"Are you tired? Hurry up and eat something first, then take a bath and have a good sleep." Mrs. Zhu said with distress as she watched her daughter get off the carriage, with a tired look on her face.

The policy topic for the third session of the government examination could not be written in one day. Even if Zhao Ruxi could finish it, she did not want to be too conspicuous and handed in the paper one day in advance. Therefore, she stayed in the examination room all night and did not hand in the paper until around noon the next day.

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In modern times, it was common for her to stay up late in order to catch up on drawings. But in ancient times, her life was too healthy and green. She went to bed as soon as it got dark and got up as soon as dawn, and she never stayed up all night.

Now I stayed in the examination room all night. Although I could lie down on the table and sleep, it was still very uncomfortable. When I came out, I felt unbearable.

She agreed, ate, took a shower, and went to bed.

"Well, the government examination is just like this. If you take the college examination, the provincial examination, or the general examination again, wouldn't it mean that you have to stay in the examination room for several days? If you don't have enough food and sleep, it is not only hard work, but also very inconvenient." Zhu told Zhao

Yuan Xun said.

Although there is a mother-in-law in the examination room, and she will accompany her when going to the toilet, but several grown men supervising the examination are watching eagerly, and the female candidates feel very uncomfortable no matter what they do. When they are tired, they want to lie down on the table and take a nap.

They all have to take etiquette and demeanor into consideration. So even if the examination room for girls is much better than the small and simple examination room for boys, their psychological fatigue is not comparable to that of boys.

"Our family has a small fortune, and Sister Xi also has a lot of property in her own name. The one painting she sells is someone else's income for several years, so why do we need to work so hard?" Zhu continued.

After Zhao Ruxi auctioned the painting to the palace, she gave Zhu 10,000 taels of silver. Zhu used it to buy three shops in the capital and a large village in the surrounding counties, intending to use it as a dowry when Zhao Ruxi got married.

The original Zhuangzi in Suiping Prefecture made rice into dry vermicelli. The dry vermicelli was not sold in the capital, but shipped to the south of the Yangtze River. Southerners like to eat rice. This kind of vermicelli is convenient and fast, and tastes very good, especially

Popular with locals.

Seeing the huge profits, Zhu simply asked the steward to collect rice locally for processing, bought several small shops, and opened a rice noodle shop according to Zhao Ruxi's model in the capital.

After asking the Xu family if they planned to sell roasted seeds and nuts outside the capital, she opened a roasted seeds and nuts shop next to Jiangnan Rice Noodle Shop.

The steward Zhu sent to Jiangnan was also very capable. He found that the business of rice noodle shops and roasted seeds and nuts was really good. After reporting back, he opened these two shops in cities and towns around Jiangnan.

Although some locals followed suit, they couldn't learn the brine formula or the secrets of quartz sand for a while. Therefore, this alone made the Suiping Mansion a lot of money in the past six months.

Originally, after the separation of the family, most of the expenses of the house were reduced, and the economy became much better. With these inputs, Suiping Bo's house suddenly went from being unable to make ends meet to having a small surplus. Every year, he used the surplus money to buy family property. Suiping Bo's house

The government's life is getting better again.

This does not include the property in Zhao Ruxi's hands, the old lady, and Zhu's own dowry.

Now that her husband has obtained another official position, Mrs. Zhu is very confident when she says this.

"Sister Xi has her own reasons for what she wants to do. She doesn't find it hard, so let's not nag her," Zhao Yuanxun said.

Zhu nodded: "I'm just saying this, I definitely can't persuade her."

Two days later, it was the day when the exam results were released. The couple were listening to the news from the old lady when they heard the excited voice of the boy coming from the gate: "Old lady, uncle, madam, the results are released. The girl ranked first in high school.

Two names.”

Mrs. Zhu stood up and said happily: "Come in quickly."

This time it was still the clever boy who was sent to look at the list. After entering the house, he bowed and explained the situation in detail without waiting for his master to ask questions.

He added: "This time, there are test papers posted together with the list. The villain listened to everyone's discussion for a long time, and everyone was convinced of the girl's ranking. They all praised her for her good essays, and no one had any objections.

"

As he spoke, he took out a stack of paper from his arms and handed it to the maid beside him: "These are the rankings copied by the villain and the two articles posted by the first place."

Mrs. Zhu was very satisfied with this boy.

She signaled to Aunt Zhou: "Give him a reward."

There were ten taels of silver in the envelope. When the boy heard this, he was so happy that he couldn't help but copy articles in a crowded crowd. That was really not what a human being would do.

The three of them took turns to look at what the boy had copied back, and found that not only could they not see the quality of the article, but they also didn't recognize the names of the people on the list except Xu Chongwen.

"Okay, you can't understand it either. Send it to Sister Xi quickly. She should be anxious." The old lady said.

Mrs. Zhu quickly asked her maid to send the list and article to Xiuzhuyuan.

She then told Aunt Zhou: "Prepare a gift and send it to the Xu family to congratulate Brother Wen for passing the examination."

Aunt Zhou responded and went out.

Looking at Aunt Zhou's retreating back, Mrs. Zhu sighed with emotion: "Brother Wen hit the mark with one stroke, and his ranking is not low. The Xu family has managed to get through it all."

Xu Chongwen passed the 31st place in the government examination. After passing the government examination, he was a Tongsheng. At his age, it was very good to pass the Tongsheng examination. At least his future future was promising.

"No," the old lady said, "the Xu family has made a lot of money doing business in the past six months. Not only did they buy Mrs. Zhao Shi's yard, but they also bought a shop in the north of the city. It can be considered a small fortune. Xu

Now that Chongwen is pregnant with a child, he no longer has to worry about his marriage."

"Don't you know you don't have to worry." Mrs. Zhu said with a smile, "A few days ago, someone from the Zhao family asked me about Brother Wen. Looking at it, I asked someone to be a matchmaker as soon as he finished the child examination. Xu Xue especially

Several matchmakers came to the door. The Xu family and his wife were able to keep their composure and thought that they would wait until Brother Wen got the child to discuss the marriage between the brother and sister, so that they would be more confident."

Hearing the chat between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, Zhao Yuanxun couldn't help but sigh secretly when he thought of the four nieces and nephews in the second room who were of the same age.

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In Xiuzhuyuan, Zhao Ruxi saw the copied ranking list and didn't have much idea about her second place.

She has only been focusing on the Four Books and Five Classics for more than half a year, and she has not spent much time on it during these more than half a year. Being able to get second place in the government examination is because she has a good memory and a high understanding. There are many people with high IQs among the ancients.

She looked through the list of names and found that Xu Chongwen had passed the exam. She was very happy for him.

"Girl, are the names of the two people from the Capital Women's Academy on the list?" Qing Feng stretched his neck and looked at the list and asked.
Chapter completed!