On February 17, the ninth year of orthodoxy, there were still two days left before the county exam, and his mother Shen had already helped Shen Yichen prepare daily necessities such as food, warm clothes, etc.

One of the most eye-catching is a pack of hard-boiled red eggs, Shen doesn't have much culture, and she doesn't know such a lofty meaning as the Six Rites Bundle, so she thinks that red eggs can please some good fortune.

Looking at the things prepared by his mother, Shen Yichen was moved and amused, the county exam is different from the township exam and the general exam, and it will not take the exam for several days in a row.

I go in the morning and come out the same day, and I don't stay overnight in the exam room, so I only need to prepare three meals a day.

Even if you are hungry and have a good pre-test mentality to eat breakfast, then you can be hungry for a meal at noon and come out to eat at night, and you can not bring any food at all.

And the county exam theoretically has to be tested five, that is to say, it takes five days, in fact, the most important thing is the first eight-share text, and the remaining four are the icing on the cake exam.

Because as long as you can pass the first main game, you have already obtained the qualification for the next stage of the government examination. There are some relatively young and frivolous scholars, after getting the qualification for the government examination, they are too lazy to write seriously in the next four games, and they just make do with it and leave.

Of course, "the line in the mother's hand, the wanderer's shirt", these things are a mother's heart, Shen Yichen took it with a smile, and went to the county examination site alone - Xiajiang examination shed.

Not only Shen Yichen, but at this moment, the schoolchildren in the entire Jiangning County have gathered in the inns and restaurants around the examination room, and there are probably thousands of people.

Under normal circumstances, the number of schoolchildren in a county is not as exaggerated as thousands, but after all, Nanjing was one of the two capitals of the Ming Dynasty, and its economic strength was relatively strong, and many families supported a scholar.

There is also the fact that Jiangnan has been at the peak of literary style since ancient times, and there are countless families of imperial examinations, which leads to a large number of schoolchildren for reference, which is also one of the important reasons why the imperial examinations in the Ming Dynasty were divided into north and south lists.

Shen Yichen came to a more familiar inn to stay, although his home is not very far from the examination room, but the ancient car and horse traffic is too slow, and the house will waste a lot of round-trip time every day, so it is better to stay in the inn.

"Hey, Yichen, I've been waiting for you for a long time, why are you here now?"

Shen Yichen chose to stay at the inn one day before the county exam, while Zhao Hongjie had already moved in three days ago.

The reason is that the time of the county exam every year is the moment to leave home justifiably, free from the various rules and regulations at home, which is like heaven for Zhao Hongjie.

It's just that Shen Yichen, who also left home early in previous years, has not appeared this year. Zhao Hongjie has been sitting in the hall of the inn for two days, watching the schoolchildren coming and going for a long time, and finally waited for Shen Yichen to arrive!

"I'm only taking the exam tomorrow, why are you here so early?"

"Why do you need to ask? Of course, it's out to play! ”

Zhao Hongjie's eyes widened, with an unteachable expression, Shen Yichen was really stupid to read during this time, and he forgot about the carnival moment twice in three years.

"I kind of understand, why are you still a schoolchild......

Isn't this the same logic as what to sleep on the night before the college entrance examination and get up?

“……”

This sentence made Zhao Hongjie speechless.

did not continue to deal with Zhao Hongjie, Shen Yichen carried his luggage and the inn junior second, and went to the check-in room together.

Shen Yichen chose a low-end single room, and it costs 50 yuan a day to stay. In terms of rice pricing, it is roughly equivalent to 50 yuan a day in modern times.

However, since the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, with the continuous mining and inflow of silver, the price of silver has been greatly reduced, and one or two coins may be discounted by five compared with the early and middle Ming Dynasty. During the Qing Dynasty, the value of one or two coins was even lower to two folds.

In terms of purchasing power alone, this single-day house price is on the expensive side for ordinary people. However, the scarcity is expensive, and thousands of schoolchildren poured in at once, and the inns were overcrowded, and naturally the housing prices rose with the tide.

Fortunately, Shen Yichen is a regular guest here, and at the same time, the group of difficult brothers and sisters in the outer courtyard of the Chengguo Mansion need to be "chartered" in this inn twice every three years, otherwise they can't live at this price.

After putting away the luggage and sitting in the room for a while, Shen Yichen felt a little bored. At this point in time, let him calm down and read the book, he didn't have that state of mind, so he hesitated for a moment, and went to the hall to see if Zhao Hongjie was still there.

Sure enough, it's not unreasonable to get up before the exam, otherwise I really don't know what to do......

It's just that Shen Yichen returned to the hall again, and he saw not only Zhao Hongjie alone, but also Li Da's small group in the outer courtyard, which was unilaterally chatting hotly.

Why not both sides? Because Zhao Hongjie was like a little weak chicken, caught in the middle by Li Da and others, the smile on his face was even more ugly than crying.

"Brother Xian, you're bullying your classmates again."

Although Zhao Hongjie's rotten wood cannot be carved, as a friend, Shen Yichen can't watch him being bullied and choose to turn a blind eye. So he walked over and patted Li Da on the shoulder, and sat down with a big grin.

Seeing Shen Yichen appear, Zhao Hongjie seemed to see a savior coming, and his expression was aggrieved as if he was about to cry, and immediately leaned closer.

