Chapter 685: Ruined

On the day before the entrance exam for Shanhe College, the thirteenth edition of "Seven Lang Ten Fights the Flower Thief" was released on time.
Early in the morning, there was a long queue at the door of the Wenqing Bookstore, blocking the street.
The county government of Xinmin County had to dispatch government officials to maintain street order
Anyhow, leave a passage for passers-by.
The elder and daughter-in-law who came and went, pointed at the scholars, and then giggled again.
Facing the eyes of the eldest girl and the little wife, the scholars all straightened their chests out of discomfort, like a stalwart husband.
As for the little servants who were in the team and helped the owner buy books, they all smiled.
The meaning is self-evident.
As soon as the door of Wenqing Bookstore opened, people in line swarmed into the bookstore to buy it.
"Come one by one, you are not allowed to jump in line, and you are not allowed to squeeze forward."
"Three sets of hardcover editions."
"A set of simplified editions."
"Ten sets of paperback editions."
The voice of the bookstore guy was instantly overwhelmed by the enthusiastic customers.
The bookstore has long experience in dealing with such a scene.
After all, "Seven Lang Ten Battles with the Flower Picking Thieves" has been published twelve times.
Such a hot scene like today will have to come back again.
The guys are seasoned to divert customers.
Some are responsible for selling books, some are responsible for collecting money, and some are responsible for maintaining order.
It is unavoidable that the wrong money is collected and the wrong book is taken, and the book is taken after the payment is first paid. Take the receipt of the payment and get the book in front of the designated bookcase.
"The paperback version is almost sold out, so hurry up to the warehouse to adjust the goods."
"The paperback version is almost out of stock. Ask the warehouse to deliver it quickly."
"There is also a hardcover version."
...
Yan Ci was not in the state today. He woke up early in the morning and walked around the house without thinking about tea or rice.
He pulled his hair, beat his chest, and sighed again.
Wang Xuecheng, who was writing the question in the next room, had to stop writing and came to Yan Ci's room.
"Brother Yan, what's wrong? Worried about tomorrow's exam?"
Yan Ci grabbed Wang Xuecheng's sleeves, "Brother Wang, can you do me a favor? Help me buy a set of "Seven Langs Ten Battles and Flower Thieves" 13th Lite Edition at Wenqing Bookstore. After you buy it back, you quickly lock it. Go into your drawer and don't take it out. You will give it to me when I finish the exam tomorrow."
Wang Xuecheng couldn't understand Yan Ci's fanaticism at all.
He stunned and said: "Why does Brother Yan have to buy it today? I bought it and didn't look at it. It's better to buy it after the test tomorrow.
"No, no. I'll buy it tomorrow, it's already sold out. Brother Wang, will you buy it for me, okay? After I buy the book, I will be at ease to study the questions and prepare for the entrance exam tomorrow."
Wang Xuecheng hesitated for a moment, then nodded and agreed, "Well, I'll buy it for you."
"Thank you, Brother Wang." Yan Ci became excited instantly, changing from the decadence and irritability before.
Wang Xuecheng took the money and hurried to Wenqing Bookstore.
Seeing the long queue at the door of the bookstore, he was a little flustered.
How could there be so many people.
He said fewer than one or two hundred people.
And more people are coming from all directions.
He even saw someone pulling books in a donkey cart, pulling a cart of books, two or three hundred less.
"That's a bookseller from the county town. The "Seven Langs Ten Battles with the Flower Picking Thief" is so popular, not only is it selling well here in Beijing, but also in other places. The booksellers in the nearby county town are worried that Wenqing Bookstore will not distribute books to them. Send someone over to pull the book."
Wang Xuecheng suddenly realized.
"Is this book really so good-looking?" Wang Xuecheng felt like he was really a bun. He had never heard of this book before.
"Xiongtai hasn't read this book? Then why line up to buy books?"
Wang Xuecheng smiled embarrassedly, "I'm helping people buy books. The exam is coming tomorrow."
"Oh!" The people around suddenly realized.
"Hey, the exam is about to take place tomorrow, but I am thinking about the third lady. What a sin!"
"After you go back, lock the book and read it after the exam tomorrow."
