Nie Qianqian tried her best to persuade Dean Qiu and Master Jiang to stay for dinner, but the two firmly refused. They had already been fed a mouthful of dog food, and there was nowhere to eat.
Dean Qiu came to the village to inform him personally because of his love for talents and full of curiosity about Gu Xiao. Seeing that Gu Xiao still looked calm and calm after knowing that he had passed the exam with perfect scores and had a high chance of winning. I couldn't help but secretly sigh at this child's state of mind.
Nie Qianqian and Liu Yan didn't take Gu Xiao seriously like the old Nie family did, so he felt relieved. In this era, the imperial examination is not a matter of one person, but a family, a family event.
When Gu Xiao sent the two of them out, he happened to meet Li Zheng who was coming and Huang Zhenzhu who had sent Tiedan to learn how to read.
Li Zheng already knew the identity of the two people. The dean of Tiande Academy in the county, who was many levels more important than the small village official in his village, he bowed with respect on his face.
Huang Zhuzhen didn't know what the two well-dressed people in front of her were doing. She just felt that he was indescribably elegant compared to the people in the village, especially the older one, who had an inviolable sense of sanctity. He followed Li Zhengxue to face it. The two of them bowed and saluted with their arms pressed against the iron egg.
When Dean Qiu heard that the person who came was Li Zheng, he warned him in a whisper, "Liu Lizheng, Gu Xiao is a good young man. If the village has a successful candidate, it will be a blessing to the whole village. As Li Zheng, you need more support." .”
Liu Li nodded hurriedly, "Definitely."
After the two left, Liu Lizheng and Huang Zhenzhu were both a little dazed.
Liu Li was thinking about the fate of the Liu Yan family. First, Nie Qianqian met the county magistrate, and then a disabled person with a very low presence in the village became a rising star in the scientific examination. Besides, the Liu Yan he just saw, he thought to himself Even Liu Yan has changed.
Where has Liu Yan changed?
Liu Yan originally had to do all the work at home and in the fields. She didn't have enough to eat, and was exposed to the wind and sun. She was dark and thin. In the cold weather, her hands had to be dipped in ice water to wash the family's clothes. Her hands were full of cracks. frostbite.
Although his appearance has not changed that much now, his complexion has improved, he has gained a little weight, and his hands are much better than before.
The key is temperament. He used to suffer a lot in Lao Nie's family, so his face was naturally full of sadness and he acted timidly. Now his mental outlook is completely different, his body is straightened up, and he is always smiling.
Nie Qianqian would be very pleased if she knew Liu Lizheng's sigh. During this time, she worried a lot about Liu Yan. She kept an eye on the milk and eggs every day. At night, she used hand cream from the supermarket to moisturize and massage Liu Yan's hands over and over again. She also applied ointment to remove scars on her body. The most important thing was to remove scars from her body. Psychologically, she constantly gave Liu Yan a sense of security: Mother and Li did the right thing. Life will be better and better after leaving the Nie family. Tuantuan and I will be filial to mother.
People in ancient times were a bit superstitious, especially people in the village. Liu Lizheng firmly believed that the fortune of the Liu Yan family had changed.
Liu Lizheng couldn't help but look up at the sky and exclaimed, "The Liu Yan family is different!"
Huang Pearl inquired curiously, "Uncle Li Zheng, who are those two people?"
Liu Lizheng: "The leader is the dean of Tiande Academy. Your Excellency attaches great importance to Gu Xiao, a young man, and pointed out that Gu Xiao passed the examination."
Huang Zhenzhu was so shocked that she couldn't close her mouth from ear to ear. Juren?
Is Nie Qianqian, my disabled husband, so capable? I thought he was a loser, but he turned into a potential stock.
Huang Zhenzhu: "Is it true that Gu Xiao can pass the exam?"
Liu Lizheng snorted softly, "The dean of Tiande Academy came to the house in person today. It shows that he attaches great importance to Gu Xiao. How can he be fake?"
Huang Zhenzhen patted her chest as if she was frightened. If Gu Xiao really passed the exam, Liu Yan's family would be like a chicken and a dog ascending to heaven. That would be a big deal.
After Liu Lizheng left, Huang Zhenzhu thought for a moment, knelt down and said to Tie Dan, "Tie Dan, can you hear what Grandpa Li Zheng said?"
Tiedan nodded in confusion.
Huang Zhenzhu: "Your brother Gu Xiao is a capable person. You must learn knowledge from him. Do you understand?"
Tiedan nodded heavily.
Huang Zhuzhen touched Tiedan's head, "You must listen to your brother Gu Xiao and please him, but you must not make him angry. Do you understand?"
