Zhu Ping'an gradually disappeared, and his back slowly lost its outline, turning into a blur of light ink, slowly blending into the withered yellow autumn colors.
By the Qinhuai River, the fifteen or sixteen-year-old girl held the calligraphy treasure left by Zhu Pingan in both hands, looking at Zhu Pingan's back, unable to calm down for a long time.
"Let's go, Susu, we can't afford such a young man." The girl of seventeen or eighteen shook her head, pulled the red-eyed girl's loose hair into a bun, and comforted her in a lonely voice.
When the fifteen or sixteen-year-old girl heard this, her eyes turned even redder. She gritted her teeth and nodded silently, and followed the seventeen- or eighteen-year-old girl to the other side of the Qinhuai River...
After these two girls appeared, it was almost dusk.
Zhu Ping'an left the bank of the Qinhuai River and strolled around Yingtian City casually to see if there was any delicious food that he liked. He went home in two days. There were many delicious foods in Yingtian, but he hadn't eaten enough yet.
While Zhu Pingan was strolling casually, the postman who had changed horses three times on the official post road had already rode into Huaining County, carrying with him the good news of this year's new students.
Sunset and sunrise
When Zhu Ping'an rushed from the inn to the Mingyuan Building of Jiangnan Gongyuan, several government servants wearing black and red clothes also rode out from Huaining County. Their faces were full of joy, holding gongs, good news, suonas, etc. And enough.
The sky was red with clouds, the ground was covered with golden waves, and the red sun illuminated the eastern sky.
Zhu Ping'an and a group of new students in scarves and blue robes walked into Jiangnan Gongyuan with high spirits under the red sun and stepped up to Mingyuan Tower. Mingyuan Tower, the word "Mingyuan" is taken from the meaning of "Be careful to pursue the distant future, and the bright virtue will be thickened" in "The Great Learning". Mingyuan Building is three stories high. Zhu Pingan walked into the third floor with the crowd. At this time, Master Tixueguan had not yet arrived, so Zhu Pingan and everyone quietly waited for Master Tixueguan to host a banquet.
The ground floor of Mingyuan Building is surrounded by doors on all sides, and the two floors above are surrounded by windows. Zhu Pingan stood by the window and looked down. You can indeed see the Gongyuan at a glance.
While Zhu Ping'an and the others were waiting for Master Tuixueguan, Xiahe Village was already exploding.
After breakfast in the morning, people who went to work in the fields saw five or six red-clad government servants riding horses from a distance. As soon as they arrived at the boundary of Xiahe Village, they got off their horses and hung a plate of firecrackers on a tree. The bang, bang, bang, was deafening.
Then, there was a noise of gongs and drums. The suonas sounded in unison.
There was joy as soon as you entered the village, and this was only the treatment that the head of the case could enjoy.
"Master, what's going on?" A bold old farmer stepped forward and asked.
"Congratulations, congratulations, Mr. Zhu of your village, for being the first in the high school examination for children and being admitted as a scholar." The government servant holding a red piece of paper congratulated with a smile on his face.
Hearing this, he stopped hoeing the old farmland, threw the hoe into the roadside ditch with one hand, and ran vigorously towards the village.
"Uncle Li, why are you running?" asked a curious man.
"Hurry up, there is a scholar in our village. After all these years, there is finally a scholar. Go to Lao Zhu's house to announce the good news."
The old farmer was trotting out of breath while talking excitedly about the good news about Xiahe Village.
"Really?" The man was overjoyed.
"Old man, I'm so young. How could I lie to you? Didn't you see the government servants setting off firecrackers and playing and beating?" The old farmer blew his beard and glared.
The old farmer just finished speaking, and then he saw the man roaring and running ahead of him, so he could only follow behind and eat dirt.
"You bastard, wait for the old man." The old farmer was so angry that he was twenty years younger.
"Hahaha, Uncle Li, I'd better let my nephew do the errands." The man giggled. He didn't look back, but ran forward with all his strength.
