Good son-in-law of the Ming Dynasty

After two days of rain, it finally stopped. The sky is now full of stars, illuminating the entire night sky. Looking at the next few days, the weather should be good. Otherwise, you will not be frozen out when you enter the examination room Come anyway.

In particular, Sun Chen had a bad cold, and his body might not be able to support it.

After returning to the residence, all the scholars asked why they had been away for so long and why the doctor didn't come.

Wu Lao Er is a talkative person, and he was about to tell everyone what happened in the restaurant just now, so as to speak ill of Mr. Long.

Su Mu glared at him: "Second brother, get some hot water and give Zixiang some medicine."

The second child smiled strangely: "Yes, Mr. Su." Then he stretched out his hand and made a gesture of copying the book, which means, Su Mu, are you afraid that I will tell you about your copying?

Su Mu was so annoyed in his heart that his face sank.

Seeing that the situation is not going well, Wu Laoer sang a big promise and went to boil the water without saying anything.

Only then did Su Mu take out the pills, and went through the whole process of going to An Langzhong, saying: "Mr. An said, it's just an occasional cold, so you don't need to go to the doctor, just take a few pills and you'll be fine. See Mr. An looks like a famous doctor, so he won't lie to me."

Everyone nodded again and again, saying that we can rest assured that Ziqiao will handle things.

Looking at Sun Chen lying on the bed, his face was still flushed, but his body was trembling non-stop, and the sound of his teeth knocking up and down filled the room.

Su Mu touched his forehead, it was terribly hot.

But the hands are cold.

After Wu's second child brought hot water and Su Mu fed him, he comforted him: "Don't worry, Zixiang, you're just drenched in the rain, just sweat it out."

Sun Chen's lips moved, and he said weakly, "Thank you Ziqiao, go to bed early, don't drag everyone down because of me alone, the day after tomorrow is the township examination, please...don't be distracted by my little brother's affairs."

After all, everyone was tired for two days, and they didn't bother to study their homework. They lay down on the ground and fell asleep.

But Su Mu couldn't sleep well, he got up from time to time to see Sun Chen.

After taking the medicine, Sun Chen was still trembling at first, but gradually, fine sweat appeared on his forehead, and he couldn't stop shouting that he was hot and wanted to drink water.

Su Mu fed the boiled water one after another. In this way, Sun Chen sweated even more, and in the end, his clothes were completely soaked.

Looking at his condition again, he is no longer as weak as before, and his eyes are bright.

Su Mu felt relieved immediately, and said with a smile: "Zixiang, it's fine if you sweat, it's fine if you sweat."

The snoring of the other six people in the room was earth-shattering. Seeing no one around, Sun Chen had tears in his eyes: "Zi Qiao, the competition for this provincial examination is fierce. In fact, I also know that with Sun Chen's talent and learning, it is impossible Zhongju, the reason why I came here this time is to familiarize myself with the examination room first. If you can pass the examination for ten years or so, it is considered good. But Ziqiao, you have already won a small three yuan. Difficult, why delay your own future for Yudi?"

Su Mu frowned, and said in a low voice: "What are you talking about, Zixiang? We are all classmates, so why should we divide each other? I don't care if you are so sick. The most important thing now is that you get rid of it as soon as possible. You are recovering from your illness, seeing that Dr. An's medicine is very good, so you can rest assured!"

Sun Chen nodded, and buried his face in the quilt, as if wiping away tears.

Su Mu didn't know how many times he had fed him water, but at dawn he gave Sun Chen a dose of medicine.

After all, after working so hard for so many days, Su Mu gradually fell asleep while sitting by the bed.

When he woke up, it was already three poles in the sun, and he found himself lying on the bed with a quilt covering his body.

There was no one in the house, but the sound of reading was heard in the yard outside.

"Brother Mu, can you see how the younger brother's stereotyped essay is written?"

"The format is correct, but this is a rural exam, so you can't use a summary at the end, why did you forget this?"

"No, no, the township test is so important, and the end of the essay must be concluded. I am still clear about this. It's just that the boy wrote smoothly during the test..." The man who replied was a little embarrassed.

Several other scholars laughed softly.

Then someone recited: "There are nine classics for every country in the world, saying: self-cultivation, respect for the virtuous, close relatives, respect for ministers, respect for ministers, sons and common people, come to Baigong, and gentle people from afar, Huai princes also..."

Then look up the window, a piece of blue sky, it really is a good weather.

Hearing the scholar, Su Mu only felt peace in his heart, but when he touched his side, he was startled: "Zixiang, Zixiang!" Didn't this guy still have a high fever, where did he go?

