The little guy had a soft voice, and the goose-yellow fluff in his black hair swayed slightly in the wind.
"What kind of money?" she asked in a low voice, "Are you asking me for a bribe?" The
book boy suddenly became angry and slammed the table angrily: "What nonsense are you talking about? Don't you know the rules? The Chinese Academy of Chinese Studies has exams all day and night, don't you? " For money, how can we deliver meals to you?"
"If you don't need meals, just go in."
Shen Ningning was stunned, with distress in her eyes.
The crazy scholar had reminded her to buy food, and she thought she could bring food in.
So, when I came out, I asked Grandma Qin to make a lot of food and store it in the fairyland.
She never thought that buying food meant giving money.
"I...I didn't bring it." The little guy was a little helpless.
The students lining up around to watch the excitement made snickering sounds.
The book boy said angrily: "Then you can go in directly. It doesn't matter if you don't eat. You are hungry anyway."
Lu Shaoyuan, who was registering at the side, saw this and came over.
Suddenly, a plain hand handed over a silver bag: "I'll give it to her, it's just a trivial matter, why do you have to be so cruel?"
Shen Ningning looked up and saw that it was the young lady she gave way to that day.
Thanks to Yuanjiu for paying, the scholar let Shen Ningning in.
The people around couldn't help but whisper -
"Miss Xie Si is indeed a lady, she is kind."
"Yes, if it were me, I wouldn't help. Isn't it common sense to pay for food? Do you still want to eat and drink for free?"
Shen Ningning made a special trip to wait at the door and saw Xie Yuanjiu also registering to come in.
The little guy hurriedly walked over: "Thank you for helping me out. How much money did you give me just now? I will get it back to you after I finish the exam."
Xie Yuanjiu smiled warmly: "It's such a small thing, I didn't look carefully. How much does it cost? Don't worry about it."
"You let me go first on the float last time. I still remember this favor, so you don't have to pay it back to me."
The nurse next to me urged: "Don't stand there chatting. , the exam time is coming soon, please find your cubicle according to the number!"
Shen Ningning had no choice but to thank her again and again, and sat in the Lu Shisi cubicle according to the number she got.
The Chinese Academy has already prepared pens and papers and placed them on the small table.
Shen Ningning sat down and thought, the Xie family are all good people!
Uncle Prime Minister and brother are so kind, and the young lady from the Xie family even came to her rescue.
After a while, the exam started.
The exams at the Chinese Academy of Sciences are very strict. There are a total of 230 temporary cubicles in the huge courtyard.
There are barriers on both sides of everyone, so you can't see who is next to them.
There were a total of eight Confucius examiners patrolling back and forth, and the Minister of Rites and two civil servants came to supervise the examination.
At this time, in the kitchen of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, meals were being registered according to the money given by everyone.
When he opened the silver bag with Shen Ningning's name on it, the kitchen steward was stunned.
"Just two copper coins, two pennies? He doesn't even have enough water to drink. What's wrong with this guy!" He suddenly became angry.
Why are there still students playing tricks like this? The money bag looked quite big, but it only had two pennies, which was not even enough to send the beggar away.
The cook next to me was surprised: "What should we do? We have given the money, but we have to give away food."
The steward said angrily: "The last remaining leftovers will be sent away cold."
In short, do you want to eat well? No!
In the examination room, Shen Ningning was already writing with great energy.
The crazy scholar gave her a topic, saying that this year's Chinese Academy of Sciences exam topic must be for students to briefly describe how Cangyun Kingdom settled the people who suffered from the disaster after the drought.
He really got it right. Shen Ningning has discussed this question countless times, so now he has it at his fingertips and writing it is effortless.
A civil servant invigilated the exam, passing by outside with a majestic look and his hands behind his back.
The person sitting next to Shen Ningning was Xie Yuanjiu. When she raised her head slightly, she looked at the civil proctor.
Xie Yuanjiu used his second wife's money to bribe this invigilator.
She doesn't want to cheat, but she wants to fundamentally reduce her opponents.
Because she had long heard that six talented candidates from the capital would come to participate. If Xie Yuanjiu wanted to get first place, something would happen to their answer sheets.
One morning had passed, and she wanted the invigilator to burn half of the cabinet where the answer sheets were stored after collecting them in the evening.
There have been fire accidents in the past exams at the National Academy of Chinese Studies, but the overly strict teachers decided that candidates whose answer sheets were burned could not retake the exam.
