Travel to ancient times and make a fortune

Chapter 147

In fact, even if Li Xiao didn't specially prepare a copy, shopkeeper Liu "searched" and set aside some, intending to send them to the capital.

As an old man whose granddaughter is now eleven or twelve years old, can Shopkeeper Liu understand the thoughts of his young master?
Therefore, since he knew it, he naturally had to provide support to his young master's family.

Some of Li Xiao's developments in Liu Ning Mansion are basically mentioned in Shopkeeper Liu's monthly letters; every time Li Xiao discovers or tinkers with something new, Shopkeeper Liu will inevitably send it to the capital as soon as possible.

In fact, shopkeeper Liu also knew that he was able to be transferred to Liu Ning Mansion mostly because he had good relations with the Li family when he was in Chang'an Town, and he spread news to the young master's family from time to time.

He was actually looking forward to the girl Li Xiao finally getting together with her young master. After all, the handsome man and the pretty girl looked like a perfect match.

Li Xiao didn't care about what other people were thinking now. Seeing that the Mid-Autumn Festival was approaching, she found that she suddenly seemed to have 'pre-exam syndrome', unable to concentrate, and had insomnia and dreaminess at night... She was obviously going to take the exam. She is not the one!

This is really like traveling through time and being dominated by the fear of the college entrance examination!

Li Qingsong was the first to notice that something was wrong with Li Xiao. When he asked the reason, he couldn't help but feel a little funny.

"I'm telling you, girl, I, a candidate who is about to leave the exam, am not so nervous that I can't sleep. You, my substitute brother, have experienced it all."

When Li Dashan and Li Yuan found out, they couldn't laugh or cry. However, after the three of them took turns to comfort and comfort them, they found that their daughter (sister) did not seem to be getting better either.

Fortunately, the third day is the Mid-Autumn Festival, with lanterns and colorful decorations everywhere, and there are many stalls hanging lantern riddles on the streets.

Several large households in Fucheng even invested together to hire a juggling troupe to perform in Fucheng Square for two consecutive days.

Li Dashan and his wife rarely joined in the fun with their brother and sister. The family walked on the street together, feeling the hustle and bustle. Li Xiao's attention was really diverted by this lively scene.

After walking around for a long time, going home to wash up, and having a sumptuous Mid-Autumn Festival reunion dinner, Li Xiao finally had a good sleep until dawn.

After the Mid-Autumn Festival, Li Qingsong stopped reading for an hour except when he got up early.

Since he became a scholar, he has spent a lot of time preparing. What he should learn, what he should remember, and what he can understand from the book have all been engraved in his mind.

Now there are only two days until Qiuwei. In these two days, what he needs to do is to relax himself and adjust his condition to the best.

August seventeenth.

The next day was the official start of the exam. On this day, there were still many people coming and going at Wenchang Temple outside the city.

It is said that "whenever the imperial examination is held, the scholars pray and come to visit." Every time during the imperial examination season, students everywhere worship Wenchang. Li Xiao can be regarded as seeing this kind of grand occasion that could only be seen in historical materials in his previous life. '.

After the family returned home from Wenchang Temple and took a short rest, they began to check what Li Qingsong needed to bring to the examination room.

Pens, ink, paper and inkstones are prepared in the examination room, but candidates' food, clothing, bedding, and some emergency medicines during the examination all need to be prepared in advance.

A few days ago, Li Yuan and his wife once teased their daughter for being overly nervous. Now that Shen Shimo was about to enter the venue, the couple began to get nervous, so they began to check Li Qingsong's things over and over again.Li Xiao didn't make fun of her parents, because in her previous life, her grandfather was like this when she was taking the college entrance examination, helping her check the exam materials over and over again.

Li Qingsong was the same. He didn't feel irritated by his parents' repeated inspections and repeated instructions. Instead, he watched his parents busy with a smile, and then listened attentively to every instruction from his parents.

In the end, Li Xiao was worried that his parents would not be able to stop and would delay their entrance to the examination room, so he had to interrupt the couple: "Mom and dad, don't worry. My eldest brother has been preparing for a long time, and we have done everything we need to do." You’ve done it, everything you need is ready, and everything will go smoothly!”

A few people were talking when Li Kui came over to remind them that it was almost time and it was time to leave for the examination room. Only then did everyone accept their words and prepare to leave for the examination room.

The examination room is located at Gongyuan in the southeast of Fucheng. The gates of Gongyuan are divided into three parts: left, middle and right. A large plaque with the word "Gongyuan" hangs in the middle of the gate. There is an archway outside the gate.

After entering the gate, walk along the gate and you will find the Yimen. After entering the Yimen, there is the Gantry. This is the inspection channel for candidates to enter the examination room.

In order to isolate the Gongyuan from the outside world, it was surrounded by a high wall, which measured about one foot to five feet. The wall of the Gongyuan was also covered with thorns.In order to strengthen supervision, watchtowers were built on the four corners of the Gongyuan to facilitate observation.

Li Dashan and others were not allowed to enter the Gongyuan, so they could only send people outside the gate. Fortunately, there were not many things. After Li Qingsong took the things, he said goodbye to his parents and sisters.

There are many candidates preparing to enter Gongyuan. A queue has already formed in front of the Gongyuan gate. There are guards maintaining order. At the gate, examiners are doing the first round of checking the candidates' belongings.

After waiting for about a quarter of an hour, it wasn't until they saw Li Qingsong successfully entering the gate that Li Dashan and the others left with peace of mind.

On August [-]th, the Qiuwei exams begin!
Although each exam requires two consecutive days of testing and you are not allowed to leave in the middle, many people still send their servants to stay outside the Gongyuan to prevent any unexpected situations from happening.

Li Xiao's family didn't let anyone come over. Firstly, they didn't take it into consideration. Secondly, although the family has bought some people, most of them are in the village. Li Kui and the others happened to be busy with their own affairs, so they didn't. Let people stare outside the Gongyuan.

The family always goes to the teahouse across the street from Gongyuan in advance to wait on the afternoon of the second day of the on-site exam.

Until August 25, the day after the third session, when Li Xiao was waiting for his brother, he overheard people on the sidelines mentioning during the discussion that several candidates were carried out the previous afternoon, and their family members received them from the guards. When I passed my son (husband), I had no choice but to cry and take him home, and then I thought of this problem.

Fortunately, it was a near miss, and my brother finished the exam smoothly and left the examination room.

But this incident can be regarded as a reminder to Li Xiao: it is time to find one or two followers for his eldest brother.

August 29 is the day when the provincial examination results are released.

On the day when the results were released, people were queuing up under the dragon and tiger list on the west wall of Gongyuan.

In order to maintain order, the government also arranged for guards to be present early.

When Li Xiao and his family arrived at the teahouse across the street from Gongyuan, there was already a sea of ​​people outside Gongyuan, and even the teahouse was full of people. Thanks to Li Xiao's reminder to Li Dashan to reserve a seat in advance, otherwise they really wouldn't have anywhere to sit.

(End of this chapter)