As for Lao Zhangtou and his wife, they were still the same as before, one guarding the concierge and the other busy working in the kitchen.
In fact, the family still lacks a lot of manpower, but now Lin Yuanqiu can't spare the time to hire more people, so he'd better get through this period first.
Mrs. Zhang's cooking skills are very good, and today's braised fish cubes were very delicious.
After finishing the meal, Zhou Zixu, who was busy going home to catch up on his sleep, quickly said goodbye and left.
Lin Yuanqiu was also very sleepy. During the past few days in Gongyuan, although he slept in the dormitory, he lay on a wooden board like this, with nothing else but taking off his outer shirt as a bedding. Why? Maybe sleep comfortably. Therefore, Lin Yuanqiu has been half asleep and half awake these past few days.
But it wasn't time to go to bed yet, and he had to go to the Gongyuan again at Haishi tonight, so he had to sort out the test basket before he could rest assured.
Lin Yuanqiu took a new piece of ink stick and put it into the examination basket. There was only half of the original piece left. And candles are also essential. In addition to these two things, Lin Yuanqiu put in a new brush.
As for the oilcloth, it is available in the warehouse in the back room. This was bought specifically to cover the wooden beams and rafters when the house was being renovated last year. I bought a roll directly, but in the end there was still a small half of the roll left.
Lin Yuanqiu asked Ping An to use scissors to cut a piece. It didn't need to be too big, just three feet square.
When Lin Yuanqiu packed up his things and was about to go back to his room to sleep, he saw it started to rain again. Moreover, it was raining heavier than last night. After a while, the raindrops dripping from the eaves formed a line.
After being stunned for a moment, Lin Yuanqiu was too lazy to think about it anymore. Anyway, he is not the only one who has to face the exam on a rainy day, so there is nothing to rush about. He should go catch up on his sleep first, otherwise he will not have enough energy to deal with the next exam.
With this in mind, Lin Yuanqiu went back to his room to sleep.
Compared to Lin Yuanqiu's calmness, Lin Sanzhu was much more anxious. It was raining so heavily, and it would be useless to just hold an oil-paper umbrella. Thinking about when I was at home, I would always wear a raincoat on rainy days. That thing can cover the rain and keep warm, so it is suitable to wear at this time.
Thinking of this, Lin Sanzhu quickly took the money bag and went out.
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When Lin Yuanqiu woke up, he found that his father had already prepared rainproof clothing for him.
A raincoat and a pair of oil boots.
Lin Yuanqiu, the coir raincoat, knew that this thing was made of brown sheets and could be worn to protect the body from wind and rain. On heavy rainy days, such an outfit should be the best choice.
As for oiled boots, they actually apply a layer of tung oil on the shoe shaft and upper. With shoes like this, you don't have to worry about your socks getting wet in the rain.
"When Dad arrived at the grocery store, there were not many raincoats and oil boots left. Dad looked at them and found that those who bought the raincoats today should be the candidates taking the exam this time."
Obviously Lin Sanzhu's guess was right. When Lin Yuanqiu arrived at the gate of Gongyuan, he saw many candidates wearing raincoats and holding umbrellas like him. There were also a few students who simply put a bamboo hat on their head. This was better than wearing oil paper. Umbrellas are much more convenient.
Zhou Zixu was also wearing a raincoat and oil boots, which Lin Sanzhu also bought for him. Lin Sanzhu bought two copies today, and Zhou Zixu's was given to him after buying it.
Looking at Zhou Zixu who was in a very good mood, what Lin Yuanqiu was thinking was, now that your father-in-law and uncle are treating you so well, if your kid dares to bully Chunyan in the future, don't blame your father-in-law and uncle for treating you badly. polite.
It has to be said that it is indeed much more inconvenient to do things on a rainy day. By the time Lin Yuanqiu completed the inspection and entered the dormitory, it was already midnight.
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The second exam was about essays and arithmetic, with a total of nineteen question papers. Compared with the previous exams, the number of questions was much higher.
However, when Lin Yuanqiu saw the proportion of arithmetic questions, the sense of urgency in his heart suddenly disappeared.
Especially after seeing several arithmetic problems similar to those of a chicken and a duck in a cage, Lin Yuanqiu must have been lying if he said he was unhappy, because he was already familiar with this type of problem.
Lin Yuanqiu had already polished the ink in the inkstone. After taking the draft paper, he began to write the question paper.
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Chapter 140 Exam results released
Outside the dormitory, the rain continued to fall, but Lin Yuanqiu, who was concentrating on answering the questions at this time, did not pay attention to it.
