After Zhao Dashu finished writing the draft, he checked it several times before carefully copying it onto the official answer sheet. His hand was steady when he wrote, and he strived for perfection in every stroke. Last time, he ranked lower than Xiao Lei because his handwriting was not as good as that boy's. Now, every time he takes an exam, he writes very carefully.
Next to him, Xiao Lei had already finished the first question. His handwriting was strong, his words were fluent, and his thoughts were clear. All those years of hard study at Zhao's house had not been in vain, as he answered the question fluently.
Time passed by, the sun gradually set, and some people began to hand in their papers, but most of the candidates were still writing furiously.
Xiao Lei and Zhao Dashu didn't stand up to hand in their papers until the bell rang.
The two men came out of the examination room and looked at each other, with a hint of smile in their eyes. They had secured a place in this exam.
"Uncle San, how do you feel?"
"Not bad."
He clearly saw that his eldest nephew looked unhappy. He thought that his third uncle must not be able to write well. This thing cannot be learned by memorization.
Unexpectedly, I didn't see any dejection on his face. How could it be possible?
"Come on, they must be at the door, don't keep them waiting for too long."
"good."
After the exam, I took a bath and had a good sleep in the evening. I have been very busy these days, getting up earlier than the chickens every day.
The time arrangement of the imperial examination is not good, very bad, and it makes these scholars suffer a lot. And the examination room is not even as big as their toilet. If they take the examination in such a small place, they will have to stay for several days. How will they live? Where will they put their long legs?
"father!"
"Girl!"
The father and daughter were very close, as if they hadn't seen each other for many years.
"Have you finished the exam?" Zhao Xiaoyu's eyes sparkled. As long as her father passed the exam, she would definitely hold a banquet for him so that he could feel proud of himself.
"I'm a very good cook." Zhao Dashu immediately knew what his daughter wanted to ask, and said, "I, your father, have made you proud. Just wait."
"I know my dad is the best!"
Zhao Da staggered. Did he do well in the exam? Not bad...
How could the third brother do well in the exam? He no longer had the mind to ask his own son. He could not bear the thought that everyone in the village would praise the third brother as better and smarter than him, and that his parents were blind to choose the wrong person. He did not want to go back to the village.
But the house is rented out, what should I do?
Zhao Da-ye has never felt so helpless before. Even when his daughter was born, he had never felt so helpless. Was he about to no longer be the most promising and studious son of the Zhao family?
"father"
"Let's go back."
Wang was also upset. When she had carefully selected her bride, the one she disliked the most was Song.
As a result, her husband makes more money than her, and now he is inferior to her in academic studies. If the third child can pass the imperial examination, her husband would just slit his throat and hang himself.
What a waste!
There was plenty of wine and food at home in the evening, and they could eat together after the exam. Zhao Dashu asked people to go to the front yard to call people, but they refused.
"Xiaoyu, Lihua, your uncle is narrow-minded and can't even see that I, your father, am any better than him."
"Well, Dad is the best. There's no need to compete with him. If they don't come, we can eat by ourselves." Zhao Xiaoyu would rather they didn't come. They were used to being together as a family, and they didn't feel comfortable with outsiders.
If her mother hadn't told her not to scream, she wouldn't have bothered to scream.
"That's right. Not coming here will save food."
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