Wear It with Space

Since Zheng Ming said the words that made him come back from the test, Shen Ling felt pressured. Although he also knew that Zheng Ming would continue to teach him if he didn't come back to the case, but it was still different after all. Maybe Zheng Ming no longer had hope for him from then on, which Shen Ling didn't want.

Shen Ling knew from Zheng Ming's lecture on the first day that this was an extremely rare gentleman. Not only is a scholar, but also teaches students. With such a gentleman, he can definitely go further on the road of imperial examination.

If Shen Ling tried to get fame for points before, now after he has studied for so long, he suddenly finds that he unknowingly likes the ancient imperial examinations. Maybe it's because he likes ancient Chinese or Zheng Ming's step-by-step guidance. In short, he really enjoys this process.

He felt that if he could, he could continue the test like this.

With this mentality, Shen Ling reads late at night every day. On New Year's Eve, he was also studying in the study when the sound of firecrackers was constant outside.

On the first day of the first lunar month, Zheng Tang brought his newly-married wife to pay a New Year's greeting to Huang's family. Only then did Shen Ling meet the cute Hu's family.

Similar to what Lan Zhu said, the Hu family was born not very beautiful, with an oval face, thin eyebrows, and a dimple on one side of his cheeks. In terms of appearance and color, he can only be regarded as medium. Her only advantage is that she can dress up, and she has a special temperament when wearing ordinary clothes. This is something Shen Ling can't help but admit.

After Hu went to talk to Lan Zhu, Shen Ling let Zheng Tang into the study.

The two exchanged a few words of greeting, Zheng Tang told Shen Ling that the volume of the previous issue was selling well in the neighboring county. He had earned dozens of taels a year ago, and it is estimated that he will earn more in the next year. When Zheng Tang came this time, he sent a dozen taels of silver that Shen Ling deserved.

After Shen Ling accepted the money, the two went out to celebrate the new year with the elders in the clan.

On the first day of the junior high school, she ran outside for a day, and then took Lan Zhu back to her family on the second day. In the next few days, either relatives or visiting guests were received. Until the seventh day of the seventh lunar month, the number of people who came to visit the house for New Year greetings and visits gradually decreased, and Shen Ling had free time to study and make a fuss.

In the first month of the first month, the 16th nationality school started, but within a few days of attending, it was time for the county exam.

In accordance with the practice in previous years, the county test in their county generally consists of five tests, and this year is no exception.

Before dawn, Shen Ling and a few classmates from the clan school came to the exam site. As Zheng Ming expected, almost 300 people participated in the county test this time. About three hundred people stood outside the scientific research shed, almost no one spoke, and the atmosphere was very solemn.

Soon, a special searcher came to examine the whole body of the candidates to see if they brought papers into the venue.

After checking the examinees' whole body and the test baskets they carried, more than 300 examinees were named one by one. The selected examinees passed through an aisle and arrived at a place with many simple seats.

Shen Ling was assigned to the back position. He waited for a while before hearing his name, and went to a hall to receive the test papers just like the examinee who had been selected before.

The first day was Mo Yi.

This is very simple for Shen Ling, who has a better memory. It took only half an hour before he finished answering the questions listed above, and then looked at the candidates around him. Several people had already handed in the papers. Shen Ling carefully checked again, and Fang stepped forward to hand in the paper.

The next day I tested the poem and the title was "Mountains, Mountains and Yellow Leaves Flying".

Shen Ling remembered that this was a poem by Wang Bo, so he first wrote the whole poem silently, and after carefully figuring out the emotions expressed by this poem, he began to write the poem.

On the third day, I took the test of stereotypes, and the title was taken from a sentence in "The Doctrine of the Mean". When Shen Ling saw that sentence, he first rubbed his eyes and then looked closely. It turned out that Zheng Ming had tested one of their scriptures as the subject. During Shen Ling's holiday, he had already recited all the revised articles. Now that he sees this topic, he can't help but curl his mouth slightly. If this is the case, he won't be able to return a case leader. There is no need for Zheng Ming to say, I am afraid that he will lose face and continue to study with Zheng Ming.

Shen Ling carefully wrote down the article he remembered, checked it three times before and after, and found that there were no typos or omissions, so he turned in the paper first.

In the next two days, the questions and essays were tested, which was not too difficult for Shen Ling, and the papers were handed in early.

On this day, after finishing the last exam, Shen Ling returned home and heard Zhui'er say that his father-in-law was here. When Shen Ling entered the hall, he saw Father Zhou sitting on the kang. Lan Zhu and Huang clan were both accompanied, and several of them were talking homely. When Father Zhou saw his son-in-law coming in, he was the first to ask him how he was doing on the exam.

Shen Ling said truthfully: "I have done everything that can be done, it should be able to pass."

Father Zhou showed a slight smile: "If you can say that, I'm relieved."

