[Red House] Ban'er's Road to Imperial Examination

Sister Qiao's post only said that they were bored in the garden, and they started a poetry club, and the first time they chanted Bai Haitang. Therefore, the elders invited Wang Yue to come too.

When Wang Yue saw the post, she knew that this was the section in the original book "Lin Xiaoxiang won the chrysanthemum poem, Xue Hengwu satirized and crab chanted". Speaking of which, what Wang Yue admired most was that these women set up poetry clubs in the Grand View Garden. In the scene of writing poetry, they are the most vivid at this moment. They are no longer women who depend on men to survive, but strange women whose talents are no less than those men, and can even surpass those men.

From their poems, we can get a glimpse of their talents and their unwillingness. This is the event Wang Yue is most willing to participate in when she travels to the world of the Red Chamber.

She readily responded to their invitation and agreed to their invitation. Two days later, Wang Yue came to the door with a gift.

Wang Yue first went to sit with Jia Mu for a while, and then he went to Wang Xifeng's to have a look.

After the news of Wang Xifeng's pregnancy came out, Wang Yue was studying in the Imperial College, so he couldn't come to visit. His grandma and his mother Liu Shi came from his home. Wang Xifeng was his aunt in name, so of course he wanted to come and have a look.

"My aunt is fine. My nephew should congratulate my aunt. It's just a little late. I hope my aunt will forgive me."

"It's not too late, but I also want to thank you for the picture of sending off your son and mother to me back then. Ping'er has been offering it for me all these years, and I will always remember it."

"It is indeed time to say thank you to Uncle Wang." Ping'er came over with two cups of tea, gently put the teacups on the table, and said with a smile, "The picture of Guanyin delivering a son is always in the next room. For the sake of offering, she doesn't remember the last incense stick in a year, and she doesn't know why she insists on offering incense sticks one day, and the doctor who came to check her pulse in the afternoon said that she was pregnant, isn't this the mother's blessing?"

Ping'er bowed his knees and bowed to Wang Yue, saying, "Thank you, sir!"

Wang Yue hurriedly stood up and turned sideways to evade, saying in his mouth: "It's not my credit. No matter how good my picture is, it's just a dead thing. Aunt Feng and Aunt Ping'er are worshiped devoutly on weekdays. The image of the empress has a spirit. Only this can protect Aunt Feng."

When Wang Xifeng heard this, he laughed and helped Ping'er up, then took Wang Yue's hand, and said: "You both have made contributions, and I should thank you both. When the child in my womb is born, I will let it go. He saluted you and said thank you!"

Both Ping'er and Wang Yue hurriedly declined. For a while, the atmosphere in the room was very harmonious. They were talking when they heard a soft voice outside: "Mom, Aunt Ping, what are you talking about?"

The servant girl in the room hurriedly drew up the curtain, and a graceful figure walked in. Wang Yue stood up, bowed her hands and asked, "Hello, sister Qiao."

Sister Qiao bowed her head hurriedly, and said, "Hello, Brother Yue. I heard that Brother Yue is going to take the township examination in a few days. This time I felt a little abrupt. Will it disturb your exam?"

Wang Yue shook her head with a smile and said, "It's only a day's work, so what's the delay?"

Wang Xifeng saw the two of them confronting each other, and looked at Ping'er again, and couldn't help laughing. Seeing the two of them turned to look at her again, she said, "I heard that you have formed a poetry club? It took a lot of trouble today. Go to the garden to drink with the old and young, you young people should be lively and lively, but I am a rude person who can't read big characters, and I am really inconvenient, so I don't want to join in the fun, you just accompany the old ladies and wives to have fun go."

The two felt that Wang Xifeng and Ping'er laughed strangely, for some reason their faces suddenly flushed with embarrassment, they hurriedly saluted and left.

Wang Xifeng watched the two of them go out, and couldn't help sighing with Ping'er: "Looking at it this way, they look like a pair of Bi people, and they are more suitable."

"No, Lang Junjun's daughter is pretty, and she is also a man and a woman. Brother Yue is only 14 years old and he is going to take the provincial exam. I heard from Mrs. Wang that the teacher in the Imperial College said that the exam is seven or eight. Brother Nian Yue will be able to come back with a champion, and then our girl will be the wife of the champion, and you, you can also get a champion mother-in-law!"

