Started as a thatched house and ended up as a female figure

It was still the same second draft, the refined draft, and after revising until there was nothing left to be revised, Cheng Wan began to copy two essays from the Four Books into the corresponding positions on the test paper.

Cheng Wan swore that she had really tried very hard to practice calligraphy, but she really had no talent for it, and to this day, her brush writing is still very average.

It cannot be said to be ugly, but at most it is neat and the strokes are clear. It is far from being beautiful and elegant.

So Cheng Wan was very careful when copying the answers onto the test paper.

Even if individual characters do not look very good, as long as the paper is neat and the size of the characters is consistent, it should not result in a score deduction.

After transcribing the two articles, the last task left was writing a poem, which was the most difficult for Cheng Wan.

There is a saying: "If you read 300 Tang poems, you will be able to recite them even if you cannot compose them."

In modern times, Cheng Wan memorized a lot of poems in order to prepare for the entrance examination.

But now she can no longer remember many complete poems.

Most people only remember the most famous two or one line of some poems.

This made it impossible for her to be a plagiarist.

Moreover, the most difficult requirement for the five-character, six-rhyme examination poem is the use of allusions, in addition to the neat parallelism.

Allusions should not be far-fetched or obscure.

This made it difficult for the few Tang poems that Cheng Wan remembered to meet the requirements of the topic.

Everything depends on Cheng Wan's intensive study of the knowledge about examination poems and the training she has done during this period.

Fortunately, she understood the question and knew where the poem in the question came from and what it meant.

Cheng Wan took the draft paper, pursed his lips, and let the knowledge in his mind take shape on the draft paper with the pen in his hand.

Cheng Wan was so absorbed in writing poetry that she didn't notice that the examiner, County Magistrate Yuan, was once again patrolling near her.

County Magistrate Yuan was a man who feared trouble, so he arranged for his subordinates to provide convenience to Cheng Wan as much as possible within the rules.

But to be honest, County Magistrate Yuan had previously been disdainful of Cheng Wan's participation in the imperial examination.

He didn't think Cheng Wan would take the imperial examination seriously, or even if he did, he probably wouldn't do very well.

But when he saw Cheng Wan's condition in the examination room and Cheng Wan's answer sheet with his own eyes, he suddenly felt a little pain in his face.

In this examination room, the two essays on the Four Books written by Cheng Wan were not the best, but they were definitely top-notch.

Magistrate Yuan stood with his hands behind his back, watching a test poem gradually being completed under Cheng Wan's pen, and glanced at Cheng Wan's head with some surprise.

Compared with the two essays from the Four Books, the level of this examination poem is rather average.

Barely average.

County Magistrate Yuan withdrew his gaze from Cheng Wan and continued his inspection.

"There are still two quarters of an hour left before the end of this exam!"

The bailiffs reminded us of the time.

Cheng Wan's heart was in an uncontrollable panic at first, but he quickly relaxed and calmed down.

She had time.

In the last two quarters of an hour, Cheng Wan first spent a quarter of an hour trying his best to write the test poem more standardly, and then used the last quarter of an hour to copy the test poem onto the test paper.

Before the deadline for submitting the paper, Cheng Wan first checked to make sure that his name and other information were written completely and correctly, and then patiently checked for any typos in the essay.

"Bang! Time's up, stop answering questions!"

Cheng Wan obediently put down her pen and waited for the bailiff to take away the test paper and draft paper, and then return the admission book to her.

She still needs to use the admission book to enter the examination room to take the exam tomorrow.

After receiving the admission book, Cheng Wan carefully packed up his belongings and waited for the bailiff to announce that he could leave the examination room.

"You may leave now."

Cheng Wan let out a sigh of relief, stood up, picked up his exam basket and walked out.

"Master Hou!"

Jiang Shidu came over happily.

There were three other candidates who came together.

The five people were connected to each other, and the relationship between them was already closer, so it was not surprising that Jiang Shidu and the other four came over.

"How did you do on the test, sir? I think I did very poorly."

Cheng Wan: "..."

Cheng Wan turned his head and glanced at the cheerful Jiang Shidu.

You did so badly on the test yet you are still smiling so happily?

The other three also looked at Jiang Shidu with incomprehensible expressions on their faces.

"I don't know how I did in the exam, but since I've already taken the exam, I won't think about it anymore. I'll go back and prepare for the next one."

Cheng Wan said this and did this.

After being taken home by Old Lady Lin and others, Cheng Wan had a simple dinner and then went straight into the study.

This continued for the next few days.

I was so extremely fulfilled and completely immersed in the work that the days passed in a bit of a daze, and the county examination was over.

"Awan!"

"Master Hou!"

"Late night!"

......

Familiar voice, familiar place, Cheng Wan strode towards Old Lady Lin and others carrying the exam basket, with a bright smile on his face.

"Oh, I'm finally done with the exam. You must be exhausted."

Old Mrs. Lin held Cheng Wan's hand, her eyes filled with both heartache and pride.

Cheng Wan handed the exam basket to Deng Xiong, and then took Gu Yu, who was stretching out his little arms to hug him, from Cheng Daniu's arms.

"Wanwan, can I sleep with you today?"

Cheng Wan nuzzled Gu Yu's soft face and said with a smile, "Okay."

Gu Yu immediately burst into chuckles.

Xu Zhinian quickly hugged Cheng Wan's arm: "I want to sleep with you too."

"That's fine." Cheng Wan nudged Xu Zhinian with his elbow, smiling.

Looking at this scene, Old Lady Lin and others couldn't help but laugh out loud.

The atmosphere was so harmonious that the people around looked at Cheng Wan and the others and were reluctant to leave immediately.

"Let's go home! I want to have a big dinner tonight!"

Wang looked at Cheng Wan intently, smiling happily, "Everything is ready. I'll definitely make sure you enjoy the meal!"

The Cheng family members got on the carriage chatting and laughing. Before, for fear of affecting Cheng Wan's exam, Old Lady Lin and others had let Cheng Wan ride in a carriage by himself.

Now that the exam is temporarily over, Cheng Wan is not the only one in the carriage she is in.

From outside the carriage one could hear the laughter and chatter inside the carriage as it passed by.

"Don't look, he's gone."

Jiang Shidu came back to his senses and smiled ingratiatingly at his mother, Mrs. Jiang.

Jiang Zhuo patted Jiang Shidu on the shoulder and said, "Son, that's not someone you can dream of. Be obedient, and Dad will find a good match for you."

As the patriarch of the Jiang family, Jiang Zhuo has seen all kinds of people in the business world. He is sure that Marquis Zhaoping is not a good match for his "foolish son".

The two people have too big a gap in their personalities and are not suitable for each other.

"I know." Jiang Shidu raised his chin slightly: "I don't want to do anything with Marquis Zhaoping. I just want to enter the officialdom and serve in the same court with Marquis Zhaoping, and be his colleague and friend for life!"

Mrs. Jiang and Jiang Zhuo looked at each other, and there was joy in both of their eyes.

"Son, you look so confident. Did you do well in the test this time?!"

"That's not the case."

Jiang Shidu's shoulders slumped.

Mrs. Jiang/Jiang Zhuo: "......"

Madam Jiang lifted the carriage curtain expressionlessly and told the driver, "Go back home!"