Chapter 56 The Results Are About to Be Announced

"Guangde, did you do poorly in the exam this time?"

The mother's voice came from behind Wei Guangde, causing the hand that was about to push the door to pause slightly.

Wei Guangde turned to his mother with a bright smile on his face. Although the mother could not see clearly because of the dim light, Wei Guangde still smiled and said: 'Mother, I didn't tell a lie.

Although I dare not say that I will definitely be on the list of the county exam, if there is no accident, my name should be on the list. '

The mother, who was still holding a lantern in her hand, got this answer from her son again in this situation where only the mother and son were present, and a smile from the heart appeared on her face.

"It's because I didn't expect you to hand in the paper in advance. Mother heard that they usually hand in the paper after dark. When you came back, your uncle had just asked someone to prepare a carriage and said that he would pick you up at the gate of the county government office in a while. As a result, you came back just after he went out to tell the driver."

When Wei's mother said this, she explained the slightly weird atmosphere in the house from the afternoon to the evening.

Yes, the atmosphere is a bit weird.

After Wei Guangde entered the house, neither his uncle nor his aunt asked about the county exam. They just said that Wei Guangde was still young and would enter school late.

Well, Wei Guangde also knew that they were actually reminding him repeatedly that it didn't matter if he failed the exam. He was still young and had plenty of time to continue studying and taking exams.

Maybe they were worried that failing the exam would leave a shadow in Wei Guangde's heart.

No words were spoken that night.

The next day, Wei Guangde got up, washed up, and went out for breakfast. After a while, his uncle and aunt also came out.

Wei Guangde went forward to pay his respects, and after breakfast he went out for a stroll to visit Pengze County.

As for continuing to review his lessons and prepare for the next few exams, forget it.

In fact, the county exams in the Ming Dynasty generally had four or five exams, which were decided by the county magistrate, but the first exam, which was the main exam, was the most important.

As for the subsequent exams, they were more important in ranking the boys admitted in the first exam.

In Pengze County, after the first exam, it takes two days to announce the results, while the next few exams only take one day. Because the number of candidates is decreasing, it is naturally much easier for the examiners.

It is worth mentioning that to participate in the next exam, you must be admitted in the first exam before you can continue.

Wei Guangde naturally did not plan to participate in the next few exams, unless he ranked very high in the first exam, maybe he would take a gamble.

However, he only wrote so many articles, and there were only about ten excellent ones among them, which were considered very good by Master Sun.

Although he did not know what questions he would encounter in the subsequent imperial examinations, Wei Guangde did not plan to participate in more exams and write more articles.

The papers after each exam were equivalent to making his articles known to the world. If he encountered the same test questions in the future, he could not use them again unless he made major changes.

It is better to pray to God and Buddha and pray that the questions in each exam are what he is proficient in than to have the leisure to write articles.

Two days later, the county exam results were announced.

Wei Guangde got up early in the morning and planned to go to the county government office to see if his name was on the list.

In the past two days, almost all the scholars in the county gathered in Pengze County. After all, they all wanted to take the imperial examination and make progress, so Wei Guangde also went with his classmates to make friends with scholars in the county.

Among his classmates and seniors, there are several who have participated in the county examination several times, so he knows many local students. He can invite many people without walking half a street on the street.

Through contact, Wei Guangde realized that he was too naive before.

Before, or even in his previous life, he always thought that those who failed the county examination must be corrupt scholars who were stupid because of reading, so they couldn't even pass the county examination.

But after some contact, Wei Guangde found that many of these people seemed to have a much higher level of writing than himself.

Although talking well does not mean writing well, when everyone sits together, it is natural to talk about the articles they wrote in this exam.

Although there is no first place in literature and no second place in martial arts, everyone still has a scale in their hearts to judge whether an article is good or bad.

Well, the two-day trip has hit Wei Guangde a little. Now it depends on whether his prayer to the gods and gods on the day before the exam will work. Master Sun said that although learning is the first, sometimes luck is really important. Everything depends on the examiner's judgment at that moment.

After breakfast, when he was about to go out, he heard a sound of horse hooves outside the door, and then Wei Lao brought his eldest brother and cousin into the gate.

"Guangde, are you going to see the list?"

When he entered the door and saw Wei Guangde standing inside the door in neat clothes, as if he was going out, Wei Lao asked.

"Dad, cousin, eldest brother, why are you here?"

Wei Guangde was surprised.

"I can't stay at home. The list is announced today, so we rode here early in the morning."

Wei Wencai smiled behind Wei Lao.

It sounded easy, but judging from the sound of horse hooves, they must have set out on horseback in the early morning. If they took a carriage, they would not be able to reach the county town, and they would have to leave at three or four o'clock to catch up.

"You are all here."

Uncle Wu Zhankui in the room heard the voices and came over. Seeing the three people exhausted, he said, "Come in, wash your face and eat something."

To get from Bengshanbao to the county town, it would take at least yinshi to set out so early, so they must not have had breakfast.

He asked the servants to prepare hot water towels to wipe their faces. The weather in February was still cold in the morning, but seeing that several people were smiling, Wu Zhankui didn't know what to say for a while.

Two days ago, although he heard his sister privately say that Guangde felt that he did well in the exam, Wu Zhankui didn't believe it very much, after all, he left the exam room so early.

In his opinion, well, anyway, he just felt that Wei Guangde might not have done well in the exam this time, or that he might not have answered those questions, so he left the exam room so early.

Wei Guangde naturally couldn't leave home to see the list at this time. He sat down and watched his father and two brothers wolfing down breakfast, but his mind was a little far away.

He was really not sure whether he could make the list.

Speaking of going home on the day of the county exam, Wei Guangde actually felt that he was still 60% to 70% sure to make the list, but after these two days, he felt that he only had 30% to 40% chance of winning.

Luck, he prayed to the gods and Buddhas, and he was a person who traveled through time, so he should have a little bit of the protagonist's halo.

Wei Guangde thought so in his heart, and was also hypnotizing himself.

His father and two brothers came overnight, and if they saw his name was not on the list in the end.

Wei Guangde didn't want to think too much, and felt that if he didn't make the list, he would be too sorry.