Patriarch, he doesn't want to take the imperial examinations

Chapter 28

A quarter of an hour later, Meng Zhen came to the academy.

Because of the cold weather in the twelfth lunar month, some students stayed in bed and fell ill. They thought it was cold in the school, so they said they were sick at home and did not come to school.

Zheng Fuzi sat in the lecture hall and reviewed the articles, and the students reviewed them by themselves below.

There is a stove in the classroom, and the students bring their own firewood. One student brings it today, another student brings it tomorrow, and everyone takes turns.

However, the weather was really cold. There was a heavy snowfall a few days ago, the outside was covered with ice and snow, and ice fell from the eaves.

The stove is close to Mr. Zheng, and the classroom is so spacious that the students in the back can't feel the temperature at all. When they write, their hands shake and they can't even hold the pen steadily.

After a whole day, my hands and feet were cold and miserable.

Meng Zhen was sitting in the last row writing articles, even though he was wearing thick clothes, his exposed hands were still cold.

He couldn't help thinking, anyway, he was also a profound patriarch in his previous life, how could he lose any cultivation in this life, even if there is a trace of true energy left, it's enough to keep him warm.

Soon the ink in the inkstone was congealed, Meng Zhen put down the pen, rubbed his hands back and forth, and only then did he feel some sensation.

At this time, Mr. Zheng, who was sitting in the lecture hall, said: "The county examination period is out. On the third day of February, the candidates who take the examination start preparing in advance. On the 24th and 25th of this month, go to the county government hall to register."

All present put down their pens and books, and listened quietly to Master Zheng's words.

"Here, let me repeat the things you need to prepare for taking the county examination: personal confession, mutual bond, and bond. Everyone must know these three things."

The students at the bottom answered in unison: "I know."

"Now that I know it, I won't say more." Mr. Zheng said, "You find a few trustworthy people to make friends with each other in private. As for the janitor, the teacher has a few janitors. If you need it, you can talk to the teacher. Let me tell you, on the day of registration, I will go there together with someone to insure you, and you only need to pay the insurance fee to someone. The insurance teacher has also asked you about it, and each person will be two taels of silver."

"Two taels of silver?" Some students were speechless, "This is too high."

Immediately, other students retorted: "Two taels is not bad. Last year I was three taels. Some grannies are inhumane. If you want five taels, it is possible."

What this student said is right. Every year during the county examination, the candidates who take the county examination must find a janitor to act as a guarantee, to guarantee that they will not fake their nationality, hide themselves in funerals, use a substitute, and use a pseudonym. The descendants and grandchildren themselves did not commit any crimes.

This is the granary guarantee, also known as the bond.

A lot of granary students are just fancying that the examinees insist on them, so they set up prices on the ground, ask for insurance premiums randomly, and some even open their mouths, and five taels may not be able to do it.

Meng Zhen once participated in the county examination, and the janitor he was looking for asked him for five taels of silver. At that time, he didn't care, but now he heard what the students present said, he couldn't help but sigh, it's easy for this janitor to make money.

In his previous life, he never had to worry about money, and in this life, he invested in a wealthy family, so he doesn't need to worry about money.

However, he has heard that there are many poor families in this world, and some families can't make much money after a year of hard work. If they provide another scholar, it will make things worse and make life difficult.

As far as he knew, most of the students in their academy were from decent families, although there were also students from poor families, but very few.

It can be seen that it is not easy for children from poor families to go to school.

Mr. Zheng was still talking sporadically in the lecture hall, it was about exam matters, Mengzhen listened carefully.

After the class ended, the classroom was chaotic, and the students who participated in the county examination were looking for someone to bond with.

Mutual bond, that is, five-child mutual bond, candidates and five people who are taking the same exam together, fill out the five-child bond insurance policy, and cheaters sit together with five people.

Therefore, the five people who are connected with each other must know the basics, so that everyone can feel at ease when they take the exam.

There are a total of [-] students in the school, and more than a dozen of them participated in the county examination.

These dozen or so people quickly formed two groups of five or five, and the remaining group was short of two people. One of them said: "My cousin will also take the county test this year. I will tell him when I get back and let him join us. Join each other."

Immediately someone answered: "It's great, but there is still one person missing, where can I find it?"

Xu Jiaxing happened to be in this group. Hearing this, he looked towards the back of the classroom and said in a low voice, "That Mengzhen doesn't seem to have made friends with anyone yet. We might as well ask him to join us."

"Him?" The other two said in unison, Qiqi looked towards Mengzhen, just as Mengzhen was also looking at them, the eyes of the three intertwined in mid-air for a while, and then quickly looked back.

Xu Jiaxing saw that the faces of these two people were half-cast, so he knew how unwilling they were, but they couldn't find a suitable one for a while, so he persuaded: "It's better to find a classmate you know well than someone you don't know, right? ."

The two looked at each other, paused, and said, "Then you go over and say something."

It has been more than half a year since Mengzhen came to the academy. From the initial dislike to him, the prejudice gradually diminished. After getting along with him for a long time, everyone found that apart from his age, he actually has no major bad problems.

