In the blink of an eye, it was late October. This day was the day when Yanying School in Mudu Town was recruiting students. In layman's terms, it was the transition from primary school to junior high school.

The Song Dynasty had a strong academic style and developed education, especially in the Jiangnan region. Almost every village had a primary school, with a group of young children studying with a Mr. Donghan.

After three years of study, if the child is not qualified and can continue to study, and the family conditions allow, he will go to the countryside to study in a regular school.

However, running a village school is only a popular nature, and the possibility of getting into a county school is extremely low. Most children go home to farm after they come out.

For example, Fan Ning's father Fan Tiezhou graduated from a village school and failed to get into the county school, so he had to go home to be a fisherman.

In Fanning's memory, his father often sighed about this, and his mother said that this was a scar in his father's heart that had always been difficult to heal.

If your family is better and you are determined to make your children stand out, you will usually choose a famous private school.

However, there are fewer private schools and require examinations and admissions. Therefore, every year when students from famous schools are recruiting students, students from all over the country will come to apply, and the competition is extremely fierce.

In the past, Fan Daidai didn't even have the opportunity to go to the township to run a school, but in the past few months Fan Ning showed amazing talent for studying, which made his parents reliably hold hope for him.

Although his family is poor, his father made the decision to sell land and houses to support his son in private schools.

Today, Fan Ning is more than one of them in Jiangwan Village to take the exam. There are eight children in total, all of which are taken by their father. The village chief specially arranged three boats to take them to the town.

When they arrived at the small pier, everyone had already arrived. A child turned around and saw Fanning and asked strangely: "Ah Dai, why are you here too?"

Fan Ning raised the book bag in his hand, "Of course I'm going to the town for an exam!"

This sentence caused an uproar among everyone. Sixteen looked at Fan Ning and his son in unison, with all kinds of eyes, surprised, mocked, ridiculed, but more contempt.

"Brother Tiezhou, your Ah Dai is really not a good source of study. Why do you have to bet on this tone!"

This is a little better relationship, and I know it must be Fan Tiezhou's bull temper.

"It's nothing, just try it. If it doesn't work, forget it." Fan Tiezhou also explained with a smile.

"It's really ridiculous. No matter whether you are a cat or a dog, you have to take the Yanying School. What do they think Yanying School is?"

Fan Ning didn't want to continue to pretend to be stupid today. He smiled faintly, "Yes! No matter whether it is a cat or a dog, he will go to Yanying School to take the exam."

"How do you... speak!"

"Uncle Zhao, I'm just repeating your words."

"Absurd! Absurd!"

Mr. Jiang next to him was heartbroken and shook his head repeatedly, "I can't even write my name, but I dare to take the exam. In the end, I made a fool of myself and made a fool of myself to lose face in Jiangwan Village!"

Fan Ning looked down on this Jiang Yuanwai the most, he was stingy, mean, and self-righteous.

He immediately said to the point: "Since that's the case, Mr. Jiang should not take the son to the emperor, so as not to shame Jiangwan Village!"

Mr. Jiang was so angry that he was so angry that he was smoking. A parent next to him pulled him, "What's there to say about him, a little kid? Everyone has a good idea. If he can get into school, then my Feng'er will be the top scorer!"

Fanning wanted to fight back, but his father next to him pulled him and told him not to say anything more.

At this time, Fan Tiezhou's face became darker and darker, and finally turned into purple eggplant. He bit his lips tightly and said nothing, holding anger in his heart.

If it weren't for the fear of affecting his son's exam today, he would have punched him.

Fanning sneered. Instead of sharp-mouthed, it would be better to slap the truth in the face.

At this time, the sound of slurry came, and three small boats finally arrived. Everyone got on the boat, and no one wanted to ride on the same boat with the Fan family, for fear of being intoxicated and causing the exam to fail.

The boat was slowly moving in the river, and the villagers of the two boats in front were discussing today's exam, and the sound floated with the morning mist like a veil.

"Jen Wai, I heard that I will only recruit thirty students this year. Do you think we have a chance?"

"It's hard! Last year, more than a thousand people competed for thirty places, and the competition was fierce. None of our village passed the exam. Who knows this year? It depends on luck!"

Amid the lowly discussions of the crowd, the paddles passed through the water waves, and the boat sailed through the thick white mist, heading towards Mutu Town ten miles away.

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Mudu Town is a large town located at the foot of Lingyan Mountain twenty miles southwest of Wu County. It has a population of nearly a thousand households, convenient transportation, developed commerce, and a strong cultural atmosphere.

Not only that, there are also many noble people living in the town.

There are many schools in Mudu Town, including social schools, private schools, official schools, and private schools founded by famous scholars. The most famous one is Yanying School.

The founder is a retired official named after him, and it has been thirty years since then.

Every year, students who come out of the nine CD can be admitted to the county school, and four Jinshi have also been awarded, which is one of the three famous private schools in Pingjiang Prefecture.

