Alas, since I have decided to take the county exam, I should also prepare for the exam. I can't give up my efforts just because there is little hope.
Therefore, Lin Yuanqiu plans to spend an hour of review time every night starting from today to consolidate what he has learned previously.
There are still about a hundred days until February next year, and time is tight. Therefore, I don’t expect to know everything in the book, I just want to leave an impression in my mind.
Lin Yuanqiu knew something about the county examination. Master Wang had told them before that the subjects of the county examination included classics, Mo Yi, and poetry.
The so-called Tie Jing is equivalent to filling in the blanks and dictating in the previous life. The content of the test questions basically comes from the Four Books and Five Classics. This is also the subject that Lin Yuanqiu is most worried about now. After all, if he wants to do well in the Tie Jing test, it is very important to memorize the contents of the book, and at present In his case, the Four Books were fine, but the more difficult thing was the Five Classics, because he had only studied the Five Classics for a few months, especially the Zhouyi. The whole text was about divination, and the underlying philosophy was profound and profound. As a modern man, he was very Difficult to understand.
Fortunately, there are only more than 5,000 words in the entire Book of Changes. Lin Yuanqiu thought to himself that even if he memorizes it by rote, he must chew it down.
Mo Yi is a question and answer question that takes a few short passages from the Four Books and Five Classics and asks candidates to answer their meanings. This test is also related to memory.
In contrast, poetry is the one that Lin Yuanqiu is least worried about, because he was good at writing poetry and poetry in his previous life. Speaking of which, artists like them who often use ink and color to express landscapes, who can't write a few poems? Poems, otherwise how could I inscribe poems on the landscape paintings I made.
Therefore, Lin Yuanqiu understood the basic essentials of poetry writing, such as clarifying the intention, paying attention to rhythm, paying attention to rhyme, etc. Furthermore, most of the poem propositions on the ancient test papers were based on wind, flowers, snow and moon, and scenery and objects to express emotions. Lord, such a proposition is even more difficult for him, an artist who loves to paint scenery.
After clarifying all this, Lin Yuanqiu planned to focus on the Five Classics in his next study, and tried his best to memorize all the articles in the book.
As for other things, he didn't think too much about it. After all, time was limited and he didn't have the ability to become a big fat man in one bite.
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Compared with Lin Yuanqiu's impending mountain rain, Mr. Wang is much more willing to let nature take its course.
After learning that the clan had decided to let all students take part in next year's county examination, Master Wang, who had originally strongly disagreed, suddenly lost his temper. Not only did he tell the students what they should pay attention to in the county examination, he also focused on poetry. He explained the poems and poems in the county examinations in recent years, including those that praised plum blossoms, those that read snow, those that praised autumn, and those that talked about the moon. As for the basic methods and essentials of poems, it is even more Said it in detail over and over again.
This performance made Lin Yuanqiu unable to recover for a moment, thinking to himself, what happened to Master Wang? His attitude suddenly changed 180 degrees.
In fact, Lin Yuanqiu didn't know that the reason why Master Wang's attitude changed was because of Mrs. Wang's words, because Mrs. Wang asked him, "Why can't the children take the county examination?"
These words stopped Master Wang at that time.
Master Wang suddenly realized, yes, why can't the children take the county examination? Is it just because they are not yet ready? But this dynasty has never stipulated that people with limited knowledge cannot enter the examination room.
Besides, what is experience? Isn’t it right now? Even if you say a hundred words from others, it’s not as direct as experiencing it yourself.
Therefore, why not let the children practice it for a while, so that they know what it means to be incompetent and incompetent. The knowledge gained by then will definitely be more intuitive than what is found in books.
After Wang Fuzi figured it out, he no longer struggled and focused on preparing for the county examination.
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It was the twelfth lunar month in a blink of an eye, and it started to snow. Lin Yuanqiu's hands, as if to match the cold winter, developed chilblains. Every time he slept under the quilt, his fingers would itch terribly. Oh, what a solution. nothing.
