Chapter 915: Autumn Examination

The wedding of Master Sun and Lady Qin ended simply and lively.

Master Sun's bedroom and study were empty. The Qiao family told the old village chief that they could let the other three masters live in their home, but the old village chief refused.

"How can I trouble your family with everything? The three teachers have already settled down in my house. It's okay. They can stay for a month or two. When the courtyard built for the teachers is ready, we can let them move in. It's troublesome to move them back and forth now, isn't it?"

Seeing that the old village chief insisted, the Qiao family had no choice but to give up.

The weather was getting cooler day by day, and soon it was the autumn examination.

With the experience of the college entrance examination, I became very skilled in preparing things at home.

Qiao Ran still prepared food, drinks and necessary pills for her fourth uncle. She also took out a thermos from the space and filled it with hot water for him to drink, so that he wouldn't have to boil hot water himself in the examination room when it was cold.

In addition, because the weather turned cold, it was freezing cold in the dormitory at night, so I asked my family to prepare warm sweaters and down jackets, as well as a thin and warm silk quilt.

Even the shoes were made into calf-length fur boots stuffed with down, making them as super warm as 21st century down snow boots.

She even came up with ideas and drawings, and asked her dexterous Third Aunt to knit a pair of fingerless woolen gloves for her Fourth Uncle, so that his hands would not get frozen when he was answering questions and writing.

Everyone in the family admired Qiao Ran's various wonderful ideas. Qiao Sihai was so moved that his eyes turned red. He secretly vowed in his heart that he must get good grades and strive to become a powerful official in the future so that he could repay Ran Ran and protect this niece who has many special abilities.

On the day of the examination, Qiao Ran and Qiao Erhe sent Qiao Sihai to the examination hall together.

They arrived neither too early nor too late, it was the busiest time and there were already quite a few people queuing up to enter, the line was very long.

There were too many carriages in front of the Imperial Examination Hall, so Qiao Erhe had to park his carriage outside. Qiao Ran and Qiao Sihai got off the carriage, carrying their examination tools, and squeezed through the crowd and carriages towards the queue.

"Cousin Ranran, Brother Sihai, here! Here!"

They were about to get to the end of the line when they heard someone calling them.

Looking in the direction of the voice, they saw Lin Haowei standing in the middle of the team waving at them.

The two of them walked over, and the person queuing in front of Lin Haowei immediately came out of the line and gave his seat to Qiao Sihai.

Lin Haowei took out a piece of silver and handed it to the student. It turned out that he had made an agreement with someone to buy his position.

Qiao Ran handed the quilt on her shoulder to Qiao Sihai and looked at Lin Haowei.

"I haven't seen you for a while. My cousin has lost a lot of weight. He looks much better now than before."

Lin Haowei smiled happily:

"Thanks to my cousin's pills, I have lost nearly 100 pounds. My grandmother and my mother both said that I don't need to lose any more weight. I look good in this state. They would feel bad if I were too thin."

Qiao Ran looked at her cousin, who had lost almost half his weight and looked much more handsome, and nodded with satisfaction:

"Well, it's good like this now. You don't have to diet specifically in the future. But you can't overeat. If you eat too much, you should walk around more to help digest the food. By the way, cousin, why are you here to participate in the autumn examination? Are you confident?"

Lin Haowei touched his head and shook his head embarrassedly:

"I don't have confidence. My grades aren't as good as Brother Sihai's. I'm only participating to gain experience. I'm sure I'll pass the exam next time I come."

Qiao Ran pursed her lips and said nothing.

The conditions of the Autumn Examination were so difficult that some people couldn't even walk out of the examination room alive. This cheap cousin actually came to suffer just to gain experience.

Given how spoiled he was before, could he endure this hardship? Would he be so frightened that he would have a psychological trauma and would not dare to enter the examination room again?

After thinking about it, she couldn't bear it and took out two small porcelain bottles from the space and handed them over:

"This is the pill I made for my fourth uncle. Take one when you feel unwell."

"Great! Thanks, cousin!"

Lin Haowei naturally knew about her cousin's medical skills, and the pills she made must be good stuff.

He took it happily and put it carefully into the examination basket. Someone would check it carefully before entering the examination room, and maybe even break the pills open to see if there was any note hidden inside.