Sanwazi is very happy these days.
There was no more weird noise in Xiang'er Street. The old master didn't know whether he was frightened by the beating or something else, so he never came here again.
The long-lost tranquility returned to the streets, and the days passed slowly like this.
Sanwazi chops firewood more and more steadily, cooks better and better, reads more and more books, his face is calm, and he no longer looks like a child.
Finally, one afternoon, Shen Yu said, "That's it."
Sanwazi put down the book and blinked.
Shen Yu said: "The children's examination will be held soon, you go and take part."
Sanwazi was shocked when he heard this. Although there is a children's examination every three years before he is qualified to participate in the imperial examination, he is still young now. Shouldn't he study for a few more years to be more confident?
Shen Yu said: "Time should not be used as a bargaining chip in the exam. If you fail this time, it proves that you do not have the talent, then don't study in the future."
Sanwazi saw the gentleman's calm expression and knew that he was not joking this time.
Because the gentleman's expression this time was the same as the last time when he said he wanted to beat the old master. He hit me right away without any ambiguity.
If he fails the exam this time, he probably won't teach him anymore.
When Sanwazi thought about this, he said with a bitter look on his face, "Okay sir."
...
Sanwazi took the children's examination alone. He was the youngest child among all the candidates in Nanhe City.
Until he sat in the examination hall of the children's examination for no reason, he still didn't react.
After a while, he gritted his teeth and looked at the test papers on the table, then picked up the brush and started solving the questions.
The boy was not much taller than the table, and the hand holding the pen was still shaking slightly. Seeing this scene, the Nanhe County magistrate subconsciously showed a faint smile, thinking that he was still too young.
But no one knew that at this moment, a storm had exploded in the young man's heart.
He wasn't shaking because he was nervous.
But because of fear.
Why?
Because he seems to have read these questions before,
...
After the child test was over, Sanwazi returned to Xiang'er Street with a face full of distraught. When she saw her husband still lying in the shop, she slowly calmed down.
But before he could speak, the teacher asked: "Can you remember what you have learned?"
Sanwazi was stunned and said, "Of course I can remember it."
The teacher then asked, "Do you really understand?"
Sanwazi nodded and said, "I understand."
Shen Yu hummed and said, "Now that I understand, it's your own thing."
Sanwazi understood what his husband meant. Although he still found it strange, he felt much calmer inside.
Half a month later, the results of the Tongshi Examination were announced.
Sanwazi became the head of the child examination case and was the youngest child student in history.
Then he had to take the provincial examination, the general examination, and the palace examination.
The premise is that he can go all the way.
Almost instantly, Sanwazi became a celebrity in the entire Nanhe City.
There is an endless stream of people coming to Sanwazi's house every day to visit relatives and friends, which makes Sanwazi's mother, who has always been introverted, both happy and sad.
And in the early morning a few days later, a strange phenomenon occurred.
For these people living in the market, they may not be very clever, but their little cleverness is not bad at all.
How could a young scholar who could teach the youngest child be an ordinary guy?
So the simple shop on Xiang'er Street was filled with people. Most of the middle-aged women were holding the hands of their children and standing in front of the shop with eager and expectant faces.
But from the beginning to the end, the door that has been open all year round has been closed tightly, and it seems that it has no intention of opening again.
Sanwazi stood in the shop, listening to those sounds, but he didn't feel much emotion in his heart.
He had speculated on what rank he would get in the exam from the very beginning. When the result turned out to be what he expected, except for a trace of inevitable surprise, there was nothing more.
Shen Yu looked into the distance and said, "Since you have chosen this path, keep going. There may be confusion and hesitation on the way, but you are not allowed to look back."
This was the first time that Shen Yu spoke so seriously and with a hint of farewell.
Sanwazi nodded seriously and kept these words in mind.
...
Participating in the boy examination is just the beginning. No matter how famous a boy is, he is still a boy.
So Sanwazi decided to take part in the provincial examination.
In the spring of the second year after the provincial examination, Sanwa won the title of Jie Yuan.
In the third year, he was preparing to go to the capital to take part in the examination. On the way, he wrote two letters to his mother and Shen Yu, telling some of his current situation.
In the sixth year, he won the title of Huiyuan in the examination.
In the ninth year, he began to prepare for the palace examination again.
In the tenth year, he won the title of No. 1 Scholar, winning three prizes in a row, and became famous.
With just a few words, time has flown by.
At this moment, Sanwazi is already a middle-aged man who is about to reach his thirties, and he is also a minister of Conglong who will have the opportunity to be named a marquis and prime minister in the capital in the future.
From the perspective of the ignorant boy he once was in Nanhe City, ten years have passed in the blink of an eye.
...
Ten years later, Nanhe City is still so lively. The shopkeepers in the shops on Xiang'er Street are all a bit old-fashioned. Some people have retired and returned to their hometowns, and some have begun to prepare to live out their old lives. Their descendants have taken over the shop. Business.
The only difference is that Sanwazi has now become a figure in the entire Nanhe City that can put a proud look on the faces of every citizen in the city. There are even many prostitutes from the capital, and young ladies came here to pay their respects to the man who just won three yuan in a row. big shot.
As for Sanwazi's mother, she had also been invited by the Shen family into a house surrounded by mountains and rivers, and lived a life that would make countless women jealous.
Only the scholar who once came here still has a young face and a gentle expression. The shops on Xiang'er Street are open, but no one has any luck here anymore.
Shen Yu was outside the shop, looking at the blue sky in silence. Ten years later, he didn't know what he was thinking, and he didn't show any signs of being anxious.
Even as time passed, Shen Yu almost forgot about "going out".
The old and rotten door made a creaking sound.
Outside the door was a burly middle-aged man. He bent slightly, saluted and smiled, "Mr. Shen."
The man's name is Qu Liangzheng, he is the steward of the Shen family, and his cultivation is considered to be top-notch in the entire Nanhe City.
Because of Sanwazi's relationship, the Shen family has given many valuable gifts here in recent years. They once invited Shen Yu to live somewhere else, but they were all rejected by the latter.
"Is something wrong?" Shen Yu asked.
Qu Liangzheng said straight to the point: "My wife would like to ask you to come out and be our young master's husband."
