Zhou Lang listened for a while and said he didn't understand, so he knocked on his bowl and said, "It's better to eat quickly. You can't care about it if you know it. This is an official's business."

Man Bao then looked at Bai Shan Bao.

Bai Shanbao met her gaze, took a mouthful of rice and said, "Before you become an official, you must first pass the imperial examination."

"That's right," Man Bao gave him a piece of meat and encouraged him, "Eat more, and read a book when you're full."

Bai Erlang looked up from the bowl, "Isn't it a holiday today?"

Bai Shanbao also stared at Manbao, "I want to read a book, and you have to accompany me, otherwise you will all play and I won't be able to read."

Manbao said there was no problem at all.

It's not fun outside now anyway.

After hearing this, Bai Erlang angrily took half of the braised pork that he thought was the most delicious and put it into his bowl. He missed Qili Village. He missed his friends in Qili Village?

As long as it is a holiday, he can go to play with them, go to the village to play, go to the river to play, go to the mountains to play, go to play in the reeds...

It's not like now, when we only have two friends, there are no fun places outside, and they always read books.

Zhou Lang was extremely satisfied. What he admired most about Yaomei was that she could always read books and be self-disciplined.

But he felt dizzy as soon as he saw the words.

After Zhou Lang finished eating, he put away the bowls and chopsticks and said, "I'll go out for a walk and bring you dinner back in the evening, so you don't have to go out and buy it."

He said: "There should be a lot of people attending roadside festivals outside tonight. You are young, so don't run outside."

Man Bao asked curiously, "Fourth brother, should we also buy some incense candles and paper money to come back for roadside sacrifice?"

"We all have people offering sacrifices in our family, who are you offering sacrifices to here?" Zhou Lang waved his hand and said, "Do we have to work hard for our ancestors to fly here from the village just for your handful of paper money? Don't worry, there are family members here.

There will be no shortage of sacrifices from our ancestors."

Bai Shanbao and Bai Erlang, who wanted to join in the fun, calmed down after hearing this.

Five days after Tomb Sweeping Day is the exam for the government school.

Mr. Zhuang had long ago brought Bai Shanbao to hand in his guide, letters of recommendation, etc., and obtained the qualification for the examination.

The academic system in Dajin is very relaxed, and most of the students in the government schools come from the recommendation of the lower county schools.

Except for a few outstanding county school students, other county school students must take an exam after being recommended before they can enter.

Of course, students from non-county schools who want to study in prefecture schools can also self-recommend the exam, but you must get a letter of recommendation from an official or a famous person.

Otherwise, you will have to keep asking the academic officials of the government schools to recommend yourself, take a major exam first, and win the few exam spots before you can take the exams for the government schools.

Therefore, scholars in Jin Dynasty could not do anything else well. They must be good at eloquence or poetry, otherwise they would not even be able to get a place in the examination.

If he does not qualify for both, then he has to pray that his ancestors are strong enough and give him a good family background, so that even if they are not good at eloquence and do not do well in self-recommendation poems, they can still get a place in the exam.

This is not only true for the government schools, but also for the six schools in the Imperial College.

Various places will recommend outstanding students to the Six Schools in the Imperial College. When these students arrive in the capital, depending on the recommendations, some can enroll directly, while others must pass an exam first.

There are examinations for the Six Studies every year, and those who fail will be expelled, while those who are excellent in both character and academics can directly become an official, or they can take the Jinshi examination and then become an official.

Of course, students who are not from the Sixth School can also directly register for the Jinshi examination, but the Sixth School of the Imperial College represents the highest educational institution in the country, and students educated through it have a higher passing rate.

Therefore, the career path planned by the Bai family and Mr. Zhuang for Bai Shanbao is an extremely formal and popular one. First, enter the Fuxue examination, be among the best, and get a letter of recommendation to go to the Sixth School.

Then go to the capital to take the exam, enter the Sixth School to study, and after you are successful, go to the Jinshi exam.

Mr. Zhuang felt that it was enough for Bai Shan to be admitted to a private school before the age of fourteen, so he was not too nervous about this exam and asked Bai Shan not to be too nervous.

Mr. Zhuang said with a smile: "We are just giving it a try this time. If we fail this year, we will try again next year and the year after that."

Bai Shanbao nodded nervously.

Man Bao encouraged him, "You can definitely do it!"

Bai Shanbao asked casually: "What if I fail the exam?"

"Then come out and treat us to a delicious meal."

Bai Shanbao was stunned and asked, "Shouldn't it be you who invited me? I failed the exam, so I'm so sad."

"What if you don't try your best to eat our meal?" Man Bao said confidently: "What if you feel sorry for this meal and do your best?"

"It's just a meal, what's the point for me?"

Man Bao: "Who knows, anyway, if you fail the exam, it will be more painful than painful. If you pass, if we treat you, it will be even more joy than joy."

When the scholar who was waiting in line heard this, he couldn't help turning his head to look at Man Bao, and then looked at Bai Shanbao. Seeing that he was only twelve or thirteen years old, he couldn't help but feel slightly lifted.

Are all teenagers today so awesome?

Shouldn't I be taking the county school entrance examination at this age?

I thought so, but in fact there were quite a few candidates of the same age as Bai Shanbao in the field, seventeen or eight in total.

Although the teenagers were nervous, they were also very confident, at least their heads were held high.

The older candidates are more calm, and at the same time, they feel a lot of anxiety. They find that there seem to be too many candidates taking the provincial education examination this year.

Mr. Zhuang naturally discovered it too. He sighed, feeling more and more that Bai Shan might not have a chance this year.

There are more candidates, but the number of seats remains the same, and the difficulty of the test questions has also increased.

However, Mr. Zhuang didn't say anything. He just reached out and patted his shoulder, encouraging him: "Go in."

Bai Shanbao took the test basket from Daji, bowed to Mr. Zhuang, then turned around and went to line up.

Man Bao watched him enter the examination room, then looked around and asked, "Sir, should we go home or wait here?"

The exam will take place over two days, and the doors will be opened at You hour. You will continue to line up to enter the exam room early in the morning tomorrow.

However, all the important questions have been completed today, and tomorrow I will make up for the limited-question poems.

Mr. Zhuang thought for a while and then said: "I'm going home first. You can do whatever you want. But Daji has to stay here and watch. If someone screams inside, someone will be here to respond."

Good luck.

Manbao thought for a while and said, "Then we might as well stay."

Bai Erlang turned around, pointed to a teahouse and said: "There is a teahouse there, let's go there and wait."

There were a lot of people waiting in the teahouse, and both the upstairs and downstairs were occupied, so the shop owner put the tables and chairs outside. Manbao and the four of them occupied a table and sat down, drinking tea while waiting for the examination room to open.
Chapter completed!