Village Flowers and Female Scholars

Although Zhuang Wan was wearing a veil on the way here, but when she entered the examination room, this trick was no longer effective.

Before entering the examination room, there are subordinate staff to search the candidates to prevent them from cheating.

The inspection work on the side of the female candidates is naturally also in charge of the corresponding female subordinate staff, but it is obviously much more relaxed than that on the side of the male candidates.

The male and female examination rooms are all in one place, but a small room is separated by wooden boards for female candidates.

Although the imperial court opened up the way of women's imperial examinations more than 30 years ago, the idea of ​​patriarchy is still deep-rooted, and it is even more impossible for poor families to devote their entire family's efforts to support a daughter to study. If you do, you won't get anything back.

Only the daughters of rich families have the opportunity to study.

Zhuang Wan looked around the entire examination room, and seeing that there were only a dozen or so female talents participating in the rural examination, her eyes couldn't help being a little gloomy.

I don't know how many years it will take until the number of men and women in this examination room is equal.

There are ten dormitories in the narrow examination room in front of you, which are divided into two rows. Each dormitory is about one meter wide and two to three meters deep.

In the past dynasties, there were three exams in the township examination, each of which took three days. Candidates stayed in this dormitory, where they ate, drank, and saturated.

The founding emperor of this dynasty started out as a commoner, and he knew the pain of the exam, so he ordered that the provincial and general exams have to arrange fixed toilets separately, which solved this problem.

Although she had to live here for nine days, she had already experienced it three years ago, and the conditions were even simpler, so Zhuang Wan was mentally prepared.

On the other side of the examination room, Xu Qiuyang and Gong Chengping were assigned good or bad positions.

Gong Chengping looked confident, while Xu Qiuyang didn't panic, but he was looking forward to the exam passing quickly, so he could hurry up and sell the story books with Xie Jinniang.

Zhongliangzhou is far more prosperous and lively than Furong County, and the market is hundreds of times bigger.

Before the exam, when I heard that Xie Jinniang had sold hundreds of scripts, which were all worthless money, Xu Qiuyang felt a pain in his heart.

He decided that no matter what the result of this exam is, he must ask Xie Jinniang to stay for a few more days and make a small fortune.

After all the candidates were seated, the examiners, represented by Zhifu Wangcheng, entered the arena one after another and walked around the huge examination room.

After turning to the female candidates, Wang Cheng glanced at the faces of all the female scholars, and when he finally saw Zhuang Wan sitting in the corner dormitory, he stayed where he was until the officer who was invigilating the exam reminded him to come back to his senses.

Hearing that the invigilators dispatched by His Majesty were entering the arena, Wang Cheng tried his best to control the expression on his face, and greeted him calmly.

This team was specially sent by the emperor to a state capital to inspect the situation of the rural examination. Even if Wang Cheng was the magistrate, he couldn't stop him. He watched the three officials file in and entered the examination room.

Sure enough, when the leading official Liu Gaoming first saw Zhuang Wan's appearance, his expression changed slightly, and he went over to check Zhuang Wan's exam information carefully.

Zhuang Wan's identity documents and examination certificates were flawless, and that Master Liu finally gave up, but he still stared at Wang Cheng with a pair of dark eyes before leaving.

Being disturbed repeatedly, Zhuang Wan didn't panic, it seemed that she was already psychologically prepared for these situations.

Wang Cheng pretended to walk back and forth among the candidates on both sides with his hands behind his back, and stopped for a while when he walked to Zhuang Wan's side, looking at her identity document and the name on the test paper. The word Zhuang Wan is clearly written on the column.

Looking at her neat curly face, dignified handwriting with a faint atmosphere, and looking at the first paragraph of the answer, she was even more shocked.

He didn't dare to stay too long, and quickly passed Zhuang Wan to the next candidate, then turned around and walked to the male examination room, as if nothing had happened.

Zhuang Wan's state of mind is stable, or she has already imagined what might happen in each middle school, so there is no confusion in writing and answering.

On the other hand, a female student beside her, because the two examiners stayed around for a little longer, made her sweat profusely from nervousness.

Three consecutive days of taking the exam and answering the questions, without being able to step outside the exam room, is not only about knowledge, but also about physical strength.

Although the examination room is equipped with huts and hot water, all food is brought in by the examinees themselves.

Many candidates brought a lot of food for this purpose, including food, vegetables, pots and pans, etc., clanging like fleeing famine.

But now it's August weather, no matter what you bring, it's easy to stink, except for the hard pancake.

Xie Yan knew that Zhuang Wan's stomach was not good, and after learning that there was hot water in the examination room, she made several bags of instant noodles for her to bring in. The instant noodles had been deep-fried at high temperature, so even if they didn't soak in water, they could still eat to satisfy their hunger.

In this way, Zhuang Wan and Gong Chengping became the candidates with the simplest and neatest items in the audience.

Seeing the three of them carrying so many small bags, the people around couldn't help gloating, after all, the candidates are ranked according to their rankings.

There are so many people taking the exam, and there are only [-] places. If these three people are too hungry and leave early, they will lose a few competitors. Who can be unhappy.

