My name is Chang An, your name is Gu Li

After lunch, Chang An continued to read at his desk as he did yesterday. He did not write his own interpretation while reading like he did yesterday, but read it through, and after a simple understanding of the content, he turned to the next one.

Reading through does not mean studying the entire article, so Chang An can naturally finish the article in one afternoon, and then all that is left is to take a quick look at the content and understand it a little.

After all, he might not be as lucky in the next exam as he was today, so he could only choose a faster method to memorize the article.

Chang An was reading a book when Gu Li brought in a bowl of tonic like he did yesterday and placed it next to Chang An's hand.

"Chang Lang, the tonic is ready and you can drink it." Gu Li sat next to Chang An and stirred the medicine with a spoon.

"Okay." Chang An took the medicine bowl, put it in his mouth and drank it all in one gulp. The taste was the same as yesterday.

"Did you get this tonic from Doctor Zhang?" Chang An suddenly asked after drinking it.

Gu Li was stunned for a moment, then suddenly became a little nervous, and said hesitantly: "No...no, I went to...the clinic in the next block to catch it."

"Really? Why do I feel like this medicine was taken from Pharmacist Zhang?" Chang An's eyes were shrewd at this time, "I feel the taste of this medicine is quite familiar, I have drunk it before."

"Ah, no...no." Gu Li was even more nervous now.

"Mother Gu, you won't use your own medicine to make a tonic for me, right?" Chang An finally told the truth at this time, "Actually, Mother Gu, you don't have to do this. I will only take the exam for these five days, and at most I will take it again next year."

"Then there is the imperial examination. Do you have to waste your medicine like this every time, Gu Niang? I can rest when I am tired, but Gu Niang, your body needs to be taken care of."

"This... this is for Chang Lang to drink, how can it be considered a waste." Seeing that Chang An had seen through it, Gu Li did not try to hide it anymore.

"Of course I am tired, but you are still sick, Mother Gu. There is no need to give me this medicine. Giving important things to people who don't need it, isn't it a waste?"

"Not really!" Gu Li started to get stubborn. She raised her eyebrows. "Chang Lang is studying. Studying is hard. What if he gets sick from working so hard?"

"But you can't give me your own medicine, Gu Niang." Chang An saw that Gu Li was a little angry, so he changed his tone and said softly, "You don't have to cook it next time, okay? I won't be so tired these days."

"I'm going to endure it!" Gu Li still said stubbornly, "When this medicine runs out, you can buy more. But if Chang Lang runs out of energy, he's gone!"

"If Chang Lang doesn't take this medicine, then I won't take medicine in the future!"

After Gu Li finished speaking, he took the medicine bowl and went out. Chang An looked at her stubborn look and began to feel helpless, rubbing his eyebrows.

When Gu Li came back, Chang An asked, "How much medicine do you have left? Can I drink it until I take a New Year's Day holiday?"

"What does it matter how much medicine there is? No one will drink it in the future anyway." Gu Li returned to the low table angrily.

"Who... who said no one wants to drink it? I'm just afraid that the medicine won't be enough for the two of us to last until New Year's Day." Chang An seemed to have compromised and could only say this.

Gu Li also grasped the meaning of Chang An's words at this time, but still said with some emotion: "Enough...enough to drink, but I'm afraid that some people don't want to drink it, and complain that it's a waste."

Chang An stood up as soon as he heard it, and went straight to the sword rack, drew out a sword, and said angrily: "Mother Gu, tell me who doesn't want to drink the medicine, and I'll chop him off!"

Gu Li was still a little angry at first, but when he saw Chang An like this, he was amused, and the last bit of anger in his heart disappeared. He quickly said, "Chang Lang, stop making trouble. No one doesn't want to drink. Go and study."

"Yes, Mother Gu." Seeing that Gu Li was coaxed, Chang An put away his sword, responded like a servant, and then returned to his desk to continue reading.

The next day, which was the second day of the annual examination, according to what Xuezheng had said before, there would be three rounds of examinations today, and all three rounds would be oral examinations. And because it was an oral examination, students would answer questions about the meaning of the scriptures in front of the teacher, so today, in addition to Dr. Lin, there was also Dr. Zhang.

As usual, Dr. Lin distributes the test papers and the students check the questions. The test questions are different for each student. If you are well prepared, you can go up and find the doctor for an oral interview.

Chang An looked at the topic: "Don't pull it out, don't report it, don't blaspheme the gods, don't follow the wrong path, don't predict the unknown. Scholars rely on virtue and enjoy art; craftsmen rely on rules and enjoy speaking. Don't criticize clothes and tools, don't use your body to speak. The beauty of words is solemn and majestic..."

After briefly reading the questions above, Chang An held his chin up and thought for a while, then picked up a pen and wrote a draft on the paper. After writing it, he slightly corrected it and took the test paper to Dr. Lin.

"Doctor." Chang An bowed first, and Dr. Lin took his test paper, and Chang An began to answer his questions.

