[Red Chamber] Madam's wishes come true

Of course, it is not that simple to copy so many exam papers.

Lin Kou thought for a while and asked, "Are there many people in the Lin family who can read?"

Jia Min smiled: "There are quite a lot, maybe fifty or sixty in total. I'll let them take two batches in rotation to help you copy the exam questions, and I'll send you a batch every once in a while, which should be enough."

Lin Kou did the math, the fifty people were divided into two batches, and one batch was 25.

Even if each person can only copy two exam questions per day, there are fifty sheets a day, which is completely enough.

After all, she is not a devil.

But it's still not enough to let people do white work like this, so Lin Kou proposed to spend money to hire those people to copy the test questions for him: "Just count according to the number of test questions, one for..."

Lin Kou was thinking about how much money should be paid for copying a test paper, when Jia Min vetoed the proposal: "They are the servants of the Lin family, and the Lin family has to pay them monthly silver, so there is no need to pay them additional money .If you are really sorry, why don't you give them a reward after copying the test questions. It doesn't need too much, and it is enough for each person to give two pennies."

Lin Kou hesitated for a moment: "They are all servants of the Lin family. I shouldn't be troublesome. But the level of each of the more than 50 literate people should be different, right? And everyone's speed of copying the test questions is also different. If Ma'am means to work shifts without giving other rewards, maybe there is no way to increase their speed? If it's just that, it's okay, but if those who copy fast and well get the same money as everyone else, will it be okay? unfair?"

Jia Min was taken aback: "Then what do you mean?"

Lin Kou smiled: "I'm thinking, if the Lin family has no shortage of people, why don't they just send all of these 50 people to me to copy the exam questions? During the period when they copied the exam questions, the Lin family simply cut off their monthly money." , I will pay them. According to the standard of clear and neat handwriting, I will pay a certain amount of money for each copy, and the more copies, the more I will pay. What do you think?"

Jia Min paused, nodded after thinking for a while: "That's a good idea."

Seeing that she didn't immediately deny it, Lin Kou continued, "This will also increase their motivation, and maybe it will also reduce the time it takes to finish copying the exam questions."

Jia Min nodded: "Alright then, after I go back and discuss with the master, I will give you an answer tomorrow."

Lin Ruhai naturally had no objection: "As long as the original is not damaged, Lin Kou can do whatever she wants. It's just some exam questions anyway."

Seeing what he said, Jia Min told Lin Kou the next day and called the literate person to the main courtyard.

Reading is not easy these days, so there are few people who can read.

The Lin family can have so many literate servants, even if they look at the whole country, they are the only ones. The Lin family also cares about these people, and it will be easier to arrange work for them on weekdays.

Although I am a little dissatisfied with Jia Min's statement that the Lin family does not pay monthly silver during this period, and how much I can earn depends on my own ability, but the servants of the Lin family are not as "noble" as the Rongguo Mansion, and Jia Min also has absolute dominance in the Lin family. , so when she spoke, everyone responded.

Jia Min deliberately sorted out the small courtyard opposite the small library building, and placed more than 50 tables in it——

She originally wanted to transcribe in two batches, but after they knew that there was money for copying the test questions, but no monthly silver for rest, they all found Jia Min and wanted to copy the test questions every day.

According to Jia Min's suggestion, he could be given two pennies for each copy of the test questions.

Lin Kou was worried that there would be too few, but when she realized that she had underestimated the copying speed of this group of people, even the slowest copyer among the 50 or so people could copy ten exam questions a day, she completely do not care.

In just five days, Lin Kou received nearly [-] exam questions.

Because she didn't know Zhen Fu's level, Lin Kou asked people to copy the questions of the township examination every three years at first——

Although the township examination is also held every three years, unlike the general examination, the questions of the township exam are also prepared by the local governments themselves, so there are nearly [-] questions in the township exam every three years.

After so many years of accumulation, it is also a rather huge number.

The [-] copies in Lin Kou's hands are less than one-tenth of the provincial examination questions collected by the Lin family.

