Time flies, and it’s another year of provincial examination.
Xie Rongzhao is fifteen years old.
Xie Ronghui sat in the study with a nervous look on his face. The results were released today. He was not sure whether he would be on the list. He did not want to see the disappointed eyes of his father and wife, so he hid in the study alone.
Early in the morning, Liu Ruolan sent someone to guard the place, but it was useless to go there earlier than the time when the results were released.
Chen Jiaojiao was sitting in the main hall at this time, holding a little baby in her arms and making babbling sounds.
Xie Rongzhao saw the little baby as soon as he came in. He hurriedly saluted his mother and went to hug his niece.
Chen Jiaojiao gave birth to a daughter for the first time. She was originally worried that her mother and husband would be unhappy, but she felt more relaxed when she noticed that they didn't mean to blame her.
Liu Ruolan was a daughter herself, so she would naturally not force her daughter-in-law to do something she didn't want to do.
After Chen Jiaojiao married into the Xie family, she never listened to her mother-in-law's requests for her child, let alone took the initiative to put people in the younger generation's room. For this reason, Chen Jiaojiao was sincerely filial to her mother-in-law.
Compared with her sisters, Chen Jiaojiao feels that she is the most comfortable to marry.
Her husband-in-law's house is clean, and she takes care of everything in the house. Her husband-in-law never asks too much, and even her mother-in-law never interferes with their yard affairs. Her daily food and clothing expenses are not bad, whether it is monthly or monthly. There is nothing wrong with money or other subsidies. What could be more comfortable than now?
She used to think that after she got married, if her husband was tired of her, or if she was pregnant and couldn't serve him, she would just have two wives.
Mrs. Chen had taught her more than once that she should try not to bring in women from outside as it was difficult to handle and it would be easy for her to have little thoughts.
So Chen Jiaojiao has long been thinking about the candidates for marriage.
I just didn't expect it and never used it.
Of the two maids she had taken as a dowry when she got married, one was promised to a steward of the Xie Mansion, and the other was released from the bond of prostitution by her and allowed her to return to her hometown to get married.
Nowadays, the eldest maids he brings up next to him are all girls he purchased after entering the Xie Mansion. They are not very old, but they are already very careful in their work.
Chen Jiaojiao had observed it and found that her husband had no intention of falling in love with any girl, so she felt at ease and acted like a real lady. She didn't know how many people envied her behind her back.
She knew her husband was nervous when the results were released today, but she was also nervous.
She didn't pass the exam last time, and she didn't know if she would pass this year. Chen Jiaojiao was still a little panicked.
"Auntie, have you sent someone to see the list?"
"We sent them out early in the morning. We have to wait. It's my fault that your father is so stubborn. I told him to help find out the rankings, but he refused to listen. He also said that it would be easy to attract criticism and avoid hiding. It’s quite clean!”
Chen Jiaojiao smiled and said, "Don't say that, mother. Father really wants to avoid suspicion. Since the spring of this year, father has been deliberately keeping away from the adults in the Ministry of Rites, just for fear that something bad for our Xie family's reputation will be spread again. It’s been so long, if my father can’t bear it now, wouldn’t all the previous efforts have been wasted?”
Liu Ruolan glared at her angrily: "You all have the same heart as him. Humph, I don't think about how busy he is from morning to night. I can't see him even a few times in a month, let alone you?" "
Xie Rongzhao agreed with this, "My father has been really busy lately. Haven't all the border trade matters been taken care of? Why are you still so busy?"
"My father is the Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, so there are naturally a lot of things, big and small. It's no wonder that we can't help."
Xie Rongzhao smiled and said: "Sister-in-law, don't be impatient. When my eldest brother becomes an official later, you will be able to help."
Chen Jiaojiao blushed and glared at her: "You're making fun of me again!"
A few people had a good fight, Xie Rongzhao hugged his little niece and teased her for a few words, while Xie Ronlang and others were waiting outside to come and say hello.
We are all a family, there is nothing to avoid, since the elders are here anyway.
In a short time, the room would be packed.
"Aniang, my palms are sweating. My eldest brother is taking the provincial examination, and I am more nervous than him."
Xie Rongzhao exposed him: "Why are you nervous? The exam is over! You are a big-hearted person. When you took the college exam, you even took one less pen with you. Thanks to my mother-in-law, she checked it again. I asked you to send your eldest brother off. It's good for you about the exam. You drank too much on the first day. It's a good thing that my father didn't know about it, otherwise I would have punished you by copying the book hundreds of times!"
Xie Ronglang said flatteringly: "Sister, I was wrong. Can you please stop talking?"
His appearance made everyone laugh again.
Xie Rongen is dressed like a military general. Now that he has entered Zuo Xiaowei Camp, he is already a seventh-rank deputy lieutenant.
"Okay, stop bickering. It's rare for you all to take a break today. Regardless of whether Brother Hui passes the exam today, we will have fun together at noon."
After finishing speaking, Liu Ruolan looked at Chen Jiaojiao: "Go and tell the kitchen to prepare the roast duck and braised chicken that the children like, as well as our Shiro's favorite mutton."
"Yes, mother, my daughter-in-law will go right away."
Chen Jiaojiao is not at all worried about the child being with her mother.
Xie Ronlang sat for a while longer, thinking about the journey in his mind: "Brothers, let's wait in the front yard. Once there is news, we will report it to mother immediately. There are so many of us, and we don't dare to look up when we look at our little niece. ”
The little baby is young and simply recognizes life.
These uncles don't come back often, and the little kid has a poor memory. Every time he sees them, he has to hide for a while before he wants to look at them.
Xie Ronlang is very talented and young, but this year he has become a scholar. He is a real celebrity and a fifteen-year-old boy is rare.
I don't know since when, he has become the leader among this group of brothers, but no one else should do anything he decides.
As soon as he opened his mouth, several others stood up and left, and Liu Ruolan ordered Gu to prepare some small pear soup for them.
Waiting is the hardest thing.
Especially for Xie Ronghui, this is his second provincial examination. If he fails, he will have to wait another three years.
Xie Ronghui is not in a hurry to become an official, but in the capital, it is obviously not enough to have a scholar's reputation. Moreover, his father now holds the position of Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs. As the nominal eldest son, he is unable to study for fear of falling into the trap of his father again. Talent name.
This year he, like Cheng Jingzhou, will take part in the provincial examination. He is sure that Cheng Jingzhou will win. After all, he received praise from several gentlemen three years ago. If Cheng Jingzhou wins this time and he fails, there will inevitably be a psychological gap.
What Xie Ronghui thinks about is not only his own face, but more importantly, if he fails, he will always feel short of breath when he protects the baby in the future. (End of chapter)
