During the New Year, Lin'an City was very lively, and the sound of fireworks and firecrackers could be heard everywhere, which was really uncomfortable for Li Molan, who liked to be quiet, and even the winery was on holiday to celebrate, and then it was still teaching Qin Li to read and write every day, and there were not too many waves in the peaceful life. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

The whole Lin'an City is calm in the bustle, and the people are happy to celebrate the New Year as in the past, eating, visiting relatives and friends, and visiting neighbors - the courtyard of No. 12 Wutong Lane has recently changed its new owner, but the neighbors around have not talked to the two new neighbors, and it is inevitable to send some steamed buns and the like, which is considered a visit.

The New Year is over, and the snow drifts in the sky are starting to get smaller.

During the Chinese New Year, God was very faceless and snowy every day, so that Li Molan needed to take the time to sweep the snow in the yard, and she couldn't let the snow flood her knees.

When the weather warms up and the snow stops, the snow that looks dirty and dirty will melt into snow and flow into the sewers, which can be a disaster for the rats in the sewers.

The weather is starting to warm up, the snow is almost melting, and some old farmers go to the fields outside the city early to start spring ploughing.

The weeping willows on both sides of the streets in Lin'an City have also begun to pull out green shoots, and after some time, you can see the scenery of the catkins flying like snow all over the city.

The sky was much clearer than the previous day.

Li Molan walked on the streets of Lin'an City a little leisurely, it was too hard to study hard every day, even if she was interested, she had to rest.

He walked from the south of the city to the west of the city and then from the west of the city to the north of the city, like a mediocre idler, looking left and right to enjoy the street scenery and life, in fact, it was just a leisurely walk.

However, across the south of the city to the west of the city and then to the north of the city, this process is quite time-consuming, and it is not enough for ordinary people to walk for a day, but you can take a carriage, which is much easier.

The horse-drawn carriage in Lin'an City functions as much as a taxi, beckoning and stopping.

Of course, the price is relatively expensive, and ordinary people would rather walk by themselves than sit, Li Molan can be extravagant and extravagant with a little money now, and it doesn't hurt to sit.

Walk from the north of the city to the east of the city, and finally walk to the door of the Wudao Temple, and then you only need to cross Yichang Street to the south of the city, and you can go back to Wutong Lane.

Li Molan looked at the vendors and shops on the left and right leisurely, thinking about whether to buy some fat powder to bring to Qin Li, the big girl had lived with him for so many days, and it seemed that she couldn't say anything if she didn't give anything.

Humming a little song, I bought a fat powder box, which is said to be a certain brand of precious rouge, this kind of daughter's favorite things Li Molan doesn't understand, and is not interested in understanding, in his opinion, this kind of thing seems to be the same.

Anyway, the price is not cheap, so there is no problem in thinking about it.

Then I drank a cup of tea in the small teahouse on Chengbei Street, and I heard that the storyteller told me some legends about the Daoist Temple and the Taoist Gate on the White Lotus Holy Mountain, which was basically the same.

Li Molan walked out of the teahouse, walked through the noisy streets, and walked to the door of the Enlightenment Temple.

The hall of the office was still sparsely populated, but it seemed to be a little lively at the moment.

Li Molan glanced casually when she passed by the door, and was about to leave, but saw a young man stumbling out of it, his face anxious and uneasy, as if something terrible had happened.

The young man crashed into Li Molan impartially, but with how his body moved, the originally chaotic pace stopped with the whole person, and instead of knocking Li Molan to the ground, he himself fell to the ground with an "oops" because of the reaction force.

Li Molan raised her eyebrows and looked around, making sure that this should not be a premeditated thing - first, he didn't have a grudge against anyone, and second, his trip today was purely motivated, and where he went it all depended on his mood, so it wasn't carefully planned, right?

And even if you touch porcelain, you won't usually touch it at the door of the hall of the Wudaoyuan office, it should be just an accident.

"Right...... Sorry ......"

The young man's face was sad, and he repeated these words in a panic, and he struggled on the ground several times to get up.

Li Molan looked at him carefully, and made sure that he was just an ordinary-looking teenager.

I just don't know what's going on in the hall of the Enlightenment Academy's office, and I look so flustered.

Seeing that his legs were weak and his feet were weak, Li Molan handed it over and said, "It's okay, if there's something, it's your business." ”

With someone else taking a hand, the boy finally stood up and patted the dust off his clothes. At this time, a few scholars walked out of the hall, although they didn't say anything, but they all seemed to be a little sneering when they saw the young man's expression, and then they didn't say anything, and left directly.

"What did you encounter?"

In view of the strange expressions of those scholars, Li Molan was a little curious.

"I ...... I ......"

The young man looked a little uneasy, and said in a snort, "The price of goods in Lin'an City is too expensive...... I can't support the tuition at all, but I just came to Ancheng, and I have already spent the coil, and when I came to register today, I found that I accidentally spent a lot of the tuition fee, and now there is still a difference of ten taels of silver, I ...... I ......"

As he spoke, the boy almost burst into tears.

Li Molan probably understood the reason, this young man should not understand how unimaginable the prices in big cities are as he did at the beginning, but this young man inadvertently even used up the tuition fees, and now even if he pays the tuition, I'm afraid he won't have money to eat, right?

