Wearing the cannon fodder little koi in the imperial examination essay

Chapter 287

On the fifth day, Yu Su was afraid of missing out, so he went out early to wait in front of the examination room. The eldest brother Yu Baozong was worried about his sister, so he left his wife at home to say hello, and drove his carriage to accompany his sister to the examination room early in the morning. forward.

There are many caring people like the brothers and sisters. Thanks to them coming early, there is a place for the car to park.

The two brothers and sisters waited from early in the morning until the afternoon. They were hungry at noon, and the two brothers and sisters did not go home. They bought some food nearby, and a crock pot of chicken soup that Yu Su had prepared early in the morning was in the car. She also set it on a small charcoal stove to heat it again. It was not until the afternoon that the closed door of the examination room was opened from inside with a creak, and candidates came out one after another after a while.

Hearing the movement, Yu Su was overjoyed, and hurriedly said to his elder brother, "Brother, I'll go ahead and have a look." Before Baozong called for someone, Yu Su jumped out of the car, jumping through the crowd nimbly like a fish Arriving in front of the gate of the examination institute, he looked inside the examination institute with his feet on his feet.

It didn't make her wait too long, after a while, Yu Su saw two familiar figures among the crowded candidates.

After all, Song Xinglin's martial arts is strong, after five days of torture, and he also prepared a meal with Su's love, he was a little tired and listless, but he was fine.

Wang Shuisheng was different, even though he was a young man who was used to doing farm work, after five days of inhuman torture, he was unlucky enough to have an uneasy neighbor, and the next door was haunted by monsters. He was so busy in the test shed that he didn't sleep at night, and he couldn't sleep well even with the noise all night long.

To be honest, if it wasn't for his younger siblings who had been ruined by the mock exams in advance, if it wasn't for the younger siblings who had a big basket of food as a base, he probably wouldn't be able to make it to the end this time.

He had just finished the exam, his hair was dizzy, his eyes were blurry, and his feet were fluttering as if he had stepped on cotton. If it wasn't for the support of Junior Brother Song, Wang Shuisheng felt that he had to crawl out.

"Junior Brother Song, thank you and my younger siblings this time."

"Hey, what did Senior Brother Wang say? You and my classmate should take care of each other and support each other. Besides, when I came here, my second sister..."

"Little brother! Brother Wang, this way, this way..."

Song Xinglin, who helped Wang Shuisheng out of the examination room, waited to say more, when there was a figure of him thinking about it day and night, jumping around in the crowd outside the door, waving and shouting at them with all his strength.

Song Xinglin didn't say much anymore, he helped Wang Shuisheng and rushed towards Yu Su.

Seeing the two people coming over, especially Wang Shuisheng who looked like he was about to die, Yu Su was dumbfounded, "Little brother, what's wrong with Senior Brother Wang?"

Hearing this, Wang Shuisheng gave a feeble wry smile as a greeting, and Song Xinglin didn't have time to explain, the examination hall was crowded!

He hurriedly supported Wang Shuisheng with one hand, grabbed Yu Su's arm with the other, tried his best to push away the crowd, led the two of them outside, and explained while walking, "This is not a place to talk, Yuyu, let's go, get out of here first Say it again."

"Yeah, okay, let's leave first, the little brother goes this way, the big brother is waiting for us in the front with the carriage, let's go this way."

With Su pointing the way, Song Xinglin guarded the front and rear two and rushed to the place where the eldest uncle was.

After finally pushing through the dense crowd to get to the car, Yu Baozong saw the person, and greeted him from a long distance. When he saw Wang Shuisheng supported by his sister-in-law, even Yu Baozong was surprised, "Brother Wang, what are you doing?" Yes?"

Wang Shuisheng smiled wryly again, and waved his hand feebly at Yu Baozong.

Song Xinglin hurriedly said: "Brother, senior brother Wang is unlucky this time, there is a bear next to the test room that he was assigned to, and he was so nervous that he didn't sleep all night, and kept making noises so that senior brother Wang couldn't sleep. Well, no, after staying up for five days and insisting on finishing the exam, others couldn't stand it anymore."

Yu Baozong nodded knowingly, "Oh, so that's how it is. Let me just say, with brother Wang's physique, it won't be like this after the five-day exam."

Seeing that the eldest brother and the others were still talking, Yu Su, who had already jumped into the carriage to fill the chicken soup, raised the curtain and hurriedly greeted people, "Okay, brother, this is not the place to talk, everyone get in the carriage."

The three people in front of the car were busy getting into the car.

Uncle Lang and his uncle helped Wang Shuisheng into the car, and Song Xinglin followed him into the car. When he entered, he was greeted with a bowl of steaming yellow chicken soup, with a whole wing and a chicken thigh in it.

"This is?"

