The daily routine of the ancient imperial examination

The urgent home letter will be delivered to Ping'an Town in about half a month, but no matter how fast it is, it will not be as fast as the good news that goes directly from the government.

The good news every three years was rushed to various prefectures and counties.

Jinshan Village in Ping'an Town.

After eating, Mrs. Zhang took out the thin marriage certificate again and looked at it carefully, touching the two gold-plated names on it. She seemed to have not recovered yet.

Lu Dafu, who was next to her, saw that she had taken out her marriage book and read it again, and couldn't help nagging: "You don't know how to read, what are you doing reading it all day long?"

After hearing this, Mrs. Zhang was not annoyed, but was entangled: "We decided Erlang's marriage just like this, is it too hasty? He always has big ideas, will he blame us when he finds out? "

Lu Dafu felt a little baffled by her thoughts: "What do you want to do so much? The Shi family is so rich, and our Erlang is not a married man. If you marry someone else's young man, Erlang will make money, okay?"

Hearing this, Mrs. Zhang frowned unhappily: "Money, money, money! Why is money in your eyes! If this Erlang doesn't like to marry back, wouldn't it be a bad thing? What if we blame us for making claims?"

Lu Dafu didn't take it seriously, what's the matter?

"If you don't like it, then cancel it. Anyway, it's just an engagement right now. When Erlang disagrees, canceling it won't do them any harm, right?"

"Oh! I have nothing to say to you! Every time I can't talk to you, can this be the same thing?"

Tossing back and forth, it's fine that her son is a kid, but the other party is a brother. Although the Shi family is rich, it is not good for a brother's reputation to spread the news of the resignation.

Seeing Mrs. Zhang's embarrassment, Lu Dafu didn't bother to argue, and directly laid out the facts in front of him: "The whereabouts of Erlang was unknown after the embankment broke in Weihe. Didn't the big brother of the Shi family say at that time that it is okay for the lord to look for him, but he needs a reason. , anyway, it is said that the two of them are connected, so it doesn't matter if they get married early, so why bother with that."

"If I don't worry about my mother, who will worry about it?" Mrs. Zhang patted the table next to her: "If it wasn't for the news that Erlang reported his safety a few days ago, I would have asked Dalang to look for it along the road."

"In case the relationship between the two is not so good, let's get together again. If there is any conflict in the future, what will happen to Erlang's situation?"

As she spoke, Mrs. Zhang began to look at the marriage letter and sigh again.

"Mother, don't think so much, come and drink some mung bean soup to cool off the heat."

Sister-in-law Xiulan opened the bamboo curtain and walked in, and put the big pot of mung bean soup in her hand on the table.

"I just used mountain spring water to freeze it, and drinking it now is the best way to relieve the heat."

Seeing his daughter-in-law coming in with such a large bowl, Erlang immediately forgot all about him: "Xiulan, you are a month old now, at least do these things less, you must be careful!"

Seeing her mother-in-law's nervous appearance, the other party couldn't help laughing and said: "This pot of mung bean soup is only heavy, mother who is fine."

Zhang quickly took Xiulan's hand and sat down, and began to explain to her the precautions during pregnancy, what to eat more, what not to eat, and some things that must be paid attention to.

It was all personal talk between women, and it was not convenient for Lu Dafu to listen to it, so he just drank a bowl of soup and went out for a walk.

The two talked about the child in their womb, and then returned to Lu Xiuyuan.

Mrs. Zhang still couldn't help worrying: "You think what mother did right this time? But if there is no marriage agreement, wouldn't it be good to let an unmarried brother find Erlang's whereabouts?"

Her expression was tangled: "If I knew it earlier, I would let Da Lang go..."

Xiulan scooped up another bowl of mung bean soup and handed it to Mrs. Zhang: "Mother, don't think too much about it. I saw Xiao Langjun's face the other day, and I guessed that the two of them are interested in each other, but we don't know."

"You forgot that during the New Year's Eve, Erlang went out early and returned late all day long, and didn't eat at home. I guess that's where he would have feelings."

