The Road to the Imperial Examinations of Farmers in Ancient Times

Spring goes and autumn comes, and three springs and autumns pass in a blink of an eye.

Both Lu Zhishu and Shen Zijing had passed the county examination the year before, without his hindrance, Lu Zhishu successfully won the No. 1 county examination.

In the past few years, Lu Zhishu has been firmly suppressed by him as No.2, and he only became friends with Lu Zhishu because of his good character. If it were another person, he would have been jealous of him long ago.

Li Wen and Su Yuan were a little younger, and my husband was afraid that they would not perform well in the examination room, so my husband asked them to postpone the exam for a year, and let them postpone the county exam until this year.

Lu Zhishu and Shen Zijing are preparing to take the government exam this year.

During these three years, Li Wen calmed down and studied hard. Even though he had studied for more than ten years and graduated from university in his last life, this time he was more attentive than in his previous life.After learning about it, Li Wen really understood how difficult it is for scholars in this world to pass the imperial examinations to obtain fame.

Three years ago, their family started a small business. From the small business started by his father and second uncle, he brought some people from the village to do it together.

However, this business is not suitable for everyone. For the same thing, some people can sell it, while others can’t; some people sell it well, while others can’t. .And in this process, not many people could persevere, so in the end, less than ten people persevered.

Some other people couldn't persist, so even if they were jealous of others making money in business, it was their own business.You've been given the opportunity, but if you can't do it yourself, then you can't blame others.

Their family is now in charge of shipping. After removing the original lotus leaf chicken, they added several kinds of food, as well as dried fruit food.A few years ago, Li Wen thought about making bean sprouts. His grandma and grandma thought about it and made bean sprouts. So they produced good bean sprouts around the time of Chinese New Year, and made a small fortune for Chinese New Year.

You can't make big money by doing small business, but you can make some small money. Everyone has a good year.

The family may have made a little money in the past three years, so his father proposed to build a house after the year

There are many people in their family now, and there are only a few rooms. The grandson still shares a room with his parents.Hearing that the boss proposed to build a house, Li Wang did not object, saying, "Our house is going to be built, it depends on how it is built, let's discuss it first."

"You two brothers have a good relationship. It's a good thing that you can live like this forever without separating your family. But if you say that you want to separate your family and live your own life in the future, we should also consider this issue. What do you say? ?”

"Aniang, you are thinking too much. My eldest brother and I are so good, how can we want to separate?" Li's second son vowed

Said.

"You're saying that now, so how can you say that in the future?" Li Wang glanced at the son, and then at the second daughter-in-law standing there. The old lady knew that the second daughter-in-law was restless. .It's good that she is still alive now, if one day she is gone, no one can hold her back for this daughter-in-law.

In the past three years, the stomachs of the two daughters-in-law have not had any news, which makes Li Wang's heart anxious!

Up to now, there is no son in the second house. This is also out of the old lady's selfishness. She is thinking that if the two sons do not separate, in case the second house really has no descendants in the future, the boss can also help here. The second child is a little bit.

The family was discussing about building a house. If they wanted to build a house, whether they wanted to build a mud brick house or a blue brick house, which land the house should be built on, how big it would be, and how much silver would it cost.

Li Wang was thinking about his grandson’s need for silver taels for studying in the future, so he was hesitating whether to build a mud brick house or a blue brick house, so he was hesitant about this matter.

Hearing that the family said they wanted to build a mud-brick house, Li Wen thought about it and said, "Grandma, since we want to build it, let's build a blue-brick house. The house is for several generations. The wages for green brick houses are the same, just add some money to the materials, and we can just build green brick houses."

The main reason is that the green brick and tile houses are stronger, and the house is secure and safe to live in.

Moreover, this house is not for three to five years, it may be for several generations. For this reason, it is not suitable for them to build a house here now.The place where they live now is in the middle of the village, and there is not much land in the front, back, left, and right sides. If they want to build a new house, they need to find another piece of land to build it.

"My dear grandson, what you said is also reasonable, so let's build a house with blue bricks and tiles." Li Wang is now listening to his grandson more and more, mainly because his grandson has been smart since he was a child, and he speaks and does things in an orderly manner. , What he said is unbelievable.

"Grandma, father, and second uncle, let me design the blueprints for our house. I will draw the blueprints and discuss with you." Li Wen calculated the time, and their family If he planned to build the house after the spring plowing, he had finished the exam at that time, so he just had time to deal with the matter of building the house

"These things can be done at home, will it delay my grandson's study?" Li Wang is worried that it will delay his grandson's study.

"No grandma, don't worry." Li Wen has long wanted to have his own room and study. He has lived in the same house with his parents since he grew up. An embarrassing thing.

If it weren't for the conditions, he would have suggested that the family build a new house a long time ago, but it is just right to build a new house now.