Several people talked for a while, seeing that it was approaching noon, Huang ordered Huan'er to tell Granny Li to cook more dishes, and left Zhou's father to eat here. Before lunch, the two of Weng-in-law went to the study, and Shen Ling silently wrote the eight-part essay he had written. After reading it, Father Zhou praised him again and again, and the smile on his face increased.

When eating lunch, Zhou's father made an exception and ate a few more glasses of wine because he was so happy. Shen Ling also drank a lot of alcohol, but this body had a good amount of alcohol, and the alcohol content of ancient drinks was really not high. Therefore, Shen Ling drank almost half a catty of wine without any discomfort, and helped Zhou's father to send him home.

The next step is to wait for the list to be published. At this time, Shen Ling no longer forced himself to calm down and study. First, he had a good rest at home for two days, and then felt that it would be boring to sit all day long, so he went to Zheng Tang's. bookstore.

Zheng Tang was sitting in the shop after he settled the accounts, when he saw Shen Ling and said, "If you don't come today, I will go to your house too."

Shen Ling saw that his face was always smiling, and he knew that the volume was selling well.

The two went upstairs in the bookstore to talk, and Zheng Tang really said that it was about the question book: "That question book earned a total of more than two hundred taels. After listening to those booksellers, the examinees in the neighboring county saw This collection of questions will be sold out in a few clicks. If only more prints were made at that time."

Shen Ling smiled and said: "After the county test, it will be the government test, and there will be the next year's hospital test. I am afraid that you will be tired of counting money in the future."

Zheng Tang said, "That's true." Then he asked him how he was doing in the county exam.

Shen Ling said it was okay, and said something for a while. Zheng Tang looked around at about noon and said that he would invite him to dinner. Before coming out of the shop, Zheng Tang combined the 30% of the profit he deserved and the thirty taels borrowed from him to round up the whole number, and gave him a one hundred taels of silver.

The two of them found a restaurant nearby and sat down. Zheng Tang ordered a few dishes, and when the dishes were on the table, they said: "I think you have been married for such a long time, and you have never complained to me. Did your sister-in-law and aunt have never had one? Arguing?"

Shen Ling knew something was going on in his family when he looked at him, and then said lightly: "Maybe it has, but I've been outside all day. I don't know exactly what the two of them are like."

Zheng Tang sighed and said, "I haven't been to your house once or twice. Depending on the situation, the two will get along well on weekdays."

Shen Ling said: "Okay, how do you say this?"

Zheng Tang poured himself a glass of wine and drank it before saying: "I will not hide it from you. Since your sister-in-law walked in, the family quarrels have continued. My mother has been thrifty for a lifetime, even if she now has some surplus money at home, Still reluctant to eat, but to wear. And your sister-in-law is so spoiled and familiar at home, she is naturally unhappy if she can't see the fish for a month. Then she makes a new dress on weekdays, and my mother is nagging endlessly. What can you say? Is it a good birth?"

Shen Ling recalled that when he got married, Lan Zhu was not used to the food at home, so the young couple had a fight. Later, when Mr. Huang found out, he ordered Mrs. Li to take care of the taste of Lanzhu a little while cooking.

After a few days, Lan Zhu became pregnant. By the way, pregnant. Shen Ling couldn't help but smile when he thought of this, "What's so difficult? As long as the sister-in-law is pregnant, all of this can be easily solved. At that time, the aunt will be accommodating to the sister-in-law in the face of her grandson."

Zheng Tang heard what he said and thought about it. He couldn't help raising his wine glass and toasting him: "As expected, someone who is about to become a child, really has a better way than ordinary people."

Shen Ling also raised his cup: "Don't rush to say this, wait for everything to be released."

When the two of them finished their meal, they separated downstairs. Zheng Tang returned to his shop. Shen Ling went to the bank and exchanged the silver bills for white money.

He took the one hundred taels of silver home, placed it in front of Huang and Lan Zhu, and said where the silver came from. Huang was more surprised than happy, but Lan Zhu looked at the pile of silver and smiled constantly.

After a long time, the Huang clan said, "Since you earn this silver, you will naturally hold it. You don't want any points, please keep it yourself!"

Shen Ling said neither good nor bad, but after thinking about it for a while, he asked, "Mother, besides the two shops in our house, what land is there in the countryside?"

Huang said: "There were dozens of acres of land in the family earlier, but your father died early. You were still young and there was no one in charge of the family. I was afraid that the tenant farmers would fool us. So someone in the clan came to ask about the land. , I sold the dozens of mu of land."

Shen Ling groaned: "Mother, I think that instead of keeping these money at home, it's better to buy land. We will build another village at that time and go there to escape the heat in summer."

Huang said with a smile: "Mother said, this is the money you earn, so naturally you are in charge. Moreover, it is a good thing to buy land and build a house, and mother is naturally willing."

Shen Ling asked Lan Zhu again, and Lan Zhu naturally had no reason to object. So the family of three passed the decision to buy land.