After Zhuang Changhe finished the exam, he went back to Ma's house and fell asleep.

Ruolan was watering the flowers in the yard when she heard the maid come over and tell her that the eldest young master had woken up. Ruolan didn't put down the watering kettle, and at this time the younger brother must have been called by his father.

After a while, the maid in the upper room came over and said, "Big girl, the old lady invites you to come over." "When the old lady came, Bao's had support, and gave her all kinds of topics. However, Ruolan sang a double reed by her mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, anyway, her family affairs have been decided, and her younger brother's family affairs are personally checked by her father, and the marriage date has been set, and she does not have many days in the banker's house, and she will toss these few days if she tosses it.

Ruolan went to the upper room to see the old lady. Mrs. Zhuang came to the capital this time, but she delayed her trip because of illness and failed to stop Ruolan's marriage. But after she got better, she still came over, and the main purpose of coming this time was to find a good family for her granddaughter Ruoshui, who is also Ruolan's cousin.

Originally, Mrs. Zhuang meant to hope that Ruolando would take Ruoshui out for a walk. Ruolan directly refused on the grounds that she needed to embroider a dowry. The old lady has nothing to say, the girl who wants to marry can't go out casually.

Ruolan went to the upper room and came back, saw her brother waiting for her in the courtyard, and greeted her with a smile. When I got to the house, I asked, "Have you rested?" If you don't have a good rest, you can sleep again. "Ruolan is not as nervous as Lord Zhuang, and her younger brother is still young, even if she doesn't pass this subject, she can take the next subject.

Zhuang Changhe was a little sullen: "Dad said that he could pass the exam, :1: Ben: Read: Novel 3w.ybdu but the ranking will not be too high." "Lord Zhuang also looks at his son is not the top talent, not the top ten, as long as it is not the top three, the ranking behind is actually about the same, so Lord Zhuang means that it is better to come out as an errand earlier, and the qualifications that have been boiled for three years will be released when the time comes, and the qualifications will be released and accumulated qualifications.

Ruolan said with a smile: "If you pass the exam, your mother can feel at ease underground." "My brother passed the exam, and she can breathe a sigh of relief.

Chang He's face was still sullen: "Sister, Ma Peng is sick, presumably hopeless." I still expect him to win the Jinshi, and when the time comes, my sister will marry decently! Thinking of this, Zhuang Changhe was even more depressed.

Zhuang Ruolan said with a smile: "If you don't pass this subject, you can continue to take the test." She didn't expect Ma Peng to be successful, thinking that more than 200 people in the township test would be able to pass the test, which would definitely be a pie in the sky. Without expectation, there is no loss. However, Ruolan thought that if she didn't get into the next department, she would donate an official, and it would be good to go out to meet the outside world when the time came.

The maid outside shouted, "Young Master, the old lady invites you over." ”

Zhuang Changhe turned black after hearing the call: "Sister, I heard that my grandmother intends to give Ruoshui to the second son of Uncle Chengyi. Sister, Ruoshui can't even compare to a single hair of yours." Even cousin Ruoshui can be promised to Uncle Chengyi's second son, and Uncle Chengyi's second son is more than one step taller than Ma Peng regardless of his talent and appearance. If it weren't for the Bao family, why would her sister marry into the Ma family.

Ruolan smiled and didn't comfort her younger brother again: "This family affair was originally given to my good sister by the Bao family, but it was broken by me, I believe that the Bao family is not happy with you." "Actually, if Ruolan says, this family business is not good. Mrs. Tai of the Sincerity Bofu is very capable of giving birth, giving birth to five sisters-in-law, and has not separated the family until now, a large family lives in a big courtyard, and the concubines don't know how much they are filthy on weekdays, and the sum of the life of the sincerity Bo Shizi is more than 30, and this number is still growing.

Ruolan thought about such a large family, her head was buzzing, if she was allowed to marry, she would not be killed. This family business is completely beautiful, so she doesn't envy it at all.

Zhuang Changhe was puffed up.

