The spring breeze is intentional, and the flowers fall silently.

In the city of Hangzhou at the end of April, it was the voices of people who were boiling.

Compared with the liveliness of the township examination a few days ago, the streets on the south wall outside the examination garden are even more than that day.

The crown covers come and go, the white clothes gather, the Wu belt flutters, and the shoulders are one after another.

At this time, whether it is a scholar or a beggar, it is indispensable to come here to join in the fun.

They weren't here for anything else, just to take a look at the list posted on the south wall of the Nakao Garden.

The list is not long, except for the hundreds of words sprinkled in the front, the back is one name after another.

The well-faithful child drilled between the legs of the adults, and went to the front with a gray face and great interest, and then opened a pair of curious eyes to look at the hundreds of words on the red list that he did not know at all.

Fortunately, although I don't know words, I always know numbers, and the same is true for many adults.

The young sister-in-law in the alley of East Street carried a basket of eggs, and followed the flow of people to squeeze inside, watching the excitement. She is also different from most other illiterate people, and the reason why she fights like this is not only to join in the fun, but also to know the news about the red list a quarter of an hour before the others. She had a thought in her heart, if she didn't know about it earlier, it would be difficult for a big stone in her heart to land.

She protected the eggs in the basket, and from time to time pinched her throat and reminded her loudly, for fear that if she broke an egg, it would be really distressing.

Sister-in-law Qing regretted it a little, she had long known that today was the day of the township test list, so she should have come early. After listening to the news, it is only right to go and deliver eggs to the other end. It's good now, it's too hard to squeeze in.

However, regret is short-lived, and the young sister-in-law still adheres to a flexible temperament and will not give up until she reaches her goal. So he tightened the basket more and more, and looked at the gap between the figures, like a loach, and swished into the air.

As soon as the person behind the diagonal collided, the young sister-in-law almost threw herself into the open space in front of her, but fortunately she was held up by an official errand.

"Thank you, sir! Thank you, sir! Sister-in-law Qing was so frightened that she almost lost her soul, and hurriedly looked at the basket on her right shoulder, and saw that the eggs inside were all fine under the small cotton bunk, so she was greatly relieved.

The official glanced at her impatiently, and said loudly: "Give it to grandpa and I'll go back!" Squeeze any further, and the wall will collapse by you! ”

The official shouted hard, but with little effect, and the crowd still gathered in this direction, without the slightest intention of dissipating.

Sister-in-law Qing opened her eyes wide to look at the red list, the dense words, she couldn't understand it. I just counted the names at the end of the list, one, two, three...... There are 17 ......

"Official! Official! Please help me take a look, is there a name of my family Langjun, my family Langjun is surnamed Liu, and his name is Liu Zhengqing. Sister-in-law Qing said loudly.

"It's all on the list! See for yourself! The official said impatiently.

"Isn't the slave family illiterate!" Sister-in-law Qing said with a smile.

"! What a squeeze forward if you can't read! The official frowned, and his chin raised to the west, "There are roll calls over there, and those who can't read and write will listen to it by themselves, and Hugh wants to join in the fun here!" ”

When the young sister-in-law heard this, she was overjoyed, and hurriedly thanked her, and went around from the place where there were few people next to her, and hurriedly found the place that the official said.

Sure enough, under a big locust tree, a person who was also dressed as an official stood on a small temporary platform, chatting with the people next to him.

"This official, are you singing here?" Sister-in-law Qing asked loudly.

"That's it, don't make a noise, isn't this going to be read soon!" The person next to her reminded her.

Sister-in-law Qing took a closer look, and sure enough, she saw that the official had a piece of paper in his hand, and he didn't know what was written on it.

The official on the small platform squatted on the edge of the wooden platform, took a bowl of well water from the hands of the colleague below, drank it with a bang, handed the empty bowl back, laughed and scolded the colleague and said something, then stood up, unfolded the paper in his hand, and prepared to roll call.

Seeing this, Sister-in-law Qing hurriedly shut up and didn't dare to make any more noise. She listened to the noise around her, and at this time she wanted to block the mouths of other people, these people, why did they talk so loudly! It's annoying!

"Xuanhe year, Hangzhou urban and rural test high school list-"

The official shouted loudly, attracting countless onlookers.

"Chao Zhijie of Shangtang Town - Zhongtai Township Festival Flying Star - Hangzhou Liu Zhengqing ......"

When Sister-in-law Qing heard the words "Liu Zhengqing", her head buzzed, and she didn't come back to her senses for a long time.

When the name behind her slowly came into her ears, Sister-in-law Qing trembled with excitement, hurriedly grabbed the person next to her, and asked eagerly, "Did you listen?" Did you just say Liu Zhengqing? ”

"I don't know! I don't know! Don't bother me! I'm listening to that! ”

Where do others care about her.

Sister-in-law Qing was worried, her hands and feet were drained of blood in an instant, and she was cold and unpresentable.

There are only seventeen names in total, and the officials chant them very quickly, although they elongate the end note, from beginning to end, it is only an instantaneous effort.

After singing, some people around the conversation dispersed, and some people gradually gathered over.

Sister-in-law Qing did not leave, but instead squeezed to the front while she was free, just waiting to listen to the next round of roll call.

The roll call was sung once in a quarter of an hour, and the young sister-in-law tensed her nerves and pricked up her ears to listen, until she finished listening to the fourth time, and then silently walked out of the crowd.

Her hands shook a little, so that the basket she was carrying on her right shoulder was no longer as stable as it had been.

I don't know what kind of mood she was in when she walked out of the crowd, Sister-in-law Qing lifted the small cotton cover in a trance and looked at it, and found that there was indeed an egg broken in the basket, so she was a little distressed.

Tears fell inexplicably, and I don't know if it was because of distressed eggs or simple tears of excitement.

After wiping her face, the young sister-in-law grabbed the basket and walked quickly to the west.

Among the seventeen names in the newspaper, Sister-in-law Qing only stared at the three words "Liu Zhengqing" to listen, and the other names were completely ignored by her.

Naturally, she didn't pay attention to the last of those seventeen names, called Chu Feng.

At this time, Chu Feng was holding a small carving knife, concentrating on carving a clay mark in his hand.

It's just that thoughts wander, and occasionally they flow back to what happened a few days ago.

He recalled all the things at that time, and he only felt that it seemed to be real and illusory, which was really incredible.

If so, it's ...... At that time, the little Taoist priest of Longhu Mountain next to the Confucian Temple was really a prophecy.