Chapter 032: Women who have talents and virtues are good
There are still half a month left before the exam, and there are not many students entering the examination room. Because there are people guarding outside the hall and there are no pedestrians, Yao Si, who is carrying a bag and wearing a straw hat, looks particularly eye-catching. Pen 『Qu 『Qu 『Qu
The gatekeeper looked at her and thought she was curious, so he scolded Yao Si and asked him to leave quickly.
Yao Si took out the wooden sign and walked forward, "I'm here to take the county exam. This is the sign given to me by the chief clerk himself."
The gatekeeper almost fell down. He looked at the words Yao Si written on the wooden sign. He looked through the list again, but Yao Si's name was also found. Finally, he asked about his personal information and he was right.
The two looked at each other and repeatedly checked the wooden signs. It was indeed true, but -- this is clearly a woman, how could she come to take the exam? Is it an exception this year? But they have never seen a woman exam in so many years.
After all, everyone who comes to take the exam is all Tongsheng. At this moment, they are opening up the bright road of the future. If they pass the exam, they may be bright in the future.
The gatekeeper also knew that he could not offend these young young people easily. Although he was shocked, he finally let Yao Si in.
After entering the other hall, someone immediately stepped forward to lead the way. When he saw Yao Si, he was also surprised and could not hide his expression. Yao Siquan pretended not to see it and followed the lead silently.
"Hey, didn't you say you couldn't go out if you came in, and you couldn't come in again if you went out? What's wrong with her?"
"Who knows, there is no need to cook here. Could it be that it is sweeping the floor?"
On the way, we inevitably met people in groups of three or three. There were men in other restaurants. When they saw Yao Si's only woman, they were all curious and speculated about what she was here to do.
"This girl looks good."
"Review it carefully. When you succeed in the future, you will have no appearance."
Yao Si listened to the chattering and said as if he hadn't heard it. When he came to the accommodation, as Yan said, although the room was large, it was divided into more than ten independent compartments.
The compartment was very narrow. Yao Si guessed that he could just lie flat. There was a stone tablet embedded in the wall about three feet high, which was used as a table during the day and as a bed at night.
Fortunately, what is more humane is that each compartment has a small window on the wall, an oil lamp is hung on the window, and a wooden barrel is placed in the compartment for people to go to the toilet, but there is nothing else.
Yao Si looked at the wooden door of the compartment that was as high as his waist, turned his head and asked the guide: "I am my daughter's house, do you want to live here too?"
The guide was embarrassed and could not understand why women could come in, nor did they dare to offend these candidates too much. They could only honestly say: "No woman has ever taken the county exam here, and she has never arranged a dormitory for women. There are many applicants this year and there are no extra rooms available."
While the two of them were talking, they had already attracted the attention of candidates in other compartments. When they saw Yao Si, almost everyone was either confused or shocked.
Of course, there are also disdain and contempt. This type of person probably knows that the late emperor has read the new calligraphy orders and despises and boycotts them from the bottom of his heart.
Yao Si compared the location of the compartment, and no one occupied the end of the end. Although it was darker than other places, it was better to be hidden. She walked over silently with her baggage on her back.
There were many eyes looking at each other along the way. Yao Si took it seriously. After putting the things down, he took out the books and started reading.
"Hey---I heard that a woman lives in here? Is it true?" Noisy voices rushed in, maybe someone pointed the direction, and the footsteps all headed towards the end of the compartment.
Yao Si read the book seriously. It was not until the light in front was blocked that she looked up at the group of people in front of her.
It was really like watching a monkey show. Yao Si teased herself in her heart, and the corners of her mouth couldn't help but sing. When she smiled, the onlookers were sensational, and she laughed and shouted.
"Hey, it's really a woman. This is the first time I've seen a woman take an exam."
Some people even wanted to open the small door of Yao Si's compartment, but Yao Si pressed it with his feet inside, "If you have enough fun, please leave. If you have this time, see if I am a man or a woman. Maybe you can read more words."
"Look---Look----This is such a loud tone. Just a woman, she actually came here too. Could it be that she had gone the wrong way?"
"It's not that I'm going the wrong way, I think it's just because I'm confused, hahahaha----Is it because I want to take the exam too?"
"Are you talking nonsense? What are you doing if you don't take the exam? Can you give birth to a baby?"
"Hahaha----" The crowd burst into laughter, and his eyes looked at Yao Si like he was watching a monkey being played with.
Yao Si didn't care and continued to read, but her tolerance became timid and fear in the eyes of these men.
Someone snatched the book in his hand away? Yao Si looked up expressionlessly and glanced at the group of people in front of him with a cold look: "You can be good at both virtue and talent in life. People who are against their boudoir are afraid or shocked. You are so afraid before you even enter the exam room, don't you laugh?"
These words were like water splashing in a pan, igniting the men watching the fun, some laughing and some dissatisfied.
Yao Si's book was thrown back, and he heard someone shouting: "A mere woman dares to compete with us. Such a person who overestimates himself does not need to be as knowledgeable as her. Anyway, she is the one who is embarrassed in the end."
"She actually said we are afraid of her? It's such a big joke. If men are afraid of women, then the world will be reversed."
"It's not just a reversal, it no longer exists. Men are afraid of women. Is this reasonable?"
Yao Si smiled and asked, "Since you don't think you need to be afraid of me, then you can see what you've got after the exam, please."
The onlookers looked at each other and finally got to wherever they came.
Things that are contrary to common sense are always talked about. Yao Si has only entered another hall for less than half a day, and the news spread from somewhere. In one and a half days, the streets and alleys of Xiaxiang County almost knew that a woman took the county exam this year.
This matter is not big, but it is not small, so Lei Zhen, who received the news, didn't know what to do for a moment.
Do you want to drive it out? But the late emperor's decree is there, and some people who have given money and signed up again can't be driven away for nothing. But if you don't chase it, wouldn't this be a big deal? Women's exam? This was only ten years ago.
Lei Zhen was in a dilemma and finally could only spread his anger on the head of the chief clerk, angering why he gave the wooden sign that day.
The chief clerk was very aggrieved. Yao Si was the one who signed up yesterday. He still remembered it. But yesterday he thought Yao Si was signing up for his brother and even his father, but he never expected that she signed up for himself.
The chief clerk thought about it and felt that it was unreasonable to drive it out, and it was even more unreasonable not to drive it out. In the end, he could only comfort Lei Zhen, "------------------------------------------------------------------------------
If this is a sewing and thread test, she must do it, but this is a county test. Can she be better than a man? If she is young, she might as well ignore it for the time being. Anyway, she will not be on the list after the exam."
Lei Zhen thought it was reasonable and just waited for the result. Anyway, the girl would definitely not be able to make a name for herself.
Chapter completed!