The First Auxiliary Road from the Imperial Examination

In the examination room of the Gongyuan, there are water husbands, rice husbands, handyman, craftsmen, cleaners and other servants. These people also serve the candidates.

It's just that these personnel seem to be more wolves than meat to thousands of candidates.

Therefore, students Sheng Yuan, who had inquired clearly about the inside ways, gave full play to their temperament of not being short of money, and hired them to serve him at a cost that was several times the fee.

Sheng Yuan, who didn't need to do it himself, gave full play to the initiative of his mouth and head.

Instructing these staff to make her test house airtight from the roof to the walls.

That's right, these two places have been used for the big linoleum she brought before.

In view of the fact that a clerk explained to her that she could not install a curtain as tight as an oilcloth by herself, she had to buy a separate bamboo curtain from the peddler in the examination room.

Probably seeing Sheng Yuan's generosity, she couldn't help adding bamboo curtains, tables, chairs, benches and bed boards, and the clerk who followed reminded her that although the items in the test house were bought with money, they could not be taken away. out of the examination room.

In this regard, although Sheng Yuan complained that the test house is a worthless business, and the supply and demand are not equal, what can she do?

When conditions permit, it is naturally more comfortable to be extravagant!
Sighing helplessly, student Sheng Yuan ordered a two-foot-high charcoal stove and silver frost charcoal blocks from the shopkeeper.

There is no way, the examination room in August is cold in the morning and evening, whether it is cooking tea and porridge or heating at night, charcoal is indispensable.

Oops, these expenses are quite annoying for her, but what can she do? !
The scribe's eyes trembled when he saw the little girl shaking her head.

Well, he was the one who made a slip of the tongue. Looking at the girl's chubby and delicate appearance, she knew that she was in excellent condition.

Shengyuan's examination room was tidied up very quickly, but it was tidied up in a short while.

As for the more detailed aspects, she still needs to sort it out by herself.

Fortunately, after the candidates enter the venue, there is still nearly an hour of time to take care of them, so that the candidates can fully settle down.

After the servants left, Sheng Yuan nodded in satisfaction at the thriving wild flowers and weeds, took out the hourglass, adjusted the time according to the time the clerk had just said, and then placed it on the side of the bamboo platform.

The test baskets she had brought before were placed in the corner, and one by one she took out the pens, inkstones, paperweights and put them on the table, and then dug out the leather pouch specially placed for the test papers, and put them in the corner where she could easily get them.

Immediately afterwards, she turned to the bed, because she spent more money to get a few more boards, so she didn't have to face the embarrassment of sharing a board with the bed and desk.

But the conditions here are almost the same, don’t think about things like pillows and mattresses that improve comfort and sleep quality.

Wooden boards, bamboo curtains and other things that can tell whether there are words at a glance can be handled by the reviewing scribes, but things like pillows and mattresses are too much a test of their ability to withstand the workload.

Fortunately, Sheng Yuan came with a leather cloak with detachable interlayers. The thick leather was placed on the bed, and the thin inner lining covered the wind.

As for the pillow, she can only rely on her own fleshy arms.

After laying out the bed and adjusting the tables and chairs, Sheng Yuan dug out two layers of incense burners, first scooped a small silver spoonful of medicinal powder containing mint and borneol on the upper layer, then put tangerine peel and orange oil on the bottom layer, gently Light it up, and after a while, the exhausting fragrance lingers in the small cottage.

Soon, student Sheng Yuan, who had had a hearty meal, heard the sound of gongs and drums for the start of the exam.