"The bookstore should be on sale two days later, so as not to delay the exam."
"It's not that everyone has to take an exam. What can we do if it's convenient for you."
Someone in front of him turned his head and said something.
Looking at the clothes, you know that the other party is a student of Shanhe Academy.
On the one hand, there are candidates for the test, and on the other, the people who have been admitted to the shore. You quarrel with each other.
It's not too noisy, just vent the restless emotions.
After all, if you fail the test tomorrow, you will have to wait until the end of next month. It's equivalent to renting an extra month's house and spending an extra month's money.
Everyone goes out to study and spends a lot of money, and most of them are not wealthy.
Money is still extremely important.
Being shy in the pocket, one more month of expenses is a burden.
Wang Xuecheng hadn't liked anything so strongly, so he couldn't understand the emotions of people around him.
Even studying, his father Wang Carpenter arranged for him, and he went to study step by step.
Reading and reading has become a habit.
Suddenly telling him not to study, he doesn't know what he can do.
Following Wang Xiaoxi to Xinmin County and taking the entrance examination of Shanhe Academy was the first major decision he made for himself in his life.
He successfully bought the thirteenth chapter of the "Seven Lang Ten Battles with the Flower Thieves" of the light-back edition.
Said to be a simple version, the packaging is also very beautiful.
He flipped through the books carefully. The printing quality was very good, the handwriting was clear, and the paper felt comfortable. No wonder they are so expensive.
He flipped through the content, completely unable to get involved.
Perhaps because he did not look at it from the beginning, he could not be attracted by this story.
After returning, he saw Yan Ci standing on the second floor, holding the railing, and eagerly asked: "Is it available?"
Wang Xuecheng held up the book, "I got it."
"Great! Hurry, hurry, let me see."
"Brother Yan said to lock up the book and read it after the exam tomorrow?" Wang Xuecheng refused to give him the book.
Yanci rubbed his hands, wanting to see but dare not.
Look, I'm afraid of affecting the exam.
Don't look, I'm also afraid of affecting the exam.
Seeing that Wang Xuecheng really wanted to lock the books in the drawer, Yan Ci stomped and gritted his teeth, "It's fine, that's all, I promise not to read it today. After the exam tomorrow morning, Brother Wang remembers to give me the book as soon as possible. In the following days, I will count on the third lady to send it away."
Wang Xuecheng locked the drawer and kept the key close to his body. "It will be given to you after the exam tomorrow. Brother Yan hurried back to the room to read. Don't delay the exam and make yourself regret it."
"Brother Wang is right."
Yan Ci reluctantly looked at the lock on the drawer.
Wang Xuecheng stood up and planned to close the door.
"Brother Yan is like this, how do you take the exam tomorrow? Is Brother Yan going to take the sixth entrance exam?"
A basin of cold water poured on Yan Ci's head.
Yan Ci also realized that in this state, tomorrow's exam would definitely be over.
I can only clean up my mood, throw the San Niangzi out of my mind, take out the problem set, and try to brush the problem.
...
The next day.
Shanhe College has an entrance examination once a month.
It was lightly dawn, and all the candidates had already packed up, carrying the test baskets, and heading to Shanhe Academy.
Shanhe Academy is located at the top of Yuxiu Mountain, nearly ten miles away from Xinmin County.
A little distance.
Wang Xuecheng and Yanci walked out of the door of the landlord's house. As soon as he arrived on the street, he heard the shouts of carriages and horses.
"Shanhe Academy, Shanhe Academy, one person has two pennies, and you can leave when you are full."
"There are only three people left, and three more people will leave."
Wang Xuecheng looked at Yan Ci and waited for Yan Ci to make a decision.
He is a mountain man, and he can walk there.
It's okay to spend two cents on a car to save time and energy.
Wang Xuecheng now also has a salary and two cents, which he can afford.
Yan Ci was very simple, "We ride in that carriage. Last time in our examination room, the guy who took the first place in the exam was in his carriage."
After speaking, he rushed to the carriage.
"Are you two together? For four cents, we will leave when we are full."
"Do you ask when will it be full? Almost, soon. With so many people, it will be full after a while. The two hurried up to get a seat."
