After dressing as a widow

The town is so big, and everyone knows which children are good and which ones are naughty. There are several theories about Lin Zhen sending Gu Shuanzi, his stepson, to study with Master Xu. Being so kind to his stepson, even to his own biological one is nothing more than that. Some people say he is stupid. Gu Shuanzi is not a likable child. Lin Zhen, maybe he will be kicked out after marrying a wife, and there is another way to say that all this is Lin Zhen's acting for others to see, if it is not for money from Qian Jingyuan and Gu Da, how can he afford it? In this shop, what was spent on Gu Shuanzi was nothing more than a drop in the bucket, just pretending.

Now that Gu Shuanzi is going to participate in the children's examination, those who like to watch the excitement are talking about this and that every day, waiting to see the joke of Lin Zhen's bamboo basket fetching water for nothing.

"That's right, he only went to study with Mr. Xu last year. I thought I heard it wrong when he said that he was going to take the children's exam a year ago." Lin Zhen and Cen shopkeeper had the same idea. Gu Shuanzi was young, so he went to practice and exercise. You just need to be brave, it’s better if you can pass the exam, and it’s okay if you don’t pass the exam, "Shopkeeper Cen, eat first, I'll go and make something for the child. I'll do it after I've finished my child's test, and I'll ask her to try it when the time comes."

"Okay, I'll tell her when I get back, she must be happy." The shopkeeper Cen is a wife slave, and he is more careful and appropriate to his wife than to his children. Since Lin Zhen opened this snack restaurant, he has to come here every month and a half For months, it was either Malatang or milk tea, and the sour plum soup never stopped in summer.

The little cake that Lin Zhen made some time ago was even more incredible. Thinking about it, he wished he could just dip some between his teeth.

Lin Zhen didn't care about the front shop, and took Gu Shuanzi back to the backyard, steamed white rice, cooked a few dishes, let him go to sleep for a while after eating, and woke him up when the time came, and went with him Go to the county government.

The three-day exam passed in the blink of an eye, and the faces of several children including Gu Shuanzi turned pale. It was obvious that the three-day high-intensity exam was exhausting.Wang Qin hung behind Gu Shuanzi like a tail, and kept checking the answers to the test papers with him. Sometimes he was so happy that he jumped up, and sometimes he almost cried. His expression was so rich that Lin Zhen wanted to laugh.

He patted Wang Qin on the head: "Don't think about it after the exam, the answer on the test paper will not change just because you think about it, this time it won't work, come back next year, as long as you can persevere, the hard work of water will not change." Can grind it out."

Huang Yuwen, Chen Xing and the others were also not sure that they could get it right. When doing the questions, they filled in as long as they were close to each other, regardless of whether they were right or wrong.

After the exam, the next step is to wait for the county government to post the results in half a month.

In the county yamen, the three people, the chief secretary and the master of the county, were the first to review the test papers. They took out those question papers that were empty, answered wrongly, or made too many mistakes at a glance. It was the first batch of the first to fall off the list.Then take the remaining test papers to the county magistrate, who will determine the top sixty.

It took a lot of time for more than 300 test papers. Today, the master was sitting behind the table reading the test papers, and saw the teacher who walked in: "Brother Wan, you have finished reading all the test papers? Is it much faster than me? "

Wan Cai unceremoniously poured the tea on the table and drank it, walked to him and looked at the question paper on his desk: "I haven't finished reading it, the quality of this year's students is really so-so, it's fine if you don't answer the questions well." , there are not many words that can be read, and my eyes hurt."

Both of them are locals. Wancai's master's position was handed down from his family, and the registrar is different. He was a scholar who had no hope of passing the imperial examination for many years. The magistrate's examination school didn't cost a single penny to get in. Although the two people from different backgrounds usually look at you and respect you, but only the two of them know what's going on inside.

That's why Wancai came here and the anchor was a little confused. Could it be that this Wan's head was kicked by a horse, and he came here to make something close to him.

But when Wan Cai came, he couldn't close the door and call out, so he said casually: "There are a few acceptable ones on my side, not as bad as what Brother Wan said."

"Oh, what's your name?" Wan Cai showed that he also wanted to know.

The chief bookkeeper shook his head: "It's just a random glance, I can't remember so much in my brain, but whether it's good or not depends on what the adults decide, and what we say doesn't count."

