Chapter 279 Go to the county for an exam
Yao Anxin thought: "Well, my granddaughter understands."
She has been in Jinling for a while and it is indeed time to go out and walk around.
What's more, seeing the old lady is preparing to settle her home here, if nothing unexpected happens, her future marriage will probably be here, and she should build up her connections...
Yao Anling, who was sitting beside her, turned her eyes and hugged Gu Qingling's arm and acted coquettishly: "Old lady, if someone invites her cousin out for fun, can I go together? My cousin has a good temper. I am afraid that my cousin will be bullied alone, so I will take me safer. If someone bullies her, I will come back and complain to the old lady."
Gu Qingling smiled and pinched Yao Anling's nose: "You are so open and honest in complaining, and you are not afraid that your cousin will be angry with you, saying that you are making her report every day."
"No, my cousin is the best," Yao Anling changed her coquettish target to Yao Anxin, "Do you think so, cousin?"
Yao Anxin immediately smiled and said, "Yes, yes, how dare I be angry with you? You have beaten up my report for a year alone."
In the following days, the Yao family was very lively and there were a lot of people coming to pay New Year's greetings.
All kinds of relationships made Mrs. Yao very troubled.
Mrs. Yao Er has received a lot of new posts and wants to discuss with her about her cooperation this year.
When the women were busy, Mr. Yao, Mr. Yao Second Master, Mr. Yao San, and Yao Anhong were locked up by Gu Qingling in a separate yard, allowing them to do the last "devil training" before the county examination.
Gu Qingling did not want them to suffer, but they had to follow the county examination process to understand and prepare mentally in advance.
After all, no one knows that any problems will occur in the exam room.
"No matter what happens in the exam room, we must remember that the world is great and your safety is the greatest. I hope you can go in and come out safely."
"Although the test results are important, no matter how important it is, your body is not as important as yours, do you know?"
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Gu Qingling did the final psychological work for them, asking them to put themselves "to do their best" instead of "fighting with their lives".
Their family is not so poor that they can't get rid of the pot. They can only get rice into the pot after passing the exam, so as long as they prepare carefully and take the exam well. Everything else depends on their life.
"Yes, old lady, we know."
After Gu Qingling finished speaking, she asked Mrs. Yao, Mrs. Yao Er and Mrs. Yao San to prepare the things for the four of them, and ordered the servants who accompanied him, and took the members of the Yao family to send them out of the door.
In February, it was a bit cold, and many people were wearing thin cotton.
When they went out, it was still a little dark.
But even so, when they arrived at the entrance of the examination room, there was already a long queue outside.
"Such a long team?"
Mrs. Zhu Er felt a little distressed when she looked at the long dragon.
Mr. Yao is strong and strong. He is fine if he gets frozen for a while, but what should her son Brother Hong do?
Brother Hong is so old. He has been weak since he was born. Now he has finally recovered a little. If so...
She was a little reluctant but stopped.
Gu Qingling pretended that she didn't see it, so she invited Mr. Yao, Mr. Yao, Mr. Yao San, and Yao Anhong to get off the carriage and asked them to queue up quickly and not delay entry.
If you want to take the imperial examination, you have to endure this pain.
If you can't even bear this pain, then give up as soon as possible and choose another way.
Gu Qingling believes that apart from the imperial examination, there are probably few men from the Yao family who are willing to do other things. They cannot be farmers or craftsmen, and they cannot be the lowest-level businessmen, right?
The businessmen all wanted to climb up. What else could they do besides the imperial examination?
"Old lady, Brother Hong'er is in poor health, otherwise... I'll talk about it after a few years of his age?" Mrs. Yao Er could not hold back and said to Gu Qingling with some concern.
Gu Qingling glanced at her and raised her chin slightly: "Ask Brother Hong to see if he wants it."
The old lady agreed? Mrs. Yao was happy and quickly called Yao Anhong to tell him about this.
Yao Anhong had just got off the carriage and was stunned. He had no idea where his mother was singing. He said, "Mom, it's okay. Didn't you ask the doctor to take Ping'an's pulse yesterday? I'm in good health now and there's no problem with the exam. Don't worry, I'll come back safely."
He didn't think much about it, but felt that Mrs. Yao was too nervous. After comforting her, she carried the exam basket and stood with his father and the others.
When Mr. Yao saw Yao Anhong coming, he led the three of them to the back of a team.
Mrs. Yao Er looked at Yao Anhong's back and felt a little reluctant.
Gu Qingling finally felt soft-hearted, stepped forward and patted her hands, and said, "You are a son who is going to take the exam. I have three sons, and the last one is my grandson. If you want to worry, the person you are most worried about should be me. Don't worry, I have told you all. If you can, you can take the exam. If you can, you can't tell the examiner and you'll come out. Nothing is more important than their bodies. Even in order not to worry our relatives, they won't fight their lives. Don't worry..."
"Old Lady..." Mrs. Yao's eyes turned red. She had some point in blaming the old lady who insisted on forcing such a young brother Hong to take the exam, but suddenly she didn't blame her.
That's right? Brother Hong is her son, but he is also the only legitimate grandson of Cai Taijun. What's going on with him? How can the old lady not worry?
But the old lady still asked him to go.
"We'll wait here, wait for them to come in, and we'll leave."
"good."
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The county exam requires three exams, basically one exam a day, and only after passing all three exams can you pass the county exam.
But don’t think that after passing the county examination, you will be a Tongsheng. At this time, you can only "calculate half" because there is a public examination later. Only by passing the April public examination can you be a Tongsheng.
Before dawn, the candidates enter the venue one day early and rest in the examination room for one night before taking the exam the next day.
After the exam the next day, I came out and then took a three-day break (actually for the examiner to approve the papers), and entered the venue the next day.
There are about ten days to take the exam once and the list of one is announced. As long as one fails one, there is no need to take the subsequent exams again.
Because today is the first time that the Yao family members entered the examination room, until the door of the examination room was closed, Gu Qingling and the others in the Yao family were reluctant to leave. They sat in the tea shed and listened to the people around them chatting.
At this time, you will leave, either because you have something to do at home, or you are the one who has participated several times and is experienced.
Listening to them discussing what happened in the county examinations in previous years, someone took the county case head and who took the exam several times but failed. It was actually quite interesting.
"That Young Master Liu has been taking the exam for so many years?"
"That's right? His son is going to marry a wife and is still taking the exam. If he hadn't had a very capable wife in his family, he would have drunk Xifengbei long ago." The man looked disdainful and complained that the people in Mr. Liu's family were not good.
The whole family is raised by his wife, but he even despises his wife for "showing out" and is unfaithful to her wife all day long.
"You don't know that her mother-in-law is talking about it every day, saying that this is not good for the daughter-in-law, but no matter how bad it is, just sell tofu to support your family, and they will be worthy of you."
Everyone sighed.
It would be best if such a family fails the exam. If they want to pass the exam, can there be a better wife?
Chapter completed!