After Zhao Yunlan got the deed of the store, she changed the lock, took time to clean and clean every day, and then went to Qingyabu Village to sit and chat with Zhu Yue.

Li Mingren went to the examination room after breakfast in the morning, and came back by himself after the exam, and Zhao Yunlan would also return to the inn to have dinner with Li Mingren at about the same time.

Li Mingren has been under a lot of pressure in the past few days, but fortunately, he has studied very solidly this year, and he has also been taught by Mrs. Liu.

Finally finished the exam, just waiting for the release of the list, Li Mingren relaxed after the exam, and accompanied Zhao Yunlan to the shop to clean up every day, and the things that should be placed were placed in advance, but Zhao Yunlan began to be anxious, and asked Li Mingren every day if he was sure!

It's not that Zhao Yunlan doesn't believe Li Mingren, it's just that this is related to the later arrangements, and Zhao Yunlan doesn't want to make mistakes, and she doesn't want to delay.

Li Mingren gave Zhao Yunlan a positive look, and let Zhao Yunlan wait for the release of the list with peace of mind!

On the day of the release of the list, Zhao Yunlan had already pulled Li Mingren to occupy a good position under the list, Li Mingren also began to panic at this time, looking at the urgent expectation of the lady, if there is really an accident, how sad the lady should be!

The official messenger came to release the list, and the students who came to see the list were excited, Li Mingren was afraid of squeezing Zhao Yunlan, so he hugged Zhao Yunlan, and after the official messenger posted the list, the students all poured up, Zhao Yunlan and Li Mingren quickly looked at the list, fortunately, there was Li Mingren's name on the second list, the first list was only in the top ten, the second list was the eleventh to the thirty-fifth, and Li Mingren was ranked twenty-sixth.

This year, there are more students in Jinzhou City, and the imperial court intends to select a group of talents in recent years, so the top 35 students were admitted this time, ten more than in previous years.

Zhao Yunlan happily hugged Li Mingren, Li Mingren's eyes were a little moist, but he still took Zhao Yunlan out of the crowd sensibly, and the two went back to the inn, and the innkeeper saw Li Mingren, and came forward to congratulate: "Congratulations to Master Xiucai, come in and sit and drink tea." ”

Zhao Yunlan nodded to Li Mingren, and went back to the inn, Li Mingren followed the innkeeper to gather in the lobby, the innkeeper was very happy, this time there were two showmen in the inn, and the students who failed were all around Li Mingren and another showman, Yang Denian, and asked the two showmen to talk about the answer to the exam papers, before the exam Li Mingren was busy accompanying Zhao Yunlan to clean up and did not participate in the discussion of the exam questions, so this is the first time to officially communicate with everyone. Li Mingren answered the questions asked by other students one by one, some students cast appreciative glances, and some students felt that Li Mingren's answers were similar to their own, and they were a little depressed.

After Li Mingren finished speaking, when everyone turned their attention to Yang Denian, Li Mingren noticed that this student, who was nearly 30 years old, was the third on the list.

Li Mingren modestly listened to Yang Denian's own answers, admired in his heart, silently remembered those views, and some students were even more exaggerated, and took out a piece of paper out of nowhere to write down every sentence of Yang Xiucai.

After Yang Denian finished speaking, he nodded politely with Li Mingren, and Li Mingren also smiled and signaled.

A group of students talked in the lobby in the middle of the night, during which Zhao Yunlan and the innkeeper sent away the official messenger who came to report the good news, Zhao Yunlan gave one or two silver money, and the official took the silver happily and went to the next place to report the good news.

When Li Mingren returned to the room, Zhao Yunlan was already asleep, Li Mingren was afraid that the smell of wine on his body would smoke Zhao Yunlan, so he took off his clothes outside before going in to scrub, and after taking a bath, Li Mingren also slept in the outer room.

Zhao Yunlan slept well, and when she woke up, she touched no one around her in a daze, and wondered if Li Mingren hadn't come back all night or had gotten up early in the morning. As a result, I walked outside and saw that Li Mingren was still asleep on the collapse, during this time, because of the exam, Li Mingren's nerves have been tense, and now he has finally won the Xiucai fame, plus he drank some wine with Yang Denian last night and talked freely, and suddenly the pressure was relieved, and the whole person was a lot more relaxed, and he slept very heavily this night.

Zhao Yunlan folded the quilt for Li Mingren, washed up, and went downstairs for breakfast. Almost all the students who stayed in the inn last night gathered together to drink, so there were more than half fewer people in the lobby for breakfast this morning, and some of them had to check out and go back, after all, it would cost an extra day to continue to live here if they were not admitted to Xiucai.

Zhao Yunlan watched these students come and leave in a hurry, and she was in a trance in her heart, this time Li Mingren had indeed passed the exam.

After Zhao Yunlan finished breakfast, Li Mingren just came downstairs, he was used to getting up early on weekdays, and it was rare to get a lazy sleep. Zhao Yunlan helped Li Mingren order a porridge, a basket of steamed buns, and accompanied Li Mingren to eat and eat some porridge.

After eating, the two went back to the house to arrange for going home, this time Jinzhou City took the examination to show that the top five would enter the school to study, and the sixth to thirty-five would return to the county schools of each county to study, so Li Mingren had to pack up his things and rush to Xihe County after returning to Lijia Village. The two decided to rest for a day today, mainly because Li Mingren needed to adjust, and then set off for home tomorrow.

Zhao Yunlan packed her luggage, Li Mingren packed her bookcase, the two went to Qingyabuzhuang together, Zhu Yue happily welcomed the two in, Wu Yanwei knew that Li Mingren had won the Xiucai fame, and he was also happy in his heart, after all, he was married to his family, the Li family is getting better and better, and his sister-in-law will be easier in the future. Before, Wu Yanwei was also worried that her little sister would have inconveniences in her life after marrying into a farmer's family.

"Brother Wu, sister-in-law, are you bothering you again?" Li Mingren stepped forward and arched his hand!

Wu Yanwei: "What are you talking about, I'm glad you came, now that you are a showman, it should be our visit!" ”

Li Mingren: "Brother Wu is serious! ”

Li Mingren and Zhao Yunlan are here to say goodbye, after all, Wu Yanwei and Zhu Yue have also taken care of a lot during this time, Wu Yanwei has already calculated that Li Mingren and Zhao Yunlan will go back in a few days, so he said that he has already helped call the carriage, and he will go to the inn to pick up the two tomorrow.

Zhao Yunlan was grateful, and Zhu Yue also told Zhao Yunlan that she would help watch the shop, so that Zhao Yunlan could go home with confidence!

After the two returned to the inn from Qingyabuzhuang, they lay down early to rest after eating, and Li Mingren gently hugged Zhao Yunlan, feeling steady.

The next day, on the way to Xihe County, Lijia Village ushered in an official messenger to report the good news.

Old man Li's legs trembled with excitement, but the Wang family reacted and gave the good news money, and the official took a sip of tea and left! Village Chief Li was also excited, Lijia Village finally had a talent, and the people in the village sat around the courtyard of the Li family, sharing this happy event together!