Today is the day for Yanying School to recruit students in autumn and winter. Thousands of students from the ten-mile town of Wu County and their families are filled with Mudu Town.

Most of them set out in the middle of the night and arrived in the town early in the morning. There are also many students from Kunshan and Wujiang counties. They will stay in the inn in the town for one night to avoid delaying the exam.

When Fanning and their boat arrived at the pier, it was already quite late. There were loud noises on the pier and people came and went.

On the banks of the river, hundreds of small boats were crowded together, so they could not get on the shore directly, so they had to borrow other small boats to go ashore.

The boat stopped slowly, and everyone stood up and walked towards the shore.

At this time, a pleasure boat was slowly coming next to him. A boy of six or seven years old stood with his hands behind his back. His lips and teeth were red, and he looked extremely handsome. He was wearing a straight hair made of moon-white lake silk, a leather strap on his waist, a scholar's scarf on his head, a pair of small leather boots on his feet, and a delicately crafted dagger around his waist.

Fanning suddenly felt that he looked familiar, and seemed to have seen him somewhere?

Next to the boy was a little maid about the same age, chattering and talking, looking very excited.

At this time, a woman wearing a sword in a black samurai uniform walked out of the cabin. She was in her early twenties, with a pretty face, a cold almond eyes, and a full of murderous intent.

But when she walked out of the cabin completely, she immediately looked unique. She was about 1.8 meters tall and stood at the bow of the boat, which was very tall and eye-catching.

Fanning was stunned. Isn’t this the big sword heroine I met in the capital?

Fan Ning suddenly thought of something and looked at the boy again. Fan Ning recognized it. It was indeed the little luoli. However, after she put on men's clothing, her appearance changed a lot, and the sword was not on her waist. No wonder she didn't recognize her just now.

Fan Ning couldn't help laughing. This world is so small! I actually met it again in Mudu Town.

The pleasure boat slowly stopped at a special pier. The pier was waiting for an old butler and several servants, and respectfully welcomed the small luoli on the boat to the shore.

"Is my grandfather here?" Little luoli asked a little unhappy.

"The master has arrived a long time ago and has been waiting for the little Yanei!"

At this time, Xiaoluoli's big black and white eyes fell on Fanning. Her eyes lit up and a smile appeared on the corner of her mouth.

Fanning smiled and waved to her, but unexpectedly, the little luoli snorted softly, raised her head disdainfully, and went to the shore surrounded by everyone.

She got into a very gorgeous carriage, and several horse-riding entourage guarded the carriage and drove to the distance.

Fanning's hand was frozen in the air, which was really a bit embarrassing. This dead girl didn't change her nature and pretended not to know her so quickly?

"Let's go! Such a wealthy family has nothing to do with us."

Fan Tiezhou saw it and saw that his son was embarrassed, he pulled him sympathetically. Fan Ning came ashore in disappointment, and the father and son walked towards the school.

Fan Tiezhou signed up for his son a few days ago. Fan Ning just had to go to the exam. Fan Tiezhou took out a bamboo card and handed it to his son, and told him, "Be careful, write the words slowly, Dad will wait for you outside. We will go to have a meal after the exam."

Fanning nodded, "The baby is gone!"

He walked towards the main entrance of the school with his book bag on his back. There were too many candidates, so Yanying School could not accommodate him. Yanying School borrowed several other schools as examination rooms at the same time.

Fanning's test number is No. 74, which is the exam in Yanying School.

However, this kind of entrance examination cannot be compared with the imperial examination, and the management is not so strict. It is okay to cheat, but the cost is too high. If you are exposed after passing the exam, you will not only be expelled from the school, but your reputation will also be damaged. In the Song Dynasty, which attaches great importance to fame, this is a major event that you will never be able to raise your head for the rest of your life.

They are all fellow villagers, and everyone knows the truth, and almost no one can cheat.

Fanning handed over the bamboo card to an old man at the door. The old man smiled and pointed to the first room on the left, "Interview first!"

"Thank you, Mr.!"

Fan Ning bowed to the old man first and walked into the gate.

The old man stroked his beard and looked at Fan Ning's back and nodded, "You can teach me!"

When I walked into the yard, I saw more than a dozen candidates lined up in two lines, and everyone was whispering and talking about something.

"Ah Dai, this is not the place you come, go out quickly!"

A fierce voice came from the team, and Fanning then discovered that there were two people he knew in the team.

One is Jiang Agui, the son of Mr. Jiang. He is tall and fat. The fat on his cheeks falls on his face, and his small eyes as big as mung beans are flashing with fierce light.

Another person is Zhao Xiaoyi, who has the opposite figure and is small and thin, like a monkey. He is Jiang Agui's dog legs.

The two of them mingled together all day long to bully the little and the soft-hearted ones. It is estimated that Fan Daidai, who used to be, was bullied by them a lot.
To be continued...