After becoming a widow, I became the mother of seven children

Soon the news that Li Xiangkang was a scholar spread in Canghe Village.

Many villagers gathered in front of Yan Qingqing's house to ask for money.

Yuan Huiniang had asked someone to prepare the wedding money a long time ago.

Ada and his men carried out two baskets.

Everyone who came to congratulate them would grab a handful for them, and the happiest people were the children in the village.

These large amounts of copper coins can buy a lot of candies, or they can be saved to buy pens, ink, paper and inkstones.

Li Kaishan also got the news and hurried over, and happened to bump into Mr. Li who was called over by Mrs. Li.

The two old guys were laughing so hard that they couldn't even see their eyes.

Li Kaishan smiled and said: "I don't know what kind of smoke has emitted from the ancestral graves of our old Li family in the past two years. These good things have happened one after another.

It seems that we need to pay homage to our ancestors sometime. "

Mr. Li deeply believed in what Li Kaishan said.

Mainly because these good things happened to their family one after another.

Mr. Li suddenly thought of the lucky star the fortune teller mentioned.

"When a family has lucky stars shining in all directions, everything will come as it pleases. If you are willing to die, you will be reborn, and you will see the moonlight after clearing the clouds and mist."

These four sentences have been engraved in Mr. Li's mind all these years.

At first, Mr. Li thought that this lucky star was Li Daniu, so he always praised his son very highly.

Later, after Li Daniu was completely disabled, Mr. Li thought that the lucky star was Li Xiangkang.

But in the past two years, the more Mr. Li thought about it, the more something was wrong.

The reason why Lao Li's family and even Canghe Village as a whole can be what they are today is because of his second daughter-in-law, Yan Qingqing.

So it is self-evident who this lucky star is.

When Mr. Li first thought about this problem, he was shocked and in disbelief. Later, he slowly accepted it, but he did not dare to say it out loud.

After all, this matter is big or small. I have a lucky star in my family and am secretly enjoying myself. If it were revealed, I don’t know how many people would be concerned about it.

Mr. Li has lived to such an old age, but he still has this knowledge.

The two of them are different from others. Others cannot enter and exit Yan Qingqing's house at will, but they do not need to be notified.

When the concierge saw it was Li Kaishan and Mr. Li, he shouted enthusiastically: "Old man, village chief, please come in."

As for Mrs. Li, the concierge chose to ignore her.

If Mrs. Li came by herself, they would naturally stop her.

But this time Mrs. Li came with Mr. Li.

So they had no choice but to turn a blind eye.

When Li Kaishan and the others arrived, Yan Qingqing and Li Xiangkang were standing in the yard talking.

Yan Qingqing smiled and said: "Our Shiro has really made a difference.

Mom only knew that you were going to take the Tongsheng exam, but I didn’t expect that Lian Xiucai actually took the exam together. "

Li Xiangkang quickly explained: "My son didn't hide it from his mother on purpose.

I was also influenced by Brother Xu. Brother Xu wanted to take the Tongsheng test last year because his family was poor. His father was ill again. Therefore, I missed the Tongsheng Examination.

Master said that it is possible to take the joint examination for young students and scholars, but it will be more difficult.

After Brother Xu told me, I remembered it in my heart.

I didn't tell my mother because I was afraid that she would be disappointed if she failed the exam.

Fortunately, he has lived up to his mother's cultivation of his son. "

Yan Qingqing was filled with emotion after hearing this. Having such a hard-working and progressive son made this life worthwhile.

While the two were talking, they saw Mr. Li and Li Kaishan walking in.

Li Kaishan smiled heartily and said: "Good boy, you really gave our old Li family credit.

I said you kid can definitely do it! "

Mr. Li also looked at Li Xiangkang with a loving expression.

Li Xiangkang bowed to the three of them in a polite manner: "Grandpa, grandma, grandpa, the village chief."

Li Kaishan laughed loudly and said: "Okay, okay, he does look like a scholar.

There has never been a scholar in our village.

I just told your grandpa that our old Li family has been very energetic in the past few years, thinking about opening an ancestral hall to worship our ancestors and tell them about the world.

Of course, I know that the biggest contribution to our village’s success is your mother.

But we can’t do without the blessing of our ancestors, right? "

The ancients had a superstitious belief that no matter how great your achievements are, you will never be able to surpass your ancestors.

The greater the official position, the greater the contribution of the ancestors.

Li Xiangkang glanced at Yan Qingqing when he heard this, and when he saw Yan Qingqing nodding, he replied: "This will help the village chief grandpa."

Old Mrs. Li was also very excited. She pulled Li Xiangkang and looked at him again and again, wiping her tears and said, "My grandson is indeed promising, and he actually passed the scholar examination.

He is worthy of being a child of our Lao Li family. "

In fact, Li Xiangkang didn't like Old Mrs. Li. He couldn't forget Old Mrs. Li's previous attitude towards them.

But my mother said that he was a scholar and would be an official in the future. In addition to sincerely seeking the welfare of the people, he also had to learn to keep his emotions and anger hidden.

So he smiled gently at Mrs. Li and said, "Thank you for your trouble, grandma."

Yan Qingqing discussed the day for ancestor worship with Li Kaishan and others.

Then Mr. Li said: "It's such a big happy event, should we prepare a banquet to entertain the big guys?"

In fact, Yan Qingqing didn't want to set up a banquet. In the past two years, their family had set up too many banquets.

The more prosperous it is, the more careful you need to be.

But after all, this is a major event for Li Xiangkang, and it would be unjustifiable if he didn't set up a banquet.

Fortunately, Li Xiangkang himself said: "Grandpa, forget it this time.

He is just a scholar, and can only be regarded as the entry-level threshold for scholars.

It won't be too late to celebrate when my grandson passes the exam. "

It is said that a poor scholar is a rich man. Only with the reputation of being an official can one be qualified to be an official.

Even if he doesn't take part in the palace examination, no one will dare to look down on him in the future.

Although Yan Qingqing did not agree with the big banquet, she did not want to wrong Li Xiangkang.

So he thought about it and said, "Let's do this, we won't have a big banquet for guests.

Only close relatives and friends were called over to join in the fun.

At that time, it will be considered grand to worship the ancestors in heaven and earth. "

Mr. Li and Li Kaishan felt that Yan Qingqing's words made sense, and they couldn't change Yan Qingqing's decision, so they both nodded.

Yan Qingqing didn't know much about ancestor worship, so she left it all to Li Kaishan and Mr. Li.

The two of them were very happy to hear this. Who wouldn't want to do such a glorious thing?

Although Yan Qingqing did not intend to make a big deal, it was still common for the son of Ming Zhaoshuo to skip the boyhood and directly become a scholar.

There is an endless stream of people coming to Li's house to congratulate her every day, and Yuan Huiniang is too busy to keep her feet off the ground.

This time it was not only people from Chengyang County who sent gifts, but most of the officials from the city also sent people to send congratulatory gifts.

Especially Mrs. Liu, the things she gave were obviously more expensive than others.

Yan Qingqing knew that she was interested in making friends with him, so he specially gave her a gift in return, which was cosmetics produced by his own cosmetics workshop.

Everyone has a love for beauty, and Mrs. Liu is no exception.

She can also let the ladies in Fucheng promote it well. This is a ready-made advertisement.