A monthly exam paper made Chen Cuichou unable to finish her breakfast that day.
He wanted to ask Lao Buyu for advice, but he just said, "The two children have been working hard recently. I was thinking of making a test to test their learning progress. Teacher, what do you think..."
Before she could ask for help, the system prompted: [Please complete the task of setting the test paper independently. 】
Well, I'd better continue thinking about it myself.
After thinking for half a minute and still having no clue, Shen Cui opened the system mall to take a look.
Hey, it’s on sale!
You can buy a question bank at 500 shopping points. The name of this question bank is also very particular, it is called "Five Years of Imperial Examination and Three Years of Simulation".
Earlier, Chen Cui was worried that one set of papers could not test two children with completely different progress. This is a question bank. Don't open the test paper after taking it out.
When distributed to different people, the difficulty levels can actually be different. This can be set directly in the system by the headmaster Shen Cui, or it can be randomly allocated based on the level of the candidates.
The primary difficulty corresponds to the difficulty from enlightenment to county examination.
The intermediate levels are naturally the academy examinations and provincial examinations.
If it is of advanced difficulty, it would be like taking the imperial examination for the top scholar.
In the current imperial examinations, essays written by those with outstanding performance will be circulated among scholars and become famous throughout the world.
But ordinary people don’t have any connections, so it’s difficult to get in touch with these things.
This is definitely the only one that has created a question bank.
If this was something worth a few hundred dollars, Shen Cui would lose if she hesitated for one more second!
But it’s expensive!
The daily tasks released by the system do not require shopping points very often, but every time the shopping points in Chen Cui’s account are about to exceed a thousand, the system will release tasks that require shopping points.
Thanks to him, Shen Cui has now broken free from the level of Hell's Kitchen God and has been promoted to a Level 1 Junior Chef. She has also made handkerchiefs and headbands for the two children several times, and her needlework level is about to be upgraded.
After the cooking level is upgraded, the recommended recipes will also change. For example, the recommended recipe for level 1 is [Vegetable Pancake], which requires the least ingredients, which is 80 points. The daily reward is only 50, which means you lose 30 for every time you do it.
The good thing is that the things she made began to show [normal quality], and [failed quality] almost never appeared.
The benefits provided are also more powerful. Last time I made vegetable pancakes, they actually improved people’s short-term memory.
That day, Mu Erpang's reading efficiency was greatly improved, and Wei Xi, who was already gifted, almost remembered everything he read after eating.
Of course, the duration is indeed short, less than an hour, and the biscuit is digested in the stomach, and the effect is gone.
Chen Cui had thought about taking advantage of the loophole. She counted the days and thought that it would be time for the system to empty her pocket, so she spent some shopping points to buy some books that she would definitely use in the future.
She thought that as long as she was willing to spend, the system would be more lenient with her, but she didn't expect that the system would force her to spend 500 shopping points as soon as she woke up today.
If you don't buy it, it will happen in the next few months. As the two children's learning progresses, the test papers will become more and more difficult.
If she buys it, the points in her account will be reduced by more than half, and Shen Cui will feel uneasy.
She had thought that the money she had saved was definitely enough for the whole family's food, clothing and other necessities.
But studying is really expensive. The pens, ink, and paper for the two children cost money every month. And because Wei Xi is here, the quality of those things cannot be too bad.
When Mu Erpang was just starting to learn, he used paper that cost one penny per piece. The ones we are using now are two cents each.
It looked quite cheap, but after all, one piece of paper would only be enough for the three of them to use for ten days at most.
Just buying paper would cost six or seven cents a month, not to mention more expensive items like pens and ink.
The other day, Lao Buyu said that it was time to teach Mu Erpang some mathematics such as "Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art", and the consumption of paper would inevitably increase.
She couldn't say that she received ten taels of silver from the Wei family every month and then asked the Wei family to send her teaching aids, right? She really doesn't have the face to do that.
Moreover, in a few years, Mu Erpang will start the imperial examination, moving step by step from the county to the provincial capital, and even to the capital. If he doesn't save money now, he will be in a dilemma in the future.
So Chen Cui forced herself to save four or five taels of silver every month. If there is not enough, of course you can only rely on the system mall.
The reliance on shopping spots has become higher and higher, so Shen Cui doesn't dare to take the risk and spend so much.
She was now used to staying in the academy when she was thinking about things. While the two children were studying in the main room, she would move the rocking chair to the yard and lie down on it.
The system said helplessly: [Host, I find that the personalities of you Blue Star people are quite stubborn. For example, the host was very stingy at the beginning. I thought it was because the host was poor at that time, so he thought three steps ahead before taking one step. But I didn't expect that the host is now a mountain leader, but his stingy habit still persists until now. 】
[Don’t abuse a word you just learned. Am I being stingy? This is called thrifty housekeeping! 】
The system no longer acted in an official manner in front of her, and chuckled softly, full of sarcasm.
