After two more mock exams, He Changxing finally managed to shut out everything outside his window. With two cotton balls stuffed in his nose, he could tolerate any stink. The inspectors passing by his desk had no effect on him. As long as he was absorbed in the questions, he could ignore the teacher standing nearby, watching him answer.
"Brother Changxing, let's go. We don't have to do it tonight." An Jingzhi walked to He Changxing's room and called him out.
He Changxing was still writing furiously, buried in his work. He looked up at An Jingzhi's call, bewildered. Then a wave of fear washed over him. He sat at his seat, bewildered.
Like a puppet, he was dragged along by An Jingzhi for a walk, and eventually, An Jingzhi watched him run. He ran until he was sweating profusely, and then, under An Jingzhi's guidance, he did a few physical exercises before finally being released. After a shower, he felt exhausted and fell asleep in bed, a dreamless night.
The next day, in front of the examination hall.
The He family members gathered together and watched He Changxing walk into the examination hall.
He was lucky as he drew a good seat far from the toilet. After getting the test paper, he was not as nervous as he had imagined.
He Changxing was answering questions inside. Although He's parents knew that their son could not come out for the time being, they waited outside for three days.
“Ding ding ding!”
This is the sound of the invigilators beating gongs and drums.
Three days passed in a flash. The sun was quite glaring on the day He Changxing came out. Looking at his parents in the distance, and the teacher and An Jingzhi beside them, he couldn't help but grin.
There were also students in Confucius School who wanted to take the examination for the status of Tongsheng. He would come to see them off and pick them up every time.
An Jingzhi thought that the list of successful candidates for the first exam would not be released until a month later, but he didn't expect it to be posted half a month later.
He Changxing stayed at home to do his homework and didn't go to the list. His father and the servants went to see the list in person. After finally squeezing in, He Changxing's name was on the list, and he was ranked seventh!
After the He family learned the news, they quickly sent someone to inform the teacher and An Jingzhi of the academy. An Jingzhi looked at the rankings and asked He Changxing about his performance during the exam, and he knew he was a sure thing.
Two months later, the results of the second Tongsheng examination were posted.
He Changxing, ninth in high school!
Two months later, the weather had become quite hot.
The examination venues for the next two exams were quite far away, so An Jingzhi did not go with them. He's father and mother accompanied him throughout the whole process.
Every time the ranking information came out, He's parents would send someone to pass the news to the county school.
The teacher was still wondering: wasn't the last exam over almost a month ago? Why hadn't the results come back yet? Could it be that he didn't do well?
Just when he was about to call An Jingzhi over to ask, he saw He Changxing walking happily to the door of the teacher's study, with brisk steps.
"Master! I passed the exam!"
"Bang." The teacher stood up suddenly, and there was a loud collision between the tables and chairs.
He Changxing was his most regrettable student. He clearly had the ability to take the Tongsheng exam, but he had missed it twice. This time, using An Jingzhi's study method actually worked!
He thought it was effective, but no one could be sure of the specific results before the results came out. Unexpectedly, it really worked!
"good!"
"Great, great... Changxing, you finally saw the bright moon after waiting for so long."
"Hey, Master, guess where I ranked in this Tongsheng exam?"
Perhaps after overcoming his fear and fulfilling his long-cherished wish, He Changxing became much more relaxed physically and mentally, and even dared to joke with the Master.
The teacher saw that he was usually timid when he saw him, and hesitated when he stood up to answer questions, but now he dared to joke with the teacher. He couldn't help but ask with a smile, "You. Tell me about it. Did you get the top score in the exam?"
He Changxing felt a little embarrassed and blushed, "Not really..."
"But I passed the exam and ranked third. Today, besides telling you the good news, I also wanted to invite you to my house. My father has prepared a thank-you banquet for the teachers, and we'll discuss something tonight. Brother Jingzhi was studying at school, so I didn't dare disturb him. I just informed him and he came out. He agreed to come to my house that night."
The teacher taught so many students. Most of the students who passed the exam would be invited to a thank-you banquet, but a small number of those with better-off families would come to invite him. Those with poorer families would usually bring some gifts to his door. If the gift was of commemorative significance, he would choose to accept it, but expensive ones would generally be returned.
He Changxing's family was well-off, so the teacher naturally would not refuse the invitation to attend the thank-you banquet.
This time, besides He Changxing, there were six other students who took the Tongsheng exam at the same time, but all of them failed in the second round. He Changxing was the one who performed the best, so naturally there was reason to celebrate.
The news had not yet spread back to the county, and many people in the school did not know that He Changxing had passed the examination and became a student.
Seeing that he hadn't come to school for a long time, I thought he was planning to drop out. Unexpectedly, he suddenly appeared with a happy face. Although he only whispered the good news to An Jingzhi, the people around him had already pricked up their ears and heard it all.
It was like a huge rock falling into a deep pool and instantly exploding.
They had seen An Jingzhi and He Changxing's actions and accused them of self-exile and grandstanding, never realizing they were the clowns. The six participants in the Tongsheng exam returned with an excuse, claiming the exam was more difficult than usual and that they had accidentally failed.
Now, hearing that He Changxing had passed, wasn't that a slap in their faces? The merchant son they had always despised had passed, and these self-proclaimed scholars had failed in the second round.
The six of them looked unhappy, as they always felt that their classmates were whispering and laughing at them.
In reality, no one else had the time to pay attention to them. Most of the people attending the academy were focused on their studies, and at most, they labeled these six people as unfriendable. Those who sat next to An Jingzhi and had seen how the two men trained were already reminiscing, planning to learn from the same method. However, they didn't know the specifics of how it was implemented. They wanted to ask An Jingzhi, but since they didn't interact much, they could only glance at him sideways, unable to speak.
Sun Tingwen held a book in his hands, but his mind was blank. When his classmates asked him what to do, he simply said, "It's just that I passed the exam and became a Tongsheng. Aren't they all Tongsheng? What's there to brag about?"
But in fact, he was already confused. These two people were messing around, but they didn't expect to really make a name for themselves. The only thing that could surpass them was passing the scholar examination this year.
Seeing An Jingzhi writing non-stop every day, he felt uneasy again. At first, he just thought they were just fooling around and didn't take An Jingzhi's actions seriously. Now that He Changxing had passed the examination and became a student, how could An Jingzhi be just writing nonsense?
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