Bachelor

Chapter 39

In February, the spring breeze is like scissors, and the weather is gradually warming up. This kind of climate makes people lazy and unmotivated.

The county examination was just around the corner, and Mr. Li Meiting suddenly regained his spirits. He tossed Sun Dan, Sun Hao and other students of a certain level to the limit. The scope of the questions has drawn up more than ten topics, and made a few model essays for a few boys to try to imitate.

Li Meiting said with certainty that the scope of the county examination should be "The Analects of Confucius". As for how he made this prediction, Sun Dan didn't need to care about it.

Mr. Li said that he was confident that all the students who signed up would pass the county examination, and that the government examination would not be too difficult.If you are lucky, pass it once, if you are unlucky, you may not be able to pass the test after more than ten years, even if your hair and beard are all white.

Strange to say, Sun Gui also entered Li Meiting's recommendation list.

There were many doubts about cheating in the exam, and Li Meiting was not a fool, and he had heard about the conflicts among schoolchildren.Besides, Sun Gui had good grades among the Sun family's children, and he should have no problem passing the county examination, so he was simply recruited.

Mr. Li came to a rare confusion.

After Sun Gui was beaten to death by Mr. Li and returned home, he was scolded by his mother, Aunt Jing, who twisted his ears and made it known to everyone.Everyone in the mansion knew that the second wife, Sun Gui, had cheated in the exam, and her reputation was extremely bad.Coupled with his low status in the mansion, everyone looked at him with contempt.

After receiving this heavy blow, Sun Gui became much more honest, and never came to trouble Sun Dan again.

But Sun Dan knew that this kid was a vengeful person, and once he regained his vitality, he might not be willing to let it go.

He didn't care much about Sun Gui, but being harassed by a fly all day long was still a nuisance.Such people have to be severely suppressed. Once Sun Gui has a gap between himself and Sun Gui, he will not dare to create troubles again.

Forging iron must be hard by itself.

This time, Li Xian, as a Jinshi in the county examination, personally recommended Sun Dan, Sun Hao, Sun Gui and two other Sun family children to take the county examination, which is considered a major event in Zouping County.Li Meiting was well-known and his status was high. These five people hadn't taken the exam yet, so they got impression points in the eyes of the examiners.

In addition to these five people, there were fifteen other students in the school who had signed up on the recommendation of other students in Zouping County.For these 15 people, Li Meiting is not very optimistic. In his opinion, it is not bad to win one or two.In exams, although luck is very important, personal strength is the key to winning or losing.These ten people are not strong enough, and it is useless to go there, but it is good to let them familiarize themselves with the examination room.

According to Sun Dan: Feel the atmosphere of the competition and prepare for the future.

Li Meiting thinks so, saying that Sun Dan's metaphor is appropriate.

Having to write essays every day makes Sun Hao and others miserable. After all, they are big children. It is really difficult for them to read and write in a regular manner all day long.

Sun Dan felt that this was a good opportunity to calm down and study. Compared with Sun Hao and the others, he was an adult anyway, and he was much better than them in both sitting and static exercises.

He was about to take the county exam, and Sun Dan didn't think there was any difficulty in this exam.What he needs to do now is to pass the test of writing traditional characters as soon as possible. It is exactly what he wants to do with such intensive tutoring for school children.

As long as people calm down and do things, they can do things well.

Sun Dan wakes up at five o'clock in the morning every day to write a new chapter of the [-]-character "Journey to the West".

Originally, Jiang Ruoying was in charge of transcribing "Journey to the West". Sun Dan has been busy preparing for the exam recently and has no time to tell everyone the story.Jiang Ruoying was also happy to be lazy. Anyway, there were manuscripts to read, so it was much more interesting to listen to Sun Dan himself.

