224, the last day
224, the last day
Dead hand, don't shake!
Lu Mingfei glanced at his shaking hands and had no choice but to put down his brush. He then stuffed both hands into his pockets. After warming them for a while, and when his right hand regained feeling, he took it out and continued writing.
He has to repeat this action countless times every day.
In order to make it easier to write, he wore half-finger gloves instead of full-finger gloves. So after writing for a while, his exposed fingers would feel very cold. But if he wore full-finger gloves, it would affect his writing, so there was nothing he could do about it.
Because of this terrible weather, it took him four and a half days to copy the answers on the last sheet of manuscript paper onto the main paper. However, he would constantly revise the answers written on the manuscript paper during the copying process, so it took even longer.
When he saw the last word fall on the paper, a smile appeared on his face.
Finally, I've finished copying! Writing in this kind of weather is really not easy!
After putting down the pen, he secretly swore in his heart: If he fails the examination this time, he will never take it again!
He now feels that those who can fight once, twice, three times, four or five times are truly warriors!
After this nine-day and eight-night exam, he never wanted to set foot in this damn place, the Imperial Examination Hall, again in his life!
After the ink on the paper dried, Lu Mingfei checked the paper again and made sure there were no problems. Then he sorted and put away the manuscript paper and the main paper, waiting for someone to collect the papers in the afternoon.
At that time, in addition to collecting the main volume, the manuscript paper also needs to be handed in.
The reason for doing this is to ensure that if someone cheats, there is still manuscript paper to check.
However, looking at the words he wrote in pencil on the manuscript paper, pencil writing can be erased, and if someone wanted to destroy the manuscript paper he wrote in pencil, it would be very easy to do.
But then I thought, if someone had the ability to destroy the manuscript, they would surely have other abilities as well. So, some things are impossible to guard against. I just hope the imperial examinations are fair and just, and not tampered with.
If there are problems in the imperial examinations, it will discourage scholars all over the world.
Relaxed now, Lu Mingfei still had the mood to think about the family business. Could they research ballpoint pens and fountain pens later? If they could develop the latter two types of pens, the price they could sell them for would be higher, which would definitely be more profitable than the pencils they were selling now.
The pencils produced by their workshop are very cheap at wholesale price, and you can buy a bundle for ten cents.
However, this is also because the raw materials and production process of pencils are simple, so they can still make money by selling them at this price. Although the profit is small, it is a good idea to sell more at a low price.
His original intention of selling paper and pens was to enable children from poor families to afford them, so if the price was too high, it would go against his original intention.
But if the pen-making technology improves in the future, he can make better pens and sell them to wealthy people! This will not contradict his original intention.
Sitting in the examination room, Lu Mingfei imagined that when his family made money in the future, he would not be an official or work, but could go home and live a life of leisure and luxury. He thought it was pretty good.
As if he could really become an official! He complained to himself in his heart.
Now that he had finished the test paper, he felt completely relaxed.
This was the last day of the exam. I thought I could go home for lunch in the afternoon, so I just had a little snack and drank some hot water at noon, and had my last meal in the exam room.
【I feel a little sleepy after eating. What's going on? 】
【How about taking a nap before going home? 】
[Well, not bad, taking one last nap in the Imperial Examination Hall!]
After yawning several times in a row, Lu Mingfei couldn't help it anymore and climbed onto the small bed behind him, got into the quilt, closed his eyes and went to sleep.
After a while, the examiner who was walking through the aisle habitually glanced at the room on the left and saw that the seat in front of the table was empty. He looked back and saw a hunched figure on the small bed.
All the candidates around were working hard to answer the questions, but this candidate ran to the bed at the last critical moment... when he was sleeping.
The reason why the examiner suspected that the candidate was sleeping in bed was because he remembered that during the few days before the exam, this kid was energetic every day, went to bed early and got up early, and ate well. No one could be sick without this kid. Therefore, the only possibility was that this kid went to bed and fell asleep!
“…” The examiner stood there for several seconds, glared at the candidate who was sleeping on the bed several times, and then walked over with an angry step.
The officers following behind also saw the candidate sleeping in the examination room.
Some people are still wondering whether this candidate is sick?
But seeing that their masters and others had already left, and thinking that there were only two hours left and the candidates could be released, these officials who had such doubts in their hearts did not care about the matter and followed their masters.
At this time, Lu Mingfei was lying on the bed sleeping, completely unaware that he had done nothing but angered the examiner.
…
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
“!!!” What happened? Is the sky falling?!
