Little lucky girl with supernatural powers in the farm, becomes rich in business and raises cubs

Chapter 102 Township Examination (2)

Before dawn the next day, Xiaoruo personally prepared fried dough sticks and boiled eggs with Xiaoxun in the kitchen. Of course, it was Xiaoxun who fried the fried dough sticks and boiled eggs.

After watching Xiaozhao eat up all the fried dough sticks and eggs, Xiaoruo went to get the package prepared yesterday.

Pens, inks, papers and inkstones, paper bags for test papers are put in the test basket, food and drinking water are put in food boxes, wipes for face, mouthwash, oiled paper umbrellas, refreshing sachets and powder for repelling mosquitoes... …

With a test basket in his left hand, a food box in his right, and a bundle of odds and ends tied behind his back, Xiaozhao, wearing the battle robe chosen by his elder sister yesterday and the custom-made Pingbu Qingyun boots, strode into the ranks of examinees in front of the gate of the Gongyuan with his head held high.

Many of the students in front of the Gong Yuan knew Xiaozhao, and the fact that he won three cases in a row and won the "Little Three Yuan" at a young age was widely circulated among the students.

Those who can participate in the township examination are all scholars. In their own county, they are exempt from tax and corvee. They don’t need to kneel when they meet the county magistrate. With a hint of contempt.

When they met Xiaozhao face to face, they didn't even bother to return the hands-on salute among the students, they just ignored Xiaozhao and walked forward with his head raised, his nostrils almost upturned.

Unrelated people in front of the Gongyuan were not allowed to stay, and the rest of the Xiao family had to go back after sending Xiao Zhao to the gate of the Gongyuan, so they didn't see these people's arrogance and rudeness.

If Xiaoruo sees her precious little brother being bullied in such a cold and violent way, she will show those people what it means to burn their noses!

Xiaozhao didn't mind other people's attitudes, and when no one took any notice, he quietly lined up, drew a number, and handed over a bunch of items he was carrying for inspection by the invigilators, calm and composed from beginning to end.

His quietness was in stark contrast to the noisy voices of the students around him. Xiang Shanyi, a bachelor's student at the Imperial Academy, couldn't help but ask the student officer beside him: "Which student is this?"

The school officer followed Xiang Shanyi's gaze and saw Xiaozhao standing upright among a group of whispering students after receiving the lottery paper, like a young crane standing among chickens.

"My lord, this student is Xiaozhao, from Jingzhu, Shangxi Township, Lingxian County. This is the 'Xiao Sanyuan' of Lingxian County last year." The student officer bowed and cupped his hands, and replied respectfully.

"Oh? 'Xiao Sanyuan' is so young?" Xiang Shanyi stroked her goatee, nodded appreciatively and said, "This kid is not in a hurry, he keeps his heart, he is a man who can be made."

After finishing speaking, he stepped into the Gongyuan from the side and stopped looking at the many students at the door.

As the main examiner of this rural examination, he should not have too much contact with any student before the examination, so as not to be unfair.

After the academic officer bowed his head and handed the chief examiner into the tribute courtyard, he got up and followed the courtyard. Before closing the door, he glanced at Xiaozhao again, and couldn't help sighing in his heart: "It's not easy for this person to be praised by the Imperial Academy. ah."

Xiaozhao didn't feel anything about all this, he waited for the officials at the gate to check according to the regulations.The search and inspection of the Gongyuan is very strict. The clothes you are wearing have to be felt layer by layer to see if there is any interlayer. Inside.

There are a large number of candidates, and they have to be checked one by one. The speed of entering the venue is very slow. It took four hours from the time of dawn to line up at the gate of the Gongyuan, to the end of the inspection, when all the candidates were locked in the courtyard.

After entering the courtyard, everyone went to the exclusive number room according to the lottery they drew.

Xiaozhao was lucky, the number room he drew was in the center, far away from the stinking latrine, so it would not be affected by the stench, and the two wooden boards in the number room were also intact, unlike some number rooms where the wood boards were rotten and it was difficult to sleep at night. I have to worry about whether the wooden board will be crushed, and there will be no place to write the paper tomorrow.

