In the next few days, Xu Erlang and Zheng Shunming also had no intention of going out, and the two of them observed the answering process of their predecessors in the study every day, and figured out the answering routines and skills in the choice of words and sentences.

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It was a cloudless day.

The weather here in Shuozhou, when the weather is clear, the sky is blue and blue, like a lake, blue and thorough, and it makes people's mood open up a lot at a glance.

At least the students who are going to participate in the autumn festival today are in a very comfortable mood, and they are still worried about the wind and rain today before going to bed last night, after all, the weather has been gloomy a few days ago, and many places in Shuozhou have rained. Normally, it doesn't hurt to rain, but if it rains on the day of autumn, it will be a disaster for these weak students.

Fortunately, God still opened his eyes, and this time he gave a sunny day, so that most students would not suffer from the cold and heavy rain.

But even so, when Xu Erlang and Zheng Shunming entered the examination room, they also put on layer after layer of their thick single clothes, lest one accidentally change the sky, and then it was too late to want a thick dress to keep warm.

In order to prevent someone from being entrained in the scientific expedition, it is not allowed to wear cotton clothes regardless of autumn or spring. Therefore, in order to keep out the cold, the students can only wear one single coat after another.

Xu Erlang's body is straight and long, even if he wears many pieces, he is not bloated, on the other hand, Zheng Shunming, he is already a little rich, and his face is ugly, wearing so many clothes on his body, his whole body is round, and his face is getting more and more ...... Extremely.

Fortunately, he was open-minded and didn't care, but laughed at himself as if he had to say a few words, quite a bit of self-amusement.

Seeing that the hour was not early, the two set off together, and when they arrived at the gate of the tribute courtyard, they saw that they were crowded with people inside and out. And most of the people around are people who come to watch the excitement, or coax "This showman is really rich" "This showman is so young, I'm afraid he won't be able to have a weak crown, he is really young and promising" "Look here, this showman is so handsome, I don't know if he is married?" ”

Unfortunately, the talented man who was almost pulled to ask if he was married was Xu Erlang himself. Fortunately, he reacted quickly and dodged to the left, easily avoiding the hand that was trying to pull him.

Being so offended, Xu Erlang looked at him coldly after coming back to his senses. His eyes were as cold as a knife, sharp and cold, but it made the woman who made a rash mistake shrink, but thinking of the task she came over, the woman also gritted her teeth, and raised her heart to ask, "The son is handsome, young and promising, and he must not be married." I am a slave of Chifu, my young lady is twenty-eight years old, beautiful as a flower, slender and slender, and should be married to my son. Miss is the only daughter in the family, the family has thousands of acres of fertile land, dozens of shops, five or six houses, if the son marries my young lady, these family properties are all son's yours, son, you will have to struggle for decades. ”

Some bystanders coaxed, "I also want to struggle for decades, such a beautiful young lady, can you marry me?" ”

The mother-in-law immediately scolded, "Get out of your turtle grandson!" The toad wants to eat swan meat, you want to be beautiful! ”

The crowd laughed, and then someone in the crowd suddenly shouted the truth, "Your young lady is really slender, that is, she is beautiful, can she be called beautiful?" A big black mole on the face, no matter how good the color is, it has been delayed. And isn't your family going to recruit a young lady? Tut-tut, don't fool these talented people here, otherwise people will be annoyed, and you have good fruit to eat. ”

The crowd was noisy, but Xu Erlang had already escaped and waited for inspection.

He took the basket containing pen, ink, paper, inkstone and nine days of food from Mohe's hand, bowed his head and whispered a few words in Mohe's ear before turning around and continuing to line up.

Mohe walked out of the crowd, beckoned two small guys who followed, explained a few words to the two, and the two looked up at the fat woman who had grabbed Xu Erlang at the beginning, turned around and disappeared into the crowd.

On the day Xu Erlang entered the Tribute Courtyard, the weather in Shuozhou was clear, the wind was smooth, and Pingyang Town, which was four or five days away from Shuozhou, was miserable and rainy, and the weather was cold.

Jin Niang remembered that today was the first day of autumn, so she didn't sleep well at night. In the middle of the night, when she heard the sound of wind and rain outside the window, the little sleepiness she had left was gone.

Changle is still a little afraid of the night rain, every time there is thunder and rain, the little girl always can't sleep well, and this time is the same. She had slept well earlier, but as soon as the rain crackled down, the little girl woke up immediately, and there was still fear in her sleepy eyes that had not yet dissipated.

happened that Xu Erlang was not around, so Jin Niang naturally hurriedly asked Changle to come over. Changle was very familiar with Jinniang's breath, slept next to her, was patted on the back by her aunt, and soon fell asleep again. Leaving Jin Niang alone, she became more and more energetic, and opened her eyes until dawn.

It's going to rain, my mother is going to get married, and no one cares about it. But knowing this truth in her heart, Jinniang couldn't put her heart back.