"You bastard..." the old farmer laughed and scolded.
The man just giggled and ran away more happily the more he was scolded.
Along the way more and more people heard the news. Joined the army of the Annunciation along the way.
This is great news for the entire Xiahe Village. The reason why Xiahe Village is shorter than Shanghe Village is not only because Shanghe Village is richer, but also because Shanghe Village has a scholar like Old Master Sun sitting in charge.
Now finally, finally, there is a scholar in Xiahe Village, and he is still the head of the case. Tsk tsk, they didn’t know what the old farmer at the head of the case meant, but the officer who announced the good news was very arrogant and seemed to be a head taller than a scholar.
More and more people heard the news, and more and more people joined the army of people announcing the good news. A large group of people rushed to the Zhu family's old house, eager to dare to inform the old Zhu family before the official mission to announce the good news. But he had to keep his house tidy and bright, and prepare all the money for fruits and melon seeds. He was the first scholar in Xiahe Village, and he couldn't lose the face of Xiahe Village in front of the officials. If Lao Zhu's family is short of something, we fellow villagers can get it from our own homes, but we can't let the official who announces the good news look down upon us in Xiahe Village.
As for why it is Lao Zhu’s family
You can figure it out with your buttocks. The officials all said congratulations to Mr. Zhu of our village for taking the high school entrance examination. As for Mr. Zhu, the eldest son and grandson of the Zhu family in our village are studying, so they were the only two who went to take the exam. , the one who can be called master must be the boss of the Zhu family. Last time, the grandson of the Zhu family was also the first to be hit in the case, but it was a child. The person in town who announced the good news and congratulated him was Mr. Zhu, but he did not say congratulations to Mr. Zhu. The eldest son of the Zhu family has been studying for 20 or 30 years, and the youngest grandson has only been studying for a few years. The eldest son of the Zhu family has been a middle child for ten years, and the youngest grandson of the Zhu family was just a middle child some time ago.
Therefore, the old farmers took it for granted that Mr. Zhu was talking about Zhu Shouren, the boss of the Zhu family.
Xiahe Village is not big either, so these people ran from the village entrance to the village within a short time.
Zhu Ping'an's mother, Mrs. Chen, was collecting shoe soles under the gate. She saw a group of people whizzing away from her door to the village, bringing up a large amount of dust. She couldn't help but curiously asked a familiar villager what was going on. .
"You are from the second family, don't you know? Your eldest brother Shuu Ren is a scholar. Gang Er Mazi said that he saw someone announcing the good news at the entrance of the village and was rushing here." The villager described it with emotion.
Hearing this, Chen, who was holding the sole of her shoe, accidentally pricked her hand.
"So, where is my pig?" asked Chen eagerly.
"I seem to have heard that one of them has been killed in our village." Another person added, and then hurriedly urged the villagers, "Quickly, we must dare to tell Uncle Zhu before the official departure, so that Uncle Zhu's house can be tidied up."
"Your little brother didn't pass the exam, but fortunately he's young, so it's okay. Let's go, the second son's family, let's go to announce the good news to your eldest brother Shouyi."
"That's right, if you leave the second child's family, it would be good to have a child. Don't think too much about the second child's family. I believe your little pig will definitely win next time."
The villagers who came behind him talked about comforting each other, and then a group of people whizzed past, eager to go to the new scholar's house to impress him so that they could talk to him about anything in the future. He is a scholar, he is on equal footing with the county magistrate, and he will beg for help more often in the future.
Zhu Ping'an's mother, Mrs. Chen, stared blankly at the crowds of people whizzing towards her old house. She clenched the sole of her shoe tightly and didn't even know that the needle pricked her hand again and caused blood. Although he didn't expect that the second child would pass the exam, the fact that his uncle did and his second son failed still made Chen feel very unhappy. (To be continued.)
PS: The chapter was a bit watered down last night, I will revise it when the time comes.
