Zhu Ping'an gradually faded away, and his back slowly lost its outline, turning into a blur of light ink, slowly blending into the withered yellow autumn colors.
By the Qinhuai River, the fifteen or sixteen-year-old girl held the calligraphy treasure left by Zhu Pingan in both hands. Looking at Zhu Pingan's back, she couldn't calm down for a long time.
"Let's go, Susu, we can't afford such a young man." The girl in her mid-teens shook her head, pulled the red-eyed girl's loose hair into a bun, and consoled her in a lonely voice.
When the fifteen or sixteen year old girl heard this, her eyes turned even redder. She gritted her teeth and nodded silently, then walked to the other side of the Qinhuai River with the seventeen or eighteen year old girl.
After these two girls appeared, it was almost dusk.
Zhu Ping'an left the bank of the Qinhuai River and strolled around Yingtian City casually to see if there was any delicious food that he liked. He went home in two days. There were many delicious foods in Yingtian, but he hadn't eaten enough yet.
While Zhu Pingan was strolling casually, the postman who had changed horses three times on the official post road had already rode into Huaining County, carrying with him the good news of this year's new students.
Sunset and sunrise
When Zhu Ping'an rushed from the inn to the Mingyuan Building of Jiangnan Gongyuan, several government servants wearing black and red clothes also rode out from Huaining County. Their faces were full of joy, holding gongs, good news, suonas, etc.
And enough.
The sky was red with clouds, the ground was covered with golden waves, and the red sun illuminated the eastern sky.
Zhu Ping'an and a group of new students in scarves and blue robes walked into Jiangnan Gongyuan with high spirits under the red sun, and went up to Mingyuan Tower. The word "Mingyuan" in Mingyuan Tower is taken from "University"
It means "Pursue the distance with caution until the end. Mighty virtues will perish". The Mingyuan Building is three stories high, and Zhu Pingan walked into the third floor with the crowd. At this time, the academic officer had not yet arrived, so Zhu Pingan and everyone quietly waited for the teacher to be mentioned.
The academic officials held a banquet with hairpin flowers.
The ground floor of Mingyuan Building is surrounded by doors on all sides. The two floors above have windows on all sides. Standing by the window, Zhu Ping'an could indeed look down at the Gongyuan Courtyard.
While Zhu Ping'an and the others were waiting for Master Tuixueguan, Xiahe Village was already exploding.
After breakfast in the morning, people who went to work in the fields saw five or six red-clad government servants riding horses from a distance. As soon as they arrived at the boundary of Xiahe Village, they dismounted and hung a plate of firecrackers on a tree. Boom boom boom,
It was deafening.
Afterwards, there was a loud noise of gongs and drums, and the sound of suonas.
There is joy as soon as you enter the village, and this is only the treatment that the head of the case can enjoy.
"Master, what's going on?" A bold old farmer stepped forward and asked.
"Congratulations, congratulations. Congratulations to Mr. Zhu from your village for taking the high school entrance examination and being admitted as a scholar." The government servant holding a red piece of paper congratulated with a smile on his face.
Hearing this, he stopped hoeing the old farmland. He threw the hoe into the roadside ditch with one hand and ran vigorously towards the village.
"Uncle Li, why are you running?" asked a curious man.
"Hurry up, there is a scholar in our village. After all these years, there is finally a scholar. Go to Lao Zhu's house to announce the good news."
The old farmer was trotting out of breath while talking excitedly about the good news about Xiahe Village.
"Really?" The man was overjoyed.
"Old man, I'm so old, I can't lie to you. Didn't you see the government servants setting off firecrackers and playing and beating?" The old farmer puffed his beard and glared.
The old farmer just finished speaking, and then he saw the man roaring and running ahead of him, so he could only follow behind and eat dirt.
"You bastard, wait a minute, old man." The old farmer was so angry that he was twenty years younger.
"Hahaha, Uncle Li, I'd better let my nephew do the errands." The man smiled stupidly and ran forward without looking back.
