"You've been studying for a year longer than me, and you're embarrassed to come and compare with me. Otherwise, let's compete for whom's ranking in the academy? Guan Jiaze said unconvinced.

"Compare to whom, who is afraid of whom." Liang Xiankuan looked calm.

"Then you take the test well, the Beppu test will fall, and you won't even be qualified for the hospital test, then I have to laugh at you for the rest of my life, and I will laugh once I see you."

"Absolutely not, rest assured. You study hard, I will laugh at you for the rest of my life if you are compared to me when you take the exam. ”

Du Jinning smiled and said to Qi Muyuan: "Why do I think they are younger than me?" ”

Qi Muyuan nodded solemnly: "Yes, one is four years old, and the other is five years old." ”

"You, you ......" Guan Jiaze pointed at them angrily, "Who is the child?" You're still not my buddies? ”

Du Jinning was about to speak, when he saw Li Congyang running over panting, the hat on his head was gone, his clothes were crumpled, and he opened his mouth to say something, but where could he speak? "Whew-snort" patronizing and panting.

"Don't worry, don't worry, speak slowly." Seeing this, Du Jinning hurriedly reassured.

Guan Jiaze was an anxious person, and asked on the side; "Li Congyang, have you hit? Is the head of the county case Du Jinning? ”

Li Congyang couldn't speak, but he still nodded vigorously.

"Did you win, or did Du Jinning get the county case?" Guan Jiaze asked again.

Li Congyang nodded vigorously again: "All, all." I, I was hit, he ......" he pointed at Du Jinning, "the head of the county case." ”

"Ahh Guan Jiaze shouted happily and pounced on Du Jinning.

"Don't, don't get excited." Du Jinning avoided Guan Jiaze's bear hug, pointed at Liang Xiankuan and asked Li Congyang, "What about Liang Xiankuan?" ”

Li Congyang had gasped for breath at this time, and his speech was much smoother: "Liang Xiankuan is second." ”

Liang Xiankuan suddenly waved his fist excitedly.

"What about the other classmates?" Du Jinning asked again.

Li Congyang shook his head: "I just remember the seat numbers of the two of you, and your seat numbers are in the middle, so I can see it at a glance." I didn't go out of my way to look for them. ”

Although Du Jinning has been sitting in the No. 1 seat since the second scene, her seat number has always been based on the seat number of the first game. Because she was the first place every time, Li Congyang remembered this seat number even if he didn't go out of his way to remember it. And after Du Jinning didn't take the test, Liang Xiankuan's seat number firmly occupied the central position, and Li Congyang also remembered it.

Among the classmates who took the county exam together, there were no particularly good friends of Li Congyang, so when he saw that he had won, he saw that Du Jinning and Liang Xiankuan were selected for the first and second prizes, so he excitedly squeezed out to report the good news.

But it didn't matter if he remembered it or not, because soon two of his classmates returned, and then the others followed. Some are excited, some are depressed, they don't need to speak, just by looking at their expressions, you can tell if they have been hit.

Du Jinning: Among the people who took the exam, seven out of ten were successful, and the success rate was quite high.

"It's a pity, with Yan Kong's usual results, he should be able to get it this year, but he was unlucky and stained the test papers." A classmate shook his head and sighed.

Another immediately retorted: "What bad luck is he? His seat for the first scene was in the house, Liang Xiankuan was still in the courtyard in the rain, and Du Jinning was also in the corridor. Liang Xiankuan and Du Jinning didn't stain the test papers, but he did. He took the test once last year, and he already has experience. It's nothing more than a heavy heart of gain and loss, and an unstable demeanor. ”

Everyone else nodded in agreement: "Makes sense, it does." ”

"In fact, the same is true of Liu Jiang and Shen Qinghui." The man continued, "With their results, they can take the county exam, but because the exam is too tense, they don't perform properly. ”

Yan Kun stained the roll in the first game, and he didn't have his seat number directly when he released the list, and he was not even qualified to take the second exam. Since that day, he knew that he had no drama in the county test this time, so he naturally didn't come to see the list today. Liu Jiang was in a similar situation to him, but it was not that he soiled the test papers, but that he did not play well, and he fell directly off the list in the first game.

Shen Qinghui was in the outer circle in the first game and was barely qualified to participate in the second exam, but the more he took the exam, the more panicked he became, and he was not eligible to participate in the third game.

These few are not here today, so everyone has no scruples about talking about it.

"Let's take it as a warning, relax our minds when we take the exam, and deal with it with a normal heart." Everyone encouraged each other and dispersed.

Those who live close to the city can still catch up with the servants who go home to receive the good news.

"Are you going back or what?" Guan Jiaze asked Du Jinning, "If you are in a hurry to go back, let's go to the Drunken Immortal Building to get together, and we should congratulate you." ”

Qi Muyuan didn't wait for Du Jinning to speak, so he said, "Naturally, I have to go back." He was the only man in their family, and the servant went to report the good news that he was not at home. Saying that, he urged Du Jinning, "You go back quickly, it's best to hire a mule cart to go back, so as not to delay." ”

After all, the county examination is only the first level of the scientific examination, and even if it passes, it is not even a child. Therefore, the officers only reported the top 10 in the good news. They went separately to report the good news, so even if they started reporting backwards from the tenth place, it didn't take much time to report to Du Jinning's house.

