Later, Master Wang said more than once that if Tu Yufan had been allowed to go to Jinlou Guidan's private school ten years earlier, he wouldn't have had to waste all those years.

Jin Lougui didn't dare to be angry or say anything. It seemed that his studies were wasted. However, when he thought about his father's ability, it seemed that there was some truth in it.

As the time for the county examination approached, Tu Yufan studied harder and harder. Since Jin Lougui didn't like practicing martial arts every day, Tu Yufan made him run before dawn.

The imperial examination was also a physically demanding job, and throughout history there were many cases of students fainting in the examination room.

After my first night run, I came back with bruises and a swollen face.

Tu Yufan looked at his pale face and said in a deep voice, "What's going on? Did you provoke someone again?"

Jin Lougui said aggrievedly: "I was still walking fast on the road, and there was a dark figure in front of me, and I didn't pay attention to it. In the end, the figure picked up a bench and threw it at me."

"Have you been following someone for too long, causing people to misunderstand that you are stalking her?"

"Dad, it's not even daybreak yet, and I didn't see a girl in front of me. She was walking silently, and what kind of girl from a good family would go out alone in the middle of the night?"

"Why? If you go out early, you're not a good girl. Farmers in the countryside have to get up before dawn." Tu Yufan said helplessly: "Well, since it's a misunderstanding and you're not seriously injured, this is the only way."

Jin Lougui would not argue with the woman. He couldn't possibly go to her and ask for an explanation with such a shameless face. Not to mention that it would be embarrassing for him, it was not a gentleman's behavior to hold such a woman captive.

Come back from school in the evening.

Suddenly, he saw a strange woman chatting with Jin Xiaoying. Seeing Tu Yufan and the others coming back, he quickly stood up and said.

"Sir, I mistook you for a pervert this morning. I'm very sorry. Here are some tofu from my family and some small change. I hope you won't mind."

Jin Lougui felt awkward for a moment, then slowly said, "It's okay. It's still dark, and we all make mistakes sometimes."

The strange woman had a good appearance, with a green tassel around her hair, and she was wearing a gray-white cross-collar, a long skirt, and an apron around her waist.

A bit like a proprietress selling food.

"I'm a tofu seller next to the Fu Ru Restaurant. If you don't mind, you can come and support me. I won't charge you any money."

The woman lowered her brows and smiled, said hello to Tu Yufan and the others, and left.

Seeing that the woman had already left, Jin Xiaoxi asked curiously, "Brother, were you beaten up by Sister Ru?"

"Why do you speak so rudely?" Jin Lougui's face flushed. He shook his sleeves and prepared to go back to his room, but when he saw Tu Yufan's expressionless face, he obediently went back to the study.

"I heard from others that Sister Ru was once the daughter of an official, but her family fell into poverty. Her eldest brother owed a large sum of money due to gambling, and later died of drunkenness in a woman's belly. She had no choice but to run a tofu shop to pay off the loans. Many people jokingly called Sister Ru the Tofu Xishi." Jin Xiaoxuan said with a frown.

For Shen Xinru, who was once a lady from an official family, Tofu Xishi should not be considered a good reputation.

Tu Yufan didn't think about it for long, because the county examination was only a few days away.

This time, it’s father and son fighting together.

Write your name, age, place of origin, etc. on your resume and submit it, and sign a guarantee with the five other people taking the exam. If anyone cheats, all five will be held responsible.

They also asked a student from Shao County to act as a guarantor, and after a strict search, they called out the names of the people to enter.

After going through a tedious and rigorous process, Tu Yufan finally sat in the examination room.