On February 17, the ninth year of Zhengtong, two days before the county examination, his mother, Shen, had already helped Chen Yichen prepare food, clothes for cold protection and other daily necessities.

The most eye-catching thing is a pack of cooked red eggs. Shen’s family doesn’t have much culture and does not know the noble meaning of such a noble character as the Six Li Shu Xiu. She thinks that red eggs can get some good luck.

Looking at the things my mother prepared, Chen Yichen was both moved and funny. The county exam was different from the provincial exam and the provincial exam. He would not pass the exam for several days in a row.

They all go in that morning and come out today. They don’t spend the night in the exam room, so they only need to prepare three meals a day.

Even if you are hungry and have a good attitude before the exam, you can eat breakfast, then you can have a meal at noon and come out to eat in the evening. You can do nothing to bring.

Moreover, in theory, the county exam requires five exams, which means it takes five days. In fact, the most important thing is the first regular eight-legged essay, and the other four are the icing on the cake.

Because as long as you pass the first regular game, you have already obtained the qualification for the next stage of the government examination. Some young and frivolous scholars are too lazy to write carefully in the next four games after they get the qualification for the government examination. They just do whatever they want and leave.

Of course, "the line in the hands of the loving mother and the clothes on the wandering son" are all the mother's wishes. After Chen Yichen smiled and took it, he went to Xiajiang Examination Shed alone, the county examination site.

Not only Chen Yichen, but at this moment, the school children in Jiangning County have gathered in inns and restaurants around the examination hall, and there are probably thousands of people.

Under normal circumstances, there are not as exaggerated as thousands of school children in a county, but Nanjing was one of the two capitals of the Ming Dynasty, with relatively strong economic strength and many families support a scholar.

In addition, since ancient times, the literary style in Jiangnan has been prosperous, and countless families have passed down from the imperial examinations, which has led to many references. This is also one of the important reasons why the imperial examinations in the Ming Dynasty were divided into the north and south.

Chen Yichen came to a familiar inn to stay. Although his house was not far from the examination room, the traffic between cars and horses in ancient times was too slow. If you stay at home, you would waste a lot of round trip time every day, so it would be better to stay in the inn.

"Hey, Yichen, I've been waiting for you for a long time, why are you here now?"

Chen Yichen chose to stay in the inn one day before the county examination, while Zhao Hongjie had already moved in three days ago.

The reason is that the county exam time every year is a legitimate moment of leaving home. It is free from the various rules and regulations at home, which is like heaven for Zhao Hongjie.

However, Chen Yichen, who left home early in the past year, has not appeared this year. Zhao Hongjie has been sitting in the inn hall for two days and has been waiting for the school children coming and going for a long time, and finally waited for Chen Yichen to arrive!

"I will only take the exam tomorrow, why do you do so early?"

"What do you need to ask? Of course I'm going to play!"

Zhao Hongjie widened his eyes and looked like a child was unspeakable. Could it be that Chen Yichen was really stupid during this period of study and forgot the moment of carnival that he had twice in three years.

"I understand why you are still a school child now..."

Isn’t this the same logic as what to sleep on the night before the college entrance examination? Getting up excited?

“…”

This sentence left Zhao Hongjie speechless.

Without further notice of Zhao Hongjie, Chen Yichen took his luggage and the inn waiter and went to the check-in room together.

Chen Yichen chose a mid-to-low-end single room, which costs 50 cents a day to stay. It is converted to rice, which is simple and rough. It is about 50 yuan a day for modern people.

However, since the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, with the continuous mining and inflow of silver, the price of silver was greatly depreciated. One or two cents may be 50% off than the early and mid-Ming Dynasty. By the Qing Dynasty, the value of one or two cents was even lower than that of one or two cents.

In terms of purchasing power alone, this single-day housing price is relatively expensive for ordinary people. However, scarcity is expensive, and thousands of school children are pouring in, and inns are crowded, so naturally housing prices rise with the flow.

Fortunately, Chen Yichen is a regular customer here. At the same time, the group of brothers and brothers in the outer courtyard of the Duke of Guo Mansion need to "book" this inn twice every three years, otherwise the price will not be available.

After putting down his luggage and sitting in the room for a while, Chen Yichen felt a little bored. At this time, he calmed down and read the book. He didn't have that state of mind, so hesitated for a while and went to the hall to see if Zhao Hongjie was still there.

As expected, it’s not unreasonable to get up before the exam, otherwise I really don’t know what to do…

But Chen Yichen returned to the hall again and saw more than Zhao Hongjie, but also Li Da and his group of small groups in the outer courtyard, who were chatting enthusiastically.

Why aren't both sides? Because Zhao Hongjie was like a weak chicken, caught between Li Da and others, and the smile on his face was even worse than crying.

"Brother, you are bullying your classmates again."

Although Zhao Hongjie is a man who cannot be carved, as a friend Chen Yichen, he could not see him being bullied and chose to turn a blind eye. So he walked over and patted Li Da on the shoulder, and sat down carelessly.

