The Road to the Imperial Examinations of Farmers in Ancient Times

He was so tired last night that he fell asleep as soon as he got home.

It was already the second day after waking up, full of energy, Li Wen opened the door and stretched at the door.As soon as the door of his room was opened, the door of his father's room next door was also opened. Seeing his father, Li Wen laughed and asked, "Good morning, father."

"Morning three treasures."

Li Shanshan was used to getting up early, and he woke up before dawn in the morning. When he heard no sound outside the house, he continued to lie on the bed.He didn't get up until he heard the door of his son's room rang, opened the door and went out.

Li Wen used to do warm-up exercises when he got up in the morning, and then he did a set of punches.

Lu Zhishu stood in the corridor and looked at the man boxing in the yard. After watching for a long time, Li Wen found him.After punching for a while, sweat broke out all over his body. Li Wen didn't know that his face was all red, and his whole body seemed to be in high spirits.

Seeing Li Wen standing in the corridor, he waved to him and said with a smile, "Morning, Zhishu, you woke up, did you sleep well last night?"

It seems that Lu Zhishu, who is the master, asked this question?

"Yeah." Lu Zhishu nodded, looked at the smiling Li Wen with silent eyes, and asked, "Do you know martial arts?"

"Hehe, just hit casually." How could he understand martial arts? Li Wen purely regarded practicing kung fu as a physical exercise. Let alone killing a tiger with this punch, he couldn't kill a cat.Embroidering legs with fists and fists is just a good look.

Lu Zhishu didn't think so, he found that there was still something he didn't understand about Li Wen, which made him a little unhappy.

The cook in the kitchen had already prepared breakfast, boiled sticky porridge, meat buns and a few delicate snacks.For the few days before they were on the road, they all ate dry food. This time they ate delicious and hot porridge and steamed buns. Li Wen drank two large bowls of porridge and ate four meaty steamed buns before stopping.

"Bi one" burped, and was too full.

Compared with him, Lu Zhishu eats more politely and politely. It seems that he is a child taught by an aristocratic family and abides by the rules.

"Hehe, I'm sorry, I'm too full." Seeing Lu Zhishu looking up at him, Li Wen smiled awkwardly.The two of them usually sit and eat together, this is not the first time watching Lu Zhishu eat, Li Wen still thinks watching Lu Zhishu eat is pleasing to the eye.

It was already the tenth day of April when they arrived in Fucheng, and in a few days the government examination would start.

After eating, Lu Zhishu was ready to go back to the house to continue studying, while Li Wen wanted to go outside for a stroll, he said, "You go back to study, Zhishu, and my father and I will go out for a walk and come back."

"I'll send a servant to go with you."

"No, no, we will come back after we go out for a walk. We won't go very far. Don't worry, I will remember the way back when I go out."

Hearing Li Wen's words, Lu Zhishu nodded, so he didn't let the slave follow the father and son out.

Li Wen went out with his father, compared to others who were anxious and nervous at the front, Li Wen was not nervous at all at this time, and he still wanted to go shopping outside.Anyway, the exam is coming soon, and reading is not something that happens overnight, and it is not a good thing to push yourself too hard, it is better to relax properly

Of course, if others want to learn, he will not persuade others not to learn. Everyone reads in a different way. He has his own way of learning, and others have their own way of reading.

"Master Li, Mr. Li, are you going out? Do you need me to arrange someone to go out with you?

"When I went out to the door, I met the steward, and the steward asked them if they wanted to arrange someone to go out with them.

The butler also didn't have any intention of looking down on the young master as a friend.

Li Wen thanked the steward for his kindness, "No need, my father and I will go for a walk and come back soon."

The father and son went out together.

"Father, Qu'an City is really big." As soon as he walked out, he saw the road outside, which was more than two times larger than their Qingping Town, and the houses on both sides were next to each other. Li Wen and his father Said.

"En." Li Shanshan came out with his son, holding his son's hand with one hand.

On the wide road, there are many cars, horses and pedestrians on the road. The clothes on the people's bodies should be brighter, and the faces look more radiant. It can be seen that the lives of the people here are better.

Li Wen took his father and walked around the city with great interest. At this time, many students who were going to the city to rush for the exam could see many people dressed as scholars on the road.

Even in a big city like Qu'an, there are inevitably beggars begging in the city.

"Grandpa, please do me..."

"Grandpa, please do me a favor. Give me some money to eat. I haven't eaten all day."

An old beggar was begging with a young beggar. People passing by seemed to be used to that, and no one offered a helping hand to them.

Li Wen looked sad. The child who was following the old beggar seemed to be five or six years old. He touched the money in his pocket, took out a few copper coins, put them in the old beggar's bowl, and said, " Uncle, you can buy two buns for the child to eat."

"Thank you, thank you young master."

"Good people get rewarded 0"

Li Shanshan did not stop his son from doing good deeds, he knew that his son had kind hearts.

When will everyone in this world be able to live and work in peace and contentment, farmers have land to cultivate, food to eat, money to look after when they are sick, and places to appeal for grievances.There will be no endless taxes and corvees, and no corrupt officials to oppress the people.It seems that modern society is not so harmonious and beautiful. Li Wen found that he was thinking a little too beautifully

Scholars generally like to gather in places like restaurants and teahouses, where they talk and express their opinions and ideas.

Seeing a teahouse in front, Li Wen said to his father, "Father, let's go to the teahouse in front and have a seat."

"Okay." Li Shanshan brought his son to the teahouse, obeyed his son and asked for a corner seat, and the father and son sat down.Xiao Er brought them a pot of tea and went down.Li Wen's purpose was not to drink tea, but to listen to what the scholars outside were talking about.

