The prefectural exam is the first of the children's exams, and the time is set for late February. Generally speaking, a month before the prefectural exam, there will be an announcement announcing the date of the exam, followed by a series of tedious registration procedures. Fortunately, Rongxuan Academy has always been a collective registration, which saves a lot of things for reference students.

The examination shed in Tanggu Town is located next to the county government, sitting in the north and facing south, and the size is uniform. According to the gentlemen, there are two gates in the south of the examination room, which are surrounded by wooden fences, and the candidates are lined up in two columns, and they can only enter after searching their whole bodies. There is a large courtyard into the wooden gate, and the courtyard is a main gate.

After entering the main entrance, there is a large courtyard, which is where the candidates wait to call their names. There are three halls on the north side of the compound, in which examiners sit and give roll calls to candidates. On the north side, there are many simple rows of seats, which are where candidates take their exams.

It's a pity that there was no talk of looking at the examination room in advance in ancient times, otherwise, Yu Xiaocao really wanted to go to the ancient examination room to see.

Today is the first session of the county exam, and the candidates came to the examination room before dawn and searched their whole bodies after a "search". Each candidate has a basket that holds the essentials of the exam, such as stationery, food, proof of the exam, etc. The test basket should be carefully inspected to prevent prohibited items from being entrained in it.

The examination basket of Rongxuan College is prepared by the college. However, Yu Xiaocao disliked that the food in the academy was too monotonous, just rice balls, steamed buns and pickles, so he replaced the food in the younger brother's basket with specially baked peanuts, sesame biscuits and jerky. There is also a copper hand stove to warm your hands when it's cold. The special insulated water bag is filled with hot spirit stone water, which is tightly wrapped in a small quilt.

Each exam has to be taken for one day, and the weather is still relatively cold at the end of February, so Yu Xiaocao hopes that by noon, his younger brother can drink a sip of warm water. I heard that many candidates with weak physique usually have very good grades, but when it comes to the exam, they do not perform well, largely because of the weather and food. What's more, because he was sick and couldn't survive the five-day exam, he lost his name.

Xiao Shi waved his hand to his father and second sister who sent the exam, and calmly lined up in the line. Before entering the room, "Souzi" took a look at his clothes with the characteristics of the academy, and was slightly surprised when he checked his examination basket, and after checking the small quilt, water bag and hand stove several times, he let him enter the examination room.

In the courtyard, there are already many students waiting quietly at this time. Although it was not yet two days at this time, there were many papier-mâché lanterns in the courtyard, which were easy to see. Xiao Shi followed behind the students, and gradually walked in turn, and entered by name.

The candidates stood in the compound, facing the examiner, waiting for the roll call to enter the lobby of the middle hall to receive the papers, and they also had to go through the link of "singing and guaranteeing". Every candidate who takes the prefectural exam has a student guarantee to prevent cheating. After receiving the test paper, Xiaoshi took his seat according to the seat number on the paper.

After all the candidates have received the test papers, there will be a tour of the officials to display the test questions. The official recognized the little stone and stayed in front of him for two more seconds. Xiaoshi saw the exam questions, and after carefully reviewing the questions, he sharpened the ink while thinking, and after the ink was polished, he began to answer the questions seriously.

In the early morning of February, the temperature was very low, and the students who had stood in the cold wind for more than an hour had their hands and feet becoming a little stiff. Xiao Shi took out the water bag from the small quilt and drank two sips of hot spirit stone water, feeling that his body was warm again. He put his hand on the stove and warmed it before he began to write. With the spirit stone water providing the heat, he didn't feel cold at all, and the words on the answer sheet were the same as usual, without the slightest stiffness.

Today is the first session, the test is four books and two articles, five words and six rhymes test post poem, the title, poems, and writing methods have a certain format, and the whole volume shall not be more than 700 words. Generally, in the first exam, as long as the writing is smooth, you can be admitted. Only those who are admitted to the first session can take the second exam. For Little Rock, there is no need to worry about the first exam at all.

At noon, he stopped writing like a picnic, eating fragrant biscuits, nibbling on a few pieces of pork jerky, and after drinking a few sips of water, he finished the article in one go. I checked it again carefully, made some corrections, and transcribed it on the examination paper. When he was done, he looked around and saw that most of the candidates were struggling to write while they were puffing on their hands.

Today is somewhat cloudy and the temperature is cooler than in previous days. Some of the candidates were so cold that their faces turned white, their lips were slightly bruised, and some sneezed and had runny noses on the spot, which did not seem to be optimistic. Xiao Shi was a little surprised, why didn't he feel cold? Could it be that the talisman stone given to him by the second sister has worked?

The little mending stone that was tied to the neck of the small stone kept rolling his eyes: the master actually lent himself to others casually, it was too disrespectful of the divine stone, right? Before thinking of it, Yu Xiaocao repeatedly told it to take good care of her younger brother, and said that this was also a merit and would help it cultivate. It reluctantly agreed. To the small stone, Yu Xiaocao said that this is a talisman gem that has been opened by the master, which can bless him with a smooth exam.

