Chapter 206: Tribute Courtyard
'Girl, you see this is a good pen, not a bad pen sold at a stall. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ο½ο½ο½Uο½Eγ The shopkeeper said impatiently to Lin Qianqian.
Lin Qianqian said: "I see that the Hui pen you said is not as good as you say, you look at the other one, it's not bad, as long as two dollars of silver, why do you want eight dollars for this Hui pen?" β
The shopkeeper said with a faint sneer on his face: "Girl, you see that this is a sheep's pen, and the writing is loose, I am a rat's pen, this rat is not a rat's rat, it's a weasel's rat, understand?" β
'Have you heard of Wang Xizhi's Lan Tingxu, it was written with a mouse pen. β
Lin Qianqian blinked his eyes when he heard this: "The rat of the mouse and the rat of the weasel are not a rat, so it is not worth such an expensive price, you shopkeeper, I will go to another house to see." β
"Then go, anyway, there are a lot of scholars who have gone to the township to test these days, and I don't have to worry about not being able to sell." The shopkeeper is in that lane.
Lin Qianqian stopped again and said: "Then you are cheaper, can you sell it for three dollars?" β
The shopkeeper squirted out a mouthful of old blood and said, 'Oh, my mother, I haven't seen you cut it like this, it's more ruthless than half the price.' β
"If you have more than three dollars, you won't buy it." β
The shopkeeper smiled and said, "Girl, you bought a pen for your sweetheart who went to the hometown to try!" β
'Nonsense. Lin Qianqian squirmed.
The shopkeeper smiled: "Hehe, it seems that it is, then what are you afraid of, your sweetheart will be promoted in the future, you are a young grandmother, and you are worried about no money, you are now scheming with me, and you have lost your identity when you pass it out." β
'Hmph, who said I was careful, I wasn't too expensive, I didn't think he was worth the price, can you sell it for three dollars? If I don't sell it, I'll find another home. β
'Seven bucks at most!' β
Then I'm leaving. Saying that, Lin Qianqian turned a corner and left.
The shopkeeper made a bowl of tea there and hummed: "Don't you want a good Hui pen for seven dollars?" If you don't have money, don't buy it, you can see which poor girl it is. The real ladies are all raised in the deep boudoir, how can they come out and show their heads. For your life, you still want to be a wife, don't think about itγγγγγ β
'Shopkeeper, do you sell it for six dollars?' β
Poof, the shopkeeper saw Lin Qianqian, who suddenly came out. I almost sprayed the tea in my mouth on the table.
Zi said: "If you are respectful and rude, you will work, if you are cautious and rude, if you are brave and rude, you will be chaotic, and if you are upright and rude, you will be hanged." β
Listening to the sound of reading aloud, Lin Qianqian took the newly bought emblem pen and walked up to the small building happily.
In the room, Lin Yanchao was behind one hand, holding a book in the other hand and reading aloud there, Lin Qianqian sat on the side, holding his chin and waiting quietly.
After reading it for a long time, Lin Yanchao felt drunk. picked up the tea on the side and took a sip, and saw that Lin Yanchao had a shallow edge before entering.
'Yanchao, do you think I bought you a new pen?' It is a newly arrived emblem pen. β
Lin Yanchao put down the tea bowl and said in surprise: "Isn't there a pen at home, why bother to buy it?" β
Lin Qianqian said: "I see that the pen you are used to is bald. β
Lin Yanchao suddenly said: "Yes, I forgot. β
Lin Qianqian took out a pen and said with a smile: "What do you think, the shopkeeper said." This is a rat pen, a hard pen. It's not like the sheep's pen that is written loosely, he said that when you take the township test, the record paper is written in small letters, and it is best to use a hard pen. β
Lin Yanchao said with a smile: "You were deceived by the shopkeeper, for a veteran like me, there is not much difference between writing regular script with hard and soft scripts. β
'This liar, I will ask him to pay me money.' Lin Qianqian stomped his feet heavily.
Forget it. I think it's pretty good. β
'Really, you don't have to go back?' β
"Well, yes." Lin Yanchao put down the tea and picked up the book again.