Seeing Chen Yichen appear, Zhao Hongjie felt as if he saw a savior coming, and his expression was as grievance as if he was about to cry. He immediately leaned over.

After all, this place is not a school now. Without the protection of the teacher and Duke Cheng’s Mansion, if you really want to be beaten up by Li Da and the others, you can’t find a place to make sense.

"How many times have you told me, don't use this title!"

Li Da lowered his voice and almost gritted his teeth and said this sentence. Since that day's poetry meeting, Chen Yichen has used this title every time he sees himself.

I can still tolerate it when there are few people. In public, I have so many younger brothers present and are called virtuous brothers. Do you want to save face?

"Didn't you claim to be a real man and plan to speak without trust?"

Chen Yichen didn't care about Li Da's jumping foot at all, but instead stared at him with a smile. This kind of protest was not the first time, anyway, the kid honestly compromised in the end.

Sure enough, when he heard Chen Yichen's words, Li Da was like an eggplant made from frost, no longer had his previous momentum.

When Chen Yichen saw Li Dayan, he did not continue to make fun of him. In fact, after slowly contacting him during this period, his impression of Li Da had changed a lot, or he found that the other party was not that bad in nature.

Take the "virtuous brother" as an example. Everyone talks about it, but a joke about the poetry meeting that day. If it were Chen Yichen himself, he would probably not obey it seriously afterwards. However, Li Da believed in his words and even if he was not convinced and angry, he gritted his teeth and accepted it.

In addition, Chen Yichen stayed in the Ming Dynasty for a long time and also saw what it means to be a feudal society. Compared with the children of all kinds of officials who bully men and women, Li Da did not prostitutes, gambling, or commit great evil. He did not cause trouble outside after school every day, so he danced guns and rods in the mansion.

There is also this guy who treats Guan Erye and Grandpa Yue as his idol, and he always says that he wants to become a hero like them. So every time Li Da wants to cause trouble or is dissatisfied, Chen Yichen will tease him with the words "real man", which can basically achieve miraculous results.

In contrast, there must be many people who have better ideological qualities than Li Da. However, in contrast to the children of officials of the same class, Li Da has far exceeded the passing line in feudal society.

"Okay, if it's okay, Zhao Hongjie, let's go to another table for dinner."

Chen Yichen patted Zhao Hongjie, signaling him to get up and leave, and go to another table to have dinner with him.

Although the impression of Li Da is not that bad, it does not mean that the relationship between the two parties is very good. It is best to maintain a state of good water without trampling on river water.

"Chen Yichen, are you planning to eat in this inn?"

When Li Da heard Chen Yichen call Zhao Hongjie for dinner, he asked back.

"Yes, what's wrong?"

"What's the best pig food in this inn? Tomorrow is the county exam. I will take you to Zuixianlou for a meal!"

Li Da waved his hand and invited Chen Yichen to go out to a restaurant.

After all, at the poetry meeting, Chen Yichen looked like he was not inferior to himself, and at least he was a classmate, so he would be generous today.

"If I refuse to treat you, I will be disrespectful."

Regarding the brotherhood, Chen Yichen also has his own paranoidness. Anyway, he can't let Li Da take advantage.

"What about me?"

When Zhao Hongjie heard Li Da invite Chen Yichen, he asked pitifully, "If all the classmates left, they would leave themselves alone in the inn, that would be a little lonely."

"Go together, your virtue really ruins the face of our generals!"

Every time he saw Zhao Hongjie's weak look, Li Da was so angry that he was so angry that his disciples from the military generals should hold their heads up and their chests were raised, and their anger was so proud that they were not like this kid.

But Li Da never thought that the more he looked at Zhao Hongjie, the more he became more afraid of him, forming a vicious cycle.

"You bully the weak, and your behavior has not earned any face for the generals."

Chen Yichen had never been timid before, and now he would not be spoiled by him. Everyone has a different personality, and it is not something that Zhao Hongjie can choose to become a child of a military general.

Just like myself before, maybe in the eyes of Duke Cheng Guo, he also embarrassed Xunqi's children.

"I……"

Li Da originally wanted to explain, but when he thought about it carefully, it seemed that bullying the weak was not a real man. Seeing that the county exam was going to be held tomorrow, he would not bother Chen Yichen.

So he shook his sleeves and turned around, strode out of the inn, and walked towards the Zuixianlou.

At the same time, the fat white man Zhang Qi ran two steps quickly and caught up with Li Da and asked, "Brother Da, why are you tolerant of Chen Yichen's maid everywhere now?"

"Yes, Brother Da, what's going on?"

"I'm not in a private school now, and I don't have a husband as my backer, so I don't need to spoil him."

Not only Zhang Qi, but also the students from other colleges, agreed.

In the past two months, Li Da has become a different person. Facing Chen Yichen, let alone taking the initiative to cause trouble, even the other party even chose to swallow his anger.

In the past, I was in a private school and could explain that I was afraid of being punished by the husband and family rules, so I had to calm down. Now I am already in an inn, why is this still the case?
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