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

After Sun Shan finished speaking, he led a group of officials away.

A leader like him who holds a high position and great power needs to act aloof when necessary, cannot be too approachable, and certainly cannot be too long-winded.

Maybe the people below are eager for you to leave as soon as possible so that they can regain the air of freedom.

Sure enough, after Sun Shan and a group of officials left, the atmosphere at the gate of the county school became much more relaxed and lively.

Candidate A, like Wang Jiaxing, didn't sleep well last night. He had dark circles under his eyes and said listlessly, "I got up too early today. Hey, I didn't sleep much last night, and I have to travel soon."

He looks like a spoiled child from a rich family.

Candidate B shook his head and said, "The time of departure is good. Even if it means leaving in the middle of the night, we have to set off. Look at Master Sun, he also got up early with us."

Candidate C, Sun Shan's newest fan, said with sparkling eyes, "Lord Sun is such a good official. He cares so much about us taking the exam. We must have accumulated good karma in our past lives to have met him. This time, not only did he send guards to escort us, but he also provided us with accommodation and a food allowance. Oh, Lord Sun, we should invite a bunch of him."

As soon as I heard the tone of his voice, I knew that he was a good candidate who was grateful.

Candidate Ding Lianlian agreed and said, "It doesn't matter whether I am escorted or not. The most important thing is that Mr. Sun will review my essay. Oh my God, Mr. Sun actually read my essay.

Ten days ago, I bravely took my article to Mr. Sun. Although I didn't find him, I did find Mr. Sun's cook and asked him to help deliver the article. Alas, a few days later, Mr. Sun actually read my article and encouraged me to study hard.

Candidate Ding is a smart person. The yamen is deep and complicated, so it is not easy to find Lord Sun.

But it’s different when you hire a chef. You see them coming out to buy groceries every day.

Emma, ​​they found Mr. Sun’s cook so accurately - Nanny Wang, Mrs. Xia, and Big Head Dog, and then really corrected the article.

The candidates were stunned and looked at Candidate Ding with shining eyes.

Usually they also want to let Mr. Sun take a look at the article and give his opinions. There are three ways.

One is that there is someone in the government office who helps deliver it.

The second is to hand it over to Instructor Deng and ask him to help deliver it.

They ran straight to the yamen and asked the gatekeeper to deliver it.

Of these three methods, the first one has the highest success rate.

The second type was criticized by Instructor Deng before it even reached Lord Sun, so how could he have the courage to submit it again?

The third kind of mood is that of a gatekeeper: if you like it, he will give it to you; if you don’t like it, he will ignore you.

Unexpectedly, candidate Ding took a different approach and found the cook to hand over the essay.

It is said that the chefs are Lord Sun's confidants and their words carry a lot of weight. Lord Sun brought these three chefs all the way to Yuanlu just because their cooking is delicious.

Lord Sun cannot leave.

The candidate's eyes lit up again and again, and he secretly remembered this method of delivering articles in his mind, so that he could "accidentally meet" the cook when needed.

The candidates gathered here and there, talking to Sun Shan and the officials.

Because this year's college entrance examination is very special, it is completely different from the previous situations where people just let themselves go.

This time, the government provided sufficient conditions, which greatly reduced their financial burden.

Widow Li is one of the beneficiaries of this incident.

At today's "Imperial Examination Oath-taking Ceremony", her son stood with the students and she stood with the parents. After Sun Shan and his group left, Widow Li immediately ran to her son.

He carefully instructed: "Son, you must do well in the exam this time. Don't let Lord Sun down. It's rare for a good official to come to our Yuanlu County, so you must cherish him. Thank God, thanks to Lord Sun, we will have a much easier time taking the college entrance examination this time."

Widow Li was able to support her son's education because she was good at embroidery.

But as I get older, my eyesight becomes blurrier, my skills gradually deteriorate, and I earn a lot less money than before.

My son first passed the imperial examination, then failed, and then failed again. This was the third time.

Although he did not fail the exam many times, he no longer had enough money to support his son to continue his pursuit of the imperial examination.

Widow Li wanted to shamelessly borrow money and let her son take the exam a few more times.

Just when they were about to borrow money, the teacher of the school told them that the government had issued a notice that they would be provided with free escort and free accommodation for the college entrance examination, and later even a food allowance.

Widow Li and her son couldn't believe it, so they bravely ran to the government office to find out.

The gatekeeper had a very bad attitude and spoke very impatiently, telling them not to come to the yamen whether they had something to do or not, and to go to the county school instead.

They couldn't come and go as they pleased in the yamen.

The yamen runners were always as vicious as dogs, and Widow Li and her son were used to it.

I hurried to the county school, and when I arrived, I found that many people were already there, asking the same question.

The county school told them very clearly that if they wanted free escort and free accommodation, they should first register at their school, and then the teacher would report the list to the county school.

It was also said that all students who participated in this academy examination would receive a food allowance.

In other words, for this scientific examination, their families only need to pay the registration fee and the mutual settlement fee.

After confirming it again and again, Widow Li and her son burst into tears of joy.

I spent the restless time afterwards.

It wasn't until this moment that I was sure everything was true.

Widow Li immediately transformed into a Sun Shan fan, enthusiastically saying, "Son, Lord Sun is a good official. The people of Yuanlu will be blessed from now on."

Widow Li's son nodded and said, "Mother, I understand. Thanks to Lord Sun, I was able to successfully take the imperial examination this time."

Widow Li lived frugally and worked hard to earn enough to pay for her son's registration fee and marriage fee.

I wanted to borrow it from my neighbors, relatives and friends. Now I don’t need it anymore, and I feel relieved.

Widow Li still thought that as long as Lord Sun was an official in their Yuanlu, to put it bluntly, her son could take the exam a few more times.

Many parents, like Widow Li, give their children a lot of advice about the exam, but the journey is long and it is difficult for family members to feel at ease.

Sun Dali and Sun Heitan took the list and handed it to Wang Jiaxing.

Sun Heitan spoke alternately in his half-baked Mandarin and Yuanlu dialect, while Sun Dali gestured at Wang Jiaxing, "Wang Tongsheng, tell everyone to be quiet and stand in line. We'll count the number of people and then we'll set off."

There are surprisingly few talented people around Sun Shan. Sun Dingnan, who can speak Mandarin, has to manage the experimental base, Gui Ge'er cannot do without Sun Shan, and the legal advisor has even more work to do. As for Manager Wang, his back is still hurting.

There was no other choice but to pick the tallest one among the short ones, and let Sun Heitan, the "best student", rush out and follow Sun Dali to negotiate with Wang Jiaxing.

Thanks to the fact that Wang Jiaxing had been with the Sun family for a long time, he knew what Sun Heitan and Sun Dali were talking about by guessing.

He immediately picked up the list and called out in a pretentious manner: "Classmates, line up. We are now counting the number of people and are about to set off."

He then addressed the relatives who were seeing him off, "My dear grandparents, your farewells are over now. We are leaving now. This departure is very particular. Lord Sun has specially arranged for the time to be calculated, and we must not miss it. The time of departure is favorable for our college entrance examination, so we must set off on time."

After hearing this, the candidate's relatives and friends who wanted to help him get into high school immediately moved away, fearing that he would fail the exam because of his own delay.

Wang Jiaxing nodded with satisfaction.

Sun Dali and his group of guards counted the number of people. After everything was ready, the time had come and they set off immediately.