It can be said that the two gentlemen announcing the good news have never encountered anything like this.
Ordinary people, after they come to announce the good news, shouldn't they come over to pick up the post as soon as possible?
It would be better for the Yuan family to just invite them to sit down for tea and snacks.
Apart from anything else, this Yuan family’s pastries are really delicious. This jujube and yam cake is so soft that you can’t help but take one bite after another.
This scented tea is also delicious, filling your mouth with the aroma of flowers. It also neutralizes the sweetness of the cakes, making them sweet but not greasy.
Just looking at these snacks, it can't be said that the Yuan family neglected them. They had been traveling all the way from the state capital, and they were really hungry before they had time to eat.
Thinking of this, the older Mr. Annunciation showed an expression of sudden realization.
No wonder! No wonder the Weiguo Xiangjun has not shown up until now! Yuan Suijun won the title of Jie Yuan. As relatives, how could they not be excited and not want to get the post right away. The reason why they have not shown up until now must be to give
They took time to eat and rest their bellies.
The man who announced the good news couldn't help showing a look of emotion, and said to his colleagues: "Eat slowly, don't be in a hurry, I don't think Mr. Xiang will come so soon."
He lowered his voice and said, "Why do you think they haven't shown up even after we've been here for almost a quarter of an hour?"
"Isn't it just to give us time to eat?"
The other gentleman who announced the news looked surprised and murmured: "That's it."
After a while, a maid indeed brought two cages of shrimp dumplings. She said with a smile: "These are freshly steamed shrimp dumplings. Try them. Can you still eat something? There is also some chicken soup stewed on the stove.
, do you want to eat it with shrimp dumplings?”
Mr. Annunciation was a little embarrassed, but they were really hungry.
Seeing this, the maid put down the shrimp dumplings and brought up bamboo fungus and chicken soup.
At the same time, the system's voice sounded in Su Yueling's ears.
[Wang Dexi’s favorability for you has been upgraded from 0 to 20, and Lin Cang’s favorability for you has been increased from 0 to 25.]
Su Yueling was confused.
【Who are these two people? 】
[Just the two messengers who came over just now, the one who was left aside because you wanted to paint your nails.]
Su Yueling was surprised. Even though she ignored her, she actually increased her favorability towards her?
If you are discerning, you can give them more money later.
Two quarters of an hour later, the two messengers finally met Su Yueling and Yuan Baoshu. After eating and drinking, they were in a good mood, and a series of auspicious words came out of their mouths without any repetition.
Yuan Baoshu smiled so hard that her eyes narrowed into a straight line.
Su Yueling took the gold post and opened it.
"Put this in the living room and stick it on the screen!"
There will definitely be many people from the village coming to watch next.
At the same time, Wu Shu also handed two purses to Mr. Annunciation. The two men squeezed the purses, and the smiles on their faces deepened. Once they pinched them, they knew that they were not containing copper coins or silver ingots, but rather silver notes.
Since it's a banknote, it's a decent amount starting from ten taels.
After they went out, they opened their wallets and were immediately delighted - it turned out to be a banknote with a face value of ten taels. Just these ten taels were not in vain as they had robbed Qiao Zong who had come to Guangning County to announce the good news.
As expected of a country gentleman, he is generous in his actions.
Mr. Annunciation then happily prepared to go to the next house.
As they moved around, the sound of gongs and drums sounded from time to time everywhere. Every time they arrived at a house, it would cause a commotion around them.
Lushan Village was also immersed in a sea of joy, with an endless stream of villagers coming to visit the gold-plated posts.
Su Yueling left everything to Baoshu to entertain her and went back to the small courtyard.
Speaking of which, Yuan Suijun promised to fold the most beautiful osmanthus flowers for her, and I don’t know when he will come back.
Su Yueling held her chin, her bright pink nails particularly eye-catching.
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Zhang family.
Su Yuewei lowered her head and collected the soles there. In the past few days, she had been going to various major temples to fulfill her vows. The soles of her shoes were worn out from walking, so she took the time to get herself another pair.
"Brother, why haven't you come back yet? Today is the 1st, so the results should have come out early."
Zhang Xinghua can't wait for her two brothers to come back so that they can take her to Lushan Village to show off.
Su Yuewei said: "My husband won the imperial examination at a young age. There must be many wealthy families in the state capital who want to get to know him. I am afraid that he will have to stay in the state capital for a few more days and not come back so early."
Although she really wanted to see Cheng Wang as soon as possible, for the sake of his future development, Su Yuewei still hoped that he would stay in the state capital longer.
Zhang Xinghua glanced at her and couldn't help but started to dislike Su Yuewei for being an eyesore. Not many people in the entire Dingnan Prefecture could do this for the twenty-two-year-old Juren. If he hadn't married Su Yuewei, a vicious woman, his brother
She will definitely be favored by a wealthy family in the state capital, and she will have a wealthy sister-in-law by then.
Just then, there was a knock on the door.
Zhang Xinghua rushed out to open the door and found that the person knocking on the door was Yao Hua, a little sister she knew in the city.
Yao Hua asked excitedly: "Has Mr. Annunciation come to your home?"
Zhang Xinghua didn't understand why, "What are you doing, Mr. Announcer?"
Yao Hua's eyes widened slightly, "Don't you know?"
"After the results of the rural examination are released, the examiner will send a messenger to the hometown of the new imperial examination candidate to deliver the post."
"My aunt's sister-in-law's neighbor's aunt's house is next to Yang Xiucai. This time he passed the exam. His family has received the gold medal today and is preparing to hold a banquet to celebrate tomorrow."
"Didn't Brother Zhang pass the exam this time? The post must have been sent over, right?"
Zhang Xinghua was stunned for a moment and said, "Not yet."
She and her sister-in-law were at home all day long. If someone sent a gold post, how could they not know about it.
Yao Hua's mouth opened slightly, "You didn't send a post?"
She couldn't help but think: Could it be that this scholar didn't pass the exam?
Yao Hua knew Zhang Xinghua's temperament. Even if he had this suspicion, he did not dare to say it in front of her for fear of being scratched in the face.
Zhang Xinghua was also panicked for a moment, but she quickly calmed down and said, "Maybe the posts are sent from the back to the front."
"My brother is ranked first, so he is the last to deliver. Isn't it said in the opera? This is called the finale."
Yao Hua smiled and said, "Maybe that's the case. When your family gets the post, remember to tell me and let me see what the gold post looks like."
"Absolutely." Zhang Xinghua assured her.
Yao Hua left soon.
Su Yuewei listened for a while and didn't care about the soles anymore.
After Zhang Xinghua entered the room, she held broken silver in her hand, with a look of anticipation mixed with nervousness on her face, "I heard that I have to give Mr. Annunciation some reward, do you think a hundred copper coins are enough?"
Zhang Xinghua frowned, "I'll give you five coins at least, but don't make our family look bad. We'll be the ones to raise families in the future!"
Su Yuewei was so heartbroken that five coins was enough for their family for a month.
But what Xinghua said made sense, so she reluctantly took it out.
She had no intention of doing anything next, and her eyes fell on the door from time to time, looking forward to the appearance of Mr. Announcer.
But she waited and waited until late at night, but still no one came to the door.
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I'm a little tired from the past two days, so I'll take a rest first. But I will ensure that at least three chapters and 6,000 words are updated every day!