Rise From the Humble

Time is precious, 24 hours a day, there will be no extra minutes and seconds.

Even though Zhu Ping'an cherishes time no matter how much, but the fingers are too wide, and the time is too thin, time slipped away quietly through the fingers. The sky can be repaired, the sea can be filled, and the Nanshan can be moved. The sun and the moon have passed, and they cannot be chased back.

In Zhu Ping'an's diligent preparation for the exam, the footsteps of the college entrance examination have come to the fore.

"Brother Zhu, brother Zhu, let's go, let's go." Fatty Xue Chi knocked on Zhu Ping'an's door.

Zhu Pingan, who was studying, opened the door, and saw Xue Chi, a fat man with a green forehead, standing in front of his door with an excited face, as if he had picked up a huge bargain.

"Why are you so anxious, the door is smashed, you pay for it." Zhu Pingan had just solved the problem, and when he was about to finish the eight-legged essay in one go, he lost all thoughts disturbed by the sound of the fat man banging on the door, so look When facing the fat man, he looked unfriendly.

"What's the matter? Mr. Ti Xueguan has just announced the exam schedules of various prefectures in front of the gate of the Gongyuan. Everyone went out to have a look. Let's go, hurry up, there will be no good place if it is late." Fatty Xue Chi While speaking, his fat face trembled with excitement.

According to the usual practice, the Nanzhili Academy Examination presided over by the academic officer is held in the Yingtian Jiangnan Tribute Academy, because there are 14 prefectures in Nanzhili, including Yingtian Mansion, Suzhou Mansion, and Fengyang Mansion, and each mansion has just passed this year. The number of children who pass the usual number is quite a lot, so even if everyone is taking the examination in Yingtian Jiangnan Tribute Academy, it is still in batches. The Nanzhili courtyard examination is basically divided into two batches every year. The first batch is the prefectures around Yingtianfu. Don't worry about leaking the questions, the two batches of college examination questions are different. There is also no need to worry about the different difficulty of the questions, which will lead to different scores and unfairness, because the test questions for candidates in each prefecture are the same, and the results of the college examination are also distributed separately for each prefecture. Each prefecture has a fixed number of admissions, which are divided into three classes: large, medium, and small according to the quality of writing and the amount of money and grain. Larger prefectures have more places, and smaller prefectures have relatively fewer places. There are 30 in the mansion and 20 in the small mansion. Yingtian Mansion, Fengyang Mansion, and Suzhou Mansion in Nanzhili are the Great Mansions, and the rest are Zhongfu.

A practice is a practice, but no one can guarantee that there will be no changes this year. The so-called plan cannot keep up with the changes.

"What are you doing in a daze, let's go." Fatty Xue Chi urged with a chubby face.

Under the repeated urging of the fat man Xue Chi, Zhu Ping'an closed the door and went downstairs with the fat man Xue Chi to the direction of Jiangnan Gongyuan.

Before he reached the Jiangnan Tribute Court, he heard the voices and discussions there. It seems that the examination period of each prefecture has changed this year.

As soon as we got to the Jiangnan Gongyuan, we couldn’t move. There were too many people. Children from all the prefectures came to see the cards for the exam. No matter how wide the gate of the Jiangnan Gongyuan was, it couldn’t bear it.

"Examination period hanging cards are copied, word for word, and each copy is 20 characters." At this time, a shrewd businessman and hawker rushed to copy hundreds of exam period hanging cards and sold them on the spot, making a lot of money. .

"Give me two." The fat man took out a handful of money from his pocket and waved it at the vendor.

After the peddler came to collect the money, he gave the fat man two copies of the copy. After the fat man received it, he gave Zhu Pingan a copy. Zhu Pingan didn't refuse, and looked at it after holding it in his hand.

Sure enough, this time the nominating officer has made a major adjustment to the examination period of each prefecture. Although it is divided into two batches, it is quite different from previous years.

Mr. Ti Xueguan divided the fourteen prefectures into two batches during the examination period. The first batch of seven prefectures were Yingtian Mansion, Fengyang Mansion, Huaian Mansion, Yangzhou Mansion, Suzhou Mansion, Anqing Mansion, and Chizhou Mansion. The exam date is tomorrow; the second batch is for the remaining Songjiang, Changzhou, Zhenjiang, Luzhou, Taiping, Ningguo, and Huizhou prefectures, and the exam period will be three days later. Candidates must gather at the gate of the Jiangnan Gongyuan at Yinshi (equivalent to 5 to 6 o'clock in the morning) on ​​the day of the exam, and enter the venue by roll call.

"Hahaha, Brother Zhu, we can go to the exam together." Fatty Xue Chi looked at the content of the exam card, and he couldn't find his eyes smiling.

"En." Zhu Pingan responded lightly.

"To celebrate that we went to the exam in the same batch, my brother treats guests, and we will not return today if we are not drunk." The fat man said that he wanted Razhu Pingan to go to the restaurant together.

Hearing that Zhu Ping'an couldn't help kicking the fat man's face two sizes up, damn it, the exam is going to be tomorrow, so don't let your sister get drunk!

"I just finished my breakfast, so I'm sorry." Zhu Pingan replied flatly.

"That's okay. Let's go, I hope we pass the hospital exam smoothly, and we won't go home if we're not drunk..." The fat man was very enthusiastic, and the golden locks on his neck dazzled people's eyes.

Nima, if you don't get drunk, you won't go home, and you will have a woolen test tomorrow!

To this, Zhu Ping'an responded indifferently, "I bought a bag last year!"

"Bag? Purse? I bought it last year. What are you talking about now? Let's go for a walk..." Fatty Xue Chi was still enthusiastic and didn't worry about tomorrow's exam at all.

Come on, the ancients didn't understand the mystery.

"Forget it, I have to go back and hug Buddha's feet." Zhu Pingan resolutely refused to join forces with the fat man.

"Hey, you are usually hardworking enough, and you still work so hard. You have an exam tomorrow, so it's not a bad day." The fat man said helplessly, pursing his mouth.

"I advise you to go back and read your books. There is an exam tomorrow, and you have to go to the entrance of the Gongyuan early in the morning to roll your name. If you don't get drunk, you can take the woolen exam. It won't be too late if you don't get drunk after the exam." Zhu Ping An patted the fat man on the shoulder and walked towards the inn.

"Oh, oh, Brother Zhu, wait for me..."

Fatty Xue Chi chased after Zhu Ping'an, and shouted, "Then let's make an agreement. After the exam, we won't be drunk or go home. Hehehe, when the time comes, my brother will take you to the other side to open your eyes..."

After all, the fat man went back to the attic to read under Zhu Ping'an's persuasion. As for the effect, I don't know.

Zhu Pingan returned to the inn, sat at the table, and recalled all the memories of stereotyped essays he had read in the past, thanks to the blessing of rebirth, his memory is surprisingly good in this life.

Most of the other students in the inn were also eager to prepare for the college exam. The business of the Jinfenyu Building on the other side of the Qinhuai River also dropped by half, and those who were still promoting their consumption were all talented people. They were either confident or conceited, otherwise how could they be gentle? I can live in the village.

Go one step further, and take a step back to be ashamed.

In the dead of night, the inn was lit up everywhere, and few students and scholars sat in front of the window to study and prepare for the exam. I don't know how many students and scholars lost sleep that night.