Of course, the examiner is not a fool, in order not to be criticized by gossip, there are also the remaining eight scholars from the other family schools who are admitted together, and the remaining 100 people will have to wait for three days to be announced.

There was already a clever little steward waiting outside the examination hall, and as soon as he heard the news, he immediately ran to the teahouse to report the good news, and naturally got a lot of rewards.

Mrs. Lizheng heard that her son had passed the test, grabbed Pucao's hand, her lips trembled with excitement, and tears flowed non-stop.

It is not easy for the peasant family to have enough to eat, and how can the hardships of such a frugal supply for his son to study be explained in a few words. Now that her son has finally been admitted to the Tongsheng Exam and officially entered the threshold of a scholar, how can she not be happy? Taking 10,000 steps back, it is much easier for his son to not continue the scientific examination in the future, and to go to the city to find a job that does not contribute and makes money.

Pu Cao comforted a few words, and listened to the congratulations downstairs, and there was a vague sound of Mr. Chu's smug laughter, so he pondered whether to visit the Chu family school another day. Today's appearance is not good for Mr. Chu's face.

Soon, the scholars walked out of the gate of the school one after another, and they were naturally excited and happy to be admitted in the classroom, while those who admitted that they had made mistakes were a little depressed.

Li Zheng and Pu Cao and others hurriedly went downstairs to greet them, and picked up Zhang Guier and Shengzi, who were so excited that their faces turned red, and it was inevitable that it would be lively again. Mr. Chu stroked his half-length beard, encouraged the two children with a few words, and warned them not to be proud, but the corners of his eyes and eyebrows were full of pride.

Pucao excused the two children for not coming home to visit in March, and the old man missed it very much and wanted to take a three-day leave. Mr. Chu thought that there was no reason to refuse, so he put out the idea of taking them back to the school to show off, and nodded in response.

Dongzi hurriedly hired another carriage on the side of the street and rushed to Nangou Village together with the Fang family's car. There were two Pianpian children and Fang Jie in the carriage in front, and women and children in the carriage in the back, and there was laughter and laughter all the way.

Zhang Guier and Shengzi were even more happy when they heard that the transfer to the school had been done, and they pulled Fang Jie to thank him.

In this way, soon the carriage arrived at the entrance of Nangou Village, and several large willow trees at the entrance of the village were already full of villagers. Although Li Zheng was sitting on the boulder and talking to everyone with a smile, the corner of his eye never left the mountain road.

As soon as the carriage stopped, the villagers immediately gathered around and asked, "How is it, is it a hit?" ”

"That's right, who got your brother or Katsuko?"

"Oh, I'm dying."

Fang Jie opened the car door and jumped down first, glanced at everyone, and said with a simple smile, "Hit, both!" ”

"Really?" Li Siye's hands trembled with excitement, and he pulled Fang Jie and asked, "Young Master Fang, this matter can't be joked, is it really hit?" ”

Fang Jie turned around and pointed to the carriage and said with a smile, "It's really hit, the two children came back with us." ”

When everyone heard this, they flocked to the car door, and tore off Shengzi and Zhang Gui'er, who looked shy and twisted, and shouted happily, "There are also children in our village." ”

The louder shouted, "Shengzi and your brother will take the top exam in the future, don't forget the villagers." ”

Li Zheng heard that his son was promising, and he was also crazy with joy, and shouted one after another, "They are children in the village, even if they become princes and generals, they will not forget our fellow villagers in Nangou Village." It's a good day, everyone is going to my house for a drink! ”

"Good, good! This wine must be drunk! ”

"Yes, we're also in the aura. In the future, when the family is good, I will send my dog baby to school! ”

Everyone laughed loudly, and walked towards the village with Shengzi and Zhang Gui in their arms. Pu Cao and Li Zheng Niangzi had already expected such a thing on the road, and they had already discussed it properly.

Mrs. Li Zheng hurried home to borrow tables and chairs and prepare vegetables, while Pu Cao moved two jars of bud wine and a large strip of pork belly at home to send support. Many little daughters-in-law were scrambling to help with the rectification, and soon the banquet was set up.

Several old men in the village drank a bowl of bud valley wine, remembering how many years in Nangou Village, there were finally two real scholars, each of whom raised their eyebrows and shouted that they must open an ancestral hall tomorrow to thank their ancestors for their blessings, and the villagers naturally agreed in unison.

Zhang Guier and Shengzi also put a bowl of bud wine in front of them, and the two of them got up together, and said a few words of thanks, and drank the wine in the bowl in one gulp, which caused everyone to applaud.

It's a pity that the two rookies who tasted the wine for the first time knew the power of bud grain wine, and they felt dizzy and dizzy after sitting down for a while, and almost didn't plant it under the table.

Everyone laughed and helped them to go to sleep in the house, and finally heard Mrs. Lizheng talk about the past two days, and raised their bowls to thank Fang Jie for helping to make Zhang Luo up and down.

Fang Jie naturally didn't take credit, and the whole village laughed more proudly and happily.

A banquet was eaten from noon until the sun set in the west, and everyone dispersed unsatisfied. Liu Housheng helped carry Zhang Gui'er home, and after Peach Blossom was busy, he soaked a cotton towel to wipe his brother's face and hands, and finally hugged his brother's hand and shed tears.

