In the blink of an eye, it was late October, and this day was the day of enrollment in Yanying School in Mudu Town, which was popularly said, it was Xiaoshengchu.

In the Song Dynasty, the style of learning was extremely prosperous, and education was developed, especially in the Jiangnan area, almost every village had a primary school, and a Mr. Dong Yan led a group of young children to study.

After three years of studying, if the child's qualifications are okay and he can continue to study, and his family conditions allow, he will go to the township to study in a formal school.

However, the township school is only a universal nature, and the possibility of being admitted to the county school is extremely low, and the vast majority of children go home to work as farmers after they come out.

For example, Fan Ning's father, Fan Tiezhou, graduated from the township school and couldn't get into the county school, so he had to go home to be a fisherman.

In Fanning's memory, his father often sighed about it, and his mother said that it was a scar in his father's heart that had been difficult to heal.

If the family is better and wants to let the child get ahead, he will generally choose a famous private school.

It's just that the number of places in this kind of private famous school is relatively small, and admission by examination is required, so every year when the famous school enrolls students, students from all over the country come to apply for the examination, and the competition is extremely fierce.

In the past, Fan Dudu didn't even have the opportunity to go to the countryside to run a school, but in the past few months, Fan Ning has shown an amazing talent for reading, which has made his parents place hope in him again.

Although the family is poor, his father made a decision, even if he sold land and houses, he had to provide for his son to go to a private school.

Today, Fan Ning is not the only one in Jiangwan Village to take the exam, there are a total of eight children, all of whom are taken by their fathers, and the village has specially arranged three boats to send them to the town.

When they came to the small pier, everyone had already arrived, and a child looked back and saw Fanning, and asked a little strangely, "Dumb, why are you here too?" ”

Fanning raised the bag in his hand, "Of course it's to go to the town for the exam!" ”

This sentence caused an uproar in everyone, and sixteen pairs of eyes looked at Fanning and his son in unison, with all kinds of eyes, surprise, ridicule, ridicule, but more contempt.

"Brother Tie Zhou, your dumb family is really not reading material, why do you have to gamble on this tone!"

This is a slightly better relationship, knowing that it must be Fan Tiezhou's bull temper.

"It's nothing, just give it a try, if it doesn't work, forget it." Fan Tiezhou also explained with a smile.

"It's really ridiculous, no matter if a cat or a dog has to go to Yanying Academy, what do they think Yanying Academy is?"

Fanning didn't want to continue pretending to be stupid today, he smiled faintly, "Yes! No matter whether it is a cat or a dog, you have to go to Kaoyanying Academy. ”

"You..... How do you speak! ”

"Uncle Zhao, I'm just repeating your words."

"Ridiculous! Ridiculous! ”

Jiang Yuanwai next to him was heartbroken, and shook his head again and again, "I can't even write my own name, and I dare to take the exam, and in the end, I will lose the face of our Jiang Wan Village!" ”

Fan Ning despised this Jiang Yuanwai the most, stingy, mean-spoken, and self-righteous.

He immediately said-for-tat: "Since this is the case, Jiang Yuanwai should not take Ling Lang there, so as not to disgrace Jiang Wan Village!" ”

Jiang Yuanwai was so angry that he smoked, and a parent next to him pulled him, "What is there to say to him, this little kid, everyone knows it, if he can be admitted to the school, then my family Feng'er will be able to be admitted to the top prize!" ”

Fanning was about to fight back, but his father next to him pulled him and told him not to say any more.

At this time, Fan Tiezhou's face became darker and darker, and finally turned into a purple eggplant, he bit his lip tightly and said nothing, and a wave of anger was held in his heart.

If it weren't for the fear of affecting his son's exam today, he would have smashed it with an old fist.

Fanning sneered, instead of sharpening his mouth, it was better to slap his face with facts.

At this time, the sound of pulp came, and the three small boats finally came, and everyone got on the boat, and no one wanted to sit in the same boat with the Fan family father and son, for fear of being contaminated with bad luck and causing them to fail the exam.

The boat moved slowly in the river, and the villagers in the two boats in front were discussing today's exam, and the sound drifted with the light veil of morning mist.

"Jiang Yuanwai, I heard that we are only recruiting thirty students this year, do you think we have a chance?"

"It's hard! Last year, more than 1,000 people competed for 30 places, and the competition was fierce, and none of our village were admitted, who knows this year? It's up to you! ”

Amid the whispers of the crowd, the paddles swept through the waves, and the boat sailed through the thick white fog towards the town of Mudu, ten miles away.

