Hearing this, Zhang Shi smiled bitterly and said: "At first, we said that my second brother would go to Beijing to take the imperial examination, but we were trying to fool Zhao Yasi, so that he would be wary and not dare to harm you and me. Now no one knows the whereabouts of my second brother. Don't do it.
Take this seriously."
"If he didn't get Jinshi, he wouldn't be there. Maybe he has settled down there anonymously without knowing it."
Zhang Yue hesitated and said: "Brother, I heard a piece of news from someone else. It seems that the second brother went to Suzhou to join the second aunt's family."
"What?" Zhang Shi was taken aback, and then said, "Yes, apart from parents, the second brother and the second aunt have always been the closest, and the second aunt also treats him as her own son, so it's not a bad idea to join her here, and I will
I forgot to write a letter and asked someone to go to Suzhou to inquire."
Zhang Yue said: "The second uncle, that is, our cousin is an official. If the second brother becomes his nationality... he can take the exam in Suzhou. There are still only three out of ten in the exam. It can be said that it is the second brother's talent to take the exam."
It’s easy. If you go to Beijing to take the provincial examination again, wouldn’t it be better than..."
Zhang Shi said: "You said that my second brother escaped from marriage and went to Suzhou to take the imperial examination in order not to take the examination in this state. This is impossible."
"Why does my brother say that?"
Zhang Shi said: "You don't know my second brother. He is such a proud and arrogant person. Let alone one out of a hundred people in this state, even if one out of a thousand is chosen, it's like saying, 'Who else can you give me?'"
Zhang Yue thought to himself, yes, he still doesn't know the second brother as well as his eldest brother. Others see Bai Rentong as timid early on, but the second brother is not afraid, which is really unreasonable.
"Okay, don't talk about this, let's go home together!"
Zhang Shi rushed to his emergency car again, Zhang Yue and Zhang Qiu sat at the back of the car, and Guo Xuexu and Guo Lin sat in the car holding their knees.
Zhang Shi took a shortcut, and the car passed through a crooked alley. The ground was full of mud and dirty water, and the eaves on both sides of the car were only as high as a person, low and cramped.
After the car passed the winding alley, the street suddenly appeared in front of us. On both sides of the street were lively shops and tall colorful buildings, creating a scene of busy traffic.
The mule cart merged into the traffic flow. Guo Lin still looked worried, while Zhang Shi kept raising his whip.
Zhangqiu loved the excitement in the city. He looked around to see what was happening and even tugged at Guo Xuexue's clothes and asked him endless questions.
Zhang Yue squinted his eyes and leaned against the carriage rail. The afternoon spring sunshine was just right, and the noise of the traffic was heard in his ears. Sitting in the rickety carriage, he felt only peace in his heart at this moment.
There was no ecstasy as expected, only peace and steadiness. I had been worried about it since I entered the county town, and finally found a solution.
The mule cart left the city gate and passed Nanpu Bridge.
The car slowed down here, and Zhang Yue looked up and saw several gulls flying in a race, passing by the eaves of the bridge. Several children smiled and stretched out their hands to tease them, but when the gulls approached, they retracted their hands in fear.
Zhang Yue looked at the returning stream gull and sighed with emotion, everything in life is just experience, there is no need to care about the distant future or the past, the most important thing is this moment.
Immediately, the gulls fluttered their wings and flew eastward together with the endless Nanpu River under the bridge. The gulls went away, and Zhang Yue withdrew his gaze and looked at the other side of the bridge. Unknowingly, it had already turned red for half a day!
This view is absolutely beautiful!
Returning to the familiar Shuinan New Street, I heard nothing but news all the way.
"How did Sanlang do on the exam today?"
"What did you pass?"
"Amazing, amazing."
"You will be a scholar at the age of thirteen."
"The Zhang family has produced two talented people."
"Dalang, you are amazing."
"Mr. Guo, you taught Sanlang, which is amazing."
"What is Mr. Guo? Others only know six or seven out of ten, but your student actually knows all of them. It's so amazing."
