Chapter 206: The Character Is Unbreakable
"It seems not. The exam is a bit boring and the questions are not fresh enough."
As soon as Song Jingyun finished speaking, some candidates who were leaving the examination room passed by them.
"Hey, what happened to that person who was pulled out of the examination room during the exam? Why did he cause such a big commotion?"
"I heard that he intended to frame someone for cheating, but was discovered by the inspector and dragged away. He will be charged with both cheating and murder, which is an additional crime."
"Tsk tsk, this guy is really brave. I guess he regretted it later. The howling was like a pig being slaughtered. It was really embarrassing for a scholar!"
"Of course. I'm afraid that the whole Imperial Academy heard the noise."
Jiang Mixia, "..."
Song Jingyun scratched his head after being looked at. "Is it really about the Imperial Examination Hall? Why didn't I hear any noise?"
"Maybe the young master took the exam too seriously. It's common for people not to listen." Xun Yuanbo tried to smooth things over and tried hard to make his presence felt.
"Probably." Jiang Mixia nodded.
"I am really unlucky. I don't know why I have such bad luck that I have to meet such a candidate."
"What kind of candidate makes you so angry?"
"After finishing the test, instead of staying up to sleep, he was baking some steamed buns. They smelled so good that they made me want to eat more. I couldn't concentrate on answering the test."
"…Is there such a thing?"
"That's right. I've never met such a novel candidate before."
Jiang Mixia glanced at Song Jingyun again.
Well, since the young son-in-law was so focused on the exam, he must have not noticed such things this time.
Even Xun Yuanbo helped out, "This young man is really focused when doing the questions..."
"That's not the case." Song Jingyun was a little embarrassed, "I baked the buns."
Jiang Mixia, "..."
The little son-in-law's character of a foodie is indeed true! "It was really boring to stay there, so I looked for something to do to kill time. There was nothing to do, so I just took the steamed buns and baked them to eat."
Song Jingyun continued, "I never thought that I would cause trouble to others. Next time, I won't bake steamed buns. I just don't know what to bake and eat without smell..."
"It seems that there really isn't one."
After thinking for a long time, Song Jingyun still couldn't figure out what kind of food would be delicious after being baked and would not affect the smell of others, and he was a little disappointed.
It seems like I really have to stay away from this charcoal-grilled delicacy.
"Just bear with it for a few days. After the exam, you can eat as much as you want." Jiang Mixia advised Song Jingyun to go to the inn first to wash up and change clothes. She also ordered some food from the inn for Song Jingyun to fill his stomach.
Roasted lamb, mouth-watering chicken, braised pork, sweet and sour fish, stir-fried mixed vegetables, lotus root strips, cold tofu shreds...
There were all kinds of things on the table.
However, because she was worried that Song Jingyun might get an upset stomach, Jiang Mixia only asked the waiter to use small plates when preparing the food. This way, there would be a wide variety of dishes, but the portion of each dish would be just right.
Song Jingyun had been suffering for three days, so he ate this meal with an open appetite and even ate half a bowl more rice than usual.
However, although he had a big appetite, Song Jingyun knew that he had to go to the tribute hall in the afternoon, and it would be bad if he ate too much, so he restrained himself and only ate half of the meal before putting down his chopsticks.
After resting for a while in the inn, Jiang Mixia and Xun Yuanbo still sent Song Jingyun to the Imperial Examination Hall.
This examination lasted about three days. It consisted of one test on the Five Classics, as well as one test on imperial edicts, judgments, memorials, and imperial edicts. The essay was required to be more than 300 words.
The second exam was much more difficult than the first one.
After the first exam, all candidates who take the exam already have some idea and estimate of how they will perform, so when they take the second exam, they feel more stressed.
Those who did well in the first exam dare not take it lightly now, and those who did not do well in the first exam must put in more effort now. With the first exam in mind, they have become more accustomed to the Imperial Examination Hall and are more attentive and serious than in the first exam.
In addition, due to the incident with Zhang Zhenghao in the first exam, no one dared to bring in private work at this time, and the entire exam could be said to be even quieter than the first one.
Song Jingyun learned the lesson from the first exam, so he did not write so quickly this time. In order to avoid being bored after finishing the questions with plenty of time left, he just controlled his patience and wrote slowly.
But he had great ideas in his mind and his literary inspiration flowed like a spring. Even though Song Jingyun held back a little, he still had half a day to finish writing the last few words of the last article.
Well, it's going to be boring again.
Song Jingyun was a little worried. Looking at the potatoes next to the charcoal fire, he just wanted to throw the potatoes into the charcoal basin and roast them.
But when I thought about the candidates who would be affected by the baked potato in the exam, I felt that this was not appropriate, so I just suppressed the idea.
Baked potatoes…
Song Jingyun was thinking about this matter and felt very upset. He just found a piece of straw paper and wrote these three words in heavy ink.
After finishing writing, he shook his head and sighed.
The ancients used plum blossoms to quench their thirst, and now Song Jingyun has roasted potatoes to satisfy his cravings.
But speaking of baked potatoes, they seem to be delicious no matter how you cook them.
Braised potatoes, stir-fried potato shreds, deep-fried potato strips, fried and then cold Tiancan potatoes, the most delicious dry pot potatoes, fragrant cumin roasted potatoes, soft and sticky potato shreds pancakes, potato slices fried with bacon, potato egg pancakes, potato shreds rolls...
Before Song Jingyun knew it, a piece of paper was filled with various ways to cook potatoes.
So much so that after the second exam, when Song Jingyun followed Jiang Mixia and Xun Yuanbo to the inn to rest, he specially ordered several dishes.
Potatoes stewed with braised pork, potato stewed with rice, fried potatoes with minced meat, etc.
Jiang Mixia didn't quite understand why this young son-in-law suddenly liked to eat potatoes, but since he liked them, there was no reason for her to stop him. She just asked the kitchen of the inn to cook them all, and she even cooked mashed potato meatballs for Song Jingyun herself.
The third exam will begin soon.
If the first two exams tested the understanding of book knowledge, the third exam, Current Affairs and Strategies, tested the views on current affairs. It is also the one that is most likely to create a gap among the three exams.
Many people are eager to try it out, and are even discussing what will be tested on this year's current affairs policy exam just before entering the venue.
There are five questions on current affairs policy. According to past practice and the speculation and discussion among the candidates this time, most of them think that this time the current affairs policy is inseparable from the five categories of taxation, flood control, drought resistance, official administration, and well-field system.
But when they really arrived at their own examination rooms in the Imperial Examination Hall and saw the test questions distributed, everyone's eyes widened.
. . . . It's past midnight, past midnight! This is the update for the 22nd ~ (End of this chapter)
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