Chapter 733: The Third Examination (2)
After finishing the mathematics, I would make the "judgment" and then the "edict".
These questions have a fixed format, are well-founded, have less subjective meaning, and are more mechanical.
It was relatively simple for Sun Shan.
Sun Shan likes this kind of test questions with regular patterns the most, as they are best answered when there is a basis to follow.
After finishing it, write the "essay" and finally the poem.
It got dark while he was working. After dinner, Sun Shan rubbed his eyes. He felt a little tired from working on the questions, so he did some eye exercises.
Sun Shan really admires himself. He reads books every day, every month, and every year. He has been reading for more than ten or twenty years, but he is not nearsighted. His eyes are really bright.
Among classmates, Lu Yuming Lu Jieyuan and Chairman Liu Zhiyan are nearsighted, and it is not known whether they can enter the venue wearing "glasses".
If you can't wear it, you'll suffer a loss.
Wearable glasses have already appeared in Daqian.
I heard that the earliest place to engage in the eyewear industry was in Suzhou, where there are many places selling glasses.
It is said that they can also help you get glasses based on the degree of myopia.
There are even lens grinding machines that can control the degree of convexity and concavity of the lens according to the needs of different people.
Since Sun Shan didn't need to wear glasses, he had never been to an eyewear store, but he thought he would go shopping there when he had time.
Jiangnan is the land of talented people and scholars. Glasses first appeared in Gusu. It was the urgent market demand that drove the development of the industry.
No wonder they say “where there is demand, there is supply”.
However, being nearsighted is a big disadvantage for an official.
The book “Strange Events Witnessed in the Last Twenty Years” records that a prefect of Datong Prefecture named Wang Bosu was nearsighted.
There is an unwritten rule in the officialdom that subordinates are not allowed to wear glasses when meeting their superiors. Therefore, although Wang Bosu had reported his work to the governor in person many times, he could not see the governor's appearance clearly and could not recognize him.
It was said that he had offended the governor, who was the son of an official, and was therefore treated harshly.
Not being able to recognize people is a very serious matter, and the troubles caused by myopia are very far-reaching.
Moreover, wearing glasses in Daqian will not be out of place, but it will make people laugh at it.
Lu Yuming and Liu Zhiyan don't usually wear glasses, they only wear them when they are reading.
In Sun Shan's daily life, he rarely saw people wearing glasses. Perhaps because there were not enough people reading, the myopia rate was almost negligible. In the Ming Dynasty's "Nandu Bustling Scenery Scroll", there was a handsome boy wearing glasses, Sun Shan. After rubbing his eyes, he boiled a large pot of old ginger tea.
It’s not that he likes to drink, but he is afraid of getting a fever, a cold and a runny nose like his cousin He, who was blown by the cold evening breeze.
If I get sick, I really don’t dare to risk my life.
We are all juren and have a good life. It would not be worth it to lose our life if we lose in gambling.
After Sun Shan finished drinking the ginger tea, he looked at the sky. Why was it so dark?
Suddenly, a bad premonition came to my mind. I felt that the sky was covered with dark clouds and it seemed like it was going to rain.
Sun Shan looked at the awning above his head. Could such a thin piece of oilcloth withstand the rain?
When I thought of this question, my whole body trembled, and then I threw the idea away. I shouldn't scare myself.
To be on the safe side, it is better to wrap the papers layer by layer. Even if it rains, only you will get wet, not the papers.
What you have worked so hard for cannot be wasted.
Sun Shan went to bed quickly, hoping that his worries would disappear after he woke up.
While sleeping, he suddenly felt very cold. Sun Shan curled up into a ball, but he was still very cold.
While drowsy, he felt as if someone was dripping water on his face. Sun Shan wiped it off reluctantly and continued to sleep.
But why is the dripping becoming more and more frequent?
Sun Shan suddenly got up and looked outside. It was still pitch black. Then Leng Mojun next door exclaimed, and Sun Shan suddenly woke up.
When I opened my eyes again, I saw it was raining outside.