Those who have passed the county examination are all children, and those who come to take the government examination are generally above the age.

There are basically very few people like Li Wen who are not even ten years old.

"I thought it was Mr. Tang Fubo Tang from Wenchang County who won the first place in the prefectural examination this time, and he won the first place in the county examination in Wenchang County." A candidate said loudly.

"No, no, I don't agree with you. I think the one who is most likely to win the first place in the government examination this time should be Mr. Du Yuxuan from Qinglian County. He not only won the first place in the county examination, Mr. Du But he can compose poetry at the age of eight, and he is called a child prodigy.”

These people were pinching each other with blushing faces and thick necks, just arguing about who the No. 1 would be in this government test.Li Wen also heard his and Lu Zhishu's names being mentioned, and the person who mentioned him said that he had passed the county exam at the age of eight.

"This Li Wen is too young, I think you just passed the county exam by chance."

Ma Dan, you want to show me the first name in the county test by chance?Li Wen slandered in his heart, he couldn't take it and looked down on others for the first time, this kind of person is really shameless to the extreme.

Li Wen found that these people were full and had nothing to do, so they ran outside to argue with others about who won the first place. He thought that he might be too idle to panic, so he ran out to listen to these people talking nonsense outside. Gossip.

If you ask him, these people would like to be the first one in the exam.But if you want to take the first place in the exam, forget it if you don’t have the ability, and don’t study hard, I’m afraid that even passing it is a problem.

"Father, let's go." After sitting for a while, Li Wen felt that sitting here was a waste of time, and he was not in the mood to continue sitting here and listening to these people talking nonsense.

"Well, let's go." Seeing that his son was going back, Li Shanshan took his son and left the teahouse after paying the tea money.

went.

After that day, Li Wen didn't go out to wander around anymore. He just felt that the questions discussed by the examinees outside were a bit too boring. Why don't he read books in the room for a while, so in the next few days he also There are Wenshu in the house.The same Lu Zhishu also stayed at home to study books, and the two only met when they were eating.

But in the evening after dinner, Li Wen would go outside for a walk, for a walk.

Until the day before the exam, when he saw the faint layer of gray under Lu Zhishu's eyelids, Li Wen couldn't help but persuade him, "Zhishu, go to bed early at night, I think your dark circles have come out. Don't relax a bit, don't push yourself too hard, with your grades, you can easily pass the government exam, there is absolutely no problem."

"Well, I'll go to bed early tonight. During the few days of the exam, I'll ask my servant to prepare food for you. You don't have to prepare it yourself. I'll send someone to call you tomorrow, and we'll go to the exam room together." Pushing himself too hard, when he heard Li Wen's words, he suddenly became enlightened, nodded and said.

"Thank you, it's really troublesome for you." Li Wen was grateful to Lu Zhishu in his heart, because of Lu Zhishu's help, the father and son had someone to take care of them when they arrived in this unfamiliar place, and they didn't have to worry about anything. He just needs to take the exam with peace of mind.

"There's no need to say thank you between you and me, you should go to bed earlier," Lu Zhishu said.

After dinner at night, Li Wen dragged Lu Zhishu out of the gate of the house.

After that, Lu Zhishu never stepped out of the gate of this house.

Sunset and sunset, Qu'an City shrouded in sunset is the most beautiful moment of the day.

The willow trees by the lake are hanging down, and the branches are swaying in the wind, just like a beautiful girl dancing.The two walked to the lake and stood by the lake watching the sunset. Li Wen looked at Lu Zhishu and asked, "Zhishu, do you want to be an official in the future?"

Isn't studying to be an official?Lu Zhishu didn't speak, and felt that Li Wen's question was strange.

"If you become an official, what kind of official do you want to be?" Li Wen asked.

What kind of officer should I be?Lu Zhishu hadn't thought about this issue, isn't that what it's like to be an official?He looked at Li Wen with doubts in his eyes.As if knowing what Lu Zhishu was thinking, Li Wen grinned, only to remember that one of his front teeth fell out yesterday, he quickly covered his mouth, and said, "When you become an official, you do it for others, and you do it for yourself. , Do you want to be an official, do you want to be an official, or do others want you to be an official?"

"When there are officials, there are those who plead for the people, some who devote themselves to the saints and die, and there are corrupt officials. The latter become officials for themselves. Of course, I believe that Zhishu will not be the last one.

Seeing Li Wen covering his mouth, Lu Zhishu stretched out his hand to hold his hand, looked at him and asked, "Li Wen, when did you change your teeth?" Lu Zhishu was more curious about Li Wen's teeth than thinking about being an official. When did it drop.

"Just yesterday." Li Wen didn't let Lu Zhishu read it, wasn't it just a change of teeth?Who wouldn't change their teeth!Lu Zhishu stared at him like this, which made him a little embarrassed.Thinking of this, he looked at Lu Zhishu strangely and asked,

"When did you change your teeth? Why didn't I know you changed your teeth?"

A smile flashed across Lu Zhishu's face, as if I won't tell you.

This person is so bad, Li Wen found that he didn't even notice when Lu Zhishu changed his teeth.Li Wen was a little distressed. The tooth fell out and it was difficult to open his mouth to speak. When he spoke, he still leaked air. He has only started to replace his teeth now. When will he be able to replace them all?He just wants to finish the exam and go home quickly, and then go out to meet people after getting his teeth replaced

The sun slowly fell into the mountains, and they also returned to the place where they lived.

After taking a bath, Li Wen went to bed and went to bed. Rather than staying up late and reading, it is better to go to bed early, recharge your batteries, and prepare for the next exam.He didn't have any anxiety in his heart before the exam, and he fell asleep not long after lying on the bed...