Chapter 668 Children's Examination
Zi Hu sighed, "You two have so much strength. While you are still young, study hard and you will definitely achieve great things in the future."
The brother and sister said at the same time: "I'll leave it to Master from now on."
"Oh, right." Zi Hu glanced around the courtyard. "Miss Aman, I heard you have an older sister. Is your older sister willing to learn martial arts?"
Song Chuman had known he would ask this and said, "Master, we asked our eldest sister yesterday. She saw us practicing martial arts and wanted to learn too. But she had a bad life before and often went hungry, which weakened her health. She's not suitable for learning yet. Let her take care of her health and learn again when there's a chance."
As for He Xiaoshuang, she also asked her if she was willing to learn martial arts.
She was unwilling to do so, saying that she was already satisfied as long as she could recognize a few words every day.
Song Chuman didn't force her.
Zi Hu nodded: "Indeed, if someone with poor health learns martial arts, it won't improve their health, and it's very likely to have adverse effects..."
Therefore, from this day on, if the weather was good, Song Chuman and Song Chuhuai would go fishing at sea during the day, learn martial arts with Zihu in the afternoon, and let Song Hexiu give them literary lessons in the evening.
If the weather is bad, I will study all day and arrange the time randomly.
Zihu is indeed a martial arts expert, and he can use any weapon with ease, which makes the brother and sister admire him very much.
On July 14th, Song Hexiu took part in the Tongshi exam.
There are three Tongshi examinations in total. The Tongshi examinations in Xuanling Country are very different from those in ancient China. They are not held every few months, but are scheduled together.
Each exam lasts for three days, so the total number of days for three exams is nine.
The examination cycle is three days, with one day of rest in between, but you cannot leave the examination room and can only rest at your seat.
In the past, the schedules were not arranged so closely, but more than a hundred years ago, an emperor of Xuanling Kingdom felt that the three exams had to be separated by several months, which was a waste of money and time, so he arranged the schedules together.
One of the purposes is to encourage candidates to pay attention to their physical health and exercise more in addition to studying.
In the past, there were candidates who fainted in the examination room after only three days of exams due to exhaustion before leaving. Ten years of hard study were wasted.
Xuanling Kingdom does not need officials with such poor health.
Just imagine, if officials are the first to fall every time the people suffer, wouldn’t that be adding to the chaos?
Scheduling the time so tightly is not only a test for the candidates, but also reduces the burden on the examiners.
Those who are in poor health may be eliminated before they have submitted all the test papers.
Therefore, when the exam was over that afternoon, Song Hexiu came out of the exam room as if he had lost his soul.
There are very strict regulations in the examination room. After entering the examination room, candidates are not allowed to pass anything outside or accept anything from outside, even during the two rest days.
You can only bring in change of clothes on the first day, and the items you bring in must be strictly inspected. If any abnormality is found, you will be disqualified from the exam.
Even water bags cannot be brought in.
Before the exam, a separate small table with a day's worth of water was prepared next to each candidate's desk.
There was also a special person to add water for them.
For the three exams, I paid a total of ninety taels of silver.
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