Sitting quietly in the last row every day, listening carefully in class, and lying on the desk after class, carefully writing the homework left by the teacher.

He won’t be able to solve some problems, and he will also ask his classmates who are many years younger than him. He has a good attitude and is amiable, making everyone forget some of the rumors about him for a while.

Some students even took the initiative to chat with him, but this was limited to superficial communication, and few had a deep friendship with him.

The two classmates who were looking for someone to bond with him didn't have a deep relationship with him, but now Xu Jiaxing said that he wanted to bond with him, and the two of them were more or less reluctant.

But they couldn't find a suitable candidate for a while, so they agreed to Xu Jiaxing's request.

Seeing Xu Jiaxing approaching, Meng Zhen already made a rough guess in his heart, and the next moment he heard someone ask: "Is Uncle Meng a bond with someone? If not, can you come with us?"

He originally called him Grandpa Meng, but Deng Bowen called him Uncle Meng, so he was overwhelmed by Deng Bowen for a lifetime, and he felt uncomfortable, so he also called Uncle Meng.

But this Uncle Meng is really uncomfortable, because Meng Zhen looks about the same age as his grandfather, so he is not an uncle in any way.

Meng Zhen didn't care whether he was called Grandpa or Uncle, he just said: "Okay, I'll bond with you." Just now he looked around to see if anyone bonded with him, now Xu Jiaxing said, There is no reason why he shouldn't.

Now that the mutual bond and bond have been established, the next step is to fill in the confession.

Personal confession, that is, the candidate's own name, age, place of origin, physique, and appearance characteristics.At the same time, it is necessary to fill in the life and death history of the great-grandparents, grandparents, and parents of the three generations. The adoptive person must write the three generations of his biological parents.

Mengzhen has gone through a county test, and these are nothing to him.

In the early morning of the 24th, Mengzhen arrived at the county government office in a carriage as agreed. Xu Jiaxing and two other classmates were already waiting for him at the door.

In addition to these three people, there is another person, Meng Zhen also knows, it is Chen Qiushi who had a quarrel with him.

"Why is it him?" When Meng Zhen walked this way, Chen Qiushi looked at Xu Jiaxing with dissatisfaction in his eyes, "If I had known that I would have bonded with him, I wouldn't have come."

Meng Zhen was startled, apparently he did not expect to meet Chen Qiushi here.

Chen Qiushi didn't make friends with them at first, because the cousin of that classmate had already bonded with others, so Xu Jiaxing called him here.

When Xu Jiaxing called Chen Qiushi, he didn't say that Mengzhen was with them. He thought that the grievances between the two had passed for many days, and before the county examination, they should clear up their previous suspicions and temporarily forget the past unpleasantness.

But the fact is not like this, Chen Qiushi is unwilling to make a bond with Mengzhen, he watched Mengzhen walk up to them, and said with wrathful eyes: "You guys make a bond yourself, I will find someone else to bond with each other."

There are quite a few students at the gate of the county yamen, many of them have not yet bonded. Chen Qiushi can find any one to bond with each other. Although it is risky to bond with each other if they don't know each other, it is better than being with Mengzhen.

He had just walked a few steps when he suddenly heard Meng Zhen shout: "Stop!"

Chen Qiushi turned his head, his brows were deeply frowned, and he said poorly, "What's wrong?"

Meng Zhen stepped forward a few steps, and said in a deep voice: "The county test is important, put away your childishness, and join us quickly."

As he said that, he stretched out his hand to pull him, but Chen Qiushi threw him away, "Whoever wants to marry you, even if I don't take the county test, I don't want to marry you."

"I think you're inappropriate."

Hey, Meng Zhen gasped from being choked, and wanted to slap him.In fact, he really raised his hand. When Chen Qiushi saw it, panic flashed in his eyes: "Why, you still want to hit me!"

"Yes, you are unreasonable. You killed my sister, and now you are coming to beat me. Do you know that my mother is still sick in bed, and all of this is because you deceived me?" Caused."

Chen Qiushi's eyes turned red as he spoke.Meng Zhen had no expression on his face, he knew that Chen Qiushi held a deep grudge against him, but after the county examination, he couldn't help it.

Dang even said: "Let's settle the matter of registering for the county examination first, and then I will send someone to send you some money so that your mother can see a doctor."

Chen Qiushi choked up and said: "Who cares about your stinky money? If it weren't for your family's coercion and temptation, my sister would not have married you, and she would not have lost her life for no reason. I hate your family's money." With tears in his eyes, he turned and ran away.

"Hey..." Meng Zhen watched the man run away and disappeared, and he was heaving a sigh of relief, why did this kid act like he didn't get in, the original owner's scapegoat, he really had enough.

At this time Xu Jiaxing came over and sighed: "Forget it, let's find someone else to settle the bond." It's all his fault. He should have made it clear when he approached Chen Qiushi. Be kind.

Finally, they found a young scholar who was about their age at the gate of the county government office, and went to the county government office to report his name.

The author says:

Parental confession, mutual knot, bond, from Baidu.