Farmhouse Green Plum

Chapter 412 Flying Scroll

After half a year of hard study, Yuan Qing naturally had new ideas about how to answer this question. After thinking for a while, he picked up his pen and began to answer.

After finishing one article, Yuan Qing weighed it down with a paperweight, picked up a new manuscript paper and prepared to write the next question. At this moment, a cold wind suddenly blew outside, and a piece of snow-white paper floated over from the left side of the examination room.

From the left came the anxious shout of a candidate: "Test paper! My test paper! Brother over there, help me stop it!"

Yuan Qing subconsciously wanted to stand up and help him stop, but he heard the soldier shouting: "No noise, otherwise it will be treated as cheating!"

Yuan Qing did not stand up. Of course, it didn't matter whether he stood up or not, because the examinee's paper had been blown to the center of the corridor before it reached him, then floated upwards and was blown outside by the whistling cold wind.

Seeing this, Yuan Qing took out the small porcelain bottle containing the pills and pressed it on the edge of the completed paper. He also decided to bring an extra paperweight to future exams.

Outside the dragon gate, because of their stove, the doctors on the other side also gathered around. The doctors gathered together and naturally talked about patients' illnesses. Song Ying was listening attentively with a candy in his mouth when he suddenly heard a noise from the crowd.

She turned her head and saw a double-page white paper fluttering in the wind.

"What kind of paper is this?"

"It flew out of the examination room. Could it be that some student was unlucky and his paper was blown away?"

As the crowd was discussing, two officers came out of the examination room and shouted, "That's the examinee's paper. Everyone, help!"

Most of those waiting in the cold wind were the candidates' family members. Upon hearing this, they were worried that the unlucky candidate was one of their own and quickly reached out to grab the test paper.

Everyone looked up at the fluttering papers, so it was easy for them to see each other and bump into each other. For a moment, the crowd was in chaos.

Song Ying was stunned. Such a thing could happen in such a rigorous county examination. The owner of this paper was too careless!

I'm afraid that this paper has been found and it will leave a bad impression on the examiner, right?

Finally, the paper was blown onto a roof, and the police went up with a ladder to take it down, ending the farce.

Doctor Ma and his friends stopped discussing medical skills and started talking about the careless examinee. Many worried people crowded in front of the dragon gate and asked the police who the owner of the paper was and whether it was their own child.

The officer glared at them and shouted angrily, "Everyone, get out of the way! No noise is allowed in front of the Dragon Gate! If anyone makes trouble again, the knife in my hand will not be tolerated by vegetarians!"

The worried people refused to give up and continued to ask the officers to tell them in kind words.

No matter how powerful the officers were, they did not dare to use force when facing so many people. Moreover, there were candidates among them, and it was unknown whose family might pass the exam. If they hurt them, wouldn't they be hurting the family of the future scholar?

Song Ying suddenly spotted Yuan Qing's grandmother, Tao, and Yuan Shan in the crowd. They were also anxiously trying to squeeze to the front to ask the officer, "Yuan Shan!"

She called out and greeted Mrs. Tao again, "Hello, Grandma Tao."

The grandmother and granddaughter looked over and saw that it was her. They asked hurriedly, "How long have you been here? Do you know whose paper was that?"

Song Ying shook his head: "After the police received the papers, they didn't say anything and just sent them in directly."

Tao and Yuan Shan were a little anxious, so Song Ying comforted them, "Yuan Qing has always been cautious, that paper should not be his, come over here and warm yourself by the fire."

As he spoke, Song Ying stood up and gave the stool to Tao.

Seeing that it was someone Song Ying knew, Lin Wenxuan also stood up and gave the stool to Yuan Shan.

Tao was the elder, so she did not refuse Song Ying's offer of a seat and sat down.

Yuan Shan also wanted to sit down, but she hit him hard: "Young man, why are you tired? How can you ask Dr. Xiaolin to give you a seat?"

After scolding, he said to Lin Wenxuan: "She is not tired, just let her stand."

Lin Wenxuan said: "We have been sitting for a long time, it is time to stand up and let this sister sit down."

Only then did Tao stop refusing and let Yuan Shan sit down.

Doctor Ma also knew Mrs. Tao, so he started talking to her, "Your village is so far away, and you came so early, I'm afraid you got up at 3 pm."

Tao nodded: "We can't sleep at home either. We'll feel more at ease if we come here early to watch."

Having said that, the flying scroll incident just now obviously made her uneasy. While talking to Doctor Ma, she looked at Longmen from time to time, secretly planning to wait until everyone left before going to the officer to ask something.

At this time, Mrs. Cui and other officials' families who had been waiting in the county government office heard about this and sent people out to inquire. Facing the servants of the Chen Mansion, the officers finally answered in a friendly tone.

"We are all unsophisticated people who can't read a single word. How can we know what is written on the test paper? Bring the test paper in and the brothers in charge will deliver it. During this exam period, we are not allowed to communicate with each other. Please don't make things difficult for us."

After hearing this, Tao had no choice but to take a break and then go find the officer to ask, and waited patiently.

After a while, the gate opened again, and two officers carried out a candidate. The candidate's face was as white as paper, and cold sweat was pouring down his forehead. But he kept shouting, "I don't want to see a doctor! Let me finish my paper!"

An officer advised: "Young master, you should come back next time. You can't get out of the toilet when you squat in it. You can't take the exam in the toilet, right?"

The candidate burst into tears and said, "If you let me take the test, I would rather poop in my trouser pocket than not finish the test paper."

After listening to the examinee's words, the people waiting did not laugh at him, but instead lamented the difficulty of studying.

At this time, the candidate's family also recognized him, and they were distressed and anxious. They came forward to support him and asked, "He was fine when he went in, why is he like this?"

One of the officers replied, "Maybe he caught a cold. He was halfway through writing the paper when he had to go to the toilet before the time came. He was in there for a long time and couldn't come out. When our people went in to check, they found that his legs were so weak that he couldn't stand up."

This candidate's family was obviously not well off. His mother and wife both burst into tears when they heard this. His mother glared at his wife and said, "Didn't I tell you to stay awake at night and keep an eye on him? Is the quilt not covered properly?"

His wife was very aggrieved. "My daughter-in-law watched me all night last night. The quilt was always tightly covered. Before she went to cook in the morning, she also asked me to watch over her."

His mother also remembered this and stamped her feet anxiously: "Oh my God, what went wrong? How did he catch a cold?"

In order to support his son's education, the relatives borrowed money from all over, waiting for the boy's examination to pass and become a scholar. Who would have thought that he would be helped out like this before the county examination even started.

"Don't cry, old man. We brothers are just guessing that you caught a cold. We need to see a doctor to confirm it. Help him to the doctor first."