After the review, in a few days, he could go back to the Rites Division to get the "Mutual Guarantee of Relatives," which was the family guarantee form required for the Child Examination.
All of this required making trips to the county government, and the candidate had to go himself. The trips back and forth took up time. If he were in the village, it would waste the better part of a day. It was much better to be in the county seat; he could just pop over when it wasn't crowded and possibly be back in the time it takes an incense stick to burn.
Furthermore, her father had said earlier that after the New Year, he would compile a set of past gazettes issued by the court and bring them home.