Ruolan immediately changed the topic and talked about Zhuang Changhe's marriage: "You are also sixteen years old this year, and now that my father says that I can win it, I will definitely not leave ten, I think it won't be long before your family affairs are settled." However, although it is said that marriage is a major event, and the words of the matchmaker are ordered by the parents, you still have to ask the father which family's daughter he is talking about. If what you say is not in line with your temperament, it will not be done. "If Ruolan were such a rule-abiding person, she would not choose Ma Peng by herself.

Chang Hyuk looked at Ruolan: "I believe that my father will choose a good one for me." After finishing speaking, he quickly added: "But I told my father that my sister must see and agree to it, and if my sister thinks it's not good, I will resolutely not marry." It's not that he doesn't believe in his father, it's just that he believes in his sister more.

When Zhuang Changhe said this, he was roared by his father, but in the end his father agreed. Of course, the reason why his father agreed was that he knew that his daughter's concern for his son over the years was related to his son's lifelong affairs, and his daughter would not mess around.

Ruolan nodded: "Okay, when the time comes, let my sister take a look first." Ruolan is not afraid that the girl is bad, but she is worried that she is not compatible with her younger brother in all aspects.

Ma Peng was just infected with a little wind chill, and it was fine to sweat after taking two doses of medicine, but for the sake of realism, he still lay on the bed and continued to rest.

Three days after the exam, the results came out.

Tingli and Tingyi both failed, and both of them knew that there was no difference in this result, anyway, this subject could not be continued in the next subject, they were still young and not in a hurry.

It's very lively here in Mafu!

Ma Chengteng went on a business trip, Ma Peng was lying in bed pretending to be sick, and no one was sent to see the results in the mansion. However, the chief housekeeper was conscientious, thinking that everyone had no hope when he took the township exam, but the eldest young master passed the exam. If the first miracle occurs, there may be a second miracle, maybe the young master is lucky and passes the exam again

Ma Yuan looked forward from the last place, and the more he looked, the more disappointed he became, and when he saw that the list of the last 100 Tongjinshi did not see Ma Peng's ranking, he gave up. No matter how lucky you are, you won't be able to hit the second grade.

Ma Yuan was about to go home, but he heard someone exclaim: "Hit, hit......"

Ma Yuan was a little familiar when he heard this voice, and looked up and saw that it was Zhuang Changhe who was called, this was his young master's brother-in-law, and he naturally stepped forward to congratulate him when he met him, but he didn't expect Zhuang Changhe to see him smile from ear to ear: "Joy and joy......"

Ma Yuan sighed.

Zhuang Changhe smiled so much that his mouth was crooked: "My brother-in-law also won, and he is higher than me!" "It was expected that he would pass the exam, but it was a complete surprise for his brother-in-law to pass the exam. However, Ma Peng's success in the exam made him happier than his own examination.

Ma Yuan opened his mouth and said, "My young master ......" After saying this, he immediately squeezed in to look at the list. Now I am obedient, I no longer look forward from the back, but now I look back from the front, and I pause when I see the forty-eighth place, and the forty-eighth candidate is called Ma Peng.

Ma Yuan squeezed his hand, can't it, his young master won forty-eight, how is this possible? I won the top three and said that I was lucky, what happened to the second class.

Ma Yuan continued to look at the list, but there was only one named Ma Peng on the list, and the second one did not appear. Ma Yuan cautiously asked Zhuang Changhe: "Son-in-law, is there a candidate with the same name as our family in this scientific examination?" "It's normal to have the same name in this day and age. After all, with such a vast territory of the Great Yuan Dynasty, it is really not uncommon to have a few with the same name.

Zhuang Changhe was originally very happy, listened to Ma Yuan's words, and thought about Ma Peng's performance. It was supposed to be a June day, and I drank a pot of cold water; Now I feel that someone has poured a basin of cold water on my head in the winter. Zhuang Changhe hesitated: "It shouldn't be possible. "If it's the same name, it's not a joy in vain.

Ma Yuan stammered: "The old master and the young master didn't send anyone to see the results, or I thought that I should come and see what happened, in case I really hit." "Ma Yuan didn't dare to say, maybe the young master was like the last time, and maybe he was hit by the tail.