There are delicious snacks and snacks, as well as the spirit body protection of the Tiantian Stone, when the exam ends in the evening, most of the candidates come out trembling with their necks shrunk, but the small stone is more energetic than when they go in.

As soon as he got out of the examination room, he saw the second sister who came to pick him up, with a small stone like a cannonball, rushing over with the exam basket: "Second sister, what did you cook delicious at night?" I want to eat the roast duck from Zhen Yulou, let's go buy one and come back, shall we? ”

Sun Runze and Liu Jinye also came out and joined the sisters and brothers. Hearing that they could eat the roast duck of Zhenyulou in the evening, both of them expressed great expectations, but they did not report any hope.

One duck and three meals in Zhenyulou are very famous in Tanggu and Beijing. Now the duck is in short supply, and the roast duck in Zhenyulou is only limited to 20 per day, and one fried to 50 taels, which is still in short supply. The two obviously didn't think that Yu Xiaocao had the ability to get roast duck.

Yu Xiaocao took the three little ones home first, and each of them drank a cup of brown sugar ginger tea to keep warm. The kang was hot, Sun Runze and Liu Jinye took off their boots, got into the warm quilt, and took a nap after a while.

Yu Xiaocao entered the back kitchen of Zhenyulou from the back door, and when he learned that today's roast duck had been sold out, he rolled up his sleeves and roasted two by himself. One let the small stone be sent to the academy to satisfy the dean's hunger, and the other was kept for everyone to eat together in the evening. The sauce was brought back from Zhenyulou, and the dough was made by Yu Xiaocao herself.

Eat fragrant dough rolled duck meat, and drink delicious duck bone soup. Sun Runze suddenly felt that he was alive again: "If I can eat such a delicious roast duck, it is for me to take exams every day, and I am willing." ”

Liu Jinye scolded him: "I take exams every day, and I'm not afraid of being baked!" Roast duck fifty taels and a duck are hard to find, the food fee you pay is only enough to buy a duck, in the future, you are going to drink the northwest wind? ”

The county test is generally four to five, with an interval of two to three days between each one, and it takes more than half a month before and after a county test!

Fortunately, for more than a month, the three little ones have eaten well and froze in the cold wind for a day, and nothing happened. Before the next exam, Yu Xiaocao suddenly gave the three little ones good food, for fear that they would not be able to survive the five exams.

Each of the following games will be entered according to the results of the previous game. In the first game, Xiaoshi's performance was relatively stable, and it was not affected by the cold wind and the atmosphere of the examination room, and the results were naturally good. In the second session, he sat closer to the examiner.

An instructor from the Confucianism Department saw the cute appearance of the eight-year-old little stone with pink makeup and jade, and said with a smile: "Zhao County Order, Tanggu Town is full of talents, and such a young child will come to participate in the children's examination." ”

Zhao Xianling knew Yu Xuan, he smiled and said, "Look at the clothes, the candidate is from Rongxuan Academy." Since the gentleman of the academy has signed him up, it means that he has a certain degree of certainty. Based on his seat, it looks like he played well yesterday. ”

Tang Gu's chief bookkeeper smiled and said, "This candidate looks like he is only seven or eight years old, he should be the youngest among the candidates, right?" At such a young age, he can still have such achievements, Rongxuan Academy really deserves its reputation! ”

Xiaoshi didn't know that he was being noticed by the examiners, and just like on the first day, he wrote the name of the student number first, and then looked at the questions in detail. Today, I need to write one of the four books and one of the classics of filial piety. It is also necessary to write a paragraph of the "Sacred Message" silently, and the number of words must reach 100 words, and no mistakes should be written, added or changed.

Dictation is Little Rock's strong point. The little guy was already smart, and after drinking the spirit stone water for more than two years, his memory was even better, almost to the point of unforgettable. This is one of the reasons why Dean Yuan agreed to let him take the children's examination.

The four books and the silent writing of the "Sacred Oracle Extensive Training", the small stone came to the hand. Only spent more effort on the theory of filial piety. Then it was to check the transcription and wait for it to end. The examiner above, seeing that he finished writing very early, was a little more impressed by him.

In the next three sessions, one test of five scriptures, one of the Vinaya, one poem of five words and eight rhymes, and the first two sentences of the "Sacred Teachings" in the front field were silently written. The last two are scriptures, poems, songs, etc.

Although the poems and poems are still a bit difficult for Xiao Shi, he still answered them seriously, and as for the quality of the content, it is up to the benevolent and the wise.

Xiao Shi also noticed in the exam that his uncle had also passed the five exams. Uncle is under pressure, although the food is specially prepared by Zhang, but he usually eats badly and his body is empty, and the five exams are tantamount to torment for him. At the end of the last session, he fainted as soon as he left the examination room. Yu Dashan and Zhang, who came to pick him up, forced him to sit down in a small restaurant nearby, and drank a bowl of hot soup before gradually regaining his senses.

Yu Xiaocao also saw that scene, but because of Zhang's blood-sucking leech-like temperament, he would definitely be bitten as soon as he got it, so he didn't make it up. In the last game, Sun Runze and Liu Jinye's families came to take the exam, and Yu Xiaocao only took his younger brother home.

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