As dawn broke, Zhao Qingyan was woken up by her alarm clock. She quickly tidied herself up and then came out of her spatial dimension. Before leaving, she cautiously surveyed the room, making sure she didn't find anything strange, before finally exiting.
After boiling water in the kitchen, I quickly took out a lot of food from my storage space and put it on the dining table.
Everything seems to be just right.
Before she could even go out and knock on the door, people came out of each room to fetch water for washing.
"Get up, breakfast is ready. Come and eat as soon as you've washed up."
Zhao Qingyan deliberately raised her voice, hoping to bring joy to her family through her voice.
What happened last night was truly astonishing.
He scanned each face and, finding nothing amiss, felt relieved.
When Zhao Qian stepped out, everyone stared at him, and they found that he was the most composed person among them. Everyone gave him a thumbs up in their hearts.
If Zhao Qianci knew what these unfilial descendants were thinking, he would definitely shout, "How can I be so calm? I'm used to it, I'm used to being scared!"
On the other hand, Huang's dark circles reappeared.
Zhao Qingyan didn't say much, and quietly prepared all the food for everyone for the day.
They set it aside, especially examining Grandpa's copy more carefully.
It looks like we're in for a tough fight today.
As for how to make Zhao Qianci bleed today, Zhao Qingyan still hasn't figured it out. She really doesn't want to lay a hand on her own grandfather again.
The most tragic examinee in history is none other than the grandfather. Zhao Qingyan now looks at Zhao Qianci with eyes full of sympathy.
The old man, who was drinking porridge and eating eggs, seemed to have eyes on the top of his head and looked up at Zhao Qingyan.
"You brat, look at that expression on your face. Your grandpa has been through all sorts of storms, do you think I need your pity?"
One sentence almost made Zhao Qingyan break down, but fortunately she wasn't a real child and quickly controlled her expression.
"Who's sympathizing with you? I'm sympathizing with myself. After all that tossing and turning in the middle of the night, not getting enough sleep can stunt your growth, don't you know that?"
After I get you all into the exam hall, I'm going to sleep like there's no tomorrow.
Zhao Qingyan spoke with such boldness that all the Zhao family examinees burst into laughter.
"You really do have everything in your dreams, even wanting the sky to darken and the sun and moon to disappear. In your dreams, you can indeed fulfill that wish."
Zhao Qingyan was too lazy to pay attention to her rude father.
She rolled her eyes at her father, sat down, picked up her bowl of porridge, and started drinking.
We're not planning to take the carriage out today. Zhao Qianci seems to be feeling much better; he should be able to walk without any problems.
Walking there would be much more convenient, as there are too many people on the road.
Before leaving the house, Zhao Qingyan took advantage of her grandfather's inattention and pulled out two of his beard hairs, causing the old man to scream in pain.
Ignoring the old man's complaints, she turned back to the yard, took out a tinderbox, and burned off the few hairs on her grandfather's beard. While the family wasn't looking, she put the bucket of dirty water she had prepared that night into her spatial dimension.
The unusually smooth journey today made the Zhao family, who are always overly anxious, even more uneasy, especially when queuing to enter the examination hall, they were extremely nervous.
Zhao Qingyan's eyes scanned everywhere like radar.
I noticed a strange phenomenon: there was a sickly-looking man in his thirties nearby who kept glancing at my grandfather's exam basket, seemingly out of nowhere.
She decisively approached her grandfather, took her exam basket, and carried it to Huang's side. The two of them checked it together, searching through it, but found nothing.
If there's no problem inside, then there might be a problem outside.
I picked up the exam basket and looked around, but saw nothing. Then I reached under the basket and discovered something different.
I found a small cheat sheet with a clasp under Grandpa's exam basket. I used something sticky to attach it to the bottom of the basket so it wouldn't be noticed as long as the basket was being carried.
To take this notebook down, all you need is a bump, a little force.
Huang pulled the notebook down, taking the sticky substance with it. The feel of it made Huang feel utterly disgusted.
But at this moment, his anger was genuine.
Of course, now is not the time to get angry. It's almost time for Grandpa's checkup.
After taking the exam basket, Zhao Qingyan quickly handed it to her grandfather.
The sickly man who had been watching Grandpa had turned even paler, looking as if he would be carried away by a gust of wind.
Zhao Qingyan became even more certain that there was something wrong with this man.
But discovering something is one thing, making a big deal out of it is another.
Now that things have blown up, Grandpa shouldn't take the exam. After all, cheating is no small matter, and Grandpa will be implicated.
At that moment, Huang really wanted to put a sack over the man's head. Zhao Qingyan pulled Huang aside, saying, "Calm down."
After all the candidates entered the examination hall, Zhao Qingyan wandered around the spot where the candidates had just been, then suddenly squatted down and exclaimed "Ouch!" which immediately attracted the attention of the guards at the gate.
"Oh, Grandma, look, there's a little booklet here. I wonder which examinee dropped it earlier."
What's written in here? I can't read. Grandma, do you think it will affect the exams of students who lose this booklet?
Or should I hand her over to the constable?
Zhao Qingyan waved the booklet around, looking just like a thirteen-year-old girl.
Huang raised her voice a little.
"Anyway, it's not ours. There were so many students here just now; maybe one of them dropped it."
Ugh, what's this stuff on top? It's so sticky, it's disgusting!
"If you want to give it to the yamen runners, then take it there and let them find the owner. This old woman wants to go home."
In fact, the gatekeepers heard the entire conversation between the grandfather and grandson.
Zhao Qingyan skipped and hopped over.
"Brother yamen runner, this is a booklet I just found where the students were passing by."
It looks quite well-made, but I have a question: why is there this sticky stuff on this booklet?
See, once it's stuck to my clothes, it won't come off. And once it's stuck to the door, it won't come off even if I don't tear it off.
I don't know how it ended up on the ground. Should I take it inside and hand it over to the prefect to see who the owner is?
The guards at the gate had witnessed cheating in the examination halls many times, and they knew what was going on as soon as they saw this booklet.
After taking the booklet and ascertaining Zhao Qingyan's name and address, he went inside to report.
Zhao Qingyan told her grandmother to go home first, as she planned to go out of the city to find an empty space where no one would be there to throw away the bucket of dirty water.
Huang was very sleepy at the time. After telling Zhao Qingyan to be careful, she went home alone to catch up on her sleep.
There aren't many people walking around in the city right now, so it's quite noticeable that a young girl like Zhao Qingyan is strolling leisurely towards the outskirts of the city.
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