[It’s difficult. It’s difficult when you have no money, and it’s also difficult when you have money. In fact, although the academy gives shopping points every day for a month, I still have to invest them in buying teaching aids. 】Chen Cui muttered softly, [I thought the Wei family was generous and gave me so much extra money. I really didn't expect that these things are so expensive these days. Ten taels of silver are enough to train a Wei Xi. Without any shopping points, I can save six or seven taels a month. It would be a pain for me to support three scholars without shopping. 】
[Hmm, does the host need money again? Otherwise I will...】
Shen Cui quickly said: [Stop. 】
She did gain a lot of benefits from skipping a level. Otherwise, according to her original progress of self-study through the system, Mu Erpang would probably still be studying enlightenment books and would not be studying the Four Books and Five Classics like she is now.
But Chen Cui also knew that this kind of thing was not as good as biting off more than one can chew - the academy began to suffer frequent losses due to skipping levels.
If she crosses it again, she may not be able to handle it.
Moreover, she probably understood the system's routine. The system would not let her do anything other than accompany her child to study. Even if it gave her some convenience, it would probably just let her recruit more students and stop practicing.
God knows where she can find another fat sheep like Wei Xi who has a lot of money and few troubles!
She was wavering and hadn't made up her mind yet when she met Wei Shu again.
When she saw him again, Shen Cui suddenly remembered that another month had passed and it was time for him to visit Wei Xi again. She felt as if "a few days in the mountains seem like a thousand years in the world".
Seeing him again, Shen Cui looked at him for a long while, and suddenly made up her mind to buy the question bank of "Five-Year Imperial Examination and Three-Year Simulation".
Wei Shu looked almost the same as when he came to Shuiyun Village last time, except that there was a hint of sadness between his brows.
After asking Mu Yunchuan about the county examination that time, he didn't ask any more questions.
It was impossible to say that he was not disappointed, but there was a voice in his mind telling him that Mu Yunchuan was a genius. It was effortless for him to get the first place in a mere county examination, just like eating and drinking water. Isn't it normal that he had no experience to share?
He regarded Mu Yunchuan as his close friend. Was he going to become estranged from him just because of such a small matter?
The game between reason and emotion has caused Wei Shu to be unable to sleep or eat well these days.
"What's wrong with Master Wei? You don't look very happy."
Wei Shu looked up and saw that it was Chen Cui who asked, so he said, "Nothing serious, I just encountered some problems in my studies, I will figure it out if I think about it more."
Chen Cui had only a casual relationship with him, so she didn't ask any more questions.
Thinking of her plan, Shen Cui said, "Master Wei, you're here just in time. The two children will have a small test soon. I wonder if Master Wei is interested in participating?"
The topic changed so quickly that Wei Shu was stunned for a long while. "Your college is inviting me to take part in the exam?"
Shen Cui said, "That's right. Although it's our college's exam, it's still about the same things. Students all over the world can do it, regardless of whether it's your college or ours."
Wei Shu couldn't help but think deeply.
Like their Qingzhu Academy, there are also examinations every once in a while.
However, the headmaster had clearly instructed that the test questions must not be leaked, not even to family members. If they were discovered later, the students would be expelled from the academy.
Of course, Qingzhu Academy is not the only one that does this. Other large academies with strict rules do the same.
This is another difference between Cuiwei and other academies.
He looked towards the main hall, and for the first time, he felt a little more admiration for Lao Buyu.
"Master Lao teaches everyone. I never knew he was so broad-minded. Today is my day off, so I'll go and thank Master Lao in person."
Since he wanted to thank Lao Buyu, it would definitely be exposed, so Shen Cui said directly: "Well... he naturally didn't disagree, because I wrote this test paper."
Wei Shu was completely speechless. Before this, he must have been unable to resist mocking Chen Cui in his mind for overestimating her own abilities. How dare she set test questions for serious scholars without much knowledge?
But thinking that Wei Xi truly respected her as an elder, Wei Shu suppressed the urge to complain.
"Why don't you just give it a try? You said today is a day off, so don't worry about what questions you take. Just think of it as a chance to relax."
Wei Shu, who was in a daze, actually listened to him and went into the main room.
As the invigilator, Lao Buyu gave him his own desk.
Soon, Shen Cui randomly picked out three sets of questions from the question bank. Mu Erpang's questions were definitely the easiest ones, while the ones for the Wei brothers were all of intermediate difficulty, which was equivalent to adapting to the examination for a scholar in advance.
After everyone sat down, Shen Cui began to distribute the test papers.
Wei Shu still felt that this was a joke at this point, but when he got the test paper, his attention was immediately drawn to the first question.
"It is so magnificent that people cannot name it; it is so majestic that it has achievements, and it is so brilliant that it has articles."
This is a famous passage in "The Analects of Confucius: Taibo" in which Confucius praises Yao. It is definitely not made up!
Wei Shu put his thoughts aside and took it seriously.
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