Rebirth of Okuki Kofuro

The news that Qu Yaowen did not pass the government examination followed his classmates returning to Yang'an County to spread.

Qu Yaowen's standard is clear to his wife, this student has never passed the government examination, and he has not seen him back for a long time, so the teacher asked a few other students to ask, and only then did he learn about a series of events that happened before the government examination. matter.

The students were still young, and they were easily agitated when encountering things. After hearing about the Qu family, they wanted to draw a line with Qu Yaowen and did not want to be with him.

The master has taught for so many years and has learned a lot. After hearing about the Qu family, I just feel ridiculous. While looking down on the Qu family, I no longer like Qu Yaowen as before.

Although it is possible for bad bamboo to produce good bamboo shoots, in most cases, the character of the elders in the family is not good enough, and the younger generations will unconsciously acquire those bad habits.

After reading books for so many years, if Qu Yaowen had persuaded him in time when he first discovered the problem, there would be no incidents of "selling" brothers and daughters in his family one after another.

Qu Yaowen, who is currently recuperating in Fucheng, doesn't know about the matter of the school. When he went to the school later, he found that the teacher's attitude was cold. He just thought that he hadn't passed the government examination, and the teacher no longer liked him, so he also became dissatisfied with the teacher.

When Qu Yaowen was still "recovering from illness" in Fucheng, Liang Kangsheng and the others had returned to Yang'an County safely.

When they were in the provincial capital, all the scholars were very low-key. After leaving the provincial capital, everyone relaxed a little. Liang Kangsheng and the others heard about one or two cultural meetings when they stayed on the road, and occasionally saw people talking loudly in inns and restaurants. .

Regarding these, Liang Kangsheng and the others ignored them if they could understand them, and if they were discovered and forced to participate, they could not speak without speaking.

Don’t blame them for being overly cautious. If the prefects and magistrates of the prefectures and counties they passed by were overheated, and imitated the provincial capitals, wouldn’t it be too wronged to arrest them as troublemakers? No reasoning.

There were dozens of students from Yang'an County who went to Fucheng to participate in the college examination this time, and only Liang Kangsheng and Wei Yang passed. When they arrived in Yang'an County, the official newspaper had been delivered for two days. Just tidy up and wait for the newly promoted scholar to go home to celebrate.

There was no fanfare on the road, and their carriage did not attract the attention of others when they arrived in Yang'an County. They separated quietly outside the city. Wei Yang and Zheng Xin took the carriage back to the city, while Liang Kangsheng and Qu Yi went to the Liang family outside the city.

There is no feeling of cowardice in the near country, and it is almost two months since I left home. I opened the curtain of the carriage and looked at the familiar scenery outside. I saw a large section of crops growing in the field beside the road, and the smile on Qu Yi's face became bigger and bigger.

Liang Kangsheng held Qu Yi's hand and said in a low voice, "Brother Yi, although we are keeping a low profile when we come back this time, as long as we go home, it will spread quickly. I guess we can take a day off today, and someone will come to the door tomorrow." , when the time comes, I will have to work hard for you and mother, if you are impatient to deal with it, you can tell the outside world that I am not at home to thank guests behind closed doors, and we will hold a thank you banquet when I am free."

Qu Yi raised her eyebrows: "Master, I think you should think more about yourself than worrying about me and your mother. You went out for a few days after passing the government test before. This time you become a scholar. Waiting for you and Mr. Wei."

"Brother Wei and I have just passed the examination as a scholar, so no one will embarrass us." Liang Kangsheng shook his head. They are already scholars. Those who also have the reputation of a scholar will only get close to them at this time, and those who have not passed the examination will be in awe of them. .

Although it is possible that those who have taken the exam many times before finally becoming a scholar will be dissatisfied with them when they see that they are young. After all, literati are inferior to others. Some people think that they are better than others.

But just because he and Wei Yang are so young, no one with a little brain will say anything at a large-scale literary meeting. As for the brainless, there is no need to be afraid. At worst, everyone will compete in public to see who is more embarrassing.

Qu Yi didn't know how the literati would confront each other. Seeing that Liang Kangsheng was confident, he didn't ask any more questions. He estimated that he would have a lot of troubles. After all, he was "lucky" to become a scholar husband now, and he didn't know how many jealousy diseases he had. Scolding him quietly at night.

In the previous life, when Qu Yi married into the Liang family, there were many people who said bitter and sarcastic remarks behind their backs. After the decline of the Liang family, those people spoke without any scruples, and would say something in front of Qu Yi.

So many changes have taken place in this life, Qu Yi feels that he can guess what some people will say, but he will not bear it like in the previous life, this time if anyone speaks to him, he will not be polite.

The carriage was fast, and Qu Yi and Liang Kangsheng arrived near Liang's house without saying a word. Liang Duogu had been waiting at the door for a long time. When he heard the sound of the carriage, he walked in the direction of his house and walked from inside without thinking. Rush out.

Not sure if the person on the carriage was the person he was looking forward to, Liang Duogu asked loudly at the door: "Master? Young husband? Is it you?"

Hearing this, Qu Yi lifted the curtain of the carriage and waved to Liang Duogu.

