As the first civil service examination in Jinzhou Prefecture approaches, people in Lan County, especially, seem to be suppressing the urge to gear up.

At this moment, Fanjia Village is surrounded by streets and smoke from the houses. Women in each family have begun to prepare lunch. Only the village chief is walking aggressively on the country road with a cane, and then among the children playing and fishing by the river. He accurately grabbed the hair of the largest one.

Fan Xiaoniu grimaced in pain and shouted: "Who is it - ah, Grandpa! Grandpa, I was wrong -"

"Well, you little girl, you skipped class again to fish for fish. Last time I asked you to select female soldiers but you didn't go. This time I asked you to take the civil service exam and you didn't go. I will beat you to death for being disobedient now. Turtle grandson!"

"Grandpa, Grandpa, I am your granddaughter! Not a turtle grandson!" Fan Xiaoniu jumped to her feet, and Old Man Fan grabbed her ears and walked towards the village. "Besides, I am a turtle grandson, so don't you have tens of thousands of granddaughters?" I’m so old! My dear, please let me put on my shoes first—ouch—my ears hurt!”

Mr. Fan was so angry that his face turned green. He grabbed Miss Fan's ears and walked towards home. He also cursed: "You are already thirteen this year. What a big girl you are, and you brought a bunch of little ones down to the river to touch her." Fish! If something bad happens, who will be responsible?"

"Grandpa, I'm not even thirteen yet, so I'm actually thirteen! Besides, I'm pretty watery!"

"You're such a fart, if you keep talking nonsense I'll whip you!"

"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu...Grandpa..."

Fanjia Village is bustling with excitement every day, but among all the excitement, the liveliness of the girls from Fanjia is the most exciting.

This girl has been like a boy since she was a child. She has never loved female workers. She only loves to take a group of children from the village to the sky and the earth, dig out bird's nests, fish in the river, and catch pheasants in the mountains. I don't know how many times she has been beaten. She is second to none. The sky is still alive and well.

Everyone was worried about Mr. Fan.

I'm afraid this girl was a man in her previous life... How can she get married in this life...

No, the village is promoting a civil service examination recently. It is said that as long as you pass the examination, you will be given an errand. There are many children in the village studying, but those who actually get into it are very few.

——The civil service examination is really so easy? Then doesn’t everyone can be an official?
——Why are you joining in the fun? You can’t write all the words and you still want to go to the city to take the exam? I take it you want to go to the city to play?

There are not a few such voices, so even though Xu Zhenying opened with generous conditions and high enthusiasm, the ones with good results were always the ones.

Fan Xiaoniu is among them.

"Grandpa, I won't go. I don't want to be an official, and I can't pass the exam! That Wang Goudan's grades are better than mine. People are self-aware, so they won't take the exam. It's a waste of money for you to send me there! "

"I've rebelled against you. Do you think I'm harming you by asking you to be a civil servant? Do you know that being a civil servant only costs one tael of silver a month, and how many people are trying to get in! You don't know what's going on, you ah? If I were a few years younger, I wouldn't have the need to beg you!"

Fan Xiaoniu was dragged by Mr. Fan and could not break away at all. She cried and said, "Master, I am just a girl. Why don't you go to your brother for such a matter of honoring your ancestors?"

Fan Xiaoniu was hit hard on the head, "Your brother? Your brother is still shitting in his crotch, you let him go? Fan Xiaoniu, don't be ungrateful, I tell you, your teacher Zhao has come to your door, If you don’t want to go, you have to go. If you miss this village, you really won’t have this shop!”

Fan Xiaoniu struggled, but her grandfather had been working hard all his life and was very strong, so he was dragged back home.

When I got home, I saw Teacher Zhao.

Facing the teacher, Fan Xiaoniu was still very polite. She shook off her grandfather's hand from afar, stepped forward with a smile and said hello, and saluted respectfully: "Hello, Teacher Zhao!"

Village Chief Fan's nose was so angry that he was crooked.

Look at this kid, he really has one thing outside and another at home.

Village Chief Fan naturally knows how to change his face in an instant. Teacher Zhao is the only resident teacher in the village. He risked his old age to get this position back, so he is naturally very polite to Teacher Zhao.

He greeted him with a smile, stroking his beard, but he couldn't hide the pride on his face, "Teacher Zhao, I brought Fan Xiaoniu back to you. This child is very wild and has no rules, but he has a bright mind and is good at studying. ——”

The young teacher Zhao was stunned for a moment, and then said: "It's okay, just let the little girl go and play."

What a joke, Teacher Zhao is only fifteen or sixteen, and he is already able to teach students on his own.

And Fan Xiaoniu is still leading people to rub mud!
They are the same people, but there is such a huge gap!

Mr. Fan said: "Aren't you looking for her? I brought her back to you. It's about the civil service examination, right? I've heard about it too. It's said that you have to be over thirteen years old. Although my girl is only ten He is over two years old, but his actual age is already thirteen, so he should be considered qualified, right?"