Then, she took the test questions home and handed them to Zhen Fu: "Can you read the written content of these test questions clearly? Does it affect your reading? If not, we will start training your reading skills tomorrow." test ability."

Although those servants are literate, they definitely don't spend hours practicing calligraphy every day.

Therefore, the text of these test questions is really just neat and allows people to recognize the written content, but the shape of many traditional characters is too complicated, and the written characters are a bit bigger. If you don’t write a little bigger, it will be a ball of ink , so some of the text on the test questions looks rather abrupt.

But Lin Kou looked okay, but she didn't know how Zhen Fu felt.

Zhen Fu looked at the thick stack of exam questions in Lin Kou's hand: "..."

Although he knew that Madam was doing it for his own good, but looking at the stack of test questions, he really couldn't be happy.

Not to mention that he has a psychological shadow about the exam now, even when he was going smoothly in the exams and didn't encounter any setbacks at all, knowing that he was going to take so many exam questions, he couldn't be happy, right?

This is too cruel!

But Lin Kou didn't seem to think so.

Zhen Fu let out a breath, and took the exam questions from Lin Kou.

Just one glance made him dizzy.

But it may be because there is still a considerable gap between the text of the test paper and the standard of the official test questions, so he closed his eyes immediately after being dizzy, but recovered quickly.

When he opened his eyes again, he felt much better.

Zhen Fu persisted for about a stick of incense, and closed his eyes again.

Lin Kou took the exam questions in his hands: "It seems that you have a lot of psychological shadow on the exam papers? But compared to the reaction when you saw the number room before, it doesn't seem to be that big?"

Zhen Fu regained his composure to explain: "It should be because the fonts on the examination papers are not the official style of imperial examinations, and the text sizes are not exactly the same. When I first saw the examination papers, I had a strong reaction and almost fainted. It was only when I saw the character 'Yi' with an extra large character that I didn't faint."

Lin Kou paused when he heard the words, and his eyes fell on the exam questions.

After a while, she muttered: "Now this type of font is more beneficial, but if you want to really overcome this problem, you must use the standard of the exam paper to copy a copy of the exam questions..."

It's a pity, if only there were copiers now.

With one swipe, all the examination papers of the Lin family can be copied out.

It's a pity that at this time even the text duplicating machine, the predecessor of the photocopier, has not been invented yet, let alone the photocopier.

however……

When Lin Kou woke up from his afternoon nap, he found that he had lost a lot of weight.

Lin Kou calculated according to his past experience, no matter what, he would have to weigh twenty catties.She tried to recall what she said before the afternoon nap, and even her unconscious mental activities, but she didn't remember when she made a wish to lose twenty catties.

I can't figure it out, so I can only let it go temporarily.

Lin Kou began to train Zhen Fu's test ability with all her strength.

She doesn't need to do too much, she just sets a time for Zhen Fu to finish writing a test paper——

Before that, she thought about directly copying the previous method, through repeated and trivial small changes, so that Zhen Fu's resistance to the test papers disappeared, at least she could read and do the questions normally after getting the test papers.

But it turns out that this is completely different from reading and writing articles.

At least for Zhen Fu, they were two completely irrelevant things.

The methods used before did not work at all.

Lin Kou thought about it, and could only improve Zhen Fu's dizziness when he saw the test questions by diverting his attention.

So, she could only find Goose Feather bitterly by herself, and copied a few exam questions for Zhen Fu every day.

The font is either big or small, and it is completely different from the test paper anyway.

Moreover, the content of the examination paper has also been greatly reduced. Originally, there might be several examination questions in one examination paper, but Lin Kou only gave him one at the beginning.

The content of a test question is limited, but when Zhen Fusan came back, he started to do the questions immediately after dinner, but it took several days to finish.

Firstly, he has not taken the exam for many years, and he is very unfamiliar with the content of the exam; secondly, he spends most of his time on overcoming the psychological shadow, and the efficiency of doing the questions is very impressive.

To take the exam at this speed, the final result is not to fail?

Lin Kou thought about it, and decided to artificially increase the difficulty to increase Zhen Fu's nervousness and divert his attention from the psychological shadow.

For this reason, she bought a gong specially.

