The Ring of the Red Chamber and the Nine Heavens

In the past two days, Xue Pan has been extremely busy. It is a whimsical idea to go to southern Yunnan to engage in horse business, and the journey is far away. It is estimated that it will take four to five months to go back and forth on the road. Let's talk about business brokerage and so on. It will take at least half a year to come back.Aunt Xue was really worried, so she packed her luggage very heavily and hired many mules and horses to pull the luggage.In addition, Xue Pan will also go to practice banquets hosted by Jia Zhen and other close relatives and friends.

Finally came the day of departure, Aunt Xue and Xue Baochai mother and daughter got up early, inspected Xue Pan's things again, held hands and ate breakfast together with tears in their eyes. The two women sent Xue Pan to the door of the second gate. The two pairs of tearful eyes watched Xue Pan go far before returning to Jia's mansion reluctantly.Jia Huan, on the other hand, accompanied Xue Bian all the way to the Xue family's staff and family members, drove mules, horses, luggage and other things to the Qin residence to pick up Qin Zhong, and escorted them all the way to the gate of the city before turning back.

Before leaving, Qin Zhong held on to Jia Huan's hand, his eyes were full of gratitude, and said: "I just now know that you are such a character, in the past, I was not happy to hear others praise you. I only found out now, but it’s a pity that we’ll have to walk for a while before seeing each other again.”

Jia Huan smiled back and held his hand, saying: "You guys just came back after going for a year or so, and it's not a farewell to life or death, but what you said made me get goosebumps all over the place. If you said those things deliberately, Why don't you come back and bring me some delicious and fun things."

Qin Zhong smiled and said, "Okay, it's a deal."

After sending Qin Zhong, Xue Pan and others away, Jia Huan returned home, and the maid Zhenhui hurriedly greeted her, and said with a smile, "it's a bright day today. I'll see you come back sweaty after leaving!" He ordered the little maid to fetch clean water in a copper basin, rolled up her sleeves to help Jia Huan wipe her face and hands, and changed her homely clothes and shoes.

Another servant girl, Baosheng, came over with a white agate plate containing a dozen lychees, and said with a smile: "This is what Miss Lin asked Sister Xueyan to give to the third master to taste something new. After the master leaves, I So I soaked them in the well water, and now they are completely cool, so I can eat them."

Jia Huan took a lychee, peeled it open and ate it, and saw that the dish had never been seen before, so he asked: "Hey, is this dish in our house? Why haven't you seen it before? Why don't you take it out before? The fruit is very nice."

Baosheng laughed and said: "This dish originally belonged to Miss Lin's room. Miss Lin also said that the crimson lychees should be paired with this white agate dish to look good. She also said, if you like it, you can stay and enjoy it. You don't have to. It's over again."

Jia Huan hurriedly said, "What's wrong with this? Elder sister Lin has already given me many good things. Hurry up and get some bowl or plate to put on it, and return this agate plate to Miss Lin."

Baosheng said: "Yes. However, Miss Lin has gone to play in Brother Yan and Sister Miao's room now, and I will thank Miss Lin personally when I send them over later."

Jia Huan nodded, and was very satisfied with the two big maids who are currently serving her. Not only are they diligent and willing to work, but they also know how to get on good terms with other masters in the mansion and the maids under them. The lazy and clumsy little Que'er is simply incomparable. Now, it really saves a lot of worry and effort.

In addition, Jia Huan's status in Jia's mansion is also rising steadily. Although Jia's mother doesn't say anything, she has a steelyard in her heart, knowing that Huan boy will be capable in the future, so naturally her attitude towards him is better than before. There are many, and occasionally I will reward Jia Huan with some of my regular dishes or new gadgets. Of course, the treatment is not comparable to that of Jia Baoyu, Lin Daiyu and others, but the pairs of rich eyes in Jia's house seem to be the same. It's amazing, especially the people below, from the housekeeper to the maid who runs errands, all have a very polite and respectful attitude towards Jia Huan.

In addition, Wang Xifeng became much more energetic after taking the pills Jia Huan sent to recuperate her body. Going back to you, if you treat him badly, he will immediately use all kinds of tricks to deal with you, and he will not bring any overnight revenge.This is much more powerful than Baoyu.That Baoyu really doesn't know the way of life, if you treat him well, he just thinks it's right, if you treat him badly, he still doesn't know the situation, so people don't know what to say, how Don't make people look down on him?I still can't see it now, but when I grow up and want to become an adult and start a career, I will definitely be a wimp!Therefore, Wang Xifeng naturally looked up to Jia Huan and looked down on Jia Baoyu more and more, but she still flattered Jia Baoyu on the surface to please the old lady and Mrs. Wang.