Nine days of hardships, the pain of which is less than one ten thousandth of a person who has not participated in the scientific examination.

In the first session, God was a blessing, the weather was sunny and sunny, but in the second session, that is, at midnight on the [-]th, there was a sudden downpour of rain, and many candidates were woken up by the heavy raindrops.

Difficulty falling asleep is a small matter, but getting wet in the test papers is the biggest problem. On the spot, more than a dozen people's test papers were wetted by the rain and turned into a ball.

Xiao Ruo planned for a rainy day, and the oiled paper umbrella stuffed into Xiaoxun came in handy. He carefully protected the examination paper in his arms and warmed it with his body temperature. The inner walls of the room curled up all night, and the rainstorm was over.

Fortunately, the examination paper was dry and complete, and the day was sunny, so Xiaozhao wiped the wooden board used as the tabletop repeatedly with his sleeve to confirm that there was no water stain, and then spread out the examination paper and continued writing.

When I was hungry, I ate a few bites of broken cakes. When I was thirsty, I didn’t dare to drink more water, so as not to waste time and increase the risk of going to the toilet.

The hard work of the body didn't block Xiaozhao's thoughts, and he made the imperial edict, judgment, table, and edict.

This year's policy discussion is aimed at the Zhongzhou flood disaster, and students are required to express their opinions or opinions on the imperial court's allocation of grain stored in neighboring prefectures to relieve the victims in combination with theories of economics.Xiao Zhao only thought for a while, and then he wrote like a pen, expressing his thoughts clearly and clearly on the paper.

After the exam was over on the ninth day, when the official sang: "Stop writing—all the students leave—" Xiao Zhao felt as if he had passed away.

Candidates at the Chugong Academy all covered their faces, crying or laughing, some in a trance, muttering in their mouths, and some fainted on the ground with their knees softening as soon as they went out.

Compared to them, although Xiaozhao also looked haggard and staggered, he was rare and clear-headed.

On the day when the exam was over, all the members of the Xiao family were waiting outside the Gong Yuan. They said it was outside the Gong Yuan, but in fact it was a hundred meters away from the gate of the Gong Yuan.

"Come out, come out!" With the opening of the gate of the Tribute Academy, someone from the crowd waiting for candidates shouted.

Xiaoyou stood on tiptoe trying to distinguish which of the dark candidates was her younger brother, looked left and right, but Xiaozhao was nowhere to be seen.

It was still Xiaoxun who was tall and could see far away, so he could spot the staggering little brother of the Xiao family in the crowd at a glance.

Let Xiaoruo take the old and the young to stand aside, so as not to be hurt by the turbulent crowd, he pushes through the crowd and goes upstream, and walks in front of Xiaozhao with a few big strides.

"Axun...Brother?" Xiao Zhao is really dazzled, everything he sees is covered with a layer of black ink dots, and he can only rely on the familiar aura and the vaguely tall figure to judge that the person in front of him should be Xiao Zhao. Xun.

After saying this, Xiaozhao's feet became weak, and he staggered and almost fell to the ground. Xiaoxun immediately stretched out his hand to support the young man, supported his weak body with his strong arms, and led him towards Xiao's family. .

Seeing Xiaozhao being half-supported and half-embraced, Xiaoruo's heart throbbed in pain, and immediately took over his burden, and asked worriedly: "Zhaozhao, Zhaozhao, are you alright?"

Xiaozhao tried his best to open his darkened eyes wide, and was sure that he was his elder sister. He felt relieved, and murmured: "Sister... Sister... I'm fine..."

The last word was as light as a mosquito, floating in the air. At the same time, he directly closed his eyes, allowing all the weight of his body to be transferred to Xiaoxun.

This limpness of his frightened the Xiao family, and Xiao Niao almost cried out, but it was the old man Cen who touched Xiao Zhao's veins, which made everyone's hearts fall to their throats again.

"It's okay, he just fell asleep."

(End of this chapter)