Chapter 434 Students from all over the country are coming to Beijing

When Xu Wan arrived, she had already prepared the New Year's money. She took out five small red bags and handed them out one by one: "Happy New Year, and congratulations on growing another year older."

"Thank you, mother!" "Thank you, aunt!" "Thank you, aunt!"

The young men were more excited than each other, and they planned to go out and eat and drink for a few days after the exam.

Xu Wan took five more red envelopes from Zong Zhao and gave them to the five personal trainers: "Happy New Year and a good start to the work. Your wages will still be tripled in the next few days."

"Thank you, ma'am!" The five personal trainers smiled so hard that their eyes were covered.

There were still two months left before the Spring Examination, and time was tight. The teachers did not wait for Xu Wan to mention the triple salary and devoted themselves to reviewing. Jiang Yan did not need to come, but the four teachers strongly needed him and pulled him to sit down with them.

Xu Wan cleared her throat and said, "After the New Year, students from all over the country who are preparing for exams will gradually come to the city, and the security in the capital will be a bit chaotic, so I suggest that everyone should not go out alone during this period to avoid accidents outside."

The teachers all understood this: "Yes, ma'am."

Zong Jincheng didn't quite understand: "Why do they want to come to the capital so early? Isn't there still two months left?"

Others also asked: "Yes, why?"

Zong Wenxiu pursed his lips, as if he had thought of the reason, but after looking at Xu Wan, he still didn't say it.

Xu Wan smiled and said, "The Spring Examination is different from all the previous examinations. You must come to the capital to take the examination. There are many children from poor families who have to come from the far south. How do you think they got here?"

Shen Yibai quickly said: "First of all, they definitely can't afford to ride in a carriage."

Wei Xinglu added: "I can't even afford a horse."

Zong Jincheng asked, "What about the donkey?"

Everyone: “…”

"Donkeys seem to be quite expensive," He Zheng said weakly, "Then how did they come to the capital? They didn't walk, did they?"

Xu Wan nodded: "Yes, hiking."

For thousands of years, students from poor families have taken the imperial examinations in this way.

"Where do they live? Can they afford a guesthouse?"

"Eighty percent of them can't afford it."

Zong Zhao told them: "Students who cannot afford to stay in inns usually choose to stay in private homes, abandoned temples, or even sleep on the streets. In the past, the spring examination was held in February, but the court took this into consideration and moved it to March, when it is much warmer."

Xu Wan continued, "Students are afraid of accidents on the way, so most of them will set out early. Some will wait until the results of the autumn examination are announced and then pack up and go to the capital. If everything goes well, they can arrive in the capital a month or two in advance and exchange ideas in some libraries to find their own shortcomings and improve themselves."

Zong Jincheng grasped this point, and his eyes lit up: "Students from all over the country come to the Beijing Library for exchanges?"

"yes."

Shen Yibai rubbed his hands excitedly: "I really want to go and bully the weak ones."

Wei Xinglu: “It must be very cool.”

Xu Wan: “!”

So this is what you were planning!

She kindly reminded him, "There are thirteen provinces in the country, which means twelve of them will come to Beijing. By then, every brick you buy could fetch one Asian dollar."

Zong Jincheng was excited after hearing this: "Wow! This is exciting! Could any of these twelve top scorers be more powerful than Qin Ye?"

Wei Xinglu replied, "Of course there are! I heard that students in Jiangnan are very good at studying, and there are a lot of people from Jiangnan who made the list in previous years."

"I'm looking forward to it. Mom, when can you take us out to play? Just one afternoon, one afternoon will do. We also want to see what level the students from different places are at." Zong Jincheng said, "Otherwise we can only meet them in Gongyuan, each in a dark room, and can't see anything."

Xu Wan thought for a moment and said, "Next month, when almost everyone is here, I'll take you to meet them. But let me make it clear first, they are very strong, you have to study hard during this period, and don't lose too badly."

Zong Jincheng snorted and said, "I'm not afraid of Benya Yuanlang. I want to let them see how terrifying I am as a genius in policy and discussion. I will be the Yuanlang of this meeting!"

Shen Yibai often makes fun of others: "But Auntie said that there are a lot of Asian dollars. I counted thirteen provinces... one hundred and seventeen, there are one hundred and sixteen provinces that are better than you!"

Zong Jincheng was so angry that he pinched his neck and said, "I am only the last one in the Asian Yuan in Beijing. You are talking about the last one in the entire Asian Yuan. Are you that strong? You are an idiot who can't even make it into the top 40 in Beijing!"

Shen Yibai's face turned pale, and he pinched back: "My poetry talent held me back. If I only took the policy essay test, I would be able to beat Qin Ye, let alone the top 40!"

The little devil was immediately happy when he heard that Qin Ye was going to be killed. He loosened his hand and let go of Shen Yibai, encouraging him: "What a great ambition! Let's study together and defeat Qin Ye!"

"Down with Qin Ye! We will definitely be in the top class!" The young men shouted in class with great momentum.

Xu Wan scratched her head and said to Zong Zhao sheepishly, "That's just how they are. You'll get used to it slowly."

Zong Zhao nodded: "I can get used to it."

"That's good," Xu Wan said, "Let's go to the second floor. I just remembered a policy question and wanted to write it out for them as homework."

"I'll help you think of a few more ideas."

"good."

The power of 1+1>2 is here again.

The couple worked on the second floor and quickly wrote seven or eight policy essay questions. Even though they eliminated a few impractical and repetitive ones, there were still four left, which was enough for them to practice for half a month.

The two went downstairs and handed the policy paper to Jiang Yan, asking him to arrange the next steps for his studies.

After leaving the study and on the way back to the courtyard, Zong Zhao asked, "Since Dad found out about Zong Qiyun's situation, he has completely cut off contact with the clan. Relatives don't need to leave, and they don't need to go to gatherings. Do you have any other plans?"

In the first month of the lunar year, families with many relatives would visit for ten days or so, but families like his, with few relatives, hardly ever visit.

Xu Wan couldn't help but remind him, "But it seems like I have to go back to my parents' house tomorrow?"

"Do you want to go back?" Zong Zhao asked.

He knew she had a bad relationship with that side.

Xu Wan asked back with amusement: "How can I not go? We haven't severed our father-daughter relationship yet."

At first, they had only fallen out with the Duke of Jin's Mansion, but not with Minister Xu. If they did not return home for the New Year, both families would be laughed at if the news got out.

Zong Zhao didn't care whether others laughed at him or not, but Minister Xu did. He knew Zong Zhao's attitude towards his family and was afraid that he was angry with his family because of Xu Wan, so he had sent two groups of people to invite them today, for fear that they would not come.

The last time, he even said, "Xu Lian'er and his wife from the Duke of Jin's mansion will return to their parents' home on the third day of the new year. If Miss doesn't want to run into them, she can choose another day to return."

Xu Wan spread her hands and said, "Look, my father has arranged everything very well."

Zong Zhao stopped walking, looked at her and said, "If you don't want to go, then don't go. Don't be afraid of him. Even if you don't have Minister Xu as your father, I can still protect you."