The wind and cold night are scattered, and the lonely lamp is still calling for the sale of rice balls.

Before I knew it, the third watch had passed, and a cold moon in the sky sprinkled silver frost all over the ground, and the crowds on the street dispersed, and the lamp market began to cool down.

Xu Jin and others lived in Xishi, and the Fei family lived in the north of the city, and the two sides waved their hands at the corner of the street and parted ways, and the sound of horses' hooves ticked away on the streets late at night.

Xu Jin took Xie Xiaowan's hand, and the little slave walked forward in a bouncing manner, and the moonlight elongated the figures of the three of them.

When the three of them returned home, the hard-working little girl immediately boiled the pot to cook the rice balls, and it is a custom to eat rice balls during the Lantern Festival, which means that the new year will be reunited, smooth and smooth, so this is essential.

The rice balls are all kneaded during the day, as long as they are boiled in boiling water, and soon, the steaming rice balls will be served on the table.

Xie Xiaowan held her cheeks, watching Xu Jin and Xiao Nu'er snatch each other's rice balls from each other's bowls, and her big eyes gradually smiled and bent.

After eating the rice balls, Xie Xiaowan cleaned up the dishes and chopsticks, and Xu Jin suddenly asked: "Little slave, I will go to the county government tomorrow to register my household registration, what is your name?" Xu Xiaonu? Xu Dogan? ”

The little slave rolled her eyes, ran to the study, took a pen and paper, and wrote down the word "熜": "Just use this word!" ”

The little slave's handwriting is very neat, but the penmanship is still very immature, Xu Jin nodded and said: "Then it's called Xu Xi, no wonder you like to help burn the stove so much!" ”

The little slave pouted and said, "You like to burn stoves, and I pronounce the word (zǒng), but it is not the chimney (cōng)!" ”

Xu Jin smiled: "What's the difference, reading (zǒng) also means torch, so it's still a fire!" ”

The little slave was speechless for a moment, and finally snorted coldly: "I'm too lazy to chew words with you, brush my teeth and go to sleep." ”

Since Xu Jin brushes his teeth before going to bed every night, this habit is "infected" to Xie Xiaowan and Xiao Nu'er.

The next day was the sixteenth day of the first lunar month, and Xinjiang Academy reopened, Xu Jin got up early in the morning as usual, lifted the reluctant little slave from the bed, and exercised with him in the morning.

After eating breakfast in the courtyard, the little slave could finally get out of the clutches of Xu Papi, because Xu Jin was going back to the academy today.

Xu Jin walked back to Xinjiang Academy, and the classmates he met along the way greeted him warmly, after yesterday's battle between the two academies, Xu Jin is now more famous in the academy than at the beginning of the year, and there is a faint tendency to become the banner of the academy.

Of course, fame alone is not enough, if you really want to become the banner of the academy, you must achieve results in the field, such as the senior brother Wei Yang, who has already passed the college examination, and has a talent and fame, so he will wait to participate in the township examination in Jiangxi Province next year.

As soon as Xu Jin returned to the lecture hall and sat down, Li Chen flashed out of nowhere, and said a little gloatingly: "Xu Jin, if you still have a middle grade in the regular exam for the first semester today, if you still have a middle and lower level in your scripture and righteousness essay, I advise you to give up taking the county exam, so as not to be ugly and embarrassed!" ”

Xu Jin said lightly: "It seems that Brother Li is not in trouble today, but his stomach has not recovered yet, and his breath is very smelly, so it is recommended not to face others when speaking!" ”

At this time, there were already many students sitting in the lecture hall, and they couldn't help but snicker when they heard the words, Li Chen couldn't get out of the next link yesterday, and the matter of finally borrowing to escape was already known to everyone!

Li Chen's face was ugly, and he flicked his sleeves and left the lecture hall angrily, and said secretly: "Let you be proud for a few days, and when I get the head of the county trial, I will definitely return all the humiliation of today." ”

Xinjiang Academy will hold a regular examination once a month, and the time is generally set in the middle of the month, so the regular examination will be held in January as soon as the school year starts.

This is the second time Xu Jin has participated in the routine examination, so it is quite decided, he finished writing the Bagu essay in the morning, and it only took two hours to complete the later trial poems and strategies in the afternoon.

Zhao Jiaoxi couldn't help frowning when he saw Xu Jin handing in his papers so early, and secretly made up his mind in his heart that if he didn't do well in the exam, he wouldn't allow Xu Jin to participate in this year's county exam.

As a result, when Zhao Jiaoxi read Xu Jin's eight-strand article, his frowning brows suddenly relaxed, because Xu Jin's article was actually written quite well, and the level was obviously greatly improved compared with the previous year, which was impressive.

The papers of the monthly regular examination are cross-evaluated by the college teachers, and then they are comprehensively ranked, and finally handed over to the mountain chief for re-evaluation. The mountain chief generally only evaluates the top 50 papers, after all, his personal energy is limited, and it is impossible for hundreds of students in the academy to read them all.

On the third day after the regular exam, that is, on the 18th day of the first lunar month, the results of the regular exam for January came out, and the rankings were announced on the outer wall in front of Yile Hall as usual.

At this time of the month, the front of Yile Hall is the most lively, surrounded by students watching the list. Although it is only an internal assessment of the college, the ranking of grades is related to the lifting house, and those who enter the top 200 in the regular examination are eligible to enter the inner house, and the top 30 students can enter the upper house.

Because of this, the students of the College are very concerned about the results of the monthly regular examinations.

"Hey, Xu Jin actually ranked thirty-second, I was not mistaken, right?" Someone in the crowd screamed.

