The night is quiet, the night is deep, the sky is full of stars, outlining the outline of the Big Dipper, there are babies crying in the city, there are men's snoring, there are women's sighs, it is so clear in the silence.

Zhang Wuniu came to the counter with a teapot, there was a kerosene lamp on the counter, there was a faint pungent smell in the air, the light flickered on and off, and occasionally the crackling sound of kerosene burning could be heard, Wang Boyi was drowsy for a long time.

Seeing this, Zhang Wuniu suddenly remembered a rumor he heard many years ago, it is said that Uncle Wang once had the legendary experience of falling into the dung pit in a daze, and he didn't know whether it was true or not, he couldn't ask anyway, and if he asked, he would be beaten by this old man, and he would be beaten hard.

After being silent for a long time, Zhang Wuniu said angrily: "The tea is gone, I have to bother you, I have thought about it for a long time, I have escaped for a long time, I know that it is time to fulfill my promise, I am very grateful that you have not bothered me all these years." ”

Uncle Wang didn't look up, and said lazily: "Actually, you shouldn't have come back, the boss didn't say that he was looking for you, you know, I understand, the boss knows even more that fearless sacrifice is not necessary, saying that you haven't made much progress in martial arts over the years, and your light skills are a lot better." ”

Zhang Wuniu blushed with embarrassment, and turned a little annoyed, "Can you not hurt people?"

Uncle Wang looked up at Zhang Wuniu and said seriously: "I mean it's a good thing, it's a good thing, but if you can't beat it, you can still escape, when will you go?"

Zhang Wuniu thought about it, his original frowning brows relaxed, as if a boulder had been unloaded from his heart, and said happily: "After being busy with these little guys' township exams." By the way, is the boss okay?"

Uncle Wang's face did not change, a trace of sadness flashed in his eyes, and it disappeared in the blink of an eye, he nodded, "The boss is fine, just a little trouble." ”

Zhang Wuniu also nodded, I am afraid that there can be small troubles in the world that make the boss troublesome, but I can't do anything, I am helpless or helpless.

Zhang Wuniu had no choice but to ask: "I see that you are very sleepy, I think you should go to sleep for a while, but when people are old, they sleep less, why do you always come the other way? You don't do something in the middle of the night that can only be done at night, so that you look sleepy on weekdays, right?"

Uncle Wang could hear that Zhang Wuniu was squeezing himself, and said coldly: "Do you believe it or not, I will smoke you! I am alone in this inn, and I am the one day and night, do you think I can not be sleepy?"

Zhang Wuniu shouted: "Hey, what do you mean by the inn is you? We are not human? Why didn't I find out that you were so damaged before!"

Uncle Wang replied: "I didn't find you so cheap before!"

Both of them laughed, everything seemed to go back to the past, but everyone knew that it was impossible, and now they were not young, one was an old man, and the other was an uncle. After the two laughed, there was nothing to say, Zhang Wuniu put the teapot on the counter and walked back to the room.

The kerosene lamps flickered and crackled for a long time, welcoming the arrival of a new morning, and that was the end of it.

In the early morning, the morning light was twilight, Song Yu opened his eyes, he had a good habit of work and rest, and he finished washing. He read the book for a while, and he looked at an ancient thread-bound book called "The Classic of Mountains and Seas".

The Classic of Mountains and Seas was written in the ancient books of the pre-Qin period, mainly describing ancient mythology, geography, animals, plants, minerals, witchcraft, religion, history, medicine, folk customs, ethnicity and other aspects.

This book was originally illustrated, called "The Book of Mountains and Seas", but it was lost after the Wei and Jin dynasties, which is a pity. This book records a lot of strange monsters and bizarre mythological stories, "The Classic of Mountains and Seas" is 18 volumes, including five volumes of "Mountain Classic", eight volumes of "Sea Classic", and four volumes of "Great Wilderness Classic".

This is not the first time Song Yu has read "The Classic of Mountains and Seas", but he likes the mythical stories in the book about Kuafu's day-by-day, Nuwa's mending the sky, Jingwei reclamation, Dayu's water control, Gonggong's collision with the sky, and Houyi's shooting for nine days.

"Ah, it's dawn!" Song Yu saw that it was almost dark, and walked out.

There were several classmates standing in the corridor, and Song Yu greeted them, they looked a little excited and a little nervous, probably because they were about to go to the township to register for the exam.

Song Yu smiled, didn't say anything, and when he came to the living room, he saw Huzi, and there was a tired young man sitting next to him, and the young man stared at Huzi's gaze complaining and hesitating. Huzi did not look at him, but looked at the spider webs on the beams, his eyes looked at his nose, and his nose looked at his heart.