Pu Cao guessed that she remembered the deceased Mrs. Zhang and Zhang Fu, and hurriedly stepped forward to pat her and comfort her.

There was nothing to say all night, the second day the clan elders really opened the ancestral hall, the tablets of the six ancestors of Nangou Village were among them, the clan elders burned the yellow paper with their own hands, Zhang Guier and Shengzi knelt on the ground and kowtowed, and finally the men of the whole village came forward to salute, praying that the ancestors would bless the two children in the future to take the test to raise the champion, and the journey was smooth.

After such a toss, two days soon passed again. On the third day, Fang Jie personally accompanied Pu Cao and Li Zheng to send Shengzi and Zhang Guier back to the Chu Family School, picked up their luggage by the way, and resigned with Mr. Chu.

The Chu family school admitted a total of six children this time, Mr. Chu was very happy, and was preparing to show his strength, strictly teaching these future protégés, not wanting to suddenly hear that the Zhang family and the Chen family were going to send the children to the school, Mr. Chu's face naturally sank.

But the Chu family school was originally a place of enlightenment, and students wanted to go to the school to receive better teaching, and he had no reason to stop him, so in the end, he said a few words of encouragement and walked away.

But Mrs. Chu was very angry when she heard about this, after all, she had to pay less than two taels of silver a month, she took the old woman who was waiting next to her to rush to the backyard where the scholars lived, and said with a smile that she wanted to send two children, and mentioned that she loved them very much on weekdays, and she didn't want the two children to go away so soon.

The old woman didn't know if she got the hint from the master, or if she had the intention to pat the master's ass, and scolded in a voice that everyone could hear clearly, "Two white-eyed wolves, just after the Tongsheng exam, they don't recognize Mr. and Shiniang, the Chu Family School is really a waste of food." ”

Mrs. Li Zheng blushed with anger, wanted to scold back and thought that this was her son's enlightenment place after all, and it was not good to be too offended, so she endured it all her life.

Pu Cao refused to let the two children bear the notoriety, she stepped forward to take the package in Zhang Gui'er's hand, and said with a smile, "It's better for sister-in-law to take the luggage, look at your thin arms and legs, you will have to pant if you take two more steps."

The family pays one tael of food silver every month, and your master loves you so much, you must eat big fish and meat every day, why are you so much thinner than before. If people who don't know see you like this, they think that your master has deducted the food and silver to buy jewelry. ”

When Mrs. Chu heard this, her face immediately tightened, and she hid the gold bracelet on her wrist with a little weakness, and then said with a smile, "These two children are very weekdays, and they always forget to eat when they read. In the future, don't worry about your body when you go to school, and come to the school on weekdays. In the future, if it is high school, your husband and I will definitely hold a banquet to celebrate you. ”

"Mrs. Chu is polite, I thanked you in advance on behalf of the two children." Pu Cao said goodbye and left after a few words of greeting.

Mrs. Chu sent it to the gate of the courtyard, and when she saw the carriage walking away, she almost tore the handkerchief in her hand with hatred. The woman didn't look at her, so she stepped forward and said a few bad words. Mrs. Chu glanced at the group of scholars not far behind her, opened her mouth and scolded the woman a few words, and finally ordered the cook in the stove to add vegetables at noon, which gave the scholars some benefits.

As soon as Zhang Gui and Shengzi entered, they were divided into two spacious wings, and the beds, tables and chairs in the room were all kinds of things, and there were even little stewards who took everyone around in the school.

Li Zheng and his wife saw the pavilions in the rockery garden in the compound of the school, which were extremely elegantly arranged.

The little worry that the couple still had in their hearts completely disappeared. thanked Fang Jie and Pu Cao one after another, and was full of confidence in his son's future at the end.

In such a place where even the air is filled with the fragrance of books, even if the rats have lived for a long time, they are afraid that they can open their mouths to recite poems, not to mention that their son is still so smart and hardworking?

At noon, Shengzi and Zhang Guier took the initiative to ask Ying to go to the stove yard to get food and come back, Lizheng Niangzi and Pucao were more relieved when they saw it, one meat and one vegetable, not to mention the taste, at least it looked very clean.

Everyone was relieved, so they left the two children, got up and left the school. Fang Jie had some business matters to deal with, so he whispered a few words to Pu Cao, and then asked Dongzi to drive everyone back.

Along the way, Mrs. Li Zheng took Pu Cao's hand, full of gratitude but didn't know how to speak, and finally said, "Pu Cao, Shengzi's matter has bothered you, my aunt has firmly remembered it, and we will get along for a long time in the future, and my aunt will definitely repay it." In addition, the bundle you paid for Shengzi, and the aunt will definitely pay you back with interest when the time comes. ”

Pu Cao smiled and grabbed the arm of Lizheng Niangzi, and responded, "Auntie, am I a money fan, I have already written down the accounts." In the winter, my aunt's family made money by growing vegetables, and if my aunt didn't give it, I blocked my aunt's door and begged for it. ”

Mrs. Li Zheng naturally knew that she was joking, so she laughed and joked, "Then I will ask your uncle to open a back door when I go back, in case I want to repay the debt at that time, there is also a place to hide." ”

The two were talking and laughing, and Li Zheng, who was sitting on the wheel outside, suddenly said, "Isn't that the boss of the Liu family, why did he run so quickly?" ”