On this day, Baiyou brought Li Dazhong to play. Baiyou had already bought a small yard, but it was not near the examination room.
The housing prices around the test shed are too high, so there is no need for him to buy a house nearby.
When he came to Fucheng, without Li Dazhong's two children to toss him, he had more smiles on his face than before, and his whole body was filled with freshness after being nourished.
"Dazhong saw Zhou Mingsheng yesterday."
Baiyou, Tao Zhu, Li Ershan, and Li Xia were sitting by the well in the front yard, helping Tao Zhu and the three of them peel peanuts. While peeling, he talked about what he had seen yesterday.
Li Dazhong was also sitting on the side peeling peanuts. He nodded and said, "Yesterday Brother You and I went to the ceramics shop to buy dishes. We saw Zhou Mingsheng, his wife, and father-in-law. They were going to buy goods from that shop."
Zhou Mingsheng married the daughter of the owner of a ceramics shop. Now that Zhou Mingsheng came to Fucheng to take an exam, his wife and father-in-law came with him to purchase goods.
"After I saw him, I deliberately moved closer to him and waved my fist at him. His pretty face immediately turned black into charcoal."
When Li Gu took the men from the Li family to the Zhou family to ask for an explanation, Li Dazhong also went, but Zhou Mingsheng was not at home at the time.
Zhou Mingsheng was not at home twice, so Li Dazhong only beat Zhou Mingsheng's parents, but not Zhou Mingsheng.
Later, Li Gu wanted to go to the county town to find Zhou Mingsheng, but Li Chuntao refused. On the one hand, he felt embarrassed, and on the other hand, he did not want to offend the manager of the ceramics shop. He was from the city, and she was from the country. She had a natural affinity for city people. fear.
So Zhou Mingsheng was not beaten.
But Li Dazhong definitely couldn't swallow this breath. When he met Zhou Mingsheng by chance this time, he couldn't help but raise his fist to threaten.
"He is also going to take the college examination this time?" Tao Zhu frowned.
"I will definitely participate. He is determined to be a scholar." Baiyou sneered.
After he and Li Dazhong got married, he also regarded Li Chuntao as his cousin. After introducing Zhang Tiansheng to Li Chuntao, he took the opportunity to inquire about Zhou Mingsheng's situation in the county.
"You don't know, but his wife is watching him very closely now, and she is very afraid that he will go to Chuntao. I heard from his neighbors on both sides that their family has a big quarrel every few days, and his wife said that he regrets it. He refused to admit it."
Tao Zhu: "..."
Disgusting, you actually want to find Chuntao, shameless!
He snorted: "He can't reach the heights of Chuntao now."
"That's right." Baiyou smiled and nodded: "Given his family's situation, he definitely has no intention of studying. He will definitely not be able to pass this college examination."
"But Chuntao is about to become a scholar."
Li Chuntao and Zhang Tiansheng are developing very smoothly. Zhang Tiansheng is a nice and sincere person, and the Zhang family are also very nice. Li Chuntao has changed from not hating him at the beginning to being a little attracted to him recently.
If nothing unexpected happens, the two will get engaged in the summer.
When Tao Zhu thought about this, he also laughed: "Let's take care of it when Chuntao gets married. We will make him angry to death."
"This is natural." Baiyou smiled and nodded.
Baiyou and Li Dazhong had lunch before leaving. Before leaving, Baiyou told Tao Zhu to remind Li Qiao to pay more attention to young talents. Although most scholars are unreliable, who made Shen Hua like scholars? I can ask Li Qiao.
Tao Zhu always remembered this. He had already reminded Li Qiao, and he would take a look at Li Qiao when others came to visit him.
He also wanted to give Shen Hua one more choice.
Now Xu Ying has not been admitted as a scholar and the Xu family has already despised Shen Hua. Even if Xu Ying never leaves Shen Hua, Shen Hua will still suffer from the cold face of the Xu family after marriage.
Tao Zhu didn't have an evil mother-in-law himself, but he knew how terrible Baiyou's ex-mother-in-law was. In the countryside, he had seen many evil mothers-in-law torturing their daughters-in-law/son-husbands. No matter if they were girls or boys, as long as they didn't If you are accepted by your husband's family, life after marriage will be really difficult.
Before going to bed at night, Tao Zhu told Li Qiao that Zhou Mingsheng also participated in the college examination.
After hearing this, Li Qiao's attitude was similar to Tao Zhu's, but he was still thinking about Gao Zhiyuan: "Isn't Gao Zhiyuan here? The college examinations are held twice every three years."
"...Whether you come or not, what does it matter to us?" Tao Zhu was lying on top of him, with his face buried in his neck. Hearing this, he couldn't help but raise his head and look at him: "For someone like him, He’s not worth the look you gave him.”
Li Qiao raised his eyebrows when he heard this, raised his hand and patted his butt gently: "He has impure intentions towards you, of course I have to guard against him."
"He just wants me to make him cows and horses. What other purpose can he have besides that?"
Tao Zhu has also thought about this matter.
He didn't think that Gao Zhiyuan also thought he was good-looking. Gao Zhiyuan went to his house to propose marriage for only one purpose:
Find servants for the Gao family.
Today, he no longer wants to care about this bit of malice.
"You're right, his mentality must be broken. Even if he comes, he won't pass the exam." Li Qiao nodded.
His Brother Zhu is relatively simple, so he should just follow Brother Zhu's words now.
As for Gao Zhiyuan himself, his purpose for Tao Zhu was not just that.