It's just that when it was time for meal, other candidates were busy picking up rotten big pancakes to eat, while Zhuang Wan and the three leisurely made instant noodles for sleep. Once the ingredients were put in, the candidates around were so greedy that they swallowed their mouths, and they didn't have any thoughts at all. Answer questions.

Seeing the envious eyes of the candidates around him, Xu Qiuyang was very excited.

Nowadays, there are people rushing for the exam everywhere, whether it is the college exam or the provincial exam. The exam conditions are so difficult, and this instant noodle is so convenient and delicious. If they make a batch and sell it every year during the exam, there is no need to worry about it.

Zhuang Wan answered the questions very seriously. She is talented and intelligent, which is not only heredity but also her own disdainful efforts.

She knew that this was the only way to meet the emperor.

Until the afternoon of the third day, the first exam finally came to an end.

Three exams, three days each, and three days between each.

Xie Yan had brought the coachman to wait for them at the entrance of the examination room early on, while Ying, as always, was a godlike dragon who would only show up when there was a crisis.

Looking at the candidates who came out one after another, all of them looked disheartened.

Staying in a small room for three days, except going to the toilet, eating and sleeping in a small cubicle, and struggling to answer questions, how could it not be exhausting.

Looking at the group of exhausted candidates with disheveled hair in front of her, Zhuang Wan, with her unruly hair and neat clothes, stood out from the crowd.

There were also many pick-up and drop-off people around, and seeing Zhuang Wan being so calm and looking so iconic, they all turned their heads to look around.

Xie Yan saw her at a glance and waved at her.

In Zhuang Wan's originally calm eyes, after seeing Xie Yan, she burst into a kind of spirit, and walked towards her with a slight smile.

However, at this moment, a man behind Zhuang Wan who was also an examinee stopped her.

"This classmate, please wait a moment. Xiaosheng is Liu Rongfa, the head of the case in Liuli County this year. I don't know if the classmate lives in the Fulai Inn. Can Xiaosheng go back with you."

It turned out that this person was an examinee from Liuli County next door. His examination location was just across the wall from the women's examination room. Zhuang Wan walked in and out of him just in front of him. Such an iceberg beauty had long since attracted him.

Seeing Zhuang Wan handing in the paper, he also hurriedly handed it in, and hurriedly followed behind to catch up.

Zhuang Wan hadn't seen Xie Yan for three consecutive days, and she missed her so much. In addition, it was the scorching heat at this time, and she felt uncomfortable without taking a bath for three days, but she didn't expect that a fool would come out and block the way, and she just opened her mouth to show off that she was a county magistrate. The identity of the chief case.

Zhuang Wan frowned, feeling that he was very noisy.

With a blank face, he replied coldly: "It's a different way."

Liu Rongfa felt ashamed, and couldn't believe his ears.

Because Liuli County is close to the Li River, the transportation is convenient. The county is also many times richer than Furong County, and it is the richest county in Zhongliang Prefecture.

On the contrary, Furong County is the poorest county in the entire prefecture, and people in Liuli County often call people in Furong County poor ghosts.

Liu Rongfa can be regarded as a wealthy family in Liuli County, and he is also a scholar, and he is inferior in everything but a good student, and with his status as the county chief case, he is always in a disadvantaged position, but now he is so coldly responded by this woman, which makes him feel Disgraceful.

There is another candidate in the same county rushing for the exam together, who is No. 2 in the county, and Liu Rongfa is not right at all.

Seeing that Liu Rongfa failed to strike up a conversation, the examinee couldn't help but ridiculed: "So what about the chief of the case, no matter how poor the county is, it will look down on you."

Liu Rongfa felt more and more humiliated and was about to explode.

At this time, a figure squeezed in, separating the two groups of people.

Liu Rongfa took a closer look, and there was another girl's picture. Although she was beautiful, Zhuang Wan was more palatable to him who prefers bookishness.

Just when he was about to yell at him, he heard the little girl say: "So what about the chief of the case, who is not the chief of the case, right Wanwan?"

Zhuang Wan happened to be the head of the case in Furong County, but her uncle obstructed it three years ago, otherwise she would have come to participate in the county examination three years ago.

Since the founding of the country by the ancestor emperor, the capital of the township examination has been male. It was not until three years ago that a female scholar in Furong County broke this monopoly. In recent years, this matter has been passed around among this group of scholars.

It was a pity that the female scholar did not participate in that year's Qiuwei since she was the head of the county's case last time.

Liu Rongfa and others didn't expect that Zhuang Wan was in the same exam as them.

A few people nearby had heard the commotion here, and knew that Zhuang Wan was the female scholar who won the county case back then, and they all cast surprised glances.

Although Xie Yan was quite proud in her heart, she didn't want her girlfriend to be looked at like this by everyone, who would pull her around and leave.

"Is it okay, seeing other people come out and sweep the floor, you are the only one who is still so energetic."

Zhuang Wan stretched out her hand to hold Xie Yan's little hand and hid it in her sleeve.

She shook her head and said, "The answer went well, I ate enough noodles, and slept soundly, so don't worry."

