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However, Su Xia didn't care, but those poor scholars looked at each other in surprise when they saw someone taking the initiative to add dishes to their family: "Shopkeeper, this is not our dish."

"These gentlemen, this is what the gentleman at the door ordered for you!"

The waiter pointed at Su Xia from afar, and Su Xia walked towards them in a leisurely manner: "Guys, if the prediction is correct, you are all students coming to Beijing to take the exam!"

These people looked at each other and nodded: "May I ask why this dear friend is waiting for me while you wait for me?"

Su Xia held up her hands and said, "I just want to get to know you all and make friends."

"This friend is joking. Except for Brother Wenjing, we are all down in the sun. Why are we worthy of your association?"

The man said, looking at a scholar who was drinking.

It seems that this person should be the only candidate he mentioned who did not fail.

Su Xia hurriedly said: "I was also a scholar. Seeing that you are depressed, I came to ask you what are your plans next?"

"If you fail to get the honor, you will go home and wait for it. I don't know who your surname is, brother. Where is he from? Why do you claim to have been a scholar?"

"My surname is Su, my single name is Xia. I am a native of Dengzhou. I recently enjoyed the beautiful scenery in Bianliang, Tokyo. I passed the exam a few years ago, but then I became depressed and gave up the exam. Later, I found some livelihood and made some small fortune. It’s quite relaxing.”

Su Xia did not say that he was a Jinshi. After all, most of these people did not pass the exam. He wanted to deal with these people and did not want to cause hatred.

(Explanation test: a local government examination. Only those who pass the examination have the opportunity to take higher-level examinations. Generally, those who pass the examination are called Juren).

The two scholars next to them saw that Su Xia was also a "failed person", and their relationship became much closer. Su Xia simply sat down and drank rice wine with these people.

Several people told each other where their homes were, and after introducing them one by one, the only scholar who did not lose his reputation and became a Jinshi said angrily:

"In this examination, what kind of real talent and practical knowledge can be tested? Poems, poems, scriptures, and ink meanings. These things are just memorized and recited without any meaning. What use is it for being an official?"

When these scholars heard this, they looked at each other.

Only Su Xia felt that this person was very brave to say it. After all, if this word reached other people's ears, the Wen Jing brother's hard-won "Jinshi" status would be revoked.

This can be regarded as dissatisfaction with the imperial court!

Another scholar on the side looked at Su Xia and carefully explained: "Brother Su, don't think too much. Our brother Yuan Wenjing is very talented. In fact, he should have won the exam three years ago, but this man is The scriptures tend to criticize current ills, which is naturally an extreme view in the eyes of the examiners, so they failed the exam."

Su Xia became interested as soon as she heard this, and looked at Yuan Wenjing who was unhappy: "Brother Yuan, among all the people, you are the only one who passed the Jinshi examination, why do you look unhappy?"

Yuan Wenjing was not polite and said bluntly: "I just feel sad. What I wrote is not what I really want to express. The topics have been repeated over and over again, and they have always been the same. Three years ago, I only talked about some things that were really derogatory and harmful. I took the exam, but I was judged to be a loser. Today I won the exam, but it was just mediocre.

Moreover, several of us brothers went to Beijing to take the exam together, and today I was the only one to pass the exam, so I was unhappy! "

After Yuan Wenjing finished speaking, she looked like she had a rare talent.

There are still some people who are not happy about being a Jinshi or becoming an official, which makes Su Xia more and more interested in Yuan Wenjing.

Thinking of this, Su Xia continued: "Then let me ask you, what do you think of today's Hua Shi Gang?"

When it came to the issue of Hua Shi Gang, the other scholars kept silent.

Only Yuan Wenjing said: "In my opinion, it is not feasible for officials to move Huashi Gang every time, which costs a lot of money in freight. If this continues, public resentment will boil over, and it is not feasible."

Seeing Yuan Wenjing speak so freely, the fellow countryman quickly advised him: "Wenjing, stop talking and be careful of spies nearby."

But Yuan Wenjing paid no attention to it and continued to preach: "What I, Yuan Wenjing, said are all for the sake of the country and the country of the Song Dynasty, and I am not afraid of this."

Su Xia nodded frequently, and couldn't help but admire Yuan Wenjing as a talent, but it was a pity that the imperial examination was a burden for him.

Then he asked: "Do you know where you will become an official in the future?"

Yuan Wenjing sighed: "It's nothing more than working as an alternate minor official on Jingdong Road and Jingxi Road, and ending this life."

Seeing that everyone was in a low mood, Su Xia persuaded everyone to drink a glass of wine: "Well, friends, I have something else to do. Let's just leave each other's addresses first. I am in Dengzhou. If there is any inconvenience in the future, , you can go to Penglai, Dengzhou, to be a guest in a large restaurant opened by a man named Zhugui. You can find me there. "

After Su Xia finished speaking, she asked the waiter to take off the pen and paper, scribbled out these addresses and distributed them to the scholars.

For poor scholars, apart from the teachers who teach them and solve their doubts, their favorite thing is the wealthy businessmen who support them!

In order to express her sincerity, Su Xia also gave each person five taels of silver as a gift to express her feelings of meeting an old friend in a foreign country.

In this regard, Su Xia made it very clear that she was also a failed candidate many years ago, and everyone sympathizes with them. Now that she has some money, she feels the same way for them, so she sent a small amount of money to show her respect!

Needless to say, although these scholars consider themselves noble.

But some people gave money for free, and all of them took away their displeasure and accepted it happily, saying thank you and saying that they would repay the money in the future. Only Yuan Wenjing took the money from Su Xia without saying a word. , just nodded to Su Xia, still looking sad.

Su Xia didn't care, she just wanted to make more friends. Although these men of letters failed for a while, they might be on the gold list in the future!

As for this Yuan Wenjing, it is quite interesting.

So the little money spent is nothing.

After bidding farewell to Yuan Wenjing and everyone else, Su Xia called the waiter to come back and add a few bottles of wine to the table of guests.

The waiter in the shop was naturally busy with his work. Su Xia looked at the drunken scholars and settled the bill for them first.

Unexpectedly, the talkative waiter came and asked again: "I told you, this guest, you are really good at buying wine and vegetables for them."

"You have been here as a waiter for about a few years. How many times have you seen this student win the top prize?"

"My lord, I've been working here for three years, and the people who come to drink here are all the students who have failed the exam, and I haven't seen the number one scholar yet!"

"It's not like the number one scholar comes from a poor scholar. Maybe tomorrow's number one scholar will be drinking in your shop today. You can't just let others order the dishes. Don't bully the poor young man. Okay, waiter, let's go!" "

The waiter, who was stunned by Su Xia's words, looked at his leaving figure and couldn't help being stunned for a while, muttering to himself: "Don't lie to me. Although I haven't read the book, but The exam is held every three years, how can you be the top pick tomorrow?"

But soon, the waiter stopped thinking and continued to greet the customers.