There is a poem called "Spring Breeze Proud Horseshoe Disease", although Qiao Yuangui and Qiao Yuanfu have no horses and can't ride horses, but the smug energy is even more indescribable than "Horse's Hoof Disease".

According to the current rules of Tengyun Dynasty, the children's examination is held in a place called Asahi Academy in the county seat, and the examination is not too strict, as long as you are familiar with the four books and five classics, a little skill and a little luck can pass.

Baijiaji is a relatively barren place, there are not many people who can study, some guys who can't get into the Tongsheng exam after studying will exaggerate a few words when they return to Baijiaji, causing many people to think that Tongsheng is really so unattainable.

Under psychological pressure, many people did return home. There are a total of more than 20 people in this hundred family collection, and only six people have passed the test, Qiao Yuangui and the brothers are two of them, and the other four are almost all the sons and nephews of the rich families of the hundred families. On the way back, several people in the examination got together and became more and more complacent, and some of them thought that the scientific examination that everyone feared was not so simple, so why wait another two years to take the county examination?

As soon as these words came out, everyone immediately responded. Especially Qiao Yuanfu, a ten-year-old child, this name not only created the first in Lijia Village, but also overwhelmed Guan Ping in one fell swoop to become the first in the hundred collections, even if it is placed in the examination room of the children's examination, it is also a child who has been smooth sailing from childhood to adulthood. Enthusiastic, he high-fived people and tried to compete again.

He is not sensible yet, but Qiao Yuangui knows the situation of the Qiao family, and if he wants to participate in the county examination, he needs at least fifty taels of silver. After being admitted to the Tongsheng examination, the ten taels of silver that the brothers signed up for the Tongsheng exam have been returned as a reward, and there are also two taels of hard-working silver rewarded by the government. I thought that I would redeem my sister Qiao Yuanhui after I went back, and the rest would let my family see him, Qiao Yuangui didn't just spend money and didn't make money.

But Qiao Yuanfu's decision was also heartbroken, and he only knew when he went to the county seat that if he was admitted to Xiucai, the imperial court would not only return the reference fee of ten taels of silver for one person, but also make up for five taels of labor expenses for one person, and he would be able to immediately receive one hundred and twenty catties of rice from the imperial court every year.

These are just the beginning, we all know the prosperity of the county, this time in addition to the exam, Qiao Yuangui was also dazzled by the drunken gold fans in the county, and said to himself more than once that the life in the county is what he yearns for. Stayed in an inn arranged by the academy. Qiao Yuangui also heard that many wealthy businessmen in the county will send people or simply let their daughters wait under the list after the county exam. Look at those scholars who were admitted to Xiucai.

Qiao Yuangui thinks that he is dignified and young, and he is definitely out-matched among candidates in his twenties and thirties, if he is favored by a young lady. The future is limitless.

For this reason. knew that it was inappropriate for Qiao Yuanfu to high-five people. Qiao Yuangui also did not open his mouth to stop it. However, their cousin, Qiao Sini's son Lei Fei, refused the proposal in the carriage, saying that he would go home and ask his parents before talking.

Such an answer immediately made the other three rich young masters in the carriage scoff. One of them also ridiculed Lei Fei for having no money, and said that a relative in his family liked the scholar the most, and persuaded Lei Fei that if he felt that it was inconvenient in his hand, he could go to his relative's house to make a document, and his relatives would immediately be able to subsidize a person for dozens of taels of silver, and after the exam, he would be able to pay back the registration fee returned by the imperial court.

Lei Fei lived in the town all the year round, and he didn't fully believe what his classmates said, so he rejected his classmates' kindness under the pretext of having to consider it; However, Qiao Yuanfu was immediately interested when he heard that there was such a good thing. I asked a lot along the way, and after returning to Baijiaji, I really left with this classmate.

After that, Lei Fei heard that Qiao Yuangui and Qiao Yuanfu had found the head of the academy and paid ten taels of silver for the promotion fee and twenty taels of silver for the registration fee, and also invited the mountain chief and Mr. and several other people who were born in the child to go to Zhenweiju for a meal; Worried, Lei Fei told Qiao Sini about it.

Qiao Sini was a little suspicious when she heard Lei Fei say that his classmate's surname was "Lu", so she hurriedly asked Lei Tiande to go out to inquire, and then panicked. The scholar surnamed Lu had an uncle Lu Cai, who was famous in the hundred schools, and was nicknamed "Donkey Rolling Noodles". There is a gambling house in Baijiaji, which specializes in printing money.

In a hurry, Qiao Sini hurriedly closed the shop and asked Lei Fei to go to the academy to find Qiao Yuangui and persuade them to go home, while she and Lei Tiande rushed back to Lijia Village.

Qiao Chengtong, father and son were guarding in front of the coffin over there, and the words that Qiao Sini and Lei Tiande said were only heard by the Yang family, Qiao Qi's daughter-in-law, and Yun Ying; After hearing this, Yang was so frightened that he was about to get up and walk over there: "What can I do about this?" These two kids are so daring, no, I have to tell them to go. ”

Seeing this, Yun Ying hurriedly stretched out her hand and grabbed the Yang family, "Third aunt, don't go to this now." It's not a good idea to suffer later. ”

Listening to the voices over there, Qiao Mutou and Qiao Jindan's cousins also arrived.

