Proof of Longevity

Chapter 62 Township Examination

Time passed quickly, three years in the blink of an eye, watching that group of children in the school, Zhang Shiyang, who was studying at night, seemed to have returned to the college entrance examination that year. To a certain extent, the college entrance examination in the previous life is a turning point in fate. To get a good university is a good starting point. In the future, the opportunity for employment and the salary are much higher than those of others, and the entrance examination at this time Fame, although the township examination is not as serious as the college entrance examination in the previous life, but it is also a rare opportunity for this group of children. Once the exam is good, the fame of the child can go to the county to study.

The scientific examinations in this world are divided into three stages, the township examination, the county examination, the government examination and the scientific examination. You can be admitted to Tongsheng, Xiucai, Juren, and the final national scientific examination champion, second place, and Tanhua. Childhood is the first step in these children’s lives, and this step is still more important. If you are admitted to the childbirth, you will be considered as a fame, and you can also make a living in the future.

Zhang Shiyang deliberately called all the children in the village into the school, and gave everyone free lamp oil every night. This lamp oil includes animal oil, vegetable oil, and various mineral oils. Zhang Shiyang’s house is lit up every night. Because Ma Hao is also there, the horse widow has to wait until late at night to accompany Ma Hao home. Zhang Shiyang bought a lot of rice, and the widow of the horse made porridge for everyone every night as a supper. You must know that reading is a very hard work and it takes a lot of brain power. Every night, he cooks meat porridge for everyone. The dogs had to bring back some prey to the house every day, enough to make meat porridge, and the remaining meat was dried into bacon by Zhang Shiyang and dried in the yard, sometimes to help the people in the village.

With Zhang Shiyang’s meat porridge supply, each of these children became more mentally powerful. Time flew by and three months passed. Cao Changying flies on February day, spring is here, and the time for the township test is here. Tonight is their last night. Tomorrow, they will set off to register for the township test with the village head. Then they will stay in the county town and wait for half of the time. Scientific expedition after the month. Tonight, Zhang Shiyang called three butchers from the village, peeled the three goats that had just been hunted down from the mountain, opened their stomachs, and cleaned them. Then they set up three large pots and started cooking. Some of the miscellaneous goats were also placed in the pots. Together with some condiments that Zhang Shiyang picked on the mountain a few days ago, and then put green vegetables, the smell of meat spreads far away. The whole village can smell some meat faintly, and the widow horse is sitting aside with rice and steamed buns. White noodles are hard to eat these days.

A group of children have no intention of learning, and they look out from time to time. With the passage of time, the steamed buns are steamed out, and the meat is also cooked. Zhang Shiyang glanced at the child who was looking inside from time to time, lowered his head and smiled, and then said: “Okay, don’t look at it. Come out, I have something to say to you.” A group of children put down their textbooks after hearing the words, then walked out of the school and stood in front of Zhang Shiyang. Although they all looked at Zhang Shiyang, they still kept their eyes on the meat and steamed buns from time to time. Zhang Shiyang also understood, so he opened his mouth and said: “You are going to the county township test tomorrow. In the past few years, you have worked hard in literary and martial arts. Everyone is obvious to all. Of course, at your level, if you study hard, you won’t be the champion in the future. But everybody can pass the exam. As for the majority of people, there is no problem. As for the scientific examination, some people in the top three also have a good chance. So you don’t have to be nervous about the exam this time. There is absolutely no problem with a local examination. of”.

A group of children were overjoyed when they heard this. After several years of getting along with each other, everyone had absolutely no doubts about what Zhang Shiyang said. Looking at the delighted child in front of him, Zhang Shiyang spoke again: “As for these meat and steamed buns, they are all for you to see off. Let’s hurry up and grab a bowl to eat, otherwise someone will be greedy to death.” When a group of children heard the words, they ran towards the three pots of meat with their bowls. Zhang Shiyang looked at the children who were eating, and then said to the three butchers: “You too, get up and eat.” The three butchers thanked them and picked up the bowls to join the meat-robbing army.