If you use a computer for [-] words, it takes only half an hour at Sun Dan's speed, but it is much slower to transcribe with a brush. By the time this chapter is finished, it is already bright and Mendun is up.So, the two met to go to the kitchen to have breakfast, and then tidy up the yard.Estimate the time again, it is about ten o'clock in the morning, at this time Mr. Li should also get up and start class.

I hurried to the school, and asked the students to read two books, and then wrote the essay according to the topic given by the teacher.

When the article is finished, it should be lunch time. I heat up lunch on the stove, take a short break, and start writing again.

Composition is not a problem for Sun Dan, but in order not to stand out too much, he honestly did not plagiarize the famous works of later generations, but imitated them himself.

At the beginning, his pen was still very jerky, but after writing, his writing gradually became smoother.Speaking of it, stereotyped essays are not very difficult, the key is to master the format.The format is right and it is easy to write.

In later generations, at four o'clock in the afternoon, the school is over, and there is still a long time before going to bed, which is a good time for self-study.Sun Dan didn't play around with Sun Hao and the others, and ran back to his room to copy the traditional Chinese characters over and over again, until it was completely dark and he couldn't keep his eyes open, and then fell asleep on the bed and died.

At the beginning, he also used good rice paper to write, but because the daily writing volume was too large, the money accumulated to buy paper alone was an unbearable figure.

The next best thing is to replace it with cheap yellow paper with rough edges that is burned to the dead.

But even so, after a month, the waste paper he used has piled up a hill.

After careful calculation, I have to write [-] words every day.

27 days, more than 50 words.

After writing, the wool brush in my hand was also bald.There was only a short part of the ink stick left, so I simply replaced it with clear water.

Thinking of this number, Sun Dan had the urge to burst into tears.

The labor intensity was too great, and his health was not very good. He felt a severe pain in his shoulder blades, and his neck was too stiff to move.What's more annoying is that the middle index finger, middle finger and thumb of the five fingers of the right hand have been worn out by the pen, exposing the capillaries inside. When touching the pen, it hurts like being scalded by a soldering iron, and the whole body trembles.

Until now, those traditional characters have completely melted in Sun Dan's blood.As soon as I picked up the pen, I subconsciously wrote on the paper.On the contrary, if he is asked to change simplified characters now, he will have to think about it for a long time.

Time passed quickly, and 27 days passed in a blink of an eye, and it was the end of February.

The day after tomorrow is the county examination period.

Mr. Li simply gave the schoolchildren a holiday and asked them to rest for a day to adjust their state.

At this time, the second episode of "Journey to the West" also accumulated a thick stack of manuscripts.Sun Hao and Sun Jia took this manuscript and went to the city on the 28th to hand it over to the printing shop, and settled the bill for the first copy by the way.

Of course, he told his family that he wanted to go out for an outing with Jia Jia to relax because of the upcoming exam and because he studied too hard some time ago.

I heard from Sun Hao that the first episode of "Journey to the West" sold well.

Sun Dan didn't take this matter to heart either. In ancient China, doing business was just a side door, and it wasn't true.With Sun's Bookstore's strong book publishing ability, even the most rubbish books can sell a few copies, let alone "Journey to the West", one of the four classic classics.

On February 28th, Sun Dan received his wages and started writing as usual.But he suddenly found that his right hand was trembling non-stop, and his five fingers were huddled together like chicken feet. He raised his head and looked into the distance, his eyes filled with gum were hazy.At the same time, a thread of saliva dripped from the corner of his mouth.

Sun Dan smiled wryly: This month has finally passed, and I haven't worked so hard for a long time.In any case, this hurdle was finally passed.

Working men are the coolest, overworked men are sloppy.

I won't write today, rest, rest for a day.

He patted the back of his hand vigorously, and it took him a long time to open his right hand. After taking a nice hot bath, he finally adjusted his body to the best condition.

In the evening, Sun Dan carried the discarded manuscripts outside the house in a big bamboo basket and set them ablaze, and clapped his hands twice vigorously: "We must win!"

(End of this chapter)