After struggling for two days, Bai Sanshu and his wife finally decided to hand over the decision to Bai Xiaoshan himself under Liu Zhenyou's analysis.

The career is more difficult than imagined, if Bai Xiaoshan can't even decide the direction of his life, it will be difficult to be decisive as an official in the future.

Going to accompany Bai Xiaoshan for the scientific examination is the most important thing for the Bai family, but considering the large number of people participating in the imperial examination, I am afraid that when I can't take care of Bai Xing, I let her stay at home and continue to study with Mrs. Ya.

Liu Xusheng is also going to participate in the scientific expedition, so the Liu family will also go together.

However, the Liu family has a business in the town, and the family is not suitable for an adult, so they let the eldest aunt Liu Li stay, and the two children who studied in the village also took care of the family.

During the day, there are catkins to accompany Bai Xing to study together, and at night Liu Li comes to accompany him, and the family is also relieved.

"If it weren't for the fact that there were students at home, I really didn't know that so many people took the township exam every year. Fortunately, the second girl had the foresight and bought a house in the county, close to the county school. Otherwise, if you really go to the inn, I'm afraid you won't have a place to live. The second aunt Liu Chen sighed.

"This girl has always been assertive, when I bought a house, I still thought it was expensive, and I thought I wouldn't be able to live a few times. But when this township tested, the cost of the guest house was not cheap, if we all lived in it, we would have to spend half a house's silver in a few days, and we couldn't eat or live well. Bai Liu smiled.

The two sisters-in-law chatted with Liu Wang, and the men talked with the two young boys, asking them about their studies, which also relieved them.

Bai Ling and Bai Wei are in charge of eating, changing their patterns every day to make good food.

The township examination is divided into three sessions, and it is taken in the county school.

Perhaps because of the age of the candidates, they take the test once a day, and they can go home after the test.

After that, it will take five days to get the results, and a red list will be posted outside the county school, and then the yamen will go to the homes of the students in the examination to announce the good news.

Fifteen days later, it will be the government examination, and the high school will be a showman, and you can be a teacher or an alternate official.

Three months later, it will be examined, and I have to rush to the capital to prepare for the exam, and if I win, I will be promoted, and I can be promoted to the office, but I can only start from the county order, and the possibility of promotion is not high.

Every three years, there is also a spring festival, that is, a palace examination, which is prepared by the emperor himself.

Even if you can't enter the top three, you can enter the Jinshi, and this life is also a real officialdom, and the future is limitless.

However, most of the poor students in the Eastern Han Dynasty did not continue the scientific examination after passing the examination.

One is that no one recommends them, they can't enter the Guozijian, and many people don't understand current affairs, so they won't be brilliant in the palace exam.

Second, the road to study is too difficult, and how many families can afford it?

There are some rich people who are willing to help poor students, but the price in return is not something that poor students can afford.

The Bai family didn't want to put pressure on Bai Xiaoshan, so they didn't specifically ask him about his plans, and they would decide not too late when the results of the Tongsheng test came out.

"Second sister, you said that those people who are dozens of years old, why are they still taking the children's exam? Even if you are admitted, you can't be an official, and it's not easy to be a talent in the exam, what's the use? Bai Wei accompanies Bai Ling to go around the inn every day, and she has a certain understanding of the students who refer to her.

"I've been studying all my life, and I'm only going to study. Whether it is for the sake of livelihood or obsession, once they really recognize that they are not the material for studying, their lives will have no direction. It's just that I pity my family and feed the rice worms with elm heads. Bai Ling pouted.

It's not that he looks down on readers, but that Bai Ling can't get used to reading books.

Among the candidates, there are many middle-aged people, and there are many old people with gray hair.

If it's a scholarly family, you have to fight for a breath.

But some people's clothes are washed and white, which shows how life is at home.

But those who have a heart will decisively choose to repay their families, instead of knowing that their career is hopeless, but they still blindly want to drill camp.

As the sisters walked down the street, they saw many people squatting under the eaves of the shop with their luggage, and they knew at a glance that they had experienced vicissitudes.

But in order to have a scholar in the family, he endured the pain of sleeping in the open air, and insisted on accompanying him in this way.

But what about the candidates?

I live in an inn, even if it's an inferior room, I can accommodate my family with a bunk, right?

For the sake of the so-called face, let his relatives be left out, even if such a student has a good future, he will not be a good official for the people.

"Second sister, do you take me out every day just to see these students?" Bai Wei followed for a few days, and finally asked the doubts in her heart.

"Not all students from poor families are people who don't know how to be flexible. If someone needs help, you and I can lend a helping hand, and maybe it will help Xiaoshan in the future. However, I hope to meet people who can see the reality clearly, and it is not bad if they can be used by us, after all, there are not many people who can read and write. Bai Ling smiled lightly.

Although after the middle school entrance examination, there are not many people in the family who can afford to show talents.

But in the Bai family's college, there are some agricultural courses, and what is most needed is a gentleman who is from a farming family and can enlighten a farmer.

Most of the gentlemen hired before were famous for their talents, and they were only willing to teach students according to books, but they were unwilling to lead students to practice.

Bai Wei didn't follow Bai Ling's train of thought for a while, and thought that what she said was for my use in business, so she nodded dispensably.

The subordinates in the family are all good at settling accounts, and they are more at ease than those outside who have a deed of sale.

"Shopkeeper, my mother is just sick, wait for Xiaosheng to invite the doctor to come over, take a few decoctions and medicines and recover, what is the difference between you driving my mother away now and murder?" Suddenly, an angry voice came, which provoked Bai Ling's attention.

"It's not that I have to drive you away, but your mother coughs every day, and someone sees her coughing up blood. If it is tuberculosis again, won't it hurt all the students in the store? I also opened the door of the store to do business, and I can't ignore the safety of other customers because of your mother and son, right? The shopkeeper explained.

When the surrounding students heard that it might be tuberculosis, they immediately retreated far away, covering their mouths and noses for fear of being infected.

"Son, it's okay for my mother to go to live in the broken temple, you can go to the examination room with peace of mind. When your father was here, he used to say that if you can get famous, he will be worthy of his ancestors. My mother has no ability, she can't afford you to continue studying, and she wants you to farm while studying, and she can only come to the test until now. Mother is afraid that if I swallow this breath, I won't have the face to explain it to your father in the future! The woman opened her mouth weakly, trying to push the school open.

"Mother!" The student's eyes were red, and he choked up: "Okay, my son will accompany his mother to live in the broken temple." Mother, don't think about these things, take good care of your body. When his son is admitted to the Tongsheng examination, he will go to find a job in the account room, and he will definitely be able to support his mother. ”

"Okay, then the mother is waiting to enjoy the blessings." The woman smiled with relief.

"It's really funny, just like you, you are poor and sour, and you are still wearing clothes with patches when you come to the township test, it shouldn't be that you can't afford pen and ink at ordinary times, right? The mother and son are the same poor ghosts, even if it is good to be an accountant, don't think about it in this life. In the crowd, a teenager dressed in a more luxurious dress mocked.

Inside and outside the inn, many people laughed aloud.

Some people praise their mother-son relationship, but more people think that women are not sensible, and students should not insult Sven.

A student's desire to be a bookkeeper is simply ridiculous.