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Liu's father and Luo Hong settled down in the new house. Liu Caixia was the chef, Lin Weizhong and Liu's father helped out. Li Yao and Wei Songbai certainly couldn't be idle either.

Wan Tongsheng didn't have the idea of ​​a gentleman staying away from the kitchen, so the men didn't go into the kitchen, but helped outside with some preparatory work within their ability.

"Uncle Luo, do you think we should invite Brother Chen and the other three? We left so early that we forgot to tell them. I wonder if they will ask about our situation?"

Luo Hong also reacted. Since they had given the middle-class room to the four people before, the four people later bought some snacks to express their gratitude. As a result, they became familiar with each other.

During the day, if they encountered any academic problems, they would bring their books to discuss with each other. The four of them were students from ordinary families, and although they might not be able to help them too much, they were not such snobbish people.

After all, you can't be so snobbish at the beginning, no one knows what will happen in the future.

When people get along with each other, they need to treat each other with sincerity.

"Okay, after lunch, I'll go back to the inn in the afternoon. Invite them to come over and have dinner here in the evening."

"Okay, you go earlier and have dinner earlier. After dinner, they can go back earlier. The exam is the day after tomorrow, and it would be bad if something happened in between. There are so many people in the city, so don't let anything unexpected happen."

"Well, I think the four of us can play together, and our personalities are pretty good."

Among the four people, Lin Keyu had a better relationship with Brother Chen whom he had just mentioned. Brother Chen was nineteen years old, much older than him, but he would tell him some things about this dynasty and did not show any contempt for their identities as refugees.

Although his father was the owner of the Malatang shop, he was doing well financially after doing business.

Every time Lin Keyu went to the store in the county town, some little boys of the same age from the surrounding neighborhoods, both educated and not, would come.

He often heard those people talking about their family, and they ignored him when they saw him. Later, Lin Keyu stopped taking the initiative to greet these people.

Brother Chen would tell him about some human relationships and social practices, some feudal ideas of this dynasty, but also some enlightened ideas that were different from this dynasty.

The two often had a great time chatting.

Luo Hong went to the inn to pick up the four people and checked out of the inn. Then they went to the examination room together.

The examination in the provincial capital was different from the examination for Tongsheng, which was held in the academies in each county.

It is not very formal and has not yet been included in the jurisdiction of the imperial examinations.

Examinations above that were arranged uniformly by the imperial court. It can be said that the test papers were all set by the Imperial College and sent in sealed envelopes to various government offices.

The government office would then organize invigilators and examiners to take the examination in the government office's imperial examination hall.

The Imperial Examination Hall was located on the East Street of the government office, just behind the county and government offices. It covered an area of ​​six acres and could accommodate six to eight thousand people for examinations.

Of course, the examination environment was not very good. Apart from the small cubicles and a cutting board for answering questions, there was not much space for activities.

The Imperial Examination Hall has three gates, divided into three areas. At that time, all the yamen runners in the city will be mobilized. Except for the yamen runners who are guarding the city and patrolling, other yamen runners cannot take leave and all have to go to the Imperial Examination Hall to help maintain order.

(These are just my wild thoughts, don’t take them too seriously!)

Maybe they were from the same county, so they were all assigned to the North Gate examination room, and they would enter and exit through the North Gate.

Luo Hong came back with four people, and Liu's father greeted them warmly, "Welcome, welcome... Just treat it as your own home, don't be polite..."

"Uncle Liu, excuse me! Brother Lin, Sister Lin!"

Luo Hong laughed, "Just now Ke Yu called you Brother Chen, but now you call him father, mother, brother and sister-in-law. There is a generation gap!"

"Ah..." Ancient scholars were still rather old-fashioned in these aspects.

"Yes, yes, yes, Ke Yu, don't yell like that anymore."

"It's okay, it's okay. You two might be classmates in the future. Just go your own way. It's okay!"

Lin Weizhong finally came out to smooth things over. This title was a big problem. If they were too fussy about it, everyone would be tired. Anyway, they were not related by blood, nor were they the elders in the family.

"Okay, okay, let's do as Wei Zhong said. Put the things in the house first, take a rest and have dinner."

Brother Chen’s name is Chen Ziqi. From the sound of the name, you can tell that it was chosen by a well-educated and cultured person. It is also a very good name in modern times.

He lived with his widowed mother. His father had passed away and his mother ran a small embroidery shop. He would also copy books and draw in notebooks to supplement the family income. He was not the kind of rigid scholar who only focused on reading the books of sages and ignored what was happening outside the window.

The situations of the other three were similar, and they all had some problems at home to varying degrees.

Wu Daqiang's family conditions are not bad. His father opened a grocery store and rented land in the countryside to villagers for farming. But his mother died early. His biological father married a stepmother, so he had a stepfather, and later gave birth to two younger brothers, Erqiang and Sanqiang, and a younger sister, Sini. His father made him study because of his constant struggle. He was only sixteen years old this year. If he failed to pass the exam, his father would definitely not let him continue to study. He usually copied books with Chen Ziqi to make money. He was not very good at writing in the drawing book, but fortunately he worked hard and his grades were pretty good.

There are also two cousins, Shi Sheng and Shi Ping.

Shi Sheng's father died while serving in the army. His biological mother was taken away by her family and remarried. He lived with his grandparents. His father was the eldest son, and his grandparents used the money to raise him to split the family property with his second uncle. His second uncle got his share and didn't mind that his parents were raising his eldest brother's son.

Therefore, the relationship between the two families is pretty good. Shi Ping is the son of his second uncle. They are half a year apart in age. They studied together in the academy in the town, and this time they also came to the provincial capital to take the exam together.

Shi Ping has two younger brothers. His family's situation is not very good. There are eight acres of good farmland and six acres of dry land. It is too tight to support three sons to study. It is mainly because of Shi Ping's own efforts. His two younger brothers have been sent to academies in recent years. Although the drought has reduced income, Shi Ping's father still sent his two younger brothers to study. However, his two younger brothers are not good at studying, which makes it possible for him to continue studying.

Shi Sheng was better off with his grandparents. They left him eight acres of fertile land and eight acres of dry land, and the extra two acres of dry land were kept by them for their retirement. The family of three was not so tight on money, and Shi Sheng was also a hard-working person. In addition to studying, he helped his grandparents with farm work. When his grandparents were too busy during the busy farming season, his second uncle would come to help after he was done with his work.

The families of these people were unable to accompany them to take the exam together this time, so the four of them traveled together, sharing the expenses along the way, and they have been getting along pretty well.

There is also a feeling of mutual understanding and sympathy!