It takes Zhen Fu an average of five days to finish a test question, and the accuracy rate cannot be guaranteed.

So Lin Kou swiped a pen and shortened the time by one day: "Starting tomorrow, you must finish one exam question in no more than four days!"

Zhen Fu did feel a certain sense of tension.

In the four days, apart from eating, drinking, sleeping and on-duty, there is not much left at all; but it is also the time to eat, drink, sleep and on-duty that completely destroys the tension that Zhen Fu has accumulated with great difficulty. , so that he could find a little tension on the first day, but at other times he still focused all his attention on fighting against his own psychological shadow.

Because after the tension is cut off and destroyed by other things, it will be difficult to get back the original feeling.

Lin Kou: "..." Defeated!

So she took a different approach.

Lin Kou reduced the amount of questions again. It was more difficult to control the number of questions to be completed in one day, but it was not hopeless. Then he stipulated that Zhen Fu had to finish the questions before dark.

In order to create a sense of tension, Lin Kou would also strike a gong every 15 minutes to remind Zhen Fu.

Zhen Fu also knows his own ability very well, and realizes the difficulty.

However, after he started the exam, Zhen Fu realized that the biggest difficulty was no longer his own psychological shadow, but the sound of the gong and Lin Kou's time-telling that sounded every once in a while.

The nervousness instantly broke through his defensive line, leaving his mind blank and completely unable to think about things other than the exam questions.

The number of exam questions was small, and Zhen Fu completed Lin Kou's requirements within the stipulated time with almost no difficulty.

He even made it nearly half the time.

Moreover, Zhen Fu's accuracy rate was nearly half higher than before in this tense state!

——Since Lin Kou did not have a high level of judgment on the subjective questions of the imperial examination paper, the questions she copied for Zhen Fu at the beginning were all fill-in-the-blank questions.

As long as he looked up the answers in advance and got the completed test questions, Lin Kou would immediately know whether he was right or wrong.

In this exam, Zhen Fu's accuracy rate has reached 80.00%.

Lin Kou decided to add another test almost immediately: "You only spent less than half the time, and you are fully capable of continuing."

Zhen Fu raised her head suddenly, her right hand was still covering her nervously beating heart.

But he didn't have time to object, so he heard Lin Kou say directly: "I'll get you another exam question, and you have to complete the exam questions in the remaining time!"

Zhen Fu: "!!!"

But there is no way, he must take the exam as required.

Seeing that this method is useful, Lin Kou specially added some small details——

For example, when the gong is struck, the frequency of the gong is accelerated, for example, when the time is told, it is repeated three times at a faster speed, for example, occasionally a surprise attack is made to prevent Zhen Fu from adapting to the sound of the gong...

Zhen Fu felt even more nervous.

However, the speed of answering questions also increased, and the accuracy rate also increased again, reaching an astonishing 90.00%.

Lin Kou looked at Zhen Fu with something wrong.

You know, she was also a student before the end of the world, and as long as she is a student, who wouldn't want to have this kind of skill that the more nervous she is, the faster the speed and accuracy of the questions?

After all, normally speaking, the more important the exam is, the more nervous the students are.

Fortunately, Lin Kou no longer needs to take the exam.

You can also watch other people take the test.

Especially when others are taking exams, imitating the invigilator in the previous life and walking around the candidates, or standing behind a certain candidate like a ghost...

How cool!

Zhen Fu: "..."

Lin Kou looked at the sky. Although it was not so dark that he couldn't see his fingers, it was too dark to see the content of the exam questions clearly.

Even if Lin Kou still wanted to let Zhen Fu take the exam, he could only give up this idea.

Zhen Fu breathed a sigh of relief, and his heart, which had been beating at a high frequency, finally calmed down as if he had let go of the burden.

Lin Kou laughed, "You weren't too scared during the exam, were you?"

Zhen Fu paused and raised his head abruptly.

After a while, he got up and walked to Lin Kou's side, and hugged him: "Thank you Ma'am..."

Lin Kou patted him on the shoulder with a smile, and went back to the house for dinner with him.