Originally, frostbite like this would be much better as long as you pay more attention to keeping warm, but now there is no time for maintenance.
Just after dinner, Lin Yuanqiu immediately returned to the room and continued to write examples.
This set of past test papers was specially bought by Lin Sanzhu after listening to the introduction of shopkeeper Gao when he went to town to deliver goods. The whole set of test papers has more than 30 papers, including scriptures, ink meanings, and poems. Lin Yuanqiu felt like he had found a treasure. After getting the test paper, he dived into the sea of questions, as if he had returned to the days when he was crazy about answering questions every day during the college entrance examination.
The door creaked open gently, and after a while, Lin Sanzhu came in with a carbon basin, and placed it in the corner so that he would not worry about dropping books into it.
Lin Sanzhu felt really sad when he saw that his son's hand holding the pen was swollen like a steamed bun. He really didn't expect that studying would be so hard. No wonder people often hear people talk about ten years of hardship. Thinking about it, one of those hardships is probably like this one. It was a strange scene, the sky was full of ice and snow outside, and the wind was biting, but his dog still had to sit in front of the window, writing with a pen, and there was no need to be lazy at all.
Thinking back to when he worked in the fields before, he would often envy those scholars who wore elegant clothes and whose legs were not muddy. But now, Lin Sanzhu feels that it is more comfortable to be a farmer, so that in the cold winter, he can sleep in On the warm kang, you can stay there for as long as you like.
How could he be like his dog, still picking up a pen and doing exam questions in the dead of winter?
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This year, the clan school is on the annual holiday on the 26th of the twelfth lunar month. Before Mrs. Wang returns home, the students will send them holiday gifts.
The same goes for the Lin family. Early in the morning, Lin Sanzhu led his son to deliver a festive gift to his wife. It was still two packs of snacks, a piece of pork, and four kilograms of persimmons.
Mrs. Wang was naturally happy to see that red and orange cakes were delivered again this year. His mother loved these sweet, glutinous and fragrant cakes the most.
In addition to Mrs. Wang, the Lin family also sent New Year's gifts to the two in-laws today. Lin Yuanfeng and Lin Yuansong delivered them personally. It can be regarded as a new year's gift for the bride's family.
Since life became more affluent, Mrs. Wu has been more willing to eat. No, on New Year's Eve, six large bowls of meat dishes were laid out, including chicken, duck, fish, pig's trotters, and pork. This year, the family also had I specially bought mutton for stew. On a cold day, I took a sip of the mutton soup to keep my whole body warm.
Seeing the whole family enjoying themselves, Lao Lintou and Mrs. Wu seemed to have drank a big bowl of honey water, feeling extremely comfortable. Their family had finally recovered.
After today, it will be a new year. In the hearts of Lao Lintou and Wu, the next year will be unusual.
Because in addition to the younger grandson who is about to take the county examination, the older grandson is also getting a wife in the second half of the year.
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Chapter 40 County Examination Registration
On the first day of the new year, we couldn't be lazy when paying New Year's greetings to our elders, so early in the morning, Lin Yuanqiu and a few cousins went around the village.
Maybe it's because there are about a dozen children in the clan who will take the county examination soon. Today's clan leader and clan elders can't stop smiling.
Sometimes Lin Yuanqiu would think about what would happen if all fifteen children came back with duck eggs on their backs.
After all, there is more than one family named Lin in the whole Xiaogaoshan Village. A few days ago, his little cousin had learned from him what was said outside, and he said everything. In the final analysis, it meant that he was very unfavorable.
Not to mention that they have not studied for a long time, but just look at the age of their group of candidates. Except for two thirteen-year-olds, most of the rest are between eleven and twelve years old, and he is the youngest one, eight years old, so he can be optimistic about it. That's weird.
What is most difficult for Lin Yuanqiu to understand is Lin Youzhi's attitude. Logically speaking, as a person who has been tortured by the imperial examination for decades, he should know the difficulty of it, but he is so busy following the patriarch and elders that he enjoys it. Woolen cloth.
