Chapter 388： Extremely lucky

Chapter 388: Unlucky

On the autumn day, the Yang family dispatched several carriages to meet the Liang family and watched them enter the Gongyuan.

Mrs. Mingsan looked at the thatched hut above the Gongyuan and was dumbfounded, "How much effort did it take to build it? Will it not collapse?"

Jiang Ning Wan'er explained: "More than a thousand bamboo poles are built to support the entire Gongyuan. Even if the sea wind blows, it will not collapse, let alone this is a city."

“Who came up with it?” Mrs. Mingsan admired and marveled.

Jiang Ning was embarrassed to raise his head, "I just gave Mr. Ji a few suggestions, and the rest was done by Mr. Ji's people. Nine times out of ten, it was Mr. Liang's idea."

Mrs. Ming San felt more and more sympathy for Jiang Ning. The two of them had a long discussion in the thatched hut outside the Gongyuan. They did not return to Zhuangzi until the sun was shining and the heat hit them.

There were three consecutive games in Qiuwei, and each time he had to stay inside for three days. Jiang Ning was very worried about this kind of weather.

In the examination room.

Although everyone is studying in different directions, the distance is not too far.

Yang Santie's good luck may have been tried out in the hospital, but this time he got the toilet number. On a hot day, wouldn't this be life-threatening! His face was as dark as the bottom of a pot, but there was nothing he could do about it. Fortunately, his mother-in-law had prepared many ways for them to ward off the heat and insects.

One of them is flowers and leaves used for cooling. Wrap these flowers and leaves in gauze, tie the rope tightly, and hang it with your ears. The gauze bag is just under the nose and mouth. Whether you breathe or exhale, there is only a refreshing feeling. The scent of flowers and plants can keep the smell to a minimum even if someone is paying homage next door. You can put two pieces of dough in your ears to block out the sound from next door, and you can answer your questions without any distractions.

Lay out the paper, write your own information, and go through the questions.

Yang Santie discovered that the title of the first question was "Try to use Tianyuan technique to find the root of one element of the equation. If so, what is the method?"

This question made him frown. In the past, in the academy, he mainly studied the Four Books and Five Classics. He only taught superficial knowledge in magic and mathematics, and put it in the normal imperial examination. This question should ask him to elaborate on Tianyuan Shu, or give him a formula to guide him. Instead of giving a complicated calculation like this question, let him answer it from beginning to end.

This kind of question is something that a gentleman who knows arithmetic in the academy would have to think about for a long time when he sees it, and he may not be able to answer it correctly. Fortunately, Mrs. Mingsan has told him a similar question in advance, so this question is not difficult for him.

Yang Santie took a deep breath, picked up his pen and answered, "Tian Yuan Shu, an ancient mathematician, can find the root of a cubic equation of one variable. The method is not simple. Now let's take the equation in question as an example to briefly explain its key points."

It took half an hour to finish writing this question. He checked it carefully and breathed a sigh of relief when he found that there was no problem with the result. He continued to look at the second question: "The Dayan seeks one. The reason is subtle. The numbers two and four are , eight, sixteen, and thirty-two in ascending order to understand their rationale.”

Yang Santie read it carefully and was very happy. The second question was obviously easier than the first question. It seemed that the first question was to show off the examinees like them, and it was also a test of the candidates' mentality. If they got stuck on the first question, their mentality would collapse later. , it will be difficult to obtain high scores.

After he understood the examiner's thoughts, he immediately calmed down, went through the question again, and answered: "Two is a number, and the power of two is also; four is a number, and the power of four is also; eight is a number, and the power of eight is also the base of two. Increasing its exponent is the law of this sequence, and the Dayan seeks unity, which comes from this."

The third question tests complex operations. There are ten questions in total, requiring the use of various calculation methods. Even the senior accounting clerk shook his head after reading it. Ten questions can last a day or two. The fourth question is about the calculation of the area and perimeter of some figures. It is not difficult, but a lot of data is hidden in the question. For example, the question says "Carpenter Xu in the east of the city made a door. The man could not make it as well as the woman, and the fat man had a hard time making it as thin as the thin man."

At first glance, it seems that the door is short and narrow, but from this sentence we can roughly estimate the length and width of the door, because the question is not about specific numbers, but analysis. There are many possibilities. It took me a long time to answer this question. Not excessive.

The first exam only had these questions, but it took them three days. This shows that the person behind the questions is not simple.

Yang Santie shook his head and quickly focused on the topic. In a blink of an eye, the vision in the room became much darker. He raised his head in a daze, but could not see the sky and could not tell the time.

Someone had already lit candles around him. He looked at his answer sheet and saw that he was almost halfway through it. At this rate, he could finish it in half a day the day after tomorrow. There was no need to be exhausted while doing the questions, so he stopped and carefully read the paper and the Four Treasures of the Study. Keep it.

Although there was a gauze bag hanging under his nose and dough stuffed in his ears, he could still hear some faint sounds. Coupled with the sultry summer heat, he opened the mint water he brought in with some irritability and drank a few sips. Suppressing the heat in my heart, I quickly closed my eyes while my body and mind were cool, and fell into a deep sleep.

When he woke up again, the examination room was still dark. He didn't know what time it was, but the surroundings were obviously much cooler. He was full of sleep and felt refreshed. He quickly got up and patted his face with water. After he was completely dry, he carefully removed his own clothes. Take out the paper and pen and ink, light the candle, and continue to answer.

Perhaps because he was in good spirits, he knew how to write those complex calculations as soon as he picked up the pen. When the candle burned out and the sky was bright, he was also hungry. The reward was that he completed three complex calculations with extremely high efficiency.

This result made him very satisfied, so he stopped, and while no one was paying attention next door, he quickly took out his own dry food, ate a few bites, barely filled his five internal organs, and then continued to answer the questions.

On this day, he managed to answer all ten calculation questions before dark. His mind was also dizzy and he couldn't move, so he quickly stopped to rest.

On the third day, he was woken up by the sound of Chu Gong next door. He had slept well, but he was not in a good mood. Fortunately, there was only one last question left today, so he had time to linger.

When he was picking up his pen to answer, those messy thoughts were gradually forgotten by him, and all he could think about was the question.

By the time he finished analyzing and writing the last question, it was already past noon, and he would almost stop answering in another hour. Even though he was empty and hungry, he still gritted his teeth and checked the previous questions again. When the gong sounded, all candidates put down their pens and stood up.

Wait until the invigilator soldiers collect all the papers before lining up to leave the examination room.

Jiang Ning was looking around outside the Gongyuan.

When the three children came out one after another, she quickly asked the driver to speed up and leave.

Each of the three of them felt as if their essence had been sucked by a goblin. They were wilting and weak. Yang Fugui, the youngest, was the most obvious. He couldn't even sit still after getting on the carriage.

Jiang Ning couldn't bear to see them like this. When he returned to the villa, he immediately asked his servants to help them bathe, change clothes and wash themselves.