Although he realized that he was fooled by Wu Jiugong, Lin Jin didn't go back to argue with him, so she went to a few pastry shops and bought snacks that the family liked to eat.

When I returned to the East Courtyard, before I entered the house, I heard Yang Lin's milky voice, reciting "Thousand Words". Accompanied by "...... The clouds cause rain, and the dew turns into frost. Jin Sheng Lishui, jade out of Kungang. ......", Lin Jin entered the house, handed the dim sum in her hand to the big girl Jinxiu on the side, and asked her to take it out and put it on the plate, and serve it to everyone.

Yang Wan smiled and praised Yang Lin, who had finished reciting a section and looked up at her: "Brother Lin is so smart, she memorized it all so quickly, much better than your brother, but your brother memorized it for two or three days before he memorized this paragraph." ”

Lin Jin, who was sitting on the side, interjected unhappily when she heard this: "Mom, if you praise your brother, you can praise your brother, why do you have to take me with you, and you have to step on it." Yes, my endorsement is not as good as my brother's, but in other aspects it is better than him, why don't you say it? ”

Aunt Lin smiled and played a round: "Brother Sumire, your mother can't speak, and you don't know, she didn't mean to step on you." It's just that both of you brothers are enlightened by your mother, and when you see Brother Lin'er like this now, you naturally remember what you looked like when you first started learning to read and write, and put them together to talk about it, which is inevitable. ”

In fact, Lin Jin just said it casually and didn't care, but letting Aunt Lin say it made people feel that she was complaining and calculating, so she couldn't say anything at the moment. Just when she was silent, Jinxiu just packed up the snacks and brought them up, she reached out and took a piece and ate it.

Aunt Lin took a piece for Yang Lin, looked at Yang Lin, who was eating sweetly, and sighed: "Children are all long-sighted, they are only a little bit old when they are born, and in the blink of an eye, Brother Lin will reach the age of literacy, and in less than two years, they will go to school, and they should participate in the imperial examination in a few years." It's just that like Lin Ge'er, I don't know if I will take the imperial examination in the future, whether I will go back to Gusu to take the exam, or take the exam in Wuxi? ”

In later generations, Gusu and Wuxi, two cities that are relatively close to each other, belong to Jiangsu Province, but at this time, Gusu, where the Lin clan is located, belongs to Suzhou Prefecture, and Wuxi, where the Yang clan is located, belongs to Changzhou Prefecture, which belongs to different provinces. And Yang Lin has a name in the Lin family and the clan in the Yang family, so he has two places to choose for the imperial examination.

Yang Wan said disapprovingly: "Whether it is in Gusu or Wuxi, there is no difference, these two places belong to the Jiangnan boundary. The literary style in Jiangnan is flourishing, and students with the same talent can pass the exam in the north, but there is a high chance that they will fail in Jiangnan. ”

Lin Jin didn't understand, and interjected in surprise: "Why do you want to go to Gusu or Wuxi to take the exam?" ”

Aunt Lin explained to her: "Students who take the imperial examination must take the examination in their place of origin. Otherwise, everyone knows that Jiangnan students who have increased the difficulty of the imperial examination because of the flourishing style of writing go to those remote places in the north where there are few scholars to participate in the imperial examination.

At that time, students will flock to those places where the probability of passing the examination is high, which is not only unfair to local students, but also will have a very bad impact, so the imperial court has strict regulations for students to participate in the scientific examination, they must take the examination in their hometown, and they are not allowed to 'impersonate'. ”

After listening to Aunt Lin's words, Lin Jin suddenly realized that this situation would also occur in the college entrance examination in later generations. When she knew that the imperial examination was going to take the exam in her hometown, her heart moved, thinking that if she wanted to take the imperial examination, she also needed to go back to Gusu to take the exam, and she had never been to Gusu, so no one knew her there at all, and if she found someone to take the exam for her, no one would know if the person who took the exam was her.

In the following days, the more Lin Jin pondered it, the more she felt that this was feasible. On the Gusu side, neither the clan nor the local officials knew her, so this matter was not only very operable, but also had a very high success rate.

Although in order to prevent cheating, the imperial court requires that students who take the exam must be guaranteed by someone, and once it is found out, not only the students will be punished, but even those who help them to guarantee will be implicated, but even in later generations, the college entrance examination is so strict, there are still people who dare to commit crimes against the wind, not to mention this society.

Besides, there are still photos to compare with in the college entrance examination in later generations, but there is only a text description here, just like Cao Gong's description of Baoyu's appearance. So, don't worry about not being able to pass the inspection at all?

As for the portraits, as far as Lin Jin knew, the imperial examination did not give portraits to the candidates. This greatly increases the probability of success in this matter. In fact, the reason why she did not provide portraits is understandable, at a time when Western realistic sketches were not introduced, even the portraits painted by painters who were famous for drawing people that have been handed down in history are quite abstract in her opinion.

Lin Jin felt that even if she showed the portrait to Aunt Lin, Lin Ruhai and Yang Wan, who were with her relatives day and night, it was estimated that they would not be able to recognize the person in the portrait if they didn't explain it in advance. Therefore, even if she went to take the exam in person and took the portrait, she might have been mistakenly admitted by the person who inspected her when she entered the examination room.

Although Wu Jiugong's words that day, although Lin Jin did not approve of it, he had to admit that he was indeed right in one sentence, that is, she still has a good reputation, even if she is the lowest talent, at least compared with ordinary people, she has a lot of privileges.

The more she pondered it, the more she felt that it was feasible, Lin Jin couldn't help but get excited, if the cheating was successful, then she would be able to have the fame of Xiucai, even if she didn't succeed in donating officials in the future, she could breathe a sigh of relief, after all, Xiucai himself was a member of the "scholar" class, although he was at the bottom, but after all, he was better than the common people.

It's just that if you really want to operate, there are many things in it, and the most important one is where to find candidates for the substitute exam? Even though this person doesn't look like Lin Jin, there should be similarities in the language description.

And the most important point is that this candidate must be extremely reliable, not only can he be tight-lipped afterwards, but he will not rely on this to blackmail or blackmail Lin Jin.

Just when Lin Jin was pondering this, she suddenly thought of the idea she had set before to donate to the office, at that time she was still spitting that she had no interest, but no income was not available, anyway, donating officials to the office, in this era, it is allowed, but the cheating in the imperial examination that she is thinking about now is not allowed. She's really getting more and more depraved.