happy rebirth

In the former dynasty, the county examination only took one day.After Imam ascended the throne, some reforms were made, which became three days.Originally, candidates could start the exam after they had been searched, but now the crackdown on cheating is very strict, and it takes almost half a day to check the body, correct the name, and check the resume.

The examination room in Beijing is extremely strict.

Candidates must not only provide affidavits (the county’s birth certificate) and relatives (great-grandparents, grandparents, and parents’ three-generation survival history), but also fill in mutual affidavits (five candidates in the same examination room guarantee each other).At the same time, the examiners need to carefully check the physical and appearance characteristics of each candidate.

After all these are done and there is no problem with the identity of each candidate, the candidates can queue up for their seats.

At this time, the exam has not yet started.

Candidates should stand up to pay tribute to the examiners and the portraits of the saints, and listen to and recite the words handed down from the saints together.After this pass was over, the examinees had to stand up and continue to listen to the speeches of the officials of the Ministry of Rites as soon as they sat down.Generally, those who are sent to the county examination to speak are small officials, but they represent the emperor when they speak, so when everyone listens respectfully to the end, they have to kneel down in the direction of the palace once.

If a person in poor health goes through such a complicated process, it is estimated that he has no physical strength test.

Xie Jinhua entered the venue early in the morning, and it was already afternoon when he got the test papers and officially started the exam.There is no concept of lunch at this time, so the examination room will not provide food until the evening.This food is the simplest multigrain cake, which can satisfy the hunger, but the taste is really ordinary.

Xie Jinhua didn't rush to answer the question.

Stoves have been lit in each dormitory, which can keep the candidates warm and provide them with hot tea.Xie Jinhua cooked the mutton soup first.This mutton soup is a semi-finished product, and it has been condensed into jelly. At this time, you only need to add some hot water provided by the examination room, and wait for it to boil on the stove before it can be eaten.Xie Jinhua's test basket also contained dried meat and vegetables, as well as handfuls of seasonings prepared in proportion.

By the way, Ke Qi even prepared pills for Xie Jinhua.

The pills of traditional Chinese medicine were originally very large, and such pills would definitely be broken up by the soldiers for inspection during body searches.They worry about the little note hidden in the middle of the pill.Ke Qi thought of this, so he asked someone to grind the pills into very small ones, and pack them in different categories according to their types.

If Xie Jinhua suddenly felt sick to his stomach, or caught a cold from the wind, or was too nervous...he would have pills to swallow.

Xie Jinhua shook his head with a smile, and murmured: "Really... I just want to stay in the dormitory for two nights, but Kedi has prepared everything so well, it seems like I'm going on a long trip .It’s no wonder that Ke Di has ingenious ideas, everything is so convenient to use.”

Xie Jinhua was obviously going to take the exam, but Ke Qi was nervous.

In the few days before the exam, Ke Qi would turn around twice in a hurry like an ant on a hot pot from time to time.He was always worried about the bad environment in the test room, worried that Xie Jinhua would wake up from the cold when sleeping at night, worried that he would not get used to the food, and worried that he would get sick before leaving the test room.

Even though he was so calm about other things, he couldn't help but feel anxious about things related to Xie Jinhua.

Therefore, Xie Jinhua was really not worried about himself, but he was worried that he would see a very haggard Ke Qi when he left the examination room.

If others were so stupid, Xie Jinhua would definitely suspect that he was out of his mind.But Ke Qi's caring behavior was chaotic, but Xie Jinhua felt that it was useful... Very good, his silly performance managed to arouse the suspected old father-like feelings in my heart.Xie Jinhua thought so.

I am so relieved.

Xie Jinhua put the small hand stove in his arms, and unhurriedly unfolded the paper.

The chubby guy who was in front of Xie Jinhua before entering the arena was named Yu, and his name was Yu Zhi.His nose is particularly sharp, sharper than ordinary people!Ordinarily, Xie Jinhua covered the pot when cooking the soup. Although it did have some taste, it didn't affect much.But Yu Zhi, who was sitting in front of Xie Jinhua's left, couldn't take it anymore.

so fragrant...

Yu Zhi couldn't help but took a sip of plain water and swallowed the saliva in his mouth.

smell good……

Yu Zhi couldn't help but took another sip of plain water to suppress the glutton in his belly.

so fragrant...

Yu Zhi once again involuntarily took a sip of plain water, trying to deceive his body that what he drank was actually mutton soup.

So, after drinking like this, less than half an hour before the exam started, Yu Zhi finally couldn't help the urge to urinate, and couldn't help but want to go to the toilet.He planted the small flag on the door of the hall that represented the need to go to the toilet.Soon, a small official came up to him and led him to the toilet.

This is more humane than before.

