Chapter 16: The government examination begins, and the mantra in the wine
(Today I went home from the Provincial Writers' Association, and I started to update and ask for support!)
Close a window, turn off the hustle and bustle outside the window, hold a pen, and hold a bright future in this life.
Chen Sanlang reviewed his homework, serious and dedicated.
This state persisted until the government examination began.
The sky was bright, I got up and washed up. Uncle Hua was busy and got some trivial affairs done.
After putting all the necessities in the examination basket and carrying them, the two left the inn and rushed to the examination hall.
There was already a crowd outside the examination hall, all of them were students who came to take the exam, family members and servants who sent the exam. The government test is the second level of the children's test, and both the specifications and rules have been improved. But overall, compared with the real township test, it is still much more relaxed.
As for the specific requirements, they are different from the scene in Chen Sanlang's memory. It's no wonder that time and space are different, and many things can't be exactly the same.
"Good morning, Senior Daoyuan. ”
He Weiyang walked over and greeted.
"Early. ”
Chen Sanlang smiled in return.
After a pause, He Weiyang finally spoke, and lowered his voice: "Senior Daoyuan, in fact, why do you want to offend Senior Qin? He is a student of Nanyang Academy, and many people want to give him face." Besides, he's still our guarantor. ”
He Weiyang didn't want to get close to Chen Sanlang, let alone give advice in person. But when I saw Chen Sanlang just now, I couldn't help but think of the accident in which I almost died of a water thief. Without Chen Sanlang, maybe he would have been thrown into the Jingjiang River to feed the fish.
It can be said that this is a life-saving friendship.
He Weiyang felt that Chen Sanlang should be reminded, so that he could feel at ease.
Chen Sanlang said frankly: "I also want to give him face, but he doesn't want it." Then I can't play with my face and play with others - face is not valuable, but it is very important to me. It's as important as the dress on my body, I wear it, and I'm a decent person. If I submissively let people tear up, defile, and strip naked, then am I still a human being?"
The argument made He Weiyang stunned for a while, but after all, he understood - Chen Sanlang's meaning was that he was a person with backbone.
Scholars, who has no backbone? But this backbone also depends on how much, depending on the situation, improvised, bow your head, bend over, and what is it, to be rigid and easy to break.
But when it came to this, He Weiyang had to sigh and stop talking.
A quarter of an hour later, Qin Yushu came with a gloomy face - as a guarantor, he must be present to confirm the three levels of the boy's test, unless the object of his guarantee has not been tested.
Seeing Chen Sanlang, Qin Yushu couldn't wait to accuse the officials on the spot: Chen Sanlang was disrespectful and ungrateful, and he should be deprived of his examination qualifications.
It's just that in this way, although Chen Sanlang has to be investigated, he can't take the test, and he Qin Yushu is also in trouble.
The so-called guarantee, once something goes wrong, the guarantor will also be implicated.
Qin Yushu is proud of the spring breeze in Nanyang Academy, and is very favored by professors, and he can participate in the township examination in the autumn of this year. At the critical moment, he didn't want Chen Sanlang's grain of rat to spoil things. And what this guy did was quite measured, and if it was a lawsuit, it would be a lawsuit, and it would be a big trouble, which was definitely not a good thing.
That's it, and put up with him, it won't last long anyway. Good luck will come sometimes, I don't believe that Chen Saburo can pass the government exam.
When the time came, a group of candidates began to line up for inspection and entry.
The test house where the government test is held is clear and spacious, and the environment is quiet. The rooms in the examination house are divided very clearly.
It didn't take long for Chen Saburo to find his examination room, sit down, and set things up.
After experiencing the county exam and overcoming the horror of the field, he is now calm and quiet, quietly waiting for the exam to start.
Most of the other candidates were like this, and some of them were a little nervous, so they took out the water from the test basket and took a small sip to calm their feelings.
About half an hour later, the exam officially began. There are small officials who walk back and forth holding the exam questions to ensure that every candidate can see and see clearly.
The candidates here are all experienced in the exam, very sophisticated, and when they see the exam questions, they are not in a hurry to write, but slowly think and ponder.
Remembering the exam questions, Chen Sanlang began to sharpen the ink, and after a while, when he had a draft, he put pen to paper.
The presiding officer of the government test is the prefect of Nanyang Prefecture, surnamed Su, the name "Ming", the word "Guancheng", and the second-class Jinshi was born. He was nearly fifty years old, tall and tall, with a standard three-strand long beard, elegant and prestigious.
The prefect is an official from the fourth grade, and the official spirit is nourishing, and the situation is self-generated.
Governor Su sat on the main seat, his eyes were majestic, and he scanned the entire examination room. There are two accompanying invigilators below, who occasionally leave their seats and walk around the corridor of the examination hall to show their inspection.
Time passed in a tense and orderly atmosphere, and after noon, 6 people continued to hand in the papers. Those who are bold and confident will ask the prefect for an interview on the spot - this is the same as the county exam, but there are rules, only the top five who submit the paper first have this qualification, and the latter ones will not have it.
The content of the interview is uncertain, depending on the mood of the prefect, or a pair, or a poem, or it is possible to directly recite a sage article. As long as you pass the customs and are admitted on the spot, you will be a child, which is different from Bai Ding.
In this government examination, Chen Sanlang did slowly, and when he handed in the papers, he was already outside the twenty and lost his qualifications for the interview. He doesn't care, there are pros and cons to the interview on the spot, and the admission mainly depends on the level of the article itself.
I handed in the papers, went out to the outside of the test room, and looked at the sky, it was already sunset.
He reached out and rubbed his temples, feeling a sense of tiredness.
Uncle Hua was waiting outside, and hurriedly greeted him: "Young master, it's done." ”
"Cheng" is an auspicious word, not to say "appeared", because the word "appearance" is not pleasant.
