Wen Family Has a Wife

On the fifth day, when Wen Yuanliang woke up, he felt that the stubble on his face had grown lush like mushrooms after a spring rain, his cheeks had become visibly thinner, and his belt had grown a knot. A little powerless, but his mental state is not bad, maybe because he has adapted to this difficult environment, his body is numb, he went to the latrine, and when he came back, he met two soldiers at the corner carrying a man covered with a white cloth When the person went out, he broke out in a cold sweat.

Thinking of the neighbor on his left, he couldn't help but swallow his saliva. Was that person also carried away? Otherwise, how could there be no movement at all!

After returning to the number room, Wen Yuanliang specially made some loud noises this time. He listened carefully to the voices on both sides. The man on the right was still coughing, but it sounded a little weak, as if he was about to cough but couldn't cough, but the man on the left was coughing. It was quiet.

Under such circumstances, he really didn't dare to think too much, so he quickly took out his paper and continued to answer the questions. When the whole person's attention was absorbed, the fear in his heart gradually dissipated, until it was dark and all the candles were burnt out, he finally Answer all questions clearly.

Lying on the wooden board, listening to the dark night, he stretched out his palm, but he couldn’t see anything. He listened carefully to the sounds around him. The constant coughing of the previous two days was gone, only a few sporadic ones coming from a distance. He wanted to ask the brother in the room on the right, but he couldn't. After making a few loud noises, the right side didn't respond to him. He was anxious and sleepy, and he went to a meeting with Zhou Yue again. .

It’s just that this night was not destined to be a peaceful one. When it was almost dawn, there was a patter of spring rain, and the temperature plummeted. What’s more unlucky was that there was a leak in the room where he lived, and the cold rain wet his shoes. It abruptly woke him up from the cold.

Wen Yuanliang shivered. He glanced at his shoes and found that they were mostly wet. When he moved his feet away, there was a sound of dripping water in the good room. Fortunately, it was in a corner, otherwise he wouldn't be able to do the test today. up.

Just when he was rejoicing, there was a sudden wail from a distance, it seemed that the test paper was wet, the cry was shrill and desperate, causing everyone to get up to check their test papers, and before dawn, everyone woke up.

Wen Yuanliang stared at his shoes and smiled wryly. He was afraid that he would have to do the test with bare feet in a while.

Finally, when it was daylight and he could see things clearly, he started to do the questions. The shoes were placed by the side of the charcoal stove, praying that the shoes would be dried after a day of drying.

The rain is still falling, and it has no tendency to decrease at all. He doesn't even think about going to the toilet. He has to be exposed to the wind and rain when he goes out. It is more practical to put all your energy on doing the questions.

So busy, by the time he put all the answers on the paper, it was almost time for the second exam.

After handing in the papers, he was finally able to take a breather and sort out his thoughts. Now in the entire Gongyuan, it is unknown how many candidates have left, how many people have fallen, and how many people are still lingering like the man on the right.

Because all the papers are collected, as long as you don't leave the numbered room, you can still talk. Wen Yuanliang's eyes lit up when he thought of this, and the soldier guarding the door asked: Brother, can I tell the buddies next to me? speak?

The soldier replied with a stern face: The exam time is up, you can talk, but you can't touch, but there is no one around you, who do you want to talk to?

Wen Yuan's conscience sank, he looked to the left in disbelief, then to the right, only then did he realize that there was no sound on the right, he poked his head out, and saw that the guards on the left and right were all gone, he couldn't help but feel his heart shudder, Where's the person?

Seeing his frightened look, the soldier calmed down a bit, and said, The one on your left is an old Juren, who took the exam while sick, but he didn't make it. What's the situation, but at least he was still alive when he left.

This made Wen Yuanliang feel even more uncomfortable.

It is said that one general will be successful and his bones will be exhausted. It is not an exaggeration to use these words to describe the imperial examination. Everyone only sees the glory of high school students, but how do they know how many lives were filled behind it!

Seeing that he was listless, the soldiers stopped talking and continued to stand guard.

Wen Yuanliang sat back, stared at the burning fire, and ate his dinner like chewing wax. He didn't have the heart to think about anything else, so he simply tidied up and lay down to sleep.

On the seventh day, it was the last exam.

Early in the morning, chirping birds could still be heard in the Gongyuan. The rain had stopped, the sky was still gloomy, the wind was stronger, and it was still as cold, but he was content that there was no rain.

After finishing a series of preparatory work, the gong sounds and the exam begins.

The third session mainly examines the Four Books, Five Classics, five-character and eight-rhyme poems, and arithmetic.

There are two newly added math questions, namely today some people buy things together, and each person pays eight (cents) with a surplus of three coins; each person pays seven (cents) and less than four (cents) , ask how many people and how much are the prices?”, “Today, there is a rooster that costs five, a hen that costs three, and a chick that costs three. One hundred chickens can be bought for a hundred dollars. Ask the rooster how much is the hen and chicks?”

The meaning of the first question is that when someone buys something, each person pays 8 cents, if there is an excess of 3 or 3 cents, each person pays 7 cents, and if there is a shortage of 4 cents, ask how many people there are and how much the goods cost. This is a typical surplus-deficiency problem. It is not difficult for him. It can be done by making assumptions and calculations, and then explaining. The second problem is the problem of Baijishu, which means that the price of a rooster is five yuan, and that of a hen The price is three renminbi, three chickens are one renminbi, and one hundred renminbi is used to buy a hundred chickens, a few roosters, hens and chicks.

To be honest, most people who read sage books can't even understand the abacus, so asking them to answer such a down-to-earth question is not deliberately embarrassing! Maybe the old women in their family can answer better than them when they come.

Wen Yuanliang shook his head, sighed, and then turned to the front to look at the four questions. The first question was The Way of Great Learning lies in Ming Mingde, in closeness to the people, and in the ultimate goodness and righteousness; the second question was Neutral without relying on The third topic is to the people of the world, gather the world's own goods, trade and return, and each gets what he wants; the fourth topic is the topic of poetry, and the topic is Xia Xue.

Wen Yuanliang frowned when he saw the poem question, scolded the examiner again, buried his head in grief and indignation to answer, in order to free up time for the two math and poetry, he had to grit his teeth on the first day. After answering the three scriptures, he woke up the next day. While he was still energetic and more inspired, he wrote the poem and revised it. It was not completed until noon, and he was finally able to finish the last two math questions. He breathed a sigh of relief, the extremely difficult topic for others was not difficult for him.