Chapter 185: Fire? Report!

The little girl's voice was soft, and the yellow fluff in her black hair swayed gently with the wind.

"What silver?" She asked in a low voice: "Are you looking for a bribe from me?"

The book boy was immediately angry and slammed the table angrily: "What nonsense are you talking about? Don't you know the rules? The National Academy will take a day and a night to take the exam. If you don't give us silver, how can we send you food?"

"If you don't need food, just go in directly."

Shen Ningning was stunned, and distress appeared in her watery eyes.

The crazy scholar did remind her to buy food, but she thought she could bring food in.

So, when she came out, she asked Grandma Qin to make a lot of food and store it in the fairyland.

She didn't expect that buying food actually meant paying money.

"I... I didn't bring it." The little girl was a little helpless.

The students who were queuing around to watch the excitement laughed.

The book boy said unhappily: "Then just go in directly, it's okay if you don't eat, anyway, you are hungry."

Lu Shaoyuan, who was registering on the side, saw this and wanted to come over.

Suddenly, a hand handed over a silver bag: "I'll pay for her. It's just a small matter. Why are you so mean?"

Shen Ningning looked up and saw that it was the lady she gave way to that day.

Xie Yuanjiu paid the money, and the scholar let Shen Ningning in.

The people around couldn't help but whisper--

"Miss Xie is a lady from a noble family. She is kind."

"Yes, if it were me, I wouldn't help. Isn't it common sense to pay for the meal? Do you want to eat and drink for free?"

Shen Ningning waited at the door specially and saw Xie Yuanjiu also registered and came in.

The little guy hurried over: "Thank you for helping me out. How much silver did you give me just now? I will take it back after I finish the exam."

Xie Yuanjiu smiled gently: "It's a small matter. I didn't look at how much money it was. Anyway, don't take it to heart."

"Last time you took the float and let me go first. I still remember this favor, so you don't have to pay me back."

The guard next to him urged: "Don't stand there and chat. The exam time is about to come. Please find your compartment according to the number!"

Shen Ningning had to thank him again and again, and sat in the 6th compartment according to the number she got.

The National Academy had already prepared paper and pen and placed them on the small table.

After Shen Ningning sat down, she thought, the Xie family are all good people!

Prime Minister Uncle and Brother are so good, and the little sister of the Xie family also helped her out.

After a while, the exam began.

The exam of the National Academy is very strict. There are a total of 230 temporary compartments in the huge courtyard.

There were baffles on both sides of each person, so you couldn't see who was next to you.

There were eight examiners patrolling back and forth, and the Minister of Rites and two civil servants were in charge of the exam.

At this time, in the kitchen of the National Academy, the meals were being registered according to the money given by everyone.

When the silver bag with Shen Ningning's name on it was opened, the kitchen manager was stunned.

"Just two copper coins, two cents? Not enough to drink water, what's wrong with this person!" He immediately got angry.

How could there be students who were so tricky? Looking at the big purse, there were only two cents, not enough to send beggars.

The cook next to him was surprised: "What can we do? The money has been given, and we can't not send food."

The manager said angrily: "Send the leftovers."

In short, want to eat well? No!

In the examination room, Shen Ningning has already written like a god.

The crazy scholar predicted the topic for her, saying that the theme of the National Academy this year must be to let students briefly describe how Cangyun State settled the victims of the drought.

He really got it right. Shen Ningning had discussed this question countless times, so now it was easy to write.

A civil servant was invigilating, and he walked by with his hands behind his back with a dignified look.

Sitting next to Shen Ningning was Xie Yuanjiu. When she raised her head slightly, she exchanged glances with the civil servant invigilator.

Xie Yuanjiu bribed the invigilator with the money from the second house.

She didn't want to cheat, but she wanted to reduce her opponents fundamentally.

Because she had heard that six talented candidates in the capital would come to participate, and if Xie Yuanjiu wanted to get first place, she had to make their answer papers go wrong.

A whole morning had passed, and she wanted the invigilator to burn half of the cabinet where the answer papers were stored after collecting the papers in the evening.

In the past, there had been fire accidents during the National Academy exams, but the overly strict teachers decided that those candidates whose answer sheets were burned could not retake the exam.