After hearing this, Mrs. Zhang thought about it carefully: "You are right, those two Yueerlangs have rounded faces, and they have grown a lot."

"That's right, mother, you can relax, what's the matter, Erlang will know when he comes back."

After a persuasion from his daughter-in-law, Mrs. Zhang seemed to want to open up, and no longer entangled in the matter of engagement.

In the early morning a few days later, everyone took advantage of the cool weather and hurriedly weeded the crops in the field.

People who can afford it use hoes, and those who don't have the ability to pull them out by hand. Anyway, few people in the village are idle.

Everyone took advantage of the coolest time in the morning to clean up the ground quickly, and waited for the noon sun to come out to kill all these weeds.

Especially in the field at the entrance of the village, there are the most people gathered there. When they are tired from work, they sit on the edge of the field smoking a bag of cigarettes and chatting.

"Hey, I'm talking about Second Aunt Lu, how is your family's Erlang Township Exam? Did you fail? Any news?"

As soon as these words came out, everyone couldn't help but calm down, and their eyes shifted to Zhang Shi, paying attention to her expression.

The news of Lu Xiuyuan rushing to take the exam is also what the villagers are most concerned about right now.

After hearing this, Mrs. Zhang stopped digging and replied, "I haven't received a letter in the past two days, so I don't know what's going on."

The man rolled his eyes and began to boo: "We Erlang are so smart, so we won't be able to pass the exam every time. The village is waiting for your family's good news to drink wedding wine!"

It was a bit difficult for Zhang to answer the other party's words. Although she had confidence in her son, she probably knew the difficulty of the rural examination. As long as there was only one candidate in their county over the years, she knew how difficult the examination was.

Now hearing what the villagers said, she quickly waved her hands: "Erlang is still young, and this is his first time taking the exam. This kind of thing can't be guaranteed, but if he passes, there will definitely be a banquet to celebrate."

Hearing Mrs. Zhang say this, the man clicked his tongue and said with emotion: "That's right, Mr. Juren doesn't say that you can pass the exam."

After finishing speaking, the man asked the people next to him: "It seems that there has never been a Juren in our village?"

That's not true, Ping'an Town is already remote, and their Jinshan Village is so far away. In such a situation where educational resources are extremely backward, it is not easy to become a scholar. How could there be a scholar.

What's more, the first scholar in their village seems to be Lu Xiuyuan...

Thinking of this, everyone doesn't want to talk about this topic, it's too embarrassing.

Mrs. Zhang also laughed dryly, and continued to hoe the ground.

When it was almost noon, Mrs. Zhang put away her hoe and prepared to go home for dinner. After eating, she had to deliver lunch to the little granddaughter who was studying in the next village.

As soon as she left here, the people behind her started talking again.

"Hey, his second uncle, what do you think Erlang did in the exam this time? Can he pass? Be the first person to be promoted in our village."

The second uncle stroked his beard and made an appearance of an outsider: "Erlang has just passed the examination of scholar, and he is usually serious about his studies. I guess he can pass the examination this time."

The man frowned and said, "Erlang is still young, it's unheard of in our county to get a successful candidate, how could he be selected so easily."

He didn't hear the answer he wanted, so he turned around and asked the person next to him.

"What do you think about Uncle San?"

After asking the people around him, he finally came to the conclusion that everyone in the village had inexplicable confidence in Lu Erlang and felt that he would definitely pass this time, which made him a little unhappy.

The second uncle noticed his reaction just now, and threw a clod at his feet: "What are you thinking, hurry up and pull your weeds."

The man's toe was hit by a clod, and he could only get up and pull the weeds. The moment he pulled the weeds with his hands, he thought to himself, if his family had the money to support him in his studies, he would definitely be better than this Lu Erlang.

After all, when I was just getting started when I was a child, the handwriting I wrote was much more beautiful than this Lu Erlang.

Goudan was aggrieved, but on the road outside the village, there were two fast horses galloping towards Jinshan Village.

The villagers who were weeding in the field soon heard the sound of horseshoes, accompanied by a few gongs and shouts.

