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

Although Sheng Chuliang had been away from officialdom for many years, he had actually served as an official for more than ten years. His analysis of the party struggles and current affairs in the court was more profound than Chen Lang's.

"But these things are just for listening, don't take them to heart." Sheng Chuliang said earnestly: "Your most important thing right now is to prepare for the college entrance examination in two months."

"The college entrance examination will be held in Qinzhou Prefecture. This year happens to be the first year that the Qinzhou Prefecture Education Commissioner has taken office. It is an annual examination. You are eligible to take the exam. Otherwise, you will have to wait another two years before you can take the exam for the scholar."

The annual examination that Sheng Chuliang mentioned is a branch of the academy examination. Like the county examination and prefectural examination, it is a local examination.

The second branch of the academy examination, the subject examination, is a national examination together with the provincial examination, metropolitan examination and palace examination.

If you pass the annual examination, you will become a scholar.

Only by becoming a scholar can one be qualified to take part in the national examination, which is also the scientific examination.

As for the "Tixue" mentioned by Sheng Chuliang, the full name is "Tixue Zheng".

The Great Yan Dynasty set up "Taizhu Xueshi Si" in various places to supervise and manage the educational affairs of various states and prefectures.

The Superintendent of Education is replaced every three years. Every time he takes office, the "Annual Examination" is held in the first year, and it is changed to the "Subject Examination" in the second year.

If Chen Lang does not take the exam this year, then even if he passes the provincial exam next year, he will have to wait another year before he has the opportunity to take the exam again.

This is also why Sheng Chuliang said he was lucky.

"Have you finished your conversation as teacher and student? Almost an hour has passed!" Mrs. Sheng shouted outside the study.

Sheng Chuliang said: "Come right in."

"Let's talk about this for now. You must be tired after returning from the exam. Take a good rest for two days and then start preparing for the exam."

"Don't think about the affairs of the court, lest it affect your preparation for the exam."

Chen Lang bowed and said, "I understand."

After dinner, Chen Lang took his wife, two children and Xiao Huihui and went to the tofu shop in the rain.

When we arrived at the tofu shop, it was bustling again.

After the excitement, Zhao Chunhua started to complain.

Of course, I’m not complaining about Chen Lang, but about the horrible weather.

"This rain has been falling for eight days now, and there's no sign of it stopping. Brother Liu Jun can't go out to the villages to collect beans, so the tofu shop has completely stopped working." Zhao Chunhua sighed. "If this rain doesn't stop, I'm worried about flooding."

Chen Lang looked outside the house and saw that the rain was still pouring down.

"This rain is quite strange. On the way back, it didn't rain in other counties, but as soon as we entered Nanhe County, it rained non-stop." Chen Lang said with a frown.

Li Xiaohu said: "Vegetable and meat prices are rising in the market, but demand still exceeds supply."

"Brother-in-law, should we also store some at home in case of emergency?"

Chen Lang said, "The most important thing to do now is to go to the village and bring your parents to live in the county town."

"If the rain doesn't stop, several villages around the Fuyang River will definitely be flooded."

Zhao Chunhua suddenly became anxious and urged Li Xiaohu to set off.

Chen Lang thought for a moment and said, "Chunhua, you and Xiuzhi stay in the county to take care of the kids. Xiaohu and I will just go there."

“If too many people go there, it will be inconvenient.”

Zhao Chunhua said, "Then I'll trouble my brother-in-law."

Chen Lang said, "It's no trouble. I just happened to be going back to the village to see my new house."

"If there's a flood, the money we spent on building the house will be wasted."

Li Xiuzhi immediately brought out two straw raincoats and hats for Chen Lang and Li Xiaohu to wear.

Chen Lang was about to leave when he suddenly thought of something and called out to the other room, "Xiao Qi."

Xiao Qi immediately ran out and said, "Boss, do you have anything to tell me?"

"Come with me." Chen Lang said.

Xiao Qi was very happy and nodded, "Okay, boss."

The other servants also had envy on their faces.

They don't think that being ordered around by their boss is annoying at all. Instead, they think it's a sign of their boss's trust in them and something to be proud of.

Finally, Chen Lang, Xiaohu, Xiaoqi and the other two drove two ox carts back to their hometown.

The reason why two ox carts were needed was because Chen Lang was worried that Li Xiaohu's parents-in-law would probably be reluctant to part with their household items. So one ox cart could be used to carry people, and the other could be used to transport goods.

After arriving at Hezhong Village, Li Xiaohu and Xiaoqi each drove an ox cart to continue heading towards Shanghe Village, while Chen Lang went into the village to see his house.

When I arrived at the place where the house was being built, I found that there was no one there.

But the main structure of the house has been built.

Chen Lang then went to Zhuzi's house.

When he heard that Chen Lang had arrived, Grandpa Zhuzi hurried out of bed to greet him.

"Xiao Lang, you're back! How did you do on the exam?"

Chen Lang said: "I passed."

Grandpa Zhuzi asked, "So you are a scholar now?"

Chen Lang shook his head: "Not yet. I will go to Qinzhou Prefecture to take the exam again in two months. If I pass, I will become a scholar."

"Qinzhou Prefecture? So far away?" Grandpa Zhuzi said in surprise. "No wonder people say that taking the college entrance exam can easily bankrupt you. Going to such a faraway place to take the exam, how much money would it cost for round-trip travel, accommodation, and food?"

"But Xiaolang, you can make money, so you don't have to worry about this."

Chen Lang smiled and asked, "Grandpa, I just went to the construction site and found that the house is almost finished, but I didn't see Master Lin and his men. Do you know when they will arrive?"

Grandpa Zhuzi hurriedly said, "Xiao Lin, the guy who's working on the house, let me tell you something. It's been raining heavily lately, and the final batch of building materials hasn't arrived yet. Plus, the builders are all worried about their own houses, so Xiao Lin is telling them all to go home and reinforce their own houses before coming back to finish the work."

Chen Lang said, "That's right, old man. If they come next time, ask them to send someone to the county town to find me. There's a tofu shop in the county town, and that's where I live."

Grandpa Zhuzi quickly called Zhuzi over and asked him to remember this.

"I'm old and forgetful, but children have good memories," said Grandpa Zhuzi.

Zhuzi also said: "Uncle Lang, don't worry, I will never forget it."

Just when Chen Lang was about to speak, there was a sudden loud bang outside.

Chen Lang hurried out to check and found that a wall on the west side of Zhuzi's house had collapsed.

Seeing this, Grandpa Zhuzi said, "It's okay. We can fix it after the rain stops."

Chen Lang frowned and said, "Old man, I'm afraid the rain won't stop anytime soon. Why don't you come with me to the county town? I'll rent you a small house with the pillars and a small house for you."

"It's the courtyard wall that's collapsing now. If the roof collapses someday, it will be a huge problem."

Grandpa Zhuzi didn't take it seriously. He waved his hand and said, "Xiao Lang, I appreciate your kindness, but this old man's house won't collapse so easily."

"We've experienced many strong winds and heavy rains over the years, but we haven't seen any houses collapse."

Seeing the old man's stubbornness, Chen Lang pulled Zhuzi aside and whispered, "Zhuzi, if you ever find something wrong with the house, even if your grandfather scolds you, you have to carry him out, understand?"

"My new home is made of sturdy materials. You can take Grandpa there for shelter, or you can come directly to the county town to find me. In short, don't take any chances. Do you understand?"

Zhuzi nodded and said, "Uncle Lang, I've taken note of it."