"You bastard," the old farmer laughed and scolded.
The man just giggled, and the more he was scolded, the more he ran away happily.
Along the way, more and more people heard the news and joined the army of people announcing the good news along the way.
This is great news for the entire Xiahe Village. The reason why Xiahe Village is shorter than Shanghe Village is not only because Shanghe Village is richer, but also because Shanghe Village has a scholar like Old Master Sun sitting in charge.
Now finally, finally, a scholar has appeared in Xiahe Village, and he is still the head of the case. Tsk tsk, what is the old farmer who is the head of the case? They don't know, but from what the official who announced the good news meant, he was very arrogant, and seemed to be a head taller than the scholar.
More and more people heard the news, and more and more people joined the army to announce the good news. A huge group of people rushed to the Zhu family's old house, eager to dare to inform the old Zhu family before the official mission to announce the good news. But
The house must be neatly tidied and bright, and the reward money for fruits and melon seeds must be prepared. This is the first scholar in Xiahe Village, and he cannot lose the face of Xiahe Village in front of the officials. If the old Zhu family is temporarily in trouble
What's the matter? We fellow villagers can just get it from home, but we can't let the official who announced the good news look down on us in Xiahe Village.
As for why it’s Lao Zhu’s family
You can figure it out with your buttocks. The officials all said congratulations to our village’s Mr. Zhu for taking the high school entrance exam. As for Mr. Zhu, the eldest son and grandson of the Zhu family in our village are studying, so they were the only two who went to take the exam.
, the person who can be called "Master" must be the eldest son of the Zhu family. Last time, the youngest grandson of the Zhu family was also the first in the case, but it was a Tong Sheng. It was Mr. Zhu who announced the good news in town and congratulated him, but he did not say congratulations to Master Zhu. The eldest son of the Zhu family
He has been studying for 20 or 30 years, and the youngest grandson has only been studying for a few years. The eldest son of the Zhu family has been a child for ten years, and the youngest grandson of the Zhu family has only been a child a while ago.
Therefore, the old farmers took it for granted that Mr. Zhu was talking about Zhu Shouren, the boss of the Zhu family.
Xiahe Village is not big, so these people ran from the village entrance to the village within a short time.
Zhu Ping'an's mother, Mrs. Chen, was collecting shoe soles under the gate. She saw a group of people whizzing away from her door to the village, bringing up a large amount of dust. She couldn't help but curiously asked a familiar villager what was going on.
Already.
"You are from the second family, don't you know? Your eldest brother Shuu Ren is a scholar. Gang Er Mazi said he saw someone announcing the good news at the entrance of the village and was rushing here." The villager described it with emotion.
Hearing this, Chen, who was holding the sole of her shoe, accidentally pricked her hand.
"So, where is my pig?" Mrs. Chen asked eagerly.
"I think I heard that one of our village has been killed." Another person added, and then hurriedly urged the villagers, "Quickly, we must dare to tell Uncle Zhu before the official departure, so that Uncle Zhu's house can be tidied up."
"Your little brother didn't pass the exam, but fortunately he's young, so it's okay. Let's go, the second son's family, let's go to announce the good news to your eldest brother Shouyi."
"That's right, if you leave the second family, it would be great to have a baby. Don't think too much about the second family. I believe your little pig will definitely win next time."
The villagers who followed behind were all talking about consolation, and then a group of people whizzed by, eager to go to the new scholar's house to show their favor, so that they could talk to each other if anything happened in the future. That was the scholar master, who was on an equal footing with the county magistrate. He would ask for help in the future.
There is a lot of time at home.
Zhu Ping'an's mother, Ms. Chen, stared blankly at the crowds of people whizzing towards her old house. She clenched the soles of her shoes and didn't even know when the needle pricked her hand again and blood came out. Although she didn't expect her second child to be able to
He passed the exam, but his uncle passed the exam and his second son failed, which still made Mr. Chen very upset. (To be continued...)
ps: The chapter was a bit watered down last night, I will revise it when the time comes.