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Mudu Town is a big town, located at the foot of Lingyan Mountain, 20 miles away in the southwest of Wu County, with a population of nearly 1,000 households, convenient transportation, developed commerce, and a very strong cultural atmosphere.

Not only that, but there are also dragons and crouching tigers hidden in the town, and there are many dignitaries and nobles living in it.

There are many schools in the town, including social studies, private schools, official schools, and private schools founded by famous Confucians, the most famous of which is Yanying School.

The founder is a retired official, named after him, and it has been thirty years now.

Nine students who come out every year can be admitted to the county school, and there are also four jinshi, which is one of the three famous private schools in Pingjiang Province.

Today is the autumn and winter enrollment day of Yanying Academy, and thousands of students and their families from Shili and Eight Townships in Wu County are crowded in Mudu Town.

Most of them set out in the middle of the night and arrived in the town early in the morning, and there were also many students from Kunshan and Wujiang counties, who would stay in the town's inn for the night so as not to delay the exams.

When Fanning's boat arrived at the dock, it was already relatively late, and the dock was noisy and full of people.

On the banks of the river, hundreds of small boats were crowded together, so that they could not go ashore directly, so they had to borrow other small boats to go ashore.

The boat slowly stopped, and everyone got up and walked to the shore.

At this time, a painting boat next to it came slowly, and there stood a boy of six or seven years old in the bow of the boat, with red lips and white teeth, and was unusually handsome, wearing a straight jacket made of moon-white lake silk, wearing a leather belt around his waist, wearing a scholar's scarf, and a pair of small leather boots on his feet, and a short sword with exquisite workmanship at his waist.

Fanning suddenly felt that he was a little familiar, as if he had seen it somewhere?

Next to the boy stood a little maid of about the same age, who was chattering about something, and seemed very excited.

At this moment, out of the cabin came a woman with a sword in a black samurai uniform, in her early twenties, with a pretty face, apricot eyes and indifference, and her body was full of murderous intent.

But when she completely walked out of the cabin, she immediately looked different, only to see that she was more than 1.8 meters tall, standing at the bow of the boat extremely tall and eye-catching.

Fan Ning was stunned for a moment, isn't this the big sword woman he met in the capital?

Fan Ning suddenly thought of something, and hurriedly looked at the boy, this time Fan Ning recognized it, sure enough, it was the little Lori, but after she put on men's clothes, her appearance changed a lot, and the waist was not the original sword, no wonder I didn't recognize her just now.

Fanning couldn't help but laugh, this world is really small! I actually encountered it again in Mudu.

The boat slowly stopped on a special dock, where an old butler and a few housekeepers were waiting for him, respectfully welcoming the little Lori on the boat ashore.

"Is my grandfather here?" Little Lori asked a little unhappily.

"The old man has already arrived, and he has been waiting for Xiao Yanei!"

At this time, little Lori's big black and white eyes fell on Fanning, her eyes lit up, and a smile appeared at the corner of her mouth.

Fanning smiled and waved at her, but little Lori snorted softly, raised her head disdainfully, and went ashore surrounded by everyone.

She got into a very ornate carriage, which was escorted by several horseback attendants into the distance.

Fanning's hands froze in mid-air, it was really a bit embarrassing, this dead little lady didn't change her nature, and she pretended not to know her so soon?

"Let's go! This kind of rich family has nothing to do with us. ”

Fan Tiezhou saw it in his eyes, and saw that his son was embarrassed, so he pulled him sympathetically, Fan Ning went ashore in a huff, and the father and son walked in the direction of the school.

Fan Tiezhou registered his son a few days ago, Fan Ning only needs to go to the exam, Fan Tiezhou took out a bamboo card and handed it to his son, and instructed him: "Be careful, write slowly, Daddy is waiting for you outside, and we will go to eat after the exam." ”

Fanning nodded, "The kid is gone!" ”

He walked towards the main entrance of the school with his bookbag on his back, there were too many candidates, and the Yanying Academy alone could not accommodate it, and the Yanying Academy borrowed several other schools as examination rooms at the same time.

Fan Ning's exam number is A74, and he also took the exam in Yanying Academy.

However, this kind of entrance examination and the imperial examination can not be compared, the management is not so strict, you can cheat, but the cost is too great, if you are exposed after the examination, not only will you be expelled from the school, but also your reputation will be damaged, in the Song Dynasty, which values reputation very much, this is a major event that you can't raise your head in your life.

They are all villagers, everyone knows the roots, and almost no one can cheat.

Fanning handed over the bamboo sign to an old gentleman at the door, and the old gentleman smiled and pointed to the first room on the left, "Interview first!" ”

"Thank you, sir!"

