Rebirth, end of the world, time travel, escape famine, make money!

There was no special book to read today, so we just got together to take out the previous test papers and discuss them.

It has been more than a year since they came into this world.

After Luo Hong joined the team, he led everyone to study. After deciding to take the imperial examination, the two of them made a detailed study plan, whether on the road or every day after settling down.

Everything is strictly carried out according to the schedule.

Not to mention six in the morning and eleven at night, because there was no electric light, the kerosene lamp was too dim, in order to protect the eyes. I studied from dawn to dusk, and at night I would review what I had learned that day with the kerosene lamp lit.

Although I didn't study hard, I still read books, memorized books, and wrote and revised articles besides eating, drinking, and going to the toilet. Even if I went to the city to take a day off, I would not forget to go to the bookstore to look at new books and buy some.

Finally, they all passed the examination for the title of Tongsheng with ease.

The provincial exam will be held tomorrow, so no matter how hard you try to cram today, it will be useless. Everyone tries to adjust their mindset, chat in a relaxed manner, and occasionally look at the essays they wrote before. If they guess the topic, they can polish it and answer it directly.

Then I went to the kitchen to help prepare some food for the exam. The exam room provided three meals a day, but only whole grain buns and boiled water to fill the stomach, nothing else was possible.

The provincial exam lasts for six days, but actually eight days. You enter the exam room on the first day, and take the exam for the next three days. You can go out for a night to eat something alone, and then have a good rest at night. You enter the exam room on the fifth day, and the exam ends after the next three days. (I made this up!)

The first session starts on May 12th and all students must leave at noon on the 15th. Even those who do not finish the test will have their papers confiscated.

The second session starts on the 16th, and so on, everyone must leave by noon on the 19th.

On the morning of the 12th, everyone brought their prepared exam supplies. Each person had a bamboo basket with their usual pens and ink in it. Students were not allowed to bring their own paper, as it would be distributed in advance to each seat in the exam room.

It takes a whole day to enter the examination venue, mainly because the inspection is very strict. The entrance inspection starts after lunch. Although there are three gates, it takes a lot of time to check each candidate.

Basically, the corresponding inspection personnel will be dispatched based on the estimated number of people at the examination room, and only those who have passed careful inspections are allowed to enter.

First of all, you are not allowed to bring in any food that is inconvenient to check. If you bring steamed buns, they will be torn into pieces. So basically you only bring rice paste or noodle paste, which is convenient to cook. Some people also bring cooked rice, but the cooked rice must be divided into grains one by one.

Liu Caixia prepared instant rice and noodles for them. She also added some dried vegetable packets. Vegetables cut into slices or dried in small pieces can pass the inspection. Then they are cooked with rice or noodles in water, and seasonings and eggs are added.

Raw eggs can also be brought in after inspection.

Along the way, Chen Ziqi and his friends met several groups of classmates. Only one group greeted them in a friendly way, but they didn't care. They responded politely and gave their sincere blessings.

Outside the examination room, people were surging. They were all entering from the north gate. There were already quite a few people queuing in front of them. The examinees were standing in the queue, and next to the queue were their family members who were seeing them off.

"Son, you must do your best this time!"

"Son, you can do it, relax and don't be nervous!"

No matter what, it is genuine care from family!

It was soon the turn of Luo Hong and others. Liu's father and Lin Weizhong came to see them off, but Liu Caixia did not come.

"Ke Yu, come on!" Lin Weizhong made a gesture that others couldn't understand and said words of encouragement.

"Dad, I will!" Lin Keyu would give him a gesture to go with him.

There is a compartment separated by a door panel on each side of the door. One soldier checks the basket, and another soldier leads the person into the compartment. All clothes must be taken off for inspection, including underwear.

There are two people checking on each side of the main entrance, and two people in the middle to maintain order.

Finally, after entering the entrance, there was a man sitting there who was dressed very elegantly and wearing an official hat. Only after checking the list and verifying your identity could you get your basket back and enter.

After entering the door, there were officers and soldiers waiting there, who checked the seat numbers on the roster and took people to their individual seats.

The few of them arrived not very early. Quite a few people came in front of them, and there were also some people queuing behind them.

Luo Hong, Lin Keyu and Wan Tongsheng went directly to the government office to register, so their seats were not far away, with only about six or seven seats in between.

Li Yao and Wei Songbai were enrolled at the town academy, which was a little far away from them. They were several rows apart, but since they were in the same county, they were not far away.

The seats are separated by wooden boards. The compartments are very small and you can't lie down to sleep. Even tall men probably can't lie down. They can only curl up and stick their legs out of the compartment curtain. It's fine if it doesn't rain. If it rains, your legs are too long and can't be stretched out and will get wet easily. The eaves above are not very wide.

The conditions are indeed quite difficult. There is a small wooden barrel in the compartment, which should be used for defecation and peeing, after all, you have to sleep here for three nights.

In addition, there are three candles and a fire starter. The candles are quite thick and long. If the weather is good during the day, there is no need to light the candles. The saved candles can be used for a long time at night. If more candles are used during the day, there will be fewer candles left that can be used at night.

So, sometimes exams also depend on luck.

The provincial examination was not that strict, but the subsequent academy examination and provincial examination were more strict. It was said that each compartment had a door, and each door had to be locked from the outside.

There have been students who went crazy during exams. Not only did they themselves not do well, they also did not want others to do well. They rushed out and tore up the test papers of the candidates around them.

After that, each cubicle was equipped with a solid wooden door and locked. If you want to go crazy, just go crazy in your own cubicle.

In this way, if a problem occurs, it will not affect other candidates, and the patrolling officers and soldiers will be able to open the door and carry the person out immediately.

The sky gradually darkened.

Luo Hong closed his eyes and rested in the cubicle until all the candidates were arranged. Today, the test papers to be taken the next day will be distributed.

There is an officer patrolling each row of seats, and there are five examiners in one examination room.

Of course, the examiner is not here at night. In fact, the examination room provides candles for everyone to use during the day. Basically no one lights candles to answer questions at night.

Today, the test papers for today are distributed. After they are distributed, the candidates are only allowed to take a look at the test questions. They will answer the questions during the day on the next day. At the end of the day at noon, the officers and soldiers will take the test papers away and distribute the test papers for the next day.

The last day of the provincial examination was a relatively simple test paper, which was to write a poem. You were given one night to think about it, and you could finish it the next day. It was very simple. If you knew how to do it, you would do it. If you didn't know how to do it, you wouldn't be able to do it no matter how much time you gave.

(All the information about the exam is made up.)