There is a problem. Seeing Wancai's appearance, the master secretary feels that something must have happened that he doesn't know about, and the introduction of this incident may be on himself, so Wancai is so active, but after thinking about it for a while He still didn't expect anything worthy of Wancai's attention recently, so he could only wait and see.

And Wancai is actually looking for Gu Shuanzi's test paper, now is the best time to do it, the test paper is in the hands of the three of them, as long as they find it and destroy it, the other two won't notice that there are so many test papers One and a half portions would be troublesome if they were submitted to the county magistrate, and it was not easy to do so.

Wan Cai pretended to be very interested in the passable test papers that the master said, and moved closer to pick up the one at the master's hand: "Wang Qin? I remember the son of the Wang family who had a good relationship with Brother Lu. His name is Wang Qin, and his handwriting is good."

Wang Qin has been studying with Master Xu for almost two years, and has been forced to practice calligraphy for two years, no matter how bad Master Xu is, his reputation will be ruined.

The master did not hide his friendship with the Wang family, and said: "It is indeed him."

"Let's see," Wancai said to the master with Wang Qin's question paper, "he answered well, the writing is full, and he must be among the top sixty."

"..." The master secretary felt a black line in his head. Although Wang Qin is the son of his good friend, but facing Wang Qin's question paper, even he himself said Wancai's words, Wang Qin's answer was not worth it. It's bad, but it's not good either. It can only be said to be so-so. It's stuck on the line where you can pass the grade or submit it to the county magistrate for a look.

If he didn't know Wang Qin's father, the director might have chosen the first option just because of a few seconds, but for the sake of friends for many years, he still let it go.There is no fixed number of question papers to be submitted to the magistrate, so I don’t feel sorry for the other students if I submit more than one. The power of life and death depends on the magistrate, and I have an explanation from Wang Qin’s father. up.

But Wancai thought that Wang Qin and Gu Shuanzi were in the same examination room, and they were sitting not far away. Since Wang Qin's test paper was already at the top, Gu Shuanzi's test papers were on the bottom or the master book. in the stack.

He flipped through the question papers seemingly casually, flipping through the test papers under his fingers, and the names on them came into view one after another. Suddenly, his fingers stopped, and his eyes gleamed.

Gu Lin.

That's right, this one.

Wan Cai immediately seemed to pull out Gu Lin's test paper, but a hand was pressed on the test paper: "Brother Wan, you have come all the way here to search for me, could it be that there are some students in this class Your relatives, want to give relatives a way."

Wan Cai's hand was already pinching Gu Lin's test paper, and he said with a fake smile: "Brother Lu's words really wronged me, didn't I hear that Brother Lu said that he had read a few good test papers , want to see it too?"

The master book took the test paper under his hand to the other side: "No matter how good it is, it's not all the test papers for the children's exam. Brother Wan really cares too much."

Wancai looked at the master book with unfriendly eyes, and withdrew his hand, knowing that this old thing he had been fighting with for many years had become suspicious. If the matter of destroying the students' test papers was done quietly, God knows that he knew it. That's just a trivial matter, but if this old man knows, he won't be able to bear the name of disrupting the imperial examination.

He smiled and said, "Brother Lu is really making a big deal out of a molehill, but he just read two test papers."

"Since Brother Lu won't let me see, then I'll go back and invite Brother Lu to drink another day."

"Brother Wan, walk slowly, I won't give it away." As far as the relationship between the two is concerned, drinking, drinking his funeral wine is almost the same. The question paper I was just grabbing was pulled out, and I saw the word Gu Lin written on the name, and then looked at the content of the student's answer, the master book couldn't help but nodded, "Okay, okay, this is indeed the case. meaning."

Then he suddenly remembered that this was the test paper that Wan Cai came to look for. At first, he thought that Wan Cai wanted to put this test paper in the pile of the first review, to give this blogger who had gone through the back door a few chances, but now he is not sure. , this question paper can definitely rank first among the ones he has read, so why did Wancai make such an unnecessary move.

The master secretary couldn't figure it out. He first put Gu Lin's question papers in the pile that had been used, and then picked them up and put them in the discarded bamboo basket after a while. It was impossible for him and Wan Cai to reconcile, and the two families never shook hands. The possibility of reconciliation, this student's test paper is undoubtedly to let Wancai get what he wanted, if he wants to complain, he blames this person for having a relationship with Wancai.

