Zhu Pingan ate the two dishes he had ordered and the steamed bun beef soup in a calm manner under the mocking gazes of the crowd, touching his slightly distended stomach and going back to his room to rest.
Looking at Zhu Pingan’s departing back, the sounds of ridicule rose and fell in the lobby.
“This simpleton has grown a good appetite.”
“He ate two meals at the examination centre, and now he’s eaten two whole steamed buns and a big bowl of beef soup with two dishes, is he a pig?”
“I’m ashamed to be associated with this man.”
Amidst the mockery of Zhu Pingan, the atmosphere of the people who had been tense for a day had also unconsciously dissipated, perhaps this was also a windfall for the crowd.
Eat, drink and sleep, the next morning Zhu Pingan again and as usual crossbody schoolbag, clamped a black wooden board and went out.
Inside the inn, snoring, yesterday’s tension of the day’s scholars rare relaxation, one by one sleep is sweet.
Stepping on the wet green stone board, once again came to the riverside, put the black wooden board, rubbed his hands and began the daily mandatory courses.
After the rising sun dyed half the sky red and the visibility was high, Zhu Pingan put away the brush and the black wooden board, and took out a book from his schoolbag with a copy of the Ming Letters of Marque, the Laws of Daming, and the laws published at the moment, and read it with great interest.
Because the second examination test is the table judge, judgement of five articles, enjoin, table, inside, section one. At this time on the Daming Laws and Laws and then review one or two, to the examination is more impressive. In fact, the Ming Letters Patent is very interesting, this is the old Zhu personally hand compiled, talking about severe punishment. Lao Zhu on this law propaganda is simply everything, printed tens of millions of copies, he ordered the officials and the people to study the Letters Patent, officials manpower a book, the people of each household a book. Of course severe punishment was not in keeping with the trend of history, and Lao Zhu’s successors put it on the shelf, where it now serves the purpose of the imperial examinations.
While reading it with great interest, those big girls and small daughters-in-law who were raking and pounding rice came again, and now they are not surprised at this young man who sits by the riverside early in the morning and reads a book, and it also serves as a spice for their long-suppressed feudalism, and every day they have to tease a few times before they give up.
So many big girls and small daughters-in-law together, not afraid of gossip.
“Little Xiu Cai, why didn’t I see you come to see the book yesterday? Giggle, could it be,” a bold little daughter-in-law made a lighthearted sound in the crowd.
Then there was a large group of women snorting and laughing, as well as the shy ranting of a young girl who hadn’t yet left the court.
Being teased by these big girls and little daughters-in-law early in the morning every day, Zhu Pingan was not surprised.
“Yesterday’s county exam, I went to the next exam.” Zhu Pingan puts the book back into his bag and prepares to leave.
Zhu Pingan and these big girls and little daughters-in-law had almost reached a tacit understanding, whenever they came here to pound rice and wash clothes, Zhu Pingan collected his things and left.
“Cluck cluck cluck cluck, if you ask me, just for the fact that you work hard every day, Little Xiu Cai, you’ll surely be able to pass the exam.”
Listening to the voice from behind, Zhu Pingan’s mouth can’t help but hook up a smile, since he took the imperial examinations, all he heard were words like failing the exams ah long experience, this is the first time he has heard someone say that he can pass the exams.
“Thank you, borrow your good advice.”
Zhu Pingan did not return his head, waved his hand and loudly thanked him.
Zhu Pingan’s words again caused the big girls and small daughters-in-law to laugh for a while, if other people’s words must be modestly say what where where, I’m still far from it and so on, he has the good sense to lend you a good word, also not blush, really an interesting young man.
Leaving the river, Zhu Pingan and found a snack, have a taste of Huai Ning food trend.
This is how to spend a day, and repeat the day.
On the second day, when Zhu Pingan returned to the inn after having breakfast, he found that all the students in the inn were in a mess of excitement.
“Quickly, quickly, go, the county dignitary is about to issue a case.”
With one voice, the group was in a frenzy, each with a red face, either in anticipation or apprehension, wheeling a large group of people to run outside.
Even Zhu Pingan, who had just returned, was dragged out of the door by his eldest uncle Zhu Shouren and others.
The whole street seemed like a drop of cold water splashed into a frying pan, the hustle and bustle was boiling.
Zhu Pingan was dragged by his eldest uncle and the others, and almost didn’t bump out the Crab Roe Soup Buns with Lotus Seed Soup that he had eaten in the morning.
County Zun put the list of places in the county government office outside of an open space, the county test put the list called “hair case”, the time has not yet arrived, posted the list of hair case on the wall has been crowded with students candidates, one in order to grab a good position hate to fight. Zhu Pingan they came late, had to be in the periphery.
Fortunately, has not yet been issued, the students did not lose their temper, but there are some of this time still kneeling in the chanting, listen carefully is to pray for the passing gods blessing blessed on the list and so on.
