After a few literary meetings, it was the eve of the township exam, and at this time the candidates needed to make some material preparations for the exam.

As mentioned earlier, there are three township exams, each of which takes three days, and within these three days, candidates can't get out of the number room halfway, so the preparation before the exam can't be sloppy at all, otherwise there will be no place to cry when you encounter a situation after entering.

So when it was time to have breakfast on the sixth day of junior high school, Wu Dui, who was a little older, finally couldn't help but say: "I said a few brothers, shouldn't we buy things and prepare for the exam?" ”

The six nodded, "That's how it should be." Then he gossiped and talked about what to buy, Sun Ling said: "Pen, ink, paper, inkstone, word circle, candlestick must be indispensable." ”

Wu Dui said with a smile: "I also have to bring tableware, food, door curtains, and the top." ”

"What do you want the curtain to do?" Tao Yuchen said strangely.

"Inexperienced, right?" Xu Wei laughed and said: "For the convenience of invigilation, there is no door in the house, and the entire south-facing side is empty, which can't help but be conducive to the examiner's invigilation, and it is also convenient for flies and mosquitoes to swarm." Seeing Tao Yuchen, he couldn't help but shudder, he smiled and said: "And this season is sunny and scorching, and rainy days are pouring rain, if you don't have a cover, you can be sure of mosquito bites and insect bites, how to take the exam?" ”

Zhu Dashou was deeply touched and said: "Yes, you must bring a curtain, and it must be oilcloth." ”

Tao Yuchen smiled and said: "Okay, but what is the point of bringing a 'number roof', doesn't that room even have a roof?" ”

"Yes, yes." Wu Dui said with a smile: "But the No. 1 room is in disrepair, the rain is windy, the structure is continuous, often it rains heavily outside, it rains lightly inside, and it doesn't matter if it's wet, what should I do if the test paper is wet?" ”

"You can't bring a roof in, can you?" Sun Yan, who had less words, couldn't help but say.

"Blessed are we." Zhu Dashou smiled and said: "After more than a hundred years of township tests, all problems have been solved by the seniors...... Use a tarpaulin, sew bamboo sticks at both ends, roll them up and clamp them to enter, unfold the tarpaulin when you use it, and the bamboo sticks are propped up on the wall, which is a non-leaking trumpet top. This thing is now sold in the examination shop, but it is only a few dozen dollars. ”

After solving the problem of 'living', the topic quickly led to 'living', and asked silently: "How big is the house?" ”

"It's the size of a beehive." Xu Wei laughed and said, "It is said to be three feet wide and four feet deep, the back wall is eight feet high, and the front edge is six feet high." However, only the old number in the early years met the standard, and later expanded twice during the Chenghua and Zhengde years, and the local officials who undertook the construction cut corners and reduced the size without permission, so that the already small number of houses was not wide and could not be seated, and the eaves were all at the eyebrows. If you are unfortunate enough to stay in such a house, it can only be regarded as a grind. ”

Shen Mo had never entered the Tribute Courtyard before, but just listening to it, he felt sore, his neck was numb, and he couldn't help but say in a cold sweat: "Then how can you sleep?" ”

"Head north against the wall, feet south out of the room." Xu Wei smiled: "Fortunately, it's the August exam, and I can't freeze anyone." ”

"I have a question." Sun Ling raised his hand: "Do you want to move the bed in?" I can't move that. ”

"I just told you brother, the wisdom of the predecessors is infinite," Xu Wei rolled his eyes and said, "You ask again." "Everyone has been together for a long time, and the relationship is very good, otherwise he would not speak so politely.

Zhu Dashou smiled and took over the conversation and said, "There are two smooth and slippery hardwood planks in the number room, called the number board......"

Several rookies gasped together: "Is it the legendary 'holy board' that is inseparable from eating, sleeping, and exams?" "The word 'trumpet board' has been abstracted and even sacredized in the hearts of scholars, because only students who have participated in the township examination can see its true face. For those scholars who can't enter the tribute courtyard in their lifetime, they will have no chance with this 'holy board' for a lifetime.

"It's just two boards of wood." Xu Wei sneered.

"But that thing is too useful." Zhu Dashou smiled and said: "Let me tell you about it, and you won't be flustered when you go in." The four rookies praised the goodness, and Zhu Dashou said: "On the brick walls on the left and right sides of the house, one foot five inches high and two feet five inches high from the ground, there is a brick joint called 'upper and lower brick support'. Each plate is one inch and eight minutes thick, just enough to be inserted in a brick tray. ”

"If you put both boards in the brick tray below, and together they can be spread all over the house, and it becomes a bed, and you can lay on it with a futon to rest. If you don't sleep to answer the questionnaire, you can move the outer board to the brick support above, and it will become a table and chair again. With just two planks, you can combine them according to your different needs such as sitting and lying, writing, and eating, which is really admirable. ”

"I have to prepare something to eat."