Zhang Shiyang looked at the horse widow standing aside, walked over quietly, and then pulled her sleeves. Widow Ma looked at Zhang Shiyang suspiciously, and after seeing Zhang Shiyang’s signal, she followed Zhang Shiyang into the house, and Zhang Shiyang took out a pot of meat: “You have been busy for the night too, hurry up and eat it. I just hid the meat quietly. “. The widow of the horse squinted her eyes into a crescent: “Eat too, sir.” Zhang Shiyang shook his head when he heard the words, then turned and walked outside: “I don’t eat, I’m not hungry, and I don’t have the habit of eating at night.”

I walked out of the yard and looked at the hot people who were eating, found a chair to sit down, and watched the people eating. When everyone had almost eaten, Zhang Shiyang waved his hands to the two students and motioned the two students to go with him. Everyone was puzzled and didn’t care. Not long after I didn’t know where to get a big box, Zhang Shiyang walked in front, and the two students followed behind and carried the box. Put the box on the ground, but the ground shook, obviously the box is not light.

After everyone put down the dishes and chopsticks, Zhang Shiyang clapped his hands, attracted everyone’s attention, and said, “Since you are going to take the exam tomorrow, the consumption in different villages in the county is not comparable to that in the village. I also understand the situation, sir, I am not very capable, but I have saved some money in selling medicinal materials in the past few years. Since everyone is going to take exams and will have merit in the future, this is also a happy event. I will give you a lottery.”

Speaking of opening the box, there were paper bags of the same size inside, almost the size of a fist. Looking at everyone’s puzzled eyes, Zhang Shiyang explained: “There are twelve taels of silver in each paper bag. You each take it. One, it’s a gift for everyone. In addition to the registration fee of one or two silvers, everyone buys a few things in the town. As for your accommodation fees, I have already handed it over to the village head. Don’t worry about the silver. I’ve already considered the question for you. You just need to take the exam with your heart.”

A group of children looked at each other when they heard the words, but no one left to get them. Although they knew that their husband was very rich before, they didn’t expect to take out a thousand taels of silver at once. Zhang Shiyang looked at everyone’s reaction and said, “Hurry up. Come and get it, it’s getting late, and I have to go to bed after I get it, hurry up, it’s useless if I keep the silver, it’s better to give it to you.”

Under Zhang Shiyang’s explanation, a group of children stepped forward and picked up the silver one by one, looking excited, looking at Zhang Shiyang but didn’t know what to say. I just don’t know who led them to bow one by one in front of Zhang Shiyang. Zhang Shiyang didn’t stop him, and then looked at a group of children and said, “Everyone will divide the rest of the meat. Take it home, everyone. Let it go, let it go, let it go”. After speaking, I took out the meat left in the pot and divided it among everyone, watching a group of children gradually leave, and finally only Ma Hao remained in the yard. Zhang Shiyang knew that he was waiting for the horse widow, so he opened the door and walked into the house. At this time, the horse widow had almost finished eating. Looking at the remaining pot of meat, Zhang Shiyang said, “Take this pot of meat, and those steamed buns. , I can’t finish it all by myself”. Widow Ma didn’t turn away. Over the years, she also understood Zhang Shiyang’s surname. She picked up the meat and packed the buns and walked out with Ma Hao.

Seeing the chaos in the courtyard, Zhang Shiyang didn’t bother to clean up, closed the door and fell asleep with his head covered. The whole night was rushed, and the day dawned quickly. All the men, women and children in the village dragged their families to the entrance of the village to send the children. Looking at the village head, Zhang Shiyang said: “The village head, this time I’m bothering you. I don’t know yesterday. Is the money given to you enough? In short, you can’t suffer the child.” The village chief nodded: “Enough, enough, and I heard that you gave the group of children a sum of money last night, but it cost you money again.” Zhang Shiyang shook his head: “No need to say more, it’s getting late, hurry up and leave.” The village head nodded when he heard the words, calling for the children who were bidding farewell to their parents to embark on the journey. Looking at the children and the village chief, Zhang Shiyang knew that these children were the hope of the village, and they gathered all the efforts of the whole village. Zhang Shiyang walked out and returned to the village