Then, Quyi looked at Liang Duogu and yelled "嗤", jumped up on the spot, then immediately turned around and ran into the house, and he could be heard shouting from a long distance: "Master, madam, young master!" You and your young husband are back!"

Liang Duogu ran all the way into the inner courtyard of Liang's house to call for people, and when the carriage reached the gate of Liang's house, Father Liang, Mrs. Zhuang, Liang Mao, Qiaoqin, Liang Duodao, Liang Duogu, and the cook were working in Liang's house. The people all went to the door.

Liang Mao and Liang Duodao took out a large string of firecrackers that had been prepared a long time ago, and lit them after Liang Kangsheng and the others got off the carriage and stood still.

The coachman hired by Liang Kangsheng and the others had been prepared for a long time. Seeing this, he pulled the horse aside and tried his best to comfort the horse, preventing the horse from running around after being frightened. After the sound of firecrackers passed, Zhuang took out a full purse and handed it to the coachman.

After receiving the reward, the coachman cheerfully helped Liang Kangsheng and the others get their luggage out of the car, without disturbing Mr. Xiucai’s reunion with his family, turned around and returned to the horse shop in the city to return to his order, waiting for the horse shop to arrange for him to go to the provincial capital. .

At this moment, the inside and outside of Liang's house has been cleaned by Qiaoqin. It is more serious than dust removal during the New Year. There is no dust left in the corners and corners. Where the paint has fallen off, find a painter to repair the paint. The wood is cracked. Looking for a carpenter to repair the place, the roof tiles seem to have been washed and re-laid, which makes Liang Zhai look brand new in the sun.

Standing at the gate of his own house, for some reason, the first thing Liang Kangsheng thought of was the Liang family when he died of illness in his previous life.

At that time, the huge Liang House had no money to maintain, the inner courtyard could only be kept clean and tidy, while the outer courtyard was dilapidated, the road was overgrown with weeds, the house was covered with dust and cobwebs, and the roof tiles were blown off by the wind or stolen at night. Going and missing a lot, revealing the meaning of decline.

Mrs. Zhuang looked at the elegant and handsome son and the gentle and beautiful son-in-law standing side by side, the corners of their mouths were cracked to the back of their ears, and their eyes were flushed unconsciously: "Kang Sheng, Brother Yi, you are back. You have a bright future, passed the examination as a scholar, our family will get better and better in the future, you two..."

When the guards delivered the good news the day before yesterday, Mrs. Zhuang was so excited that she couldn't close her eyes all night. Seeing her son and husband-in-law standing in front of her eyes, she could hardly restrain her emotions and grabbed Liang Kangsheng. He and Quyi's hands were shaking, and the rest of the words could not be said because of trembling lips.

Father Liang was also very excited. He had always thought that his son could do whatever he wanted, and he fully supported him without interfering. As for whether his son could get good grades in the imperial examinations, he didn't care, since the family could afford it anyway.

But when he really faced his son who passed the examination as a scholar, he realized that deep down in his heart, he had no less expectations for his son than his wife, and pride and pride arose spontaneously. His son is just that good.

Father Liang supported Mrs. Zhuang, who was so excited that he could hardly stand, and moved his lips, wanting to say a few words that had passed through his mind, but he couldn't say the same because of the tightness in his throat.

Looking at the excited parents, Liang Kangsheng felt emotional. He let the others carry the luggage through the door, took a step back and let go of Mrs. Zhuang, lifted up his robe and knelt on the ground, bowing his head solemnly: " Father, mother, my son is back."

Quyi followed him: "Father, mother."

The reason for this is because both of them knew in their hearts that what they kneeled was not only the father of Liang and the Zhuang family in this life, but also those in the previous life.

Seeing this scene in her eyes, Zhuang's tears could no longer be held back, and they flowed out suddenly. For some reason, besides being happy at this moment, she also had a kind of grievance felt by her son and husband-in-law. The feeling of relief made her cry uncontrollably.

Father Liang also felt very sad, his eye sockets were sore and swollen as if something was about to fall, he blinked to suppress the feeling that came to his heart.

Worried about his son kneeling on the stone and hurting his leg, and worried about his wife crying, Father Liang half-jokingly and half-seriously said: "Kang Sheng, Brother Yi, get up quickly. Mother is too late to be happy, I won’t punish you to kneel, if you want to kneel, you can kneel as long as you want when the ancestral hall opens later.”

Listening to Father Liang's words, Zhuang laughed through tears. The feeling just now had passed slowly, and the tears gradually stopped. She patted Father Liang's arm lightly: "What nonsense are you talking about?"

Liang Kangsheng and Qu Yi knelt past the stone in their parents' hearts, and supported each other, "Okay, we will open the ancestral hall when Brother Yi and I change our clothes, and tell the good news to our ancestors."

The Liang family started off by brewing wine, and they have their own ancestral hall, in which there are memorial tablets of the ancestors. Before receiving the happy news, Liang’s father had already paid homage to the ancestors. Now that Liang Kangsheng himself is back, he should take this piece of paper by himself. The great joy is told to the ancestors.

The exhaustion of the journey dissipated after seeing their family members. After weeping, kneeling, and offering sacrifices, everyone was happy. Liang Kangsheng and Qu Yi discussed the future arrangements with Liang's father and Zhuang's family with great energy.