Ma Yuan is so unsure, mainly because of Ma Peng's performance, the whole person is not in the state when he leaves the examination room, and when he sees the master, he seems to have done something wrong, and he doesn't dare to look at the master. After going back, lying in bed is going to die, and it doesn't look like he did so well in the exam, so Ma Yuan guessed that he must have the same name as his own young master.

Zhuang Changhe was also afraid of an oolong, so he didn't expect him to run back to report the good news, which made his father and sister happy. Yes, I turned my head and said that it was the same name, and the gap was big: "Let's go check this candidate's file." At first, he was only happy, but now that he looks back, it is really wrong, where can Ma Peng do better than him.

Ma Yuan nodded hurriedly, this is a good idea.

Ma Yuan went to the Ministry of Rites to find someone to check the information of the forty-eight candidates. The relevant officials came to check the information, but this situation is generally when mistakes are found and need to be corrected, and this is the first time that the information is checked just after the list is released.

Ma Yuan said with a bitter face: "My lord, please be considerate, I'm afraid that if I make a mistake, it is a person with the same name as my young master, so it will not make my master and young master happy in vain." ”

The official was a little impatient: "If everyone comes to check, where do we have so much spare time?" "The official actually didn't refuse to check, but just wanted to ask for a red envelope.

Ma Yuan hurriedly stuffed a red envelope and said, "Please also ask the adults to help see if it is my son-in-law." After speaking, he reported Ma Peng's information.

When the little official heard that it was the son of an official of the Ministry of Rites, he immediately picked up his hands and feet, and after checking it, he handed it to Ma Yuan: "You confirm it." ”

After reading it, Ma Yuan was incoherent excitedly: "It's my son-in-law, I'm not mistaken, it's really my son-in-law." "His son-in-law has won the second grade, and there is something more exciting than this.

The official read the information and confirmed that it was really the son of his top boss, so he naturally praised again and again: "Congratulations, congratulations." "There are a lot of strange things every year, this year is very good, I think I didn't get into the exam and got such a good ranking of forty-eight, this guy died of luck.

Ma Yuan rushed to the Ministry of Rites, preparing to go to the old man to report the good news first; I'll go back later to report the good news to the young master. When Ma Yuan and Ma Chengteng reported the good news, their faces were red with excitement.

Ma Chengteng was surprised: "Is it the same name?" "The posture still has to be posed, so that everyone thinks that this is the son's good luck.

Ma Yuan smiled so much that his old face turned into a chrysanthemum: "Master, there will be no mistake, I went to check the file, it is the eldest son." Master, the eldest son passed the exam, and he won the forty-eighth place. ”

Ma Chengteng smiled at the moment, turned around and went to his boss to take leave, and the boss was also very happy to approve a day's leave, of course, he didn't forget to congratulate him.

Zhuang Changhe ran home happily. Ruolan was sewing a purse for Zhuang Changhe, and when she saw her younger brother running in, she put down the purse with a smile: "Saw the results? Looking at her younger brother like this, she knew that she must have done well in the exam.

Zhuang Changhe rushed to Ruolan in one step: "Sister, it's hit, it's hit." ”

Zhuang Ruolan was not surprised at all, and said with a smile: "I know that you have been hit, and I have already got the news." "There has been news from the little guy before.

Zhuang Changhe waved his hand: "No, sister, I didn't mean me, I said that my brother-in-law was also hit." Sister, my brother-in-law is forty-eight, I am fifty-two, and my brother-in-law is better than me. ”

Ruolan was not surprised, but asked, "It should be the same name." "More than 200 people in a township test will be able to pass the 48th place in the test, which is fantastic.

Zhuang Changhe couldn't cry or laugh, why did these people's first reaction be the same name: "No, no." Sister, I followed the chief housekeeper of the Ma family to the Ministry of Rites to check the information and verified that this candidate was my brother-in-law. Sister, I didn't have the same name, and I didn't make a mistake, I was really a brother-in-law. ”

Ruolan still didn't want to believe it: "Really hit? "It's not that Ruolan doesn't believe it, if Ma Peng is in the top three in the exam, he will believe it, and now he is forty-eight in the exam, which is really unbelievable.