No, within a month after the county examination was scheduled, Lin Youzhi had contacted all the guarantors and the students he had become friends with. This rapid speed showed that he was very concerned about participating in the county examination. Also extremely supportive.
What Lin Yuanqiu didn't know was that Lin Youzhi was actually very conflicted during this period.
On the one hand, Lin Clan Studies was founded by him, so of course he was happy when he knew that the students were going to take the county exam. After all, if the children got good grades in the exam, he would definitely be among the bright faces, and like this Having a long face will also be a source of pride for conversation in front of friends in the future.
But at the same time, Lin Youzhi also knew that these children had not been studying for long, and the probability of passing the county examination was low. Therefore, he had some hesitation in his heart, thinking about whether to wait for two years, but the patriarch reminded him, Our family school is a three-year institution. Soon, these students will have to leave the family school. Even if they pass the exam in the future, it will be like other private schools.
When Lin Youzhi heard this, he felt that the patriarch's words were reasonable, so he gave up the entanglement and just let the children get familiar with the examination room in advance. With this thought, Lin Youzhi concentrated on the county examination.
On the second day of the Lunar New Year, Mrs. Wu prepared New Year's greeting gifts for her three daughters-in-law. Among them, Mrs. Liu's share was converted into silver coins and given to her, so she didn't suffer any loss.
Liu's natal family is far away. She has never walked past her natal family since she got married. She said in her heart that she didn't want to, but how could that be possible? Fortunately, her family's life is now better. Starting from the year before last, Mrs. Liu would ask her nephew to write a letter to her parents' family every year, along with some money, as a filial piety from her daughter and son-in-law.
Lin Yuanqiu did not go to his grandma and grandpa's house with his parents and sisters today. The county examination was imminent. Even if it was just one day, it was very precious to him who was busy reviewing.
What's more, Lin Yuanqiu is not willing to go to his grandma and grandpa's house in this life. Mainly because the two previous visits he had made did not leave a very good impression on him.
In Lin Yuanqiu's opinion, grandma and grandpa were too partial to their two sons. In their eyes, their daughters were probably only regarded as beings who should supplement their parents' family.
Come to think of it, the adults there only thought he was a child and had no sense of precaution, so as soon as Lin Yuanqiu left, they would inquire about him in various ways.
For example: "Good boy, come here, tell your aunt, do you have many coins in your mother's money box?"
Or: "Good boy, tell grandma, how many bowls of meat do you have for New Year's Eve?"
Usually when encountering this kind of situation, Lin Yuanqiu would pretend to be stupid without knowing anything. He would not give away his family wealth.
Such an attitude naturally caused Lin Yuanqiu to be disliked by his aunt and grandma, who said that this kid was too stupid.
So they turned their targets to Chunyan and Chuncao, and Chunyan and Chuncao's answer made Lin Yuanqiu feel that if he wanted to catch up with the IQ of his two sisters, he might have to go back to the drawing board and start over.
In fact, the little ones have gained experience from practice. Even though Chunyanchuncao is still young, they still remember the feeling of being hungry before. Now that they finally have delicious food at home, they must keep it tight. , so the aunt and grandma are all about money and meat when they come up. Can you prevent the two little girls from getting defensive?
So, when her aunt asked about the money box, Chunyan's answer was to shake her head, indicating that she had never seen anything.
As for the question of how many bowls of meat and vegetables to eat on New Year's Eve, Lin Chuncao simply said, "If there's no meat, I'll just eat steamed buns."
With such a young baby, her grandmother and aunt naturally believed everything she said, so they immediately stopped talking to prevent their daughter and son-in-law from borrowing rice and face through the pitiful excuse of several babies.
All of this is naturally seen in the eyes of Lin Yuanqiu, a pseudo-child, so it is strange that he likes to go to his grandparents' house like this.
If her son doesn't go with him, Mrs. Feng has nothing to do. If possible, she doesn't want to go. God knows, every time they go back, the two sisters-in-law bring vegetables and radishes to the table, as if they are afraid that they will eat them up. .