After hearing this, Wang Xifeng couldn't help laughing, and after laughing, she couldn't help but have some doubts: "Brother Yue has good looks, good talent, better character, and he is very big in every way. I am very relieved, but the family status is too low!"

Ping'er was a little funny about her repetition, but she also felt a little empathy. After all, she didn't know if she would be lucky enough to have a child of her own in this life. She had long regarded Sister Qiao as her daughter. She was very satisfied with Brother Yue, but occasionally If you think about it, you can always pick out a lot of faults from him.

She has the same heart as the young lady, and she is afraid that if she doesn't choose a good person, she will be wronged if she marries someone in the future.

After Wang Xifeng said this, seeing that Ping'er didn't respond, he said again: "It's not that I despise him, nor that I have to value family status, but I'm afraid that Sister Qiao will be wronged after she gets married."

Ping'er thought for a while, then smiled, she brought a small stepper from one side, sat down beside Wang Xifeng, and said: "You don't need to worry about this, let alone the dowry you will add to Qiaojie in the future. Even the old lady will not let her be wronged, not to mention that Sister Qiao is the eldest granddaughter of the Jia family, and whoever is wronged will not let her be wronged. Paying a few dowry will make sister Qiao wronged, and this will make the Wang family dare not bully her."

These words moved Wang Xifeng the most. As for the dowry, she was definitely willing to give it up. Although Wang Xifeng was greedy, she was definitely willing to give up money for her only daughter.

What's more, Wang Xifeng knew the importance of her natal family's power. For example, now, she can control the rights of the latter of Jia's family and suppress Jia Lian, isn't it because of her natal family's power?

Their family is very different from Wang's family. Although they don't match well, they also gave Qiaojie a strong natal family. Moreover, Grandma Liu of Wang's family and Wang Yue's mother, Mrs. Liu, had been in contact with her before. Although she was a bit petty, they were both honest. People don't bully people casually.

Qiaojie grew up by her side since she was a child, and now she has taken over the housekeeping power of the back house. She is full of scheming and cunning. If she really married into the Wang family, she would definitely be able to tidy up the Wang family. She is like this, she looks bright on the surface, but she has suffered a lot on the inside.Wang Xifeng was extremely unwilling to let his daughter experience his suffering again.

Seeing the pensive expression on her face, Ping'er said again: "Actually, tell me that the most important thing is whether Miss Qiao can take care of the house in the future. You see, Baoyu and Miss Lin have grown up with each other. Even when Miss Bao came later, she couldn't compare to Miss Lin, but that's it, didn't Baoyu still have Xiren? Besides Xiren, there were also Qingwen and Sheyue, who were easy to get along with. Lin The girl's heart is smaller than the tip of a needle, and attacking people has her own ideas. Qingwen and the others are sharp-tongued and rebellious. I don't know how many mischievous ones will be in the future. What's more, brother Yue is already I am 14 years old, and there is no waiter in the room, I asked Wang Er to inquire about it, and the classmates of the Imperial College invited guests to dinner, but he always refused to go to those places of fireworks.”

"If that's the case, he is an excellent person, but if you ask clearly, it's not that I don't believe you, it's just that you have also met those men in our family. There are Aunt Zhao and Aunt Zhou in the room of the serious second master!"

"If you don't believe me, it's okay to ask someone to investigate carefully. What's more, it's too early to talk about it. Why are you in a hurry? You give birth to the brother in your stomach first, and teach him well. In the future, if his brother-in-law If you dare to be unruly outside, just ask him to come and beat up his brother-in-law, and no one will be able to say anything."

This remark made Wang Xifeng laugh again, seeing her like this, Ping'er couldn't hold back her laughter, and for a moment diverted the two people's worries, and talked about something else.

But they said that Wang Yue and sister Qiao went to Jiamu's room together all the way, but they just talked about homely things and had nothing else to say. Go to the Grand View Garden to eat wine and enjoy sweet-scented osmanthus.

