"Officer, there's someone making a ruckus to deliberately disrupt the examination room order!"
Seeing Qiao Meipan getting ready to pounce, Qiao Xiaomai immediately started shouting at the officials of the government office.
She had stopped her ox cart just outside the cordon, which was patrolled by officers. As soon as her loud voice rang out, an officer headed in her direction.
The words Xiaomai yelled were intimidating: disrupting the examination order. These six words were unfamiliar to a country girl like Qiao Meipan. Even though she had gained some knowledge from living in County Town with Sun Junyan this month, the six-word phrase frightened her instantly.
She froze.
Seeing the approaching officer, Xiaomai immediately said, "Sir, her brother is taking the exam. They both are deliberately causing a commotion here to distract the other candidates and disrupt the students' performance."