Be a master through ancient times

Chu Ci was packing things with Chu Xiaoyuan, butler Xu came to help them after finishing Zhong Liyu's.

Butler Xu was also used to doing these things in his early years, and he packed things quickly and well. With his help, Chuci saved a lot of trouble.To be honest, he really can't sew a quilt.

The door of the room was opened suddenly, and a student walked in, and then exited to check the dormitory number, and then he walked in again and asked: "Dare to ask this brother, are these your family members? Are they supposed to be here tonight?" Do you live here?"

"No, the two of them are students of Mengtong Hall. Because they are my nephews, they are in the same dorm as me."

"Children love to play, and if they are noisy every day, won't it affect our studies? Does the head of the mountain agree with your misbehavior?"

"Brother, I didn't think carefully. How about it, I will change a dormitory with you, and then I will fix the vacancy in this room, so that there should be no disturbance."

If there were only him and Chu Xiaoyuan, then he would definitely have to assure people that Chu Xiaoyuan would not make a scene, but with the addition of a young master, the two children would inevitably play games or something together, so he couldn't be too serious. I'm sure.Chu Ci felt that it was better for the three of them to live together.

"Hmph, how great is it to have two stinky coins?" The student snorted, and then went to change the pair.Chu Ci smiled helplessly. It was true that they didn't think carefully about this matter, but what they didn't expect was that one day he would be called rich and amazing.Well, money really can do whatever it wants.

Chu Ci went to the teacher to explain the situation. The teacher said that he had to ask the head of the mountain first, so Chu Ci went to ask the head of Kong Shan for instructions.

Kong Shanchang was easy to talk this time, so he nodded in agreement.Anyway, there are quite a lot of dormitories in the county school, and occasionally some students who really can't get along with others live in a room alone. They don't advocate this trend, but if it is really difficult to ask, they will not disagree.

Chu resigned and paid the money, so he was relieved.This afternoon, the opening ceremony of the Mengtong House is going to be held, and there are already people urging outside, so Steward Xu has to leave even though he is very reluctant.

After he left, Zhong Liyu sat on the bed with tears in his eyes. He occasionally turned his head to look at Chu Ci and Chu Xiaoyuan, and then quickly turned back. He felt that his movements were concealed, but they had already noticed them.

"Ahem, it's getting late, let's go eat," Chu Ci said.

"Okay! I want to eat a big bowl of rice today." Chu Xiaoyuan echoed, he was already hungry after a busy morning.

"Little friend Zhongli, are you going?"

When Zhongliyu heard someone calling him little friend Zhongli, he smiled shyly at first, then remembered what Grandpa Xu said about respecting this Uncle Chu, and said, "Uncle Chu can call me Yu'er."

"Okay, Yu'er, Xiaoyuan, let's go eat." Chu Ci took one in each hand, took his own food box, and went to the county school cafeteria.

Canteen dishes are divided into three types: A, B, and C.

The first dish is one meat and two vegetables plus white rice, 25 Wen per meal.The second dish is one meat and one vegetable plus white rice, [-] cents a meal.C dish is two vegetables plus brown rice, twelve coins a meal.

In the past, Chuci ate only C dishes, and the other two were too expensive for him to afford.And even for C dishes, there is more oil and water than at home, and occasionally they will stir-fry vegetables with the leftover oil residue after refining.

Those who study in the county school are not all rich even if they can afford to pay a lot of money.Like Chu Ci, those who eat B dishes are often the last to come to cook, and they are timid, for fear of being seen by others.

Chu Ci looked at the dishes, and then asked the two children for their opinions.Zhong Liyu pointed directly at the two meat dishes in dish A and dish B, expressing his desire to eat them.Chu Xiaoyuan looked at the price on the sign, and then firmly expressed that he wanted to eat C dish.

In the end, Chu Ci still handed over the food box and ordered three first dishes.Now they are not short of money.

Leaving aside the 50 taels I got from Zhang Wenhai's family, just talking about his collection of questions, the money should come out in the next few days.His proportion at that time was one-fifth, which was the net profit after removing a series of costs.

This collection of questions is not unpopular. Even if the sales are small, there should be three or four thousand taels. Chu Ci guessed that this time he could get at least 100 taels of silver.

Once the money arrives, the family can repair the house.It just so happened that he and Chu Xiaoyuan were not at home, and when the time came, let his mother and brother-in-law go to someone else's house to rent a house to live in first, and then go back when the house is ready.By then, their little girl should be born too.

After eating, after sitting in the room for a while, Chu Ci asked the two children to carry the cloth bags on their backs and sent them to the Mengtong hall to wait.

Mengtong Hall is about ten minutes away from the imperial examination class. There is a small gate in the northwest corner that connects the two places. It is usually not opened very often, and it is only open for half an hour when eating.

There is also a curfew at night. Those who do not come back after the time will have to remember their names, and those who exceed three times will be expelled from school.In the case of Chu Xiaoyuan and Zhong Liyu, they have to register with the master and the concierge.

"Xiaoyuan, you have to listen carefully to what your husband says here, and don't mess around. I'll pick you up for dinner in the evening." Chu Ci knelt down and patted Chu Xiaoyuan's head, comforting him.This kid usually looks like a little adult, after all, he is only eight years old.

On the other side, looking at Zhong Liyu eagerly, he lowered his head, his nose a little sore.His father has never treated him like this, and he has no uncle, only a little uncle, who looks very fierce, he is so pitiful.

