Dozens of days after the township test list was released, Xu Mansion in the capital.

Xu Chengyu lay on his back on the Taishi chair, holding a pastry in one hand and a letter in the other, and took a sip of tea from time to time, and the whole person was very comfortable.

“…… Huang Ruihua, the 27th place in the Hangzhou Fuxiang Test; Zhao Ziyi, the forty-first place in the Yangzhou Township Examination; Ma Quan, the ninth place in the Huai'an Township Examination......" Looking at the good news of the township closure test from students from all over the country, Xu Chengyule blossomed, and his eyes narrowed with a smile.

Xu Shuhua pricked up his ears on the side and watched, but he didn't hear the name of concern for a long time, so he pretended to be careless and asked, "What about Daddy?" There should be more than these students in the college this year, right? ”

"That's a lot! Let me count it, one, two, three......" Xu Chengyu gathered together the letters he had received in the past few days and counted them one by one, "I have received fifteen letters alone, plus the good news letters sent to other academy gentlemen, and those who are on the road at the moment, roughly calculated, there are nearly thirty people in our academy this year." ”

Xu Chengyu exhaled and was in a good mood: "In the last Enke Township Examination, the academy only won a total of 16 lifters, and in the past three years, it has doubled, which is really gratifying!" ”

Seeing Xu Chengyu's relaxed appearance, Xu Shuhua guessed that Gu Yunji should have passed the exam, but he had never heard the news of him with his own ears, and his heart was unstable after all. Considering the reserve of the daughter of the boudoir, it is not good to ask by name, and he can't enter or retreat for a while, the expression on his face wants to stop talking, and his eyebrows are tangled together.

After hesitating for a long time, Xu Shuhua still couldn't hold back the urgency in his heart, and asked in a corner: "Those students who used to be among the best in the academy...... Cheng Yan Cheng Gongzi and them, how did they do in the exam? ”

"Oh, Cheng Yan, he also hit, and Gu Yunji and them, they all hit." Xu Chengyu took out a few letters from the letterstack and handed them to Xu Shuhua, "Well, read it for yourself." ”

Xu Shuhua was suddenly overjoyed, and was about to reach out to take the letter, but was cut off by a wide palm that came across the air.

Xu Shuhua looked dissatisfied and glared at the visitor: "Big brother! ”

Xu Shujing raised his eyebrows indifferently, and raised the letter more and more annoyingly when he heard the words, so that Xu Shuhua couldn't reach it: "Shuhua, don't worry, let my brother take a look at it first, or you tell me who you want to know, I'll read it to you directly." ”

Catching a glimpse of the ridicule in Xu Shujing's eyes, Xu Shuhua's pretty face turned red, a shallow annoyance floated in his eyes, and he turned his head angrily to ignore him.

Xu Shujing looked amused, unfolded the letter by himself, and deliberately raised his voice and said, "Let me see, Gu Yunji...... Second place in the Songjiang Township Test, ho, this is really amazing! ”

Xu Shuhua's eyes lit up for a moment, but he heard his tone change suddenly, and pretended to glance at it a few times: "Eh, no, I saw it wrong, the second place is Cheng Yan, not Gu Yunji." ”

The mood went up and down, and sensing Xu Shujing's intention to tease him, Xu Shuhua turned his head instantly, and his beautiful eyes were angry: "Big brother, what are you doing!" ”

"I didn't do anything." Xu Shujing spread out his hands, looking innocent, "It's just a mistake for a while, it's not allowed?" ”

"You ......" Xu Shuhua choked angrily, and there was nothing he could do about him.

"Okay, okay, Shujing, what are you teasing your sister for?"