The master book looked at the question paper of a student named Gu Lin in the bamboo basket, and began to read the following.

The more than 200 test papers were coming to an end on the fourth day. Seeing that he would have no chance if he didn't take action, Wan Cai was restless, but he didn't dare to act rashly.One day, he suddenly heard that something happened to Master Lu's house, and he hurried out. He couldn't help but clapped his hands and lamented that even the heavens were helping him, so he immediately found a reason to dismiss the people from the place where Master Lu was working. slipped in.

The territory of the county government is not big, except for the court in front, which is where their affiliated personnel are located, the size and layout are the same. Wan Cai and the county magistrate saw Gu Lin’s examination papers on the day of the invigilation, and even mentioned a sentence casually Shang Ke, he thought it would be no problem to pass the first review, so he didn't even look at other places, and went directly to the pile of question papers that passed the first review that had been sorted out by Master Lu.

But it didn't turn over half of it.

"Why not?" Wan Cai finished flipping through all the test papers, but he didn't even see the shadow of Gu Lin's test paper, "Impossible?"

Thinking that his eyes were dazzled and missed it, Wancai slowed down and read it again, "Does that old man know that I want to take his test paper and hide the test paper in advance?"

Suddenly, footsteps came from the door, followed by the voice of the waiter saluting Master Lu: "Master Lu."

Wancai did not expect Master Lu to come back so quickly, cursed secretly, glanced around the room, moved his body and hid under the resting bed provided in the room.

Master Lu opened the door and walked in. He had just walked halfway when he met a servant at home, saying that the matter had been settled and he didn't need to go back, so he turned and went back to the county office.

He looked at the test paper left after the first review, glanced into the discarded bamboo basket, and looked away.

All the test papers have been reviewed, and now they can be handed over to the county magistrate, who will make the final decision.

Master Lu took the passed test paper and walked to the place where the county magistrate was working.

Wancai hid under the bed tremblingly, and when he could no longer see Master Lu's feet, he quickly crawled out from below, and saw that the test papers that had passed the first trial were no longer on the desk case, and secretly scolded the old thing for being so anxious, Delay what you want to do.

He didn't dare to stay here and let Mr. Lu catch him, and slipped out while he was sending someone outside to go to the toilet.

The master, the chief secretary, and the county magistrate, the three of them handed in all the test papers for the first review, and the lazy county magistrate will complete the selection of the top [-] within the next eleven days.

This is the job that the county grandpa Yu}Xi#<completely dislikes the most. Repeating the same thing every day, and reading uneven test papers, wastes my rest time, but I can't delay it, so I read it a few times a day. Eat and drink and watch later.

Time passed slowly, and half a month was just a blink of an eye for many people, but it felt like years for students who were concerned about their children's test results.

On the day when the county government announced the results, Wang Qin, Huang Yuwen, and Chen Xing came to call Gu Shuanzi early in the morning. Wang Qin, Huang Yuwen was accompanied by servants, and Chen Xing was alone. The backyard was dented: "It's over, it's over, I don't think I can make it through, what should I do, my mother wanted to follow me just now, so I hurriedly took someone away."

Huang Yuwen said: "You have to go back, Aunt must know."

"I don't care, as long as it's a little later."

"It would be great if I were Gu Lin..." Wang Qin looked at Gu Shuanzi, who was not in a hurry as usual, and just wanted to cry for a while.

In fact, it's not just him, Huang Yuwen and Chen Xing also feel the same way. This year's questions are a little too difficult. When the two of them answered the questions, they only felt that it was difficult. They were not optimistic that they could pass the five exams, but they both It wasn't Wang Qin's bluffing temper, he kept it in his heart and didn't say anything.

Gu Shuanzi walked up to them: "Come on, let's go to see the list."

Lin Zhen naturally followed, and as soon as they left the shop, the bosses and shopkeepers who also opened the shop said one after another: "Boss Lin is going to accompany Gu Xiaozi to see the results of Tong Sheng's exam, let's congratulate Boss Lin first." gone."

"Boy Gu only studied last year. He took the test this year. I heard that the child's test is very difficult. Many people have never passed the test. Why doesn't Boss Lin stop him and not be greedy."