Zhou Zhifan Jin and Qi Yanwu had lunch at Kou's house, chatted for a while, and then said goodbye to Kou Zhongkou and prepared to go home. After Kou Dagang met with Zhou Zhi in the morning, he never showed up again. According to Kou Tong, Du De, the magistrate of Tang County, invited him to the county office, as if he had something to discuss. As for the little girl Kou Peihan, naturally she didn't appear.

Hehe! This time, Zhou Zhi didn't seem to see Kou Peihan, which is a big pity. But that Kou Peihan saw Zhou Zhi enough in the dark, and seeing Zhou Zhi's depressed face, although Kou Peihan was very unhappy, he still couldn't help himself. In her opinion, only in this way can Zhou Zhi study harder, be more determined in his ambition, and get a good result in the subsequent exam.

According to the customs of the wedding, this time the Zhou family came to the Kou family to make a small offering, and the Kou family had to return the gift.

The Kou family accepted most of the small engagement gifts brought by Zhou Zhi, and then prepared a full twelve gifts in return. The twelve gifts were all valuables, and among them was obviously a small silver ingot with two hundred taels of white flowers, which was placed in a small box, neatly arranged, and looked very eye-catching.

The total value of Zhou Zhilai's gift to the Kou family was only more than 100 taels of silver, and the Kou family immediately returned 200 taels of silver, and there were more gifts, which shows that the Kou family actually didn't care about the gifts sent by Zhou Zhi, but only cared about the ceremony and process.

At the same time, this also reflects that in fact, the Kou family does not care much about Zhouzhi's family background. They are actually helping the Zhou family in disguise. The gifts given back to the Kou family, no matter how valuable they are, Zhou Zhi will not shirk and accept them all.

Accepting the woman's gift in return is also part of the wedding customs.

Loaded with a large car, Zhou Zhi and the other three came out of Kou's house, and then said goodbye to Kou Tong and Kou Zhong.

Before the two carriages had traveled far, Fan Jin laughed and said, "Brother Zhou Zhixian, you are going to envy the old man, this girl from the Kou family is one in a hundred, or even one in a million, needless to say, this Kou family also gives back so many gifts." Hehe! Zhou Zhi, you have found a good father-in-law.

Although Master Kou Dagang said that he was lukewarm to you, the old man could see clearly that he had already taken you to heart and had great hope for you! The reason why he has a straight face is completely taking care of his face!

Brother Zhou Zhixian, for the sake of Miss Kou and for your future father-in-law, you have to work hard to take the Dao exam this time, and you will definitely take the first case. Hehe! At that time, your thoughtful reputation is not what it is now, it is to be famous in Baoding Mansion.

Baoding Mansion and the capital are not far away, maybe your thoughtful reputation will spread to the capital and attract the attention of those Beijing officials!

Virtuous brother! You have a bright future, and you are even more envious of the old man. ”

Hearing what Fan Jin said, Zhou Zhi narrowed his eyes slightly and fell into deep thought.

The county test and the government test themselves have all passed the first test, and the next road test is particularly important. Speaking of his own personal ideals, he also wants to be the first to come out of the exam.

You must know that in this Ming Dynasty, especially the Hongzhi period, it is a good opportunity for scholars to show their strength, and it is a fertile ground for scholars to breed. Although in the entire Ming Dynasty, there were many people who passed the small three-yuan exam, but being able to be listed among them is really invigorating.

Bet with Liu Long, although Zhou Zhi didn't take it very seriously, but Liu Long was very arrogant, he was the descendant of Liu Ji of the Liu family, and his bet to win him was a lesson for his descendants, and a slap in the face to the dead Liu Ji.

The most important thing is that he won the first test and can become Yang Yiqing's student. Yang Yiqing is famous in the history of the Ming Dynasty, and it is such an honor to be his student. Besides, if you win the first case in the test, you will immediately be able to win the woman in your heart, Kou Peihan, to enter the door. How happy it is to be with Kou Peihan every day and let her accompany her to read and compose.

All of these are pressures, and Zhou Zhi suddenly felt a lot of pressure at this time.

Only when there is pressure will there be motivation, Zhou Zhi's heart slowly fell silent, and he secretly made up his mind that in the Taoist exam on May 16, he must pass the first case, and there is no room for maneuver.

Although the spirit is not very single-minded these days, I have also seen a lot of subsets of Shiwen. The articles written by the heads of those provincial governments in Jiangnan are indeed extraordinary. Zhou Zhi slowly reminisced, quietly analyzed and figured out, and compared it with the articles he made two days ago, Zhou Zhi felt that his articles were actually not inferior to theirs.

At this time, Zhou Zhi simply no longer considered what Kou Peihan was, what Kou family, and hid Kou Peihan's beauty and voice and smile deep in his heart. Let your heart be free of distractions and concentrate on research.

In the carriage, Zhou Zhi simply discussed with Fan Jin various methods and techniques of composition. Because Fan Jin will take the hometown exam in August next year, he has a lot longer time to read and write essays these days than before. Although he has not passed the first case of the county examination, he has experienced many examinations and has rich experience in the examination. At this time, the level of composition has also grown a lot, and Zhou Zhi has also benefited a lot from talking with him.

Two hours later, the three returned to Zhou's house in Baiyue Village.

Mother Zhou He, sister Zhou Luyun and father Zhou Tie asked about the process of going to the Kou family to hire Xiaoren this time, and everyone's faces were full of joy.

Especially my sister Zhou Luyun, when she saw those expensive gifts and the two hundred taels of silver, she was surprised, and then she was even more happy, and said, "Xiaozhi's family business is a trouble, and the Kou family really treats our family Xiaozhi as a baby."

Giggles, our Zhou family is waiting for Miss Kou to enter the door! ”

Fan Jin, Zhou Luyun and Uncle Wang, the "mystery boy", praised the Kou family more than once, and even praised Kou Peihan, which made Zhou He's heart a little more impatient, and at this time she was also eagerly looking forward to Kou Peihan being able to enter the door as soon as possible.

Fan Jin stayed at Zhou's house for a while, then said goodbye and went home.

Before leaving, I made an appointment with Zhou Zhi, tomorrow is the ninth day of the fifth month, and the members of the Wenhui will have a gathering at Lu Xingchuan's house, which can be regarded as a test for Zhou Zhi and Lu Xingchuan.

Although I went to Kou's house this time and didn't see Kou Peihan, after all, my marriage with Kou Peihan was decided. Zhou Zhi's restless heart, which was a little troubled, fell silent, and the whole person seemed to have changed his appearance, full of energy and refreshment.

Originally, he didn't have the habit of reading and writing at night, but Zhou Zhi read three books tonight, and his mind was very clear, which was easily imprinted in his mind.

Before going to sleep, I closed my eyes and went through the articles I had read in my head like a movie. At this time, Zhou Zhi suddenly had a feeling that there seemed to be more and more things in his mind, and those excellent articles were like fountains, constantly emerging in his mind.

Zhou Zhi said secretly, is this the legendary Wensi Spring?