The carriage went very slowly.
We arrived in Ping'an County in the afternoon, and then drove slowly to Dahe Village.
Along the way, Wei Hongying massaged Cheng Wanwan, who felt a lot more comfortable, but as soon as she reached the village road, she quickly changed to a more comfortable sitting position.
There is an official road in Ping'an County, but when you enter the village, it is a bumpy dirt road. The bumpy carriage will make you even more dizzy.
However, what surprised her was that this dirt road had been widened and built into an official road. Needless to say, it must have been Master Wu's work to transport coal out faster, which was more convenient for Dahe Village.
Cheng Wanwan lifted the car curtain and admired the scenery of Dahe Village.
In half a month, it is already March, the grass is growing, orioles are flying in the sky, the trees on the mountains are green and covered with green, the seedlings in the fields are growing vigorously, and the farmers are working in the fields, creating a prosperous picture.
The carriage got closer and closer to Dahe Village, and slowly we saw the Meishan side. A long stretch of houses had been built, with the government offices in the middle. The east and west sides should be the houses where the officials lived. They were all blue brick houses. The whole row of buildings is there, very luxurious.
Many men were working on the coal mountain. They seemed to be repairing the shaft of the mine, and they were very busy.
Not far from Meishan, Cheng Wanwan saw many piglets and lambs. She couldn't help but laugh. It seemed that shopkeeper Yan had moved to Dahe Village and bought many pigs and sheep to pen. Keep these little guys in good spirits. I hope they grow up healthily. The raw materials for the soap workshop will depend on them in the future.
Cheng Wanwan watched the changes in Dahe Village all the way, and slowly walked to the entrance of the village.
"It's Dashan Niang who's back!"
"Hey Dashan Niang, get out of the car quickly. I haven't seen you for half a month and I miss you so much."
"Go back quickly and inform the children in Dashan. These children are listless every day. Don't they just want to kiss their mother?"
"..."
The villagers greeted them enthusiastically, and Cheng Wanwan had to get off the carriage early.
As soon as she got down with her skirt in hand, a small cannonball rushed over and rushed directly into her arms.
"Mom, I miss you so much..."
Zhao Sidan's voice was muffled, and he hugged Cheng Wanwan tightly, as if he was afraid that his mother would suddenly disappear.
Cheng Wanwan touched his head: "Isn't Mom back? She's such a big person, and she's not afraid of everyone laughing at her..."
Zhao Sidan sniffed and quickly changed everyone's topic: "Where's my cousin, where's Brother Zheng, and where's Brother Yu, I haven't congratulated them yet."
Cheng Wanwan and his party only came back in the afternoon, but the official from Huzhou who was responsible for delivering the good news came to Dahe Village early in the morning. Everyone in the village knew that Yu Zhan was admitted to Tongsheng, so Li Zheng asked casually. Knowing that both Cheng Zhao and Shen Zheng were admitted to the scholar examination, everyone was waiting to congratulate them.
"Ahem!"
Shen Zheng got off the car behind him, unfolded his paper fan, and walked slowly over.
Behind him, Cheng Zhao and Yu Zhan followed. The three of them all had the temperament of scholars. They walked over together, which was very eye-catching.
Li Zheng was the first to walk over and said with a smile: "Our Dahe Village is an outstanding place with outstanding people. Two scholars actually came out. Hahaha, and Xiaozhan also became a child. The three of you have brought blessings to our Dahe Village." With such talent and talents, I believe that in the future, more and more scholars will come out of Dahe Village!"
"Zhao Lizheng is really good at putting money on his face. Cheng Zhao is obviously from my Chengjia Village. What does it have to do with your Dahe Village?"
A discordant voice sounded.
The people gathered around the entrance of the village looked around and saw a large group of people appearing on the village road. The leaders were Cheng Lizheng and the head of the Cheng family from Chengjia Village, followed by a large group of people from the Cheng family who were cheering.
