In the middle of the night, Su Xiaoxiao woke up.
Su Xiaoxiao had mixed emotions when she learned from Yu that Su Wenjie had taken the blame for herself and was taken to the county government office.
Blood relationship is really a wonderful thing.
Although they didn't get along day and night, even though they barely exchanged a few words, although Su Wenjie was embarrassed to even call him sister, and although Mrs. Yu even mistakenly called her Wan Niang when she was in danger, they were all willing to do everything for themselves. This biological sister/daughter gave everything she had.
And she couldn't just watch them really give it their all.
Su Xiaoxiao drank the decoction handed over by Mrs. Yu: "Mom, now daddy has broken a leg and brother is being taken to prison. We can't leave."
Mrs. Yu rubbed her red eyes: "Who says it's not the case?"
"You prepare the Four Treasures of the Study for me."
"Are you still going to take the county examination?" Mrs. Yu looked at Su Xiaoxiao with some confusion.
"Du Ziteng is just a tribute student, so he can say that even if he kills us, it will only cost us money." Su Xiaoxiao paused, "If I become a scholar, then if I kill him, it will only cost us money."
"Xiucai? You are going to take the county examination," Yu finally realized, "It's not the Jinxiu County examination."
Su Xiaoxiao nodded: "Yes, I want to take the county examination."
"You are a woman, how can you take the county examination?" Yu asked subconsciously.
"Doesn't it stipulate in the laws of the Zhou Dynasty that women cannot take the county examination?" Su Xiaoxiao asked.
"That's not true. In the Zhou Dynasty, men can study, and women can also study. Men can take the imperial examination, and so can women. In order to encourage women to take the exam, the Jinxiu County Examination and the County Examination were specifically set on the same day. But generally Women can only take part in the Jinxiu County Examination..."
"Since there is no rule that it's not allowed, then it's allowed," Su Xiaoxiao interrupted Yu, "Mom, go prepare it for me. I think the set of Huimohu pen rice paper Qi inkstone left by Du Ziteng is very good. You can wash it Wash it and pack it for me.”
"But..." Mrs. Yu wanted to persuade her again.
Su Xiaoxiao took a strong medicine: "Do you want my brother to be in prison and never come back, or do you want me to surrender and pay for Du Ziteng's life?"
Mr. Yu stopped trying to persuade him. Let's treat the dead horse as a living horse doctor.
Time quickly came to the next day.
Early in the morning, Mrs. Yu hitched up the ox cart, and the ox cart contained the four treasures of the study that Su Xiaoxiao had packed up.
After settling Su Daqiang, who was unable to get up, Yu took a car to take Su Xiaoxiao to the examination room.
Qu Hongtang led his servants and waited at the gate of the county literary college early.
Seeing Su Xiaoxiao, Qu Hongtang curled his lips sarcastically: "Sister Wan is really good at knowing things."
Although Qu Hongtang did not prevent the Su family from leaving according to Tao Wan's instructions, he arranged for someone to stand guard outside the Su family's door.
Qu Hongtang quickly got the news about what happened in the Su family yesterday.
Through "heart to heart", Tao Wan was quickly informed.
After something like that happened to the Su family, Qu Hongtang felt that Su Xiaoxiao would definitely not come to take the Jinxiu County Examination.
Tao Wan was very sure that Su Xiaoxiao would come as promised.
That's why Qu Hongtang said such words when he saw Su Xiaoxiao appearing at the door of the liberal arts college.
Sister Wan? Tao Wan? Su Xiaoxiao noticed Qu Hongtang's choice of words.
Does Qu Hongtang's competition with him have anything to do with Tao Wan?
Ignoring Qu Hongtang, Su Xiaoxiao took the package from Yu's hand and walked directly to the examination room.
"Hey, you went to the wrong place!"
There are people at the door who are responsible for checking that luggage is not allowed to be taken in, and they are divided into left and right and male and female.
