my grandmother

Chapter 10
In May and June, the fields were extremely busy, and Li Xiaonan and Li Xuedong buried their heads in their books, but they were also too busy to raise their heads.

In the blink of an eye, it's July.

Mr. Li Jiawang's alias Fangkuan quietly went to Gaojiaji twice to discuss with Mr. Gao about going to Hangzhou City Court for an examination.

This is not a complicated matter, and it will be discussed soon:
On Li Xuedong's side, he was still accompanied by his elder sister Li Jinzhu, and Li Wenhua, the nephew of Mrs. Kuan, rushed to Hangzhou City two days in advance to take care of him.

On this trip, Mr. Kuan asked Mr. Gao to hand over fifteen silver dimes to Li Jinzhu.

Li Jinzhu left six silver dimes for Li Yuzhu and Li Yinzhu, and prepared to use them to rent cattle and people when they were too busy.

The night before the departure, Li Jinzhu asked Li Yuzhu to cut a suit of clothes for Li Xuedong, and took it with him on the way.

It takes two full days to get to Hangzhou by boat, so I can't be idle.

The meeting place was at the gate of Hangcheng Academy. Li Wenhua waited until Li Xuedong and his party saw Li Xiaonan timidly hiding behind Li Jinzhu, and immediately frowned, "What are you taking her for?"

"The elder sister is afraid that she won't be able to take care of it. Besides, Ah Nan is literate. The elder sister said that Ah Nan can help her read the notices." Li Xuedong quickly explained.

Although Li Wenhua's brows were still furrowed, he stopped talking.

With him taking care of him, how could he not take care of him?This little girl is so big, half a laborer, she is not allowed to work in the fields, but brought here for free to eat and drink!

Oh, what a prodigal!

Forget it, come here, besides, the uncle told him to listen to Xuedong in everything, and not to put on airs of elders.

Li Wenhua frowned, and took Li Xuedong and the three of them to the foot shop he had booked.

He came two days early, spent a day and a half, comparing and choosing, until this afternoon, he finally chose the most cost-effective foot shop and made a deposit.

As for the first two nights, it wasn't cold in July, he was a big man, he could spend a night anywhere, and he didn't need to spend extra money to stay in the hotel.

In the early morning of the next day, a notice was issued at the gate of the Gongyuan: All the students who took the test must go to the Yimen of the Gongyuan to receive the ancient test questions before the end of the day, and hand in the papers within two days.

This time, Li Xiaonan was there, and she chose the classics and interpretations, historical theories, poems, and Gezhi questions.

She is best at Ge Zhi, and she is 100% sure to achieve a perfect score for this level of Ge Zhi, but her brother is at most above average in Ge Zhi, and she dare not show her talent.

As for historical theory, she is very good at historical theory, but when discussing history, one must talk about positions and opinions. Her positions and opinions are most likely not in line with the current orthodoxy and mainstream. For Xibei products, it is even more important to keep a low profile and follow the trend.

Li Xiaonan wrote an essay on classics and time, and she handed it in two hours before the deadline for submission. A day later, the results of the classics test were posted. This time, one-third of the classics test was eliminated. candidates.

This made the candidates extremely astonished and surprised, and there was an uproar at the entrance of the Gongyuan.

It's too much to weed out so many people for just one assignment!

The classics and ancient examinations of the previous and the previous predecessors of the two Zhejiang Road were all voluntary, and they could take the test or not.

However, according to the rules of the imperial court, whether or not candidates are dismissed through the ancient examinations depends entirely on academic administration.

This Xuezheng is too much!

The candidates who were eliminated were in groups of three or four, resentful, but they dared not even complain loudly.

Wei Xuezheng, who just took office a year later, is a direct branch of Yuzhang Wei's family. He was born in the second place in the ranking.

Although it is extremely surprising that such a Xuezheng, whose family background and talents are all admired, has made a show of dismissing candidates based on ancient times, but no one dares to express dissatisfaction.

