my grandmother

Chapter 5
At the end of March, Mr. Gao changed hands from Mr. Kuan, the old man of Wangzifang, and gave him a tael of silver.

Including Li Xiaonan, five siblings from the Li family used the verification methods they had heard of against the ten small silver coins.

This was the first time they saw Yinzi.

Li Xiaonan bit the silver coin, very puzzled, how could the silver here be so beautiful, so noble and so shining?

In the past, she had thrown a lot of sterling silver with several nines as trash, and those silver bracelets and locks, did they look like a pile of tatters?

It's really a moment and a moment!
The government test starts on April [-]th.

There are a lot of candidates in the entire Pingjiang Prefecture, and each county has to take the exam separately. The day when Kunshan County is ranked will be posted the day before the exam. It will take nearly ten days.

But in April, it is time for plowing and breeding, which is the busy time for farming.

Li Jinzhu and Li Yuzhu walked around the field stalks twice, and when they came back, they made careful calculations again, and decided that Li Jinzhu would accompany Li Xuedong and Li Xiaonan to the exam, while Li Yuzhu and Li Yinzhu would stay at home, and take out two silver coins to rent a cow in the next village. Add a strong labor force to plow and harrow the field, so that the two sisters Li Yuzhu and Li Yinzhu can survive by planting seedlings in the back.

In the early morning of the ninth day of the ninth lunar month, Li Jinzhu took Li Xuedong and Li Xiaonan, quietly left Xiaoli Village, and rushed to Pingjiang Mansion with a group of merchants that Mr. Gao helped find.

In the afternoon of the next day, the three siblings got off the car at Guoxiang Town outside Pingjiang City, thanked the shopkeeper repeatedly, and rushed to Pingjiang City.

The three siblings are the first to leave Kunshan County.

From Guoxiang to Pingjiang City, along the way, there were shops, inns and businesses one after another. The bustle and bustle made the Li family siblings dumbfounded.

Li Xiaonan looked here and there, dazzled, and forgot to walk several times.

Alas, this is a very rich and well-developed place, only her village and her family are poor!
"Ah Nan, let's not be distracted, let's talk after the exam." Li Jinzhu pulled Li Xiaonan who couldn't walk from time to time, and confessed with concern.

"Yeah, I know, I know." Li Xiaonan stared at a pastry shop, nodded, and began to recite the book.

She must study hard!
Only after passing the test, the five siblings can escape from the palm of Uncle San, survive, leave that small village, and she can do something in this world with peace of mind, such as earning a little money.

Scholars still have a lot of status. Wang Hong's family in Kunshan County became the county magistrate only after Hong Er Young Master and Er Weng Weng passed the exam as a scholar.

When it was getting dark, the three of them entered Pingjiang City, and found a cheap foot shop to stay in Qiba Street outside Lifuxue.

Early the next morning, Li Xuedong changed into his exam clothes, and together with Li Jinzhu, went to the government office to report.

Only the main exam on the first day is required for the government exam, and the rest of the exams are optional.

The days of the official examinations in each county have been posted. Pingjiang City has the most candidates, and it will form one session. The other five counties will be divided into three sessions. Kunshan County and Changshu County will combine one session on the third day.

The rules of the main exam are similar to those of the county exam. You enter the venue before dawn and start the exam at dawn.

Li Xiaonan wore Li Xuedong's exam clothes, carried the long-eared exam basket given by Mr. Gao, and buckled the time, and rushed to the government school with Li Jinzhu.

After two streets, lanterns were carried on the road, and more people rushed to enter the venue.

Li Jinzhu subconsciously stepped forward to block Li Xiaonan, who lowered her head slightly and stood next to Li Jinzhu.

When they arrived at the entrance of the school, Li Xiaonan and Li Jinzhu picked a shadow and stood there.

In less than a quarter of an hour, the gate of the prefectural school opened from the inside, and two guards with serious faces came out, one on the left and one on the right, and two scarecrows dressed in red and green came out.

"you……"

"Don't worry, elder sister, I'm going in." Li Xiaonan interrupted Li Jinzhu, carrying the test basket, and went to the gate of the prefectural school.

