Up to more than ten days of the county examination finally came to an end, in this most basic examination, most of the majority of the school students have to be folded, more than a thousand people of the school students finally passed only more than one hundred and fifty people.
Zhu Pingan from the first to the last list, are in the A list.
I remember that when the last list was released, my eldest uncle Zhu Shouren and others were stupefied, if not for the fact that three people from the same hometown also passed the county exam, I am afraid that they would have made a scene at the county honourable. Even so, a few people still shouted that the county honourable unfair, why they are well read but only B list, in favour of Zhu Pingan this snake bites and smells the crowing birds of food high A list.
After the county examination list, stay in the inn are high school list of scholars, the county examination does not set up deer feast, so these people will celebrate in the inn. In the inn a piece of poetry and wine while in years, the students and scholars one by one, and drink and sing, just like we once finished the college entrance examination.
Uncle Zhu Shouren and fellow townspeople sat at a table, celebrating the three passed the county exams, Moet and Moet a, with a little drunkenness to discuss the matter of tomorrow’s departure to the state and county.
Zhu Pingan sat alone at a table by the window in the lobby, vaguely rejected by the crowd, no one in the lobby thinks Zhu Pingan’s talent can pass the county exam, even if every time the list is open the crowd will be hit in the face, but still happy to stick to their own views.
This is probably the same thing as the people of the world.
The government examination is held in April, now it is the end of February, plus the time on the road, there is no time to go home.
Zhu Pingan can’t help but miss his family at this moment, his mute father, his shrewish and protective mother, his simple elder brother, and even his family’s hero, the big black cow.
The inn is filled with the smell of wine, and the scholars who used to care about their image are no longer concerned about the image of what is not the image of the moment, one by one, with a big tongue and sleeves to spell out the wine.
“Come, come, come, our A list great talent, drink this cup together.”
A wobbly fellow villager, carrying a jug of wine, came over and poured a glass of wine for Zhu Pingan without a second thought.
Zhu Pingan looked up at him, and before his words could be uttered, the man continued with a big tongue:
“If you don’t drink this cup of wine, then you are looking down on me.”
Why should I look down on you, Zhu Pingan really wanted to say this back, but he couldn’t say this out loud, a dozen pairs of eyes were staring.
No matter how many tricks you are capable of, in front of this group of drunken people, it’s not much use.
Zhu Shouren, his eldest uncle, and the other villagers were also carrying their wine glasses over, gawking intently.
It’s just a matter of
Zhu Pingan had no choice but to pick up the wine cup and drink it all in one go, although he could have spat out the wine on his sleeve while wiping his mouth, but when he thought that the robes were all sewn by his mother Chen, one stitch at a time, he did not want to part with them.
Mountain God Temple that is helpless, in this even, the big deal is just a drunk.
Seeing Zhu Pingan drink the wine dry, the other onlookers are like wolves that smell blood, have surrounded. By and large, it was just jealousy and revenge, the crowd was thinking of getting Zhu Pingan drunk and making him make a big fool of himself before he could do so.
Don’t say anything about the Daming Dynasty fermented wine low degree, still who was so many people a cup a cup to pour over, also can’t eat, besides now this body is only thirteen years old only, can’t drink much wine.
Zhu Pingan is not a good face of the people, the crowd a circle down, Zhu Pingan felt his head stuffy, in order to avoid being poured into a puddle of mud, but also simply lying on the table pretending to be drunk.
“The skill stops here.”
“The amount of alcohol is as small as this.”
“Not worthy of a man.”
Fellow scholars and scholars lying on the table Zhu Pingan, a good insults, and then left in disillusionment, each catching a pair of wine up, and finally a drunk, ugly.
Effective imitation of ancient people, open belly non-saying that they are in the sun book;
There is also a big tongue, bragging shamelessly about their own one person accounted for three of the world’s talent;
There are even people as if they have won the first prize, published some testimonials, what is His Majesty’s teaching and so on, really think that they have won the first prize in the Palace Examination;
Of course, there is no shortage of drunkenness, muttering that the county honourable eyes without a pearl, point a snake bite, smell the crowing birds of food as a list, but do not know their own full of experience, confused, really confused!
The boss of the inn and fellows of these crazy drunken scholars can be worried, these can be through the county exams, who knows that the future will be in the Xiu Cai or even lifts, and do not dare to spoil the fun of these people, have to look at them crazy drunkenness, drunkenness on the table, the ground floor of a large area.
“Please prepare a bucket of hot water.”
A voice came, startling the fretful boss and mate for a moment.
That is not the beginning of the crowd was drunk teenager, how this will be like nothing, even on the table are left a few dozen Wen meal money.
The capital city is not the same as the county, from Huai Ning County to Anqing Province, you need to cross two counties to arrive, early in the morning of the second day, uncle Zhu Shouren and others hired two carriages ready to depart.
Before leaving, the eldest uncle went to the firewood room of Zhu Pingan, only stood at the door and did not enter, afraid that the firewood room obscure their examination luck.
“Swine child, the luggage can be packed, we are about to depart.” Eldest uncle Zhu Shouren stood at the door and asked.
“I’d like to thank eldest uncle for waiting for a moment.” Zhu Pingan replied as he packed his things, “Would Great Uncle like to come in and use some tea.”
Eldest uncle Zhu Shouren naturally refused, jokingly, firewood room cannon fodder also, how can he enter.
“Swine child, this time the carriage expenses, need us to raise, the road is long, each person needs silver half a taels.” Eldest uncle Zhu Shouren waited for Zhu Pingan to come out, opened his mouth and said.
Zhu Pingan carrying a travelling bag, heard the words looked at the eldest uncle Zhu Shouren a glance, do not show his face and asked, “yesterday tasted and heard the eldest uncle and all the uncles and brothers said, said it is with the coachman bargaining, the lady can be cheaper than 100 Wen, perhaps the swine son heard it wrong.”
Uncle Zhu Shouren this time as if a hangover woke up like, sighing with emotion said: “uncle yesterday hangover, forget this one also.”
The eldest uncle was not embarrassed at all, and was full of frankness.
Naturally, Zhu Pingan would not say anything explicitly, four hundred Wen Renqian had already been prepared and handed over to the eldest uncle, expressing his gratitude to the eldest uncle for his hard work in preparing the carriage.
Seven people crammed into two carriages, not too crowded, but the journey is too boring, the carriage space is small, all the way to the eldest uncle and other people’s voice.
The carriage stops and starts, the eldest uncle and other people see the mountains and rivers are poetry, and then it is off the carriage to make a few poems that do not sound like a level of poetry, we boast each other for a few sentences before the end, so the delay is quite a lot of time.
Rushing daytime, night, or inns or temples or farms, although there are some ups and downs during the period, but it is not a big deal, stop and go, has been walking for five days before finally arrived in Anqing province!
