With the guarantee, the local government granary student also became an acknowledged guarantor, assuring that the examinee would not impersonate another, substitute someone else, or use a false name, guaranteeing a clean family background. Zhou Shuren and the Clan Leader went to the home of the local government granary student together, bringing not only tea and cloth bought from Jiangnan but also two silver taels as gifts, which were quite generous.
Zhou Shuren came back that same day and said that many people visited the candidate's family to request a guarantee.
