Traveling through time and space to become a child, supporting the family by catching fish and shrim

In the vast river of Chinese poetry, Shi Runzhang's "Mountain Travel" can only be regarded as a pebble that looks pretty good.

But in the present, facing a group of scholars whose poetry level is slightly higher than Zhang Zongchang, "Mountain Travel" has become a warm and translucent pearl, launching an indiscriminate dimensionality reduction attack on the young students in the Fuyang Building.

After listening to this poem, Ning Wenxu compared it with his own four "excellent works" and his self-confidence suffered a great blow.

I thought that Nanhe County was short of talent and it would be easy for me to get a place here, but now it seems that it is far from that simple.

Although it would not be difficult to impress the county magistrate with his talent, changing the household registration was not an easy thing, and the county magistrate of Jing'an County was definitely not the kind of person who was "helpful".

He would rather suffocate himself to death in Jing'an County than indulge himself in helping the magistrate of Nanhe County improve his political achievements.

If there is no student in Nanhe County who can pass the imperial examination, the county magistrate will transfer his household registration to the county even if it means he will offend his colleagues.

However, the appearance of this poem "Mountain Travel" means that there is a student with excellent literary talent in Nanhe County, who has the potential to pass the imperial examination.

In this case, there is no need to offend colleagues.

Ning Wenxu began to worry about his future.

Ning Qi, his cousin, noticed her brother's uneasiness and hurriedly squeezed his arm, saying, "Brother, don't panic. The exam isn't just about poetry."

Ning Wenxu smiled bitterly and said, "That's the truth, but my heart is still... well, let's wait and see."

The county magistrate and the chief clerk were a little excited after listening to this poem about the mountain journey.

After such a long time since the poetry reading began, we finally have a masterpiece.

The two scholars showed appreciation on their faces.

They were juren who passed the imperial examination during the reign of the previous emperor, and it has been almost thirty years since then.

After retiring from officialdom, he returned to Nanhe County to retire and to help his juniors.

Unexpectedly, the cultural gap in Nanhe County was so great that only a few scholars emerged in recent years, but not a single juren.

The two scholars were old, and whether there were any scholars in the county was none of their business, so they simply closed the door and refused to have any contact with outsiders.

So as to avoid ruining your reputation.

This time, the county magistrate personally invited them to the mansion to serve as judges.

An hour passed without any decent work being produced, and the two scholars were already drowsy. However, this poem "Mountain Travel" woke them up.

"Who wrote this poem?" asked the chief clerk.

The waiter who was delivering the poem bowed and said, "In reply to your Excellency, the author is Chen Lang, a student from Hezhong Village."

As soon as these words were spoken, the expressions of two people in the field suddenly changed.

One is the student Zhao Xiongwei.

After getting the secret recipe of tofu, Zhao Xiongwei immediately began to investigate Chen Lang.

After passing the examination to become a student, this guy stopped studying seriously and instead devoted all his energy to figuring out how to become the Xu family's "son-in-law".

As a result, he was beaten up by Xu Mengru, the eldest daughter of the Xu family, and almost lost his life.

After surviving, he still didn't focus on studying, but started doing business to make money.

The secret recipe of tofu was developed under such circumstances.

After Zhao Xiongying snatched the secret recipe, Zhao Xiongwei took it to Zuixianju to discuss cooperation, and finally obtained a contract with excellent remuneration.

In order to prevent future troubles, Zhao Xiongwei planned to have a "talk" with Chen Lang after the poetry meeting, asking him to behave himself and not cause trouble, otherwise as a student on government academy, he could cancel his status as a student.

However, Zhao Xiongwei never expected that a boy who was obsessed with making money and doing business all day long could write such a good poem.

I have lived for half of my life and have written at least eighty poems and lyrics, but none of them can surpass "Mountain Travel" in terms of literary level. At most, we can only draw.

Even among the most talented students in the county school, few of their poems could surpass "Mountain Travel".

The county magistrate's thirst for talent was seen by all the students in the county school.

However, these students on government stipend in Nanhe County have almost no possibility of moving up further.

Firstly, they were limited by their own talents, and secondly, their long life as government students had worn away their enterprising spirit.

Because once you obtain the qualification of a student on government stipend, you can enjoy the support of the court for the rest of your life unless you commit any serious mistakes.

With a few taels of silver a month and extra subsidies during festivals, life is very comfortable.

Since the students on government academy could not be relied upon, the county magistrate could only turn his attention to those students who had not yet achieved academic success.

Even if you are good at writing poetry, it does not necessarily mean you can pass the examination to become a scholar or a juren.

But those who can pass the examination to become a scholar or juren must be good at writing poetry.

Chen Lang wrote this poem "Travel in the Mountains" so well. If he passes the imperial examination again, it will not be easy for me to control him.

If he passes the imperial examination, it won't be me who controls him, but he will be the one who controls me instead.

Zhao Xiongwei secretly clenched his fists and frowned, thinking about how to break the deadlock.

As for the other person whose expression suddenly changed, it was Xu Mengru from Xu Family Cloth Shop.

The name Chen Lang is repeated a lot, but if you add the three words "Hezhong Village" in front of it, then this Chen Lang is the Chen Lang who once pestered him.

When Chen Lang came to harass me before, I also wrote poems.

But what about that level?

The storyteller at the market can write several stories in the time it takes to drink a cup of tea.

At that time, Xu Mengru was still wondering how someone with such a level of ability could pass the examination to become a student.

But this mountain journey is completely different in style from the previous works. Although it is not up to the level of a famous masterpiece handed down from generation to generation, it can also be regarded as a masterpiece!

Could it be true as people say outside, that I hired someone to beat him up, and it ended up making him wiser?

So when he becomes successful in the future, will he take revenge on the Xu family?

Or will he use his fame and fortune to force me to marry him?

Just when Xu Mengru was in a state of confusion, Chen Lang was led into the lobby by the waiter of Fuyanglou.

Xu Fei also came in.

Ping Zhilin, the young miracle doctor, is still very famous. Even if he has no poems, he can still come in.

Chen Lang stood in the center of the hall, clasped his fists and bowed to the two adults on the stage, "Tongsheng Chen Lang, greetings to the two adults!"

The county magistrate looked at Chen Lang and nodded slightly, saying, "The poem is well written."

Chen Lang said, "Thank you for the compliment, sir."

"But if you want to take the exam, you need more than just poetry." The county magistrate asked, "How are you preparing?"

Just as Chen Lang was about to speak, Zhao Xiongwei suddenly stood up and said, "Sir, I have something to report!"

The county magistrate's face suddenly darkened.

This guy really doesn't know any rules!

The chief clerk frowned and said, "Zhao Xiongwei, is there anything you can't report after the adults have finished talking with Chen Lang?"

"You are so presumptuous, do you still have respect for superiors and inferiors?"

Zhao Xiongwei swallowed his saliva and said, "Sir, this matter is of no small importance. I was so impulsive because I was afraid that you would be deceived."