Because all the people persuaded, "It's because she is interested, I need to disturb her elegant interest." Then Jia Mu took Mrs. Wang and Aunt Xue into the garden.

The banquet was held at Ouxiangxie. Xue Baochai and Shi Xiangyun planned it early last night. They brought several baskets of hairy crabs and more than a dozen jars of wine.

Not long after, Jia Mu stopped eating for a while, and everyone dispersed and had some fun again. Mrs. Wang followed Jia Mu to go back to rest, and then ordered to clean up the broken seats and set up another table.

As the host, Shi Xiangyun naturally needed to make arrangements. She ordered people to set up a few tables at the bottom of the slope and invited Xiren, Zicuckoo, chess player, book attendant, Ruhua, Yinger, Cuimo, etc. to sit together. There are two tapestry under the shop, and the promised mother-in-law and the little girl are also sitting there, just eat and drink as they please, and come back when they are ordered.

After finishing this work, everyone talked about the poetry club.

Since Wang Yue came here for the first time today, it was rare for Li Wan to bring Jia Lan along, so he wanted to talk about naming the two of them.

Wang Yue hurriedly laughed and said, "How many aunts don't know my poems? Writing poems with you is just asking for a blow. I won't do it. I just talk to Landi."

Jia Lan also said not to do it, and everyone refused to agree. They all came and said that they must make a song.

Because Wang Yue's name outside is Xiaoyaozi, all the female family members of Jia's family knew him, so they called him Xiaoyaosheng, and Jia Lan called him Daoxiangzi. Shi Xiangyun took the title of the poem and tied it on the wall with needles. When everyone saw it, they all said: "It's novel, it's just too difficult."

Shi Xiangyun said again that there is no limit to rhyme, and everyone just left to think about poetry.

Wang Yue knew that Lin Daiyu, Xue Baochai and Shi Xiangyun had written very well, and he couldn't compare them, and he didn't want those good poems to disappear, so he picked a soft persimmon and snatched "Planting Chrysanthemum" from Jia Baoyu. .

Jia Lan saw that he ticked the box, thought about it, and also ticked the topic "Recalling Chrysanthemums". Wang Yue randomly pulled out a poem about chrysanthemums in the late Qing Dynasty from his mind, changed it a little, and then transcribed it on paper.

Not to be outdone, Jia Lan was busy writing.

Wang Yue knew Jia Lan's intentions, and seeing that he had finished writing, she dragged him down the slope, asked the maid to spread a blanket, took two plates of crabs, several plates of snacks, and a jug of wine, while discussing homework. While eating hairy crabs.

The girls over there also guessed Li Wan's heart, so they didn't come over to disturb them, and only called them over after they finished writing.

In the end, it was agreed that Lin Daiyu would be the leader, and Xue Baochai, Shi Xiangyun, Jia Baoyu and Wang Yue Jialan would be the last three men.

Everyone wrote a few more crab poems, praised them, and when they were talking and laughing, Ping'er came.

Ping'er came in just to tell everyone to drink less alcohol, but he didn't want to be held back by someone, so he persuaded him to drink a few more glasses, and everyone wentssip again, then washed their hands, and everyone asked to go to Mrs. Jia Muwang to say hello .

A few days after the poetry club, it was the day of the township examination.

Because the township examination was in the capital, which was in the same place as the government examination, Jia Zheng was dismissed as a poor student and went away on business, but he still sent a letter asking Mrs. Wang to tidy up the yard and ask Wang Yue to live there.

Not to mention how Wang Gou'er thanked Jia Zheng, early in the morning, before dawn, the father and son went to the Gongyuan together again.

After searching again, Wang Yue finally got into the examination room. As soon as he entered the door, Wang Yue looked up and down the situation in the examination room.

After more than an hour, Wang Yue was awakened by the sound of a gong from outside. She washed her face with cold water. After she woke up, she sat upright by the window and picked up a pen to record the exam questions.

The title of the first question is that a gentleman has a way, it is not difficult, the original sentence is a gentleman has a way

, You must be faithful to gain it, and arrogant to lose it. It comes from "Book of Rites · University", which means that all the noble qualities of a gentleman can be obtained only by being loyal and steadfast, and that they will be lost if they are arrogant and presumptuous.