It was rare for Lin Yuanqiu to solve the problem without thinking, so Lin Yuanqiu naturally didn't want to be distracted. Don't stop thinking about answering the questions then, or you will miss this rare good luck.
Isn't it just good luck? Although he has been in Da Jing Dynasty for more than ten years, Lin Yuanqiu is still very good at using quadratic equations of one variable.
Therefore, it can be said that Yu Lin Yuanqiu is very familiar with these arithmetic problems that are difficult for others.
And there are four questions like this in a row. This is four questions. It is simply unimaginable what it is like for an imperial examination where the results may be completely different if the score is different from the previous question.
Therefore, it was not as beautiful as Lin Yuanqiu thought. He could be sure that with these few arithmetic questions, he would be equivalent to leaving most of the candidates behind.
And if I can do as well in the next exam as I did in the previous one, then I still have a very high chance of passing the exam this time.
As for the ranking, to be honest, Lin Yuanqiu originally had expectations. He thought that he would be in the second place, but he must not fall into the same rank as the Jinshi.
But since he heard the candidate next door say that he had taken the exam five times, Lin Yuanqiu no longer had too many thoughts.
He also thought about it, even though his ranking was pretty good in every quiz and final exam. But this year there are more than 5,000 candidates participating in the examination. Among these people, there must be many people who are knowledgeable and talented.
The total number of people selected for the general examination is only 270 or 80. Under such circumstances, it is lucky to be selected. If you still hope for a good ranking, you will be overestimating your capabilities.
Although it is a good thing for people to have confidence, they should not be too blind.
Because of the rain, when lunch was delivered today, Bingwei shouted "Here comes the meal". The reason why he did this was to prepare the candidates in the dormitory.
And this operation, when entering the examination room today, the curtain officer informed everyone in advance.
On rainy days, the guards all held oil-paper umbrellas in their hands. As they approached the dormitory, the rainwater falling from the eaves would hit the umbrellas. If you were not careful at this time, it would most likely splash onto the answer sheet.
After hearing the greetings from the soldiers and guards, Lin Yuanqiu did not waste any time. He quickly put the brush on the brush mountain aside, followed by the answer sheet and draft paper. After Lin Yuanqiu carefully moved them to the wooden board where he slept, he stretched out his hands. He took action and brought in the lunch.
Today's lunch is still pancakes, or two per person. After eating it for so many days, it is impossible to say that I am not tired of the taste, but today's pancakes are different. When Lin Yuanqiu took a bite, he immediately felt different from the previous times. The taste is that of eggs. When it's time to mix the noodles, I beat the eggs into the noodles. It's quite fragrant when chewed.
Perhaps because he was in a good mood today, Lin Yuanqiu felt unfinished about the food in the examination room for the first time.
After eating for a while, Lin Yuanqiu didn't waste any more time. He picked up his pen and continued to take the exam, reviewing and answering questions, carefully considering every word and sentence, and he sat there until the end of Shenshi.
The rain was still falling, but it was lighter than during the day.
Lin Yuanqiu found the fire sickle from the examination basket and lit a candle. The light was poor on a rainy day, and it was already a little dark in the dormitory.
Doing the questions went very smoothly today, but at this point, the last essay on several question papers has not been copied.
Taking advantage of the opportunity to light the candle, Lin Yuanqiu stretched his legs and feet, and then neatly copied the polished article on the draft paper onto the answer sheet.
Compared with policy essays, essays should be short and sophisticated. As long as you clarify the argumentativeness and image of the article, it is not difficult to write well.
It can be said that after practicing writing frequently in the past few years, Lin Yuanqiu has summed up a good method of writing essays.
The small wooden windows are about one foot square. In this case, there is basically no ventilation in the dormitory. Therefore, the faint smell emanating from the toilet in the corner became particularly obvious.
However, compared to the previous stench, Lin Yuanqiu felt that he could completely ignore the stench at this time.
After receiving all the answered question papers into the test basket, Lin Yuanqiu took the oilcloth and covered the entire test basket tightly. This way, even if the roof suddenly leaked, there was no need to worry about getting the test papers wet.
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The third exam, which is the last exam, mainly focuses on policy essays, and there are also a few poems and poems.
When Lin Yuanqiu saw the sentence "Be prepared for danger when you are in peace, thinking makes you prepared, and you will be prepared for no danger." and then asked to use this sentence to write a thousand-word policy to protect the country and secure the country, the word "Guo Ran" quickly jumped out in his heart.