It's a pity that he can't meet Gao Zhiyuan on weekdays, otherwise, he will definitely interrogate him.
Li Qiao put Gao Zhiyuan behind for the time being and focused all his attention on reading.
The exam day came soon.
This was Li Qiao's third time taking the exam. Tao Zhu was already familiar with all the procedures. Tao Zhu got up in the middle of the night to make breakfast and steamed steamed buns for Li Qiao.
When they went to the examination booth before having breakfast, it was still dark. When they arrived, many people had gathered in front of the examination booth. In addition to the candidates themselves, there were also people like Tao Zhu who accompanied them.
Li Qiao glanced briefly and made an estimate in his mind. There might be a thousand people participating in the college examination this time.
Verify identity later, how much time will be wasted.
sigh.
As a celebrity, Li Qiao is the focus of everyone. He didn't socialize before, but now everyone finally sees him and comes over to say hello to him.
Li Qiao didn't want to be known as someone who was arrogant before taking off, so whenever others greeted him, he responded with a smile.
When the yamen came to maintain order, his face almost stopped laughing.
The yamen servant asked the candidates to line up and enter the examination booth.
The inspection process was the same as before. Not only was the steamed bun broken into several pieces, but the hair also had to be spread out for the yamen to inspect, so as not to carry cheat sheets.
Li Qiao and Meng Yue Xu Ying were in the middle of the queue. The three of them entered the examination booth and waited for half an hour before the inspection process outside was completed.
Soon, the examiner came.
In addition to the prefect, the chief examiner of the college examination is also the academic administrator.
Many candidates first paid tribute to the two adults, and then their identities were checked.
The identity check was carried out by the Ming Prefect and the Academic Affairs Master at the same time, but because there were so many candidates, more than an hour had passed by the time the process was completed.
Li Qiao sat in his seat and saw the yamen servant coming over with the test questions. He breathed a sigh of relief and reached out to pick up the brush on the table.
He and Tao Zhu arrived at the examination booth before five o'clock. It was estimated to be ten o'clock at this time. They had been waiting for more than five hours. Some candidates who were not physically strong were probably hungry or sleepy by now. .
The imperial examination is really not easy.
Today is the main exam, and as always the exam is more comprehensive.
Mo Yi, Tie Jing, poetry, policy and theory are all examined.
The Mo Yi and Tie Jing exams all test basic skills, but compared with the county and government exams, the college exams involve significantly more content.
All three histories and three biographies are covered, and some topics are relatively remote.
But this is not a problem for Li Qiao. As long as he works hard on basic skills, he will not be afraid of any exam.
He picked up the pen and wrote quickly.
Soon it was the turn of poetry, and he began to feel miserable again.
This time, Li Qiao's exam number was No. 500, located in the middle. But coincidentally, his seat this time was not near the door of the hall, but close to the inside of the hall.
And the hall he was in happened to be the one where the prefect was sitting.
Therefore, even though Magistrate Ming couldn't see clearly what was written on his paper when he was sitting at the top, he could see his expression.
In the previous Mo Yihe Tie Jing, he wrote quickly and confidently, which made the magistrate very satisfied.
But now the poem, Ming Zhifu looked at his expression and was shocked.
Ming Zhifu was really surprised at this time. As for Li Qiao's poem, when he wrote it, he frowned, felt bitter and resentful, gritted his teeth, and looked like he was using all his strength...
He knew that Li Qiao's poetry was not good, but he did not expect that Li Qiao had to hold it back for a long time to reach such a level that he could barely pass.
this……
Ming Zhifu is extremely lucky, fortunately the Holy One does not value poetry!
After the poetry comes the policy.
The policy discussion for this session was the same as that for the county and government examinations. The questions were drawn from the Four Books and Five Classics, and did not involve the holy essay.
Therefore, not only Li Qiao, but other candidates also answered quickly.
However, because the exam started too late, by the time Li Qiao finished writing, it was already dark, so he hurriedly handed in the paper.
The results of this main examination will be posted three days later, and the number of admitted students will be the top 100.
There were thousands of candidates taking part in the college examination this time, but 90% of them failed in just one main examination. This is really cruel.
Li Qiao was still the first to hand in the paper this time. After leaving the examination room, Tao Zhu, Li Ershan, Li Xia, Huang Youming and his son were all waiting.
Li Qiao did not go home directly. He waited for Meng Yue and Xu Ying to leave the examination room, and then went back to the small courtyard where he stayed temporarily with them.
He wanted to discuss the answer with Meng Yue and Xu Ying.
Meng Yue and Xu Ying are also hard-working people. Today's test was not a problem for them. After getting the answers right, they were both happy.
For the next three days, Li Qiao still did not socialize or go out.
He will definitely be able to pass the re-examination, and he cannot slack off at this juncture.
Three days later, the results of the main examination were posted, and the names of Li Qiao, Meng Yue, and Xu Ying all appeared on the list.
Li Qiao read the list of 100 people carefully, and then left with a satisfied look. Very good, there is neither Zhou Mingsheng nor Gao Zhiyuan on it.
The re-examination is tomorrow, so Li Qiao, Meng Yue, and Xu Ying didn't stay too long. The three of them went back to their respective homes and continued studying hard.
The re-examination lasted for two days. On the first day, there were tests on Mo Yi, Tie Jing and Poetry.
The next day was the policy test.
I was trying to swipe more than 900 people at once, so the speed of body search and identity verification was very fast.
However, since it is a re-examination, the test questions are more difficult than the previous main examination.
