Lin Haoran successfully passed the search, and then had to conduct identity verification.

As with the scientific expedition, check it through his "student file" to prevent impostors. This second hurdle may seem easy, but if you encounter a strict examiner, it can also make you want to cry without tears.

There was an examiner in the Qing Dynasty, Hu Xilu, who loved to drill the tip of the horns. When he invigilated the exam, a candidate had a beard on his face, but the "admission ticket" said "micro beard", so he thought it was an impostor and was not allowed to enter.

The candidate was anxious, and immediately debated with him: Weixu, that is, Weiwei beard, why didn't I enter the venue? Hu Xilu explained that the "micro" in classical Chinese is "nothing".

Of course, this is simply a rhetoric. The witty candidate immediately retorted: "Then what is the explanation for my emperor's private visit to Jiangnan Weifu?" Hu Xilu was speechless, weighed it, and finally didn't have the courage to say that the emperor was just traveling to Jiangnan naked, so he had to let the candidates enter.

In fact, at this level, the phenomenon of name substitution is relatively rare, but it is not impossible.

For example, in some large counties in the south of the Yangtze River, they are limited by the number of admission places, and they may not even be able to get a show, but in some remote provinces, it is easy to take the examination.

Lin Haoran, who was "white-faced and beardless", did not encounter difficulties, and after taking the examination papers that belonged to him, he followed an errand officer into the room. Walking along a bluestone slab passage, you can see the landmark building of the Gongyuan Courtyard - Mingyuan Building in the distance.

The word "Mingyuan" is taken from the meaning of "chasing the distance in the end, and returning to the virtue" in "University". This building is very high, but there are only two floors, the ground floor is surrounded by doors, the second floor only has pillars and no doors and windows, standing on the upper floor, you can have a view of the Gongyuan, where it plays the role of ordering and directing the whole examination room, and it is also the "high platform" for the examiner to monitor the candidates.

Mingyuan Building is located in the middle of this bluestone slab road, and there are rows of low houses on both sides of the road, like the dense honeycomb, which is the number of the examination.

Each row is numbered and sorted by "Thousand Character Text", "Heaven and Earth Xuanhuang, Universe Flood, Sun and Moon Bright, Chensu Column, Cold Coming ......", which is convenient for candidates to find their own test lane.

Lin Haoran came to the word "come" alley, passed through the gate, and walked inside with his belongings. As soon as he walked into the gate, the sergeant behind him closed the gate, and he looked back and suddenly had the feeling of being in prison.

It was a narrow alleyway, less than five feet wide, with a brick wall on the right and a house on the left, each of which was guarded by a sergeant.

It is the number eight of the word "come", a very auspicious number. The house is quite wide, with three whitewashed walls, the south side is open, there are no doors, there are cobwebs in the house, and the trumpet board is thick with dust.

No one has used it in two years, and it really needs to be cleaned up.

Fortunately, he had been to the examination shop, and he had already understood these situations, so he rolled up his sleeves and started working. It's just that when he walked to the big water tank in the alleyway to get water, he couldn't help but be stunned for a moment.

There was already someone on the ninth next door to him, and a pale scholar was cowering in the house. The whole house had not been cleaned, and the scholar's head was covered with cobwebs and a piece of felt on his body, but the whole person was trembling there.

The sergeant standing in the alleyway seemed to be accustomed to it, and coughed lightly towards Lin Haoran, which was a small warning. These sergeants are naturally not decorations, and their responsibility is to prohibit candidates from asking questions, prohibiting cross-seating, prohibiting the exchange of test papers, and even stopping even a single eye contact.

Lin Haoran was quickly relieved, for such an important exam, nervousness was naturally inevitable, but it was not necessarily a little sloppy. The two large water tanks that walked to the roadway took water and cleaned the two large wooden boards.

There are two large planks on the top and bottom of the building, the upper plank can be used as a table for writing answer sheets, and the lower plank can be used as a chair.

After cleaning the house, he squinted at the tiled roof again.

The house is of the fourth class: the first class old number, sturdy, tall and spacious; The second-class Jiajing new number, cutting corners, short and narrow; Third-class rain number, the roof is rainy in spring; Fourth-class stinky trumpet, the living go in and the dead go out.

Yes......

Lin Haoran was happy when he saw that there was no crack in the tile roof, and a black tail suddenly hung down in the corner of the wall, and in that moment, his heart was still, and his face was also white and bloodless.

Fortunately, the sound of roof tiles turning came, and he secretly breathed a sigh of relief, daring to love was not the poisonous snake he imagined, but a fat mouse.

This tribute courtyard is specially set up for the Guangdong Township Test, which is usually closed, and no one takes care of it here, so it is normal to nourish poisonous snakes. The unluckiest candidate was not the one who picked up the stinky number, but the one who was assigned to the viper's nest.

Lin Haoran knew that this was not the rain horn, but he still took out the prepared oilcloth and nailed it to the four corners on the roof of the number house. Even if there is a poisonous snake on the roof, it is still a barrier.

People came in from the outside one after another, and it was about nine o'clock when they entered!

Lin Haoran noticed that there were one or two familiar candidates in the same examination lane, but they didn't say hello. Some rules still have to be followed, after all, this township test is not a joke.

After a while, a drum beat came from Mingyuan Tower, announcing the start of the exam.

Lin Haoran found that the house was equipped with a charcoal basin, which was mainly used to make a fire for heating and cooking.

Since you have to take the exam here for three days in a row, if you don't want to eat dry food, you have to cook your own food. And Lin Haoran thinks that his hands-on ability is okay, and he is confident to cope with three days of food.

Considering that he had enough time, he did not rush to open the test paper, but began to build a charcoal fire and prepare to make some barbecue to fill his stomach.

There are three main types of food he prepares: one is fresh vegetables, fruits and meat, which are eaten today; One is salted food, which is to be eaten tomorrow; One is dry food, which is saved for the last day.

Take water from the vat and wash the fresh meat. Smelling those river shrimp, there is a fishy smell, but there is no rancid smell, this is only caught from the restaurant water tank this morning, it should be fresh.

These free charcoal fires are good, there is no miscellaneous smoke, the shrimp are burning on them, and the fragrance is overflowing, which makes the neighbor candidates roll their eyes one after another, and naturally they have to swallow their saliva.

Despite the hatred, Lin Haoran was not worried at all, the big brother of the soldiers in this lane was not a vegetarian. These people don't say they're going to beat him, even if they say a word, they may all be brought up.

Rattle......

Lin Haoran bit the shrimp meat crisply, felt that his cooking skills had improved a lot, and praised himself in his heart.

After eating the barbecue, his appetite became good, and the vegetable and egg drop soup cooked in the small stove was good again, and he drank another bowl of it beautifully. And when he was drinking soup, he found that some candidates wearing mink fur in the same alleyway were nibbling on steamed buns and swallowing pickles, and their eyes were full of resentment.

Lin Haoran was satisfied to pack up the dishes and chopsticks, and when he sat in the exam number to prepare for the exam, he found that his number was in the northeast corner of Mingyuan Building. From here, you can see the situation on the second floor of Mingyuan Building, and the examiner and invigilators seem to be able to see him as well.

He didn't care about this, took out the test paper from the oiled paper, and took out the pen and ink and the inkstone and spread it on the examination board, and then the township test officially began.