"Li Xuedong! Here, here!" Hong Zhenye, the second young master of the case in Kunshan County, waved his arms and shouted.

Under Hong Zhenye's enthusiastic arrangement, the top five of them formed a team and were guaranteed by Hong Zhenye's second son Weng Hong, an old scholar.

Holding her heart, Li Xiaonan walked towards Hong Zhenye and the others.

"Everyone is here, let's go in!" Hong Zhenye took the lead to enter the gate of the school.

After passing the screen wall, Hong Zhenye stood on tiptoes and stretched his neck, waved his hands towards the inside and called, "Er Weng Weng! Er Weng Weng!"

The little official who checked the name hurriedly let Hong Zhenye and five people pass by.

Hong Zhenye rushed to Er Weng in a few steps, "Er Weng, here we come. This is Zhao Mohua, this is Qian Xingbang, this is Sun Qingbai, and this is Li Xuedong! I am Hong Zhenye!"

Hong Zhenye introduced in one breath to the book office whose name was verified.

Facing the roster, the secretary looked at the four people except Hong Zhenye one by one, then turned to look at Hong Zhenye and the other two.

Old Hong Xiucai was muttering something to Fu Cheng, without even squinting his eyes, he waved his hand with a bit of impatience.

"Go in." The secretary waved his hand.

"Let's go!" Hong Zhenye took the lead and rushed in to find his seat.

Li Xiaonan secretly heaved a sigh of relief.

The hardest part is over.

The process of the government examination is the same as that of the county examination. Li Xiaonan didn't dare to leave all the blanks in the grid test paper like the county examination. I dare not write more sentences.

Li Xiaonan paid attention to the movement around her, and handed in the paper in the middle.

Li Jinzhu didn't dare to stay far away, and didn't dare to move forward, so he stretched his neck, eager to see through.

As soon as Li Xiaonan stepped out of the threshold, Li Jinzhu saw her and ran straight up to her. When Li Xiaonan saw the elder sister, she immediately staggered and threw herself into Li Jinzhu's arms.

"Brother is exhausted!" Li Jinzhu yelled, and hurried away with Li Xiaonan on her back.

After the last main exam, the next day early in the morning, the circle list was posted, and Li Xuedong ranked No. 18.

Li Xiaonan broke out in a cold sweat.

There are only [-] places that Pingjiang Mansion sent to the hospital for the examination this year, and if it was a little bit worse, she would have failed!

Of the [-] people sent for the examination in Kunshan County, apart from Li Xuedong, the second young master of the Hong family, Hong Zhenye, passed the government examination, ranking tenth.

Li Jinzhu was so happy that she couldn't hold back.

Li Xuedong raised his head to look at Li Xiaonan, and blinked at her.

Li Xiaonan exhaled that shock and laughed too.

"Let's go back?" Li Jinzhu glanced at Li Xiaonan.

"En!" Li Xiaonan nodded.

"Let's go quickly! I saw Second Young Master Hong, as if he was looking for someone." Li Xuedong showed a bit of surprise on his face.

He was very afraid of the fiery enthusiasm of that young master Hong Er.

"Then hurry up!" Li Xiaonan pulled Li Jinzhu, and the three siblings turned around and ran away.

When I went back to Kunshan County, there was no caravan to take. The three siblings walked home all the way on their two legs.

At noon on the fourth day, the three brothers and sisters had a meal in Kunshan County, passed by Gaocunji, and sent Li Xuedong to Gaojia School, while Li Xiaonan and Li Jinzhu rushed home.

　Explanation:
　　During the scientific examination, the scarecrow stood on the left and the right, representing good and evil, and sometimes knocked on the gong and shouted: Repay kindness with kindness!Have a revenge!

　　In the notes of many ancients, there are stories of a certain scholar who did something wrong, was retaliated during the scientific examination, overturned the oil lamp and polluted the test paper, pestered the scholar and made him dizzy, and there were also stories of repaying gratitude, such as turning the scholar's nervous The typo written below is covered up and the like.

　　There are also many officials in charge of the examination who hate this kind of kindness and revenge, so they are not allowed to tie scarecrows, or even burn scarecrows in public.

　　There are many details and stories in the scientific research.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)