[Red House] Ban'er's Road to Imperial Examination

Wang Yue and his son stayed in the county for another two days, and Wang Gou'er drove a carriage back to Wangjia Village with Wang Yue and a cart full of gifts.

Naturally, they were warmly welcomed by the villagers when they came back this time. Wangjia Village is located in the capital city. Compared with those remote areas, the enrollment rate is relatively high, and the probability of being a scholar is relatively high, but this probability is only relatively speaking, especially It is average to each village, so it is very small.

Over the past ten years or so, Wangjia Village has only produced two or three scholars, and among these two or three scholars, only one has passed the Juren examination, and none of them have been promoted to Jinshi.

Wang Yue has already passed the county examination at a young age, and the government and hospital examinations are all very sure. As for this year's Qiu Wei, although there is no hope, he is still young after all, and it must be very safe to wait a few more years.Even when he grows up, it is not impossible to be named on the gold list. No matter how you look at it, Wang Yue has great hopes.Everyone is naturally willing to make friends with his family.

Although everyone may not come to him for something, and his family may not be able to help, but for the whole village, being able to cultivate a Jinshi will have a great deterrent effect on other villages.Whether it is ordinary weddings and funerals, human relations, or farming and crops that weigh more than life, they all have very important influences.

Even the officials of the government office came to collect taxes, and there was a Jinshi in the village. Those officials did not dare to do more.

In the face of these enthusiastic villagers, there is no need for Wang Yue to come forward. Wang Gou'er can handle it all by himself. Wang Yue just sits on the car and smiles. The man returned with a satisfied smile.

After finally getting away and going home, Grandma Liu and Mrs. Liu were already waiting at the door of the house. When they saw the carriage, they ignored Wang Gou'er sitting in the front of the carriage and went straight to Wang Yue.

"But you lost weight?" Grandma Liu hugged Wang Yue tightly, shouting her heart and soul, and would not let go. Liu stood on the side and shed tears, staring at Wang Yue tightly. He only thought about losing weight, and while feeling sorry for Wang Yue, he scolded Wang Gou'er: "You are heartless, I don't know how much you have suffered in the entrance exam, and you, a father, don't even want to buy more. To feed him to make up his body, just blindly take the money to eat wine with your cronies, what a prodigal! No amount of money is enough for you to make fools of yourself!"

If Mrs. Liu pointed his nose and scolded him, Wang Gou'er would have jumped up to fight Mrs. Liu even if he was wronged, but this time he just smiled and stood aside without saying a word.

Wang Qing'er just stood at the door and looked at Wang Yue eagerly, not daring to come up to talk to him, seeing Wang Yue looking towards him, she quickly showed a smiling face, jumping and jumping, for fear that Wang Yue would not see her.

At this time, she didn't care about what Liu usually said, which she regarded as an imperial decree. It was so easy to see her brother, even if she turned around and was scolded by her mother, it didn't matter.

The family lingered outside the door for a while, Wang Gou'er finally got impatient, and shouted: "Okay, don't be ashamed outside, go back first, the wind outside is still so cold, be careful blowing the board, It's not good if you're sick."

When Mrs. Liu heard the first half of the sentence, she almost didn't get angry, so she replied: "How shameful I am, I don't know how many people are jealous of me when I stand here!"

After hearing the words behind, she became nervous again, and quickly took Grandma Liu's hand, saying: "Mom, let Ban'er in first, I'm afraid Ban'er will be frozen in the car all the way, don't blow the cold wind outside anymore, Go back and drink a bowl of hot soup to warm your body."

Grandma Liu quickly agreed, and did not let Wang Yue go to the ground, she just raised her arms, hugged him in her arms, and carried Wang Yue into the house.

Wang Qing'er was guarding the door, and when she heard Liu's words, she turned around and ran into the house.

When Grandma Liu hugged Wang Yue to the kang, Wang Qing'er had already brought a bowl of hot soup from the kitchen and handed it to Wang Yue.

Today is a rare and happy day, when Liu Shi saw Wang Qing'er, she did not show an impatient expression as usual, but praised her rarely: "Qing'er is really sensible!"

Wang Qing'er immediately showed a happy smile, which revealed her missing two front teeth. It looked a little funny, but Wang Yue felt sore in his heart. He took the soup bowl and said with a smile: "Thanks to the usual My sister took good care of me, and I was able to pass the county test today, which is also due to my sister."

"Really?" Wang Qing'er's face burst into excitement immediately. She looked up at Wang Yue nervously, and confirmed to him in disbelief. When Wang Yue nodded slightly, her face seemed to suddenly In general, it exudes a surprise that cannot be ignored.

Mrs. Liu paused when she saw this, sighed softly, and then smiled happily and said, "If I had known you would come back today, I would have already prepared the meals, and I was just waiting for you to enter the house."

As she spoke, she took Wang Qing'er and Grandma Liu to bring a sumptuous meal from the kitchen, which filled the entire table. Mrs. Liu, who had always opposed Wang Gou'er's drinking, took out a jug of wine from the cupboard and said: " It's rare to be happy today, everyone has a drink, and there will be no more."