After a good start, the subsequent arrangements became smoother. Under Lin Kou's pressure, Zhen Fu would soon be able to complete a whole set of exam questions in one day.

——The test time was Huo Mu, and it took a whole day.

As for the provincial examination, there are three sessions in nine days, and one session is three days.

Zhen Fu's speed is absolutely proud of everyone.

Although his accuracy rate is not very good.

But his fear of the exam papers has been wiped away in the high-intensity exams one after another.

Compared with the stimulation of the exam process, the little psychological shadow in his heart is really not worth mentioning.

In order to get better treatment, Zhen Fu also deliberately resigned from the position of guard with a knife.

The emperor attached great importance to Zhen Fu, and recently even sent him to the army——

I want to go to the southern coastal defense line guarded by the king of Nan'an County. Firstly, I hope he can collect the criminal evidence of the king of Nan'an County. Second, I hope he can investigate clearly why the king of Nan'an County has been guarding the south for so many years. !

After Zhen Fu knew about this, he was about to refuse.

He said embarrassedly to the emperor: "In the past two years, with the help of my wife, I have been able to overcome my fear of the imperial examination. Now I can read, write, write and write normally, and even complete a set of examination questions in a short time. As long as I don't enter the examination room, the events of that year have almost no impact on me."

The emperor was surprised at first, and then stated the facts: "You can't enter the examination room, you still can't take the imperial examination."

Zhen Fu nodded: "So our next step is to overcome Weichen's fear of the examination room. We have already had some ideas, and it is not hopeless."

The emperor still believed in Zhen Fu's words, after all, he had no problem even doing the exam papers.

Just ...

"Oh..." the emperor sighed, "You are the most suitable candidate for this mission... Even if you don't do this mission, there is no need to give up the job of guard with a knife."

Zhen Fu shook his head embarrassingly: "Because I have to be on duty every day, many of Madam's methods can't be implemented on me. Even if I use it on Wei Chen, the effect is not as good as expected. If Wei Chen wants to take the imperial examination, he can only fail His Majesty I love you so much. But don’t worry, Your Majesty, when the humble official succeeds in the imperial examination, I will surely give you a piece of cake!"

Knowing Zhen Fu's past, the emperor naturally understood his obsession with imperial examinations.

Even if he was reluctant, he could only let him go.

But as soon as the news of Zhen Fu's resignation as a guard with a knife came out, Lin Wu, the general of the town, came to the door: "You boy, if you can't take the imperial examination, you can't take the imperial examination. At least you have a good martial arts. You may not be famous in the future. Give my daughter If not, I would have made you and my daughter reconcile long ago."

"I managed to convince His Majesty to let you go to the south to perform missions. As long as you don't make mistakes, you will definitely get military merit. It is not impossible to be promoted to a noble. How did you do it?" Lin Wu snorted, "I refused this time. That’s all for the task, and you actually quit the guard with the knife? Why? Are you so greedy for life and afraid of death?”

Zhen Fu was taken aback, and hurriedly apologized to Lin Wu: "I'm really sorry, my son-in-law didn't know that this matter was arranged by my father-in-law."

Lin Wu gave him a blank look: "You said it as if you knew that I was behind the arrangement, so you wouldn't refuse." After a pause, he waved his hand impatiently, "Tell me, why did you refuse this time?" Mission? And why did you resign from His Majesty as a bodyguard with a knife?"

Although he was still very angry, thinking that his daughter's vision could not be that bad, Lin Wu was willing to hear Zhen Fu's reasons after calming down.

Zhen Fu heaved a sigh of relief.

After two years of contact, the attitudes of Lin Wu, father and son have finally softened Lin Kou's attitude. At least now she is willing to call Lin Wu her father occasionally, and her walks with General Zhen Guo's mansion have become more frequent.

Although it was still not as frequent as the contact frequency with the Lin family, Zhen Fu understood that Lin Kou had accepted these relatives.

He naturally didn't want Lin Wu to misunderstand him.

Zhen Fu then repeated what he had said to the emperor, saying: "I haven't planned to be distracted by other things for nearly a year, so I resigned from the mission."

Lin Wu frowned: "Is it reliable?"