Xu Chengyu smiled and came out to play a round, took the letter and put it in Xu Shuhua's hand, and quipped: "Yun Ji has won, Songjiang Fuxiang is the first in the test, he and Cheng Yan have a Xie Yuan and a Yayuan, they are both successful, and they are preparing to go to Beijing to take the exam, you won't be able to see him soon." What do you think? Satisfied? ”

"Xie Yuan? It's true? ”

Xu Shuhua's face was happy, his eyes were bright, and he immediately screamed excitedly, and then reacted that he had lost his manners, and hurriedly stretched out his hand to cover his lips embarrassedly, and coughed lightly a few times as if he were covering, and the tips of his ears were full of powder:

"The selection of candidates for the imperial examination has always been one of thousands of people, and the difficulty is extraordinary. Even if Gu Gongzi and Cheng Gongzi have special talents, it is not easy to stand out, it is rare to be on the list, not to mention that they have achieved such excellent results, and now they are all happy, how can they be dissatisfied. ”

The imperial examination is difficult, no one can guarantee that she will be able to pass the exam successfully, she has never had any unideal method that Gu Yunji has to take the first place, as long as he can pass the exam, even if he is at the bottom, she is already very satisfied.

Of course, the results were even more surprising to her.

The autumn breeze is rising, the fallen leaves are falling one after another, Xu Shuhua looked at the bleak autumn scene outside the window, but her mood was as bright as spring - it won't be long before she can meet Gu Yunji again.

The cool morning of late autumn hit people, Gu Yunji couldn't help but shiver, stretched out his hand to brush the fallen leaves on his shoulders, lifted the curtain and entered the house, and the warm heat came to the surface, which instantly dispelled the cold on his body.

When the luggage was only halfway packed, his son made a fuss, Gu Yunxiao had no choice but to put aside the things in his hand and coax his son patiently.

The child was weak, and in order to prevent Gu Zhaoqin from catching a cold and getting sick, the doors and windows were tightly sealed, and no wind could penetrate at all. There was even charcoal in the corner of the wall, scattering a faint heat wave, baking the whole room like a stove, Gu Yunxiao hugged his son for a long time, and fine sweat oozed from the tip of his nose.

Seeing that Gu Yunxiao was sweating from exhaustion, Gu Yunji walked over and stretched out his hand towards Gu Zhaoqin: "Let your father rest for a while, will the third uncle come and hug him?" ”

Gu Zhaoqin is now one and a half years old, and he can't speak clearly, but his temperament is surprisingly stubborn, he shook his head stubbornly when he heard the words, and his little fat hand tightly tugged at Gu Yunxiao's clothes, with tears in his eyes: "It's not good, I want my father!" Daddy, don't go, don't take exams! Will get sick, stay, stay at home with Qin'er! ”

Gu Yunxiao sighed helplessly, in the face of his aggrieved and clingy son, he couldn't get angry at all, and he was reluctant to say even a heavy word, so he had to touch his head lovingly.

The township examination has ended, and the general examination will be held in March next year, and it is a long way from Songjiang Prefecture to the capital, so if you want to adapt to the environment as soon as possible and concentrate on preparing for the exam, you have to set off in advance. Soon after the Gu family returned to Huating County, they began to prepare the luggage for Gu Yunxiao and Gu Yunji to go to Beijing for the exam.

Gu Yunxiao came back from the last exam and fell seriously ill, and now he is about to take the exam again, and his family is a little afraid, and they will tell him to nag him twice for three days. Children are sensitive, adults talk a lot, Gu Zhaoqin remembers, subconsciously thought that Gu Yunxiao would get sick as long as he left home to catch the exam, so when he saw him packing his luggage, he stuck to him and said that he would not let him go.

However, Gu Zhaoqin was young, and Gu Yunxiao couldn't reason with him, so he could only comfort him with a good voice, and repeatedly promised that he would not get sick, so Gu Zhaoqin was willing to relax a little.

As the days passed, the two brothers were getting closer and closer, perhaps because they felt something, today's Gu Zhaoqin is particularly pestering, no matter how Gu Yunxiao coaxed him, he refused to let go, making people helpless.