Ever since Cao Jun had eaten fried pork intestines once, he completely fell in love with the taste.

He himself didn't understand why something that smelled so unacceptable would taste completely different when eaten.

If Zheng Xiaoman knew about this, she would say that it was because you had not tried stinky tofu, snail noodles and durian, otherwise you would know what it meant to smell stinky but taste delicious.

Because of the big boss's love for it, all the restaurants under the Cao family have added braised pork head, braised pig's trotters and a signature dish, pork intestines with hot peppers.

Zheng Xiaoman originally just wanted to give it a try, but she didn't expect that within two days, Manager Cao would come and take away all the pig offal she had.

Although these things are not worth much money, at least they are not wasted.

On the other side, the servant sent by the Zheng family to the provincial capital to wait for the results rushed back to the village early in the morning.

"Master, master, great joy, great joy, both young masters have passed the palace examination."

The voice spread into the yard before the man entered the gate.

The Zheng family were all having breakfast in the dining room at this time. When they heard the shouting outside, the bowl in Old Man Zheng's hand fell onto the table with a bang.

"Hurry up, Dashan, call someone in for me."

Zheng Dashan was so excited at this moment that he quickly put down his bowl and chopsticks and walked out of the yard.

It happened that the person who brought the news had also arrived at the second courtyard, and Zheng Dashan quickly led the person in.

After coming in, the servant didn't need anyone to question him, he just poured out everything he wanted to say.

"Both of our young masters have passed the provincial examination, and all the young masters from our village who took the provincial examination have passed.

Especially the eldest son of the Yang family, who ranked first in the provincial examination."

"Shu Huai is actually the top candidate? That's great. This way he doesn't have to take the college entrance examination and can directly get the title of scholar."

Zheng Qingming said with surprise, his tone was full of happiness for the other party, without a trace of jealousy.

Zheng Xiaoman understood that the top scorer in the provincial examination was similar to the recommendation for good students in modern times. One could go directly to university without taking the college entrance examination.

Lixia didn't expect that she had passed the provincial examination. After she realized what was going on, she almost laughed herself silly.

Zheng Dashan also laughed out loud, "Well, this is really great news. You should go to the Yang family and tell them the good news. Oh, I'd better go with you."

Zheng Dashan didn't even eat, and followed the servant to the Yang family next door.

After a while, excited laughter was heard from the Yang family.

"Okay, okay, my son is actually the top candidate in the case, hahahaha."

Yang Changqing really wanted to roar to the sky three times to let everyone know how happy he was.

Li Cuixia held her eldest son's hand. She should have been happy, but she couldn't help but cry.

Yang Shuhuai used a handkerchief to wipe his mother's tears. In his previous life, he did not pass the exam and became a scholar, but he took part in the academy examination three years later.

Then Zheng Dashan went to the village chief and Zhao Laosan's house and told them the news that their son had passed the provincial examination.

When Mr. Fang heard that all the students who took part in the provincial examination had passed, he was a little surprised.

According to his estimation, only four people would be able to pass this provincial examination.

He stroked his beard, really confused about the current situation.

Could it be that he had misjudged the abilities of several students? That shouldn't be possible.

On the contrary, he was not surprised that Yang Shuhuai could get the first place in the exam.

He had long discovered that this student had a very solid foundation of knowledge, and he was even a little confused about this student's foundation.

What he didn't know was that this time everyone passed the provincial examination thanks to this student whose performance he had no idea of.

He was finally reborn, so he should bring some blessings to the people around him.

Soon, people from the county government came to the village to report the news. They went to Yang Changqing's house. Now everyone in the village knew that their village had produced its first scholar.

For a moment, everyone gathered at the door of Yang's house to watch the fun.

The people from the county government congratulated him, received the reward and left, but the people surrounding the house refused to leave.

Everyone wanted to see the new scholar, and some people even pushed their children towards Yang Shuhuai so that they could share in the scholar's joy.

If there is any benefit of becoming a scholar, it is that the eighty acres of land under the scholar's name can be exempted from land tax.

Not only that, after becoming a scholar, one could meet the county magistrate without kneeling, and could not be tortured at will.

The most important thing is that if corvée labor is levied, the scholar has the right to exempt two people from corvée labor and the poll tax.

It can be said that passing the examination to become a scholar means one has officially entered the level of scholar-officials.

Yang Changqing was at a loss whether to laugh or cry when he saw the people filling up the yard at home. Seeing that everyone was unwilling to leave, he had no choice but to speak.

"Everyone, please go back first. Three days later, our family will hold a big banquet to entertain all the villagers. Everyone must come and have a drink at the wedding."

"Haha, then we must come. We must also share in the joy of this scholar's wedding."

"Yes, that's right. We have to drink this wine no matter what."

"Okay, then everyone, go away. We'll come back in three days."

Everyone chatted and laughed for a while before gradually dispersing.

Zheng Dashan didn't stay here for long and said goodbye and went home.

On the way back, he was thinking that although his two children were not scholars, they were also students of learning.

Should they set up a banquet at home and invite the villagers to come over for dinner?

When he went home and told this, Old Man Zheng immediately slammed the table and said, "It must be displayed. Our two children have passed the examination for Tongsheng, which is a matter of honor for our family. It must be displayed."

Their ancestors were all farmers, and now they finally have two scholars. How can they not show off?

"Also, Dashan, take your two children to your grandfather's grave tomorrow morning to burn incense.

Let your grandfather know that our family has two students, so that he can be happy too."

"Hey, Dad, I'll go prepare something now."

Their family fled here to escape famine, and since there was no ancestral grave to worship their ancestors, they could only go to worship their only old man.

At this moment, the other families were also very lively. Zhao Laosan picked up his son and held him high up, "Hahahaha, our Goudan has made great progress. He has even become a little boy."

Goudan was so scared that he screamed, "Oh Dad, put me down and throw me down again."

Goudan's mother slapped her husband in anger and said, "What's wrong with you? Put your son down now!"

Only then did Zhao Laosan put his son down. He was so happy that his son had done so well.

The village chief's family was also particularly festive today, and several families gathered in the main hall of Wang Dehai's house.

Both boys in their family have passed the provincial examination and are now students of the imperial examination.

Both of them had studied in the town's school for six or seven years, so it was not particularly surprising that they could pass the provincial examination.

What surprised them was that seven people from a small school in their village passed the provincial examination, and one of them was the top scorer.

The most important thing is that these people have only studied for less than two years, so it would be impossible for them to study in the school in their town.

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