Chapter 217 Examination Room
Sun Shan, Zheng Hongwen and five others lined up, accompanied by Hong Xiucai and Huang Xiucai.
Suddenly there was another shot. This was the third and final shot, signaling the students to line up and wait to enter.
At this time, the county magistrate, the county assistant, the county school instructors and others were standing at the entrance of the examination room.
Hong Xiucai said anxiously, "You guys line up and enter when your names are called."
Soon, the yamen runners came to organize the line and let the candidates line up in two lines. The relatives of the candidates accompanying the examinees could stand on the side to protect the students.
Mr. Huang greeted the person in front of him. Sun Shan looked over from a distance and saw that it was the student who had been hired as the guarantor.
At this time, he was standing at the entrance, waiting for the sponsored students to enter.
Soon it was Sun Shan and his four companions' turn, and the staff called out their names.
The five students who were connected to each other stood together, and the yamen runners came up and searched them.
Since it is still February, the weather is still cold.
Sun Shan was asked to take off his coat, and the bailiffs searched him carefully. Sun Shan was shivering with cold in his thin clothes.
This county examination did not require naked stripping as rumored. The bailiffs would touch the candidates all over their bodies through their clothes and would not let them go until they were sure that they had nothing contraband.
Sun Shan and his four companions were confirmed on the spot by the applicant as guarantors, and then they submitted the "Guarantor Mutual Guarantee Form" and received the answer sheet.
The so-called answer sheet is not just a piece of white paper, but a thick paper folded book with a red line printed on the inside. The name column on the cover needs to be filled in with your name, the names of your ancestors for three generations, and your seat number.
After receiving the answer sheet, Mr. Hong, Mr. Huang and the guarantor were not allowed to take any further steps and could go home.
Sun Shan and his four companions were taken into the county school by yamen runners, waiting for all the students to be checked before entering.
After the students entered the examination room, the county magistrate personally went to lock and seal the gate, which meant that no one was allowed to enter the examination room until the exam was over.
The county magistrate led the necessary examination personnel and students to burn incense to Confucius. After they bowed three times, the instructor read out the examination room rules.
After the announcement, the candidates were led by yamen runners to find their seats according to their test numbers.
Wait for the test questions to be distributed and prepare for the test.
The examination room was a row of small wooden rooms, and it was obvious that they were built temporarily.
There are three rows in total, and each row can only see the backs of the houses in the previous row, so you can't see how the candidates are taking the exam and there is no need to affect each other.
Sun Shan quickly found his room, lifted the small wooden board and walked in.
The house was short and narrow, very cramped. There was a table and a stool inside. The conditions were very simple and looked frowning.
This time, Sun Shan was very glad that he was short and thin. He was able to hide in the examination room and move freely and easily.
If you are a tall guy of 1.8 meters, hehe, it would be very uncomfortable.
Sun Shan lit the candles provided in the examination room and quickly wiped the tables and chairs with a cloth to avoid dirtying the test paper.
After tidying up the examination room, all that’s left is to wait.
I don't know how long I waited, but it was already dawn. Suddenly, there were a few knocks in the examination room, and it was time to distribute the test questions.
After a while, someone came to distribute the test questions.
Sun Shan looked carefully and found 15 test questions and some blank papers.
The first step is to check whether there are any ambiguities in the test questions. If they are not printed clearly, you need to report it in time and change the test paper in time.
Sun Shan checked the test paper from beginning to end and found that it was intact. He breathed a sigh of relief.
The above content is similar to that of the monthly exam, and Sun Shan is very confident.
Then take out the so-called "booklet" with a red line printed on it and fill in the family background information. This must be filled out accurately. If you fill it out randomly, you may be considered as "taking the exam for someone else."
The first test is about pasting scriptures, which tests your proficiency in the Four Books and Five Classics. As long as you have memorized them carefully, you will be able to answer them.
There is a question above from "The Great Learning": "From the Son of Heaven down to the common people", and you are asked to fill in the next sentence "All are based on the cultivation of the person".
Sun Shan had already memorized the Four Books and Five Classics by heart, so this certainly did not pose any problem for him.
The only thing to pay attention to is that the writing should be neat and correct.
Sun Shan first wrote down his answers on a piece of copy paper, and after confirming them again, he copied them back to the beginning and obtained a piece of test paper with a red line printed on it.
There are 15 test papers and there are still a lot of questions.
But it also gives a lot of time.
The exam starts at dawn and ends at dusk.
So Sun Shan was not in a hurry at all. He did it once and then copied the answers again.
This will ensure the accuracy and neatness of the answer.
Finish the test questions in the morning, and the yamen runners will come to distribute lunch at noon.
Sun Shan took a quick look and found that the prisoners' lunch was more sumptuous than this: a bowl of thick sweet potato and rice porridge, with more sweet potatoes and less rice, and a dish of pickled vegetables.
Eat it if you like, if you don’t want to eat it, just put it aside.
Sun Shan didn't feel hungry, so he didn't eat, and he was also afraid to go to the toilet.
Although you can declare going to the toilet, it will be recorded.
If you are too good, you will still pass. If there happens to be a candidate with a similar score to yours, the county magistrate will eliminate the one who goes to the toilet.
Sun Shan was copying down the answers carefully when the county magistrate came down from above and patrolled the rows.
Occasionally stop in front of the examinee.
Sun Shan was also "visited", but he did not feel any pressure at all. This kind of scene was like being watched by the invigilator, and he was used to it.
Sun Shan always insisted that he do his thing and I do mine, and we should not interfere with each other.
After copying down the answers quickly, Sun Shan checked them again and, after finding them to be correct, he prepared to hand in the test paper.
You can submit your test paper in advance for the county examination, but you may not be able to leave the examination room after you submit your test paper.
You have to wait until there are twenty or thirty people before you can be released.
Sun Shan handed in the test paper and the draft together. At this time, many people had gathered at the entrance of the examination room. When they saw Sun Shan coming out, they all looked very happy.
Sun Shan was stared at inexplicably. Among these candidates, there was no one from Huang's School or Hong's School. Sun Shan didn't know any of them, so why did they all look happy to see him?
The yamen runners arranged him to be the last one in line, and then the door of the examination room opened.
The candidates lined up and walked out of the gate one by one.
As soon as Sun Shan took a step out of the gate, the yamen runners behind him slammed the door shut again.
Sun Shan finally understood why they were so happy.
They must have been looking forward to it for a long time. When enough people came, the bailiffs would "release the cards", that is, let the people leave the examination room.
Sun Shan thought to himself that they must have waited for a long time for him, so they were so happy to see him.
When I walked out of the examination room, it was already late afternoon.
My stomach growls.
Sun Shan wanted to eat the lunch provided by the examination room, but he was afraid that he might be clumsy and spill it on his test paper.
In the end, I reluctantly gave up the meal that I had spent money on for the exam.
Sun Shan was not in a hurry to return to the school. They had agreed before that they would go back after the exam and there was no need to wait.
Since you don't know who will leave early and who will leave late, there's no need to wait.
Being extremely hungry, Sun Shan walked to the South District and found a wonton shop to eat some wontons.
When I looked up, it was the wonton shop I came to for the first time with Sun Bomin.
It seems that the store owner does have some skills, as he has been open for so long and has not closed down yet.
I still remember the store owner said that the county magistrate gave a thumbs-up after eating their wontons. I don’t know if it’s true or not?
Perhaps it will become one of the top ten unsolved mysteries of Huangyang County.