When they arrived in the village, everyone else was eagerly waiting for the results of their exams, like a woman in a boudoir, not knowing whether they could marry or not, and who they were going to marry. But I didn't feel a little nervous when I could follow Xingle, but I felt unprecedented relief, feeling that I couldn't be on the list anyway.

In the days that followed, there were no classes in the school, so I could wander around the village all day, sometimes taking jujube cakes to help others weed, and sometimes taking Ah Huang for a walk in the village. The days of running around the mountains seem to have faded away, and there is no nostalgia left.

Once, if you are really bored at home, you can let the jujube cake take care of the house, and go to Xingle with Ah Huang. Along the way, Ah Huang kept wagging his tail and walked beside him, and when he walked, he saw that Ah Huang was gone, and he could look back and see Ah Huang looking at something intently behind.

You can walk in and take a look, it turns out that two dogs are mating there, the male is black, and the female is the same color as Ah Huang, which is earthy yellow. I think Ah Huang has never seen him with any dog for so long, and he is not the same character as his wife and grandfather Da Huang, and he should have a companion. You can look at Ah Huang and say, "Ah Huang, you should also find a companion!"

Ah Huang still looked at the two dogs motionlessly, and he could also look at them. They are entangled and inseparable, and this picture is also a very lewd thing in the dog world. It doesn't matter if a person does it in front of a dog, and a dog doesn't hide it in front of a person, but it looks embarrassing for a dog to do it in front of a dog. As expected, the two dogs looked at Ah Huang watching them from the side, and seemed to feel a little ashamed, and their bodies were not separated, and they staggered away. Ah Huang waited until he couldn't see them before getting up and leaving, keeping his head down, looking very low.

You can say again: "Ah Huang, you should also find a companion!"

The time for the unveiling of the list came quickly, and all counties and villages began to post the names of the people on the list of the imperial examinations.

"The list is unveiled, the list is unveiled!" Ergou ran around the village beating the gong, his legs and feet still as sharp as before. When the people in the village heard the news, they put down their work and ran to the place where the notice was posted in the village to see. Suddenly, a small wall was surrounded by water, and it was crowded with people.

It was only unveiled that the sound of gongs, drums and firecrackers was not heard, indicating that no one in our village was on the list. Just as I could think so, the sound of gongs, drums and firecrackers came from my ears, mixed with the cheers of the crowd. Who will be on the list? You can walk towards the crowd with a little doubt, nine points of curiosity, and a lot of strangeness.

"It's the champion, it's the champion!" someone ran around, as happy as he was the champion, but in fact, he didn't even know a few words. You can look up and see that the gong and drum team will soon arrive in the village, and this posture is more magnificent than when the county magistrate came. The black pressure in front of them is full of people, and they can't get in at all, so you can grab a person and ask: "Who is it, who is the champion?"

"I don't know. ”

"You don't know what you're shouting?"

"You're shouting ahead!"

You can let go of him, pull another question, and say that you don't know, several people are like this, so you just squeeze in to see what is going on.

Most of the dense people don't even know the words, and they don't know what they are squeezing, so they just squeeze into it, as if they will get some benefits when they see it, and they are so red that some people even faint inside. You can squeeze into the crowd, suddenly there is a hot and dry heat, the scorching sun is in the sky, sweat immediately soaked the clothes, I don't know who even squeezed out the fart, the smell is stinking. In such an environment, people in the middle can't get out and can't get in, and it's weird if they don't faint.

Fortunately, he had good physical strength, and finally squeezed inside, and when he saw the list, all the people he didn't know were people, and he looked down and saw the champion column, and he recognized the name of a person, and recognized the last place -- Zhang Xingle! He looked at it again from beginning to end, and when he saw the end, he didn't see the name he wanted to see, and finally his eyes stayed on the name of Xingle.