Zhen Fu laughed: "You don't believe in my son-in-law's ability, don't you believe in my wife's ability? My son-in-law's ability to get rid of the shadow of the past is all thanks to his wife. She must have a way to help me."

Only then did Lin Wu feel relieved.

Then, he looked around for a week: "Where is my daughter? Why is there no one?"

Zhen Fu hurriedly explained: "Several children of Lin Shangshu's family have a hundred-day banquet today. Because the son-in-law is going to enter the palace, they went to the Lin family first. The son-in-law will also go there later."

Lin Wu was taken aback: "How many children of Lin Shangshu?"

Mentioning the children of the Lin family, Zhen Fu's expression softened a bit: "Shangshu Lin has had five children in succession this year, three sons and two daughters, which is a great joy for the Lin family. Before the children were young, they We did not hold the three washing banquets and the full moon banquet, but now that the child has grown up a bit, we decided to hold a big one."

"One of my wife and I is Mrs. Lin's nephew, and the other is their adopted daughter. Naturally, we cannot miss such a day."

Lin Wu was taken aback, and immediately remembered the rumors that Lin Ruhai and his wife had suffered.

After a pause, he said: "Shangshu Lin also raised my daughter for nearly a year, and they were the ones who pulled the little girl out of the fire pit. I should go there and celebrate."

Even if he has driven everyone in the Qian family into the quagmire, it will never be possible to turn over again, and the damage they caused to the poor girl will never be repaired!

Thinking of the Qian family, Lin Wu wished he could go to Huaiyang and beat him to death himself!

But as much as he hated the Qian family, he was as grateful to Lin Ruhai.

Lin Wu looked at Zhen Fu, "Then you go first, I will go back and prepare a generous gift, and then I will go there with Lin Xiao and Lin Meng to congratulate Lin Shangshu."

Zhen Fu was surprised for a moment, but nodded quickly: "Okay, send Taishan off."

After Lin Wu left, Zhen Fu immediately changed his clothes and took the carriage to the Lin family.

At this time, the Lin family was quite lively.

The reason is also simple. Not long ago, when some old foxes in the imperial court were chatting with others, news spread intentionally or unintentionally that His Majesty intended to promote Lin Ruhai to the cabinet.

This is great news. For a while, after the news that Lin Ruhai was going to hold a hundred-day banquet for several children, those officials and dignitaries who wanted to make friends with the Lin family or climb up to the big tree of the Lin family brought their Congratulations with heavy gifts, one by one scrambling to be the first, as if Lin Ruhai would blame Lin Ruhai for being too late.

On the side of the female relatives, there is one more reason——

I hope that through this banquet, I can establish a relationship with Lin Kou.

As early as the news that the Lin family's aunts were pregnant one after another, everyone believed in the "prescription" in Lin Kou's hands, and guessed that Lin Kou had already found a sufficient number of medicines.

They wanted to get in touch with Lin Kou before, and wanted to ask for a blind medicine from her.

However, all sorts of plans have failed in one fact——

Lin Kou is a dead house.

Unless necessary, Lin Kou basically would not go out.

Even if they go out, the destinations are basically Lin Shangshu's house and General Zhen Guo's mansion, and there is almost no other place to go.And even if someone handed Lin Kou an invitation to a certain banquet, she never showed up.

Regardless of the status of the other party.

In the beginning, no one felt that Lin Kou didn't know what was good and what was wrong, and even belittled her background in her heart.

But after discovering that everyone was treated the same by Lin Kou...

Ahem, everyone has a weird sense of balance.

Then, his attitude towards Lin Kou also returned to before.

But Lin Kou was not interested in these wives. After greeting Jia Min, he followed Daiyu to her yard without any intention of going out to greet others.

She and Daiyu haven't seen each other for a long time, and they were busy contacting each other when Xueyan suddenly came in to pass on a message: "Eldest Miss, Second Miss, Madam asked Elder Sister Bai Lu to bring a young girl over here, saying that she is an old acquaintance of Eldest Miss."

Lin Kou paused and stood up abruptly: "Have you come to the capital?"