Seeing the movement, everyone had an inexplicable guess. They all stopped the hoes in their hands, stood up and looked towards the entrance of the village.

Two official servants dressed in festive red were walking this way while beating the gong to announce the good news.

"Good news! Good news! May I ask if this is Jinshan Village?"

The second uncle grabbed his beard tightly and replied: "That's right! It's Jinshan Village! Dare to ask the two officials where this is?"

After hearing this question, the two smiled and said, "Master, don't be afraid, we are here to announce the good news. Master Lu, do you know where you live?"

Upon hearing this, the villagers at the head of the village looked at each other, and their expressions became excited: "This means that Erlang has been selected?! He has been selected as a candidate?!"

"I knew this kid was promising! Hahaha!" The second uncle was so excited that he plucked off several beards.

Seeing that the villagers were so happy that they forgot their questions, the two officials repeated helplessly: "Where is Mr. Lu's house? We have to rush to announce the good news!"

"Hey! I'll show you the way!"

One of them quickly dropped the hoe in his hand, turned around and rushed towards Lu Xiuyuan's house.

Seeing this, the two officials hurriedly followed behind the man, continuing to beat the gong and shout.

"Happy news! Happy news!"

Lu Xiuyuan's home was at the back of the village. After walking around the village, the villagers who heard the commotion followed behind to watch the commotion.

Mrs. Zhang had just cooled down here, and was about to have lunch, when she heard the sound of a gong outside.

At first she didn't pay attention to it, but when the movement in the back was getting closer and closer to home, a guess suddenly came to her mind, she quickly put down the bowl and ran outside.

As soon as she ran to the gate, she happened to run into these two officials. When she saw the other party holding a list in his hand and a large group of villagers following him, she immediately understood everything.

"This is Master Lu Xiuyuan's house, right?" The official confirmed it.

"That's right! I'm Erlang's mother!" After speaking, Mrs. Zhang felt that something was wrong, and quickly changed her words: "I am Master Lu Xiuyuan's mother!"

Hahahaha!

"Damn Dawu! You are too excited! Hahaha!"

The villagers behind all let out good-natured laughter.

After Zhang finished speaking, she also felt like laughing, but she held back, because there would be more exciting news waiting to be announced.

"Ahem! Now that it's confirmed, let's start reading."

The official officer unfolded the good news in his hand and was about to read it.

"Two officials, please wait a little longer!" Mrs. Zhang suddenly interrupted the other party's movements, and then shouted loudly into the room: "Xiulan! Dafu! Come out!!"

Lu Dafu who came out of the main room was impatient at first, but when he saw the picture at the door, he threw away all the decorative walking sticks in his hand.

"Hey! This is Erlang's move?!"

Walking swiftly to Zhang's face, Lu Dafu began to circle around the two officials.

Xiulan from Westinghouse soon came out holding her waist, and when everyone was ready, the two officials began to announce the victory report.

"Happy news! Good news! Master Lu Xiuyuan of Ping'an County, Dongshi Prefecture, passed this year's provincial examination, and won the title of Juren!"

After the reading was finished, he handed over the good news to Mrs. Zhang.

"Congratulations, Mrs. Lu!"

The villagers who followed also congratulated: "Dawu his mother! Congratulations!"

Seeing the scene in front of her, Mrs. Zhang was so excited that she couldn't speak, she could only keep stroking her chest, trying to control her emotions.

The sharp-eyed villagers nearby saw that the two officials were still maintaining their previous movements, and immediately reacted and slapped Lu Dafu on the shoulder.

"His second brother, what are you still doing in a daze? Give out happy money!"

Only then did Lu Dafu react, but he took out his pocket, with a wry smile in his heart, and quickly poked Mrs. Zhang next to him.

"Baby! Don't be dazed, hurry up and give out happy money!"

Only then did Mrs. Zhang come to her senses, and hurried back to the house to get the happy money that she had prepared before handing it to the two officials.

The author has something to say: I'm busy tomorrow, so I won't update it, and I will continue to make up [-] updates on weekends, remember to watch it!Let's see how the male protagonist upgrades in the capital~