Traveling to Daliang Kingdom starts from falling into the water

Chapter 289 Before the List

Seeing the paper, ink, pens and other things being delivered one after another, Dajiang and Xiaohe were dumbfounded when the waiter who delivered them to the teahouse said which packages contained paper.

Third sister wants to open a shop?

impossible.

Dajiang knew that Zhou Banxia would rather buy a shop and collect rent than open one. Firstly, he was afraid of being designated as a merchant, and secondly, he was afraid of the trouble and having to arrange a shopkeeper.

In the words of his third sister, the workshop has exhausted me to death, so why bother opening a shop? I am crazy, I might as well embroider at home and worry less!

If he guessed correctly, he must have stocked it up so that the three of them could practice calligraphy, because neither he nor the third brother-in-law could write as well as the third sister.

The third sister is not only good at embroidery, she is also good at calligraphy and painting. Even her husband is full of praises. However, the third sister does not like to be in the limelight, and not many people know about it.

The third sister didn't say anything, but she felt that the handwriting of him and her brother-in-law was not elegant enough. She hoped that they would finish the college entrance examination and practice their calligraphy well.

"Sister, how much money did you spend?" Xiaohe helped his elder brother to save money, "We can use a brush dipped in water to practice calligraphy."

Zhou Banxia couldn't help but laugh, "Not many, most of them have flaws, and they will have to be cut up and copied for you later."

Yes, copy the book.

Ojiang suddenly realized.

The books related to the imperial examination at home are quite comprehensive. There are many commentaries on the Four Books and Five Classics, covering everything that is covered in the basic imperial examination.

Among them are a set of annotations compiled by the third brother-in-law himself in preparation for the examination, personal insights, and experiences related to the imperial examination, etc.

A glimpse of the leopard in the tube can be seen.

These learning materials are the heritage of real scholars. They may not be comparable to those of real aristocratic families, but they are still extremely valuable.

The next step is not to copy one or two more sets to prepare, Xiaohe will use them, and his future nephew will also use them.

"Did you find any good books today?"

Xiaohe whispered in Zhou Banxia's ear, "My eldest brother and I took a look, and found that some of the scripts are not available, but most of them are. Some bookstores don't have them, and we also have them."

In fact, our family's collection of classics and history comes from Qianfu, Gaofu, Zhoufu, as well as Gao Family School and Jingshan Academy. It couldn't be more complete.

As for military books, agricultural books, travel notes and other miscellaneous books, your uncle also gave a lot of them to your brother-in-law and your brother to read, but you were too young to pay attention to them.

First, if you have read the Four Books and Five Classics well, the meaning of the classics will not be a problem. Then you will naturally have to read a lot of miscellaneous books to prepare for future strategies.

Xiaohe nodded his little head heavily. He knew that before he was ten years old, he had to read the Four Books and Five Classics thoroughly, and after he was ten years old, he would prepare for the next scientific examination.

Zhou Banxia touched the little guy's bun with relief. He only had two years at most. In two years, he would go to Jingshan Academy to study. Let's have some fun first.

The second batch was sent away the next day, when Zhou Changping, Uncle Gu and others set off to leave Zhending Mansion. Zhou Banxia went to buy another pony for Xiaohe.

There is nothing we can do.

It was too short, and only ponies were suitable for Xiaohe. Even if he rode on the pony, Xiaohe would still need to be escorted, but Xiaohe was very happy.

With their own horses that they could practice riding on, Gu Wenxuan and Dajiang couldn't stay in the city anymore, let alone Xiaohe, and decided to go to Zhuangzi to stay for a few days.

It was originally planned to keep a cook and others in the house so that they could take care of Gu Wenyu and others, but unexpectedly, they all wanted to go to Zhuangzi to stay for a few days.

If you don't want to go to the streets, the city is indeed not as comfortable as the village outside the city. Not to mention there is no curfew, and the place is very big, so you can have as much fun as you want.