Because in the eyes of the teachers, the fire was also a sign of astronomical phenomena, which meant that this group of candidates had no luck in the exam this year, so it was another way to fail.

Xie Yuanjiu had this idea.

As long as half of the answer sheets were destroyed, she would have more chances to compete for the first place.

At noon, the meals were distributed.

Shen Ningning had been writing for an hour and a half and was already hungry.

However, she looked forward to it, watching the cook who delivered the meal repeatedly carrying the tray and passing by her, but she did not stop.

The little girl was puzzled.

The little sister of the Xie family gave her money, so why was there no meal for her?

After everyone else's meals were distributed, a cook brought a stack of meals with a dark face.

"Eat!" She put it down heavily, and the splashed oil almost stained Shen Ningning's answer sheet.

Fortunately, the little girl was quick-witted and quickly picked up the half-written answer sheet.

Before she could express her anger, she smelled a sour smell.

Shen Ningning stared at the food brought by the cook.

There was only one dish, the rice soup had turned yellow, with a few green vegetables floating on it, and two pieces of blackened meat.

It was inedible!

Shen Ningning bit her lip, how could the National Academy be so excessive that they didn't even check the food they gave to students.

The rice was rotten, and it couldn't be eaten.

The little girl had no choice but to put the rotten rice on the ground because she was so hungry.

She took out the delicacies that her grandmother had prepared for her from the fairyland when the invigilator was not here.

Braised fish slices, served with a stack of green and lush green vegetables.

The fish slices were sliced ​​little by little by Grandma Qin with extremely clever knife skills.

As thin as a cicada's wing, covered with reddish-brown sauce, spread on the rice and took a bite, the fresh fragrance was fragrant.

After eating, Shen Ningning took out a cup of almond sweet milk.

The milk was the freshest bought in the town, boiled with white sugar and sieved, leaving only the mellow milk.

Then add the ground almonds, turn on the high fire to burn a layer of white sugar and yellow milk at the bottom.

Take a sip of milk, then take a bite of the crispy yellow milk, and the rich aroma of almonds spreads between the lips and teeth.

The little guy ate and drank enough, and put all the bowls and plates back to the fairyland.

Then, she was more motivated than before, and the brush fell, and soon, the whole paper was covered with neat handwriting.

At the time of Si in the evening, the chief examiner, the Minister of Rites, took a look at the incense that was about to burn out and announced: "Now you can hand in the papers. You must hand in the answer sheet within one stick of incense at the latest, otherwise it will be considered as giving up the exam."

The book boys passed the news, and many candidates who had prepared handed in their answer sheets.

Xie Yuanjiu wanted to leave it until the end, because she knew that the book boys would divide the collected answer sheets into pieces and send them to the cabinet.

There would be a small fire in the cabinet, and in order to avoid her answer sheet being destroyed, she had to delay until the end.

In the cubicle next to Xie Yuanjiu, Shen Ningning hadn't handed in her paper yet.

The little guy had finished writing a long time ago, and when she was about to hand it in, a fat little bird flew in from nowhere.

It jumped around on her desk and ate the yellow milk residue she had dropped before.

"Little bird~ Are you hungry? Here's some cake for you!" Shen Ningning saw that there was still some time, so she whispered and took out a piece of red bean cake from the fairyland.

Putting it on the table, the fat bird with a yellow tail jumped to the plate and ate it with relish.

Shen Ningning smiled sweetly, and the candlelight on the table reflected her innocent and lovely smile.

At this time, the bird raised its head and gently flapped its wings: "Chirp~"

Shen Ningning was stunned, suspecting that she had heard it wrong.

The bird actually said that the cabinet in the west was on fire, so it couldn't go to the yard over there to eat fruit.

Shen Ningning was surprised. When she came in, she heard the invigilator say the rules, and all the answer sheets would be stored in the cabinet.

The bird flew away after eating.

Shen Ningning saw that the time was up, so she hurried to hand in the paper.

After walking to the Minister of Rites and handing over the paper, the little guy hesitated for a moment.

Still said: "Sir, I seem to smell a burning smell, is there a fire somewhere?"

Regardless of whether what the bird said is true or not, she should say it.

It's better if it's false. If it's true, timely firefighting can save many people's papers.

The Minister of Rites was stunned when he heard this, and he called the guards carefully: "Go around and check if there is a fire!"