Chu Ci felt that he had been negligent, so he touched Zhong Liyu's little head, and said: "Yu'er, you are so lucky to follow Brother Xiaoyuan, and you two will sit together later, Uncle Chu will pick you up after school .”

"Yes! Uncle Chu, I will be obedient!" Zhong Liyu raised his head and smiled sweetly at Chu Ci.

Chu Xiaoyuan snorted softly, expressing his contempt for this sycophant.

Watching the two go in, Chu Ci took his things and went to the husband.At this moment, the imperial examination class has not started yet, and we have to wait until the county examination, an annual event, is over.

On February [-]th, the government examination.

The government examination and the college examination were originally to be taken in Ganzhou Prefecture, but because the days are too close and the distance is too far, there have been incidents where students rushing for the exam were robbed and killed on the way.Later, it was decided that only invigilators would be sent to the counties for the government and hospital examinations, and the corrections would be concentrated in one place. This year it happened to be the turn of Yuanshan County.

The difficulty of the scholar test is that the government test is the most difficult, the county test is the second, and the hospital test is the last.

This time Yuanshan County took part in the government examination, in addition to the 50 people who were selected in this session, there were also more than 49 people who had only passed the county examination in the previous session.In fact, only [-] people are required to participate in this session, because the county trial case must be taken by the capital, and the prefectural trial case must be taken by the first court.

However, the person who can get the top case in the county test naturally hopes that he can also get it in the government test and county test. At that time, taking the small three yuan can also add luster to his reputation as a scholar.

After one round, Zhang Wenhai was not as happy as the last round. He had never done the title of the essay this time. Although he wrote it, he still felt that it was not as good as the one that Chuci had corrected.Fang Jinyang seemed to have a plan in his chest, and there was no gloomy look between his brows and eyes.

There are seven counties in Ganzhou Prefecture, each of which has about 80 or 50 people to participate in the government examination. Among these people, the top [-] people are selected to participate in the hospital examination, and [-] of them are selected as scholars.The competition is still relatively high, after all, everyone has passed the county test.

The list will be released on February [-], and each county government will post one.All the invigilators of the government examination gathered in one place to make corrections and then got it.

This time, both Zhang Wenhai and Fang Jinyang crowded below and waited.The moment the list was posted, everyone's hearts were in their throats.

"Fang Jinyang, Yong'an Town, Yuanshan County is the leader of the case!" Someone shouted after seeing it. Everyone was very happy that the leader of the list was in Yuanshan County this time.

"Fang Jinyang?! If I remember correctly, he was the last one in the county examination last time. Why did he suddenly rise to the first place this time?" A student looked at it with resentment, and felt that there was something wrong in his heart. The things are here.

"Yeah, I also remember that he was the last."

"The last case, Qi Zhigao, ranked sixth this time. How did Fang Jinyang improve so much in a few days?"

The voices of discussion became more and more louder, and people shouted "the imperial examination is unfair", which made Fang Jinyang, who was immersed in joy, a little at a loss.

Zhang Wenhai ranked No. 30 and second this time. Although he was not as good as the county test, he was very satisfied.Fang Jinyang got good grades, and he was also happy for him.Suddenly hearing so many voices beating him, Zhang Wenhai became angry.

"Jinyang he——hmm." Zhang Wenhai's mouth was covered, and he looked at Chu Ci who appeared out of nowhere.Chu Ci looked serious at this meeting, he signaled to Zhang Wenhai not to speak, and then asked Fang Jinyang to follow him.

Amidst the rage, the three of them quietly left the scene.Fortunately, everyone doesn't know who Fang Jinyang is, otherwise, he might be sprayed to death today.

Walking to a remote place, Zhang Wenhai was finally able to speak: "Brother Chu, why did you cover my mouth just now to prevent me from clearing Jinyang's grievances?"

"You say they can listen to you now? When the time comes, the more you explain, the more chaotic you will be. Maybe a fight will be inevitable under the agitation of the crowd. Brother Zhang, even if you have Zhuge Kongming's ability to fight Confucianism with words, then you have Lu Fengxian Wan Undeserved courage?" Chu Ci stopped him first.

Then he said: "That's the gate of the county government office. These scholars are so noisy, they will definitely be alarmed later. Wouldn't it be better for us to state our grievances in front of the old parents? Besides, Brother Fang was also taken by the county magistrate himself. "

They shouted "injustice" and shouted to "cry at the Confucius Temple". This behavior was to question the judgment of the examiners and challenge the prestige of the county magistrate.

More and more people gathered there, and even those who failed the county examination all came, saying that the imperial examination was unfair, Fang Jinyang took the position and they failed the examination.

In the county government office, everyone was resting. After hearing the report from the government officials, the county magistrate was the first to be unhappy.

"These students are really outrageous? Gathering crowds to roar outside the courtroom, and now dare to question the examiner, and arrest the most troublesome ones first!"

The adults from Fucheng who came to invigilate the exam are all here at the moment, if they can't be restrained, wouldn't it be a discredit?What's more, they are not scholars, and they are arrested as soon as they are white.

"My lord, this is inappropriate. If there are only a few examinees outside the door, we can still kill others as an example. But now there are hundreds of people gathered outside. If the troublemakers are arrested, I am afraid that the crowd will do something irrational in anger. When the time comes On the contrary, it will expand the situation and make it difficult to handle.”

The master immediately stopped him, his wealth and future depended entirely on the county magistrate, so he must not be allowed to make mistakes.