Chapter 154: The Forgotten Man
On the seventh day of the second month, when my disciples greeted me in the morning, Zhao Hao asked them how they prepared their test utensils?
"Master, don't worry, during the period when you have been in seclusion, your disciple has been worried about these uneasy guys, and they are all ready..." Wang Wuyang immediately smiled apologized.
"I'm just ready, I'm talking nonsense..." Hua Shuyang muttered in a low voice.
"I'm becoming more and more like a eunuch." Wang Dingjue also echoed softly.
The other junior brothers were joking, and they dared not make fun of the senior brother like the second and third brothers.
"Look at it." Zhao Hao was really worried whether these nerds who couldn't take care of themselves would lose everything.
But then again, I don’t know how to calculate the person being served by a nerd who cannot take care of himself? Are they vegetative?
Everyone accompanied Zhao Hao to the Xikufang, which was where Yu Shensi was whispering and listening to Zhao Shizhen's lecture.
As soon as he entered, Zhao Hao saw seven wooden examination boxes with the same style.
Although cork is used for lightweight and no expensive hardwood is used, the design and production of the test box are very exquisite. The four corners are decorated with carved copper ornaments, and elegant landscape paintings are painted on both sides of the front and back. There is also an exquisite copper lock on the door.
That style is like a large suitcase from later generations, allowing candidates to sit as stools while waiting. Moreover, four iron wheels are installed under each examination box, which can be dragged by ropes.
In order to facilitate the distinction, seven ropes were used in seven colors. Unsurprisingly, they were red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and purple...
"This is the exam box that Shizhen helped us create with us." The senior brother said, patting Zhao Shizhen's head and said:
"Shizhen helped a lot this time, and he has never seen such a beautiful and exquisite exam box."
"Yeah, that's not bad." The candidates who took the exam unanimously gave praise, and even Yu Shensi and Zhang Jian, who did not take the exam, praised them all.
Zhao Shizhen made them feel embarrassed to praise: "Time is too hasty, so I can only do this..."
After hearing that they all praised him, Zhao Hao asked Hua Shuyang to open his examination box with great interest.
I saw three layers inside, with a large drawer on the upper and lower sides, and two small drawers were designed on the middle floor. When I opened the upper one, I saw that the number top, number circumference, number curtain, nail, hammer... After entering the site, I cleaned up the equipment for the number room. There were also several brushes, ink cartridges, double-parts of the word pressing circle, as well as roll bags, pen bags, emergency medicines, windproof candlesticks and candles...all placed in different small boxes.
The drawer on the left side of the lower head is used to store food for three days, such as mooncakes, longan meat, ginseng, rice, tea, etc., which can be preserved. They are all wrapped in oil paper. In addition, they also leave a place for the freshly prepared cooked food. The night before the exam, they are packed in silver lunch boxes. Once they are heated after entering the venue, they can eat hot soup and hot rice.
"What? Can you still eat hot soup and hot rice?" Zhao Hao couldn't help but say in surprise: "Can you still make a fire in the Gongyuan?"
He remembered that Yingtian’s provincial examination was not allowed to bring fire into it…
"Master said this. It's just February, and water drips turn into ice. If you don't let the fire be fired, your baby disciples will still freeze to death?" Hua Shuyang smiled and opened a drawer on the right. There was indeed a brass breeze stove inside. There were three boxes of special coal lotus roots."
"A box can be cooked for one day, enough." Zhao Shizhen said confidently.
"No wonder I brought rice and tea," Zhao Hao said suddenly: "It's really enjoyable to drink tea while taking the exam."
"Drinking tea can help you think." The third disciple hurriedly replied: "It can also refresh your mind."
"We are from southerners who don't eat rice for a day and feel uncomfortable all over," the eldest brother also explained.
"Oh." Zhao Hao opened Yu Shenxing's oven and saw that there was indeed no rice inside.
"The steamed buns are fragrant." Yu Shenxing hurriedly explained that he had already hired the kitchen and steamed a pot of steamed buns the day before the exam.
Fortunately, I didn't plan to steam it in the room...
The bottom layer is the bedding covering according to the specified characteristics.
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After careful inspection, Zhao Hao realized that he actually didn't know what to bring to the venue.
But as a master, you can't just look at it and speak. Zhao Hao held it in for a long time before he thought of a good question: "Why are there seven?"
In addition to Zhao Shouzheng, there were a total of five juren taking the exam this time, and it was said that there were up to six sets, and one set was enough to have a spare set.
"One set of backup, and another set of backup is to prevent problems from happening..." Zhao Shizhen answered seriously.
"Uh, be careful..." Zhao Hao's mouth twitched twice, and he felt bored.
It is a waste of time to worry about a group of rigorous scientists here.
When he came out of the warehouse and came out of the yard, Zhao Hao saw the county lord's sister who had been missing for a long time and walked in with her pig-headed brother.
"Brother, you are out!" As soon as he saw him, Li Mingyue smiled and ran towards him with joy.
She suddenly remembered her character, hurriedly stood up, turned around and looked at Lee Chengen timidly and said:
"Brother, why are you pushing me?"
"Uh, did I push it?" Lee Seung-en pointed at his mouth in surprise, and finally surrendered to his sister's kind gaze. "Okay, I pushed it. Because... I'm naughty."
Zhao Hao couldn't help but speak to the county lord and said, "That's very dangerous. What should I do if I accidentally fall to my face?"
"That's it." Li Mingyue walked to Zhao Hao, looking at his brother as if he was accusing, but actually admonished.
"I will definitely pay attention in the future." Lee Seung-en said with a sad face.
He knew that this was the consequence of his insistence on following, but he was worried that his sister would come alone...
Alas, if you have a younger brother, you will be worried about going forward and retreating. It’s difficult.
"By the way, brother, have you come out? My mother asked me to say hello to her." Li Chengen had to change the topic: "I miss him a lot, too."
Zhao Hao thought to himself, where is this? My mother asked her son to say hello to her first love, but they were quite angry...
Resisting his weird expression, Zhao Hao told him that his father was still sleeping and he probably wouldn't get up tomorrow.
Lee Cheng-en looked disappointed, as if the trip was not complete.
"By the way, brother, aren't you going to see Xiwa?" Li Mingyue signaled him with her eyes and quickly disappeared from her eyes.
"Yes, I haven't seen him for a long time. I wonder if he has given up the idea of becoming a monk..."
Li Chengen didn't know if he really missed Xiwa or was forced to go to the west wing.
After a while, Xiwa's roar came from the wing room:
"You have just become a monk! I'm very normal. When I can leave, I will go out and spend a lot of money immediately! I will spend all three tickets!"
"Aren't it two?" Li Mingyue couldn't help but ask strangely while covering her mouth and laughing.
"Oh, I'll send him a compensation for the injury." Zhao Hao replied in a mail, then asked the county magistrate, "By the way, is there anything wrong with me?"
"Yeah." Li Mingyue said in his heart, actually I was just here to see you. But he said obediently: "I heard that the examination room was very cold, so I asked me to send a few boxes of silver rat-skin mattresses, sleeves, wool, etc., saying that this is thin and warm, and it is a single layer and can be brought into the examination room."
"It's so hard for my godmother to worry." Zhao Hao hurriedly thanked him. He thought to himself, disciples, you all have the benefits of the master.
"By the way, brother." Li Mingyue suddenly remembered something and said, "When I came, I saw a beggar-like pick at your door."
She tilted her head and thought about it, then changed her mouth and said, "Or, a beggar who is like a sage?"
Yu Shensi, who was sweeping the yard, suddenly slapped his forehead and said, "That Jin Xue was outside..."
Chapter completed!