It is only the middle of the first month, and there is still a month or two before the Sheng family moves to Bianjing, and Wei Chen and Sheng Changbai will also have to stay in Youyang for a while.

Therefore, Zhuang Jun was not in a hurry to leave, just waited for Wei Chen and Sheng Changbai to finish the exam, and then went to Yangzhou to meet with the Sheng family's army and take a boat into Beijing together.

Out of the lakeside courtyard, Wei Chen went to visit his senior brother Shendu's mansion again, and told him about Zhuang Jun's decision not to enter Beijing in the future.

Shen Du regretted this, but still expressed his respect for the teacher's wishes, and just hoped that on the day Zhuang Jun left, Wei Chen could notify him and go to see him off.

Wei Chen did not allow it.

The senior brothers chatted for a while, and Wei Chen saw that it was not too early, so he got up and said goodbye.

He wanted to go to the Sheng family trading house in the city again to see how amber wine was sold, but after thinking about it, he dispelled the idea.

Wei Chen decided to slowly get out of the business of the wine shop, and let Wei Ruyi and Zhang Ming come forward more, which is also a common practice in officialdom.

It's best to even hand over the part of the winery to Wei Ruyi and Zhang Ming, and Wei Chen is completely hidden behind the scenes, so that there will be a lot of trouble in the future.

After returning from Jiangning, Wei Chen found his aunt and uncle, told him his plan, and then began to study hard behind closed doors with Sheng Changbai and Sheng Changfeng to prepare for the annual exam.

However, people live in this world, there will always be unavoidable troubles, and Wei Chen is inevitably vulgar.

Before and after the Lantern Festival, the threshold of Wei Chen's house was almost broken, and many candidates who were related to Wei Chen came to the door one after another, asking Wei Chen to try to protect their county.

In just two or three days, there were hundreds of candidates who came to visit, which made Wei Chen annoyed.

This is also no way, there are dozens of students in the county, and there are only a few people who can really protect the candidates.

Especially Wei Chen is still a little Sanyuan who has tried three times, and many people ask Wei Chen as a guarantee, but they also want to rub off on Wei Chen's temperament.

Among them, there are people from the Wei clan in Xiyin Village, relatives of the Sheng family, and many old classmates of the Sheng family when they were studying.

It's all human favors, and they can't shirk it, and Wei Chen can only be patient, receive them one by one, and promise to guarantee them.

Thinking that he was still busy preparing for the county exam like these candidates a year ago, but now he was able to protect them, Wei Chen's feeling in his heart was also quite amazing.

According to the rules, one person should give one or two pieces of silver as a thank-you gift. Wei Chen's family now has a lot of money, and there is no shortage of money to protect him, but if people really want to send it, Wei Chen will not refuse. After all, it is a heart, and pushing it out hurts.

The thank-you gifts added up before and after, and Wei Chen also received dozens of taels of silver in his account.

Of course, those candidates from poor families, when Wei Chen guaranteed them, he didn't take a penny.

When these people come to the county seat, they will have to pay a lot of money for the guest house alone, plus the cost of pen, ink and paper, and they will have to spend more than half a year's savings to participate in a children's examination.

Wei Chen himself is also from a hard background, knowing that these candidates are not easy, anyway, he doesn't care about these three melons and two dates, so he should do something good to give back to the township.

Although Wei Chen just did it casually, in the eyes of the beneficiaries, it was a real act of kindness, and all the poor candidates in Youyang were grateful to Wei Chen.

Although they were shy in their pockets, they still brought some gifts to thank Wei Chen, they were all native products of the countryside, not worth a few dollars, but the portions were very large, and the large bags and small bags were piled up high in the gatehouse.

Sheng Changbai saw this mountain-like gift, and he was also secretly stunned, although he didn't care about these gifts, he understood the meaning behind these gifts.

This is all people's hope!

Last year, there was only one place for students in the school, which was occupied by Wei Chen, Sheng Changbai in order to enter the school, but now it is just a proliferation, so naturally he can't guarantee people, and even Sheng Changfeng asked Wei Chen to guarantee this county test.

