According to what An Yi knows, you can retake the secondary school entrance exam in this region. This means if you don't pass this year, you can try again next year. The only thing unchanged from later times is the cutoff score. If you don't reach it, unless you have connections above, you have to follow the regular procedure.
Never mind that Cai Wenfang is the original host's biological mother, her niece might be her cousin, but so what?
An Yi said everything she needed to, then no matter how much Cai Wenfang nagged, she just ignored her, a typical "oil and salt won't penetrate" type.
If she didn't do it this way, villagers would keep coming to her for favors, but who is she? Does she have that kind of power?