Zhuang Changhe hurriedly said: "Sister, it's true, there will be no mistakes." I went to the Ministry of Rites to check, and it was indeed my brother-in-law. ”

Ruolan's personal maid Caiyun said with a smile: "Congratulations to the girl, congratulations to the girl." "My uncle won the Jinshi, which is naturally a great joy.

Ruolan finally smiled: "I passed the test, I really passed the test." "This is really an unexpected joy, I have passed the Jinshi examination, and my future is definitely not bad. Although Ruolan said that it was good to have a comfortable life, but her future husband had a good future, so it was naturally the best.

Zhuang Changhe smiled: "Sister, I went to report the good news to my father." After saying that, he slipped away again and ran to tell his father the good news.

Ruolan scolded with a smile: "It's so big, I see that I'm going to marry a daughter-in-law, and I look like a child." "Ruolan is also difficult to be so happy. It seems that the fiancé is only a normal student, but he is really lucky to get home. I did so badly in the township exam, but I did so well in the exam, it's not luck.

When Mr. Zhuang heard his son say that Ma Peng did better than his son, he was not happy but worried, worried that the Ma family had used some shady means.

Zhuang Changhe, a shrewd person, could guess when he saw his father like this: "Dad, you don't doubt that your brother-in-law is so good in the exam and has an insider, right?" Dad, this is completely an accident, don't you know that your brother-in-law thought that he didn't even go to the list. ”

Master Zhuang thought for a moment and nodded: "You go down first!" "This matter has to be investigated first, and then it is not too late to be happy. If only the son-in-law is unexpectedly in high school, it is nothing, and if there are many accidents in the exam, then there is a big problem.

Although Zhuang Changhe was dissatisfied with his father's suspicion, he didn't say anything. The Qing is self-purifying, and he believes that Ma Peng is not such a person.

Ma Chengteng was better, Ma Peng heard that he was forty-eight in the exam, and asked in disbelief: "Is it true?" Got me right? "He thought it would be good to be able to get more than a hundred people in the exam.

Ma Yuan said with a smile: "Young Master, it's true. ”

Ma Peng fainted.

Ma Chengteng thought that his son was pretending at first, but when the doctor came over and said that Ma Peng fainted because of the surprise, he confirmed that his son was really happy and fainted.

Ma Chengteng couldn't laugh when he heard it.

The doctor invited by Ma Pengzhong last time when he fainted in surprise was this doctor. The doctor said with a smile while pricking Ma Peng's needle: "The eldest young master is really lucky. ”

Ma Yuan smiled like a Maitreya Buddha: "Yes, the eldest young master of my family is very lucky, and he is blessed by the ancestors of the Ma family." ”

Cheng heard that Ma Peng was successful, Ma Peng was admitted to the Jinshi, and set such a family, how the husband's heart was uncertain, where is their status in this family. The more Cheng thought about it, the more angry he became, and he smashed several porcelain vases in the room at the moment: "How can this elm pimple pass the test?" Are the examiners blind? ”

Just when Cheng was angry, the second young master was called outside. When the second young master Ma Yue came in, Cheng restrained his angry look.

Cheng Shi saw that his son came to her again to ask for money, and couldn't help but say: "Son, you see that elm pimple has been admitted to the Jinshi, you have to work hard to ......"

Ma Yue was very impatient: "Mother, now the mansion is talking about the eldest brother's hit, can you stop nagging, I finally stole it and let me live in peace." He also wanted to pass the exam, but Mr. Marking just didn't have eyes, so he didn't give it to him, so what can be done.

Ma Yue also participated in this year's children's exam, but he still hasn't passed, and Ma Chengteng has been completely disappointed in him.

Seeing the impatient look of his baby son, Cheng naturally stopped talking, and thought in his heart that it was time to set a kiss for his son and give his son a receptive relationship.

Mrs. Chen beside her lowered her head weakly, now that the eldest young master has won the jinshi, the eldest young lady is about to enter the door, it is said that the future eldest young lady is shrewd and capable. Madame didn't know the sorrow yet, and blindly pampered her son, but she didn't know that there would be no place for Madame in the mansion in the future, and she had to think about her future.

