As soon as Mr. Zhuang turned around, he saw Bai Shan with a troubled face. He shook his head, lightly hit his head with the book, and said with a smile: "If you can't learn, just take a rest. If you are so distressed, it will not only embarrass yourself but also make things difficult for you."

Got the book.”

Bai Shan said distressedly: "Sir, do we have to take the entrance examination this year? I think I can postpone it for a year."

Mr. Zhuang said with a smile: "Let's take a test this year. It doesn't matter if you fail. We can take a look next year. Besides, you should also go out and take a look. You always live with me in Qili Village."

Neither can I study.”

Manbao really wanted to go out. Ever since she knew she could go to Yizhou, Manbao had promised Keke a lot of things, such as digging grass, picking flowers, catching insects and fish. She had to find a way to find anything that had not been included before.

try to find.

So she comforted Bai Shan, "Shanbao, don't be nervous, we will all be with you. If you are tired, can I play the flute for you?"

"No," Bai Shan trembled and said, "I'd better read a book."

Man Bao was filled with regret.

"By the way, I'm about to take the imperial examination. You're not allowed to call me by my nickname outside in the future."

"I know, I know," Man Bao said impatiently: "You have told me several times that I won't call you by your nickname, and you are not allowed to call me by my nickname. By the way, Mr. Yang didn't want to write to you.

A letter of recommendation, have you gone to get it?"

"Already got it back."

The recommendation letter given by Yang Heshu was for the academic officer of the government school. With his recommendation letter, Bai Shanbao could take the exam directly without having to go through the recommendation of the academic officer one after another.

Every county magistrate has a recommended quota, but this is not expensive but it is not expensive, but it is rare.

In fact, the most valuable recommendation power held by the county magistrate is the quota that can be directly recommended to the government school. With that quota, students can enter the government school without passing the exam.

This was the quota that Yang Heshu said he would give to Bai Shanbao.

However, each county magistrate only has one in his hand, so many county magistrates easily refuse to use this quota.

Generally speaking, when the county magistrate gives this quota, the person is either talented, wealthy, or related.

Yang Heshu is not yet married, he is single, and of course he has no son. In terms of money, he has never been short of money so far, so it is useless to keep the quota in his hand.

Bai Shanbao has a recommendation letter from Yang Heshu. Not only can he take the exam directly, but he should also receive some care when he goes to study in Yizhou Prefecture.

It was just after the third day of March, when farming was busy, that Mr. Zhuang led his three disciples to go out.

Mrs. Liu and Mr. Bai each got out a carriage, driven by Zhou Lang and Daji.

Mr. Zhuang rejected the servant they wanted to give him. He had already planned to go out to take the exam this time. Regardless of whether he succeeded or not, he would take his three disciples on a trip. Things like food, clothing, housing and transportation should be done by themselves.

Yes, they did it themselves.

As Mr. Zhuang, who already considers himself quite young, when the teacher has something to do, it is natural for the disciple to do the work.

The government examination is in April, and Luojiang County is only one day away from Yizhou. If you are afraid that the carriage will be slow, you can set off early in the morning and arrive before the city gate closes in the evening.

But will Mr. Zhuang be in a hurry?

He left the house a month in advance so as not to be in a hurry, and he also deliberately took a long detour. After coming out of Luojiang County, he first walked further north, from north to west, and then from west to south to Yizhou.

It turned a one-day journey into an unknown number of days.

The reason why I say I don't know is because on the third day after they came out, they could only ask the passers-by on the road where they were.

Anyway, the three children don't know the road, and neither does Zhou Lang. Daji may know it, but if the masters don't ask, he won't tell. And Mr. Zhuang won't tell even if they ask, and just let them ask the passers-by on the road.

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But this official road is dilapidated, and there are no pedestrians anywhere.

They walked forward for a long distance, and vaguely saw smoke from a kitchen in front of them. Bai Shanbao immediately stood on the shaft of the car, held on to the roof of the car, stepped forward and looked forward. After confirming that it was smoke from a kitchen, he shouted: "There is a house in front!"

Bai Erlang, who was dying and extremely thirsty, immediately climbed out of the car and stood up to watch.

Man Bao also climbed out. Seeing that he was shaky, he said: "Okay, okay, don't stand up. What if you fall?"

Zhou Lang, who was driving the car, nodded repeatedly, "Yes, yes, second master, you have to stand firm. If you fall, I won't be able to protect you."

Bai Erlang sat down on the shaft of the car and said, "Who fell? I'm very powerful."

Mr. Daji and Mr. Zhuang, who were driving and riding in the car in front, were both thankful in their hearts. Fortunately, Zhou Lang came with him, otherwise it would have been too noisy with three chatty people.

Now that the three of them had come out, they simply didn't go back to the car and just huddled on the shaft of the car chattering.

The terrible thing was that Zhou Lang also talked a lot. He moved his buttocks to make some room for them and chatted with them.

There were shady green trees on both sides of the official road, blocking their view. They only had time to see the smoke floating in the air. They thought the place was still far away, but who knew there was a bend in front of them. They turned around and walked forward for a while.

They saw a teahouse in front of them, and the smoke they saw just now was rising from the teahouse.

Not only the four people in the carriage behind him, but also Mr. Daji and Mr. Zhuang in the front breathed a sigh of relief. Now that it was already past lunch, and they could no longer find a place to rest, they had to look for water in the nearby woods.

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Two carriages stopped outside the teahouse, and a young man dressed as a waiter ran up to help them lead the horses. He asked with a smile on his face: "Do you want to feed the horses, sir?"

Daji jumped down, nodded and said: "Hey, give them two barrels of medium-sized fodder."

"yes."

Daji helped Mr. Zhuang out of the car. The three people behind him had already jumped down and ran up to help Mr. Zhuang.

Mr. Zhuang's legs were really numb after sitting for a long time, so he extended his hand for them to help him.

After walking a few steps forward, I discovered that there were many people in the teahouse, some dressed as farmers, and others who seemed to be passing through.

Man Bao glanced at their carriage and found that the young man had pulled the carriage to the other side, then unloaded the carriage and pulled the horse to the left side, where five tall horses were standing.

Man Bao secretly wowed, thinking that the people at that table must be very rich, and the horses looked like very good horses, and there were five of them.

Bai Shanbao's family is so rich, but they only have three horses.

The four masters and apprentices entered the teahouse, smiled and nodded to the people sitting inside to say hello, and then found an empty table to sit down.
Chapter completed!