Chang'an Changping also knew that Xu Erlang was taking the exam today, and the weather was not good, so Jin Niang Xu would be worried, so after the morning class, the two ran to the backyard.

Chang'an said, "Auntie, I've asked the master. Qian Fuzi said that this time the rain came from the southeast and went to the northwest. The clouds in the sky are running slowly, and the rain will rush to Shuozhou, and it will not be until tonight or tomorrow morning. ”

When Jin Niang heard this, not only did she not breathe a sigh of relief, but she was even more worried.

If you know that the sky is going to change before the exam, you will wear a few more clothes to avoid the cold, but if the exam is open and the sky changes, this god will not trick people.

When she was thinking about this, she also tightened her jacket and felt cold. This cold wind is very evil, and it goes straight into her arms, her hands and feet are cold, and now she just wants to make a brazier to roast.

And Xu Erlang, now I can only hope that he has some foresight and will wear a few clothes to go in. Otherwise, otherwise I can only hope that his martial arts practice over the years has achieved some results, don't be easily hit by the rain and cold, otherwise this autumn will really be blind.

Jin Niang, who was far away in Pingyang, naturally didn't know that Shuozhou was not only not raining now, but it was warm and cloudless.

But this innocence is like a child's face, and it changes when it is said.

In the middle of the afternoon, a cool breeze rose in Shuozhou, and the sun in the sky was hidden in the thick clouds and never came out again. And in the evening, the raindrops of beans fell and hit the sundial in the middle of the Gongyuan, crackling and crackling.

But all the students who have a poor mentality will have shaking hands when they pick up the pen and write at this time. And the student, who was already weak, wrinkled his brows and looked very ugly. On the other hand, those who are in good health just glance out, then light the candle and continue to concentrate on their own test questions; And the students who didn't report much hope to enter the examination room, at this time they are the only ones who are happy - these people suddenly realize that if too many students leave the examination room because of the cold and heat, then they have a better chance of being lifted? I can't say that I originally came to accompany the run to test the waters, but in the end I got a name, which is beautiful to think about.

By the time it was completely dark, it was already raining heavily.

Xu Erlang's room was a little leaky, but there were only water marks between the gaps, and the rest of the room was fine. Unlike his next door, when he answered the question just now, he heard the screams of the students next door, it turned out that the rain was leaking from the top of his head, it was so coincidental that a drop of water happened to fall on the place where he put his pen, and a black stain suddenly appeared.

Such test papers are usually disposed of as waste papers, because they are worried that someone will use this as a mark to cheat, so if such a stain appears on the test paper, the candidate's subject will be invalid.

Qiu Yu took a total of five exams and abolished one subject, which also means that this person has no chance to lift people this year.

Because of this incident, the students in the examination room became more and more cautious.

They didn't expect that they hadn't been hit by the wind chill brought by the rain, but they fell on the accident caused by the rain itself, which really sounded the alarm for everyone and made people have to wake up more and more.

Xu Erlang answered the questions cautiously and acted very carefully, so he waited for the end of the first subject and the test paper to be clean and tidy, but he was really relieved after the official took the test paper away.

The heart that had been lifted for a day was relaxed at this time, Xu Erlang suddenly felt hungry, and he opened the basket on his side. Take out the charcoal fire and a small pot, first light the charcoal fire, boil hot water, then take a knife and cut some ginger slices into it, and boil ginger tea.

After eating three mutton pancakes with ginger tea, Xu Erlang was still a little hungry, but he couldn't eat anymore.

When he first entered the tribute court, in order to check whether there was any entrainment, the officials broke the pies and checked them. There is that carefully inspected, and even hate to break the pie.

A good pie became ...... The miserable appearance, it was already difficult for him to swallow it reluctantly, but he couldn't eat more.

A new test paper was handed out, and another person stood in the middle of the tribute courtyard and began to read the question. Xu Erlang wrote down the questions one by one, and then put away the test papers, and he lay down on the bed that only allowed one person to live.

This room is very small, a few square meters square, and the bed is naturally very small. Xu Erlang has a long body, and he can't stretch his legs straight after lying down, which is also very uncomfortable.

But even so, you have to sleep when you should sleep, otherwise you will not be energetic, and the exam will be delayed in the next few days.

In the long run, the exam lasts for nine days, and this is a protracted battle, and it is useless to fight for this overnight time, and the energy is exhausted when the exam starts, what should I do in the next few days? When the time comes, my brain is chaotic, and my body is tired and sleepy, how can I answer the questions? That's digging your own grave, so let's sleep.

The Gongyuan gradually returned to quiet, and only those students who were physically weak were still answering questions in the cold and rain.

Why don't they know the truth of recuperation? But each person's situation is different, they are weak in health, I am afraid that they will not last until the ninth day, and their bodies will be carried out with a warning.

Instead of leaving the unfinished test papers out of the Gongyuan, they might as well answer a little more test questions when they are still physically able to support it. Do your best, so that even if you are carried out in the end, you will have no regrets.

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