Traveling through books: Traveling through time with a golden finger to become a soft rice man

Yang Yuanzu was grinding the inkstone while thinking about the structure of the entire article. He planned to start writing in the mode of universal writing and total score, and finally there would be a wave of flattery from the Holy Emperor, which would wear through thousands of times and never wear the flattery.

After sitting at the dormitory table for half a day, Yang Yuanzu gradually felt that his legs were cold and his feet were freezing. Fortunately, he was still wearing velvet warm boots. Thinking about the scholar he saw in thin clothes when he entered the examination room, he couldn't help but feel sad from the bottom of his heart. I feel admired.

Yang Yuanzu put down the pen in his hand, lit up the stove and placed it on the corner of the table. He also took out a small blanket and covered his legs. Now he wouldn't feel cold even if he didn't move all the time.

When it got dark in the evening, Yang Yuanzu stopped writing and cooked himself a bowl of instant noodles, adding a little dried meat and dehydrated vegetables into it.

Yang Yuanzu suddenly looked up. He remembered that Lin Ting'an had packed him some small river shrimps that had been pickled and dried in advance as soup condiments. He then dug out the river shrimps in his package and sprinkled some into the soup. .

The smell of instant noodles mixed with the smell of other candidates' food wafted out, causing other candidates to curse.

‘This is the food brought by some candidate. It’s too fragrant. Compared with other people’s food, it’s hard for me to swallow. ’ The candidate looked at the scone in his hand and frowned.

Some candidates who were writing essays did not feel hungry at first, but now they were aroused by the smell of food. However, they did not want to stop writing for fear that the hard-earned inspiration would fly away, so they could only endure their hunger and continue to answer.

Some candidates brought ordinary noodles to cook, rice to cook porridge, or steamed buns... In short, they brought all kinds of food.

After you finished singing, I came on stage. Yang Yuanzu drank the last mouthful of noodle soup, and a new fragrance came from other places.

But this has nothing to do with Yang Yuanzu. He is full anyway, and these aromas are completely unattractive to him.

Yang Yuanzu burped, asked for some hot water, washed himself briefly, and then set up the bed.

The table in the dormitory is placed in the slots on both sides of the wall. The upper slot is the table, and the lower slot is combined with the wooden stool to form a simple bed with legs that cannot be extended.

Yang Yuanzu spread the quilt on the bed and lay down in it with his legs bent. Before going to sleep, he didn't forget to put out the fire in the stove. For no other reason than there was no room for a stove in the dormitory.

Yang Yuanzu was woken up by a scream as soon as he fell asleep. He woke up in a daze and listened carefully. It turned out that a scholar accidentally knocked over the oil lamp and soiled the scroll.

This happened every time he took the exam, just like how students are late for the modern college entrance examination every year. Yang Yuanzu was no longer surprised. He covered his head with the quilt and continued to sleep.

He brought two beds of thick cotton wool, one bed covered with another bed. The thermal insulation conditions were already very good, but he still felt cold, so he retracted his head directly into the quilt.

Yang Yuanzu also spread a layer of tarpaulin on top of the quilt to prevent fog, frost, wind and warmth. Who knows that his position is in the wind outlet.

Although the weather is getting warmer in March, the nighttime temperature in the north is still very low. If you don't take measures to keep warm, it's easy to catch a cold, especially while sleeping.

When Yang Yuanzu was answering on the second day, he could hear several muffled coughs coming from around him from time to time. He guessed that these people must have caught a cold while sleeping last night.

Of course, there are also some experienced imperial examination scholars who have suffered from the cold in the past and now have prepared sufficient thermal supplies, so they are not affected. Most of those affected were those who took the exam for the first time and did not think carefully about it. In addition, they did not have family members to help prepare with them, so they ignored these details and just thought that bringing a quilt and thick clothes was enough.

There is no food provided in the examination room, only hot water. Yang Yuanzu relies on the food he brings for three meals a day. The food he made today is porridge, but in order to provide nutrition, he still put some dried meat and dried meat in it. Dried, dehydrated vegetables.

Even just eating porridge didn't stop him from getting hungry, so Yang Yuanzu ate two more boiled eggs.

Raw eggs are easy to break and difficult to carry, so he brought them cooked. In addition to boiled eggs, he also had boiled duck eggs and preserved eggs. In short, his family tried various ways to let him bring food, for fear that he would be hungry in the examination room. .

Because Yang Yuanzu was well prepared, his life in the examination room was considered easy.

Lin Ting'an, who was outside, would go outside the Rites Office every day to take a look. Although he couldn't see anything, he was worried when he thought about his husband taking the exam inside.

His husband is a lazy man who can sit but never stand. Now he is suffering in the examination room for the future of his family.

Lin Ting'an was always worried about whether the other party was frozen, and what about his food?

Especially in the past two days, it has been raining non-stop. When I am in a mood, I feel more and more upset when I hear the patter of rain.

The candidates in the examination room have indeed suffered a lot from the heavy rain in recent days. It would be fine if it rained normally, but the bad thing is that when it rains, there is also strong wind, and the rain will naturally be blown to the table.

Those who react quickly can quickly transfer their test papers, while those who react slowly will get their papers wet. However, as long as the writing on the brush is not soaked and smudged by the rain, there is still a chance of rescue, as long as it can be dried in time.

Many candidates in the examination room begged the invigilator to get some wooden boards to protect them from the rain. If the storm continued, they would not be able to continue writing.

The exams had never encountered such heavy wind and rain before, so the invigilator had no choice but to temporarily transfer some wooden boards from elsewhere.

However, there were thousands of candidates in the examination room, and they did not have time to provide wooden boards to protect them from the wind and rain. Yang Yuanzu only got one after waiting for a long time.

The wood board exuded a faint musty smell. Yang Yuanzu guessed that it was due to improper preservation, but fortunately the musty smell was not strong and was still bearable.

The problem of wind and rain has just been resolved. Another candidate accidentally ignited the test paper while baking it. This time the test paper was obviously damaged and he will definitely not be able to continue taking the exam.

The examinee cried and knelt on the ground, begging the invigilator to give him another test preparation paper.

The invigilator sent someone to inform the examiner of the situation, but the examiner only replied with regret: Each candidate's test paper has a fixed number, so wait until the next spring!

The candidate refused, and shamelessly knelt down and begged to give him another chance.