A poor family counterattacks, she is beautiful and sassy on the way to the imperial examination

Chapter 33
In order to reach Fucheng before dark, An Chuxia and the others only stopped at noon to eat the dry food they brought and drink water.

Hurry up and enter the city gate of Nanlinfu before the city gate is closed.

The carriage went to several inns near the examination hall, all of which were full of candidates.

An Chuxia and the others had no choice but to go to an inn a little further away for the night.

Due to the large number of people staying during this period, the inn also adjusted the price of accommodation.

In an ordinary inn, a high room now costs five taels of silver a night, a medium room costs three taels, and a lower room costs one tael of silver.

The lower-class room was very noisy downstairs near the lobby. Finally, An Chuxia and his teacher Gu Tongsheng decided to live in the middle-class room on the second floor.

In order to save money, An Chuxia shared a room with Gu Fangmiao, Gu Tongsheng suggested that he share a room with An Shouyu, the third cousin brought by An Chuxia.

Although An Shouyu was afraid that sharing a room with Mr. Gu would disturb him, but he heard that living for a day was so expensive, so he stood silently aside and decided to listen to their arrangements.

An Chuxia and the others came two days early, afraid that they would be late, and the inn was full.

After arriving in Fucheng, An Chuxia didn't read any more, she spent most of her time resting, and Gu Fangmiao was gradually influenced by her, unknowingly let go of her nervousness.

An Shouyu came here with the mission of Guangyao An's family. Although they settled in Liushu Village, a village with mixed surnames, there were only five families handed down from one ancestor.

But regardless of the size of the clan, they still have the sense of honor of being of the same clan.

When the arrival came, except for An Shouli, the An family who did not recognize the six relatives, the rest of the An family heard their mother say that An Chuxia was going to Fucheng to take the imperial examination.

They all came to send money to An Chuxia, a daughter of the same clan who was about to go to the exam for fame, no matter how much it was, it was a heart.

After two days in Fucheng, he saw that An Chuxia was resting besides eating. This rough man didn't dare to ask, and he didn't dare to speak, his mouth was full of scorching blisters.

Gu Tongsheng saw his beard curled up like this, and comforted him: "Miss Xia knows it well, you don't need to worry so much."

An Shouyu was quite convinced of Gu Tongsheng. After listening to his comfort, his impatience calmed down a little, and he took care of his niece in peace.

Gu Fangmiao herself is a little girl who loves to eat and sleeps too much. After two days of relaxing rest, she feels more energetic.

On the third day of April, the official examination day of the government examination.

The procedures of the prefectural and county exams are similar, except that there are five exams in the county exam and three exams in the prefectural exam, and one extra granary student is required to guarantee the knot.

The examiner of the government examination is presided over by the magistrate.

An Chuxia and Gu Fangmiao got up before dawn to check whether there was any problem or omission in the paper, ink, brush and inkstone in the test basket, as well as the food and water to be eaten during the rest.

After everything was fine, the two began to walk out of the room with the test basket.

When An Shouyu saw them coming out, he took the test baskets in their hands without saying a word.

An Chuxia saw Gu Tongsheng who was following behind, stood at the door of the inn and looked at the dark sky, then turned her head and said, "Teacher, don't go! We can go by ourselves!"

Gu Tongsheng stubbornly raised his head, passed An Chuxia and his granddaughter, and followed An Shouyu who took the lead.

An Chuxia and Gu Fangmiao looked at each other, then smiled helplessly and followed.

Before arriving at the examination compound, An Chuxia and Gu Fangmiao lined up with the crowd for examination.

This time there are more female students, there are 30 people, and there are even more male students.

And among these hundreds of thousands of students, only about [-] were admitted in the government examination, and they became this year's children.

The inspection of the government examination is similar to that of the county examination. The female students are taken by the female secretary to the small room by the door, take off their coats, untie their hair, take off their shoes and socks, and check whether there is any entrainment inside.

It is said that male students are inspected more strictly than their female students.

The pancakes brought by An Chuxia and Gu Fangmiao were torn into several pieces by Nu Shi, and neither of them said anything. Gu Tongsheng had already told them about this situation, and both of them were mentally prepared.

Successfully passed the inspection An Chuxia and Gu Fangmiao made an appointment to wait at the door after the exam, and then separated to find their own exam seats.

The content of the three government examinations includes poetry, fu, policy, theory, sexual theory, and the teachings of the imperial edict.

After each exam, An Chuxia will carefully check whether there are any taboos in the temple (the name of the deceased emperor) and the imperial name (the name of the current emperor).

Some people fail every exam, and those who fail to take the exam will not be able to take the next exam.

Less than 200 students made it to the last round, and there were less than five female students, one of whom was Dong Linlin.

An Chuxia and Gu Fangmiao still sat firmly in the third examination room.

Because such exam questions are not difficult for the two of them, not to mention Pei Yanhua, a famous teacher who has been teaching them for several months.

Even An Chuxia and Gu Fangmiao have read all the books of the Gu family, and their knowledge is more than that.

After the three mansion exams, the two of them had spent some energy after all, and their faces were a little pale.

But Dong Linlin, who walked past the two of them, had a frighteningly pale face, as if she was sick.

She glared at them viciously, and walked over with fluttering steps, as if she didn't even have the strength to speak.

Every time An Chuxia and An Chuxia took their exams, An Shouyu was waiting for them outside, and it was the same this time.

Seeing the two coming out, he ran over quickly, took the test baskets in their hands, and asked, "Should I rent a carriage to take you back?"

An Shouyu asked this question because he saw many students staggering out of the examination room, some of them were helped back by their family members, and some of them were hired carriages for those far away.

An Chuxia saw that Gu Fangmiao was in good spirits, but she still asked her what she meant with her eyes.

Gu Fangmiao shook her head, "There are too many people on the road, it's not easy to travel in a carriage, let's walk back slowly!"

An Shouyu followed the two girls and watched them. If he felt that they were exhausted, he would quickly hire a carriage to take them back.

The time for the list of government examinations is different from place to place. In some places, it takes five days for as many candidates as possible, and as few as three days for the number of candidates.

After An Chuxia paid the hotel room fee to the government to try out the rankings, although the teacher Gu Tongsheng said that she spent money randomly, he obviously wanted to know the results of the government test earlier.

In the past few days, except for Gu Tongsheng and An Shouyu who were concerned about the results of the government examination, An Chuxia and Gu Fangmiao completely let themselves go after resting and recovering.

Every day, he went shopping on the street and bought gifts for his family. An Chuxia not only bought ready-to-wear for his brother An Jinchen, but also bought four pieces together.

Every time brother runsheng sent her to and from school, he was injured for his brother, how could he be missing.

Brother Runsong stayed at his house for several days last time, and they never spent money on food and drink, so he had to return the courtesy.

Mu Tan, elder brother and the others were all injured by him this time, and the medical expenses were also confiscated. Everyone else has it, so he is not bad.

(End of this chapter)