It is said that the daughters of one family compete for the reputation of the two families, but with this kind of anger, Ms. Feng said that she really couldn't compete. Faced with such hospitality from her father-in-law's family, her husband never complained, and he was very caring about her face.
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After the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, ethnic studies started again.
Due to the enthusiasm among the children in the clan who were about to take the county examination, eight new students came to the clan school on the first day of school. Adding in the original number, the entire class had thirty people.
The clan school is running smoothly, and the clan leader and clan elders are naturally happy. They are worried that the children will not be able to sit down, so they temporarily loaned out their own long benches and small square tables. As for why you don’t add a few new sets, you are stupid, wait for the exam. After the county examination, fifteen sets of tables and chairs will be available in the class room.
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On the twentieth day of the first lunar month, early in the morning, Lin Youzhi came over to inform him that registration for the county examination would begin three days from today and tomorrow.
This news immediately caused an explosion in the entire clan. Families with candidates were excited, while families without candidates were not only envious, but envious.
As for why the clan members were envious, it was naturally because this time the clan leader took out some money and hired six carriages to send the children to the county town to register.
Not only that, the clan chief and elders also said that when they go to the county for the exam, the cost of hiring a carriage and horses will also be paid by the clan school.
So, can this not make others jealous?
In the private words of many clan members, even the clan leader and clan elders don’t know what they think. They can get more than a tael of silver from going back and forth, and just spend it like this?
Also, if you have to hire six carriages when you can obviously fit them in three carriages, what are you going to do with the rest of the family?
Patriarch Lin is not stupid. They are all teenagers. He is worried if there are no adults following him. Don't worry if there are too many people and the child is accidentally abducted by someone, wouldn't a good thing turn out to be a bad thing.
Therefore, Zuxue would rather spend a little more money to bring along all the adults from each family, and look after his children by himself, so that he would not be afraid of getting lost.
Of course it was Lin Sanzhu who went to the Lin family. After checking what he brought, including silver coins, household registration, and mutual letters, the father and son went to the entrance of the village to wait for the carriage.
As for Lin Sheng's guarantee, Lin Sheng went to the registration site in person to confirm it again. After all, being a guarantee for others cannot be careless. If something goes wrong, the scholar's reputation will be wiped out.
When Lin Sanzhu and his son arrived at the entrance of the village, there were already many people waiting, and everyone was wearing decent clothes that they would wear when going out, making them look a lot more glamorous.
Today, Lin Sanzhu and his son also wore new clothes. It was requested by Lao Lintou. In Lao Lintou's words, it was because people from the yamen would not look at our clothes when the time came. If we were dressed shabbily, people would ignore us and it would be troublesome.
In Lao Lintou's impression, people in the yamen were not to be looked down upon. He still remembered the sullen expressions on the officials' faces every time they paid land taxes, so he had to be careful.
Soon, the town's carriage came over, and Lin Yuanqiu saw that sitting in the front carriage was Lin Deyun, the eldest son of the Lin clan leader, who was Lin Yunan's father. He must have hired these carriages from the town.
Farmers usually mostly deal with bullock carts, so there are really not many opportunities to ride in a carriage, let alone little kids like Lin Yuanqiu and the others.
After the carriage stopped, more than a dozen children couldn't wait to climb onto the carriage. As they climbed, they kept shouting, "Who is it? Come here, come here, let's ride in the same car!"
Then the adults from each family followed closely behind their children. After putting the children on the carriage, they followed suit, carrying heavy burdens.
This scene made many women watching on the sidelines feel envious again.
"Oh, we are going to the county town. In all my life, I have never been to the county town."
"Yes, I heard that the county town is very lively, and there is also the monkey juggler. Did you know that the monkey juggler can also make the monkeys sing a big show?"
"Hey, Niu Niu, why can't you speak out of your mind? If a monkey can sing a big opera, then what else do you need from the Queen Mother..."