Lu Mingfei, who was sleeping, was awakened by the sound of drums.
Realizing the drumbeat signaled the end of the exam, Lu Mingfei leaped from his bed, put on his coat, and quickly got out of bed and put on his shoes. He then took the papers out of the bag and placed them neatly on the table. He stood there respectfully, waiting for someone to collect them.
After a while, when he saw someone coming to collect the papers, he gave the guy a polite smile.
Finally free! Lu Mingfei jumped for joy.
After the test paper was taken away, he turned around without a pause and quickly packed up the things in the dormitory. He stuffed the quilt and pillow into a sack, and put the exam tools and tableware into a basket. He slung the sack over his shoulder and rushed out with the two baskets in his hands.
This time, the room where he took the exam was close to the main gate. When he rushed out, no one else had come out yet and there were not many people outside, so he rushed directly to the first row.
Seeing that there were two brothers next to him, he nodded to them as a polite gesture.
At this time, the examiner standing at the door saw the candidate sleeping in the examination room again. Before others came out, this guy had already run out with a silly smile on his face, as if no one knew that he had slept in the examination room during this exam!
When he saw that there were several other candidates who were more enthusiastic than others, the examiner felt a little nervous.
Whatever! The exams are over anyway, so how they perform is their own business.
***
After a while, the examiner saw that more and more candidates were coming out. Then he said to Commander Jiang who was standing next to him, "Let someone open the door."
"Open the door." Commander Jiang came over and ordered his men.
Four people went over and took down the bolt on the gate, and then worked together to open the gate.
With a loud bang, the door that had been closed for nine days was opened from the inside.
The opening of this door means that the imperial examination held every three years has officially ended.
When the people waiting outside the door heard the sound of the door opening, many of them came forward to see if the person coming out was the one they were waiting for.
At this time, Lu Youtian and Lu Qingfeng were also in the crowd. They stretched their necks to look towards the gate.
"It's Mingfei, Mingfei is out!" Lu Qingfeng saw his adopted son carrying a large bag on his shoulder and two baskets in his hands. He rushed forward and took the baskets from his adopted son, "Give it to me, give it to me, I'll take it."
"Godfather, father!" Lu Mingfei's eyes lit up when he saw his father and godfather.
"Give it to me, I'll get it." Lu Youtian was the second one to rush up. He took the big bag from his son's shoulder and put it on his own shoulder.
"Hurry up, there are many people coming out behind!" Lu Mingfei then realized that he was the first one to run out. He didn't even turn his head, but grabbed his father and godfather's hands and ran quickly.
"Not this way, our carriage is over there." Lu Youtian grabbed his son's hand with one hand and ran in the opposite direction.
Lu Mingfei staggered when his father carried him and was almost dragged to the ground.
"Hey!" Lu Qingfeng wanted to reach out to catch his adopted son, but he had things in both hands.
Fortunately, Lu Youtian reacted in time, hugged his son, and ran towards their carriage with his son in one hand.
"..." Lu Mingfei was sandwiched between his biological father and said, "Dad, don't you really consider my face?"
When they got to their carriage, Lu Youtian pushed his son into it and also stuffed the large bag on his shoulder onto it. "Let's go, let's go quickly. Once the people behind us come out, we won't be able to leave."
"Dad, don't be anxious. We still have to wait for Ling Xuan and Senior Brother. It's okay to go back later. We are not in a hurry." Lu Mingfei couldn't help but laugh when he saw his father rushing home in such a hurry.
Of course, he couldn't abandon his other friends and leave first.
"Father, godfather, have you seen the people coming to pick them up?" He stuck his head out and took a look outside, only to see people all around him, but no sign of the Zhang family's carriage or the Fu family's carriage.
Meeting the gaze of the horse guard, he smiled at him.
"I seemed to have seen Mr. Ye standing over there just now." Lu Qingfeng put the two baskets on the carriage and pointed in a direction after hearing what his adopted son said.
"Are you talking about Zhuo Ran? He should be here to pick us up. Father, godfather, please wait here for a while. I'll go over and say hello to Zhuo Ran." As he said that, Lu Mingfei got off the carriage again.
Lu Youtian originally wanted to ask his son not to go, but he remembered that his son always came to take exams with a few classmates and friends, and they would wait until everyone came out before leaving together. If they leave early now, it might not be appropriate, so he could only agree. Author's words: Thank you Bole 9492239 (9492239) for your support, mua! To know more exciting content, please leave me a message on Liancheng Reading
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