After hearing this, Dr. Lin thought for a moment, nodded, and asked him to go down and wait.

Because the oral exam was about explaining the sutra, the students answered faster than they did yesterday when they wrote the sutra. Naturally, the first round of the oral exam ended quickly, and then Dr. Lin handed out the papers again.

The topic of the paper Chang An received this time was: "When the great way is practiced, the world is for all. The virtuous and capable are selected, trustworthiness and harmony are emphasized, so that people not only love their own relatives and their own children, but also ensure that the elderly have a place to live, the strong have a place to work, the young have a place to grow, and the widows, the lonely, the disabled and the sick are all provided for..."

This was a vivid whole article "The Way of Greatness". When Chang An got the test paper this time, he was so happy that he didn't even prepare to write a draft. He took the test paper directly to Dr. Lin.

Dr. Lin had just returned to the podium and sat down when he saw Chang An holding the test paper in front of him, so he subconsciously asked, "But is there a problem with the test paper?"

"Doctor, there is no problem with the test paper." Chang An replied.

"Then what are you doing?"

"Students, come and answer the questions."

Dr. Lin and Dr. Zhang beside him were a little nervous at this time. This was an exam, and explaining the scriptures was not something that could be passed casually. But they didn't know that Chang An was an undergraduate student after all, and it was impossible for him not to know this text that he had learned in the second year of junior high school. Moreover, not only did he know it, but he could explain it better than the entire Tang Dynasty just based on this article.

Soon, Chang An completed the oral interview on this passage of sutra. After listening to it, Dr. Lin was stunned for a moment, then nodded slowly and let him go down to wait for the third round of oral interview.

After a while, the third round of oral examinations began, and Chang An was "unsurprisingly" the first to complete all three rounds of oral examinations. He happily carried his book box and left the Imperial College directly.

After returning home, Gu Li and I drank the medicine for two more days, and finally we finished the four-day test. The test was conducted in alternating two rounds a day and three rounds a day, with the oral test and the scripture test taking up five rounds each.

After the last sutra-posting exam, Dr. Lin did not allow Chang An to leave first as he had done in the previous three days, but said that he had something else to tell him later.

When it was almost noon, Dr. Lin announced that all the papers had been handed in, and after collecting the papers, Dr. Lin left. The person who replaced Dr. Lin and walked into the classroom was Zhou Xuezheng. This time he did not have a book in his hand. After walking to the podium, he first looked at the students below, and then slowly said:

"This year's annual examination is over, and the students' homework for this year is also over."

Chang An originally wanted to raise his hand and shout "good" like he did when he was in school, but when he saw that no one in the class responded and seemed to be waiting for Zhou Xuezhen to announce something, he did not do so.

"After school today, all students will have a seven-day holiday for New Year's Day. I would like to wish all students a happy new year."

After saying that, Zhou Xuezheng raised his hand and saluted to each student. The Spring Festival in the Tang Dynasty was actually New Year's Day, so Zhou Xuezheng was wishing them a happy new year.

All the students, including Chang An, stood up and bowed to Zhou Xuezheng. Then, the students began to pack up their things and prepare to leave. Chang An, because he handed in his paper early, packed up his things early and ran out of the classroom first. After leaving the Imperial College, he got on the carriage and headed home.

In the Chang Mansion, Gu Li did not see Chang An come back until noon, so he thought that some arrangements must have delayed him, so he left the room at the exact time as usual.

As soon as she arrived at the door, she saw Chang An just getting off the carriage. When Chang An saw Gu Li, he stepped forward, took her hand, and walked towards the mansion with her, saying, "Your Chang Lang has finished his annual exams, and he will have another seven days off for the New Year. Do you want Chang Lang to take you out to play during this time?"

"But I don't know where to go." Gu Li said, "Why don't we go to the East Market and the West Market to have a look? There seem to be a lot of tricks going on these days."

Chang An thought for a moment and asked, "Don't you want to go out of Chang'an and spend a few days in a mountain temple outside the city?"

"Go outside Chang'an?" Gu Li frowned and said, "But I have rarely left Chang'an. The farthest I have been from Chang'an was when Chang Lang took me to climb a mountain last time."

"Hmm..." Chang An held his chin and thought for a while, "Then should I take Gu Niang out to live outside for two days?"

"Where to?"

At this time, a place popped up in Chang'an's mind: Zhongnan Mountain. So he said, "How about we stay in Zhongnan Mountain for two days? Isn't there a Guanyin Zen Temple there? Let's go there to listen to the secular talk and pray for you, Gu Niang, so that you can get healthy soon."

Gu Li also knew where Mount Zhongnan was, so he nodded in agreement and said, "Then Chang Lang will make the decision."

Chang An patted her head lovingly and said, "Then let's go there tomorrow morning and stay there for two nights, okay? Eat vegetarian food for two days, burn more incense, and ask the Buddha to bless my mother Gu to recover soon."

"Okay!" Gu Li smiled, "Then let's pack up after lunch, okay?"

"of course."