The whole family travels through time and space, and the three of them struggle together

Zhou Dajiang looked at the snow outside and said worriedly, "I wonder how many houses will be crushed by this blizzard."

Chen Xiuying was also terrified. Fortunately, she had figured out how to make a down jacket. Now, whether it was her husband or her son, they wouldn't have a hard time going to the examination hall or staying in the military camp. After thinking for a moment, she asked Zhou Dajiang, "Didn't Yuan Hanlin tell you about the other conditions in the Imperial Academy?"

"What else could he do? It's just cold! Besides, he had a lot of policy essays, as well as questions on classics and history books. There weren't many poems, but the required content was quite a bit more specific. So, to save time, he'd simply toast the steamed buns over the charcoal basin and be done with it. He didn't even bother cooking porridge, which was a waste of time. At most, he'd just make some noodles, toss them with sauce, and eat some pickles, and that was it."

Chen Xiuying was immediately interested. If she thought cooking was a waste of time, how big would the problem be? She couldn't help with anything else, but she would think of some tricks for cooking.

After Zhou Sisi finished her work at the ice rink, she went home. She still had to update the story once a month. Her grandfather, the general, and her uncle were also reading "Drawing Sword". They kept asking her if she could go faster. It was too difficult for her to finish the story day by day.

However, seeing that her father was about to take the exam, she had to support him, so she summarized all the writing skills she had learned during the college entrance examination to her father.

"During our college entrance exams, our teachers taught us: current affairs, current affairs, you must study current affairs! No matter what kind of essay topic we were taking, it would always be related to current affairs.

I guess your policy essay exams are the same: snowstorms, floods, fires, and even hailstorms: how do you prevent them before they happen? What emergency measures should you take after they happen? And how do you rebuild after the disaster? For example, with this heavy snowfall, if I were an examiner, I would definitely ask questions about post-disaster reconstruction!

Zhou Dajiang: "Okay, okay, don't say anymore, I'm just thinking about it."

Zhou Sisi: "You can't just think about it, write an article for each one. It's called being prepared. Anyway, your private school classes are over, so just write at home every day! You will finish them all before the exam anyway."

Zhou Dajiang, why do these words sound so familiar to me?

After hearing this, Chen Xiuying was secretly happy. How could it not sound familiar? He had said the same thing to his daughter at the beginning, and now his daughter was bringing it up to criticize him.

So in the midst of this busyness, the ninth day of the second lunar month soon arrived.

Chen Xiuying didn't sleep the night before. After dinner, she started preparing food for Zhou Dajiang.

Cooking porridge wastes time, so soaking the millet will save time, right? Boil three salted duck eggs in advance, peel them, and heat them in the porridge pot. Prepare the rice bowl for lunch, which can be simply heated up. Eat less at night and cook some instant noodles. She'll also bring some pork jerky, and she'll be there for three days.

I had wanted to research a self-heating bag before, but unfortunately there was no aluminum powder in that dynasty, and the iron powder had to be reduced to a sponge-like state by using iron oxide powder. I couldn't do either of these, and using quicklime alone wouldn't work. In the end, I thought about it and gave up.

The boiler and dishes were all ready. Seeing that it was already past the hour of Hai, I quickly asked my husband to get up. There were many candidates for the Spring Examination, four or five thousand. Just the body searches would take a long time, so it was better to get in line early.

Several children also got up, and Zhou Dajiang asked them to lie down quickly. As a result, Zhou Sisi said to go and cheer him up, Zhige'er said to hold a lantern for him, and Hengge'er saw that there was nothing to hold, so he had to say, "Let me lead the way for you!"

My daughter-in-law brought her three children, along with Qing'er, Xu Wu, Xiao Xiangsheng, and Uncle Fu and his son. If there hadn't been a watchman at home, I guess all of them would have gone out.

When the group arrived at the entrance of the Imperial Examination Hall, many students were already queuing up, and the students in front had already begun to enter and be inspected.

Zhou Dajiang quickly took the food, bedding and other items his wife had prepared for him, waved to everyone, and dragged his exam basket to line up for the examination.

The inspection began after entering the ceremonial gate. Nearly twenty tables were lined up, each with several officers behind them. Zhou Dajiang saw these officers as similar to the security checks at airports: they first looked at the "floating ticket" on the person's ID, then checked the information on the roster, and then verified that it was their identity.

After passing the first level correctly, students will be given a test card and three days of candles. After receiving the test card, they can enter the next level.

The next step is a body search and an inspection of the exam basket. All luggage and bedding must be opened to check for any cheat sheets. Even hair must be loosened for inspection. Needless to say, all clothing must be removed. Only after the inspector has inspected everything can you put on your clothes.

Zhou Dajiang, it's a good thing that there are a group of twenty people taking off their clothes together. If you were alone, it would be so embarrassing. Okay, take off your clothes, just treat it as going to a bathhouse.

Unfortunately, the bathhouse wasn't cold, but the Imperial Examination Hall was icy. A gentle breeze swept away the last bit of warmth from our bodies. Several people were sneezing from the cold. Everyone talks about the glory of passing the imperial examination and becoming an official, but few imagine the embarrassing scene before it.

After completing all the examinations, Zhou Dajiang quickly dressed. He didn't want to fall ill before the exam. He put on his underwear, then his down jacket and down pants, and finally felt a little warmer.

Once you are all dressed, you can enter the Dragon Gate.

Once you're inside the dragon gate, you feel much more at ease. No one's watching you until the papers are distributed. Zhou Dajiang took his number plate and found his own room.

The dormitories were small and cramped, barely enough for one person to sit or lie down. Fortunately, after previous exams, he'd gotten used to it. He first filled a bamboo tube with water, poured a little onto a rag, dampened it, and wiped the dormitories inside and out. Then he spread out the bedding he'd brought, barely managing to make the small space feel a little warmer.

There were still two hours left before the exam, so he could still catch some sleep. Some of the other candidates around him were resting their eyes, while others were nervously reciting something in their minds, trying to seize the last moment to review. Zhou Dajiang took a deep breath, calming himself. He knew studying wouldn't help, so he lay down and rested.

As soon as the hour of Mao passed and the sky began to get light, the invigilator began to distribute the test papers.

Zhou Dajiang took the test paper but did not open it in advance. The exam time had not yet arrived and the drum had not yet sounded. He was not allowed to answer the questions in advance, otherwise he would be treated as violating the rules.

After the papers were distributed, there were guards patrolling back and forth to prevent anyone from answering the papers early. But if you didn't answer the papers, they wouldn't bother you.

In order to save time, he put the test paper in a paper bag and cooked porridge for breakfast first.

His wife put the soaked millet in a bamboo tube. He poured out a little, which was about enough to eat, and then poured some water from another bamboo tube.

When the water is used up, you can get it from the water tank outside. However, no one has moved yet. For the time being, there is enough water in the bamboo tube, and he doesn't want to go out frequently and attract attention.

The porridge was ready quickly. Zhou Dajiang did as his wife said, crushed the salted duck egg in a bowl, poured the porridge on top, mixed it, and started to eat breakfast quickly. As soon as he finished breakfast and cleaned up, the drum for answering questions sounded.