After sending Xue Baochai away, Jia Huan felt that he really needed to add something to the house. Otherwise, he wouldn't be able to entertain anyone who came. It would be a little rude today. However, he only had two taels of silver a month, which was not enough to spend. How could he have the spare money to buy so many things? He would talk about it in the future. Thinking of this, Jia Huan couldn't help but have a headache.
Other than Go, Jia Huan didn't know much about the toys of the ancients. He had already left the category of children, so those toys didn't enter his eyes.
With nothing to do, Jia Huan began to recall some things from his previous life.
Moneybags was possible, and there was also Flying Chess, which was easy to obtain.
Thinking of this, Jia Huan excitedly began to draw. Caiyun looked at him from the side and could not help but feel strange.
Very quickly, Jia Huan handed the finished drawing to Caiyun, who was confused.
"Third Master, this is?" Caiyun asked hesitantly.
Jia Huan thought for a moment and took the thing back. He said,"I'll go outside and find someone to do it. I'll leave it to you. It's inevitable that you won't have a clue.”
After a while, Aunt Zhao also came over. She looked at the Pear Fragrance Courtyard and praised it.
"Brother Huan, you really want a place, but Madam is actually willing to give it to you. I really didn't expect this.”
Then, he looked at the servant maids in the room and said,""This is what a master should look like."
Jia Huan came forward and said,"Aunt, you should eat here tonight."”
"That's what I was thinking," Aunt Zhao said happily.”
Caiyun hurriedly went out to greet them. Pear Fragrance Courtyard had its own small kitchen, which was one of the reasons why Jia Huan had taken a fancy to Pear Fragrance Courtyard. As for the Grand View Garden, she could forget about it. Consort Yuan only wanted Jia Baoyu, a male, to be able to enter. The rest of the people did not have this blessing.
However, Jia Huan was not jealous. Pear Fragrance Yard was already good enough.
That night, the new maid worked very hard. Although it was only four dishes and one soup, it was delicious enough. Concubine Zhao was very satisfied.
After dinner, Aunt Zhao said,""Brother Huan, I'm counting on you for the rest of my life. You can't let yourself down. You're going to enter the competition again next month, so you can't relax.”
Jia Huan promised,"Don't worry, YiNiang. I'm serious."”However, he was already a little relaxed now. After all, it had already been decided internally. As long as he did not court death, a student would be easily captured.
The next day, Jia Huan went out for a stroll. He was still thinking about his flying chess and Moneybags.
There was a quiet house on the corner of the street that sold chess equipment. Jia Huan walked in.
"Young master, please come in." The waiter at the door was very enthusiastic.
The decorations in the shop were also very good. There were chess pieces from high to low grade. The waiters and shopkeepers did not judge people by their appearances and greeted them warmly.
"Shopkeeper, can you make custom-made chess sets?" Jia Huan asked after swaying for a moment.”
The grey-haired shopkeeper half-bent his waist and said with a smile,"Of course we can. But what kind of chess set does this young master want?”
Jia Huan took out his drawing of Moneybags and Flying Chess and introduced it to the shopkeeper in detail.
" I need eight of these, fifty of these, eighty of these…" But Jia Huan didn't say how he was going to play. As expected, the shopkeeper was old and shrewd, and could tell that Jia Huan was hiding.
"Young master, can you tell me the specific gameplay? If possible, the store is willing to customize a set of Go equipment for Young Master for free.”
Jia Huan smiled." I won't hide it from you, Shopkeeper. I don't know the specific rules." This is done on behalf of others."
The shopkeeper saw that Jia Huan was very tight-lipped, so he smiled and did not ask any further.
Very soon, both sides decided on the chess set. Jia Huan did not ask for any particularly good materials. He only asked for the chicken wing wood. He paid a total of three taels of silver and agreed to come back in three days.
After that, he went home to study. Although he had already decided internally, he still had to go through the motions. Moreover, his essay could not be too bad.
Time flew by and soon, it was the day of the capital examination.
Madam Wang woke up early. The entire Rong Mansion was quiet, but she knew that not many people could sleep peacefully now.
In the past few days, she had been praying in front of Bodhisattva every day, hoping that Jia Huan would make a big mistake and lose the fame she had obtained. He even specially went to the Iron threshold temple to add some money. This time, his heart was really sincere.
Jia Lian should be awake by now. That's right. As a good brother, he would definitely go and take the exam.
What was Baoyu doing? She finally remembered her Baoyu. There weren't many people who could still fall asleep, but Jia Baoyu was definitely one of them. He had probably forgotten that his younger brother was going to the capital examination.
Jia Huan also got up early. Caiyun helped Jia Huan get up. The Pear Fragrance Courtyard was brightly lit for a while. Mother Jiang was also woken up by Caiyun early. She made breakfast for Jia Huan and prepared some pickled meat and vegetables for Jia Huan to eat in the examination hall.
After eating and drinking to his heart's content, he came out with the test basket and found Jia Lian waiting for him at the door.
"Third brother, you finally figured it out. I've been in the cold wind for half a day.”
Jia Huan smiled and said,"Thank you for your hard work, Second Brother Lian." After the exam, I'll treat Second Brother to a drink.”
"Then I'll be waiting." Jia Lian said happily.”
Then, he called Jia Huan to get into the car, and the two brothers headed in the direction of the school.
The same inspection, the same Dragon Gate.
The exam ended after three days.
The imperial examination was both a mental and physical exercise. Fortunately, Jia Huan had already decided internally, so the exam was quite easy.
After the exam, Jia Huan quickly went home to write down the essay. He rushed to Mr. Qian's residence and respectfully handed it in.
Mr. Qian carefully read Jia Huan's article, patted the table, and shouted,""Jia Huan! You've slacked off."
Jia Huan was horrified.”
"Do you think that you've already gotten this student position because you're the chief examiner of the county examination?" Qian Yuben continued. He was slacking off now! I think this is the end of your fame!”
Jia Huan broke out in a cold sweat and did not dare to speak.
Mr. Qian's words slowed down a little and continued,"The intermediate test isn't a problem, but I want to see your Dao test. Don't be careless!”
"Yes," Jia Huan replied honestly.
When he returned, Jia Lian had been waiting for him for a long time."Let's go, third brother! Let's go for a drink."
He had to go to the promised thing, but Jia Huan had no taste for this meal.
"What's going on?" Jia Lian asked.”
"I just came back from Mister's residence." Jia Huan smiled bitterly. Sir read my article and was quite disappointed in me.”
Jia Lian didn't mind." Just work harder next time!" This student could not escape either.”
Jia Huan didn't mention this matter again and just ate this meal with Jia Lian. He secretly made up his mind to perform well in the Dao examination.
When the results were released seven days later, Jia Huan also won. However, it was not the first place, but the seventh place.
The great grandmaster, who was also South Zhili's Minister of Education, Li Rugui, released news that this year's Dao examination would be held in October.
Half a year was enough.
The news of Jia Huanzhong's capital examination did not cause much of a stir in the Jia residence because everyone knew that he had already been internally selected.
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