Chapter 333： Government examination

Yingbao, his father, his brother and others took a boat to Fucheng. On the same boat were several students who had passed the county examination.

They formed a joint guarantee with Jiang Jie, so naturally they had to go to Fucheng together.

After sailing on the boat for several days, we finally arrived at Fucheng.

Last time Yingbao was in Fucheng, she entrusted Mrs. Wen to help her buy a courtyard with five houses, all of which were fully furnished.

At this moment, she brought a group of people to live in this house.

Mrs. Wen was very happy to learn that Jiang Jie had passed the county case examination, but in order not to affect Jiang Jie's studies, she did not let her son and Wei Zhan come to disturb him.

After Yingbao arrived in Fucheng, he went to the market to buy vegetables and meat. When he came back, he gave it to his father, who led a few people to cook.

There are a lot of people living in the house now, including four students who have signed guarantees, two Linshan students who helped them guarantee, and five or six people accompanying them. In addition to the four members of the family and Mr. Wu, there are more than 20 people. .

Fortunately, these people are very polite and have good character. Even though they envied Jiang Jie for having Mr. Wu to teach him, they just silently moved a small pony and sat outside the window to learn from him, and had no intention of entering the house to disturb him.

Those who accompanied the students to take the exams were even more arrogant and did not dare to say anything for fear of affecting their own family members.

April soon arrived, and everyone went to the government office to get their examination certificates, and then came the examination.

The scale of the prefectural examination is much larger than that of the county examination, with nearly a thousand people taking the test.

Jiang Jie is not afraid at all now after going through the county examination.

Anyway, I have the pills given by my sister and the delicious Poria cocos pancakes in my hand. I can eat them for five more exams, not to mention three exams.

The examinations in the government examination include classics, essays, and policy discussions. The main contents are memorization, poetry, and political opinions and practices.

During his travels with his master, Jiang Jie already had his own opinions on current affairs and government affairs. He also read through many classic documents. In addition, the Wudingzhi given by his sister refreshed his mind, and he was able to answer articles easily.

After the three exams, everyone has to wait in Fucheng for the results to be released.

The four candidates living in Yingbao's house didn't rest either. They and the two Linshan students still stole lessons from Mr. Wu's window every day.

Yuan Bao was lucky enough to be with his little cousin and study with him openly.

The results were released ten days later. Yuanbao and Yingbao ran to the entrance of the examination room to look at the results.

As soon as the gong rang, the Yamen servant came out with the notice and posted it in the notice booth.

Many scholars and their families crowded over to watch.

“Win! Xiaojie got third place!” Yuanbao pointed at the list and shouted in surprise.

Yingbao also saw it and was very happy.

If my younger brother can achieve this result in the government examination, he will most likely pass the college examination. By then, he will be the elder sister of Xiucai Gong, hahaha!

When the results of the examination were first published, the doorman had already secretly given the names and rankings of the students who had passed the examination to the people waiting outside, asking them to take them and report the good news. When the time came, he would also get some reward money and give it to them.

The ranking is also important. The higher the ranking, the more rewards the newspaper may receive.

After receiving several long white notes, a pair of newspapermen hurried to the place recorded on the note to report the good news.

Some places are far away, but those with the highest rankings will also go. Not only do you have to go to the owner's house to report the good news, you also have to go to the homes of his immediate relatives, such as grandparents or grandparents. One trip to report the good news, ranging from a few guan to dozens of guan, is enough for this year.

Here, Yingbao and Yuanbao ran back quickly to tell their families the good news.

Unexpectedly, the newspaper was running faster than them. In the morning, they announced the good news, received the reward, and left quickly.

There is another ship at the pier that is about to leave for Qinchuan County, and they cannot delay.

Mr. Wu fully expected his young apprentice to get into the top three.

"The next step is the college examination, which is expected to be held in May. During this period, you should practice your poetry." The young apprentice suffered a lot in poetry, so Mr. Wu decided to give him some poetry. .

Jiang Jie nodded, obediently took the book and went to the yard to practice composing poems. There are still more than twenty days for the college entrance examination, which is more difficult than the government examination. He has to practice as soon as possible.

Yingbao took advantage of this time to go to the market in Fucheng to buy many things, including grain and vegetable seeds, and secretly packed them into the cave. She also took out the fruits and vegetables from the cave and gave them to her father to share. For everyone to eat.

Of the four students who lived at home and were rushing to take exams, one of them failed the exam and went home with his own boy, so Jiang Jie's five-person joint security team had to find someone to come in.

Fortunately, Lin Shansheng had a good connection, and he quickly found someone to fill the role.

Finally it’s time for the college exam in May.

The weather has been getting hotter these days, and mosquitoes have appeared.

Yingbao prepared anti-mosquito sachets for her younger brother, as well as a small mosquito net that could be opened as soon as it was stretched out, an oilcloth and an oilcloth raincoat.

At night, my brother only needs to hammer four nails into the wall and tie the four corners of the small mosquito net to the nails. Then he can have a peaceful sleep and it will not affect his exam the next day.

Unexpectedly, on the day of the exam, the sky suddenly became violently windy, and soon the clouds became dense and it started to rain heavily.

Fortunately, Jiang Jie saw that something was wrong, rolled up the test paper and put it into a paper bucket, thus avoiding getting wet.

Jiang Jie stood on the bench and nailed the oilcloth he brought to the door to block the wind and rain.

But the rain was getting heavier and heavier, and it blew into the house from time to time. Even if there was an oilcloth, it couldn't completely block it.

Jiang Jie had no choice but to put on her sister's raincoat made of oilcloth and put on her hat.

More than an hour later, the rain finally became lighter.

Jiang Jie wiped off the rainwater on the chopping board, then used a cotton cloth to **** it dry.

But you still can’t spread the paper like this, otherwise the words will be blurred and cannot be read.

He was a little anxious.

If you continue like this, you won’t be able to finish the questions.

After thinking about it, Jiang Jie started to look through the test basket.

Finally, I found a piece of dry oil paper.

This piece of oil paper is not big, but it can just fit on the board.

Jiang Jie was overjoyed and quickly took out the test paper and started answering the questions.

At this time, it was still raining outside, but not heavily.

Jiang Jie finished answering a test paper, let it dry, then carefully rolled it up and put it into an oil paper bucket...

It was finally time to collect the papers. Jiang Jie put all the answer sheets on the chopping board in front of him and watched the clerk take them away.

After packing up my things and walking out, I saw many people looking depressed.

A rain wet a lot of test paper paper. They finally dried the paper, but it was too ugly to write on such paper.

So they basically have no hope in this college examination.

Jiang Jie had a piece of paper that was also wet, but he used the small hand stove with charcoal that his sister gave him to iron it flat and dry, and when he wrote on it, it looked like new paper.

After the last test, everyone waited for another twenty days, and finally it was time to release the results.

This time Jiang Sanlang went to see the list with his daughter and nephew Yuanbao.

When he saw that his son was still ranked third, Jiang Sanlang was so happy, but he was afraid that he would make a mistake, so he asked his daughter: "Bao'er, help daddy take a look, is that name your brother's?"