The same goes for Jiang Youli. Lin Xiaohu doesn't need him to pick him up for the time being.

He, Jiang Baishu and Tie Niu were united. They didn't write much at home in the past two or three days, but they could be heard discussing some issues from time to time.

Jiang Baishu and Tieniu finally came back. Lin Xiaohu wanted to invite them to play together, but they were coaxed away by their family members.

After resting at home for two or three days, Jiang Baishu and his companions felt much better.

It’s not like the day I just got home and felt exploited.

The family members have been taking care of them these days, preparing everything they need for the examination room and checking it again and again.

On the day of the exam, both carriages of the Jiang family were dispatched.

The whole family went to see the three of them off to the examination room.

When we arrived at the county testing center, most of the examinees were adults, and less than 30% looked like teenagers.

Jiang Baishu and Tie Niu obviously stood out among the crowd of candidates queuing to enter the examination room, but due to their height they were inconspicuous and were completely blocked.

It was not until they entered the examination room that the bailiff who was checking the things they were carrying smiled.

First, we need to drive them away and let them play somewhere else.

Seeing that both of them were standing still, he explained that they were there to take an exam.

The bailiff then asked them suspiciously to produce the floating tickets.

Unexpectedly, the two children actually took out the floating tickets.

Several yamen runners looked at each other. Jiang Baishu could understand it a little, but Tie Niu was really too young.

After the inspection, the yamen runner smiled and said, "Kid, don't cry and make a fuss about wanting to go home when you go in!"

He made fun of it, but after checking the floating ticket, which means the admission ticket, he let me go because there was no problem.

The Jiang family members were sweating as they watched from a distance.

Seeing that people entered smoothly, there was no rush to leave.

The same went for the families of other candidates. They waited until everyone had entered the examination room and the door was closed tightly before they left one after another.

The Jiang family stayed for a while before leaving.

The family members have done everything they can, and the rest is up to them.

Staying here won't help.

Jiang Li originally wanted to take Grandpa Jiang and the others out to a restaurant, but when the family went out, he didn't tell Aunt Zhang that they wouldn't be going home for lunch, so she might have already prepared lunch by now.

Mr. Jiang said, "Go home and eat. When the three of them finish their exams, come pick them up in the evening and go eat together."

The main reason was that the family had cooked, and the Jiang family had only had enough food for a few years, so they didn’t have the habit of wasting food. Another reason was that they were still worried about the people who were still in the examination hall.

Therefore, a carriage was left at the door waiting for Jiang Youli and the other three, in case anything unexpected happened inside so that they could inform their families in time.

Jiang Li gave Zhang Wen and Zhang Wu five taels of silver.

"You two stay here and watch. When you are hungry, take turns to eat. I'm sorry for your hard work today."

Zhang Wen and Zhang Wu hesitated and didn't take it.

But at Jiang Li's glance, Zhang Wenxian reached out and took it.

"Miss, don't worry, we understand. My father told us before we came out that even though the master and the young master have gone inside to take the exam, there must be someone guarding outside the exam room."

Zhang Wen agreed.

Jiang Li nodded with satisfaction.

"You have all worked hard this month. I will give you an extra two taels of silver each for your monthly salary later."

After giving instructions to Zhang Wen and Zhang Wu, Jiang Li got on the carriage and left with Old Man Jiang, Mrs. Zhao and Jiang Songshu.

After the Jiang family returned home and had dinner, they went about their own business.

Jiang Youli, Jiang Baishu and Tie Niu came back near dusk.

Aunt Zhang went home early to prepare dinner, and when they returned home, they looked very relaxed.

The Jiang family stopped working and went home early.

After washing his hands, Mr. Jiang wiped them and walked to the main hall. He looked at the three people expectantly, "How was it? Did you do well on the test? Can you write?"

On the way back, the father and his two sons discussed the answers.

Jiang Youli compared the answers with Jiang Baishu and Tie Niu, and they were almost the same. There were one or two mismatches in the subjective questions, but the general direction of the objective questions was correct.

Tie Niu couldn't wait to go out and play. After a day of exams, everyone else seemed to be exhausted, but Tie Niu felt it was much more relaxing than staying at Master Xu's place for a day.

Tie Niu nodded heavily perfunctorily, grabbed the steamed white flour buns on the table, and then ran out to play.

Jiang Baishu couldn't stop her, so he took two steamed buns from the table and ran outside.

"It's almost time for dinner, where are you going?"

Old Master Jiang shouted twice towards their backs.

Seeing that he couldn't stop them, he had to give up.

The two children ran out and went to the village school.

As the school day was about to end, the children in the classroom became restless. They felt as if there were nails under their butts and kept moving around, or whispering to each other.

Lin Xiaohu was young and sat at the front row, but the person sitting at the same table with him was Jiang Youli. Jiang Youli did not come today, but usually the grandfather and grandson sat together, so he was assigned the table closest to the edge.

Right at the entrance.

Lin Xiaohu held a charcoal pencil in his chubby white hands and wrote on the yellowed paper.

Tie Niu was leaning against the wall at the door and winking at him.

Lin Xiaohu was writing intently, and then he raised his head as if he sensed something.

When he saw this, his eyes suddenly lit up.

This location is neither good nor bad. The good thing is that the Master doesn't pay much attention to this place.

The bad thing is that if I sneak out from here, the Master will still be able to see me even if he is blind.

After being teased by Tie Niu, Lin Xiaohu could no longer sit still.

Seeing that the atmosphere in the school was becoming restless.

Master Wu also caught a glimpse of Jiang Baishu and Tie Niu swaying at the door from the corner of his eye.

So the get out of class ended early.

A group of children quickly packed their school bags and ran outside.

Lin Xiaohu was already prepared and was sitting at the door. Just as he was about to run out, he was stopped by Master Wu.

Lin Xiaohu stamped his feet anxiously.

"Call your two...uncles in!"

Master Wu ignored Lin Xiaohu's anxiety.

Jiang Baishu and Tieniu outside also heard it, and in the end Jiang Baishu pulled Tieniu in.

The two men bowed to Master Wu.

After all, he is their father's teacher, which means he is two generations older than them.

Master Wu nodded with a smile.

Seeing that the two children were very anxious, he said, "I'll just ask you two questions. It won't interrupt your fun."

The two younger ones had to stand still.

Master Wu looked at Jiang Baishu and Tie Niu and asked, "Today is the first exam, right? How did you two do? Can you understand it?"

Although he had heard Jiang Youli say that both of his children would take the Tongshi exam, Mr. Wu still felt that it was a bit ridiculous to see two children of such a young age taking the exam.

I don’t think the two of them can get a good ranking.

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