Sheng Ran looked at her little sister squatting in the corner and sighed. She looked at her overjoyed parents with some confusion, and questions were popping up in her head.
"Sister Yuan?"
"Alas!" Sheng Yuan sighed, holding her head and sighing, "There are so many people in the world who have a photographic memory, why are they not counting me?!"
"???" Sheng An was confused.
Is this kid confused about the exam? How does this have anything to do with photographic memory?
It was Mrs. Zheng who saw the question marks in her eldest daughter's curious eyes, so she repeated what the two fathers had said.
"...Is this difficult?" Sheng Ran didn't expect that her quirky little sister would be worried about this, and couldn't help but look at her father.
"I don't think it's difficult!" Sheng Xiangxun shook his head. Isn't this just a matter of writing it silently?
He looked at Sheng Yuan's round back in confusion: "You can silence the poems, why can't you silence the first two questions?!"
"..." Sheng Yuan felt that the flying knife that had just stabbed her was spinning around again, she clutched her chest and sighed, "Really, why don't you eat ground meat in the modern version!"
Sighing, she suddenly felt that it would be good to accept that she was an ordinary person earlier!
"Okay! You two should stop teasing her!" Madam Zheng looked at her little girl with her head drooped and looked so pitiful that she felt sad.
The more she looked at it, the more painful it became, so Ms. Zheng wanted to go over and pull her little girl up, hug her and coax her.
But before she could make a move, her little girl, who looked pitiful just now, stood up and jumped up to her. She laughed and patted her chest and said, "It doesn't matter. We are not as good as the ones above, but we are better than the ones below." There is more than enough! He who is content is always happy!"
Mrs. Zheng: "..."
Although what this child said is true, looking at her like this is so heartless and makes people worry.
After this little episode, Sheng Xiangxun listened to his eldest daughter dictate the answer, and then asked his younger daughter to explain his ideas for answering the question. Comparing the two, he felt that each had its own merits.
Especially the poem written by the youngest daughter sounds very meaningful. If the old man hears it, he will definitely like it.
"The Queen's Sunrise Number, you two sisters will definitely be on the list."
Sheng Xiangxun shook his head confidently and proudly, and the smile on his face could not be hidden.
"I'll go to the Duke's Mansion for a walk tomorrow!" After the two girls returned to his yard to rest, he happily walked around the house several times, shaking his arms and planning his itinerary.
Seeing him showing off, Mrs. Zheng rolled her eyes helplessly: "The old man is quite old, why are you still provoking him?"
"Who said I was teasing the old man? I was clearly showing off to others!" Sheng Xiangxun remembered that the old man liked to play with copper balls recently, and immediately gave up the idea of showing off to other brothers.
"They were quite critical of Sister An's application before! So what if my daughter is almost 20? She doesn't eat their rice! Not to mention that the child is not considering marriage for the sake of her future, but she is not getting married. I will live a happy life as my aunt, and that’s what I am doing! Use them to talk too much!”
Sheng Xiangxun fantasized happily: "When our three children go to and from the temple in the future, we will make them jealous!"
Mrs. Zheng was so happy to see him, it was obviously because of the excitement in the rumors in the house.
Because the old man liked Sister Yuan, the mansion did not dare to use Sister Yuan as a raft, and instead focused the rumors on Sister An.
Even the old man talked to his husband, and what he said was that Sister An was already old, and it would not be appropriate to delay a lifetime event for an imperial examination where she didn't know her future.
Because the old man had an idea, Mrs. Liang and Mrs. Chang both joined in the fun and wanted to pull the strings.
If Sister Yuan hadn't run over and started messing around with the old man, chasing after him and trying to pull his beard, and the old man promised not to interfere... I'm afraid it would be difficult for Sister An to take the exam in a down-to-earth manner, and she might have to let her husband play tricks on her. Back to the mix!
Thinking of this, Zheng also felt that she should vent her anger.
But not now.
"We'll keep a low profile for now while we're proud, and we'll talk about it later after Sister An has passed the imperial examination!"
Mrs. Zheng has always been careful. Although she wants to express her depression, she is also afraid of
Put pressure on the eldest daughter; not to mention that winning the title of scholar does not mean that the provincial examination will be smooth sailing. It is better to endure it and wait until the roll call for the gold medal before showing off to those people!
After hearing this, Sheng Xiangxun pondered for a moment, then nodded in deep agreement.
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On the day when the official results of the county examination were announced, there was a sea of people outside the Luo County government office, and layers of students blocked the notice wall.
When the gong rang, the government officials posted the announcement paper on the wall, and then shouted to everyone: "Everyone who leaves the circle will be seated on it. Don't crowd around. I will announce it immediately. Those who leave the circle can come and see." .”
After saying that, he announced the seats of those on the list one by one.
"Sister Yuan! Sister Yuan! You are number one!" Anyu memorized their seat numbers. Unexpectedly, the first one he read out was Sheng Yuan's. He jumped three feet high with joy, dragging him with him. Sheng Yuan rushed forward, "Give way! Give way!"
Fortunately, they were standing in the first three rows and easily squeezed to the front.
Sheng Yuan recovered from her initial disbelief and looked at the big circle with her seat number written on the official document with wide eyes. Her seat number was written in the center and highest position of the circle!
"Oh yeah!" Sheng Yuan jumped three feet high. If the place hadn't been too crowded, she would have danced hand in hand with Anyu!
"Ah?! The first place is actually a girl?!" The people watching the list had different emotions. They found that they were ranked behind the little girl. Some laughed, some were full of fighting spirit, and others were all kinds of things. Not convinced.
If Sheng Yuan and others weren't dressed unusually, and there were many guards following closely around them who were not easy to mess with, I'm afraid doubts would have arisen.
Even if this is the case, there are still many people who are not on the list and cry: "How can you not be as good as a girl! Let alone a boy!"
Anyu was unhappy after hearing this, and was about to rebuke, but Sheng Yuan stopped him: "Forget it, why should a proud person argue with a frustrated person? Let's look at the rankings of you and Brother Sheng!"
As soon as she finished speaking, Lu Sheng dragged Ouyang Ling and squeezed in from the crowd.
"You two are so clever! I didn't even catch up!" Although Lu Sheng felt that he was being held back by Ouyang Ling, he couldn't help but be convinced of An Yu's ability to find every opportunity.
"Let's see if there are any seats for Sister Jun and I!" Ouyang Ling was eager to bring the good news back to her good friends.
Although the doctor said that Sister Jun was suffering from cold, he felt that Sister Jun was sick because of worry.
It's hard to say that she was out of the circle in the main venue, but she was fine immediately.
"Yes! Yes!" An Yu was about to pounce on the public notice to see the rankings. After he saw clearly and sat down, he shouted excitedly, "Sister An is third, Brother Sheng is ninth, and I Fifteenth, you are nineteenth, Sister Jun is twenty-third!"