Song Yu knew when he saw that Huzi was also so peaceful, so he hurried over and whispered, "Huzi, do you think the spider is male or female?"

Huzi subconsciously said, "Mother." Then the person who reacted to the question was making fun of himself, and his face couldn't help but show a trace of gloom, but when he saw that it was Song Yu, a look of surprise appeared on his face, he glanced at the complaining young man, and whispered to Song Yu, "Ah Yu, you can be regarded as coming, if you don't come, I will be killed by the eyes of the stone." Early in the morning, when I was sleeping soundly, he woke me up, not to say that I was arguing for him to sleep, you quickly help me find a way to send him away. ”

Song Yu thought to himself that it was actually the stone sleeping next to Huzi, he used to suffer the most when he played with the children in the village, but now he was attacked by Huzi snoring all night, which was really unlucky. But fandom theory these things,It's not my strong point.,How can I talk about this?

The stone spoke first, "Do you move or do I move?"

Huzi felt a little embarrassed, and looked at the stone approaching the anger value of the outburst, and said very decisively: "I'll move, I'll move, Ah Yu, or I'll move next door to you?"

Song Yu's eyes widened, and he pointed at Huzi and scolded: "You beast!"

When Huzi heard this, he looked at Song Yu depressedly, I don't just want to sleep next door to you, can you still be a brother?

Shi laughed, "I didn't expect Ah Yu to have such a gaffe, I used to think that you were as immobile as a mountain, gentle and elegant! ”

Huzi pursed his lips: "I can only whisper, it's all superficial." ”

Song Yu glanced at Huzi, your whisper is too loud, thought about it again, and said: "People can't have only one side, and only one side is a stone." ”

Shi was stunned, "Are you scolding me?"

Song Yu shook his head, "This stone is not another stone." ”

At this time, the door opened, and Zhang Wuniu walked in with a big bag of steamed buns, "Everyone come to have breakfast, and after eating, go to the Gongyuan to sign up." ”

"Good!"

The teenagers from Yuqiao Village all came to the reception room, and after eating breakfast in a hurry, Zhang Wuniu took them to sign up.

When it comes to registration, I have to say that the Tribute Academy, the townships have established the Tribute Institute in the southeast of the city, as the examination room for the township examination, there is an inn close to the Donggong Academy, but that is only relative, there is an inn to the Donggong Courtyard to take a carriage for an hour, and it is not known to walk.

In order to save money, everyone decided to walk to Donggong Temple, which happened to be a good place to see the prosperous Shiyan Township. Everyone watched as they walked, talking and laughing, but they didn't feel that time was difficult. It was not yet noon when they came to Donggong Temple, so everyone decided to sign up first, and then find a place to have lunch.

Donggongin occupies a street, there are special guards to maintain order, even if there are many people, there is no boiling scene, everyone calmly enters and leaves Gongyuan.

Song Yu and others came to the front of the Tribute Courtyard and looked at the big plaque with the word "Tribute Courtyard" hanging on the gate, which was the Donggong Courtyard of Shiyan Township. Their arrival is striking, the washed and somewhat yellowed white gown, clean and plain, but also indicates their identity, they come from mountain villages, they come from the closest place to nature.

When the people who came and went saw them, some of them looked at them with contempt, and a group of hillbillies also came to take the township test, which was really a big joke in the world, and the resources that would be consumed to study were something that these people could afford? Some of them sighed softly, which was sympathy or regret, probably because they felt that the young men in front of them were just empty in the end.

Reading, if it is just reading, is of course a happy thing. If it's not just reading, carrying, bearing, tempting, expecting, disappointing, gaining, losing, all these things are mixed in, then of course it is not an happy thing. They will distort people's souls and corrode people's personalities, and how they view Song Yu and others can be explained, but they can't understand it, at least Song Yu and others can't understand it.

Although people are divided into three, six, nine and so on, there is no distinction between high and low personality.

Huzi met each projected gaze, silent, meditative, and finally smiled, "I didn't expect that the people in the city were still very warm to us, and the eyes were friendly, I felt like I had returned to Yuqiao Village and returned to my hometown." ”

The stone seemed to have forgotten the matter of being destroyed by the snoring of the tiger all night, and then echoed: "That's right, the folk customs of Shiyan Township are really simple. ”

Song Yu and the others all laughed, they grew up by the sea, ran in the fields, chased Pu Gongying, their hearts were crystal clear, they didn't understand the complexity of people's hearts.

