Eating big melon is so refreshing

On the second day of the second lunar month, the dragon looked up.

The people who had been captured and brought back to Mingyue Villa to continue their studies on the eighth day of the first lunar month finally got a day off on this day, because to register they had to report to the county government in person, and a painter would draw their portraits and write down their identity features, which was similar to the admission ticket in their previous life.

Xiao Chunya looked at the portrait in front of her, and she couldn't help but feel a surge of complaints. She stared at the "herself" in the picture in disbelief, and couldn't believe that this was drawn by the painter.

The image was supposed to be chubby and cute, but the artist drew it into a round ball! This made Xiao Chunya feel a little wronged and disappointed.

The obvious characteristics of the character are a round face, big eyes and a fat body, but the artist failed to grasp even the most basic body proportions. This made Xiao Chunya more dissatisfied.

"Fat? Fat your sister! Your whole family is fat!" Xiao Chunya cursed in her heart. She felt that although her figure was a little round, it was definitely not the kind of fat that had no aesthetic appeal. It would be more appropriate to describe it as "cute"!

The more she thought about it, the angrier she got. She felt that the artist had completely failed to capture her unique charm and personality. How could such a poor work represent the real her?

Xiao Qiulin pulled the fat sister's sleeve and told her not to be impulsive. He then looked at other people's portraits, and found that they were all ugly without exception.

Xiao Chunya curled her lips and looked unhappy. What's the level of this painter?

The county exam required five people to form a partnership with the scholar as guarantor. Xiao Chunya, Xiao Qiulin, Luo Xiaopang, Chen Zichuan, and Chen Zilan were five people, so Feng Susu formed a partnership with four other students from Class C of the county school.

Chen Zilan saw that Lin Shaoxuan was becoming more and more handsome, and strangely, her admiration for him seemed to decrease instead of increase. Perhaps it was because time had diluted it.

"Calico cat? Uh, Miao Sanhua." Xiao Chunya blurted out someone else's nickname without paying attention. After not seeing her for two years, Miao Sanhua was already half a head taller than her. It was probably because she was thin and looked taller.

Miao Sanhua's temperament was a little more stable than before, but when he saw Xiao Chunya, he still blurted out, "Why are you so fat?"

Xiao Chunya said unconvincedly, "I'm not fat, you're too thin. How about you fight me and see who wins?"

Miao Sanhua's face turned dark. You have a strength of 266 pounds, and I have a strength of 180 pounds. You are clearly bullying the weak. This is a lack of martial ethics!

The registration master interrupted with a smile, "Candidates are not allowed to fight in the county government. If you have too much energy and nowhere to vent it, you can go hunting wild animals after the exam. Little country gentleman, I heard that you have hunted a wild wolf in the late Ming Jin stage alone?"

"At that time, I told the Master that the wild wolf seemed to be in the middle stage of Ming Jin, so I rushed out." Who knew that I was fooled again, so now Xiao Chunya is skeptical whenever the Master speaks.

"younger sister."

Eleven-year-old Zhao Lei and Zhao Lei happened to sign up together, while ten-year-old Zhao Chang and Zhao Jing had to wait another year. In addition to their lack of study, weak physical condition was also a factor.

"Brother, your partner looks familiar."

Xiao Chunya is a little face-blind, and her memory is not very good in this area.

"He Wenxing, He Wenqiang, He Wenyao." Zhao Lei's personality is similar to his grandfather Zhao Dong, and he has the aura of a big brother.

The registration fee is two taels of silver, the cost of the tables, chairs and benches, and the food expenses. It is said that the food is very unpalatable. It is best not to eat it if you can, so as not to affect your mood and make mistakes. But whether you eat or not, you will still be charged. The county government does not have much income. It is better in the past two years because there are more people taking the exam. In the past... it is better not to talk about it.

The county exams are held on the 10th, 12th, 14th, 16th and 18th of February, and the results are announced on the 22nd of February! The exams are from 8:00 am to 15:00 pm. As long as you write fast and are confident that you have answered the questions correctly, you can leave the exam room after 12:00 pm.

The registration period is from February 2nd to February 5th. After the number of people is counted, the number of people taking the exam will be announced so that everyone can have an idea.

"318 people? There are so many applicants this year?" Zhao Erlang didn't need to go to the county town to inquire. The villagers would just go to the city and take a look. The big news that they were concerned about now was the imperial examinations of the two siblings.

"That's right. Last year, there were only 232 people who signed up. This year, there are hundreds more people. Doesn't this increase the difficulty?"

It is so difficult to pass the county examination, and you will really have to fight your way through the subsequent prefectural and imperial examinations!

Zhao Erlang is now thankful that his two children are still studying in isolation at Mingyue Villa, as the pressure of not knowing what is happening outside will be reduced a lot. He originally thought that it would not be difficult for his two children to take the county exam, but now he feels uneasy.

How many years has it been? When Zhao Ming took the exam, there were only 99 applicants. Although only the top 20 were admitted, that was still a one-fifth chance. Now the chance is less than one-tenth. How can one not be panicked?

Time flies and it is the tenth day of February. At five o'clock in the morning, before daybreak, a long queue has formed in front of the county government office. Candidates entering the office must be searched. Not to mention wearing cotton clothes, even padded clothes are not allowed. They can only wear eight pieces of single clothes. It is so cold that you shiver.

From head to toe, from top to bottom, hair and shoes where cheat sheets could be found were all carefully checked. In this cold weather, people were made to stand here naked, leaving only a pair of shorts, to give you face.

If cheating cannot be detected outside the examination room and is discovered after entering the examination room, the yamen runners will face the risk of losing their jobs, so they all have stern faces and look ferocious.

Lian Xiaochunya was one of only five girls taking the exam in Neihuangyang County. They were treated well and could go to a small shed for examination and be personally examined by a female teacher and the county magistrate's wife.

Xiao Chunya felt that she was being taken advantage of. The county magistrate's wife pinched her chubby face and patted her round belly. These two places were smooth and it was absolutely impossible for her to cheat.

"The little lady is so cute." The female teacher couldn't help but kiss little Chunya's chubby face. Little Chunya felt a little dizzy. The female teacher had body odor!

There were only 100 calling rooms in Huangyang County. Apart from taking care of the elderly and the weak, everyone else drew lots. A total of 218 people took the exam outdoors.

Compared with staying in the narrow cell, Xiao Chunya preferred to take the exam outside in the open air. Fortunately, the sun came out early, which was a good sign.

Students had to prepare their own writing materials for the county examination. The government only issued two sheets of white paper, one for drafting and one for the formal answer sheet. Several yamen runners held up wooden signs with ten test questions on them. Students had to copy down the test questions before they could answer them.

The yamen runner walked slower and walked three times, which was basically enough for him to memorize all the test questions within 30 minutes.

The first part of the county examination consisted of two questions each on the Four Books, namely "The Great Learning", "The Analects of Confucius", "Mencius" and "The Doctrine of the Mean", and then two comprehensive questions.

For example, the way of the villain is dying day by day, so fill in the previous sentence: The way of the gentleman is dimming day by day. This is very simple, right? A free point question.

But some people are just so weird. If you give them the front part and ask them to answer the back part, they will just fill it out. But if you give them the reverse part, their brains will be stuck and they won’t know how to fill it out.

The test lasts four hours and consists of ten questions. It is not something you can just fill in the forms and be done with it. After filling in the forms, you also have to write out what the passage means.