Teacher Zhao took a look at the childish-looking Fan Xiaoniu. Thinking about how this fierce Fan Xiaoniu would look like becoming an official, his expression suddenly turned bad.

She quickly said: "The village chief misunderstood, I'm not here to see Fan Xiaoniu. I'm here to see..." Teacher Zhao tilted his head and pointed to the figure working in the kitchen, "I'm here to see your little daughter-in-law Pang Xiaohua—— "

"What?"

"What?"

The grandfather and grandson said in unison, looking shocked.

Teacher Zhao had no choice but to repeat, "Mr. Fan, I'm looking for your Pang Xiaohua. You ask her to come out. I have something to tell her, and of course, I want to tell you too."

Pang Xiaohua, who was busy in the kitchen, didn't seem to hear what was being said outside. Only at Mr. Fan's call, she wiped her hands on her apron with some restraint before walking out.

"Dad, what do you want from me?"

This was the first time that Mr. Fan looked at his youngest daughter-in-law up and down like this. Pang Xiaohua had been cautious since she married into the Fan family. No, when the old woman chose her youngest daughter-in-law, she valued Pang Xiaohua's gentleness, virtuous temper and easy control, so she pinched her nose. A bride price of five taels of silver was promised to marry her into the house.

Pang Xiaohua is very hard-working, able to handle things both inside and outside the house, and is a good person. She never gets into trouble at home, and is famously virtuous in eight villages across ten miles.

Mr. Fan motioned for her to sit down, and Xiaoniu Fan stared at her aunt with wide eyes.

Somehow, Teacher Zhao said it was not her she was looking for, and she felt a little disappointed.

Teacher Zhao then said to Mr. Fan, "To be honest, I came here this time to persuade you to allow Pang Xiaohua to go to the city to take the civil service examination."

"What, her?"

Pang Xiaohua was also a little at a loss.

Mr. Fan said, "Teacher Zhao, did you remember the wrong person? There was no Pangzi in our first class. She didn't even know the word Douda -" Pang Xiaohua immediately lowered his head, looking ashamed. Scarlet Hong said, "Dad, I still recognize a few of them."

Teacher Zhao said: "Pang Xiaohua didn't have time to attend the first literacy training class, but she was enthusiastic and often came to help me. I sometimes taught her some pinyin and four arithmetic operations. Later I found that Pang Xiaohua had a very active mind. , is very smart and can draw inferences from one instance. She can basically remember everything as long as I teach it once. Let’s talk about the four arithmetic operations. I only taught single-digit addition and subtraction, and she can calculate three-digit numbers immediately. Addition and subtraction. Ashamed to say, I think her talent is far greater than mine."

Mr. Fan was shocked.

Fan Xiaoniu was also stunned.

Mr. Fan couldn't come to his senses, but he heard Teacher Zhao continue: "And according to Pang Xiaohua's ability, she has completely understood the courses of the junior class. In the past few days, we have been studying the teaching materials of the intermediate class together whenever we have free time. I felt blushing. It was difficult for me to read those textbooks, but Pang Xiaohua was able to understand the profound meaning and taught me in turn. To be honest, Pang Xiaohua’s knowledge and talent are far greater than mine. I really can’t What are you teaching her? Such talent cannot be wasted. I think it is not a big deal for her to try the civil service examination. Maybe she will really have a chance."

Mr. Fang looked at his daughter-in-law, who was always silent and reserved, "Xiaohua, is what Teacher Zhao said true or false?"

Pang Xiaohua lowered her head and explained in a panic: "Dad, you said you should treat the teachers in our village warmly. I just wanted to go there from time to time to see if Teacher Zhao needs help. I really didn't mean to be a show-off!"

Mr. Fan slapped his thigh and almost pushed away the little girl Fan who was leaning next to him, "Oh, what time has it been? Do I still want to blame you for being smart and able to read? You should have told me earlier if you had this ability... …Renhuai, Renhuai!”

Mr. Fan called out to his youngest son.

Pang Xiaohua looked at Teacher Zhao with horror on her face, as if she was afraid that she had done something wrong to displease her husband's family.

Teacher Zhao just held her hand and said not to worry.

Soon, Fan Renhuai walked in, "Dad, what do you want from me?"

Mr. Fan dragged Fan Renhuai into the house with some excitement. Fan Renhuai was a little shy when he saw Teacher Zhao. Then he saw his wife looking at a loss. He thought he had made some mistake. Just as he was about to admit his mistake, Mr. Fan said " "Pap, pat, pat" and slapped him on the back several times, so hard that he almost spit out a mouthful of blood.

"Renhuai, let me tell you, it's amazing. Teacher Zhao said that our little girl has a bright mind and is good at studying. He recommended her to take the civil service examination. You know the civil service examination, and she said that she will recruit people this time. There are more than a hundred people. As long as they pass the exam, they will eat Shangguan food, which is at least one tael of silver a month!"