Needless to say, Lin Daiyu naturally supported Jia Huan in front of Jia's mother. Even the other girls in Jia's mansion also liked Jia Huan's modest and obedient personality. The schoolwork is full of eloquence, and even Jia Zheng, who loves to find his son's faults so as to show his brilliance, can't find a single fault, that is, Mr. Xi and Mrs. Xing over there are full of praise when they see Jia Huan of.Under the consensus, no matter how much Madam Wang dislikes and fears Jia Huan, there is nothing she can do about him.

Even if she wanted to make things difficult for Jia Huan, Jia Huan didn't have time to pay attention to her, because Jia Huan still had an important exam for Tongsheng.

The Tongsheng Examination can only be regarded as the first selection in the ancient imperial examinations. Only after passing the entrance examination can one become a "Tongsheng" (or "Shengyuan", commonly known as "Xiucai") to participate in the official imperial examination. The provincial examination, general examination and palace examination.The last palace examination is usually presided over by the current emperor himself, and the top three are the glorious No. [-] Scholar, No. [-], and Tanhua.

Children's examinations generally rely on the recitation and interpretation of the Four Books and Five Classics. Of course, sometimes in order to test the talents of the candidates, they will also order the candidates to compose a poem. When there is confusion in the mind, it is easy to be biased to promote talents only by poetic talent. Therefore, in recent years, they have mostly focused on textual research. To put it bluntly, it is just a rote memorization.

As far as rote memorization is concerned, it is not that easy. Some people have spent their whole life taking the exam as a child, but in their twilight years, they still cannot wear the green shirt that marks the status of a scholar.Of course, there are also those who are talented at a young age. For example, it is recorded in the book that Yuan Mei, a famous literati in the Qing Dynasty, hugged his grandmother's neck and acted like a baby before entering the examination room of the Tongsheng Examination. The posture of a fart boy, but he has to take the exam with a group of candidates who are about the same age and even have white beards.

The first round of the Tongsheng Examination, the County Examination, was held in February of the first half of the year, and both Jia Huan and Jia Baoyu had already passed the exam.Speaking of it, the county examination was a bloodbath. The exam questions were not difficult, but it took five rounds of the exam. It was an absolute effort.The next thing to do is to wait for the test results. Generally, after a few months, those who pass the county test can take the next government test and hospital test.

Jia Huan studied science in his previous life, so he didn't have much interest in classical literature, but now he has to work hard in order to establish himself in an official career.However, people’s interest can really be cultivated. When Jia Huan forced himself to shake his head in the yard every morning and memorize a passage of "Book of Songs" or "Analects of Confucius", he gradually sank into the atmosphere of ancient Chinese. up.In addition, after getting in touch with Lin Daiyu a lot, listening to her bright eyes and eloquent talk about the way of poetry and the learning of Lao Zhuang, Jia Huan also had the feeling of being enlightened, and he felt the taste of it more and more. Occasionally, he was happy to read Now, when Miao Ran's heart came back, she stayed up all night and couldn't let go of the book.

This kind of diligent study will of course have good rewards. In the next exam, Jia Huan can be said to perform normally. Anyway, he has reviewed all the exams, and he is very relaxed and confident.The word filling in the government test is equivalent to filling in the blanks in classical Chinese in the modern Chinese test, but the amount of questions is a bit large, and the test is a bit uncommon. However, as long as you can memorize the Four Books and Five Classics, it is still very easy. Anyway, Jia Huan thinks it is very easy , Filled in everything, and checked it two or three times. I am very sure that if I am not all correct, there should be an 15% to [-]% correct rate. There should be no problem in passing the test.Then came the college examination, and wrote an article "I have five out of ten". Generally speaking, most of the people who take the county examination at this time are teenagers in their teens, but there are also very old people. This article is called the examination to express ideals. Looking to the future, for those candidates who are over [-] years old, it is a bit cruel, but for Jia Huan, it is simply too in tune.Jia Huan has a well-thought-out plan, and when he picks up a pen, he doesn't add any points to his writing, and it's just an article, but the handwriting is a bit ugly. There's no way. Although Jia Huan has practiced calligraphy hard, he is not used to it. Came skillfully.

About a month later, the results of the examination were announced, and Jia Huan passed the exam smoothly. At the age of ten, he became a young scholar, which impressed the people in Jia's house.In contrast, Jia Baoyu, who was originally very popular, accidentally missed. Although he was three years older than Jia Huan, his name fell to Sun Shan, which surprised everyone in Jia's mansion, even Mrs. A little lost his manners, he carried Baoyu into the room to learn a lesson, not to mention Jia Zheng's anger was soaring, it wasn't for Jia's mother who stopped him and said a lot of good things, Jia Baoyu saw that he was about to eat another "fried bamboo board" buttocks".

As a result, Jia Huan became more and more a pain in Mrs. Wang's chest, but as the child grew up, it was impossible for Mrs. Wang to play with him secretly, so she had to sigh.