Time flies like a white horse, and soon it will be the end of the month.

Jiang Jie and Mr. Wu also returned from traveling, which made the Jiang family very happy.

"Applejack, tell your grandfather where you've been in the past two years." Jiang Laohan asked happily.

Jiang Jie: "My husband and I went to the East China Sea, then to South Vietnam, and also to Shudi. ”

"How did you get there?" Jiang Saburo asked.

"We followed the caravan first, and then we walked thousands of miles with the dart master." Jiang Jie talked eloquently and looked very old-fashioned.

Jiang Sanlang smiled and arched his hand to Mr. Wu: "Thank you Mr. for your love, my son has really grown a lot this time." ”

Mr. Wu smiled: "Children can't study behind closed doors, they can only experience the suffering of the world by walking all over the landscape, the old man decided to let Jiang Jie go down the county test in February next year, if he passes, he will be able to participate in the township test in three years." ”

Since he decided to teach him, he wanted to create a peerless genius.

If you can be lifted at the age of eleven or twelve, it will be a rare occurrence in a hundred years.

When the time comes, I want to see for myself, those old guys in the capital still dare to look down on him?

In the thirtieth year of the Chinese New Year's Eve, the Jiang family set up four tables of banquets.

The men in the family are at the same table with Mr. Wu and Zhang Min, and the girls are at the same table as Yingbao and Dani Erni and Hongxiao Qiu Rong.

Chun Niang and her mother-in-law, aunt Jiang Yunniang, and a few concubines at a table, and the other table is full of children, including Jiang Quan, Zhang Yuying, Zhang Xiaolang, and Jiang Jie, Jiang Wu, Yuanbao, Huzi, etc.

Sakura took out her own wine and peach juice and distributed them to the four tables.

She wanted to take out a watermelon, but she didn't dare.

The watermelons in the cave, after her many cultivation and improvement, have grown from the size of the original fist to the size of a basin, which is very sweet and delicious.

It's a pity that no one grows this melon here, otherwise she would have brought one out for everyone to taste.

After eating the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, the three Jiang Sanlang brothers went to change the door charm, and the children all went outside to run and play.

Lanterns hang in front of the house, illuminating the night.

Jiang Saburo also paid to hang lanterns on the village road to facilitate the children to keep the New Year and play.

Jiang Jie and Jiang Wu brothers are still inseparable when they get together, and they still play crazy with the children in the village.

Because Jiang Jie was going to take the county exam in February, Yingbao didn't have time to play, so he pondered the exam tools for his younger brother every day.

For this reason, she also went to consult Li Xu about what to put in the test basket.

As for the precautions in the examination room, Mr. Wu explained to Jiang Jie.

After the fifth year of junior high school, Yingbao found someone to customize an exam basket for his younger brother that a child could carry, and tied a strap to the exam basket.

Because the younger brother had to carry the test basket on his own when he entered the examination room, and if he couldn't carry it, he could still carry it on his shoulder with a strap.

There are pens, ink, paper, inkstones, books, paper, etc., as well as some food and medicine powder.

A drinking kettle is also essential, as well as a tarpaulin to protect against the weather, and a candle and wind lamp.

Li Xu also said that he must bring a few long nails and a hammer, and use a tarpaulin to block the mouth of the trumpet at night, otherwise it will be too cold and he will not be able to sleep at all.

As soon as Sakura heard this, he made some pills for his younger brother, which were larger than soybean grains, which could treat gastrointestinal discomfort, colds and flu.

Because the county examination took five times in a row, it lasted more than ten days, and each one entered the number in the early morning, and the next morning the paper was collected and left the examination room.

There is a day between each exam, and the next day when you are still ugly, you enter the exam room, and the next day you come out.

After five exams, you can go home and wait for news.

If the candidate is not well prepared, he or she is likely to collapse from frostbite.

The weather in February is still relatively cold, and my younger brother is young, so he has to stay in the number for a day and two nights for every exam, so he can't stand it.

So you have to prepare him with a large cotton cape, preferably to cover the whole body.

You have to bring him a hand warmer, otherwise his hands will freeze and he won't be able to write.

You also have to prepare a mask, and if the lottery hits the place near the toilet, it must not be smoked.

While thinking about it, Ying Bao made a large bag of finger-sized snacks with Wuding Zhi and red date flour and Poria cocos, and left it for his younger brother to eat when he was hungry.

A small charcoal stove and a kettle for boiling water must also be prepared, as must the signature of scissors and wicks, and a bench.

Because my younger brother is short, he can't reach the ground with his feet in the number and doesn't bring a stool, so it is estimated that he can't even reach and write.

When everything is ready, it is just in time for the first month.

Jiang Jie followed Mr. Wu to the county seat, met with several candidates who had formed a guarantee, and also went to visit the students who were guaranteeing him. These things were all handled by Mr. Wu, and Jiang Saburo and his wife did not worry about it.

Chun Niang and her daughter also went to the county seat with them and lived in their own house.

After Sakura Bao entered the county seat, he didn't go to the medical office, or even the specialty shop, so he ran to the place where the candidates gathered alone and asked what others were preparing for the exam.

On the day of the exam, Chunniang and her daughter got up early to cook a meal for Jiang Jie and Mr. Wu, and then sent Jiang Jie to the examination room.

At this time, when it was ugly, the road was dark, and when I arrived outside the examination room, I saw that the lights were bright, and it was full of people who came to send candidates into the examination room.

Carrying lanterns, or holding quilts and books, they looked anxiously at the dragon gate in the distance.

There are officials guarding the entrance of the dragon, checking and checking the candidates' household registration and examination certificates one by one.

Jiang Jie carried a heavy test box on his back and followed the crowd inside, but because he was too short, he was quickly drowned in the flow of people.

Chun Niang, her daughter and Mr. Wu sat in the carriage and kept watch until all the candidates entered the dragon gate and the dragon gate was closed, and then drove the carriage home.

At this time, it was not yet dawn, and Yingbao climbed on the kang again to sleep, but Chunniang couldn't sleep, so she simply sat on the kang and sewed clothes.

Mr. Wu said that when Jiang Jie was admitted to Xiucai, he would have to wear a cyan robe, and he could no longer wear a little doll's clothes like before, and the short beats of the top and bottom pants would not work, which was extremely disrespectful.

So Chun Niang used a piece of home-dyed blue cotton cloth to make a small cotton robe for her son, and she also had to make a jacket robe for spring and autumn days.

Mr. Wu also went to sleep, and did not wake up until almost noon, washed up and eaten, and went out of the courtyard alone with his hands behind his back, and went to walk around the examination room and listen to the gossip on the street.

Hearing this, he frowned.

Many people are rumoring that there is a demon in Dongchen Village, Chuanhe Town, who lives by absorbing people's essence.

This news has been spread by people with noses and eyes, and there is also a demon name among them, called Jiang Yingbao.

Mr. Wu was angry when he heard this, and pointed at a person on the spot and scolded angrily: "What are you!" Dare to slander people at will, go! Let's go to the government with the old man, let's talk about it. ”

The man struggled and shouted, "I'm not the only one who said this, why can't you just get along with me?" ”

"Tell me, then, where did you hear this rumor?" Mr. Wu grabbed this person's collar and said, "Dare to say a lie, the old man will let you sit in prison!" ”