That is to say, only with a loyal and down-to-earth attitude can one's moral character be elevated, and domineering and arrogant will only lose one's noble character.

This is a sub-question. It is nothing more than candidates quoting the words of the sages, and then expressing their determination on how they will practice the words of the sages.

The second question is only four words, sticking to both ends. If you are not familiar with the scriptures, you may be confused, but if you are familiar with the scriptures, you will find it very simple.

This is a sentence from "The Doctrine of the Mean". The original text is that Zi said: "Shun's great knowledge is also with him! Shun is good at asking and listening to others' words, concealing evil and promoting good, holding his two ends and using it for the people. Si thought it was Shun!"

The focus of this statement lies in the middle two sentences, which means that Shun likes to ask people questions and is good at analyzing the meaning of other people's simple words.He hides the disadvantages of others, publicizes the advantages of others, grasps the opinions of both ends, and adopts the moderate ones for the common people.

But this is only superficial, and there are profound connotations, talking about the golden mean that is neither biased nor biased, and has no faults.

The third question is also four words, so it is not admonishing. Wang Yue can see its source at a glance. It comes from "The Analects of Confucius·Bayi Pian"

The original text is: "Don't talk about what happens, don't complain about what happens, don't blame the past." It means that everything is a foregone conclusion, so there is no need to talk about it.There is no need to rectify and restore things that are almost over.There is no need to investigate the gains and losses and responsibilities of the past.

A very philosophical sentence is also very simple, but the latter is more difficult.

The first round is the Four Books and Five Classics questions and Poems and Fu. Because it takes three days to test, there are many questions. There are [-] questions in total.

It seems very few, but except for the poetry questions, each question is equivalent to a small composition of [-] words. It can neither correct the wrong questions, but also conform to the words of the sages, and also have literary talent. The three are indispensable, so read The seemingly simple exam almost keeps most of the scholars out.

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"When the elder grows up, the younger brother Min Xing, isn't this from the university? I remember the original sentence is the so-called one who governs the country in a peaceful world, when the old is old, the people are happy with filial piety, when the elders are old, the people are happy with younger brothers, when the orphans are respected and the younger generation is respected The people are incomparable!"

Wang Yue muttered in his heart, but his hands were not slow. While writing, he recalled the meaning of this sentence that the teacher said in class. When the elderly are old, the people will respect filial piety; when the ruler respects the elders, the people will respect obedience;

In fact, it is about the role of the monarch in governing the world, and it is also a topic of praising the monarch and flattering. Wang Yue quickly recalled an article about flattering in his memory, and quickly selected one.

Then he shifted his gaze to the last three poems and essays. Wang Yue thought for a chrysanthemum poem and used Lin Daiyu's "Ode to Chrysanthemum" and another "Lonely Goose". After thinking about it, Wang Yue finally held back There is a song.

And the last one is the poetry and prose topic that Wang Yue thinks is the most difficult to start with.

"Qiu Sheng Fu, this is not easy!" Wang Yue sighed in a low voice while writing down the topic. The previous four books and five classics questions were not too difficult for Wang Yue, but the poetry and prose questions made him find it difficult to start. .

The original author of "Fu of Autumn Sounds" was Ouyang Xiu. This was the topic he wrote in Jiayou four years ago. At that time, Ouyang Xiu was 53 years old. Autumn" as the title, expressing the anguish and sigh of life.

Therefore, the sound of autumn is not about the real sound of autumn, but reform!

This is hard!

Everyone who came back as the chief examiner had inquired beforehand. Mr. Gao once told him that this person supports His Majesty's reform, so the intention of this fu is naturally to support the reform.

However, the reform can be written not only where it is, but where it can be written, but Wang Yue thinks it is better to choose one side, so as to avoid the spread of the stall too large, and before it goes deep, it is limited by the number of words and ends hastily. The examiner sees the candidate's position, and there is nothing new.

In addition, choosing a novel aspect can also make the article appear novel, and it will not be repeated with the candidates, making his examination paper stand out from thousands of examination papers.

It's just that which side to choose is really a problem.

The author has something to say: the heroine has finally appeared, but she is still playing soy sauce! !