Yu Su forcefully stuffed the bowl into Song Xinglin's hand, carefully closed the lid of the clay pot on the small charcoal stove, and looked back at Song and Wang who were holding the bowl in a daze to urge them.

"Drink it, why don't you drink it? Brother Wang, you all drink it quickly. This is the stewed chicken I killed early in the morning. There are also tonics in it. It is suitable for you right now. Drink it quickly, the jar There is still in it, I will scoop it up for you after drinking."

When Yu Su said this, it was true that the tired Song and Wang were no longer pretentious, thanked Yu Yu, and the two buried their heads in the soup.

At this time, Yu Baozong, who also got into the carriage outside, pulled up the reins, shouted to the carriage behind him to sit down and set off, and the carriage started to move slowly.

After finally squeezing through the congested street in front of the examination institute and turning to another road, the situation on the street improved a lot. It just so happened that the two people in the carriage were also satisfied and drank several bowls of soup in a row, and dried up the earthen jar When Yu Baozong got his sister's words, he waved his whip and started trotting in the carriage.

When they arrived at the small courtyard they rented, Ah Yue, who was pacing back and forth inside and outside the courtyard, could no longer bear the anxiety in her heart. As soon as she heard the familiar sound of a carriage outside, Ah Yue opened the door and hurriedly greeted her. come out.

As soon as the carriage stopped, Ah Yue came up to greet her and asked.

"Brother A Zong, is everything going well? Are you all okay? Why did it take you so long to come back..." A Yue came up to care about her husband and understand the situation, but in the middle of the conversation, when she saw Wang Shuisheng, who was first helped down by her sister-in-law , Ah Yue was stunned, and pointed at Wang Shuisheng, "Brother A Zong, why is Brother Wang like this?"

Wang Shuisheng gave another apologetic wry smile when he heard the words, and then Yu Su, who came down, hurriedly explained to his sister-in-law, "Sister-in-law Ayue, don't ask, it's also Brother Wang's bad luck, he didn't score well in the test booth, so we won't stop here. Sister-in-law is not the place to talk here, let's go to the house first and then talk."

Ah Yue came to her senses and nodded again and again, "Look at me! Let's go home first, by the way, little sister, and brother-in-law, I boiled two big pots of hot water under the kitchen, and the food on the stove was also kept warm. Should sister-in-law and brother Wang wash first or eat first?"

Song Xinglin, who helped Wang Shuisheng get out of the car, hurriedly thanked Ah Yue, "Be more concerned, sister-in-law. Brother Wang and I drank a lot of chicken soup on the way here, and we're not hungry. Let's wash up first."

"That's okay, I'll go fetch water for you." Ah Yue also knew that this was a difficult person in the scientific examination of the Dayue Dynasty, so she didn't say much. She glanced at her husband, turned around and took her sister to work.

Song Xinglin and Wang Shuisheng enjoyed the warm care of their family members. They finally finished their exams, and their hearts were relieved. They took a bath in the room and fell asleep while washing. Yu Su, who was still busy preparing meals, felt that something was wrong and called her The eldest brother entered the house and took a look... As the only man who was still awake at the moment, Yu Baozong could only dry the two dead pigs, get dressed, and move them to the bed.

Song and Wang slept together until the early morning of the second day.

When he woke up in the morning, Song Xinglin felt refreshed. When he woke up early in the morning, he found that the little wife beside him was still snoring and sleeping soundly. Song Xinglin couldn't bear to disturb him, so he pampered Yu Suye After tucking in the quilt, he stepped over Su carefully, got up with the neat clothes prepared by Yuyu on the bed on the boat.

Stretching his muscles and bones, he punched a set in the yard, and there was movement behind him, and when he looked back, it was indeed his uncle.

"Brother." Song Xinglin called out.

Yu Baozong, who also came out to exercise, glanced at Song Xinglin, nodded lightly, and stood side by side with him at a distance, and also punched him.

While punching in an orderly manner, Song Xinglin asked his sister-in-law who was also moving uninterruptedly, "How did you do in the exam this time, brat? Are you sure?"

Song Xinglin was silent, and the fist he sent out froze for a short time, but in a short time, he returned to normal.

"After the county test, Mr. Wang found me and made up for me a lot. My brother has benefited a lot. The poetry in this test is much better than the county test."

Yu Baozong retracted his fist and came back, glanced at Song Xinglin, seeing that his expression was not fake, he sent out his fist again, and said lightly: "Well, that's good, I have worked hard on you, you have paid a lot for family affairs, I, Yu Baozong Keep it all in mind."

Song Xinglin was flattered by these words, "Brother, I don't dare to say that. As the husband of Yuyu and the son-in-law of the Yu family, I should do these things."

Song Xinglin was terrified of this formidable elder brother-in-law in his heart, not because he was more skilled than himself and afraid of him, but because he cared about Yuyu in his heart and didn't want Yuyu to be wronged, that's why he loves the house, right? This difficult uncle is both afraid and respectful.

