Yun Niang had a bad temper, but she also knew not to be aggressive with her mother-in-law, so she snorted and went back to the house.
Mrs. Liu sighed, "I don't know what the original intention was."
Li Li knew what Mrs. Liu meant. Mrs. Liu thought that Mrs. Wang was good. He pushed the child into Mrs. Liu's arms and said, "Mom, Yun Niang has given birth to a baby. For this reason, I am willing to follow her. I will not see Wang in the future."
That’s it.”
Mrs. Liu sighed again, her grandson is good, but the daughter-in-law here is not satisfactory, not half as good as Mrs. Wang, but Mrs. Wang can't give birth to a child, alas.
The day before the Dragon Boat Festival, a few people suddenly came to the village. They were officials from the county government. They walked a few steps and struck the gong once, "It's good news, it's good news."
It wasn't until they arrived at the village that the leading official asked, "Where are Chen Zhongqian and Chen Zhongda's homes?"
The villagers were frightened when they saw official officials. Now that they were asking about the Chen family, they knew it had nothing to do with them. In addition, they just shouted good news again, so they felt a little more relaxed.
"Well, that's Chen Zhongda's home. Chen Zhongqian and he are brothers."
The official went to the Chen family. Several members of the Chen family were there. When they heard something moving outside, they ran out to take a look.
"Chen Zhongqian, Chen Zhongda passed the college examination and is a high school scholar, congratulations."
Upon hearing this, Mrs. Wu was so happy that she almost fell down. She quickly went back to the house and called Chen Mingyi out, "Old man, come out quickly. Zhongda has passed the scholar examination, and he will be the scholar from now on."
Only then did Chen Mingyi come out of the room and quickly took over the official duties and asked Yang to prepare lunch.
The official said, "No need, there are other villages to go to, so I won't stay for dinner."
He looked around and asked, "Is Chen Zhongqian here? Didn't you say that the two scholars are brothers?"
Chen Mingyi said, "That's my eldest grandson. He had a conflict with his family two years ago and the family separated. He lives on the edge of the mountain."
Chen Zhongda glanced at Chen Mingyi. He knew that his grandfather wanted to damage his eldest brother's reputation, but these people were just official officials. What was the use of telling them?
He sighed, he really couldn't understand why his grandfather looked down upon his eldest brother so much.
The official almost nodded, and Chen Mingyi asked Wu to go into the house to prepare the red seal. This is a rule and must be indispensable.
Mrs. Wu felt sorry for the money. A red envelope contained ten copper coins. There were four people in total, so it cost them forty copper coins. It was really heartbreaking.
The official took the red seal and pouted, naturally not very satisfied. They walked so far and played gongs and drums not just for ten cents. "Your scholar Gong Qiuwei has to put in a lot of trouble. I guess this time
Is it just luck?"
Chen Mingyi gritted his teeth, but did not dare to say anything. Chen Zhongda thought it didn't matter, "Masters, I will take you to my eldest brother's house."
After they left, Mrs. Wu said, "Listen, what does he mean? This means that our Zhongda Qiuwei failed to pass the examination, huh."
Chen Mingyi said, "If you don't want to give up money, naturally you can't buy someone auspicious words."
"They just want to get money by saying a few words. Ten cents is pretty good."
Chen Mingyi sighed and turned around and went back into the room. He was naturally happy that Chen Zhongda passed the exam, but from the looks of it, Chen Zhongqian should have done better.
The group went to Chen Zhongqian's house, and the official said with a smile, "Xiu Cai Gong Qiu Wei won the first place in the test, and the county magistrate was very happy. He asked Xiu Cai Gong Qiuwei to achieve another good result."
Chen Zhongqian and Lin Hexi were very calm. They were happy, but they were not too surprised. They just smiled.
Lin Huiyi gave each of them a piece of broken silver, and they all smiled happily. This is so cool. No wonder they got the first place.
After the officials left, Chen Zhongda said happily, "Brother, we both passed the exam, and the eldest brother is ranked first. It's really amazing."
Chen Zhongda was not jealous at all, because Chen Zhongqian really helped him a lot. The questions in this exam were relatively difficult, and he used almost all the answering methods that Chen Zhongqian taught him.
If it weren't for Chen Zhongqian, he might not even have passed the exam, so how could he be jealous of Chen Zhongqian for ranking first in the exam?
"I wonder if A Fei passed the exam."
Chen Zhongqian said, "Don't worry, it will be no problem."
After the exam, he asked several of them about their ideas for answering the questions. He knew in his mind that if he was already at the top of the list, the others would not fail the exam.
Chen Zhongda was happy for a while and said with a smile, "I'll go back first."
Lin Yuxi brought him a bunch of rice dumplings and said, "Tomorrow is the Dragon Boat Festival, take this back."
"Thank you, sister-in-law." Chen Zhongda reached out and took it, and he was even more happy. Sister-in-law's craftsmanship is extraordinary, and the rice dumplings must be delicious.
Just as Lin Huiyi guessed, many people came to express their congratulations one after another in the afternoon. They thanked them one by one and gave them a bunch of rice dumplings. Everyone felt that the trip was worth it.
Lin Yuxi made hundreds of rice dumplings this time, and actually gave away more than half of them. Fortunately, there were almost enough people from the village to express their congratulations, otherwise there wouldn't be enough to give away.
Someone from the Chen family also came to congratulate him, but the Wu family didn't give him anything and just kept praising his grandson.
Someone said, "The Chen family's ancestral tomb has such good feng shui that two scholarly masters were born in one go. Zhong Qian is still at the top of the list. You have to have a drink to celebrate this time, right?"
Wu said, "Of course we should celebrate, but this is not our decision. It also depends on what Zhong Qian and others mean."
Of course she wanted to be lively, but she was unwilling to contribute money or effort. If she could get Lin Joy to agree to serve drinks, she would just put her name on it, so wouldn't she be able to save face without having to pay for it?
After everyone left, Chen Zhongda said, "Grandpa and grandma, there is no wine this time. There is nothing to celebrate. There will be autumn next. If I am lucky enough to pass the autumn exam, then there will be spring next year."
"There is a war on the border right now, and the court has increased land taxes. How can we waste our energy on such frivolous things?"
Wu whispered, "Your eldest brother's family is rich, just let them do it, why don't we join in the fun?"
Chen Zhongda was angry, "I was able to pass the exam all because of my elder brother's guidance. If grandma keeps plotting against my elder brother and sister-in-law, I will really have no face to face them. I am afraid that Qiu Wei will fail."
Wu finally agreed, "Okay, I'll listen to you. If you don't want to do it, it won't be done. Qiu Wei, take the exam well and try to become an official next year, so that our family can enjoy the blessings with you."
Yang was still dissatisfied, and found an opportunity to say to Chen Zhongda, "Son, you are so wronged. How can you not celebrate such a big event? How can people know that my son has become a scholar without serving wine? His son is
He's just a child and showing off everywhere."
Chen Zhongda said, "Mom, is it just for you to show off that I passed the exam?"
"Not really, but you have to fight for face."
Chen Zhongda felt that there was nothing to say. It had always been like this anyway. His family never understood what he was thinking, so he simply stopped talking.