Li Shanshan took a fancy to a piece of land at the end of the village, and it happened that there was a large piece of land there, they could buy it, and it should be very suitable to build a house there.

As soon as he mentioned that piece of land, Li Wang also felt good.After asking the second child and seeing nothing there, they agreed that the eldest would first go to the village head and Li Zheng to talk about buying the land. After buying the land, their family will build a house after the spring plowing.

After the new year, the academy will start school after the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.

Li Wen went back to the academy to study, and now he is preparing for the county examination.

After the family made a little money two years ago, his father bought a donkey and drove him to the academy to study every day in a donkey cart, and then drove him home in a donkey cart.In fact, walking to school in summer is not the hardest part. The hardest thing is that you have to walk such a long way to go to school in heavy snow. Li Sanbao's heart is also very broken.

But now that he is a little older, Li Wen proposed to let him go to school by himself and come back after school, which was unanimously opposed by his family.

After the new year, he will be eight years old. In fact, his mental age must be more than this number, so Li Wen feels that he is so old, and he has to be sent to and from his father every day, and he doesn't want his father to work too hard.

In the past few years, my father, including his mother and everyone in the family, have worked very hard. Others may see that they have made money in business, and outsiders always think that they have made a lot of money.In fact, their family gets up early and works late every day, and the money they earn is just enough to live on.

But no matter what, the life of their family has improved little by little in the past few years. At least meat is often seen on the dinner table, and the family is no longer skinny.

All in all, life is moving in a better direction.

It will soon be February, and the sixth day of February is the day when the county examination starts.

The county examination was presided over by their county magistrate of Qingping County.

Before the exam, the candidates who take the exam have to go to the ceremonial room of the county government office to register, and fill in the information, and then the master of the academy will issue a guarantee to guarantee the innocence of the candidate's worth, and confirm that there is no false borrowing or replacement This kind of thing is then allowed to take the exam.

These formalities, the academy will have a special steward to arrange for them, and they only need to go to the county government office to register their names and registration materials.

Soon it will be the sixth day of February.

It was very cold in February, and there was a little rain two days before the exam. The wind blew like a knife and could penetrate through clothes.There are five county examinations in total, one per day, roll call before dawn and entry at sunset, and hand in papers at sunset.

Considering that the exam time is too early every day, and it is cold this day, it is not a joke if you catch a cold along the way.So after discussing with his family, Li Wen simply booked a room at the inn in the town, stayed here for a few days, and went home after the exam.

But his father insisted on accompanying him to the town, and Li Wen couldn't do anything about it.

With the expectation of the whole family, Li Wen and his father went to the town together. The father and son took a room in an inn here and stayed there, preparing for tomorrow's exam time.

Early in the evening, Li Wen lay down to sleep and had a good night's sleep.

The next morning, they came out of the inn. The road outside was still invisible. Li Shanshan held a lantern in his hand, held his son in his arms with one hand, and sent him to the examination place.

When they arrived, there were already many people queuing up, waiting to go inside.

"Father, you can go home after I enter in a while. I won't be able to come out until the sun sets in the exam." Li Wen followed the queue at the back of the line, because the county exam can only come out after one exam, so He doesn't have to bring too much.

Fortunately, he thought that it might still be very cold in February, so he asked his mother to make him a pair of gloves. Otherwise, if the wind blows while sitting inside, his fingers would be stiff and he would not be able to write.

He is now wearing a thick cotton coat and a thick hat. The clothes and pants are thick, and the shoes on his feet are also sewn with cotton inside.But even so, he was shivering from the cold all the way out.

"Well, Dad will go home for a while, and I will pick you up later." There are still many things at home, Li Shan

Gu has to go home and go to work.

It's just right for him to go back after his son goes in for the exam.

"Okay, Dad, you have to be careful on the road, it's okay if you don't come here if you're busy at home." Li Wen knew that his dad was worried about him being here alone, so he insisted on accompanying him to the exam.Li Shanshan insisted, "Father came back

It was still dark outside at this moment, everyone came over with lanterns, and there were a lot of carriages parked outside, which were sent by the family.

When the Yachai stood in front and shouted, "All candidates line up in order and go in one by one." Then they can line up to enter the arena.

Before the exam, the Yacha had to check whether there was anything on the candidates who entered the exam. Once found out, they would be fined for three years and not allowed to take the imperial examination.But it's not that no one would take the risk and try to cheat, and such people would be caught in the examination room every year.

It was Li Wen's turn to check when the sky outside was slightly brighter and there was some visibility.

"Go in." The inspector inspected his pen and ink carefully, and broke apart the dry food brought in piece by piece. He had to grope for the clothes on his body inch by inch to see if there was anything stuck inside.

He was not put inside until he was inspected from head to toe.

Seeing his son go in, the man standing outside turned around and left.