For fear that Zhou Dongping would not listen to persuasion, he analyzed carefully: "His first poem was written too beautifully, and no candidate can match it; The second poem is also of a very high level if you put aside the factor of the eight-strand poem. These two poems are taken out for people to judge, and the evaluation will never be low. If he gets a high score in arithmetic, the whole test paper will be too beautiful. You can't cover it if you want to. You must know that the top three test papers of the head of the government case must all be posted, and when the time comes, as long as he sees that the head of the case is not as good as himself, he will definitely make trouble. ”

"The first government test of Lord Zhao was in Hunan Province, the second was in Guangdong Province, and the third was to us. If he makes such a fuss, it will inevitably attract the attention of Lord Zhao, you must know that he is the first place in the first game, which is enough to attract attention. When the time comes, Lord Zhao will check the file, and you won't be able to run away with a hat that is unfair in execution......"

"Don't talk about it." Zhou Dongping didn't want to listen to it anymore, this kind of advice made him sound particularly harsh.

"It's not going to happen as you say." He sneered, "He is a farmer, he has only been studying for a few years, and there are few decent gentlemen in Lishui County, how high can his arithmetic level be?" Five arithmetic questions, the first two are already remarkable. ”

"But if all the candidates can't do it, he's no worse than anyone else." Li said together.

"Don't worry, that Wu Yumou, the teacher is famous for his arithmetic in Beijing. Just because others can't do these questions doesn't mean he can't do them. Zhou Dongping said confidently, "In addition, Liang Xiankuan, who is second place, is the Liang family, and two or three people in their family have been in the household department, and they are the most important in arithmetic. His family background must be much stronger than that kid. ”

Li Tong couldn't believe his ears.

Although Liang Xiankuan's article in the first scene was also well written, it was not much different from Fang Shaohua, Wu Yumou and a few others, and the article written by Zhou Zhi, who ranked third, was slightly better than him, but Zhou Dongping took Liang Xiankuan as the second place.

At that time, Li Tong still thought it was strange, but literati have their own preferences for articles, anyway, there is not much difference between several articles, Zhou Dongping felt that Liang Xiankuan's article was good, or wanted to convey some kindness to the Liang family, there were also some, so he didn't and didn't ask the reason at that time.

Now it seems that Zhou Dongping's motives for taking Liang Xiankuan as the second place are extremely impure, and I am afraid that he has long had the idea of using Liang Xiankuan to suppress Du Jinning.

You must know that Liang Xiankuan is Du Jinning's classmate. If he is taken as the head of the case, even if Du Jinning is unconvinced, it is difficult to say anything. He can't pull his senior brother down and sit in the head of the case by himself, right? If he does that, he won't even have to do it in the future, and he will inevitably be criticized everywhere he goes, let alone take the test to show people. You must know that the most important thing for a reader is conduct, and the examiners will not take any person who has a bad reputation for misconduct.

Therefore, as early as after the end of the first exam, Zhou Dongping probably had already planned to prepare so many arithmetic questions in the second exam, and it made it more difficult. The words he said with righteousness and awe-inspiring pretended that he was fair and upright, and he even believed him! I've stayed by his side for so long, and I don't know his true temperament at all?

What kind of hatred does Du Jinning's teacher have with him for killing his father and taking his wife? actually let Zhou Dongping expose the side that has been hidden for so long!

Thinking of this, Li shuddered.

Thinking silently, he didn't speak again, nor did he persuade Zhou Dongping anymore, his eyes fell on Du Jinning from time to time.

After Du Jinning finished writing two articles, he didn't do arithmetic problems immediately, but sat there touching his chin and frowning, thinking about a very serious question.

The exam starts at six o'clock in modern times. Listening to Zhou Dongping's lectures, grinding ink and copying questions, it took a little time, and she probably only took less than half an hour for the two articles, and it is estimated that it was only seven or eight o'clock at this time, and she had not yet gone to work in modern times. Today's exam didn't end until dark, and now there are still about ten hours before the end of the exam, if she finishes the math questions in half an hour, what will she do with the rest of the time?