'What are you going to eat for lunch?' I'll give you ......'
Lin Qianqian asked, but saw that Lin Yanchao had already picked up the book.
"I hate it, and I don't care about people. I have a lot more to say to you. Lin Qianqian said aggrievedly, but saw that Lin Yanchao didn't hear it.
Lin Qianqian had no choice but to take Lin Yanchao's teapot and walk downstairs, and glanced back at Lin Yanchao and saw that he was still immersed in reading.
The dynasty opens the list every three years, and 300 jinshi are selected from 3,000 people.
The provinces also take the township test every three years, and 90 of the 3,000 students are selected. Therefore, the scholar often said that the township test was difficult to test, and he was called the gold and the silver jinshi.
Cough! Cough!
Lin Yanchao woke up, didn't feel a little itchy in his throat, and glanced out the window, but saw that the night was like ink.
But at this time, he should get up, because today is the eighth day of the eighth month of August, the day of autumn.
Lin Yanchao put on the lamp, and then began to get dressed, the night was quiet, and he felt a little unreal, as if today was not the day of the exam.
Five years of hard work has finally come to this moment.
At this time, footsteps sounded downstairs, and Lin Qianqian walked upstairs with the food table.
The food table was placed on the table next to him, and Lin Qianqian asked, "Brother Chao, I just seem to have heard you coughing." β
Lin Yanchao smiled and said, "It's okay, but I didn't sleep well last night." β
Afraid that Lin Qianqian would be worried, Lin Yanchao said: "But it's normal, it is estimated that few people can have a good night's sleep in such a big competition as the township test." β
Lin Qianqian said: "I have prepared medicine in your exam box in case of emergency." β
Lin Yanchao nodded, and then he picked up the egg in the table and knocked it up. Lin Qianqian couldn't help but look at Lin Yanchao with some concern.
Lin Yanchao only ate half of it, that is, pushed the case.
Lin Qianqian saw that Lin Yanchao had eaten so little, so he couldn't help but worry and asked, "Brother Chao, don't you eat more?" β
Lin Yanchao shook his head and said, "I can't eat it, wait for me to come back." β
After speaking, Lin Yanchao lifted the test box and went out, and Zhanming drove a carriage to take Lin Yanchao to the car.
Lin Qianqian trotted all the way and followed the carriage to send Lin Yanchao out of the alley. Seeing Lin Yanchao like this, she couldn't help but be full of worry, a few tears fell from her eyes, and she prayed silently: "Concubine Tian's mother-in-law blesses Brother Chao's township test, and it will be smooth." β
Lin Yanchao closed his eyes in the carriage to recuperate, and the road was bumpy for a while, and soon the noise gradually became louder.
The carriage stopped and stopped, and finally did not move, and said clearly outside the curtain: "Lin Xianggong, when you get here, the carriage can't enter, you need to go by yourself." β
"Good!" Lin Yanchao opened his eyes.
"Lin Xianggong, do you want me to help you?" Zhan Ming asked.
"No, you don't." Lin Yanchao waved his hand, thinking that he had probably worked too hard recently and contracted a little bit of wind cold, it was really in the first session of the township exam, but it should be no big deal, but it was just a few more coughs during the exam.
Lin Yanchao carried the test box, lifted the curtain and jumped out of the carriage, but saw the traffic in front of him.
Under the hazy autumn rain, candidates in shirts covered the entire thoroughfare in front of the Gongyuan.
On the Qingyun Bridge in front of the Tribute Academy, the candidates carried the examination boxes and headed towards the Tribute Academy, this scene seemed to be the soldiers of the three armies marching forward, rushing to the unknown battlefield ahead, waiting for them was a decisive battle related to fate.
The tall lantern is held up and swayed above the candidate's head, and the lights are lit up.
What awaits them is a moth to a fire, or a phoenix nirvana.
Seeing this scene, Lin Yanchao's spirit was shocked, and he held up the oil-paper umbrella on the one hand, and walked forward with the exam box on the other.
Soon, Lin Yanchao's back disappeared into the crowd. (To be continued.) )