Horse riding, archery, fishing, swimming, barbecue... and sometimes there was a friendly competition with three candidates from Jingshan Academy and Zhaojiacun. There were no elders around, and everyone was happy to be alone in Zhuangzi. In just a few days, his skin color turned at least one shade darker.

Until the day before the examination results were announced, everyone was quite nervous when they returned to Jiying Lane, and their minds were focused on the results of the examination results the next day.

Zhou Banxia saw Gu Wenxuan talking in an understatement about not being the first in the case, so he should be on the list, but he still had to write five big letters before going to bed that night.

After I finished writing, I seemed to have lost my focus. When I got to bed, I kept mumbling that I might not be able to get the thousand taels of silver I bet this time, and I kept trying to make a fool of myself and tormenting people.

When he got up early in the morning, Gu Wenxuan practiced with a stick of incense in the yard, punching and kicking, and then went back to his room to take a shower, freshen up and change clothes after being sweaty.

"The belt is wrong."

Gu Wenxuan lowered his head.

Zhou Banxia laughed heartily.

Looking at Zhou Banxia rolling happily on the kang, it seems that you were not tired last night! Gu Wenxuan looked at her with a dumbfounded look, "I'm really not nervous, can you believe it?"

"Believe it!" That's weird, Zhou Banxia was secretly happy, "I really don't need to accompany you to see the list?"

"No, you can just wait at home for the good news to arrive." Gu Wenxuan thought about it, "Whether we are looking at the rankings or the top three answer papers today, there will be a lot of people, and maybe we won't be able to squeeze out for a while. With you at home, the news team arrived early, and I feel relieved."

"Okay." It's crowded and the weather is hot. The result is the same if I wait at home. Furthermore, when the news team came to the door, they needed to report the news to the Lin Mansion and Yun Ke in time.

While thinking, Zhou Banxia reminded, "There is no need to worry about the first three answer sheets. Looking back, it will be like the government examination. Someone will copy and sell them. Just ask Zhiming to buy them. It won't cost a lot of money."

"Just be careful, don't get pushed down. If you fall, you will make a fool of yourself." Gu Wenxuan took over the words and said with a smile, "I know.

Everyone went to see the list. With more people and greater strength, nothing could go wrong. I will take care of Dajiang. You can feel at home at home. There is no need to be too nervous. We are just waiting for you to celebrate for us. "

"it is good!"

I just don’t know how many talents among you can be selected. If there are less, I’m afraid it will be difficult to celebrate with great fanfare. I hope more than five people can be named on the list.

East wing.

Dajiang couldn't sleep last night. When he got up, he was worried about disturbing Xiaohe, who was sleeping with him today. He fell asleep in a daze and dreamed one after another.

When he woke up again, he didn't know what he had dreamed about. He only remembered that he was alone on the mountain, trying to find his way down, but he still couldn't find the way.

In the end, I was kicked awake by my younger brother who was sleeping very badly, and it was also thanks to my younger brother's kick.

In the dream, I could not find the way down the mountain. I could only see cliffs everywhere. If I wanted to go down, I could only jump off. It was so scary that I broke out in a sweat.

Looking at Xiaohe who turned over in sleep and was about to roll under the kang, Dajiang smiled and moved him inside. After getting down to the ground, he tucked the mosquito net away again.

"Big brother?"

"It's still early, let's get some sleep."

Xiaohe rubbed his sleepy eyes and saw that it was already bright and it was still early. The results were to be released this morning. He immediately got up.

After breakfast, Zhou Banxia also straightened Dajiang's clothes, held Xiaohe's hand, and watched them get on the carriage waiting at the side door and leave.

"Sister..." Xiao He hesitated, "This time, there are tens of thousands of students, but only 300 of them passed the exam. Do you think that big brother can pass the exam?"

"Yes!" Zhou Banxia emphasized, "I can definitely do it!"