Fanning bowed to the old gentleman before walking inside the gate.

The old gentleman looked at Fanning's back and nodded, "The son can be taught!" ”

Walking into the courtyard, I saw that more than a dozen candidates had lined up in two lines, and everyone was whispering and discussing something.

"Dumb, this is not where you came, get out!"

A fierce voice came from the group, and Fanning realized that there were two people he knew in the group.

One is Jiang Yuanwai's son Jiang Agui, who is tall and fat, the fat on his cheeks is dragging on his face, and a pair of small eyes the size of mung beans are flashing with fierce light.

The other person is called Zhao Xiaoyi, who is the opposite, small and thin, like a monkey, he is Jiang Agui's dogleg.

The two of them mixed together all day long to bully the weak, and it is estimated that Fan Dudu was not less bullied by them in the past.

Fanning ignored them and lined up directly at the back of the line.

Jiang Agui saw that Fan Ning ignored him, and his face was immediately full of anger, if it was before, he would have rushed up and beaten him hard, but today he didn't dare.

He suddenly rolled his eyes, pointed at Fan Ning and smiled at everyone: "This is a famous fool in our village, called Fan Nerd, he can't even write his own name, he actually came to Kaoyanying Academy, do you think it's funny." ”

More than a dozen pairs of eyes looked at Fanning together, their eyes were full of surprise and confusion, the fool actually came to the exam, what was going on?

Zhao Xiaoyi was so proud that he stomped his feet and laughed.

Fanning looked calm, ignoring the performance of the two bastards.

At this time, the door suddenly opened, and an examiner came out and said angrily: "Don't make noise, whoever makes any more noise will be disqualified from the exam!" ”

Zhao Xiaoyi's laughter stopped abruptly, and he hurriedly lowered his head, Jiang Agui also lowered his head, but glared at Fan Ning fiercely.

"Let's all go in!"

The examiner put this batch of fifteen candidates into it, and arranged them smoothly according to their height, Fan Ning was the second-to-last, and Jiang Agui was the highest, ranking last.

The interview hall is very spacious, and there are three gentlemen sitting in front of them, their faces are expressionless, all three of them are wearing shirts, the left and right are wearing cloth crowns, and the middle is an old man wearing a black gauze hat.

The Song Dynasty's black gauze hat and wings are official hats, and this old man's black gauze hat is just a regular wear, but it still shows that he is different.

"The first Zhao Xiaoyi!"

Zhao Xiaoyi is the thinnest, and his name ranks first.

He stepped forward and, under the guidance of the examiner, took out a lottery from the small basket on the table, which was his exam question, and handed it to the examiner.

The examiner glanced at the question and said lightly: "Recite the surnames of hundreds of families, let's start!" ”

Perhaps because he was too nervous, Zhao Xiaoyi stammered and paused in several places.

"Zhu Qin You Xu, He Lu Shi Zhang. Kong Cao Yanhua, Jin Wei Tao Jiang. Qi Xie Zou Yu, Bai Shui Dou Zhang. Yunsu Pange, Xi Fan Penglang. Lu Weichangma, Miao Fenghua Fang ......"

Fan Ning shook his head secretly, even the simplest "Hundred Family Names" was so difficult to memorize, it was estimated that it was enough to choke.

Zhao Xiaoyi memorized almost half of "Hundred Family Names", and the examiner finally asked him to stop, and the examiner next to him gave him a note, "Go!" Outside listen to the results. ”

Zhao Xiaoyi accepted the verdict of fate with one foot and one foot shallow, but Fan Ning was a little strange, could he have finished the exam like this? It's too easy, isn't it?

"The next Yang Shun!"

Fan Ning quickly glanced at Jiang Agui behind him from the corner of his eye, and saw that his face was full of panic and trembling with nervousness, and he couldn't care about laughing at Fan Ning at this time.

The next candidate stepped forward, without commanding, directly pulled out a sign from the basket on the table and handed it to the examiner.

"It's the Analects, I say a word, you continue to memorize, I'll stop if you want to stop!"

Fanning had already understood the process, he looked at the small basket, and he didn't know what kind of exam questions he could draw?

The interview went quickly, and it was his turn half an hour later, and Fanning took a deep breath to calm the tension in his heart.

He stepped forward and saw that the small basket on the table was densely packed with at least a few hundred bookmarks, each with a small strip of cloth that was easy to pull.

The examiner above looked at his name, slightly stunned, and a complicated look flashed in his eyes.

Fanning was about to draw lots, but the examiner stopped him, "You don't need to draw lots, I'll give you a question!" ”