Chen Saburo nodded.
"Now back to the inn?"
Chen Sanlang said "um": "Go back." ”
Writing essays on exams is not only mental work, but also quite physically exhausting. His body is weak, and he is quite tired after a test. If the situation is still like this in the future township test, and it does not improve, it will be really unbearable. The township examination is different from the children's examination, which is a formal and strict imperial examination, which has to be tested three times, each of which takes three days, adding up to nine days.
With such an intensive exam, the intensity is very high, and people who are in poor health will faint while taking the exam.
In each township examination, it is not uncommon for candidates to be carried out of the field because of syncope, and it is not uncommon for candidates to lose their future.
Therefore, although the dynasty emphasized literature over martial arts, some knowledgeable scholars often practiced some rough kung fu to strengthen their physique.
Chen Sanlang is learning martial arts, according to the situation of Xu's father and daughter, this learning is likely to be advanced martial arts, which must be cherished.
Back at the inn, I lay down on the bed, squinted and began to rest. As for dinner, Uncle Hua knew that he had a hobby, and he had been instructed by Wang Chen in advance, so he would not save. I ran outside and bought a roast chicken, a pound of beef, a pound of mutton, and a few vegetables, which could almost fill a table, and let people send them to the room.
Smelling the fragrance, Chen Sanlang's index finger moved, and he got up to eat.
"Uncle Hua, you can sit together. ”
Uncle Hua replied with a smile: "Young Master, this is not in accordance with the rules. ”
"There's no such thing as bullshit rules with me. ”
Chen Sanlang's mouth was full of greasy, and he actually exploded roughly.
Uncle Hua's heart warmed when he listened, he had been a housekeeper in the Chen family for so many years, and it could be said that he had grown up watching Chen Sanlang. In recent years, the Chen family has begun to fall, and the slaves have scattered to find another job, but Uncle Hua insists on staying, which can be described as loyal.
However, no matter how loyal you are, if the master is unkind, the loyalty will also fade away.
He was not hypocritical, sat down, and ate with the young master.
Chen Sanlang asked, "Uncle Hua, are you from Mingyuan County?" ”
Mingyuan County and Jing County are adjacent to each other, not far apart.
Uncle Hua replied, "Yes." ”
"How many years haven't you been back?"
Chen Sanlang asked again.
Uncle Hua's eyes showed a hint of nostalgia, and he sighed inexplicably, and his voice was low: "The last time I went home was ten years ago...... Didn't go back for a whole decade. ”
"I remember you saying that you have your parents and brothers over there. ”
"Yes, hehe, at that time, the family was poor, there were many brothers and sisters, and there was no food. The lord saw that I was pitiful, so he paid for me. Without the master, I would have starved to death on the streets. ”
Chen Sanlang sighed: "It's really not easy to live." ”
Uncle Hua was stunned for a moment, thinking to himself why the young master sighed for no reason? The young master has never lacked food and clothing since he was a child, so how can he come from this vicissitudes of life? What is even more puzzling is that this sigh is heartfelt, and it seems very sincere and unpretentious.
Chen Sanlang suddenly stood up and walked out of the door.
Uncle Hua asked, "Young Master, where are you going?"
Chen Sanlang replied: "There is food but no wine, it is disappointing, I will go and get a bottle of wine." ”
When Uncle Hua heard this, he was taken aback: When did the young master learn to drink?
Not long after, Chen Sanlang came up with a jar of wine. This wine was bought at the inn, it is not a good wine, and it is estimated that it is mixed with water, which looks light.
Chen Sanlang didn't care, put out two cups, and drank one with Uncle Hua, drinking each other. Three glasses of wine fell into his stomach, and the spirit of wine came to his heart, looking at Uncle Hua's gray head, Chen Sanlang suddenly said: "Uncle Hua, do you want to marry a daughter-in-law?"
"Huh?"
Uncle Hua thought he had misheard: "What did you say, young master?"
"I asked you if you wanted to marry a daughter-in-law. ”
"Oops, this ......"
Uncle Hua's old face is a little red, he has been a bachelor all his life, he has never tasted a woman, in some dead of night, it is inevitable that he will think about it, have some dreams, and say: "I don't have much money, and I am old, and the matter of marrying a daughter-in-law is ......."
"Regardless of that, I just ask you if you want to. ”
"Yes. ”
Uncle Hua simply admitted: Which man is willing to fight a bachelor for the rest of his life? No matter whether he is rich or poor, whether he is a powerful person or a commoner, but as a man, it is a matter of course to find a woman.
Chen Sanlang laughed, walked over, and patted Uncle Hua on the shoulder: "Okay, Uncle Hua, today I promise you that I will help you marry a good daughter-in-law, and then return to your hometown." ”
Uncle Hua's mouth opened wide, and he couldn't say a word for a long time: Is the young master drunk......?
Chen Sanlang drank all the wine in the cup, his tongue became a little bigger, curled, and his accent was vague: "Uncle Hua, don't doubt it, what I promised will definitely be done......"
As he spoke, his body went limp, and he fell directly to the ground and went under the table. A moment later, a faint snoring sounded rhythmically.
He was drunk.
Uncle Hua sneered and muttered, "The young master is still young, so it's not strange to say something foolish." But what's wrong with me, I'm crazy with him? ”
Hurriedly helped Chen Sanlang to bed, slept well, brought another basin of water, wet the towel, and helped the young master wipe his face. Get these ready, clean up the mess on the table, and leave the room.
From then on, Chen Sanlang was sleeping soundly.
Outside the window, night fell, and a bright moon hung on the willow tops. The moonlight shines through the window, and it is as soft as water. Chen Sanlang on the bed suddenly turned over and muttered a sentence: "The bright moonlight in front of the bed ......"
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