"Zhao'er!" Old Mrs. Cheng rushed over and grabbed Cheng Zhao's hand. Her face was full of joy, "The person who delivered the good news said that you were admitted to the scholar examination and that you were the first in the college examination. , is the head of the case, is it true?”
Old man Cheng said with a fierce face: "What the official said can be true, our eldest grandson of the Cheng family is so outstanding!"
Sister-in-law Cheng kept touching Cheng Zhao's arm: "My son is really amazing. He is the first among all the scholars. The official also said that the prefect even invited Zhao'er to drink. Is it true?"
Cheng Zhao immediately clarified: "The prefect invited all the college examination students to drink at a banquet, not just me."
"Anyway, our Zhao'er has met the magistrate. He is the most promising child in our Chengjia Village!" Old Mrs. Cheng smiled happily, "Let's go home for a walk and offer a stick of incense to our ancestors. Tomorrow our Cheng family will entertain the neighbors. , I must have a wonderful time!"
She took Cheng Zhao's hand and was about to leave.
Cheng Zhao hurriedly broke free: "Grandma, Grandpa Sixth, and all uncles and uncles, please wait a moment. I just came back from Huzhou and I haven't thanked my teacher yet. You'll be back when I go."
He was able to achieve such results and had an inseparable relationship with Master Yu. How could he leave without saying anything.
Shen Zheng put his arm around Cheng Zhao's shoulders: "Let's go together."
Yu Zhan also followed the two of them and walked towards Master Yu's residence.
After Cheng Zhao left, the people of Chengjia Village were still standing at the entrance of the village. There were more than a dozen people cheering. Those who didn't know it thought it was a fight.
Zhao Lizheng smiled and said: "Cheng Lizheng, Chief Cheng, why don't you go into the village and sit for a while?"
Cheng Li was waving his hands, putting on a high air: "There's no need to sit down. I'm in a hurry to go back. I have to open an ancestral hall to worship our ancestors, so we can't delay."
Zhao Lizheng twitched the corner of his lips and said, "Tsk, tsk, that's it...well, it's indeed worth it. In Dahe Village, there isn't even a serious child, let alone a scholar..." It has to wait four days. I don’t know how many years I have to wait for Dan to be admitted as a scholar.
"Our Cheng family is arranging a banquet tomorrow. If Zhao Lizheng has time, you can come and have a glass of wine." Mrs. Cheng was in high spirits on happy occasions, and her brows were no longer as mean as before. She raised her eyes and looked in Cheng Wanwan's direction, her voice was calm. "You are Zhao'er's second aunt, and Zhao'er has always been close to you. You must come and have a drink tomorrow."
The corners of Cheng Wanwan's lips curled up: "Go, of course."
She was really qualified to drink Zhao'er's glass of celebratory wine, so she had to go and see the excitement no matter what.
After Cheng Zhao thanked Master Yu, he walked towards the village entrance, then got into the carriage and took out the baggage he had brought to Huzhou.
Seeing that he was about to leave, Mrs. Cheng breathed a subtle sigh of relief.
In fact, before coming to Dahe Village, she had no confidence at all. She was just afraid that Zhao'er would not want to return to Chengjia Village, so she called so many people from the clan to come together and put pressure on Zhao'er invisibly.
Fortunately, Zhao'er is not so heartless and cold-hearted. He is still willing to return to Chengjia Village, which means he is still willing to recognize relatives of the Cheng family.
Cheng Zhao walked up to Cheng Wanwan with his baggage on his back and said, "Second aunt, I'm going back first and will come back after the Cheng family's business is finished."
Cheng Wanwan nodded: "Pay attention to safety on the road."
Everyone in the Cheng family surrounded Cheng Zhao and left happily.
Shen Zheng touched his chin and said, "My father and grandmother are probably waiting at home in a hurry. Auntie, I will go back first."
Cheng Wanwan nodded and watched Ah Fu and Shen Zheng leave.
At this time, Zhao Dashan and Zhao Sanniu also came over. The two of them led the carriage, reported to Cheng Wanwan what happened during this period, and walked towards the door of their house.
