When I returned home, I saw my mother's scorched hair and tired face. After a little thought in his heart, Li Zhongming was ready to agree. It has been so hard for my mother to support herself for the past four years.

If he can continue his studies, the price will be to exhaust his mother's hard work and exhaust the family's resources. He would rather never respond to the show for the rest of his life than do it!

Nowadays, although I have to go to home to study, it is still difficult to come across such a well-paid opportunity. If you don't cherish it, watch such a good opportunity slip out of your hands. So when will the next such good opportunity wait? Where to find it?

And the gossip and discussion of others, what can they do? After all, he is only studying with him, and he is not selling himself as a slave, which does not affect his future imperial examination.

Putting down everything in his heart and glancing at his mother again, Li Zhongming was still prepared not to tell his mother about these things, so as not to increase her worries, which would affect her mood and hurt her body.

In addition, I have to work harder before the exam to get a good score. Otherwise, if you can't meet the requirements of the master's family, you can only sigh and be powerless.

Picking up a scripture, Li Zhongming silently recited it, word by word, word by word, carefully read it, and slowly revised his memory. After all, in recent years, listening to Zhu Fuzi, although the county school admission test is fair, the world has been peaceful for a long time, and the number of scholars is also surging, coupled with the request of wealthy families.

Even if the current students pay more attention to the Jinshi department, but for the subjects, they come here to take the exam, and they have more real talents and real learning in the scriptures. Although the vision of candidates in various subjects is limited, they are more serious about reading the sentences and meanings of the scriptures, and the degree of competition is also extremely fierce.

Reading, reciting, lighting a fire to cook, taking care of the mother's food. In the past few days, Li Zhongming has not only gone to a private school once, showing that he is willing to take over the errand introduced by Zhu Fuzi, but also entrusted Zhu Fuzi with everything he should do before the county school entrance examination, such as submitting the papers, writing the knot, and registering for the exam.

Knowing that Li Zhongming couldn't do without people at home now, Zhu Fuzi happily agreed, and comforted him and said that he would let his wife take care of Li's mother on the day of the exam. Under all kinds of explanations, this exam can be regarded as relieving Li Zhongming's heart.

Li Zhongming sighed that he was really troublesome with Zhu Fuzi too much. If you can really pass the assessment of the master's family, your mother will be left alone in the family! But her body has not recovered yet, and she still needs to be taken care of! When the time comes, I wonder if I can still ask Zhu Fuzi's family?

Throw out all the distracting thoughts in your mind, and now you haven't successfully taken the first step, what can you do if you think so much? Li Zhongming had to take one step at a time, and he still needed to put his heart on the scriptures.

After regaining his heart, Li Zhongming plunged into the scriptures. In the Nine Classics, Li Zhongming has learned well, and he is not so good at it. Now if you want to take the exam, you can only work harder, work harder, continue to check and fill in the gaps, and improve your knowledge.

Time passed day by day, and on the bright side, Li Zhongming's face still did not change, but he studied harder every day and slept less every day. Other than that, everything is the same as before, taking care of my mother, tidying up the house, and continuing to study.

Finally, the time for the exam is coming, and Li Zhongming has a day in advance to rest more, adopt his spirit, and relax his mind so that he can take the exam well. In order to let Li Zhongming take the exam with peace of mind, his wife also came to Li's house early to reassure him. Li Zhongming had to thank him again and again, and after entrusting the affairs of the family to his wife, he carried the bookcase on his back to meet Zhu Fuzi and others.

In order to facilitate the examination, Zhu Fuzi booked a carriage with someone early and took Zhu Xu and Li Zhongming to take the examination. Fortunately, although they are not located next to the county seat, they are closer to the exam place. Although it is a county school exam, the place of the exam is placed in the Qingdu Temple.

After all, there are a large number of candidates for the exam, and the county school palace is located in the county seat, and the place is always limited, and the emperor of this dynasty advocates Taoism, so most of the official Taoist temples in various places occupy a vast area, so they are often used as a place for exams.

After greeting Zhu Fuzi and his senior brother, Li Zhongming was called into the carriage by the master, and explained to the two of them in the car.

"Zhu Xu, you have been studying with me since you were a child, although you work hard and never slack off, but this kind of thing depends on the timing and luck of the exam, so don't worry, just rest assured to take the exam", looking at the silent and calm eldest son, Zhu Fuzi said.