Seeing her patiently explaining everything to her, Xie Yan felt happy in her heart.

Xu Qiuyang and Gong Chengping finally handed in the papers, and when they saw their backs, they quickly chased after them, and walked back to the small rented yard together laughing and laughing along the way.

A few people didn't know it, but just as they turned around, a man in black clothes quickly followed behind.

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In Shangyan Village, when the rooster started to crow, Cao E opened her eyes as usual.

With a slight movement of her body, something was wrong. Her clothes... had a hand across her waist.

Accompanied by the faint soreness on the back of the shoulders, and the warm touch of the two ears on the back is particularly obvious.

Those two ears are so cute, Cao E thought.

At the same time, everything about the two of them playing poker all night last night passed into Cao E's mind instantly.

She was a shy woman, she didn't even dare to speak loudly on weekdays, but last night she pulled Lan Xi's ears and hit her hard...

Lan Xi couldn't bear to show weakness, and in turn beat her scarred.

Playing poker is very fun, although it is very laborious, but so happy, Cao E has never experienced the ultimate happiness brought by poker.

Thinking of all this, Cao E's whole body was like a boiled duck, burning red.

At this moment, Lan Xi behind her seemed to wake up as well. She grabbed her arm as if unconsciously, and brought back Cao E, who had moved a little away.

Cao E grabbed her hand and said in a low voice, "I'm going to work in the powder shop soon, so sleep a little longer if you're tired."

Lanxi was not willing to let her go.

Warm and soft jade in her arms, this is a feeling that she no longer has after so many years, she is willing to drown in this tender land.

Feeling the arms around her waist getting tighter and tighter, Cao E had to turn sideways, trying to talk to her.

But who would have thought that the two snow-white ears that Lan Xi was most proud of came into view when she turned around. These soft and elastic ears were so dazzling that Cao E's ears burned up again.

Yes, I couldn't put it down last night with this pair of ears, that's right.

But I couldn't see anything in the dark room last night, unlike now, the morning light shines on the bed through the window, and the scene full of the bed is faintly visible.

The fragrant smell permeates the quilt and has not yet dissipated, making people unable to help but think of how happy the poker game last night was.

The red quilt is flying, and a pair of poker and a pair of ears under the quilt are looming, which makes people feel excited.

After playing poker, the scent left in the room made people blush for no reason.

She was about to turn back in a panic, but the woman in front of her had already opened her eyes.

"Don't leave."

Cao E was not angry at all when she heard the domineering voice of the woman in front of her, on the contrary she was very upset.

Since I was so old, I have never felt so warm when I woke up in the morning, and I have never felt such peace of mind.

When I was young, I had a dream, full of hope to live such a life.

It's a pity that the original body's family brought her endless darkness, and it even hurt her a second time in her in-law's house. She thought it would be like this in this life.

But I didn't expect such feelings to come so unexpectedly.

"Someone in the pink shop asked for leave, and there is not enough manpower, so I have to help." Cao E persuaded her patiently.

"Humph."

Lan Xi saw that the king had a beauty by his side and was still thinking about the morning court, and she became unhappy for a moment, and turned her back and turned the back of her head to her.

Looking at her cool body, Cao E felt her eyes shaking a little, so she quickly pulled a thin blanket to cover her, boldly touched her hand and said, "Be more obedient, and sleep until noon when you're sleepy. I'll come back and cook for you."

Lan Xi was not an unreasonable person, but because the two fell in love at the beginning, they wanted to get bored.

But since Cao E is busy, she can't just delay blindly.

"Kiss me once, and I'll let you go." Lan Xi took a step back, turned around and nodded her cheek with her hand.

Cao E was sitting by the bed, wearing a thin dress, and her long hair, which was tied up and wrapped in a scarf, was let down. The exquisite curves and soft eyebrows on her body showed the beauty of her age.

Lan Xi's eyes were deep. Fortunately, none of those individuals could find out the beauty of this woman.

Fortunately, such a beautiful woman finally belonged to him.

"Would you like to kiss me?" Lan Xi looked at the flushed Cao E and said coquettishly.

"How old are you, and you still make trouble like a child."

"I don't care, if you don't kiss me, I won't let you go."

Cao E had no choice but to pull the clothes on her body to cover her body with one hand, and covered Lan Xi's eyes with the other hand, leaned down quickly, and gave her a superficial nod on her face.

Then he quickly got up and got out of bed, for fear that this person would turn into a hungry wolf and pounce on him.

Seeing her like this, Lan Xi was angry and funny, touched the wetness on her face, and murmured: "This is not enough... how much is this enough..."

作者有话要说：感谢在2022-03-2921:16:00~2022-03-3021:02:40期间为我投出霸王票或灌溉营养液的小天使哦~

Thanks to the little angel who cast the deep water torpedo: littlekate1;

Thanks to the little angel who cast the rocket launcher: 2 obediently; 1 littlekate;

Thanks to the little angel who threw the grenade: 1 piece of scissors and tired listening to the wind and rain;

Thanks to the little angel who threw the mine: 1% off, may[-];

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