"Wow, really, I remember that he didn't even enter the two hundred in the last regular exam, and this time he actually killed thirty-two at once, is it really fake?"

"It's written in black and white, are you true or fake?"

"Tsk, that's amazing, will there be shady...... Heha, just kidding, the top 50 are ranked by the mountain chief himself, so they should be reliable. It's just that Xu is too powerful, did he miss the test last time? ”

Someone said sourly: "Xu Jin is afraid that he has won the title this time, otherwise it would be impossible to improve so much." ”

At this moment, someone shouted: "Look, Li Wanzhao is on the list!" ”

The students followed the prestige, and sure enough, they saw Li Chen walking with his hands behind his back.

Li Chen was wearing a navy blue Confucian robe, his hair was tied with mesh, his face was slightly ancient, his head was straight, his chin was slightly tilted, and his eyes were not squinting, as if he was in a crazy form.

Li Chen will come to see the ranking of the regular exam on time every month, taking this as a kind of enjoyment, enjoying the attention and compliments of his classmates.

Li Chen walked to the wall of the list, nodded in response to the classmates who greeted him around, then looked up at the list, and soon found his place in the thirty-first place, and couldn't help frowning.

Last time, Li Chen ranked thirtieth in the monthly exam, squeezing out a senior brother from the upper house, but in this monthly exam, the senior brother regained the thirtieth place and squeezed Li Chen back into the inner house.

At this moment, Li Chen's pupils shrank suddenly, because he saw that it was Xu Jin who was lined up below him.

"This ...... How can it be? Li Chen thought that he had made a mistake, so he took a closer look and confirmed that it was Xu Jin who was ranked thirty-second.

Now Li Chen is not calm, he remembers very clearly, Xu Jin didn't even enter the top two hundred last month, and now he is like a rocket, killing behind his chrysanthemum at once, how calm he is.

"Shady!" Li Chen first thought of two words, but after thinking about it, the top fifty exam papers were all sorted by the mountain chief, and Xu Jin's teacher Zhao Jiaoxi couldn't do anything, unless the mountain chief showed favoritism himself, but this was obviously unlikely.

"That must be the title of the bet, or maybe Zhao Jiaoxi leaked the topic to Xu Jin, yes, it must be so!" Li Chen didn't believe that Xu Jin was progressing so fast no matter what.

At this time, a student who was familiar with Li Chen smiled and complimented: "Wanzhao took the first place in the inner house exam this time, and you are the first person in this year's county examination." ”

Li Chen's expression was slightly relaxed, and he pretended to be modest and said: "Praise falsely!" ”

However, someone immediately raised the bar and said: "I don't think so, Xu is determined to advance by leaps and bounds, and who is the head of the county trial case has not yet been decided!" ”

Li Chen's face turned dark, and he sneered: "Xu Jin is just betting on the question this time, and it is a joke to want to compete for the first place in the county trial!" After speaking, he flicked his sleeves and strode away.

"Cut, Li Wanzhao still thinks that he is amazing, yesterday you didn't see the ugliness of him escaping with, but I saw it with my own eyes, if it weren't for Xu Ding's determination to turn the tide, our Xinjiang Academy would have lost to Yushan Shuxian."

"Yes, Li Chen is too crazy, I am more optimistic about Xu Jin!"

"On the contrary, I am optimistic about Li Chen, Xu Dingding's poetry couplets are proficient, but the article may not be as good as Li Chen, Li Chen has been the first in Neishe for several months, Xu Dingding is afraid that this time it is a fluke!"

……

Xu Jin didn't look at the rankings, this example of the ranking didn't mean anything to him, anyway, he didn't care about the special subsidy from the upper house, and now he was taking the paper back and thinking carefully.

Xu Jin was an exam master in his previous life, and every time he took back the exam paper, he would carefully check it, redo the questions he did wrong, summarize the gains and losses of experience, figure out how to improve, and avoid repeating the mistakes next time.

"Brother Xu!"

Xu Jin was looking at the volume, and suddenly heard someone calling, looked up, and found that Cai Yue and Li Yingjun were standing in front of them, these two are really inseparable good engine oils, and they are paired every time they appear.

"Brother Yuanhao, Brother Ziyu!" Xu Jin stood up with a smile.

Li Yingjun said with envy: "Congratulations to Brother Xu for ranking thirty-second and being promoted from the outer house to the inner house, it seems that the head of this county test is none other than Brother Xu!" ”

Xu Jin hurriedly said: "Brother Ziyu, don't kill him, how can the routine test be compared with the county test!" ”

Cai Yue said with a smile: "Hey, Brother Xu doesn't know, most of the county trial cases over the years are from our academy, and it is very likely that Neishe will win the first county test case!" ”

"Aren't I thirty-two, not the first in the inner house!"

Cai Yue pouted and said: "Li Chen was the first in the exam, but this guy escaped with yesterday, and he didn't take responsibility, this kind of person is not worthy of taking the case, and he just said in public that Brother Xu took the thirty-two exams because he won the question, it's ridiculous!" ”

Xu Jin smiled and didn't take a stubble, although he didn't look down on Li Chen, he never said that others were not behind his back, it was better to slap his face with practical actions when he said so much.

Cai Yue and Li Yingjun saw Xu Jin so indifferent, and they admired it even more in their hearts, looking at the bearing of others, this alone will throw Li Chen off nine streets.

"By the way, Brother Xu, the county government has already posted the county test assessment time, is your guarantee settled?" Cai Yue asked.

Xu Jin shook his head, and Li Yingjun said happily: "That's right, Yuan Hao and I are also going to participate in the county exam, the three of us, find two more classmates to make up five people, let's get married together!" ”

Xu Jin naturally happily agreed.