Wang Xuecheng followed Yan Ci into the carriage.
The carriage made three rows of narrow long wooden benches along the carriage wall and fixed them on the carriage.
I also made a simple carport with thatch and bamboo slats, and covered the carriage, barely able to shield the wind and rain.
It was the first time for Wang Xuecheng to ride in such a carriage. The narrow wooden bench made his unsteady.
"I don't know who came up with it, using a carriage to pull people and collect money."
The Yanci has no surprises, and he casually said: "People who use carts to pull goods in the past, now use carts to pull people, it is the same reason. If you change the cart that pulls goods, you can pull people. Also make money.
At the entrance of Shanhe Academy, there are rows of carriages waiting to pull people down the mountain every day. Two pennies per person, earning death. Now many carts and horses do not pull goods, only pull people. If you want to find someone to deliver, you always find an express. Express delivery is more reliable than cart. "
Wang Xuecheng said, "It's so easy to make money in this place."
Soon, the carriage was full of people.
They couldn't fit them anymore, and the boss of the car dealer still stuffed people inside.
It's so angry.
After the protest of many scholars, the owner of the car dealer waved his hand and asked the driver to drive the carriage to Shanhe Academy.
Shaking all the way.
Fortunately, there are concrete roads all the way, and the roads are smooth.
The carriage swayed but not bumpy.
Up the mountain, the carriage walked hard.
A scholar yelled, "Is this broken car? I said that I can't hold so many people. This is an uphill road. All of them got into the eyes of the money."
The driver was silent and drove the car conscientiously.
The old horse broke the cart and finally went up the mountain to the gate of the academy.
A group of people got out of the carriage and exhaled together.
A ride in a carriage is like being born again!
Wang Xuecheng murmured with Yan Ci: "These two pennies have been spent too much, and I am not so tired to walk."
He smiled sternly, "I'm telling you, it doesn't matter if you walk up on weekdays. On the day of the exam, you must come up by car. This is a tradition. It is said that only those who come up by car can successfully pass the entrance to Shanhe Academy. Really, don't lie to you."
Wang Xuecheng was stunned, "Is there really such a saying?"
"On the day of the exam, come up in a carriage and ask for a lot of money, okay? You don't have a lot of money. You are a wage earner now, so it's not bad."
Wang Xuecheng confided.
The two have different degrees of study, one for reporting the human subject and the other for the Xiucai subject, and they separated when they entered the gate.
Line up and enter the gate of the academy one by one.
Looking at the majestic gate of the academy, Wang Xuecheng suddenly felt a sense of pride in his heart.
He can also come here to study.
He will also be a member here.
Reading in such a magnificent college, I feel that I have become magnificent.
The staff of the college stood by the door and checked one by one,
The test basket is on the table with the clothes open. If you find any entrainment, you will be disqualified for three exams, and you will also be disqualified for the first-year scholarship. Please be aware of it.
When entering the examination room, only pen and ink are allowed, no paper is allowed, and blank paper with words is not allowed. Anyone who brings paper in will be regarded as cheating and the results will be invalidated. What is written on your arm? Wipe it off, no writing is allowed on the body..."
After a rigorous examination comparable to the provincial examination, Wang Xuecheng finally entered the college smoothly.
He followed the team and continued to move forward.
In the huge square, the small grids looked spectacular and terrifying.
"Wow, finally saw the legendary house."
"I heard that it was built according to the Gongyuan. It is exactly the same. Later, the examinations of the township examination will be conducted in this kind of hall. The examination will last for several days."
"It looks so gloomy."
"Gosh, why is it so smelly."
"Could it be that this is the common name of the stinky name in the Gongyuan. If anyone is assigned the stinky name, it will be blood mold for eight lifetimes."
"My cousin had an imperial examination for one year, so he was assigned to the shed next to the toilet, but he was lifted out on the third day. It took six months to raise him."
"Blessed by the Bodhisattva, and by the Three Qing Patriarchs, it will pass smoothly."
Houses are arranged in accordance with the heavens and the earth's mysterious yellow, the universe...
Wang Xuecheng got a lottery, which is what is commonly known as the stinky name.
Three words popped up in his head instantly: It's over!