Because in Master's eyes, fire is also a celestial sign, which means that this group of candidates will have no luck in the exam this year, so it is another way of failing. This is what Xie Yuanjiu had in mind.
As long as half of the answer sheets are destroyed, she will have more chances to compete for first place.
At noon, meals began to be distributed.
Shen Ningning kept writing for an hour and a half, and she was already hungry.
However, she looked forward to it and watched the cook who delivered the food pass her several times carrying a tray without stopping.
The little guy wondered.
The young lady from the Xie family gave her money, so why is there no food for her?
After everyone else's meals were finished, a cook brought a stack of meals over with a dark face.
"Eat!" She put it down hard, and the oil splashed almost stained Shen Ningning's answer sheet.
Fortunately, the little guy had quick eyesight and quick hands, so he hurriedly picked up the half-written answer sheet.
Before she could express her anger, she smelled something rancid.
Shen Ningning's eyes widened as she looked at the food delivered by the cook.
There was only one plate, with the rice soup turning yellow, a few green vegetables floating on it, and two pieces of blackened meat.
I can't eat it at all!
Shen Ningning bit her lip, why did the Chinese Academy of Sciences go so far and didn't even check the meals given to the students?
This rice is so rancid that we can't even eat it.
The little guy had no choice but to put the rotten rice on the ground because he was so hungry.
She took advantage of the fact that the invigilator didn't come and took out the delicacies prepared by her grandma from the fairyland.
Braised fish fillet, served with a pile of green vegetables.
Grandma Qin sliced the fish fillets bit by bit with extremely skillful knife skills.
It is as thin as cicada wings and covered with reddish-brown sauce. It is spread on the rice and takes a bite, and the delicious fragrance is tangy.
After eating, Shen Ningning took out another cup of almond sweet milk.
The milk is the freshest bought in the town. It is boiled with sugar and then sifted, leaving only the rich milk.
Add the ground almonds and turn up the heat to create a layer of white sugar and yellow milk on the bottom.
Take a sip of milk and then bite into the crispy yellow milk crumbs. The rich aroma of almond spreads between your lips and teeth.
The little guy had enough to eat and drink, and put all the dishes back into the wonderland.
Immediately afterwards, she was more motivated than before, put down the brush, and after a while, the entire paper was covered with neat handwriting.
At the end of the evening, the invigilator, the Minister of Rites, took a look at the incense that was about to burn out and announced: "Now you can hand in the paper. The answer sheet must be handed in within one stick of incense at the latest, otherwise it will be considered as abandonment of the exam."
The book boys passed on the news, and many candidates who had prepared handed over their answer sheets.
Xie Yuanjiu wanted to leave it until the end, because she knew that the book boy would divide the collected answer sheets into portions and send them to the cabinet.
There will be a small fire in the cabinet, and in order to avoid her answer sheet being destroyed, she has to wait until the end.
In the cubicle next to Xie Yuanjiu, Shen Ningning has not yet handed in her paper.
The little guy had already finished writing, and when he was about to hand it in, a fat little bird flew out of nowhere.
Jumping up and down on her table, eating the yellow milk residue she dropped earlier.
"Little bird~ Are you hungry? I'll give you some cake!" Shen Ningning saw that there was still some time, so she whispered and took out a piece of red bean cake from the fairyland.
Put it on the table, and the fat bird with a yellow tail will scamper to the plate and feast.
Shen Ningning smiled sweetly, and the candlelight on the table reflected her innocent and lovely smile.
At this time, the little bird raised its head and flapped its wings gently: "Chirp, chirp~"
Shen Ningning was stunned, suspecting that she heard wrongly.
The little bird actually said that the cabinet on the west side was on fire, so it couldn't go to the yard over there to eat fruit.
Shen Ningning was surprised. When she came in, she heard the invigilator tell her the rules and all answer sheets would be deposited in the cabinet.
The bird flew away after eating.
When Shen Ningning saw that the time was coming, she hurriedly handed in the paper.
After walking up to the Minister of Rites and handing over the answer sheet, the little guy hesitated.
Still said: "Sir, I seem to smell a burning smell. Is there something wrong somewhere?"
No matter whether what Xiaoniao said is true or not, she should say it.
It's better if it's fake. If it's true, if you put out the fire in time, you can save many people's answers.
The Master of the Ministry of Rites was stunned when he heard this, and he cautiously called the nurse: "Quickly go and inspect the surroundings to see if there is any leakage!"