The good news spread all the way from the city to Izumo Villa. The concierge heard the good news coming from a distance and hurriedly asked the servant to go to the inner courtyard to spread the news.
The long-term workers who were plowing the fields, after hearing the good news from a distance, hurriedly put down their work and went back to congratulate their master.
Shen Wan and others heard what the servant was saying, and hurriedly came out of the inner courtyard and walked towards the gate of the villa. Unfortunately, the villa was too big, and they couldn't walk there in a short while.
The first one to arrive was Lu Wenqin, who lived in the front yard. He hurriedly led the official who announced the good news to the main hall of the front yard, and asked the maid to serve some refreshments and a pot of good tea.
"My lord, please have some refreshments first. My boss will be here soon."
The young official almost nodded, picked up the tea cup and drank for a while. After drinking a cup of tea, he suddenly felt alive again.
He smiled and said to Lu Wenqin: "I shouted the good news all the way out of the city, and I was really hungry and thirsty."
"The officer, please hurry up and use some refreshments." Lu Wenqin said and poured another cup of tea for the young official.
The young official picked up a piece of tea cake and put it into his mouth. As soon as he took a bite, his eyes widened. Not to mention that the Shen family's tea cake was really delicious.
There is also this villa, which is also very grand. He just took a cursory look outside and found that this villa is probably as big as three or four big houses in the city. It can be seen how rich Mrs. Shen is, so it is no wonder that she insists on marrying her. General Song made peace with him. Rather than suffer the anger in the back house, it would be better to make peace with him and move out to live his own happy life.
General Song also went to Muyun City to suppress bandits. He didn't know that the pickle business and the winter vegetable business belonged to Mrs. Shen. What would he think when he came back and found out? However, Mrs. Shen's business has been hidden from everyone. , I guess I have long been thinking about reconciliation.
The young official ate half a plate of snacks and drank half a pot of tea before Shen Ming and the others arrived at the main hall.
Seeing someone coming, the official quickly stood up, holding the good news in both hands, and said to Shen Ming: "Congratulations to Mr. Shen Ming for being the top Jinshi in high school."
Shen Ming hurriedly reached out to take it and said, "Thank you."
Before Shen Wan could say anything, Qiu Ju took out two fifty taels of silver from her sleeves, handed it to the official and said, "Thank you for your hard work, sir. I'm here to treat you to tea."
The young official looked at the two silver ingots, and his eyes widened in shock. This, the Shen family is so proud! They actually gave so much reward. He took so much silver back, and other people reported the good news. Don’t brothers have to die from envy?
Those officials who are responsible for delivering good news will receive reward money, but other families will only give a reward of twenty or thirty taels of silver at most. It is really wrong for the Shen family to give away a hundred taels of silver like this.
"It's not hard, it's not hard." He quickly took it and put it in his arms, "Master Shen Ming won the first place. He will definitely be the top scholar in high school in the palace examination in five days."
After receiving so much reward from someone, it's natural to say something nice.
Shen Ming smiled and hugged his fists and said, "Then I accept your good advice."
Shen Wan was also very happy now. She was still a little worried because the announcer didn't come for a long time! It turned out that Ming'er won the first place, and their villa was a bit far away, so she came a little late.
"My lord, it's been a hard journey, why don't we go after dinner?" Shen Wan invited her enthusiastically. Today was a good day, and she was bound to have a banquet to celebrate.
The young official waved his hands repeatedly, "No, I have to go back to resume my life! I have to say goodbye now."
He said, hugged his fists at Shen Wan and Shen Ming, and walked out.
"I'll see the official off." Lu Wenqin made a sign of invitation and sent the official out of the villa.
Shen Wan looked at her younger brother with a look of relief and said, "My younger brother is really promising. He actually won the first place."
Shen Ming smiled sheepishly. He didn't expect that he would be the top one. There has been no good news, so he really thought that he had failed!