Submit the papers early and rush back for lunch?

No kidding. The lessons of the first few hand-in-hand papers are still vivid. The taste of people who scratch their ears and cheeks, look at their eyes, sit and lie restlessly, and are anxious is really uncomfortable.

Ancient candidates, even if they liked to submit their papers in advance like Fang Shaohua and Wu Yumou, they had to wait until there was still half an hour before the end of the exam, not to mention that today's exam was an arithmetic question? In modern times, whenever she takes a math test, her classmates always shout that they don't have enough time. It's possible to solve a problem that takes hours to solve.

In other words, if she turns in her papers at nine o'clock, it is very likely that she will wait outside until five or six o'clock in the evening before she can go out. For eight or nine hours, she waited so stupidly outside, it is estimated that everyone thinks there is something wrong with her. The point is that she didn't have anything to eat when she got outside.

So, grind time here and go out in the afternoon? Why don't you get some sleep first?

Thinking so, Du Jinning glanced upward, and when she saw Zhou Dongping glancing at herself expressionlessly, she immediately dispelled this thought.

Let's go out after lunch. Anyway, there are stools to sit on outside, and waiting outside is better than sitting here and being stared at by Zhou Dongping.

Having made up her mind, she lowered her head and began to look at the arithmetic problems.

And her actions just now made Zhou Dongping and Li Tong misunderstand, and thought that she was really stumped by the arithmetic problem, frowning and looking distressed, it seemed that she couldn't even do the first arithmetic problem. Zhou Dongping was secretly proud in his heart, and Li Yi was faintly worried about Du Jinning.

As a science and engineering scholar, Du Jinning's math scores are still quite good in modern times. The arithmetic questions in ancient times were basically at the elementary school level, and at most they were a bit of a junior high school and second year questions, which were all a piece of cake for her.

Seeing the five arithmetic questions clearly, she let out a soft "huh" and glanced at Zhou Dongping.

Their bookstore will print out the questions of previous years and sell them before the scientific examination, and she, as the boss, is naturally close to the water, and she has done all those topics. But this year, not only has the amount of test poems and arithmetic questions changed a lot, but also the difficulty of arithmetic has increased a lot?

She pondered the truth for a moment, and then left it behind. Anyway, all the calculations are paper tigers in front of her strength, and a poke is a hole, which is really not threatening.

She picked up her pen and began to do arithmetic.

The five arithmetic questions are from shallow to deep. The first and second questions are similar to those done in the county exam, similar to chickens and rabbits in the same cage, and she finished it after a few brushes.

For example, the second question: "Nine hundred and ninety-nine dollars, buy a thousand pears in time." 11. Nine pears, seven fruits and four pennies. Q: How much does a pear fruit cost? ”

She thought for a moment, and then wrote the answer on the paper: "There are six hundred and fifty-seven pears, a total of eight hundred and three cents; There were three hundred and forty-three, a total of one hundred and ninety-six dollars. ”

The third question is a bit more difficult: "Today there is one chicken, which is worth five; The hen is one, and it is worth three; Three chicks are worth one. Where you buy 100 chickens for 100 dollars, ask the chickens, mothers, and chicks? "Translated, it's five pennies for a rooster, three pennies for a hen, and three pennies for a chick. Now for 100 wen, you must buy back 100 chickens, and ask how many roosters, hens, and chicks can you buy?

She touched her chin.

It's not that she's stumped by the title. In order to kill time, she deliberately slowed down the speed of doing the questions so that the time passed faster.

But this situation, in the eyes of Zhou Dongping and Li Tong, is that she was stumped by the topic.

Zhou Dongping couldn't help but stand up again, thinking about coming over to see if Du Jinning hadn't made a single question. Li Yibi was still worried about him, and when he saw him get up, he immediately stood up.