"By the destiny of heaven, the emperor made a decree: On April 21, the 30th year of the Huiming Dynasty, there were 403 tribute students from the world, including Gu Chengyu. Therefore, I hereby declare that the first person, Gu Chengyu, will be awarded the title of Jinshi."
Father Gu and the villagers outside heard it with little understanding. What does it mean to get first place in the exam? Not to mention Lu, she was also confused.
Upon hearing this, the mute old woman who was preparing the red seal in the house quickly opened the purse containing fifty taels of silver notes in her hand again. She was cruel and stuffed the one hundred taels into it.
Dad Gu and the others didn't understand, but Uncle Gu knew it. He immediately smiled and his excitement was palpable. He was still muttering "Awesome, awesome."
"Congratulations to your master, Gu Chengyu, for winning the top prize in high school and being listed in the top honors in the Beijing News."
This sentence was shouted three times in a row. Father Gu and the others finally understood it this time. The word "number one scholar" was shouted very loudly. They couldn't understand the other words either. They only needed to hear the word "number one scholar".
It turns out that his little treasure has won the first prize. No wonder there are many more official missions this time than last time. Those who played gongs and drums along the way were tied with a lot of red silk.
"Oh! The fifth child of the Gu family really won the top prize! No wonder they say he is the reincarnation of the Wenqu star in the sky!"
"The Gu family is about to rise! We are from the same village, so we can always get some light!" Someone immediately made a sarcastic comment. They had just received the news and were planning to get some light.
"Isn't that right? From now on, who around us will dare to bully our village?"
Father Gu and Mrs. Lu were so excited that they didn't know what to do. Li Zhixian could understand when they saw this. This was the number one scholar, and anyone else would be excited.
"Changqing, hurry up! All the officials, please come inside and sit down!" Uncle Gu is still relatively sober. Although he can hardly suppress the ecstasy in his heart, there are so many official officials, no matter what, he has to let them have a light meal before leaving.
Ah! It’s already noon now. It’s an honor for the Gu family to entertain so many officials!
"That's right, gentlemen, please come to the front hall to rest." Father Gu led the people into the outer courtyard. Based on his experience last time, he did not panic.
Asking the servants at home to serve tea, Mr. Gu was pulled aside by Uncle Gu, "Changqing! There are so many people, it's already noon, they have to eat and drink, right? The family is not prepared, how can this happen?
?”
When Dad Gu heard this, he was like, right? He didn’t know in advance that these people would come to announce the good news. There were some in the vegetable field, but there was no meat or meat! You had to go to the town to buy it, and you had to cook it after you bought it, which was a delay.
It took a lot of effort. There were only a few servants in his family, so it was too busy for him!
"Brother! Quick, ask the sister-in-law to call some women in the village and set up a few stoves. We are going to have a banquet. It's not too late now. Call more people to help. Let the village raise chickens, ducks, geese, and chickens.
Those who are pigs, send some over, and I promise not to let them suffer any loss in terms of money."
Father Gu thought for a while and asked Sister-in-law Gu to find someone in the village to help prepare food. At this time, Aunt Wang entered the Gu family's yard. She was on good terms with the Gu family and often visited the Gu family. Therefore, she was envied by the villagers.
, she entered the yard with her head held high.
"Brother Gu! But you want to help?" Aunt Wang guessed that with so many people coming, it was still noon and they would have to eat. Last time, she helped Lu arrange the meals.
"Brothers and sisters are here just in time, hurry up! Go find my mother, and prepare the meals quickly."
This time Mrs. Lu came to the main room, and the mute mother-in-law handed her purse to Mrs. Lu. Then Mrs. Lu opened it and looked, "One hundred taels?"
She exclaimed: "Is this too much?"
Ms. Lu felt a little distressed. Last time she gave her a good news, she only gave thirty taels. Now, two people gave her two hundred taels!
"Old lady, the situation is different this time. The fifth master won the first prize, and our Gu family is different! The fifth master must be an official now, and we can't let the fifth master lose his face."
Those messengers came from the capital, and one hundred taels was still less. The mute old woman sighed secretly, after all, she was from a farmer's family, and the old lady was a little angry. If she went to the capital in the future, she would be embarrassed for the fifth master.
The mute mother-in-law made up her mind to break up Mrs. Lu's temper.
No matter how distressed Ms. Lu was, she had no choice but to stuff the banknotes in again. Then, the little red envelopes that the mute old woman brought over were not too painful. There was not much money in those little red envelopes, and the total amount was just
Just sixty-seven taels!
Father Gu stuffed all the red envelopes brought by Mrs. Lu to the servants who announced the good news one by one, and left everyone to have lunch.
"Mr. Gu, let's skip this meal! I have to go back to the Yamen." Li Zhixian knew that he didn't send anyone to inform them before they came. It's now too late to ask others to prepare meals.
"Everyone, please be sure to stay for a casual meal. The food has been prepared and the banquet will begin shortly." Uncle Gu quickly stepped forward to help receive the meal.
Li Zhixian declined again, but seeing that he could not refuse the kindness, he had no choice but to stay. Of course, he stayed because of Gu Chengyu's face. Gu Chengyu is now a sixth-grade official, so of course he wants to get closer to the Gu family
.
Gu Chengyu in this room didn't know that the official document had been received at home. It had been three days since he came to the Hanlin Academy to answer questions. Zhang Hai also assigned him some chores, such as finding typos in some compiled records or compiled history books.
Of course, these books are all old and old.
This is not the history and records that are being compiled now. However, Gu Chengyu is not discouraged. He has just entered the Hanlin Academy, and there will definitely not be any important work assigned to him. Not only can he not be dissatisfied now, he must also work diligently.
, no complaints.
Otherwise, Zhang Hai would definitely despise him even more.
"Jin Yu, your servants have brought you food." Ren Ge had become familiar with Gu Chengyu in the past two days and directly called Gu Chengyu's cousin.
The court does not provide meals to officials. If the officials are close, they can go back to eat, with half an hour of meal time in between. If their homes are far away, they can only ask family members or servants to deliver meals. Of course, if you have money
If you want, you can also go to a restaurant or a small restaurant.
Colleagues in the Hanlin Academy live far away, mostly in Nancheng, so they ask family members to deliver meals. It is not practical to go to restaurants and snack shops every day. With such a small salary, how can we eat every day and not be destitute? But not all officials
The family is well off.
Gu Chengyu couldn't do anything special, so he asked Mingmo and the others to bring him food. But it was okay when the weather was hot. If it got cold, the oil on the dishes would condense when they were delivered.
Would those officials not think of a way? Of course not. There is a small clay stove in every house, which can not only provide hot water every day, but also heat meals. However, charcoal is needed to burn the stove, so everyone has to pay for it.
Spread out.
Gu Chengyu came out of the house and saw that it was Ming Yan who brought the meal today.
"Sir, are you hungry?" Ming Yan handed the five-layered red lacquered gold suitcase to Gu Chengyu. He could not enter the room and could only stay outside and wait.