Who made him the only relative of his wife.

Thinking of Fatty Qian, the county guard of Qian whom he saw during the exam, Song Xinglin said: "Brother, our strength is still very weak at the moment, and we don't want to involve our wives in it, so we have to think long-term about the county guard Qian. Don't be impulsive."

Yu Baozong paused when he heard the words, and thought of something in his mind, he let out a long sigh, silently stopped the movements in his hands, exhaled the turbid air in his heart, and fixedly looked at Song Xinglin, his eyes gleaming with relief.

"Well, I know that. You don't need to worry about it. Just take the exam well and take good care of my Susu. Everything else is up to me."

My family, Susu, is the apple of the eye of their Yu family. Now that my grandparents, parents and brothers are gone, as the eldest brother, the most important thing is to protect my sister and make her happy and healthy for the rest of her life. As for revenge?

What my sister said is right, ten years is not too late for a gentleman to take revenge, he can afford to wait.

"Don't worry, your eldest brother, I am not a child. I know the principle of accumulating strength and protecting myself wisely. I will not do stupid things like hitting a stone with an egg. But you, the list will be released in three days. Are you going to watch the list? Or nervous, let me go for you ?”

Seeing what he said, Song Xinglin was speechless, his uncle always loves to stab himself from time to time.

What makes him nervous?He is not nervous!

"Brother, I will go by myself in three days."

Three days later, the government tried to release the list.

Song Xinglin got up early in the morning, took Wang Shuisheng to wait for the list after dinner, Yu Su was worried, and clamored to be together, and finally Yu Baozong waved his hand, took his wife and sister, and went to the examination hall The nearest teahouse paid a high price of two taels for a private room on the second floor, and a group of people waited here.

When the sun was three poles high, a group of people came to the yamen with gongs and drums, flower cards cleared the way, and Yu Su, who was lying in front of the window, shouted excitedly, Song Xinglin hurriedly reported to his uncle, brother and sister-in-law, and pulled Wang Shuisheng ran downstairs to the Bangting Pavilion.

After resting, the two squeezed under the list booth with brute force, and their four eyes quickly searched the red list in front of them.

In the government examination, a hundred is selected out of thousands. Compared with the provincial examination, the competition is also very fierce.

Although Song Xinglin felt that he did well in the exam, he was not completely sure that he would pass the exam. After all, for an official like Fatty Qian, Song Xinglin didn't dare to compliment him on his character and preferences, so don't say he was in the top ten. Just look backwards from the end.

Song Xinglin held back his temper and eagerness, and scanned up the names one by one. When he first saw Wang Shuisheng's name, his heart skipped a beat.

After all, Senior Brother Wang Kaimeng was earlier than himself, not to mention, he also has a solid foundation on weekdays, and he is even more intelligent.

As a result, such a formidable Senior Brother Wang actually fell behind in the rankings. Knowing that he was no match for Song Xinglin, he had a bad feeling in his heart.

However, he still calmly suppressed his worries, pulled the people around him, and pointed to where his name was on the red list.

"Senior Brother Wang, you won! The name is here, you see, the birthplace and name are all right, Senior Brother Wang, congratulations."

Wang Shuisheng came looking for his reputation, saw the name of his younger brother, and then looked at the address of his hometown behind the name. After confirming that it was correct, the corners of Wang Shuisheng's eyes sparkled with excitement, and the boulder that had been pressed in his heart for many years finally moved away. leave.

In the middle of the government trial, it indicates that I have become a child student and officially entered the road of imperial examination.

Wang Shuisheng was happy, but he still remembered that Song Xinglin hadn't found his name yet, so he hurriedly suppressed the joy in his heart, pulled Song Xinglin and said, "Okay, hurry up, Junior Brother Song, we'll look for your name again."

Song Xinglin gave a wry smile, and said in his heart that there might be no hope, after all, I couldn't find my name under your name, so it might be hard to get above.

In the end, he didn't speak any words of disappointment, and Wang Shuisheng's surprised voice sounded in his ears.

He clicked on the three characters Song Xinglin located outside the dozen or so names above him, and Wang Shuisheng held Song Xinglin's arm in ecstasy.

"Junior Brother Song, look quickly, you are here, here! Tongyang County, Baisha Town, Manshan Village, Song Xinglin, yes, yes, yes, Junior Brother Song, you have won too! Congratulations, hahahaha... "

Since ancient times, there have been three joys in life, meeting old acquaintances in a foreign land, wedding night in the bridal chamber, and the time of being named on the gold list.

Right now, their brothers and sisters have both passed the entrance examination, and they are on the list. Although they are not as good as when they were named on the gold list, this nomination on the red list is also a great joy in life!

(End of this chapter)