Sun Chen heard the voices coming in, holding a volume of "Mencius" annotated by Zhu Xi in his hand, looking very energetic: "Zi Qiao, you were exhausted yesterday, we can't bear to wake you up."

Su Mu looked intently. Although Sun Chen was still a little pale, he was in good order and looked very energetic.Unconsciously asked: "Are you cured?"

"Okay, let's not talk about it, that doctor An's medicine is really good. After sweating all night, this morning, he seemed to be fine, so he got up and read with everyone."

Su Mu was also relieved: "That's good, that's good, I'm going to get up to study my homework."

Just as he was talking, Wu's second voice sounded outside again. This guy seemed to be walking in a hurry, as if he had just come back from outside.As soon as he entered the yard, he cried out loudly: "I told you, the things you want are really hard to buy, and you don't even look at the market outside. The city is full of scholars, and the four treasures of the study are out of stock. Also, you The required charcoal is also lacking, and the price is three cents more expensive than in the past.”

"What do you call suffering? Isn't it just more money, and a lot of money for you!" Mu Sheng's voice sounded impatient: "Take it."

"Thank you Mu Xianggong, thank you Mu Xianggong, Mu Xianggong must be going to high school this semester, and I will definitely call you Master Mu when the time comes."

"You can talk, you rascal."

Everyone burst into laughter.

Then, the voice of a middle-aged man sounded: "Masters, you have already stayed here for one night. There are so many people, even if you have business, no one dares to come to the door. After all, if you can't live, if you want to live... ..."

The person who spoke was the host here.

"You want to pay more?" Wu Er Er then cursed: "Go, go, you filthy thing, haven't you seen that the gentlemen are going to enter the examination room tomorrow morning, and you are still disgusted here. No matter what your identities are, your benefits will be indispensable at that time."

"Is charcoal still used in the examination room?" Su Mu felt strange and couldn't help asking.

"Why not...Brother Ziqiao has never taken the provincial examination, so naturally he doesn't know what's going on. I also heard from the elders in the family when I came here." Sun Chen explained for a long time before Su Mu found out.It turns out that there is no food provided in the examination room, candidates have to bring their own dry food.

There are three township exams, each three days, and they are not allowed to come out until the exam is over, and there is no mention of handing in the papers in advance.

It's okay to eat dry food for a day or two, but if you eat it for nine days in a row, you will definitely get sick.Therefore, many candidates bring their own stove, rice, vegetables and charcoal to cook by themselves.Not only that, but you can also boil water to make tea by yourself. Otherwise, if you drink raw water every day and get diarrhea, you don't need to take the test anymore.

And when these things enter the examination room, they must be placed in the examination basket uniformly, and they will be memorized after being checked.

Speaking of the test basket, although there is a word basket in the name, it actually looks like a small bookcase.The inside is divided into several grids, and the volume is also large, so there is no problem in loading dozens of kilograms of things.Then it was strung with two belts, carried on the back of the body, and a rain cloth curtain stretched out over the head to keep out the rain.

This thing is the standard configuration for studying in the Ming Dynasty. If you don't get one, it will be inconvenient whether you are going out for a study tour or entering the examination room to take the imperial examination.

However, Su Mu didn't know that he could cook by himself in the examination room.He also thought about going out later to buy him dozens of big cakes, so that he can deal with these three exams!

After talking, Su Mu and Sun Chen came to the yard together.

As soon as I went out, I was taken aback by the situation in front of me ----- I bought too many things, and there were a lot of tricks. -------Several scholars were rummaging through the pile of things, looking for suitable items to stuff in their kaolan.

White rice, flatbread, beef jerky, charcoal, cotton clothes, cushions, a pile of vegetables, and a pile of radishes.

Of course, there are also the four treasures of the study.

Seeing the busy situation, Su Mu realized that he had to enter the examination room early tomorrow morning.

Compared with the Boys' Examination, the Township Examination is a formal civil service examination, and its competition is not comparable to that of the College Examination.

There are thousands of troops, and only 200 people can break out of the encirclement in the end.

A few days ago, Ms. Wu said that because Beizhili is an economically developed area, the admission quota of 200 people is not bad.In the last Gansu Provincial Examination, the province's scholars took the exam, and only about sixty people made it to the list.

After three exams, none of the scholars in this yard could laugh till the end.

Only then did Su Mu realize that he was not prepared either intellectually or psychologically.

My mind was also in a mess.

I have to admit that this is the biggest challenge Su Mu encountered after traveling to the Ming Dynasty.

This time, there is no trick to cheat, everything depends on one's own true ability.