Oh my God, good things don’t work, bad things work, it’s raining!
Sun Shan looked at the floor outside. It was soaked. It looked like it had been raining for a while.
Then another drop of rain fell on Sun Shan's forehead. He quickly looked upwards and found, with the help of the faint fire, that rain was leaking along the depression of the oilcloth.
The rain seeped right through the tarpaulin and then dripped onto the wooden board, which was the bed.
"When it rains, it pours; when the ship is late, it is hit by a car."
It actually rained.
Sun Shan hurried to look for the test paper. Thanks to his cautious nature, he wrapped the test paper well and it did not get wet by the rain.
Sun Shan heaved a sigh of relief at this time. He looked outside and saw that the rain was not heavy, like the drizzling spring rain.
This is a blessing in disguise. If it had been a rainstorm like the one in Guangnan, not only would Sun Shan not get wet, but he would definitely have lost his test paper.
The rain continued to fall, and intermittent noises from candidates could be heard, but they were soon followed by angry rebukes from patrol officers.
Then there was silence except for the sound of rain falling.
The shoddily built wooden planks and low-quality oilcloth finally couldn't hold up.
Not only does it leak wind everywhere, but it also leaks rain everywhere.
Sun Shan was so desperate.
I don’t know when the rain will stop, and I don’t know if he can keep his paper.
The worst thing is that the clothes are so thin that I can’t even protect the test paper against my chest.
If I wear a mink coat, maybe it can protect the papers.
Sun Shan looked at the night sky outside in despair, looked at the drizzle in despair, and his heart was cold.
I don’t know how long it took, but the quilt started to get damp.
Sun Shan couldn't sit still any longer, so he stood up and tried to put the quilt in a place where the rain had not penetrated yet.
But the examination room was so small, there was no place to hide.
A cold night, cold rain, and cold Sun Shan.
My hands and feet were numb and I could only rely on the slightly hot charcoal fire to keep warm.
Sun Shan pricked up his ears and heard many candidates cursing their parents. Leng Mojun next door should also feel bad.
No matter how good his roofing skills were, the rain still seeped in because the tarpaulin was of poor quality and the workmanship was shoddy.
The candidates who were assigned to the wooden examination room really did not check the almanac before going out, and they are unlucky for the rest of their lives.
Sun Shan looked at the wooden barrel and wondered whether he should pour out the water inside and wear it as a hat.
Sun Shan shook his head again and stopped thinking about it.
The rain continued to fall until daybreak.
Sun Shan cowered timidly and picked up the chopping board as an umbrella to avoid the rain.
When daybreak came, the chopping board was also wet.
Sun Shan's body was also half wet.
Seeing that the rain had really stopped, Sun Shan quickly turned up the charcoal fire and dried his clothes.
Fortunately, the charcoal fire was hidden under the wooden board like him, so it was not wet and could still be used.
After roasting the clothes for a while, I quickly boiled a pot of ginger tea and drank it while it was still hot.
My heart instantly felt warm and I felt much better.
I looked at the time. It was dawn and there was still some time until noon.
Sun Shan tried his best to finish the test paper and leave the examination room directly without staying in the examination room any longer.
Fortunately, the content of the second exam was more mechanical, not the eight-part essay in the first exam or the policy questions in the third exam.
Sun Shan still had an "essay" and a "poem" to finish.
I plan to finish it today and then leave the exam room instead of waiting until tomorrow.
Sun Shan was afraid of tonight, no, maybe it would continue to rain later.
In fact, it doesn’t matter if it rains, but it will make the test paper wet, messy and dirty, making the surface of the test paper unclean.
There is no need to look at it, it will be thrown aside and you will fail the exam.
Sun Shan took a deep breath and exhaled, quickly tidied the chopping board, turned the wet back side as the front side, and then quickly did the questions.
By the time I finished all the papers, it was already after noon.
Sun Shan quickly rang the bell to hand in his paper and left the stage at full speed.
The second round of the imperial examination has officially ended!