The Daily Life of a Rich Peasant's Boy in the Imperial Examination

After receiving the money, Instructor Deng was stunned for a moment and asked County Magistrate Wang, "Did Lord Sun say how to use this money?"

County Magistrate Wang shook his head and said, "It's only said to be used on students, how it's used is entirely up to the instructor."

Wu Zhubo also echoed, "Master Sun said that the students should just know where the money came from and who donated it. Everything else is up to Instructor Deng."

Teacher Deng held the two boxes excitedly and said excitedly, "Please ask Lord Wang and Lord Wu to go back and tell Lord Sun that I will definitely follow his instructions."

Teacher Deng was deeply shocked. He never expected that Lord Sun would give the money directly to him and that Lord Sun would trust him so much.

Teacher Deng secretly vowed that he would never embezzle this huge sum of money, and would definitely use it for the students. He would also definitely tell the students that Lord Sun was different from the previous county magistrates.

Lord Sun is a good magistrate.

County Magistrate Wang and Chief Secretary Wu looked at each other and shook their heads secretly.

Why is Teacher Deng so excited? The money is not given to him. It is left for the students.

The two had no idea that Teacher Deng was excited because of Sun Shan's trust in him. They just felt that Teacher Deng was becoming more and more neurotic.

Of course, he is becoming more and more like Sun Shan's lackey.

Every time he saw Sun Shan or mentioned Sun Shan, his eyes were filled with passion, which made them roll their eyes uncontrollably.

After receiving the money, Teacher Deng started working immediately.

He also submitted information about the students who participated in the Chenzhou Prefecture Examination to Sun Shan one by one.

Sun Shan was stunned when he got the list.

Gui Ge'er quickly asked, "Brother Shan, how many people are going to Chenzhou Prefecture with Uncle Dali this time?"

Sun Shan had expected some students to hitchhike, but he hadn't expected so many to do so.

There were 45 students accompanying the Sun family guards to Chenzhou Prefecture this time. It could be said that they went almost together.

Sun Shan looked at the remaining five students and wondered why they didn't follow.

The two arrived in Chenzhou Prefecture a month in advance to adapt to the environment.

One of them followed the escort team with his family because it happened that his family was going to Chenzhou Prefecture to do business.

One of them stayed in Chenzhou Prefecture and asked someone to come back to handle the formalities.

The remaining one was an unlucky guy. He collapsed a few days ago and broke his hands and feet, so he missed the college entrance examination.

Sun Dingnan sighed and said, "This student is so unlucky. He lost his hands and feet just before the exam. Oh, he must not have burned incense and worshipped his ancestors. All the ancestors are not blessing him."

After hearing this, Gui Ge'er said cheerfully, "Brother Nan, that's not necessarily true. Do you think everyone's ancestors are as powerful as our Sun family's ancestors? Hehe, maybe our ancestors weren't powerful enough and couldn't bless us even if they wanted to."

Then he turned to Sun Shan and said, "Brother Shan, our grandfather is the most powerful. He has always been blessing you to turn misfortune into good fortune and finally pass the imperial examination."

Sun Shan shook his head and said, "A gentleman does not speak of strange things. There are not so many blessings in this world."

Sun Shan really wanted to tell them that his success in the imperial examination was entirely due to his own efforts.

Because he studied really hard and persisted in his studies, he defeated many people.

Gui Ge'er and Sun Dingnan did not think so, especially after they experienced the incident where Sun Shan was poisoned by guinea pig after eating crucian carp, and especially after they saw that Sun Shan's eyes were turning white and almost gray.

Even in such a tragic situation, he was able to come back to life and defeat a group of talented scholars to make it onto the list.

It can be seen that it can not only be explained by "hard work", but also the blessing of their ancestors of the Sun family and the blessing of Doctor Sun from Yezhupo.

Sun Shan looked at the students who had signed up for accommodation. This number was much less than the number who had signed up for escort.

Only 27 students need to stay in the Wang family's villa.

Gui Ge'er didn't understand and asked, "Brother Shan, why do so few people stay at the Wang family's house? Why would they rather spend money to stay at an inn?"

Sun Dingnan was also puzzled and said, "That's right. You don't want to stay in the free accommodation, but instead you want to stay in an inn outside. How expensive! If you stay at a relative's house, it's acceptable, but it's really unreasonable to spend your own money to stay outside."

Especially when the academy exam is approaching, the prices of the inns near the examination hall will definitely go up exorbitantly.

This time I went to Chenzhou Prefecture ten days in advance. Adding the time to enter the examination hall and the time to leave, I would have to stay there for at least half a month.

Emma, ​​how much does that cost?

Could it be that these students are all rich people, so they don’t care at all about wasting money?

Sun Shan understood why the students did not live in the Wang family but chose to live outside.

First, staying at the Wang family's house might involve two, three, or even four people sharing a room, without independent space and poor sleep. Students are here to take the college entrance exam and definitely need a familiar sleeping environment. Staying at an inn allows for self-catering and convenient access to everything.

Secondly, it would be even harder to sleep in the same room with someone you didn't know well, and you had to be on your guard. What if you ran into a jealous classmate who did something shady and made it impossible for you to enter the exam room normally? That would be more trouble than it would take.

Living alone can reduce the chances of being harmed.

Thirdly, I wasn't familiar with the Wang Family Villa, so who knew what the environment was like? If I stayed at an inn, I'd have a clear idea of ​​the general environment and a good idea of ​​what to expect. If I wasn't too short of money, it would be more convenient to stay at an inn myself.

If Sun Shan were to take part in the imperial examination, he would prefer to live alone rather than share a house with others.

Thinking back to when Sun Shan took part in the imperial examination, Sun Bomin kept a close eye on everything and protected him very well, fearing that Sun Shan would not be able to enter the examination hall safely.

Sun Shan smiled and said, "It's natural for students who have the means to want better accommodation. For those who don't, just having a place to stay is good enough; you can't really choose. The Wang Family Villa has fewer students living there, which is good, as it reduces a lot of hassle."

This time, Sun Dali and others were sent to escort the students and stay together at the Wang Family Villa.

Sun Dali also escorted them to the examination room.

The fewer students living in the Wang Family Villa, the less work Sun Dali has to do.

It is also a good thing for Sun Shan.

45 students went to Chenzhou Prefecture together, and 27 students chose to live in the Wang family. In fact, the proportion is quite large, more than half.

Those who choose to live in the Wang family are mostly not well off financially.

That is to say, half of the students come from very poor families.

Why--

It can be concluded that Yuanlu County is indeed a poor county and does not deserve the title of a medium-sized county.

Sun Shan called Sun Dali over again and said, "Uncle Dali, take this list. Before each departure and every stop, you must call out the names to ensure that every student follows you."

After a pause, he continued, "On the day of the scientific examination, we will also call the roll by name to ensure that every student can enter smoothly."

There are always some "slippery buddies" in every exam, either they lose their admission ticket, oversleep, or lose it while walking.

Sun Shan didn't want this to happen.

Sun Dali looked at the list awkwardly and said, "Master, I can't read."

Alas, poor Sun Dali, no matter how hard he tries, he has no talent and remains illiterate.

Sun Shan waved his hand and said, "I will let Wang Jiaxing be your assistant to assist you."

Who else should they look for if not him? Wang Jiaxing is the candidate that Sun Shan and Sun Dali are most familiar with.