I'm hungry!" ”

"We're hungry too, hurry up and run, go to town!"

The four of them ran away and ran all the way to the town.

The next day, Chen Yingying and Cheng Zizi went home separately, Fu Guibao stayed in the academy and continued to study with a sad face, while Li Rizhi was just ready to go home, and after another day, he said goodbye to the mountain chief Guo Youjun and returned to Xingyang County.

Li Rizhi carried a small baggage, there were only a few books in it, and he pinned a water hyacinth to his waist, went out of the main gate of the academy, and walked down the mountain, when he walked to the mountain gate, he saw that there was a person in front of him who was also going down the mountain, but this person walked slower and was caught up by him from behind.

Li Rizhi saw the back and recognized it, this person was Wu Eryou, his classmate, a few years ago, he saw Wu Eryou's brother Wu Dayou, at that time Wu Dayou sold steamed cakes in a grass shed on the side of the road, and it was from then that Li Rizhi met Wu Eryou.

Wu Eryou and his brother Wu Dayou are too different in figure and appearance, Wu Dayou is burly, strong and powerful, while Wu Eryou is polite and gentle.

However, Wu Eryou's academic performance in Shangyang Academy was not good, whether he was in the Ming Classics Department or in the Scholar Department, he was not sure of passing the examination, he was a scholar, but he was not a successful reader!

Li Rizhi shouted: "Classmate Wu, are you going down the mountain too?" ”

Wu Eryou looked back and saw that it was Li Rizhi, he quickly stopped and said, "Yes, I want to go down the mountain and go home, I haven't seen my brother and sister-in-law for a while, and I miss it a little." ”