In the former dynasty, there was a urinal in each dormitory, and urination was handled in the dormitory, and people often kicked the urinal, which made the air full of anger.If you want to make a big solution, then there will be a small official who will put away the examinee's paper and lead him to the toilet to solve it.Seems okay, right?But when the test paper was sent back, there was already a black mark on the back of the test paper. This mark is also called "shit stamp".What should I do if I want to go to the toilet but don't want to cover myself with shit?Then take money to bribe those invigilators!

This bribe required more than a small sum of money!

For candidates who have no money, the three-day county examination can be tolerated, and there will be a six-day examination next, who can hold back and explain it?But if they can't bear it, they can only bear it, so they will try to eat and drink as little as possible. No wonder many students fainted after an exam.

By the time of the An Dynasty, this so-called customary practice had disappeared.The last room in each row of dorms is the toilet.If candidates want to solve their physical desires, they only need to let the little officials follow them.The room next to the toilet is a so-called stinky room because it is close to the toilet.

Whoever is ranked as a stinky number will be really out of luck!The taste of reincarnation of the five grains is simply indescribable.Fortunately, the county exam is held every year, and there are no more candidates than the county exam, and the exam room is not full, so the "stinky number" does not arrange for candidates to stay.The three or five dormitories near the toilets were all empty.

Just as Yu Zhi was about to step into the toilet, he suddenly sniffed and asked, "My lord, what did you smell?"

The little official twitched the corners of his mouth.He invigilated the exam all the year round, and he had never seen such a big-hearted candidate!Candidates will take the time to go to the toilet before the test starts, so basically no one wants to go to the toilet again less than half an hour after the start of the test.This little fat man was the first one he met when he was invigilating the exam!

"What's the smell? You're the first one to go to the toilet!" the clerk said angrily.

Yu Zhi wanted to say that what he smelled was not a bad smell.However, the little official's attitude was not good, so he didn't dare to continue talking.He hurried into the bathroom and unbuttoned his belt.It took a long time to hold back this pee, so he peed a little slowly.Yu Zhi's eyes wandered around.

There are several pails in the toilet.

The reason why there are so many toilets is not because several examinees need to go to the toilet at the same time.It's because people can't easily enter the examination room after it is closed, so no one pours the bucket before the examination is over.One Gong bucket is definitely not enough, so I simply prepared a few more.

Yu Zhi moved his nose, he really smelled something!

Yu Zhi's eyes fell on those buckets. There was no other furniture in the toilet room, and these buckets were the only ones that could hold things.When he came in, because the other pails were all covered and only one pail was open, he urinated in this pail as a matter of course.

Yu Zhi finally finished peeing, and pulled up his pants nimbly.

Ordinarily, the exam should be the most important thing at this time, but when people's curiosity pops up, sometimes it is really beyond the control of reason.Yu Zhi said to himself, I'll just lift it up and take a look, just take a look, it won't take much time, and that petty official won't kick me out of the examination room because of this, right?

Yu Zhi tied his trouser belt with one hand, and lifted the lid of a bucket with the other.

This barrel is empty.

It shouldn't be... I did smell it.Yu Zhi moved his nose, and took another two steps towards the inside of the toilet.There are still seven or eight Gong barrels whose lids have not been lifted.Yu Zhi didn't bother to try them one by one, and just relying on his own feeling, he lifted the lid of the closest bucket.

The taste is more intense!

Yu Zhi took a look, and the little official standing outside the door saw him like this, and said impatiently, "What are you doing!"

"My lord! Come quickly and see, who put half a barrel of oil here!" Yu Zhi turned and said to the little official.

There was half a barrel of oil in the toilet?The little official was still baffled at first, but suddenly he didn't know what he thought of, and an expression of excitement and fear appeared on his face.He immediately walked into the toilet, and looked at the pail that Yu Zhi was pointing at, and there was indeed half a barrel of oil in it.

"Are you okay? When you're done, go back to the hall!" The little official's voice seemed to be trembling.

Yu Zhi's curiosity had already been satisfied, and the courage he had gathered just now immediately drained away, and he was a little scared because he was worried that the little official would be angry, so he nodded hurriedly to the little official, and said, "Okay, please, my lord. Send me back." Candidates are not allowed to walk alone in the examination room.

Back in the house, Yu Zhi smelled the smell of mutton soup again.

Yu Zhi was a little distracted.Who cooked this mutton soup... and who hid the oil in the toilet... That oil is not a good oil.As soon as Yu Zhi asked with his nose, he knew that it must have been old oil for several years, and the oil residue had not been filtered out.And, what else can you do with oil in the toilet?The coarse grain cakes provided in the examination room are not made of this oil, right?God, then he definitely won't eat a bite!

It's disgusting... Even if Gong Tong is a brand new Gong Tong, it's still Gong Tong!How can it be mixed with oil barrels?

It's better to pour all the oil like this, it's better to put it on fire and burn it!

and many more!

Set it on fire?

It was obviously a freezing February, but cold sweat broke out from Yu Zhi's back in an instant, soaking his clothes.