"Mr. Guo, where do you teach? My useless boy..."
"This is Saburo's husband. Let's identify him and look for him when we study in the future."
"Why does Axi also want to be a scholar? That's great!"
"Dalang, I know that all the men in your Zhang family know how to study and are willing to make progress."
"I never paid attention to Zhao Yasi from the beginning."
"Well done, third brother. You've got a lot of potential. Don't be like your second brother who was arrogant after entering the county school."
"Sanlang, when will you come to my house to sit down?"
"My second niece and I look so good together..."
"What's so good about your second niece? How could you like that crooked Sanlang? Let me tell you, Sanlang, I..."
"What's wrong with my family? As the saying goes, female juniors hold gold bricks. What about you?"
"Where are they? Saburo, let me tell you, don't look at theirs. Look at my aunt's. She looks so handsome. After we met, you don't want to say goodbye again."
"Hey, Mr. Da Lang, what are you talking about? What do you mean, Sanlang is still young? Thirteen is not bad. Thirteen is good. All the things that should be grown are grown together. Next year, I will have a boy, and he will be a grandfather before he is thirty.
Already."
"What's thirty? It's twenty-eight!"
Zhang Yue sat in the car with his chin propped up and couldn't help but shook his head. Are you starting to catch your son-in-law now? It's really a headache to think about it! It's very annoying.
But at the end of the day, Zhang Yue curled up his lips and raised his eyebrows. If possible, he would be bothered more often!
It’s all fake to study and make progress, but it’s true to have a beautiful woman to warm your bed!
When the mule cart returned to the door, the talkative neighbor had already announced that Yu was already standing by the fence gate.
When Zhang Yue saw Mrs. Yu, he didn't dare to neglect her at all. He immediately got out of the car and saluted, "Sanlang has met his sister-in-law. Fortunately, Sanlang has been selected by your order and has entered the county school."
When Yu saw Zhang Yue respecting her so much, she smiled so much that her eyes widened and said, "Just take it, take it."
"If it weren't for my sister-in-law's upbringing, how would Sanlang be today? If my sister-in-law had not saved money and allowed Sanlang to continue studying, how could Sanlang have passed the county school today."
Hearing these words, Guo Xuejun nodded repeatedly, he is sensible.
Zhang Shi was smiling from ear to ear.
Yu smiled and said, "Uncle, our family doesn't speak two different languages. If you can study and make progress, Shiro and I will be satisfied."
Zhang Yue said: "My elder sister-in-law is like my mother. Please accept my respect."
After finishing Zhang Yue's words, he really knelt down and bowed.
Yu said continuously: "It can't be done, it can't be done."
Next to him, Zhang Shi helped Zhang Yue and said to him: "In the past, I asked my third uncle to study, and you always had excuses. This is great. Our family has finally come to the end of all the hardships."
Yu said: "I have no objection, I just want my uncle to save some of the family's money so that he can study better."
Zhang Shi said with a smile: "Yes, yes, this time the third brother passed the county school, Mrs. Shu made the greatest contribution."
"Look what you say," Mrs. Yu said angrily, "if you hadn't wasted money and caused trouble with the second uncle, how could our family be in such a bad situation now? It was the third uncle who helped our family regain this breath.
."
Guo Xuejun said with a smile: "The madam is right, but what the great man said just now is a good one. We are all going through all the hardships."
"Yes, after all the hardship comes happiness." Yu couldn't help covering her face and crying softly at this moment.
Zhangqiu pulled Yu to the side and asked, "Mother, why are you crying?"
Yu shook her head and said, "Mother didn't cry, she was so happy that she cried."
Zhang Shi and Zhang Yue also felt that Yu had suffered too much injustice over the years.
Zhang Shi said guiltily: "Why are you standing there in a daze? Come in!"
Zhang Shi then said to the neighbors gathered outside: "Dear neighbors, we have had a busy day today. Tomorrow I will bring my third brother to visit one by one to thank the neighbors for their kindness over the years."
"What are you talking about?"
"You're welcome, Mr. Dalang."