Li Xuedong's name was among the students who had passed the test, ranking in the middle, Li Xiaonan secretly breathed a sigh of relief, she was somewhat sure of her writing level.

Li Xiaonan put her hips on her hips, full of confidence.

I, who used to be a top student, can still be considered a top student now!
Come on, Li!Get a talent out of the exam!
At the same time as the Jinggu results were posted, the official exam schedule was released, and Pingjiang Mansion was on the last day.

The college exam is much more rigorous than the government exam. Just before Yinzheng, the students who took the exam that day were neatly lined up at the gate of the Gong Yuan according to their rankings in the classic exam.

At the beginning of Yin Dynasty, the gate of the Gongyuan was pushed open on time, and Wei Xuezheng, dressed in a brand new official uniform, came out from the gate, stood on the steps, took the roster from the servant, and began to call in.

The students who were called walked towards the Longmen with their test baskets.

The clerk standing next to Wei Xuezheng reported the student's birthplace, age, and facial features loudly and clearly. After Wei Xuezheng had read it carefully, he nodded, and then he sang "So-and-so's Pledge". In the midst of the students, someone stood up, raised his voice and said that so-and-so confessed, and then stepped forward to press his fingerprints.

Li Xiaonan held her heart, watched and listened carefully.

The order in which they called in was the same as the order in which they stood in line. After the person in front of Li Xiaonan called in, Wei Xuezheng called out the three words Li Xuedong.

Wei Xuezheng looked at the resumes of the three generations of the Li family listed on the roster. He was a poor orphan—and then looked at Li Xuedong in front of him. The dark and agile eyes were full of fright, like a frightened little animal, looking at him nervously.

"Don't be nervous, take the test hard, go." Wei Xuezheng smiled and said a word of comfort in a warm voice.

Li Xiaonan exhaled subconsciously.

Turning around the screen wall, one of the two search clerks checked the test basket, the other quickly stroked Li Xiaonan from top to bottom, and the other clerk handed Li Xiaonan a beautifully printed rhyme of poetry, indicating that she could go in.

Li Xiaonan's back was covered with cold sweat, she took a few steps, and slowly let out a breath of shock.

it is good!The hardest level is over!
The rooms in the tribute courtyard were arranged in the same order as they lined up at the gate of the tribute courtyard. Li Xiaonan stood in front of her own room the size of a pigeon cage and looked around carefully.

Her position, in the middle of a large number of rooms, is neither forward nor backward, neither good nor bad, which is very in line with her way of following the trend of the mean.

The test questions of the hospital examination are the same as those of the county examination and the government examination. There are two scriptures, one poem in five characters and six rhymes, and one Gezhi paper.

It is not surprising that the titles of the two sutras are fairly stable.

Li Xiaonan breathed a sigh of relief again, and made the exquisite roll first, and this exquisite roll can be done right.

Li Xiaonan carefully finished the exquisite paper, and when she picked up the scriptures and essays, the invigilating clerk walked past each numbered room, and stamped red seals in the middle of each piece of paper on which words were written.

It is a word of Chen.

Does Chen mean the time of day?This is about a method to prevent cheating, what is the principle?
Now is not the time to think about that!
Li Xiaonan quickly withdrew her mind and began to write a draft of the scriptures.

Shen Zheng, the dragon gate opened and released the first batch of examinees who handed in their papers. After a quarter of an hour, the dragon gate opened again and released the second batch.

Li Xiaonan checked it carefully again, and the rooms on the left and right were half empty, ready to hand in the test paper.

Li Xiaonan handed in the test paper, carried the test basket, shrugged her shoulders and bowed her head, looking shrunken, waited for a while, the dragon gate opened for the fourth time, Li Xiaonan followed among the candidates who appeared this time, and walked out of the dragon gate.

She is very confident in this exam.

(End of this chapter)