Chapter 26 - 16 Holy Spirit Water
Outside of Linhe District, a city wall was built to keep out the refugees, preventing those fleeing from entering. At the same time, a porridge stall was set up outside the district to relieve the disaster victims.
Xu Qing couldn't understand the profound means of those officials. Maybe he had some guesses in his heart, but he was too lazy to dig deeper.
Whether it was to divert trouble or to prevent the refugees from disrupting the order inside the district, these had nothing to do with his Funeral Shop.
The weather was unkind today, and as the end of January approached, snowflakes began to fall again.
The boy from next door, Wu Yaohua's family, was chanting poetry with "of these and those", presumably preparing for the county exam in the spring.
To become a Scholar, one must first pass the county exam to become a child student, and then proceed to the prefecture city to take the prefecture exam. Only after passing it can one be called a Scholar.
It was hard to pass the Scholar exam in Dayong, but once passed, not only were various taxes reduced, but one was also exempt from labor service, and could even raise their head high before officials without suffering the indignity of kneeling.
Speaking of civil service exams, Xu Qing had a Scripture of Books in his mind, which covered various Dayong scriptures and articles, which he had obtained when transcending a passionate scholar.
Though that scholar was just an inconspicuous little fish in Su Hongxiu's fishpond, he had genuinely participated in the county and prefecture exams and was a bona fide Scholar.
Xu Qing pondered that perhaps this spring, he could find some time to team up with the boy from next door, Wu Yaohua's family, to take the exam.
He didn't have high demands, he just needed to demonstrate twenty to thirty percent of his ability, and casually getting a Scholar background would allow him to enjoy some privileges without drawing too much attention...