A minibus drove slowly down the winding slope, and the corn forests all over the mountains came into view, all of which were dark green, and they were even more delicate and beautiful in the scorching morning light, which made people awe of these well-growing crops; From time to time, there are shepherd boys leisurely leading buffaloes or horses on the roadside, and these livestock are freely flicking their tails and gnawing on the grass on the ground, and the harmonious pastoral scenery is picturesque.

Feng Tianyu, Lu Xiaobai and Lin Ruoxi were all riding in this car, they were all attracted by the beautiful scenery outside the window, and their eyes brushed back and forth like a brush on those exciting beauties.

They are going to Lin Ruoxi's grandmother's house. Last night, Lin Ruoxi called Feng Tianyu and went to find Lu Xiaobai respectively, she told them that her mother's stomach disease had recurred, and the disease had not been cured for more than ten years, she had heard her mother say that there was a kind of dendrobium commonly known as "fairy grass" that had a good therapeutic effect on stubborn stomach disease, and she decided to take the opportunity to celebrate her grandmother's birthday to go to the mountains to pick some dendrobium boiling water for her mother to drink, and she asked them to follow her for two reasons: the first is to let them be companions, so as to avoid the loneliness and loneliness of the journey. The second is the most important, that is, I want them to help her go to the mountains to pick dendrobium. Because Dendrobium usually grows on semi-damp rocks in the mountains at an altitude of about 1,600 meters, she is weak and short, and cannot pick Dendrobium, but they are strong and agile, so they are the best candidates for this medicine.

They talked and enjoyed the scenery along the way, took a nearly two-hour car ride, got on and off the bus in a town, changed to a passenger van for half an hour, and then walked a little mountain road to reach Lin Ruoxi's grandmother's house.

Her grandmother's house was made of green tiles and red bricks, the walls, doors and windows were mottled, and the roof tiles were broken a lot, and it looked very old. Lin Ruoxi told them that her grandmother, uncle and uncle's daughter all lived in this house, because her uncle had an illness last year, and she used all the money she had saved up to build a new house to see a doctor, so the construction of the house became a dream, and she also said worriedly that now her uncle is 60 years old, and she doesn't know if she can build a new house.

They saw a lot of people gathered at the door of Lin Ruoxi's grandmother's house, and they also saw people coming one after another, all of whom came to celebrate her grandmother's birthday, presumably this birthday banquet was very lively.

Although Lin Ruoxi's grandmother's house is not spacious, the courtyard in front of the door is very spacious, and there are many tables, chairs and benches in the courtyard in a neat and orderly manner, and it is full of guests. In the middle of a walnut tree and an aspen tree, a huge banner is pulled, and the banner is printed with a striking line of block letters: Biwen Zhaoqin. There were many young people standing next to the banner and reading the words on it, their faces full of joy and excitement. At this time, there was a boy who was ** years old with a homemade bamboo bow and a wooden arrow to shoot at the banner, "whoosh", the arrow passed through the middle of the banner, and a young man saw this and scolded the child a few words, and the child ran away.

Feng Tianyu, Lin Ruoxi and Lu Xiaobai were all surprised when they saw this, wasn't it to celebrate the old man's birthday, how did he become a relative of Wen? Who is going to recruit relatives than Wen? With huge questions, Lin Ruoxi asked a distant relative next to her, who quietly told her that it was her uncle who took the opportunity to hold a birthday banquet for her grandmother to hold a competition to recruit relatives, and whoever won the competition could marry his daughter.

Lin Ruoxi couldn't help but be taken aback, what kind of reputation is my uncle doing? She knew that her uncle only had such a daughter, and he was still a middle-aged daughter, the girl's mother was bleeding profusely when she gave birth to her, and she was not rescued, the girl lacked maternal love since she was a child, if the winner in this game was a man who knew how to care about her, it would be good, if it was a man who was grumpy and didn't know how to care about her, it would be bad!

Lin Ruoxi's cousin's name is Zhang Huanhuan, Da Lin Ruoxi is two years old, she met her cousin five years ago, and her cousin at that time was already slim, more beautiful than herself, and she must be even more beautiful now. With this superior condition she has, it is not easy to find an excellent man, why do you want to recruit relatives by Biwen? No, I'm going to ask my cousin to see if this so-called Biwen recruit relatives is what she is willing!

Lin Ruoxi walked into the house and greeted her politely when she saw her kind-looking grandmother. Since her grandmother's hearing and eyesight were not very good, she had to be close to her so that she could see and hear her. When her grandmother asked why she hadn't seen her mother, Lin Ruoxi said that her mother had a stomach problem and was admitted to the hospital, and conveyed her mother's apologies and blessings to her. After the grandparents and grandchildren chatted for a while, Lin Ruoxi asked where her cousin was, and her grandmother pointed to a room and said that she had locked herself inside.

Lin Ruoxi knocked on the door for a long time before she said, "Who?" ”

"Cousin, I'm Ruoxi, open the door quickly, I have something to ask you."

The door opened, and Lin Ruoxi walked in, she saw that her cousin's eyes were red, obviously she had just cried.

Lin Ruoxi inquired and learned that her cousin was crying because her father wanted to hold a Biwen recruitment event for her without her consent, and she felt that her father had hurt her heart by doing this, and she couldn't accept it, but she had no choice but to resign herself to fate. Lin Ruoxi was very angry, she couldn't understand why her uncle was doing this?

Lin Ruoxi's grandmother's birthday banquet started at twelve o'clock at noon, which was specially arranged by Lin Ruoxi's uncle Zhang Kui, because there was a Biwen family recruitment event next, which was more important to Zhang Kui.