Originally, Sheng Changbai didn't care if he was a student or not, he just wanted to be able to enter the house to study, but now seeing Wei Chen's treatment as a student, he was really a little envious.

Soon it was the day of the prefectural examination in February.

Sheng Changfeng got up on the fourth watch, Wei Chen and Sheng Changbai also got up, Wei Chen is a Bao Bao, and he had to accompany him to the examination room, Sheng Changbai, as an elder brother, felt that he was also obliged to send the exam.

After getting up, Wei Chen and Sheng Changbai couldn't help but smile at each other when they saw the panda eyes on Sheng Changfeng's face, they were all from here, and they naturally knew that Sheng Changfeng was afraid that he was nervous before the exam, and he didn't sleep well all night last night.

Soon, Wei Ruyi brought them a large plate of food, and specially boiled a soft-boiled egg and mixed it with the rest of the eggs.

Sheng Changfeng picked one up casually, peeled off the eggshell and looked at it, and immediately looked up proudly and laughed: "Haha, heart-warming!" ”

Wei Chen and Sheng Changbai congratulated with a smile: "Such a good sign, it seems that you have won the decision this time!" ”

After breakfast, the three of them took a carriage to the county office, the sky was starry, and the ground was full of traffic.

When Sheng Changfeng arrived outside the county office, he completely lost the confidence he had when he ate the soft-boiled eggs, standing there nervous, and his legs and stomach couldn't help but tremble.

Sheng Changbai patted him on the shoulder and encouraged: "You have studied hard in the past few months, and your hard work is not deep, as long as you take the test normally today, and take out the eight things on weekdays, I will guarantee that you will win!" ”

"Understood."

Sheng Changfeng took a deep breath and nodded vigorously, then plucked up his courage and stepped into the examination room without hesitation.

Seeing Sheng Changfeng's figure disappear behind the dragon gate, Sheng Changbai stood outside the examination room and stopped for a while, until all the candidates had entered the hall, and then returned home under the urging of Wei Chen.

In the blink of an eye, it was the day of the eucalyptus, Wei Chen and Sheng Changbai were sitting in the attic, correcting each other's just-finished texts.

"Hit, hit, I'm hit!"

The door was pushed open, Sheng Changfeng stumbled in, and said with a happy face: "Two brothers, I've been hit!" ”

Sheng Changbai kept his hands on it, raised his head and asked, "How many places did you take the exam?" ”

Sheng Changfeng looked excited: "Thirty-fifth in the county exam, I didn't expect me to do so well in the exam!" ”

Wei Chen smiled: "Yo, thirty-five? That's a big deal! ”

Sheng Changbai said softly: "What's the big deal, last year I was the third, you were the first, who is the thirty-fifth, Xingyun, do you remember?" ”

"Forehead......" Wei Chen was speechless for a while.

As for Sheng Changfeng, the excitement just now was like a punctured pig urine bubble, and he sat down on the chair and said weakly: "Second brother, I won't take you to hit people like this!" ”

Sheng Changbai shook his head, and said with a straight face: "Changfeng, do you know, in fact, Xingyun has changed the volume for you these days, all of which are speculating on Youyang County's preferences, and specially changed it for you?" ”

"Huh?"

Sheng Changfeng's mouth suddenly opened wide.

First, he was surprised by Wei Chen's vast magical powers, and even figured out the preferences of the county honor.

The second is to be annoyed by his uselessness, Wei Chen has done it for him, he actually only took the thirty-five exam.

Seeing Sheng Changfeng's frustration, Wei Chen glanced at Sheng Changbai helplessly.

Before Sheng Changfeng's exam, looking at Sheng Changbai's concerned look, Wei Chen wondered if he wanted to enter the examination room for Sheng Changfeng.

When Sheng Changfeng got the results, Sheng Changbai was obviously so happy in his heart that he was dying, but he still had to pretend to be dissatisfied with a strained face.

Where is this brother, it's just a brother!