Qi Miao stared at the names that belonged to her on the list, and her heartbeat couldn't help but speed up.

She turned her head to look at her little friend Ah Miao, saw the same excited look on her face as herself, and then quietly squeezed her little friend's hand.

I don't know why, at this moment, she vaguely understands why her father was so obsessed with the imperial examination in the first place.

It's as if all your years of hard work have finally paid off, and everything you've given has finally become tangible and has begun to change your destiny.

She and Miao carefully checked the information on the list again, fearing that the good fortune did not belong to her, but to another person with the same name as her.

Fortunately, in order to avoid the embarrassment of the same name, not only the name is written on the list, but also the address and age and other information.

After making sure that they were really right, the two girls carefully wrote down the time and place of the second assessment, and then went home hand in hand.

Ah Miao originally planned to go home and tell his father the good news after the results of the first assessment came out.

But when she thought about it, just passing the first assessment does not mean that she will definitely be able to stay in the county government to do things.

In case she doesn't pass the one, then her father and mother will mock her with this matter.

Since she was a child, Miao has been used to hearing her father and mother say that she can't do it, and now she doesn't want to hear this kind of talk anymore.

After thinking about it, Ah Miao decided to wait until the dust settled on the matter, and then she went home. lest something go wrong with her father and mother, and let her lose such a good opportunity.

Qi Miao didn't have any scruples here, she just happily went home and told her father the good news.

Qi Xiucai is not young now, he and his wife were already old when they got this child, and now that their daughter has grown to the age of sixteen, Qi Xiucai is gradually getting old.

He was still a little worried that he was not in good health, what if he went early like his wife, leaving his daughter alone?

Fortunately, now that there is a female magistrate in the county, she is willing to give the woman a chance to be an official, so Qi Xiucai agreed to let the other party go out and give it a try for the sake of her daughter's future.

He thought that his literary talent was average, but because of his poor health over the years, he was not completely dedicated to his daughter's teaching.

In such a situation, the daughter may not be able to get this opportunity. But he never expected that Nanyi City had been in decay for so many years, and the talents in the city would be so scarce.

After hearing that only a few dozen people in the city could read and write, although Qi Xiucai was also happy about his daughter's success, he inevitably began to worry about the future of Nanyi City.

Although he is not a native of Nanyicheng, Nanyicheng is his wife's hometown. For this place where he has lived for many years, Qi Xiucai still has some feelings.

"Today is a rare good day, how about I make you your favorite pork rib soup?" Qi Xiucai raised a smile on his lips and looked at his daughter and Ah Miao.

The two little girls naturally had no reason not to agree, so they quickly nodded and offered to go out to buy pork ribs.

Qi Xiucai gave them this task with a smile and watched the two leave the Qi family.

After the figures of the two girls disappeared in front of him, Qi Xiu sighed lowly.

I hope that this magistrate, who seems to be very ambitious, can bring life to Nanyi City.

……

In Ah Miao's house, because her daughter ran out for a few days, Ah Miao's mother had no helper to work, and many trivial tasks fell back into her hands.

She got up early in the morning to wash and dry the family's clothes, and then went to the kitchen to cook.

There is a lot of work to be done in Nanyi City these days, because the salary given by the county government is very high, so Ah Miao's father also went to the county government to help.

In a few days, she earned a lot of money, so Ah Miao Niang simply stayed at home and helped deal with the family's affairs.

Seeing that it was noon, she had already prepared a meal and waited for her husband to come back to eat, but she didn't want her husband to come back many hours later than before.

Ah Miao Niang was a little curious, and while helping her husband bring out the food, she asked him what the situation was.

Ah Miao's father swallowed a mouthful of wheat rice, and then said: "I heard that the results of the first election assessment came out, and I followed people to take a look after work." ”

Ah Miao Niang was stunned when she heard this, and said in an unhappy tone: "What are you going to see?" What does the county government elector have to do with us ordinary people, if you have that time, it is better to come back early for dinner, so that you can rest for a while. ”

"Isn't it that our Ah Miao is also going to participate in the election of officials, I just want to go and see." When Ah Miao's father said this, a smile unconsciously appeared on his face, "You don't know, our Ah Miao's name is on that list!" I couldn't believe it at first, but it was the officials who were guarding the neighborhood who read it to us a few times before I was sure that it was our Ah Miao. ”

"Many people told me that even if they can't pass the second assessment, if they pass this one, they can still get the silver, and maybe they can be left in the yamen as a small official!"

The more Ah Miao's father thought about it, the happier he became, he worked hard to earn a few hundred dollars a month, and his daughter just went to take an assessment and could earn a tael of silver back.

And he has heard that many men who have read books have not taken the test, but only Ah Miao, who has read and writes, has passed the test. This is clearly that his daughter has the ability, and she is better than many scholars!

"If Ah Miao is lucky enough to pass the second exam, maybe our family can really come out with a big official!" Ah Miao's father couldn't help but start imagining.

His family has been an ordinary Qiantou for generations, not to mention the Jiupin Sesame Official, and even the village chief is a great figure in his eyes.

The more he spoke, the happier he became, and he couldn't help but start thinking about the bright future, but he didn't notice that his wife's expression became more and more difficult to look at with his words.

Finally, with a crisp bang, a bowl slipped out of Ah Miao's hand, interrupting Ah Miao's unfinished words.

Ah Miao's father was taken aback, and quickly got up to help his wife clean up the debris on the ground: "Don't touch this, I'll bring a broom." ”

Ah Miao's father swept the debris on the ground into the dustpan, and he subconsciously looked up and saw his wife's expression at the moment.

He paused, realizing something in hindsight.

"You, are you still thinking about Yun Niang?" Ah Miao's father spoke dryly, not knowing how to comfort his sad wife.

"Actually, so many years have passed, and Ah Miao has grown up, why do you want to hold on to the past?"

A Miao Niang wiped away the tears on her face: "Only that surnamed Qi is allowed to let Yun Niang risk giving birth to him at such an old age, and he died for this, don't I be allowed to worry about it for a few more years?" Even if he is very good to Ah Miao, even if he teaches Ah Miao to read? If it weren't for the blood of the Qi family to leave him, Yun Niang would not have died early. I just don't like the one surnamed Qi, if that dead girl is so willing to stay in the Qi family, she will never come back for the rest of her life! ”

Putting down this cruel sentence, Ah Miao Niang didn't look at her husband's expression anymore, turned around and went back to the room, and didn't say a word.