Qu Hongtang saw Su Xiaoxiao walking towards the male guard on the left and immediately shouted.
"No noise is allowed," the government soldiers stopped Qu Hongtang's shouting, but also reminded Su Xiaoxiao, "This is the entrance to the county examination. For the Jinxiu County Examination, go to the right."
"Yes, I took the county examination." Su Xiaoxiao said.
The soldiers were stunned. Su Xiaoxiao had already opened his package: "Let's check."
Su Xiaoxiao didn't have many things. Apart from the Four Treasures of the Study, she only had a few steamed buns that Mr. Yu had made for her when she got up early. They were enough to scan them all at a glance.
After checking that the items were not included, the soldiers checked Su Xiaoxiao's identity tag.
In order to encourage women to study, the admission identification cards for the Jinxiu County Examination are the same as those for the county examination.
The soldier then let him go: "Go in."
In front of Su Xiaoxiao, some candidates had already entered the room, all of them men.
When they saw Su Xiaoxiao entering the venue, they couldn't help but look at her appraisingly.
Nowadays, the human race is flourishing, the world is full of talents, there are many scholars, and there are also many women who are studying.
Rumor has it that women are taking the exam in Jiangzhou in the south. There are female candidates every year and there are even female scholars.
But this is Xia County, Qingzhou, a remote lower county.
Women who take part in the county examination are not unique, they are also rare.
Could it be that I went to the wrong place? The readers murmured in their hearts.
Qu Hongtang was still standing at the gate.
Because she was scolded by the soldiers not to make any noise, she did not dare to scream anymore and could only watch Su Xiaoxiao enter the gate of the county examination.
"Who does she think she is? She actually wanted to take part in the county examination. Could it be that she also wants to be a female scholar? She is worthy of it?! She shows up in public like this, ignores the protection of men and women, and sits with strange men. See how embarrassed she is. Whose face is it!”
As the exam time approached, Qu Hongtang stomped her feet and entered the entrance of Jinxiu Examination bitterly.
Watching Qu Hongtang's back, many people looked puzzled.
The atmosphere of the Great Zhou Dynasty was open, as can be seen from the encouragement of women to study, and there was no strong guard against men and women not being allowed to sit together.
When Qu Hongtang goes out by himself, he is also accustomed to bringing male guards with him, so that he can use violence to control others.
However, there are also a few scholars who think deeply. If their wives are convinced of this kind of defense between men and women, and feel ashamed to even sit and talk with other men, and only think about themselves for the rest of their lives, wouldn’t they definitely not be cuckolds?
Yu, who sent Su Xiaoxiao to take the exam, was not so surprised or confused.
Men and women should not be intimate, this is what Tao Wan has always said.
Although Tao Wan came up with recipes for making a living at home, she never went out to sell food.
Yu Shi and Su Daqiang are always busy from waking up early to staying late, and they use this very reason.
Qu Hongtang often had good friends with Tao Wan and even admired Tao Wan. It seems that he learned some of Tao Wan's words and deeds at that time.
Although Qu Hongtang learned it, she didn't use it to discipline herself, otherwise she wouldn't always be strutting around with male guards.
Qu Hongtang would only remember the usefulness of these words and deeds when he needed to be disciplined.
Thinking of Tao Wan, Mrs. Yu felt sour again. She rubbed her eyes and drove the bullock cart back.
The annual selection of children is held at the county liberal arts college in the county.
Su Xiaoxiao followed the other candidates and waited in a large open-air square.
More and more candidates came to take the exam, filling the square.
Su Xiaoxiao looked around and was surprised to find that the number of people quickly exceeded a thousand.
It seems that reading is really popular in this unknown fictional dynasty.
At Chen time, the gate of the literary college was closed.
Candidates who came behind were sentenced to delay and were not allowed to enter the examination room to answer questions.
After the gate was closed, the government officials led the candidates in the square to the examination room.
