Chapter 194: Examination (1)
Guan Lehe saw that although the words on the paper were not as good as Du Jinning's right hand, he could also read them, and it didn't seem to be much worse, so he couldn't help but look up at Du Jinning: "Not bad, good, good, good." Then he was relieved.
"Look, sir, when am I going to take the exam?" Du Jinning asked again.
"Your strength is there, and now you can write with your hands, so it's better not to drag this matter on." Guan Lehe thought the same as Du Jinning, "You read the book here, Guan Jiaze and Qi Muyuan go back to the church to go to class." I'm going to find someone to judge, and I'm ready to send someone to call you to the test. ”
"Okay."
There were only two hours of class time in the morning, and now an hour has passed. Guan Lehe didn't want to delay until the afternoon, so he acted quickly, and after he went out, he sent the Zhaifu of the academy to call people everywhere. Therefore, after Du Jinning read half a book in Huazhangju, he was invited to a spacious room.
Inside, Yuan Xiuzhu and Qi Bokun were present, and Yan Cen stood aside with a white face. In addition, there was an old man in his sixties, who was smiling and talking to Qi Bokun. There were also six gentlemen ranging in age from forty to sixty.
The lineup is very strong.
It is also a matter of two strict families, otherwise two or three people will be enough for a small college freshman entrance exam.
Guan Lehe saw Du Jinning come in, beckoned to her, and introduced everyone present to her one by one.
Du Jinning hung a group of hands to salute.
"Okay, the child is still injured, don't be too particular about etiquette, let's start the question." The old man who was talking to Qi Bokun spoke.
This person was introduced by Guan Lehe just now, and he is an old gentleman of the Yan family in the academy, named Yan Songtao, who is a fellow jinshi, as for why he returned to the academy to teach instead of being an official, it is unknown.
"Then ask Mr. Yan to ask the three of them to come up with the question." Guan Lehe arched his hand without being humble or arrogant.
Yan Songtao was also not polite, and pointed to three people in the room: "There are Mr. Lao Li, Mr. Cao, and Mr. Jiang." ”
The three men arched their hands, stood up, and walked out the door together.
"You're hurt, sit down." Qi Bokun said to Du Jinning gently.
Du Jinning is a student, and he has no seat in front of a group of highly respected and prominent gentlemen, didn't he even dare to sit in Yan Cen? But as soon as Qi Bokun opened his mouth like this, even Yan Songtao and Yan Cen, who were extremely dissatisfied with her, could not object.
Yan Songtao nodded in order to show his fairness and nobility in front of Qi Bokun, and said gently: "Yes, get a stool for this little guy." ”
So Du Jinning got a seat and sat in a corner of the room.
The students all have seats, and there is no reason for the husband to still stand. Yan Songtao said to Yan Cen again: "You can also sit." ”
Yan Cen was able to sit down.
After a cup of tea, one of the trio took a piece of paper and put it on the table in the middle of the room, Du Jinning was also called over, and sat there in full view of everyone, and another person dressed as a man took out a pillar of incense and lit it.
Du Jinning was a top student in his previous life, and he participated in various competitions, and he has long been accustomed to doing questions in front of everyone.
She ignored the stares that looked at her, first carefully put the test paper aside, and then dripped water onto the inkstone, slowly grinding the ink. After grinding the ink, she put the ink strip away, and saw that there was no ink on her hands and sleeves, and then she took the test question and opened it gently.
Seeing her calm behavior, everyone couldn't help but nod approvingly.
The imperial examination pays the most attention to the cleanliness of the paper, and if there is a little ink dirt or alteration on it, it will be disposed of as a waste paper. Therefore, every student, since he went to school, has been taught by the gentlemen to keep the roll clean, to be very careful about grinding and dipping ink, and not to be impatient.
However, the students studying in the academy are not very old, and the oldest is only in their twenties, which is not stable enough. In addition, it is inevitable to be nervous when taking the exam, and it is easy to make mistakes when you are nervous.
The child in front of him was only in his early teens, and in such an occasion, so many people were staring, and those who favored the Guan family were very worried that he would stain the table because of nervous hand tremors when he was grinding ink. But I don't want this child to seem to have no sense of nervousness at all, and his demeanor is very calm, as if he is in a no-man's land. This kind of heart is very rare. It's no wonder that Guan Lehe would put a child like him who has never studied directly into the door wall.
Du Jinning here had no distractions, and focused on the test paper.
After scanning the test papers, she knew what to expect.
Because she is different from other children, Guan Lehe's education for her is also very different. Because she can't figure out her memory and comprehension, he will often take some test questions for her to do, and she has even done the questions of the county exam, so she is very familiar with these test questions.
The test paper in front of me is the content of the first day of the county examination - the Sutra.
The so-called scriptures are equivalent to fill-in-the-blank questions and silent writing questions in modern test papers. These questions are all from the Four Books and the Five Classics, and any passage is taken from them, leaving the upper or lower paragraphs. Candidates are required to write the above or following texts that are related to this passage.
She never forgets that the Four Books and Five Classics are bound to be memorized. The education of the ancients paid attention to "reading a book a hundred times, and its meaning is self-seeing", which started with endorsement, not to understand and memorize at the same time. The same is true for Guan Lehe, except for the "Book of Songs", the other four books and four classics do not talk about their meanings, but only require her to memorize them. Therefore, she has already memorized the Four Books and Five Classics during this time, and it is not a problem to do this kind of question.
And memorizing and dictating the Four Books and Five Classics is the threshold for entering Class C.
She didn't think much about it, picked up the pen and dipped it in ink, and wrote on the test paper.
The people in the room forcibly suppressed their curiosity, so they didn't come over to see it regardless of their identity.
Guan Lehe explained to everyone before that Du Jinning's right hand was injured, but his left hand could also write and he could take the exam as usual. Although everyone has also come into contact with a lot of left-handers in their lives, they see Du Jinning grinding ink and laying paper with his left hand, which is very flexible, and writing at this time is no different from using his right hand, and everyone is still very curious about the words she writes.
Du Jinning is already familiar with the Four Books and Five Classics, and during this time, he not only practiced and wrote scripts, but also did not write traditional characters wrongly, and wrote quickly and well. Therefore, the questions that took a pillar of incense to complete were completed in less than half the time. After answering, she checked it and saw that there were no mistakes, so she raised her hand and signaled, "I'm done." ”