"Fourth aunt, do Brother Yuangui and Yuanfu know that they borrowed Yinzi, will the money be doubled?" Yun Ying is concerned about this now, if those two don't know, who knows what will happen after Qiao Sini goes over to say it, and maybe she will blame Qiao Sini for not reporting it.

"How would the two of them know?" Qiao Sini listened to the movement over there, and also thought of what Yun Ying was worried about, and also pulled Yang Shi and said: "Mother can't go over for the time being, I heard that the golden egg also returned, and it is estimated that it will not be long to hide it." ”

Yang had no choice but to give up and sit back in the chair, but his eyes were a little dazed, and he couldn't stop muttering: "It's over, it's over." ”

At this moment, there was a knock at the door, and Qiao Qi's daughter-in-law went to open the door, "Guan Ping?!" ”

"Aunt Qi, is Yun Ying here?" Guan Ping saw Yun Ying's figure from the slightly open door and breathed a sigh of relief, "My mother guesses that Yun Ying is still here, let me accompany her to guard her filial piety to my grandfather." ”

Shouxiao is only one of them, nominally he is still Qiao Baisheng's great-grandson-in-law, and his great-grandfather must come with a gift when he dies, besides, he also heard other news, for fear that Yun Ying will be wronged again, and now he is very relieved to see her hiding in the Yang family.

"Shouxiao, let's go over then." Yun Ying saw that Guan Ping was still wearing a scholar's robe, guessing that he would come home and not even have time to change into clothes, his heart warmed slightly, and he stood up.

"We're not busy, let's wait a while." Guan Ping pricked up his ears and listened to the movement over there, and walked in the direction of Yun Ying, he was going to take the county exam, and it was fake to say that he was not nervous; But somehow, seeing Yun Ying's faint smile in such a chaotic situation, he inexplicably felt at ease.

"Shall we look at the wall for a while?" Yun Ying turned her head and found that the Yang family had already carried two high benches side by side under the wall, and several of them had already gone on one side, and the other one must have been kept for herself and Guan Ping.

Guan Ping's expression was slightly stiff, "peeping at people's privacy" was not a gentleman's doing, but then he thought that he had just made up his mind to delay here for a while and then go over, isn't it not much different from "peeping at people's privacy"? With such self-comfort, he followed Yun Ying to climb the high bench, just in time to be able to see the every move of everyone in the courtyard over there through the wall.

Qiao Baisheng's body was placed in a coffin in the hall of the main house, and a bench was placed on the threshold of the hall, on which a small wooden bucket was filled with newly harvested sorghum, and incense and candles were inserted on it; The debris in the alley outside the threshold was cleaned up, and a large cauldron was placed, and the paper money in the pot was slowly burning.

At this time, Qiao Mutou, Qiao Jindan, Qiao Yuanhong, Qiao Yuanfu and Qiao Yuangui, who had just rushed home, knelt around the iron pot, and threw paper money inside.

Qiao Yuanfu, who was still on the verge of losing control of his emotions just now, was still sobbing, Qiao Yuangui's face sank like water, and he couldn't see what he was thinking in his heart.

Qiao Jindan, Yun Ying, has never seen him a few times in total, but he is very impressed by him, because he has a kind of oily air that is different from the simple and slippery people of Lijia Village, always looking at people with slanted eyes, as if he is calculating something; It's no wonder that Qiao Mutou, who has always been honest and wooden, will follow Gu Banniang to the town to do work, and ask for a wife who is like a flower to work with such a young man, I'm afraid that no one will be at ease.

At this time, Qiao Jindan was looking at Qiao Yuanfu and the brothers with such eyes, which made Qiao Yuanfu, who was still choking, unhappy, and asked with a glaring eye: "What is Uncle Jindan looking at?" ”

"I'm looking at my two nephews, who are quite bold!" Qiao Jindan smiled, stretched out his elbow and bumped the Qiao Mu next to him: "Brother Mu, I'll say hello to you here first." Qiao's restaurant has just opened, but I don't want to lend money to anyone. ”

"Why did Uncle Golden Egg look at me when he said this!" Qiao Yuanfu couldn't resist Qiao Jindan's strange eyes, and snorted angrily when he lost the paper money.

Yue's family was still hesitant to tell the news that Qiao Jindan heard before going home, looking at Qiao Yuanfu's arrogant and domineering appearance, he could still hold back his anger, and asked Qiao Yuanfu sourly: "Yuanfu, where did your Uncle Jindan offend you by talking to your Uncle Mu!" ”

"Auntie, don't be like a child in front of our grandfather." Yue's son is defended, and Luo's feels sorry for his own son, he can get ahead at a young age, who has such a promising child, and he will push back with a mouth.

"He's still a kid? Children can borrow money from other people's prints on their own initiative! Yue's felt that Luo's was using the dead old man Qiao to press herself, now that her son can make money, and the old man is back to the west again, who else is she afraid of?

"What nonsense are you talking about?" Luo didn't hear what the Yue clan said for a while, but he still subconsciously snorted.

"What I say, your son knows best. I don't learn well at a young age. Yue's last half of the sentence was very small, and Rao was also heard by Luo, and he immediately exploded!

"You dare to say that our family is far away and doesn't learn well! Whose child has the fortune of our family, only ten years old to become a Maocai master; Don't you feel blushing when the eldest aunt says this, who doesn't know that it is the son of the eldest aunt's family who doesn't learn well. (To be continued......)

PS: Thanks to @茗石 for the peace charm