First of all, all the people present gave their hands to the old birthday star to celebrate her birthday, wishing her "happiness as the East China Sea, longevity and Tianqi", and then the birthday banquet began, some relatives and friends also enthusiastically walked over and clinked glasses with the old birthday star, of course, the old birthday star can not drink, she can only replace the wine with tea, but the people who clink glasses with her are also happy to accept.

After eating, the Biwen recruitment activity will begin, which is what everyone has been looking forward to for a long time. Some people privately discussed, thinking that Zhang Kui was using the gimmick of recruiting relatives as a gimmick to take the opportunity to collect the birthday gifts of the recruits, because people were surprised to find from the account books of receiving gifts that most of the recruits gave birthday gifts of thousands of yuan, and few people gave 1,000 yuan, and even some of them reached more than 3,000 yuan.

As early as two months ago, Zhang Kui asked someone to distribute the invitation to Biwen to recruit relatives, and the scope of distribution was to several villages in his village and neighboring villages, and the age of the applicants was 18 years old or older, and unmarried young people under the age of 35 and divorced men were stipulated. Zhang Huanhuan's natural beauty is well known to everyone in the eight villages within a radius of ten miles, and many young people have long admired her beauty, but her father is very strict, and no one can get close to Zhang Huanhuan, let alone pursue Zhang Huanhuan, so these amorous young people can only sigh to themselves. When these young people who meet the conditions for recruiting relatives in Biwen receive the invitation, they are first surprised, but excited, and ask the person who sent the invitation what kind of cultural knowledge he tested when recruiting relatives, and the person who sent the invitation smiled, saying that he was not very clear about the specific situation, if you really want to participate in the competition, you must read more books, the more the better, so that you have a better chance to stand out in the competition. Inspired and instructed, the candidates were determined to burn the anointing and acquire more cultural knowledge so that they could sit for the exam in confidence. Even some young migrant workers heard the news of this Biwen recruiting relatives, and they also heard the news and rushed back from outside to prepare to participate in this Biwen recruitment activity. Because I don't know what knowledge questions will be tested at that time, so those who want to take the exam read a wide range of Chinese and foreign classics, Chinese history, Tang and Song poems at a lower cultural level, and even read some obscure books such as "Qimen Dunjia" and "Book of Songs" at a higher cultural level. For a time, the books in the bookstore in the town were sold out, and those who did not buy the books made a special trip to the county and provincial towns to buy them.

The planner and chief examiner of this competition is a middle-aged man named Tan Zuming in the village, who is said to be the most educated and well-informed person in the village, who once taught in a middle school in the town, but was later expelled from the school because of his life style. Zhang Kui naturally placed high hopes on him to take on this important responsibility, according to Zhang Kui's meaning, he hoped that Tan Zumingtongguò Biwen's special evaluation method would help him recruit a talented son-in-law and let him realize his greatest wish to be a father-in-law.

At this time, I saw Tan Zuming wearing a white vertical checkered shirt and a red diagonal striped tie, holding two pages of manuscript and walking behind a red lacquered table in front of the audience, and then facing the audience, he coughed lightly twice and cleared his throat, and read loudly while reading the manuscript:

"Hello to Zhang Kui's relatives and friends and distinguished guests who have come from afar! I am the moderator and examiner, Tan Zuming. Today is not only a happy day for Zhang Kui's 80th birthday, but also a happy day for Zhang Kui's love Zhang Huanhuan to recruit relatives. In ancient times, there was a competition to recruit relatives, and now there is a competition to recruit relatives. The way of recruiting relatives is a barbaric way used by ancient women to choose their husbands, and in today's highly civilized society, this method is insulting and not worth adopting; However, the way of recruiting relatives is a civilized way to compare, which can help the parties find a talented Ruyi Langjun, which is a kind of respect for marriage and a wise move! Therefore, he was recommended by Mr. Zhang Kui and his love Zhang Huanhuan!

"Poetry Jingyun: 'My Fair Lady, Good Gentleman', Zhang Huanhuan, the protagonist of recruiting relatives, is not only very beautiful, but also very virtuous, such a beautiful and virtuous excellent girl, naturally there must be a talented and virtuous man to match it, so Zhang Huanhuan very much hopes to select a talented and virtuous person from many applicants to be a wishful man! There are a total of thirty-four applicants who recruit relatives in Biwen, presumably these thirty-four talents have made full preparations, and they all want to hold the coveted beauty, so who will pass the test in this competition, win the championship in one fell swoop, and finally hold the beauty? Let's see!

"I am entrusted by Mr. Zhang Kui, the main family, and I am honored to serve as the chief examiner of this competition. The test questions include "Talk about your views on marriage and family relations", "Fill in Tang poems and Song poems", "Zhou Gong's dream interpretation", "Riddle reveal", "Shorthand book text", "Life common sense answer", "Historical knowledge answer" seven aspects. The first four questions are written exams, and the last three questions are dictation. According to the rules of the competition, candidates are not allowed to cheat, peep and plagiarize the homework of other candidates, and cannot ask and discuss exam-related issues to anyone. The competition implements the survival of the fittest system, the one with the highest score wins, and each candidate can participate in at least three consecutive rounds of examinations, and those who do not win in three rounds will be eliminated. The only person with the highest consecutive score in the three exams wins, and the exam ends. If two or more equal highest scores occur at the same time, the exam continues until one candidate wins more times than the other candidates, and the exam ends.

"There are four preliminary judges for this examination, namely Zhang Kui, Tan Zuming, Qiao Feihong, Zhu Jicai, and the final judge is Tan Zuming. I hope that all candidates will consciously abide by the examination system and consciously maintain the order of the examination room. Finally, I wish you all a smooth exam and success! ”