Tiedan nodded obediently again, thinking in his little head, being obedient would make Brother Gu Xiao like him.
In the evening, after Gu Xiao finished teaching his two little Zaizai how to read, he washed up and went to bed. From time to time, he thought about what Nie Qianqian said that night.
He suffered from insomnia.
In the east room, there are also people suffering from insomnia.
But it wasn't Nie Qianqian. Nie Qianqian thought for a moment about how to treat her cheap husband well, and decided to add chicken drumsticks to the rice brought by Gu Xiao tomorrow morning, and then went to sleep peacefully.
It is Liu Yan who suffers from insomnia.
When Gu Xiao was kidnapped into Nie's house, she had always felt guilty for Gu Xiao. No matter how hard her life was in Lao Nie's house, she still wanted to leave half a cake for Gu Xiao. As for Gu Xiao, he looked cold and cold. But after more than three years, Liu Yan could see that Gu Xiao was much stronger than his own men. He was a responsible and responsible man who did his best to protect Liu Yan and Nie Qianqian.
She really regarded Gu Xiao as her own child. She was relieved and excited that Gu Xiao could study and still hope to win the exam.
The next day, Gu Xiao was a little green, but he didn't stay in bed and got up early on time to read and copy books. Nie Qianqian also got up early to practice. After practicing, she cooked meals for Gu Xiao to take to the academy.
She cooked for Gu Xiao. Firstly, she was fulfilling her promise to take good care of Gu Xiao. Secondly, she was teaching her mother how to make new dishes.
Liu Yan was all about Qianqian. She once wondered how Nie Qianqian could do so many weird tricks, but her daughter didn't say anything, so she didn't think much about it or ask any questions.
After the family finished eating, Gu Xiao drove the bullock cart to the county as usual. This time he went directly to Tiande Academy for classes. When Dean Qiu came yesterday, he informed him that he would be sent to the Erudite Class. Although Gu Xiao had no merit Isn't it a joke to ask him to go to Lezhi class while he is still alive? It is equivalent to asking high school students to go to kindergarten to study.
After Gu Xiao left, Nie Qianqian took Liu Yan to go next door to check on the construction progress. The location of the new house is right next to the old house, and it is within the scope of the old Liu family's homestead. In the past few days, the construction has been in full swing every day, and now part of the courtyard wall has been built.
As soon as they left the old house, they saw Huang DaTao, the eldest nephew of Huang Zhenzhu's family, running past the door in a hurry. Liu Yan had a good impression of this kid. He worked hard and would get things done. He said sweetly, "Da Tao, please run slowly." , look at the road."
Da Tao turned around and saw Nie Qianqian and Liu Yan, and said anxiously: "Auntie, something happened at the new house, the courtyard wall collapsed!"
Liu Yan: "What?"
How could it be that the courtyard wall was built in the past two days and had not been exposed to wind or sun yet, so how could it collapse?
The two hurriedly rushed to the new house with Da Tao, and found that the newly built courtyard wall had indeed collapsed. There were more than a dozen workers working on the courtyard wall, and there were four people in the front who were pushing and yelling at each other and swearing at each other. Two of them were Huang Yijin and Huang Yiyin, my aunt's nephews. The other two, whom Nie Qianqian had some impression of, were the two children of the Ma family in the village, Ma Dali and Ma Xiaoli. They were not as old as Nie Qianqian, so the villagers used to call them elders. Horse pony.
Nie Qianqian stepped forward: "What's going on?"
When Huang Yijin and Huang Yiyin saw Liu Yan and Nie Qianqian coming, they became even more arrogant towards Da Ma and Xiao Ma. Huang Yijin spoke first, "Sister Liu, these two workers accidentally knocked down the courtyard wall and were caught on the spot by my brother and I. Now you are still insisting and refusing to admit it, you came just in time to make them pay."
It was Nie Qianqian who asked, but Huang Yijin answered Liu Yan. Huang Yijin is Huang Zhenzhu's younger brother. Although he is younger, he is older than Nie Qianqian. He is Nie Qianqian's elder and is too lazy to reply to Nie Qianqian.
The other two people immediately blushed, and Dama pointed at Huang Yijin, "You are talking nonsense. It was obviously you who pushed us just now, and we bumped into each other."
Huang Yiyin glanced disdainfully at Dama who was speaking, "Don't shirk responsibility. Why are we pushing you?"
Xiao Ma was younger and more excited than Da Ma. His face was red, and he pulled his neck and shouted, "You guys want to be lazy again, and you want to leave today's work to me and my brother!"