“The case head estimate, buy fixed away from the hand.”
“This book within the schoolchildren, in whether or not a note of fifty Wen.”
Next to a clamour, it turned out that someone actually opened a handicap near the place where the crime was committed, making predictions about this crime.
At this time there are not many students to criticise this, most people are still actively involved in it, saying that what bet a good luck is also a piece of elegant things and so on.
“Swine child, what is your seat number?” Eldest uncle Zhu Shouren looked at the handicap with an enthusiastic face and asked, because the first three matches of the county exams are all announced seat number cases, only the last match will be accepted before the name of the case, known as the “long case”, which is why the eldest uncle asked Zhu Pingan about his seat number.
That’s why he asked for Zhu Pingan’s seat number.
Seeing Uncle’s face, he must be betting that I won’t win.
Zhu Pingan told his eldest uncle, Zhu Shouren, his seat number, and his eldest uncle immediately held up a handful of copper coins and pushed his way into the crowd.
After a while, he came out with the money in his hand. Zhu Pingan asked and learnt that there was no name of his own in the original handicap, there was no self in the ten people predicted by the head of the case, and there was no self even in the most inferior B list prediction, so it can be seen that how he is not favoured by the people ah.
After a long time, only to hear a gong, a few wearing big red uniforms of the yamen blowing oboe, flanked by a hand carrying the list of minor officials to come, people are excited, make way, allow them to go in to post the list.
The list was so big that the small official stepped on a high chair and posted the big red list on the high wall with the help of the officers.
It was a very large piece of red paper, the top of the list was written with seat numbers, there were a total of roughly seven hundred seat numbers in a circle being written on the list, the words were also very large, and could be seen even from the outskirts of the crowd.
Soon the crowd boiled up, the sound of great joy and great sorrow came one after another, some people are overjoyed shouting I won and so on words randomly grabbed the next person is a burst of shaking, some people tearful shouting the county Zun unfair exams are fraudulent and so on words tearful to the head to grab the ground!
Zhu Pingan slightly tiptoe, carefully in the list to find their seat number, not yet wait to see the whole list, heard next to the eldest excited voice.
“Sure enough, there really is no swine child your seat number in the list, no harm, no harm, this time you have the experience of falling out of the list, the next year the chances will also be greater.”
Uncle Zhu Shouren stroked his beard, a senior style to console Zhu Pingan, but all the joy between the eyebrows, hmmmm, your kid did not hit it, the county examination can not be as easy as you think, uncle me this child title but hard-won ah, I’m envious of the hate it.
Peer to come to the examination of more than ten students, excluding the eldest and the other two students do not have to participate in the examination, this time to participate in the county examination of eleven students, a total of six people on the list, on the list of consolation did not go on the list, the feeling of high up.
Of course, Zhu Pingan is the focus of the object of consolation, said consolation, in fact, with ridicule to describe more appropriate.
Some people so ridicule said: you can come to the examination, the purpose of making up the number of people has been achieved, merit and so on the sarcasm.
Even the consolation is also like this: although you did not pass the exam, but you ate well at the exam room ah.
Or it is not at all hidden ridicule, rice bucket, snake bite, smell the crowing bird, firewood house ragged family also deluded into the list of such words.
Just when the crowd is laughing at the high time, and heard a gong, and there are a few big red uniforms yamen flanked by a small official to come.
“This county examination issued case A class fifty people and the head of the case are in this list, you and so on make way, allow me to post this list.”
The minor official saw the crowd clustered around the B class list that was just issued, and could not enter, but could not help but speak loudly, calling out to the crowd, making way, and leading the yamen to go in and post.
“Persuade” Zhu Pingan’s eldest uncle Zhu Shouren and other peers more than ten scholars to this as if they hadn’t heard, fifty A and what the head of the case with Zhu Pingan designated no half a penny, A head of the case of those who can be real talent, Zhu Pingan this into the examination room will only be able to eat the difference between the people of a hundred thousand eighty thousand miles it, so the crowd have to continue! “Persuade” Zhu Ping An.
“Your rice bucket also, hereafter will eat the energy used in reading books on it.”
“Your article is afraid to be stained with oil by the county honourable as cheating it, in the future can not be so.”
“Swine child don’t be discouraged, although you didn’t win this time, but you have accumulated experience ah from now on, concentrate on your studies, uncle will also take the time to teach you.”
Spla spla spla, the crowd said the rise, suddenly just at this time, a trembling voice came
“The crowd of brothers that the first class list has a number, seems to seem to be Ange’s.”
Mocking the crowd of people who are just getting excited to hear, as if hard swallowed a pile of Xiang like, came to an abrupt end, and then subconsciously looked up to just posted the first class list.
Ding ugly
was on the list
It’s Zhu Pingan’s seat number
