The Road to the Imperial Examination for Poor Children"

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Fear of having too much money.
　　Lin Yuanqiu naturally refused to accept it. Not to mention that he was not short of money at all. Even if he was really short of money, he wouldn't be interested in spending their third bedroom's pocket money.
　　Lin Sanzhu naturally knew his son's temper. If he said he didn't want it, he would definitely not take it. So after putting the money bag back in his pocket, he talked about the strange things he saw while shopping these days: "Dad, when he saw that man, he was like
　　this He lay shirtless directly on the nail board. By the way, the iron nails on the nail board were three inches long. Didn't you know that after the man lay down, the two people next to him actually carried him another stone mill? Fan him over, and then let him hug him directly to his chest. Oops, my father felt pain in his back when he looked at it. Unexpectedly, it wasn't over yet. Another strong man with a black face actually carried another big one. The hammer came over, then swung it and hit the man's chest. Guess what happened in the end?"
　　Lin Yuanqiu cooperated, "What happened?" Lin
　　Sanzhu clapped his hands and said in disbelief, "The last swish of the sledgehammer hit the fan. It was broken into two parts, but nothing happened to the man lying on the nail board. When he got up, my father took a careful look at his back. Except for a few red marks, there was not even a scratch on his skin."
　　Lin Yuanqiu knew that his father's chest would be shattered by the sight of it.
　　Seeing his father's unfinished expression, Lin Yuanqiu couldn't help but smile and said, "Dad, when my son passes the Jinshi exam in the future, we will move our family to the capital." "Move to the capital?"
　　Lin
　　Sanzhu was overjoyed after hearing this, But then he shook his head:
　　"No, no, how can our family have so much money to buy a big house? These days, my father and your Uncle Zhou have been walking around and found that everything is expensive here in the capital, so he said that kind of people, in We only have 2 cents per person in Hengxi Town, but it costs 4 cents to come here. I am so excited that the house here is twice as expensive as ours. How can our family afford it? , I think it’s better to buy a smaller house by then, just for your little family to live in. Dad, your mother, and your grandparents will still live in the small mountain village." Lin Sanzhu said it sincerely. Now everyone in the
　　family The total amount of money does not exceed four hundred taels. It is impossible to buy a big house in the capital.
　　Therefore, it was better for him to have other expectations, otherwise he would feel uncomfortable for nothing.
　　Lin Yuanqiu did not continue this topic. He had been in the capital for so many days and he had not had time to go out for shopping. He did not know what the housing prices were like here, so he should wait to discuss this matter later.
　　Don't make promises and fail to deliver, which will make people happy in vain.
　　...
　　February 18th, the day to leave the examination room.
　　Zhou Xing went to Longmen to wait there early in the morning, and Lin Yuanqiu also followed him, planning to take advantage of the gap between picking up a few classmates to feel the atmosphere outside the examination room.
　　According to the teaching assistants, they are planning to wait until the examination is over before continuing the class.
　　Therefore, these few days, the very small number of Imperial College students who did not take the exam are basically in a "free range" state.
　　People have always heard that there are so many wealthy people in the capital that if you drop a brick, you can hit the officials who are eating the royal food on the streets of the capital. Lin Yuanqiu didn't feel this very deeply before, but now he saw a car parked at the gate of Gongyuan. Only when I saw another luxurious carriage did I truly understand what a city of one day was.
　　At a quarter of the hour, the gate of Gongyuan slowly opened, and then the candidates who looked tired came out.
　　Zhou Zixu and Chen Yutang came out together.
　　Seeing that his son was in good spirits, Zhou Xing felt more relieved. Just now, he heard several candidates coughing and coughing. He thought it was because it was too cold and they all caught a cold.
　　Zhou Xing originally wanted to ask how he did in the exam, but then he thought about it and decided to forget it. Anyway, he would know after a few more days.
　　Speaking of which, Zhou Xing's current mentality was also due to the influence of Lin Sanzhu. After taking the exam so many times, he had never heard Lin Sanzhu ask his son how he did in the exam.
　　Looking at Yuan Qiu again, he behaves calmly and speaks calmly. I have to say that Brother Lin taught his son really well.
　　By the way, there is also the Lin family, a large family of more than 20 people, but they are harmonious among brothers, sisters, and sisters-in-law, which shows that the elders in the family are sensible.
　　Thinking of this, Zhou Xing couldn't help but feel sorry again, thinking to himself, if Yurou could marry into such a family, wouldn't it be like living in a honey pot for the rest of her life?
　　Alas, I don't want to think about it anymore. Zhou Xing sighed softly. He couldn't force the marriage. Besides, his wife was right. Compared with the Lin family, the brother-in-law's family was indeed inferior.
　　As for Zhongfu, let’s not mention it.
　　...
　　After having dinner with Lin Sanzhu, Lin Yuanqiu returned to the dormitory before the Imperial College closed.
　　Compared with the government school, the management of work and rest time here is much stricter. In addition to the requirement for boarding students to return to the Imperial College before midnight every day, there are also stipulated times for morning reading every day.
　　As for Xiu Mu, there are two days in a month, on the first and fifteenth day of the lunar month respectively.
　　As for the daily class time, it is not much different from that of the government school. The teaching assistants give lectures for half a day in the morning, and the students make their own arrangements for the other half in the afternoon. During this period, they can go out as long as they come back at the specified time.