In recent years, most of the policy questions in the general examination have been focused on "the foundation of people's livelihood" and "policies for safeguarding the country." Therefore, candidates will not avoid these two questions when writing policy essay questions.
The same goes for Lin Yuanqiu. It can be said that one-third of the policy essays he wrote during preparation for the exam were all related to people's livelihood and Anguo.
Therefore, the arguments and arguments for such articles are ready-made.
But even though he won the bet, Lin Yuanqiu didn't feel lucky. Presumably all the candidates in the Gongyuan at this time had the same idea as him, because everyone had won the test question, so it was the same as not winning.
And if you want to stand out among thousands of articles on a topic that is so familiar that you are no longer familiar with it, and you have written about it many times, you will naturally have to compare whose arguments are more persuasive, whose wording and sentence making are more exciting, and Whose argument is more novel.
If you want to be novel, you should naturally try to be as fresh and unique as possible in your ideas. You should not repeat the ideas that others have used, and you should avoid copying what others say.
Lin Yuanqiu did not rush to come up with an idea for the article. Instead, he silently wrote down the entire "Zuo Zhuan. The Thirty-One Years of Xianggong" on the draft paper.
The sentence on the question paper, "Be prepared for danger when you are in peace, and be prepared for danger. If you are prepared, you will be safe." This is where it comes from.
It means: Think about danger when you are at peace, so that you will be prepared. If you are prepared, there will be no disaster.
It is said that if you know its meaning, you will know its intention, plus the purpose, arguments and general ideas that have been listed in the exam preparation. Soon Lin Yuanqiu had the finished draft of this policy article in mind.
Just as thoughts were pouring out, Lin Yuanqiu spread out his draft paper, dipped his pen in ink, and wrote an article eloquently:
Worry and labor can rejuvenate a country, while leisure and relaxation can lead to death. This is the natural principle. Therefore, it is so prosperous that none of the heroes in the world can compete with it. However, people in the world often go from "thinking about danger" to "forgetting danger". There are countless people who fall into danger again after becoming successful...
I already have a finished draft in my mind, so when I write it, my mind and hand will naturally respond. An hour later, an An Guo policy of nearly 2,000 words was written.
Then according to the requirements of the proposition, Lin Yuanqiu began to consider, revise and polish every word and sentence, and finally reduced the number of words in the entire article to less than 1,000 words.
After checking that there were no errors or omissions, Lin Yuanqiu copied the answers onto the answer sheet in neat fonts.
It is said that the current policy is the most important part of the general examination. Only when the policy essay is written well can the entire exam have a perfect ending.
Therefore, after Duan finished writing the entire article, Lin Yuanqiu felt that he could finally breathe a sigh of relief.
No matter what the final result is, I can consider myself to have successfully completed this exam.
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I thought it would rain for a few more days, but I never expected that when I left the examination room, the sky turned sunny.
The long-lost sunshine penetrated the clouds, casting a radiant light across the sky, and also reflected the faces of the candidates with different expressions.
There are those who feel happy when they feel they have done well in the exam, and there are also those who are disappointed that they did not do well on the exam.
As soon as Chenshi arrived, the gate of Gongyuan was slowly opened by the soldiers guarding both sides.
Then there was the sound of a cannon, and then the candidates who were waiting in line came out of the dragon gate one after another.
Among the crowd, Lin Yuanqiu was walking slowly and slowly, holding an examination basket in his left hand and a raincoat under his right arm.
Looking at the other candidates around me, many of them were like this. If it stopped raining, they would have to carry their raincoats in their hands.
However, there are also those who find it too troublesome and just leave the coir raincoat in the examination room rather than take it home.
After three days in the small dormitory, looking around, there is no one whose clothes are not wrinkled and whose hair is not messy.
Seeing that everyone around him looked like he was barely holding up a chicken coop, Lin Yuanqiu had no doubt that he was doing more than he should.
Before entering the venue this time, he forgot to put the washed wooden comb back into the examination basket. Therefore, in the past three days, Lin Yuanqiu had not combed his hair properly except for brushing it with his hands a few times.
Thinking of how "beggar-like" he was at this time, Lin Yuanqiu finally couldn't hold it back. After tucking his coir raincoat onto his legs, he used his free right hand to tuck the loose hair behind his ears.
Thinking of his unwashed face for days, Lin Yuanqiu raised his sleeves and wiped his face again and again.
I thought that with so many people present, no one would notice me. Little did he know that his fast and coherent movements were caught by Lin Sanzhu, who had already seen his son.
Lin Sanzhu couldn't help but turn up the corners of his mouth. His dog was quite ugly.
"Yuanqiu, dad is here!"