"You...... Can you ...... Excuse me...... Can you lend me ten taels of silver...... It's just ten taels, really, I'll definitely give it back to you......"

The boy was already in a hurry, and tears were almost about to fall out.

Ten taels of silver is naturally nothing to Li Molan, and no matter how cautious he is, the small incident in front of him doesn't seem to be able to connect with any big conspiracy against him, he is sure that this should be just an accident, so he nodded gently.

"Okay, ten taels of silver is really nothing, but what should you do next? After paying the tuition, where will you get the money to eat and sleep?"

Li Molan asked sharply.

"This ......" the boy was stunned.

"I can still get these small money, even if I am deceived, I should buy a lesson, I will give you thirty taels, you pay the tuition and go directly to live in the villages and towns outside Lin'an City, it is always cheaper, as for how you live in the future, you rely on yourself." Li Molan said calmly.

"Thank you so much, thank you so much!" the young man said in surprise, crying with joy, tears rolling in his eyes, Li Molan couldn't help laughing.

If you lose, you will be considered to be engaged in charity and accumulate virtue. He thought to himself.

After taking the silver tael, the young man wiped a handful of tears and said, "Engong, my name is Sun Baichuan." ”

"My name is ...... Li Molan, in addition, you don't need to call me Engong, it sounds weird. ”

"That'...... Little brother, don't worry, I will definitely pay you back this money. Sun Baichuan said seriously.

"A little money, why worry about it, of course you really want to pay it back, wait for me to wait for the day of the hospital assessment. Li Molan waved his hand.

The boy turned around, pinched the money and carried the package, and rushed into the hall of the office again.

Li Molan didn't mean to wait for him to come out, and walked directly through Yichang Street towards the south of the city.

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The opening assessment of the Enlightenment Academy is imminent, Li Molan finally lost the mind of supervising Qin Li's reading, and began to study hard, all the important books that have been inspected by the opening assessment of the Enlightenment Academy over the years have all been read by him over and over again, after all, everyone understands the truth of assault until midnight before the exam, although the scholar shirt boy believes in his own strength, but he inevitably wants to go to the temporary cramming.

When the spring rain was completely sprinkled, the people of Lin'an realized that spring seemed to be coming.

At this time, Lin'an will be much more lively than usual, because there are many scholars and Confucian students from various remote places in Beihai wearing clean and tidy clothes on the streets of Lin'an City, especially Yichang Street and the most lively north of the city, as if the entire Lin'an City is inexplicably more bookish.

Because this is the day of the opening of the Enlightenment Temple.

That is, the day when the five-year opening assessment begins.

Although the opening assessment of the Enlightenment Academy and the opening assessment of the White Lotus Sacred Mountain are all in these days, students with self-confidence can directly participate in the opening assessment immediately after being admitted to the Enlightenment Academy, and directly worship the White Lotus Sacred Mountain with their outstanding talents, and become true disciples of the Daomen.

But there aren't many such geniuses – and most people don't have that confidence.

More people will choose to study in the Enlightenment Academy for a longer period of time, those who have not advanced to the Enlightenment Realm will quickly break through the realm, and those who are about to reach the three realms will work harder, and then wait until they feel that they are almost there, and then go to participate in the mountain opening assessment.

Of course, generally speaking, if there is no talent, there are still very few who can succeed, and every five years, only a few heavenly pride can pass the test, and the loser can still only call himself a student of the Enlightenment Academy, rather than an upright disciple of the Daoist Sect - of course, even so, the title of the student of the Enlightenment Academy is more expensive than the gold from most of the Taoist sects.

A drizzling spring rain gradually stopped, and the early morning sky was just bright.

It's still very early, about six o'clock, but the streets outside are already full of people, this is not because Lin'an people have the habit of getting up early, but because the Wudao Academy is open today.

Today is the day of the opening of the academy assessment, and all the students who have signed up dream that they can pass the assessment and become a student of the Enlightenment Academy.

This is a glorious thing for the ancestors, and even attracted many young monks who were originally in the realm of enlightenment to leave the sect and go to Lin'an City, wanting to take the exam for a splendid future.

Although the truth is cruel, and the true pass rate is not one in ten, it still attracts scrutiny of scholars one after another - after all, many people study for the sake of cultivating.

On this day, the candidates got up early and gathered on the wide Yichang Street to wait for the opening ceremony of the Enlightenment Academy to begin, and then entered the Enlightenment Academy to start the exam.

Li Molan ate a bowl of meat wontons this morning, drank some wine, and handed over the grooming and dressing up to Qin Li.

Today is an important day after all, so you can't be careless.

On weekdays, it takes two hours to go to the temple by walking, but now I don't have that time.

Li Molan rented the carriage and sat down under Qin Li's very concerned gaze.

Li Molan waved her hand at Qin Li and gave her a confident look.

The coachman knew that the young scholar in his carriage was a young candidate who was going to the Wudao Academy to catch the exam, so he didn't dare to slack off, and with a wave of his whip, the carriage carried Li Molan out of Wutong Lane, and then headed towards the east of the city.