Although Zhu Fuzi doesn't say much to his son, that's because he understands what kind of person his son is, his son Zhu Xu doesn't talk much on weekdays, but his ambition is not low, especially when he has been studying with himself for many years, and his family is under a lot of pressure because of his study cost, so he is under a lot of pressure in his heart, and he takes this exam very seriously. Therefore, I don't want to put more pressure on him, I just want him to relax.

After talking about his son, he turned to the disciple who had been with him for many years, and Zhu Fuzi attached great importance to Li Zhongming. Similarly, the family is poor, and there are many people who can persevere in studying, but there are few who can work as hard as Li Zhongming.

What is valuable is that in a poor situation, but not vanity, positive and enterprising, but also able not to admire prosperity. In the face of difficulties, he does not complain about others, and puts his family first. In this worldly world of fame and fortune, it is extremely rare.

"Zhongming, I know that you have had a lot of changes in your family recently, but in life, unsatisfactory things are always nine times out of ten. However, today you just need to take the exam well and don't worry about anything else. I remember that there is still a master behind me, no matter how difficult it is, I can overcome it", Zhu Fuzi still didn't feel at ease and explained to Li Zhongming.

Along the way, Zhu Fuzi was explaining the taboos and cautions of taking the exam. In these earnest words, Li Zhongming did not feel impatient, but could feel the care and love of his master. As he got closer and closer to the examination room, although the three of them were calm on their faces, Zhu Fuzi's clenched hands still reflected the tension and churning in his heart.

Looking at the overcrowded entrance of the examination room, Li Zhongming and the three of them had to get out of the car far away and walk to the entrance of the examination on foot. From the guard office, Li Zhongming and Zhu Xu stepped into the examination room. Listening to the arrangement of the public, the scribe verifies the documents, receives the number plate, and finds the location.

Sit down on the seat, place the bookcase, put the pen, ink, paper and inkstone one by one, and then grind the ink and water, and then take advantage of the water in the bamboo tube to still warm, drink the water and eat a dough cake that he carried. At this time, the seats in the examination room were also filled one after another.

After a little more waiting, the prefectural order and professor also entered. After a salute, the prefectural order was issued, and the examination began, followed by the distribution of the papers by the scribes.

After getting the paper questions, Li Zhongming first looked at the paper questions carefully, and when he saw that the test papers were correct, he began to write carefully. In this exam, Zhu Fuzi reported to Li Zhongming and Zhu Xu for the Five Classics exam. This is also because the two of them have been studying for a short time, and the scope of the Nine Classics is very large, and participating in the Nine Classics exam will not only have a low winning rate, but I am afraid it will also hit their confidence. Instead, take the Pentateuch exam and focus on assault before the exam, and the winning rate will be higher.

Compared with the meditation of the Jinshi candidates, the candidates of the Jingshi only need to think carefully before they can write. After all, when it comes to reading, remembering is remembering, and not remembering is not remembering, and there is no room for sloppiness, nor a little luck.

One hundred and forty scriptures, Li Zhongming first wrote down the topics that he was familiar with and grasped a lot, and then his memory was a little vague, and after careful recall, he gradually started to write.

And the seventy ink meanings, Li Zhongming also tried his best to write according to the sparse meaning. Although you can also explain it yourself, then whether you pass or fail can only be determined by the examiner, and according to the sparse dictation, then it is equivalent to a standard answer, and the argument between right and wrong is indisputable.

In this way, time passed silently. After Li Zhongming wrote all the exam questions in one go, he checked them seriously twice, and finally sat down in his seat relaxedly. At this time, there were already scholars handing in the papers one after another.

Li Zhongming drank the water in the bamboo tube, relieved his mood, carefully arranged the test papers and test questions, and placed the bookboxes one by one, and then took the test papers and walked to the handing place. Seeing that his test papers were put away, Li Zhongming saluted and thanked the scribe before stepping out of the door of the examination room.

Walking out of the guard, Zhu Fuzi and senior brother Zhu Xu were already waiting for them and came to the stop of the carriage. Zhu Fuzi didn't ask about the exam in the examination room, just patted Li Zhongming on the shoulder, and didn't say much.

Along the way, Zhu Fuzi just said that the exam had passed, but their studies would continue. If you can enter the county school, then cherish the opportunity. Even if you don't make it, it's a good workout. They are still very young, and there is still a long way to go! Don't take your immediate gains and losses too seriously.