"And the ...... of the test basket"

Everyone was talking in full swing, Tie Zhu came in from outside, whispered a few words in Shen Mo's ear, and said with a smile on the corner of Shen Mo's mouth: "I have something to go out, you make a list first, and when I come back, I will go out to buy together." ”

Everyone laughed and said, "Go and go back quickly." ”

Shen Mo said: "No problem. Then he followed the iron pillar out, and saw the familiar oil-walled incense cart parked by the small bridge not far away, and there was a big cart covered with oilcloth on the side.

Shen Medden felt a lot better, so he trotted over, and the iron pillar behind him hurriedly advised: "My lord, be calm. ”

Glaring at him silently, calming down his excitement, and walking as slowly as possible, he saw Miss Yin lift the curtain and smile lightly at herself.

Seeing the sweat on Shen Mo's face, Miss Yin said angrily: "On such a hot day, you still have to run." ”

Shen Moden said aggrievedly: "If I go slowly, you will blame me for being insincere, no wonder Teacher Kong said......"

"Only women and villains are difficult to raise?" Miss Yin's willow eyebrows stretched, and she seemed to smile rather than smile.

Shen Mo hurriedly clarified: "No, it's 'convincing or not, convincing." ’”

Miss Yin smiled, "When did Master say this?" ”

"Yongye sixth," said with a silent smile: "Zi said: 'Yao is not Yao? Goo, gob, gob. ’”

made Miss Yin laugh and burst into tears, and pretended to be angry: "You, at first, you were only a righteous gentleman, but now you are more and more revealing your surname." As he spoke, he handed him a bowl of colorful and mouth-watering cold drinks.

Shen Mo smiled and took the cold drink, couldn't wait to scoop a big spoonful, and stuffed it into her mouth, causing Miss Yin to say anxiously: "This ice cream has just been brought up from the cellar, don't eat it too quickly and freeze your stomach." ”

Silently closed his eyes to enjoy the greasy and delicious, sweet and sour feeling, and suddenly felt full of relish, dry and hot, and his whole body was comfortable from the inside out, so he smiled with relief: "This time I added bayberry, and it was really more refreshed." ”

Miss Yin gave him a beautiful roll of her eyes and said with a wry smile: "It's really a big official who moves his mouth, and the little woman breaks her leg, do you know how difficult it is to find Xianmei this season?" "Since the ambush, the weather has been hot and dry, so she has mixed juice, milk, medicinal tea, ice cubes, etc. to make 'crystal ice dew' to cool down the silence.

Shen Mo really liked it very much, but he felt that it was too sweet, so he said casually: "If there are some plums, they can be sweet and sour, and the taste is better." "He said it at the time, who knew that this time he ate 'bayberry ice dew', which can be seen...... It's good if someone hurts.

The silent and moved gibberish for a while made Miss Yin laugh and hurt her stomach, until he ate up a bowl of cold drink and wanted a second serving, he stopped his smile and said, "It's too much, and it hurts your body if you eat it again." ”

Seeing Shen Mo grimacing, Miss Yin had no choice but to divert his attention and smiled: "Let's see what I brought first?" As he spoke, he reached out and pointed to the side.

The silent gaze stayed on her jade-like little hand for a moment, and when Miss Yin blushed, she followed her point and saw a delicate large wooden box, and couldn't help but smile: "What a beautiful box." ”

Miss Yin said helplessly: "This is the box." ”

"The boxy ones are pretty much the same." Shen Mo smiled: "What is this for?" ”

Miss Yin smiled and said, "You might as well open it and take a look." ”

Silence took a closer look at the wooden box with exquisite materials and an elegant landscape painting painted on the back...... In fact, it is more appropriate to say that it is a cabinet, because it has four layers on the front, three of which are large drawers, and there are two small drawers in the middle layer. At Miss Yin's motion, he pressed the tension spring, opened the top layer, and found that the entire drawer was a large food box. The food box is divided into many honeycomb-like grids, and each grid contains the same food, including moon cakes, orange cakes, longan meat, lotus rice, ginseng, mane rice, pickled melon, ginger, plate duck, etc., which are dazzling, enough for him to eat for several days.

looked at Miss Yin silently and gently, her face flushed, and she smiled sweetly: "Let's look at the following again." ”

Shen Mo opened the small drawer on the left side of the second floor again, and found that it contained pen, ink, paper, inkstone, and word circle candlesticks, all of which were the best and most expensive. When I opened the small drawer on the side again, it was a drawer of medicines, and I couldn't help laughing: "I'm not going to practice medicine, why do I bring so many medicines?" ”

"Of course it works." Miss Yin said: "This is a mosquito repellent, and there will be no mosquitoes and flies if you smear a little; This is a cold medicine, this is a fever reducer, and this is an anti-inflammatory drug, which can also be used to digest ...... They are the fastest and do not affect thinking. ”

(To be continued)