"My situation, you and her...... Oh, it's my cousin, told her, right? Du Jinning asked.

Chen estimated that Du Jinning was coming back soon, so he specially came to her yard to greet her. Of course, she didn't bring the little girl.

Although Du Jinning was in good spirits, and he didn't see any embarrassment on his body, and he didn't know how many times better than the situation of other candidates, Chen was still very distressed, and stopped her and said: "Don't worry, let's talk about this matter when you take a bath, eat and rest." ”

Du Jinning nodded, went to take a bath, and when he sat down to eat after taking a bath, Chen said, "Don't worry, I told her all the circumstances." She said that as long as she took her away, she would do whatever she was asked to do. ”

"She hates her parents?" Du Jinning frowned slightly.

"Not really." Chen shook his head, "It's just because her mother wants to marry her brother's daughter-in-law, and she can't get the bride price money, so she wants to sell her to a rich family with a bad reputation as a maid, and she is afraid." Just as I was going, she asked me to take her away. ”

Du Jinning nodded.

Chen also knew what Du Jinning was worried about, she was worried that Chen Sanniu was a Jiangnan again, and explained: "I have seen this child, and his temperament is not bad." is too oppressed by his parents and elder brother, and he is more timid and cowardly. Because I have been living in a small village, my temperament is relatively simple. I will teach her well and will not let her be the same as Jiangnan. ”

Du Jinning nodded.

She said: "You choose a shrewd and capable grandmother to teach her, let her know how to be self-reliant, and then teach her some skills to live in peace." ”

"Don't worry, I will." Chen sighed, "I hope she can know what is going on." ”

I think that at the beginning, Jiangnan followed the embroidery girl at home and also learned to be popular, and she could do needlework. If her heart is not so big, after leaving the Du family with Jiangbei, relying on Jiangbei's monthly money and Jiangnan's money from embroidery, the brother and sister can live a good life. But she still embarked on that path.

It can be seen that sometimes people's nature does not mean that careful teaching can lead to the right path. I hope Chen Sanniu can be a good girl.

Her parents didn't give her a proper name. I renamed her Chen Li, hoping that she would become self-reliant in the future. ”

"Okay." Du Jinning is indispensable.

Because of her special relationship, she is destined to have little intersection with this girl in the future. Chen is a transparent, kind, and insightful person, and if she teaches Chen Sanniu, Du Jinning has nothing to worry about. Chen wanted to name his niece, and she was naturally happy.

"Uncle and aunt, there's no trouble, right? You go back to the county, grandfather do they know? Did you say anything? Du Jinning asked.

Speaking of his brother and sister-in-law, Chen sneered: "What trouble can there be?" I said to give twenty taels of silver, and I wanted to take the third sister to be my daughter-in-law, and your aunt bargained for twenty-five taels and agreed. ”

Speaking of this, she added: "She sold Sanniu to that rich family as a maid, and it was only twelve taels of silver." Now that it has doubled, and her daughter has climbed the high branches, she is afraid that she will wake up laughing from her dreams, what is there not to be happy about? ”

Du Jinning was speechless.

She had stayed in Peach Blossom Village, so she naturally knew what those village women were like. For example, Niu's and Yao's are essentially the same as Du's aunts. They are all poor.

Chen continued: "I was afraid of getting into trouble, but no one was alarmed when I went back, so I found an inn and stayed overnight, and went to your uncle's house early the next morning, and after negotiating with them and giving them the money, I came back directly by car." I told your uncle and aunt not to tell the Du family. However, the two villages are not far away, Chen Sanniu suddenly disappeared, and your uncle also has to have an explanation with the neighbors, and your grandfather will know about it in two days. ”

She knew that Du Jinning only cared about Du Yinsheng's opinion, and explained: "This is also a matter of no choice." When you go back, explain it to your uncle and grandfather. Come to think of it, as long as you can successfully pass the exam, your uncle and grandfather will not blame you for this little thing. ”

Speaking of this, she remembered something and asked Du Jinning: "Now the township examination has also been completed." When the time comes, do you want to go with your uncle and grandfather to recognize your ancestors and return to your ancestors? ”

As he spoke, Du Jinning had finished eating.

She put down the dishes and chopsticks, motioned to Aoki and Chen's two maids to clean up the table, took a sip of tea, and said, "Naturally, I want to go." That's what my uncle and grandfather thought about in their hearts, he treated me well, and I always had to fulfill his old man's wishes. ”

Thinking of the fact that after recognizing his ancestors and returning to his ancestors, he was related to the Du family opposite, and he didn't know how much trouble it would have, and the Chen family was a little unhappy. But she also knew that Du Jinning was telling the truth.

Seeing that Du Jinning had eaten, Chen stood up: "I can't sleep well in the examination room, you can rest early." I'll talk about the rest when you're free. ”

Du Jinning nodded, sent Chen out, and fell asleep.

At this time, in the Gongyuan, Pan Yiting and the others were hurrying to mark the test papers. Although there were very few candidates in the third session, there were only 100 test papers to be marked, and they were divided into six heads, and one person was only a dozen test papers. However, this time the paper was different from the first one, and each question had to be carefully reviewed so that 25 candidates could be selected from the 100 candidates.

That's right, because Gui Province is a remote province, the literary style is not prosperous, and the admission quota for lifting people has always been lower than that of other provinces. In addition, the Great Song Dynasty has been established for a long time, and from the day an official was admitted to the Jinshi, he served as an official until he was sixty or seventy years old or died of illness, and the time spent in the official position was always twenty or thirty years. The officials needed by the whole country are numerous, and the old ones are not gone, and the new ones are squeezed in, and it is difficult to arrange personnel.

Therefore, the court set a limit on the admission quota for the imperial examination. This is still the township examination, and when it comes to the general examination and the palace examination, the number of people admitted must be counted first. In the case of Guotai and Min'an, there will always be not many vacancies.

Everyone is experienced in correcting the papers, Rao has to review them carefully, and more than a dozen test papers have been corrected within two hours.

After extracting the top 25 test papers, Pan Yiting and Wang Shibin flipped through the dethroned test papers again to make sure that there were no omissions and did not recommend them to the chief examiner or the president in time.

After making sure that there were no missing papers, everyone opened the seals of the test papers under the supervision of officers and soldiers and copied the names of the admitted people.

Seeing that the first place was Du Jinning's name, Pan Yiting was very happy, and regardless of the fact that the name had not been copied, he said to everyone: "This Xie Yuan of Gui Province is none other than this named Du Jinning." ”

The candidates supported by the Four Princes have not been able to squeeze into the top three because of their own lack of ability. When the two fellow examiners saw that the name of the person on the second list was Qi Muyuan, they naturally belonged to Du Jinning, who had no door and no faction, to be Xie Yuan, and without waiting for Wang Shibin to object, they preemptively said: "It should be so." This Du Jinning was the first place in the first and third games, and Xie Yuan belonged to him. ”