At that moment, all the neighbors had dispersed, and the carriage was picked up by someone. Yu had already bought wine and food, but Zhang Shi didn't think it was rich enough, so everyone persuaded him for a while before he gave up the idea of going out to buy wine and food.
The wine has warmed up, and the aroma of the wine has filled the room. Guo Xuejun has already moved his index fingers when he smells the aroma of the wine.
In addition to seven or eight vegetables, there is also a big fresh fish in the center, which can fill a basin.
"Brother, let's open another shop. In the past, we were always afraid that Zhao Yasi would make things difficult for us. But now it's different. I'm a scholar, and Zhao Yasi doesn't dare to touch our house anymore."
Zhang Shi nodded and said: "You can't be an uncle, but you still can't be an uncle. But where do you get the capital to open a shop?"
"That's quite true." Zhang Yue nodded.
"The food has to be eaten one bite at a time, and the road has to be walked step by step," Yu said with a smile, "My third uncle just became a scholar, so you guys want to reach the sky in one step?"
Zhang Shi said with a smile: "Yes, I almost forgot about my wife. Please hire another servant so that my wife can stop working so hard."
Yu said with a smile: "Although Third Uncle has said that he has entered the county school, it still costs money. In the future, Xi'er will still have money to study at the scripture hall. I can invite servants later."
Zhang Shi smiled and said: "My wife is really virtuous. I just discussed it with Mr. Guo and let Xi'er study at his place in the future."
"That's good, I can rest assured if Mr. Guo teaches me," Mrs. Yu said in her heart of reluctance that Guo, a poor scholar, came to teach his son. "It's just that Wuxi is so far away, so I can't bear to part with it."
"We'll talk about it later," Zhang Shi greeted warmly, "Today we should thank you sir."
Guo Xuexiu picked up the wine cup and said: "I don't dare to be the big man. It's the third man who wants to live up to his reputation."
After drinking.
Zhang Yue filled two large bowls of thick white rice for himself and Guo Lin. Zhang Shi was surprised when he saw it: "Why do you ask your senior brother to eat rice?"
As he spoke, Zhang Shi stretched out his chopsticks and pulled out a large piece of fish meat from the basin.
Guo Lin shook his head and said, "Thank you so much, Mr. Dalang, but I'm not used to eating meat."
Zhang Yue remembered that Guo Lin told him that Fan Zhongyan used to be very poor and only had porridge for three meals. One day, a classmate couldn't stand it and bought him a sumptuous meal. Fan Zhongyan refused to eat and said, "The porridge has been settled for a long time."
"If you enjoy a sumptuous meal today, how can you eat this porridge tomorrow?"
Yes, senior brother admires Fan Zhongyan the most.
I gave in to the fish for a while.
While he was talking, there was suddenly a loud noise outside and a long string of horse neighs.
Looking out the window, I saw countless lanterns outside lit up like daylight, as if the day had suddenly brightened up...
Bang bang!
Immediately, there was a knock on the door of the house, which became more and more urgent.
The whole family doesn’t know what happened?
Zhang Shiqiang smiled to himself and said, "Sanlang, you accompany your husband to have a drink, and I'll go take a look."
Zhang Shi opened the door and saw Cao Baozheng almost rushing into the room.
Zhang Shi said strangely: "Baozheng, this door was kicked in by the police officer last time, and now it's been torn apart by you. It seems like it's time to replace the door!"
Baozheng said hurriedly: "Why bother with the door? I told you to get out quickly! Your Majesty is here! He came to your house in person to congratulate you."
Zhang Shi was surprised and said: "Don't make fun of me if you want to be honest. Although my third brother has become a scholar, he is not worthy of your personal congratulations."
"Who said it was your Sanlang? It was your Erlang, your Erlang... Erlang..."
Baozheng couldn't breathe.
"What's wrong with my Erlang?" Zhang Shi supported Baozheng and asked anxiously.
Bao Zheng was able to catch his breath easily and said: "Your Erlang...has been awarded the Jinshi Scholarship. This is such a wealth!"
The people in the room were stunned.
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