At this time, the gong and drum corps had already walked to the crowd, and the crowd immediately dispersed to surround both sides of the gong and drum corps. He could still look at the list and couldn't believe his eyes, until the gong and drum team walked towards Xinglejia with the support of the crowd, leaving him alone in a daze.

That night, I could toss and turn in bed, unable to sleep, feeling like I had been deceived, and I didn't know who the person who deceived me was. Is it Xingle? After being with Xingle for so many years, he has never lied to himself, and he definitely won't be this time. Is it because the person who marked the paper has misread the name? This is too unlikely, and almost impossible. No one deceived themselves at all, but they were really wronged in their hearts, and they couldn't say it and swallow it.

The next day, I found Xingle and went to the bridge where we used to catch fish.

Okay: "Xingle, what did you write in that sentence, you can win the champion in one sentence?"

Xingle: "I'm sorry, yes, I lied to you......"

I can suddenly feel that my eyes are dark, and it turns out that I have really been deceived by my most trusted friend. The heart that had been calmed down was blocked again, and even more blocked. You can think to yourself: Xingle must have written a very good article, written confidently, and confidently. Even if he says it, what does it matter, the imperial examination is originally selected by talents, and those who are capable will get it. But why lie to him and say that he only wrote one sentence, isn't this looking down on him! The more he thought about it, the more angry he became, and the more angry he became, the more blocked his heart became.

Xingle: "I didn't write a word......

Okay: "What?" can look at Xingle in surprise, and his brain buzzes.

Xingle: "I didn't write anything until I was about to hand in the papers, and I handed in the blank papers." ”

Okay: "You didn't write anything, then, how could you...... Could it really be that the person who marked the paper made a mistake......

Xingle: "It shouldn't be......" Xingle first lowered his head, and then turned his head to look at the continuous mountains in the distance, which were connected with the blue sky.

Okay: "Then why ......"

Xingle: "I also found out last night that my father is a senior official of the imperial court. It turns out that my father is still alive, I have a father, you know, yes!" Xingle looked excitedly, shaking his shoulders with both hands. Although after so many years without parents, he has long been used to it, but when he heard that his father was still alive, Xingle felt inexplicable joy and excitement.

OK: "So...... No matter what you write, you can ...... even nothing," he felt dark, and the future of Xingle looked bright, but a part of this light seemed to have been taken from himself.

Xingle: "I only found out last night. ”

can lower his head and look at the gurgling water, he suddenly understands that no matter whether the article written by Xingle is good or not, or even whether he writes it or not, he can be an official, and he is destined to do so. He is not a person from Xingle at all, he has a father who is a big official in the imperial court, at least he has a father.

You can think about the chaos of your mind, slowly get up, and walk towards the path home behind you. The surrounding grass is still green, the water is murmuring, the birds are still singing and the flowers are fragrant, and the sky is clear. Xingle didn't stop him or catch up, he also knew that no matter what he said now, he couldn't listen to him, and he felt inexplicable guilt in his heart, feeling like he had deceived him. What's more, when he talked about his father, he was so happy and excited, and he showed his spring breeze so thoroughly that he completely forgot what he could feel.

The days that followed were free to do all day, trapped in deep pain, and seemed to have lost their best friend. He wanted Xingle to come to him, but he didn't want to see him. In fact, as a friend, what he should give to Xingle at this time is a blessing, but it can be felt that they will part ways after that, not all the way. Xingle never appeared again, and I heard that he was going to be an official. It can be in the trough period and transition period of life, people are very animals who love to compare, whether they live well or not, fortunately or not are relative, it seems that the failure of the imperial examination and the blow of Xingle to him made him completely lose confidence in life. Jujube cake still stays in the yard, but Ah Huang is not at home all day, in and out, very busy.

Xingle left, didn't say goodbye to Ke, just asked someone to send a letter to Ke.

OK:

I don't know when I can return, I hope to meet soon, like a confidant.

Once a bit of memory is still fresh, I wish you to treat me as a brother, more than ten years of affection, how dare I forget.

May you be in good health.

Have fun