Unlike Mr. Fan's excitement, Pang Xiaohua always seemed a little scared.

She bit her lower lip tightly and just shook her head, her eyes misty: "Dad, if I don't go, how can a woman show up and do work? If I go, the Fan family and the Pang family will have to be scolded in the spine. , I can’t embarrass my parents!”

Teacher Zhao said: "Xiaohua, you said that women can't be in the public eye, so I am also in the public eye. Do you mean that I will also be scolded?"

Pang Xiaohua was so anxious that she almost cried, "Mr. Zhao, you are different. You are a teacher, someone who teaches and educates people, and your status is very valuable! I am different. I am just a farmer. If I go out to work in a trade union, I will be laughed to death. !”

Mr. Fan patted his thigh and said anxiously: "Hey, what's going on in the world now? The city lord is just a girl. There are a series of female generals under the city lord, each of whom is more fierce than the men. Whoever dares to say one more thing will be dragged to work as coolies. Woolen cloth!"

Pang Xiaohua had never left the village in her life. She walked out of Pangjia Village and walked twenty or thirty miles to Fanjia Village. How did she know who the female generals were and who the city lord was? She only knew that Lan County and Ye County were occupied by bandits before. There is something about breeding and studying.

Teacher Zhao said earnestly: "Xiaohua, if you are worried about this, there is no need. The city lord now encourages women to work. Do you remember the people who came to the village from the breeding farm earlier? There was also Miss Fang among them. Do you remember No?"

Pang Xiaohua nodded.

That Miss Fang is really a character, she has an air of grandeur, she speaks loudly and majesticly, and she commands a group of men around.

But those men looked respectful and flattering, not even the slightest bit impatient.

To be honest, that is really enviable.

"There are a lot of girls working in Lan County now, not to mention female doctors, female accountants, female managers, and even female soldiers. The new Qianzhou Prefecture Lord is a girl! Her subordinates There are thousands of people, so majestic! Who dares to laugh at her for being a woman?"

Mr. Fan also said: "That's right! Xiaohua, the world has changed now, and you have never traveled far. As long as you go to Lan County, you will know what the outside world is like. That's all, let's not say anything. Yes, I will take her into the city this afternoon to see the world. Oh, Teacher Zhao, when is the exam?"

"Two days later."

"Well, then we'll set off in the afternoon the day after tomorrow, walk around the city first, and then take the civil service exam the day after tomorrow. Renhuai, what do you say-"

Fan Renhuai, who was called upon, couldn't make up his mind and just said: "Dad, accommodation in Lan County is very expensive now, we can't afford it!"

Mr. Fan hit him on the head, "You have no foresight, your family is going to have a golden phoenix, and you still care about those three melons and two dates. If Xiaohua really gets admitted as an official, our family will follow suit." ——Just wait, even if I borrow it today, I still have to borrow this money..."

"Dad, how does this work? What if I fail the exam?"

"If you don't pass the exam, just go see the world!"

"Grandpa, I want it too! I want to go to the city too!" Fan Xiaoniu pulled on Mr. Fan's clothes and said, "I want to see the world too!"

Mr. Fan opened her fingers and said, "Humph, I asked you to select female soldiers before, but you were afraid of hardship and tiredness, and now you want me to take you to the city. There is no way!"

"Grandpa, I am really obedient this time, please let me go."

Fan Xiaoniu is a master who will not let go of eagles when she sees rabbits. In addition, Teacher Zhao actually said that the little aunt has a better brain than her. The little bully is somewhat interesting, "Grandpa, I promise, as long as you take me there once, I will I will definitely study hard when I come back, maybe I will go to school next year."

"Next year? When you take the civil servant exam, you will pick up wild vegetables. If there is any, there will be some? Huh, I'm afraid you will have to get the city lord to fight to Xingyuan Mansion next time! Just wait a few years."

Fan Xiaoniu has always had a weird temper. The more others say she is bad, the more rebellious she becomes.

Especially this thing, she originally didn't like it, but once someone snatched it, she thought it was good.

Well, how dare you look down on her, little girl?
She will start studying hard tomorrow. She still doesn't believe it. There are people smarter than her, Fan Xiaoniu, in this family.

When Old Man Fan went out, he looked at his eldest granddaughter, the Demon King, and raised the corners of his lips slightly. This damn girl wouldn't know how powerful she is if she doesn't give her a sense of crisis.

If it weren't for Fan Xiaoniu being the first child in the family, even though she is a girl, Fan Xiaoniu has been gifted since she was a child. She can talk and walk faster than others, and she often takes the children in the village to steal chickens and dogs. But this baby's brain She is really smart and is deeply loved by her family, which is why she is allowed to have the temper she has now.

Mr. Fan often laments why he is not a boy.

But now that the city lord is in Jinzhou Mansion, it doesn't matter if there are boys or girls.


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