After all, this is not a school now, and without the protection of the teacher and the family rules of the Chengguo Mansion, if you really want to be beaten up by Li Da and them, you can't find a place to reason.

"How many times have I told you, don't use that title!"

Li Da lowered his voice and almost gritted his teeth to say this sentence, since that day's poetry meeting, Shen Yichen has used this title every time he sees him.

When people are young, they can still bear it, in public, they have so many younger brothers present, and they are called virtuous brothers, do you want to lose face?

"Aren't you a self-proclaimed husband, and you plan to be untrustworthy?"

Shen Yichen didn't care about Li Da's jumping feet at all, but stared at him with a smile, this kind of protest was not the first time it happened, anyway, in the end, this kid honestly compromised.

Sure enough, hearing Shen Yichen's words, Li Da was like a frosted eggplant, without his previous momentum.

Seeing Li Dayan, Shen Yichen didn't continue to tease, in fact, after slowly getting in touch during this time, his impression of Li Dayan has changed a lot, or he found that the other party is not so bad in nature.

Take the matter of "virtuous brother" as an example, each of them is just a joke in the poetry meeting that day, and if it is Shen Yichen himself, it is estimated that he will not seriously abide by it afterwards. But Li Da was true to his word, no matter how unconvinced he was, he gritted his teeth and admitted it.

In addition, Shen Yichen has been in the Ming Dynasty for a long time, and he has also seen what is called a feudal society where people eat people, compared with all kinds of official eunuchs who bully men and women, Li Da does not prostitute or gamble, and does not do great evil, and he does not cause trouble outside after school every day, so he dances and plays with guns in the mansion by himself.

There is also this kid who regards the second master and grandfather Yue as idols, and says at every turn that he wants to be a hero like them. So every time Li Da wanted to cause trouble or was not convinced, Shen Yichen would take out the words "big husband" and tease, and basically reaped miraculous results.

In longitudinal comparison, there must be a lot of people who have better ideological and moral character than Li Da. But horizontally comparing the children of the eunuchs of the same class, Li Da has far exceeded the passing line in feudal society.

"Okay, if it's okay, Zhao Hongjie, let's change the table and eat."

Shen Yichen patted Zhao Hongjie and motioned for him to get up and leave, and went to another table with him to eat.

Although the impression of Li Da is not so bad, it does not mean that the relationship between the two parties is good, and it is best to maintain a state where well water does not interfere with river water.

"Shen Yichen, are you going to eat at this inn?"

Hearing Shen Yichen ask Zhao Hongjie to eat, Li Da opened his mouth and asked rhetorically.

"yes, what's wrong?"

"What is there to eat in this inn pig food, tomorrow is the county exam, and I will take you to Zuixianlou for my brother to have a good meal!"

With a wave of his hand, Li Da invited Shen Yichen to go outside to the restaurant.

After all, at the poetry meeting, Shen Yichen's appearance was no less than his own, and he was also a classmate, so he was generous today.

"Brother Xian treats, if I refuse, it will be disrespectful."

In the matter of brothers, Shen Yichen also has his own paranoia, anyway, he can't let Li Da, this kid, take advantage.

"What about me?"

Hearing that Li Da invited Shen Yichen, Zhao Hongjie asked pitifully, if his classmates were gone, he would be left alone in the inn, it would be too lonely and miserable.

"Let's go together, your virtue has really disgraced the face of our generals!"

Every time he saw Zhao Hongjie's weak look, Li Da was angry, and the disciples of the military generals family should hold their heads high and be magnificent, like this kid.

It's just that Li Da didn't think that the more he looked at Zhao Hongjie and got angry, the more afraid the other party was of him, forming a vicious circle.

"Bullying, your behavior has not earned any face for the children of military generals."

Shen Yichen had never coaxed Li Da before, and now he will not get used to him, everyone's personality is different, and the identity of becoming a general's son is not something Zhao Hongjie can choose.

is like his former self, maybe in the eyes of Cheng Guogong, he also embarrassed the children of Xun Qi.

"I ......"

Li Da wanted to explain, but if he thought about it carefully, it seemed that bullying the weak was indeed not the work of a big husband. Seeing that the county exam is going tomorrow, I won't worry about Shen Yichen.

So he shook his sleeves and turned around, strode out of the inn, and walked in the direction of the Drunken Immortal Tower.

At the same time, the white fat man Zhang Qi ran two steps quickly, caught up with Li Da and asked, "Brother Da, why are you putting up with Shen Yichen's maid everywhere now?" ”

"yes,, what the hell is going on."

"It's not a home school now, and I don't have a husband as a backer, so I don't need to get used to him."

Not only Zhang Qi, but also other students from the outer courtyard also echoed.

In the past two months, Li Da seems to have changed as a person, not to mention taking the initiative to find trouble in the face of Shen Yichen. Even when the other party made jokes and jokes, he chose to swallow his anger.

In the past, it was in the home school, and it could be explained that I was afraid that my husband would be punished by the family rules, and I had to settle down. Now that they're in the inn, why is this still the case?

Didn't this maid give birth to a son who relied on poetry to make a bit of a splash, and was not included in the genealogy by Chengguo Gong, Li Da was really afraid of him for no reason, right?