Du Jinning didn't feel at ease when he thought about it, so he said goodbye to everyone, so he hired a mule cart and hurried home.

When the mule cart entered Zhuangzi, I heard the sound of gongs and drums in the distance, and the direction of the sound should be the Du family.

The mule driver shouted in front: "There are more people in front, is the guest officer getting off here?" ”

Du Jinning lifted the curtain of the door, glanced ahead, and saw that many people heard the sound of gongs and drums and were heading to her house. Children play around on the road, and mule carts are not easy to get by.

She had to say, "Okay, you just stop here." ”

When she got out of the car, she was about to pay for the car, when she heard someone call her: "Young Master Du, are you back?" Hurry home and take a look, the good news is coming. Congratulations, you have a great future, and you came back after taking the test. ”

Du Jinning put the copper coin in the driver's hand, and smiled at the uncle: "Uncle Liu, you are not a showman, you only passed the county exam." You have to pass the prefectural examination and the hospital examination to be a showman. ”

The seventy-year-old man was already a little confused, his ears were still a little back, and he waved his hand with a smile and said, "It's the same." ”

"Uncle Liu, I'll go back first." Du Jinning shouted at him and went to his house.

Along the way, when the Zhuangzi people saw her, they all congratulated her.

The front of Du's house was already full of people watching the excitement. Seeing Du Jinning come in, everyone was overjoyed, and hurriedly shouted inside: "Xiucai Gong is back, Xiucai Gong is back." As he spoke, he pushed Du Jinning all the way in.

"Ouch, Brother Ning is back." A person came out of the courtyard and affectionately pulled Du Jinning in. This man is Zhang.

Du Jinning was wondering why the Zhang family was here, and as soon as he entered the hall, he saw Du Yinsheng, Du Chensheng, Niu Shi, and Montessori sitting on the top, and there were two people dressed as errands sitting next to them.

When everyone saw Du Jinning coming in, they all stood up one after another. Du Yinsheng was especially excited, stepped forward to take Du Jinning's hand, trembled his lips and said, "Okay, good, you have won glory for our Du family." Your great-grandfather knew that he was very happy. As he spoke, he couldn't help but wipe away his tears.

It stands to reason that there is Du Yuncheng in the front and Du Yunchang in the back, both of whom were admitted to Xiucai; Du Jinning: This is only past the county test, and the children are not yet. Du Yinsheng's emotions shouldn't be so excited.

But the county head, the county head who is only twelve years old, has never had such a young county head in Lishui County for hundreds of years. Even last year's Qi Muyuan, his grandfather and father were both jinshi, and they were also the county leaders who were only taken at the age of thirteen. What a glorious thing it is for their ordinary peasant family to have such a county head that has never been seen in history, which is enough to be recorded in the county annals, how can it not make Du Yinsheng excited?

Moreover, as long as the head of the county case does not make a big mistake in the government examination and the hospital examination, he will definitely be selected as a talent, which is an unwritten rule in the field. In other words, as long as Du Jinning has no accidents in this year's government and hospital examinations, Xiucai's fame is firmly in his hands.

At that time, Du Jinning was not yet thirteen years old.

Twelve-year-old talent! Just think about it, you can see how big his future is. Du Yuncheng was in his twenties and was admitted to the show, and Du Yunchang was even more talented in his thirties and forties. Can these two people be compared with Du Jinning?

In front of the two officials, Du Chensheng naturally wanted to come up and put on his grandfather's shelf, so that people could look up to him. But he knew that Du Jinning would not buy his account, and when the time came to give him a faceless, he would lose his face. Therefore, he hesitated and did not dare to step forward. Not only did he not get on himself, but he also pulled Niu Shi and stopped her from saying that she was about to exit.

The two officials sat here for a while, and finally saw the main master, and immediately came up and said a basket of auspicious words.

Du Jinning dealt with the official errand in his mouth, but his eyes looked at Chen, and asked her if she had given a reward.

Chen hurriedly stepped forward to her ear and said, "Each person gave a red envelope of one or two silver." ”

One or two pieces of silver is already a relatively generous reward. Du Jinning put his mind at ease, talked to the two for a while, and personally sent them away.

In the courtyard, Du Yunyi and his wife took their sons and daughters, and Du Yunchang took Du Fangling and Du Fanghui sisters, all of whom were busy taking melon and fruit sugar water to entertain the villagers who came to congratulate them.

Seeing that the official was sent away, Dong Dacheng walked in and asked Du Jinning: "Everyone asks you if you want to put wine, and they are all waiting to drink your wedding wine." ”

"Brother Ning, such a big happy event, this wine has to be placed." Du Yinsheng said.

Du Chensheng also nodded: "Yes, the great joy of the glorious ancestors must be set up for wine." ”

"Uncle, grandfather." Du Jinning called the two of them first, and then said, "I've just passed the county test, and I'm not even a child." At this time, the wine was set up and spread to the academy, and the gentlemen had to say that I was frivolous. I want to drink, and I'll talk about it when I get the fame of Xiucai. ”