Of course the last sentence was said to Wang Gou'er, but Wang Gou'er was full of indifference. Since the wine was on the table, it is naturally impossible to take it away casually. have fun.

After everyone was seated, Mrs. Liu picked up a spoon to serve the dishes to everyone. Naturally, the two big chicken legs were reserved for Wang Yue, one of the two chicken arms was given to Wang Gouer, and Mrs. Liu paused for the other. Sheng gave it to Wang Qing'er, and Liu Shi was a little embarrassed when everyone saw it. Wang Yue and Wang Qing'er were children, so she naturally couldn't do anything. As for Wang Gou'er, Liu Shi gave him a hard look and said: "You Look at you, I asked you to accompany Ban'er to take the exam in the county town, so that you can take good care of him, but you are lucky, go out to drink and eat meat with your cronies every day, I heard that you almost went to Huajie, now at home It's not like before, if you have spare money, let you go out and spend it!"

"Yes, yes, ma'am, everything is according to ma'am! I will never dare again in the future."

Liu made a gesture and wanted to knock him with a spoon, cursing: "What are you talking about! I'm a farmer, what kind of lady do I call my wife, that's what the wife of an official calls me."

But Wang Gou'er just shook his hand, and said indifferently: "You can't bark now, can you still bark in the future? When Ban'er becomes an official and earns your order, you will be the wife of the order. Who will see you at that time?" Don't call me ma'am?"

When Mrs. Liu was provoked by Wang Gou'er's words, she seemed to think of the scene where everyone would respectfully call her Madam when they saw her in the future, and immediately blushed, but seeing Wang Yue and Wang Qing'er looking at her , as if they had seen through their own thoughts, Dang even became angry, raised his chopsticks and knocked on Wang Gou'er, and said bitterly: "Go and drink your wine. Before you have finished the wine, sprinkle it first." Get drunk!"

Seeing this, Wang Yue and Wang Qing'er looked at each other, and buried their heads in eating honestly, while Grandma Liu looked at the scene in front of her with a smile, and picked up chopsticks for the two siblings from time to time. happy.

At the end, Wang Gou'er was so drunk, Mrs. Liu carefully served him to sleep while cursing, and Grandma Liu took her two siblings back to the next room to sleep.

There was nothing to say all night, and the next morning, the sky was still very dark, and the adults in the family had already got up and started to work.

Grandma Liu brought up the matter of going to Rongguo Mansion again, and Wang Gou'er then took out the 150 taels of silver that Wang Yue gave him. Explain that the two women felt at ease.

Soon, the two women became happy again, "It's still promising, knowing that the family is in trouble, so I want to make money at home!"

After complimenting Wang Yue, Mrs. Liu did not forget to scold Wang Gou'er: "Look at you, as a father, you are not as good as a son. Ban'er made 150 taels all at once, and you didn't make much money. , the flower is no less than others."

It's not the first time that Wang Gou'er has been scolded by Mrs. Liu, and now he has broken the pot, no matter what Mrs. Liu said, he always goes in the left ear and out the right ear, and he doesn't care about it.

Besides, it is his son who can make more money than him, and his son is promising, but it is not because he is a father who taught him well, he only cares about other things if he is happy.

Seeing that her words had no effect on Wang Gou'er at all, Mrs. Liu said a few more words and then kept silent. Then Grandma Liu smiled and said: "It's no wonder that Ban'er is promising at such a young age. If so, I don't need you." Going out to sell this old face. To be honest, although the two are relatives, the family is no longer what it used to be. If we go to others, I am afraid they will look down on us. It's not for you two, and Baner, I don't want to be ashamed!"

"Mom will bring the board this time. People can only envy them. How can they look down on us!"

Grandma Liu looked at him suspiciously and said, "I think you still want me to take Ban'er to Rongguo Mansion. Isn't that rich? Why do you want to go to Rongguo Mansion?"

Mrs. Liu also chimed in and said, "Even if Ban'er is promising, he is a wealthy family after all, so if you say you don't like it, you still don't like it. It's not like the family doesn't have money. If you insist on sending it to your door to make people look down on you, why bother!"

Seeing the misunderstanding between the two, Wang Gou'er had to explain: "This time, the old man took Ban'er to Rongguo Mansion not because of money, but because I thought that Ban'er was already eight years old after the Chinese New Year, and an eight-year-old scholar is really rare." However, according to Baner's talent, it is extremely easy to raise someone to become a Jinshi. At that time, he will step into the officialdom and become an official. This official needs the relationship most. Someone can be a backer. Now that the family has fallen, I am afraid There is no way to help Ban'er. The Rongguo family is in a big situation. A little help for Ban'er will be of great help to Ban'er. But after all, the relationship is already estranged, and people may not recognize this at that time. I’m a relative, so I thought it’s better to move around more now, so that people will be willing to help when it’s time to use it.”