Only Song Yu is excepted, he has read a lot of books, including a lot of miscellaneous books, he understands, he shook his head, this is still not good.

Zhang Wuniu sighed, since Song Yu and the others came to Hongchen, there are some things that must be understood, but they can't open their mouths, forget it, if they can stay in the future, they will understand sooner or later.

Song Yu heard Zhang Wuniu's sigh, saw the hanging high Gongyuan plaque, looked at his neck a little sore, and said, "It's not too early, we should go and sign up." ”

Zhang Wuniu was stunned for a moment, and smiled dumbly: "What you said is reasonable, it seems that I have thought too much." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, the sound of gongs and drums was heard in the distance, and in the distance I saw the gong, almost the size of an adult, hanging from a carriage.

The carriages occupied almost the entire street, decorated with expensive silk and satin, and pulled by four fine jade horses, with hundreds of officers and soldiers lined up in two columns on either side of the carriage, and the group of musicians at the front of the procession played hard.

If it weren't for the slow movement of the carriage, I was afraid that the pedestrians would not have time to dodge, so they would have to become the ghosts under the carriage.

Huzi's eyes widened, "Which family is this going to marry?" It seems that in Huzi's impression, beating gongs and drums are all for the sake of welcoming relatives!

Zhang Wuniu couldn't help but glance at Huzi, "Don't talk nonsense if you don't understand, didn't you see the pennant on the carriage with the word "Township Chief" written on one side and the word "Li" written on the other? This is the carriage of Shiyan Township Chief Li Shuxia, I didn't think he would come to the Gongyuan, I really didn't expect it. ”

Huzi heard Zhang Wuniu's words, looked at the huge carriage, and said sincerely: "It's really domineering, the big husband should be like this." ”

Shishi's eyes were full of yearning, "It's really spirited, and the husband should be like this." ”

Song Yu glanced at Zhang Wuniu meaningfully, then stared at the gorgeous carriage that was packaged, frowned, and a trace of sadness appeared on his face, "A township chief, this battle is too exaggerated." ”

Song Yu's voice was extremely small, only Zhang Wuniu, Huzi and Shizi heard it, but they didn't speak.

The curtain of the door was opened, and a thin man appeared, whose face was only in his thirties, but in fact he was already fifty years old, but he was well maintained. He looked up at the crowd under the car, under the sun, the top of his hair was glowing with white silver, his appearance was universal, but he was looked up to by everyone, he was Li Shuxia, the head of a township.

Li Shuxia is very proud, status means power, means self-confidence, means being worshiped by thousands of people, this feeling is really good, he wants to enjoy it longer, if only he could live forever. A sneer appeared at the corner of Li Shuxia's mouth, he knew that it was impossible, but it was possible to prolong his life.

Soon, as long as the time is ripe, his wish will be fulfilled, so that the people under his rule can enjoy their favor for a longer time, what a wonderful thing.

Li Shuxia waved at the crowd, then turned around and walked into the carriage, the music sounded, and he left.

Song Yu looked at Zhang Wuniu who was in a daze, hesitated for a moment, and then said, "Uncle Wuniu, Li Shuxia is gone." ”

Zhang Wuniu came back to his senses, wrinkled with a smile on his face, and then said, "Let's go! Let's go." ”

The crowd walked towards the courtyard of the tribute.

Township test registration is very simple, as long as it is an individual, township test registration is not simple, everyone needs to pay one or two silver.

There is no age limit for the township test registration, and there is no limit on the number of times, so there are many anecdotes about the township test, one of which is not good.

There was once a poor scholar named Fan Jin, who was ridiculed and ridiculed by his neighbors and his father-in-law, Hu Butcher. In order to participate in the township examination, in order to gain fame, he did not hesitate to let his wife and mother go hungry.

Finally, with Fan Jin's efforts, he was admitted to the exam, which impressed everyone, but because he didn't believe in this exciting news. Fan Jin turned out to be insane and went crazy, and was finally woken up by a slap from Hu Butcher and returned to normal.

This anecdote is widely circulated, some people think it is ridiculous, some people find it bitter, and some people don't care, it is indeed their own taste.

The teenagers in Yuqiao Village each handed over one or two pieces of silver, and after receiving the exam number, the registration for the township test was successful, and they only waited for the township test to start two days later, and then they could show their strength.

Everyone had lunch at a cheap restaurant, Zhang Wuniu handed over everyone to their respective activities, returned to an inn on time, and then left in a hurry.

Song Yu, Huzi, and Shishi, the three of them became companions and invited to peep into the Star Pavilion to see the scenery.