A car accident, our family of three crossed

Mid-March was the time for the imperial examinations. As soon as March began, there was an endless stream of people visiting the Hang family, and the door was almost broken down by people.

In the imperial examination system of Dongli State, county examinations, prefectural examinations and academy examinations were held every year, while autumn and spring examinations were held every three years.

Last year, Hang Shuheng did not take part in the college entrance examination, partly because of the threat from President Cao, which affected his mentality and made him lose confidence. He planned to consolidate his knowledge at home for a year before taking the exam again.

Now a year has passed, the college entrance examination is approaching, but the person preparing for the exam is no longer the same person as before.

For the sake of a scientific examination, thousands of students are putting their best efforts into preparing for the entrance examination.

However, Hang Shuheng seemed to be indifferent. He either went to the workshop or ran to the hillside every other day. In short, he never stayed at home to review his lessons, which made people very anxious.

The old patriarch and He Li were so worried that they ran to the Hang family every day, but they could only catch him rarely. Later, the two of them simply came at dinner time in the evening and finally blocked Hang Shuheng at home.

The old clan leader advised earnestly, "Shuheng! The college entrance examination is coming soon. You can't stay in the workshop all day! Leave the workshop's affairs to the manager. Your most urgent task now is to review your lessons well and don't be distracted by other things."

Now, the old Hang family, and even the entire Shangtang Village, has placed all their hopes on Hang Shuheng. This can be said to be high hopes!

The surrounding villages seem to coexist peacefully on the surface, but in fact they are secretly competing with each other.

If Hang Shuheng could pass the examination and become a scholar, the status of Shangtang Village would become unattainable among the surrounding villages. The head of the village felt proud just by imagining it.

After all, in the surrounding villages, there are currently no young scholars who have passed the imperial examinations, and even among the tongsheng students, there are very few.

"Shuheng! Your uncle is right. The imperial examination is very important. You have to pay attention to it!"

Hang Shuheng felt helpless and at a loss whether to laugh or cry. "Uncle, Uncle Lizheng, don't worry! I know what's going on."

"You know what's going on, but why do you keep going in the workshop all day? What's the matter? Can't the workshop function without you?" The old patriarch retorted to him angrily, almost fussing at him.

It's really frustrating. I don't know how many people are worried about his upcoming college entrance examination, but he is the only one who doesn't seem to be anxious and is still running outside all day long.

Song Ning watched from the side and found it somewhat amusing. This is what they call the eunuchs are anxious even when the emperor is not!

It was also because Hang Shuheng acted too comfortable, which made the two elders anxious and they came to block him every day.

After the two elders came to his house and criticized him severely, Hang Shuheng calmed down in order to reassure the two elders, and he stopped going out the next day.

In addition to the old clan leader, the head of the village and the villagers, there were also many people who were concerned about Hang Shuheng's college entrance examination.

Master Liu has also been a frequent visitor to the Hang family recently. He often goes to the Hang family after school to discuss things with Hang Shuheng and also impart some experience to him.

In terms of knowledge, he might not be able to teach Hang Shuheng anything, because he felt that what he could teach was limited, but he could learn a lot from Hang Shuheng.

But there is one thing that he is definitely better than Hang Shuheng, that is he has participated in the college examination and passed the examination as a scholar. He has some experience in on-the-spot performance in this regard, which he can more or less summarize and pass on to the other party.

Although these were not a problem for Hang Shuheng, he was deeply moved by Master Liu's sincerity and he humbly accepted his advice.

In addition to the villagers, there were also people in the county town who were concerned about Hang Shuheng. As if they had made an appointment, the three big shopkeepers Zhou, Lu and Liu all came to Shangtang Village on the same day.

But these three people have seen the world, so they naturally wouldn't be as anxious and angry as the villagers. After knowing that Hang Shuheng was confident, they didn't say much.

Everyone shared their experiences with Hang Shuheng and also made suggestions, asking him to summarize them when he had time, as they might be useful later.

Hang Shuheng was neither arrogant nor impatient. He took out a pen and paper and wrote down these valuable suggestions one by one.

After seeing off the three gentlemen, the king came in.

Today is the day off for the elementary school and there are no classes. He could have rested at home instead of coming to Shangtang Village.

But yesterday, his wife stayed at her parents' home for one night, and he came here today to pick her up and take her home.

Hang Shuheng considered that he had to travel back and forth between the county town and the village every day, and he also had a pregnant wife with him, so he advised him, "There is a small courtyard in the school for the teacher to live in. You might as well live in the school, so you don't have to travel back and forth with your wife every day."

"Or, you can buy a piece of land in the village and build a small courtyard, and settle down in the village. If you are short of money, I can lend it to you."

Wang Jin smiled when he heard this. In fact, he really had this idea. He wanted to buy land and build a house in the village. His wife would live in the village, close to her parents' home. This way, if he had to go out for something in the future, she would be at ease.

However, those are plans for the future. He is still in the mourning period, so it is not appropriate for the time being. No matter what, we have to wait until the one-year mourning period is over before making any plans.

"Thank you for the money. If I'm really short of money, I won't be polite." He smiled again as if he had thought of something. "Besides, after you pass the college entrance examination, I may not be short of money."

"What do you mean?" Hang Shuheng was confused.

Wang Jin smiled and explained to him, "You don't know yet, do you? The gambling houses in the county are all betting on the rankings of this college entrance examination, and you are among them."

"Oh? Really?" Hang Shuheng had never heard of this. "Then what is the bet about me?"

"There are two most popular people in the gambling house who may get the top spot. You are one of them, and the other is the young master of Zhang's timber shop. Everyone is betting on which of you two will get the top spot."

"Who did you buy?" Hang Shuheng asked with a smile.

Wang Jin rolled his eyes at him. Wasn't his question nonsense? "Of course I trust Brother Hang. I bet on your winning number one, and the multiple is five times."

Hang Shuheng said with some disdain: "Only five times? That's a bit low. So, there are still many people in the county who think highly of me!"

"Yes! But Young Master Zhang's popularity is much higher than yours. Even though the number of people who voted for him to be the top of the list was only three times, many people still voted for him. He is also the top student of the new middle school this year, and many people have high hopes for him."

An Chengli's idea is that no matter how good Hang Shuheng is, he is just a poor student from the countryside. Even if he has good literary talent, his vision and knowledge may not be comparable to that of Mr. Zhang from the city.

Once you enter the examination hall, you will have to stay there for three consecutive days. No one can predict what kind of unexpected events may occur.

Maybe he had low psychological quality and couldn't handle the pressure, so he collapsed halfway.