After Yueyao got out of class, she heard that her eldest cousin had been admitted to the forty-eighth place. Yue Yao was very worried, the ranking was too high, and it would be better if she took the test of more than a hundred.

Mother Deng had a different opinion on Yueyao's thoughts: "Girl, it's already an unexpected joy." "In the face of such a big temptation, it is already very good for my uncle to be able to hold on to the young master of the table and let him only take the forty-eight exams. If it were someone else, they might go to three.

Yueyao walked out of the yard and walked in the small garden, heard the bird's call, looked at the bird and observed it carefully: "This is a magpie?" "Since the last time I saw sparrows, Yueyao specially asked people to buy a book that details all kinds of birds.

The bird is very similar to the magpie depicted in the book: the head, neck, back, and tail of the magpie are covered with black feathers, the back of the head and the back of the neck are slightly purple, and the back is slightly blue-green; shoulder feathers pure white; waist gray and white mixed; wings black, primary flight feathers with large white spots on the inside, outer wings and pinnae tips black with blue-green sheen; Secondary feathers are black with a dark blue sheen......

Mother Deng nodded: "Girl, this is a magpie." ”

Yue Yao chuckled, "I know it's a magpie, which is completely consistent with the special male magpie depicted in the book. ”

Mother Deng didn't say anything when she opened her mouth, anyway, she didn't understand the girl, she would observe the birds and the flowers, and every time she could see her eyes without blinking, and then she recorded it, and she didn't know what the girl was going to do, she only thought that the girl had a special habit.

Yue Yao walked around the garden before returning to the yard, and when she returned to the house, Yue Yao said to Mother Deng: "This matter, that's the end of it." You have to forget about it, too. Although Yue Yao thinks that forty-eight is too early, but with Yu Zida on top, even the list of tanhua has become a foil, and a forty-eight will not be too eye-catching no matter how unexpected it is.

Mother Deng nodded again and again: "Don't worry, girl, I know." ”

Yue Yao arrived at the studio, if the bedroom is simple, the studio can be said to be shabby, except for a table for what kind of paintbrushes and inkstones, etc., there is a chair for resting, and nothing else.

Yue Yao recalled the male magpie on the branch in her mind, conceived it, and drew it again. After finishing the painting, Yue Yao couldn't help but laugh when she saw it, and the painting was very feeling.

Mother Deng exclaimed: "Girl, this painting looks like the real thing." "The birds in this painting are not exactly the same as what I saw when I came back just now, and the girl's painting skills are getting better and better. If the old man knew that the girl's painting art had made such great progress, I wouldn't know how relieved I would.

Yueyao got Deng's mother's comment, smiled lightly, and lit a fire.

Mother Deng wanted to stop it, but she didn't dare to step forward to stop it when she looked at Yueyao's expression. But in his mouth, he said, "Girl, how good this painting is." Don't burn the paintings in the future, save them all! ”

Yueyao looked at Mother Deng: "Mom, I don't want people to know that my painting skills are good for the time being." So, my paintings are not going to be kept now. ”

Mother Deng was dumbfounded: "Girl, why is this?" Mother Deng finally understood that the girl burned every time she finished painting, and it turned out that the roots were here, but she didn't understand why.

Yue Yao looked at the painting paper that was already on fire, and the light of the fire was reflected on Yue Yao's face, revealing an abnormal flush: "The reputation of a talented woman is not uncommon. Mom, the more famous I am, no one wants to be friends with talented women, I don't want to be isolated. This is the root of human inferiority. Everyone in the girl's family hopes to become a talented woman and become the object of envy of everyone. But ordinary people are reluctant to become talented women. The reason is very simple, when you associate with such a person, you become a foil, and no one wants to be a foil for others.

Yueyao doesn't want to spread her reputation, and she really doesn't want to be a vase with an empty reputation like in her previous life; The second is that Yueyao has an idea in her heart, but this idea is not mature enough, she is just making a draft in her heart, and she will take action when the time is right. If it is successful, it is much more affordable than the reputation of a talented woman.