Along the way, fat wealthy businessmen and failed scholars were sent away one after another. Soon after arriving in Huaining County, only Zhu Ping'an was left in the carriage.
The closer he got to home, the more excited Zhu Pingan became.
Birds are nostalgic for the old forest, and fish in the pond are nostalgic for their old roots. There is no warmer place than home, and there are no warmer people than family. It is beautiful outside, but I have to go home.
When he arrived at Kaoshan Town, Zhu Pingan said goodbye to the horse and carriage shop, packed up his luggage and walked around the town for a short time to buy some small gifts for his family. He bought a silver earring for his mother, a small jar of ten-year-old wine for his father, and a small jar of ten-year-old wine for his grandfather.
Bought a bag of fine cut tobacco...
After buying the things and packing them carefully in the suitcase, Zhu Pingan walked out of the town with the suitcase on his back.
There is a strange ox cart parked at the intersection out of Kaoshan Town. It is much longer and wider than ordinary ox carts. It has two rows of seats and a roof made of clean linoleum on the top to protect it from rain and sun.
In front of the car is a strong black bull with a tail, and a big bell hanging around its neck.
There were already five people sitting on the carriage. In front of the big black cow, a strong man with a bronze color was holding a basin to feed the big black cow water.
"Hey, Shouyi, look at that boy coming over there, is he your second child?" An aunt in the car saw Zhu Ping'an walking towards this way in the distance. She felt a little familiar, and couldn't help but
He opened his mouth and said to the man in front of him who was holding a water basin to feed the cows.
"Auntie, you're here again. This is the third time this month alone." The bronze-colored man said with a wry smile. He continued to feed the cow salt water without raising his head. He had been fooled twice, so he would be fooled again.
The third time, when the cow finished drinking, he had to rush home. If he got home late, his mother should complain again.
Zhu Ping'an recognized his own bullock cart at a glance. It was too conspicuous, so he carried his luggage and walked in the direction of the bullock cart.
"Shouyi, Shouyi, it's really your second son. People from the town were beating gongs and drums at your door a few days ago, but it's not that your second son is back now." The aunt was sitting on the bullock cart.
Looking at Zhu Ping'an who was getting closer and closer, he believed his eyes more and more, and couldn't help but excitedly reached out and patted the man feeding the cow on the shoulder.
"Mom, stop making trouble. Once Da Hei drinks this basin of water, I will drive everyone home." The bronze and strong man who was feeding the cows said with a bitter smile, as if he was deceived by the lady on the bullock cart.
The aunt was so excited that she didn't know how to convince the man feeding the cows. But the other people on the cattle cart were not from Xiahe Village and did not know Zhu Ping'an. This made the aunt even more confused.
The man who was feeding the cows believed it, so he just patted the man who was feeding the cows on the shoulder several times and kept saying, "It's true, it's true..."
Although the aunt has never heard the story of the boy who cried wolf, her mood is the same as that of the child herding sheep in the story.
"Dad, I'm back."
Just as the big black cow was about to drink up a large basin of water, the man feeding the cow suddenly heard a familiar voice coming from above his head.
Familiar, this voice is so familiar that you can hear it even if you cover your ears.
The man feeding the cow suddenly became excited.
Regarding the excitement of the man feeding the cow, the big black cow has the best say: I was drinking the water well, well, the water was a little salty and tasted good, but I was about to finish it when I saw it. Unexpectedly,
Unexpectedly, the basin was suddenly pressed up to my nose...I choked with tears...
The man who fed the cow was Zhu Ping'an's father, Zhu Shouyi. In excitement, he pressed the basin in his hand to the nose of the big black cow. Then he didn't care about feeding the cow anymore. He raised his head and looked at Zhu Pin'an, who looked dull and honest.
A smile suddenly broke out on his face, and then he pretended to be casual and said:
"Why are you back? A few days ago, someone from the town government came to my house to tell you that you passed the test and passed the Tongsheng test. They also said that you might continue to study there and then go to Yingtian to take the test again."
Zhu Ping'an put his luggage on the bullock cart, said hello to the aunt and others on the bullock cart, took the water basin from Zhu Shouyi's hand and helped feed the cows. While feeding the cows, he explained to his father: "I got eight in the hospital exam."
It takes more than a month to take the exam, but it's only four months now, and it's still early. I can still study when I go home. Besides, the food cooked by my mother is more than a hundred times better than eating outside."
"It will take half a month to go back and forth, so we might as well stay there and study." Zhu's father rubbed his hands, then checked the rope buckle of the oxcart, looked at Zhu Pingan and said.
Before Zhu Ping'an could speak, the aunt in the car interrupted, "Xie'er, don't believe your father's words. You don't even know how happy your father was when the aunt teased your father for the first time and said you were here.
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"Ahem, ma'am, you are talking nonsense..." Father Zhu felt a little embarrassed, but luckily his face was dark and the redness was not visible at all.
After Zhu Pingan got into the car, three more people came up one after another, making a total of nine people in the car. Zhu's father waved his whip and drove the big black cow out of the town.
The car was also very lively. When they found out that the person sitting on the car was the youngest child in the town who had recently been making a lot of noise in the town, the passengers on the oxcart either surrounded Zhu Ping'an and asked about this or that, or asked Zhu's father how to educate him.
The child's wait, for a moment, felt like a modern child with outstanding scores after the college entrance examination being surrounded by parents asking about their experience.
Zhu's father drove the ox cart in an S-shape along this curved path and sent people from different villages on the ox cart to their home. After driving the ox cart for so many years, Zhu's father could almost accurately transport people with his eyes closed.
Deliver it near their home.
When we returned to Xiahe Village, the only passenger on the ox cart was an old lady. The aunt was a talkative person and chatted with Zhu Ping'an and Zhu's father all the way on the ox cart.
Entering Xiahe Village, I met villagers I knew one after another. The villagers all praised Zhu Ping'an when they saw him. It seems that the people who came to the town to announce the good news by beating gongs and drums a few days ago had a great influence. At least, basically the whole village was happy.
We know that Zhu Ping'an has passed the Tongsheng examination, and he is the first in the entire Anqing Prefecture. We must also know that the highest academic qualification in Xiahe Village is Tongsheng. It was his uncle who took the examination for many years before he passed the examination. People in the village sent Zhu Pingan and others
When people went to take the exam, no one expected that Zhu Pingan could pass the Tongsheng exam. Now Zhu Pingan not only passed the exam, but also ranked first in the entire Anqing Prefecture. So when people saw Zhu Pingan, they wanted to see Zhu Pingan.
, so strange.
Zhu Ping'an also greeted the neighbors one by one, which made the neighbors very happy and felt that they had face. This is what the villagers care about.
Because it took me a while to talk to my neighbors, my mother, Mrs. Chen, had already prepared the meal when I got home.
I overheard the conversation between my eldest brother and my mother before I entered the door.
"Mom, why have you cooked a big table of dishes again? It's chicken and fish, and we can't finish it." This was the eldest brother's voice.
"What do you know? What if Pig comes back? He is not as lucky as you outside. He can eat the food I cook every day. I don't know if Pig has lost weight again..." The mother's voice came next.
Came over.
"The restaurants outside are more delicious..." the eldest brother muttered softly.
"What, Dachuan, say it again, mother didn't hear you clearly!" The mother's voice was three points higher.
"Ahem, cough, cough, I said it tastes much better than what I cook in restaurants outside..."
Under the influence of his mother, Mrs. Chen, the dull and honest eldest brother was forced to say flattering words. It seems that the eldest brother has been punished for this in the past two days.