butcher's little man

April [-] is the first day of the imperial examination.

The sky began to drizzle, which slightly calmed down the anxious waiting mood of the candidates.

The door of the examination room hadn't opened yet, and the crowd gathered in twos and threes, discussing something in a low voice.

Li Yiran was holding an oil-paper umbrella and carrying something like food in his hands. He was going to stay in the examination room for three days.His mood is very calm, like an ancient well.

A few days ago, he was restless, even to the point of restlessness.He couldn't read the book, and he just imagined the scene of his failure in his mind every day.For a moment, he felt as if he had seen the contempt and ridicule in the eyes of others.

Li Yiran was frightened by his own imagination, and he didn't know how uneasy he was until he came to the examination room.Over the years, he has been ups and downs in the secular world, which has increased his experience, but at the same time, it has also prevented him from studying without distraction.

The students around him are all studying hard day and night, and they have already memorized those books fluently.For a moment, he seemed to have the idea of ​​giving up.

However, he thought of his family, who have been silently supporting him behind his back.If he passes the exam, they will naturally celebrate him.What if he fails the exam?Li Yiran smiled, they would just pat him on the shoulder and tell him it was okay.

So Li Yiran at this time is very strong in his heart.He followed his own heart to take the imperial examination, he did everything he could, and for the rest, he just followed the destiny.

With a "squeak", the door of the examination room was opened.Behind this old door, there are countless hopes for success.The invigilator signaled the servants to let them go, and they lined up in a row, waiting for the judge to come forward.

After undergoing a body search, Li Yiran sat in room No. [-]. He was lucky that this room was in the center of the entire examination room.

Li Yiran simply cleaned the dust, and then saw the invigilator walking slowly from the gate.He read out the imperial examination system, and then asked the government servants to distribute the test questions.

Li Yiran got the test questions, calmed down his mood, and then began to answer...

Three days and three days later, after Li Yiran finished the last exam, he forced himself out of the door, and then directly called a carriage to take him back to the inn.He didn't even bother to take a shower, just lay down on the bed and fell asleep.This sleep lasted until the evening of the next day, when his stomach was unbearably hungry before he got up.

Although the exam lasted for three days, a total of three exams, with a day off in between, but on this day, not many people would really take it to rest.Most of the candidates fell asleep like Li Yiran after returning to the inn.

The release time is on April [-]th, and the six or seven days from today to April [-]th are the most relaxing days for the candidates.

Most people choose to walk around and have a look around, after all, maybe they only have this chance to come to the capital.Li Yiran also walked around with everyone, and made three or five like-minded friends during the period.

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"Amu is going to offer incense again." Tian Xiaoman saw Li Amu walking out with a basket, so he knew what he was going to do.

Because from the morning of April [-]th, Li Amu would go to their ancestral hall to offer incense almost every one to two days, praying to the ancestors of all walks of life to bless Li Yiran to pass the exam.

"Let Ah Mu go, he will be happier." Li Wenxuan said, still holding a stone in his hand to polish the arrow.

"Yeah, I don't know how the big brother did in the exam?" Counting the days, the exam should be over, and I don't know what's going on with him.

"Don't worry, big brother is so smart, he will definitely pass the exam." Li Wenxuan had a little blind trust in his brother.

Seeing how confident Li Wenxuan was, Tian Xiaoman felt relieved.Who cares, anyway, according to the big brother's mind, it's fine even if he doesn't become an official and do other things.

Father Li sat on the field ridge with a pipe in his hand, took a deep breath, and coughed repeatedly after being choked.He was thinking about his elder son, who was poor back then, so he gave up the opportunity to Wenxuan, and now he can finally realize his wish back then.

However, he also knows how hard it is to study, how many old scholars in their village can't even pass the exam, and he has been delayed for several years... After all, it's useless for them to be parents!

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On April [-]th, before dawn, there were already many people standing under the list, most of them were servants of wealthy Juzi's family.

Li Yiran finished his breakfast in a leisurely manner, then set off from the inn, preparing to walk slowly to the examination room.Presumably, the imperial list should have been posted by then, and the crowd should have dispersed.

Regarding his behavior, some people think that he is confident, while some people think that he has given up hope.But no matter what, people still think Li Yiran is very strong.

When Li Yiran walked to the examination room, it was already daylight, and he saw that there were only a few people standing sparsely under the imperial list.

He squeezed his fist hard, then walked forward.Nuoda's yellow paper was pasted on it, but there were only more than 170 names written in cinnabar.

Li Yiran looked at the top three first, and then found that he didn't know these three.Then he looked at the last few and saw that his name wasn't among them either.

Li Yiran became even more nervous. He looked up one by one from the last few, and finally, he saw his name on the sixth place of No.60!

He passed the exam!At this moment, Li Yiran was ecstatic. Although his ranking was not high, to be honest, this was the best reward for his hard work in the past few months.