Hearing their mother-in-law ask this question, Mrs. Zhang and Mrs. Xu's eyes suddenly lit up. Yes, they only said that Lin Yuanqiu passed the exam, but they didn't say that their son didn't, so why should they be anxious.
Lin Jincai also thought of this possibility.
Otherwise, how could his two grandsons studying in private schools in the town not be as good as one from the Nian family.
What's more, the master in the private school in the town is a scholar, and Mrs. Wang is just a boy.
The more he thought about it, the more he felt that it must be like this, so Lin Jincai's heart that originally fell to the ground was picked up by himself.
They all say that if you have a good meal, you won't be afraid of being late. Maybe my two grandsons will be ranked much higher than Lin Yuanqiu.
The parents-in-law and sisters-in-law were thinking happily, but the attention of everyone present was no longer on them.
I heard someone say loudly, "Come on, let's go and congratulate Dagui!"
"Yes, let's go to Dagui's house now so that he can give us tea!"
"Oh, I still like tea. You should marry me as a wife! Hahaha..."
Everyone was talking as they walked towards Lin Dagui's house at the west end of the village.
Lin Youzhi and the clan leader followed the crowd with smiles on their faces.
In the originally lively scene, soon only a pair of parents-in-law and two daughters-in-law were left. The four of them looked at me, and then at the entrance of the village.
There has never been a moment so full of anticipation.
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Lin Yuanbai and Lin Yuanhuai were competing with their little playmates to see who could throw stones farther when they saw many people walking towards them.
When Tiedan and Daniu, who were running in front of the crowd, saw Lin Yuanbai and Lin Yuanhuai, they shouted excitedly to them, "Yuanhuai Yuanbai, Gouzi has won the first prize!"
"Who won the first prize in the exam?"
Lin Yuanhuai was confused. Didn't Brother Gouzi go to take the county examination? The one who won the first prize in the county examination was?
Tiedan ran out of breath, "It's Gouzi. Just what Lin Xiucai said, look, now they are going to your house to ask for something good to eat!"
When Daniel heard this, he hurriedly answered, "It's Hey Tea. They just said they wanted to enjoy the Hey Tea. Yuanbai, what is Hey Tea? Is it delicious? Why don't you secretly leave some for the two of us later?" chant."
Having said that, Daniel couldn't help but swallow his saliva.
At this moment, Lin Yuanbai was so surprised that he couldn't care less about what the Heytea was. He saw the little guy shaking all the stones in his pocket to the ground, and then immediately ran home, "Third brother, let's hurry up. Tell grandma to go!”
Yes, they have to go home quickly and tell their grandparents!
After Lin Yuanhuai reacted, he quickly ran home.
But before he could run very far, he suddenly turned around again. No, Brother Gouzi was still studying, so he had to call him home quickly.
At this time, Lin Dagui's house in the west end of the village was a busy scene.
Inside the courtyard wall, Lin Yuanfeng and Lin Yuansong each took an ax and were chopping firewood.
Firewood is the most expensive in winter. After spring, there will not be much firewood left at home.
Therefore, the men in the family were busy going up the mountain to chop wood for several days.
The son was chopping firewood, and the two fathers, Lin Dazhu and Lin Erzhu, naturally helped to carry the firewood. No, the brothers were one-on-one with their son, and each carried all the chopped firewood into the backyard woodshed.
When he built a new house last year, Lao Lintou specially asked someone to build a firewood shed in the backyard, so that no matter it was windy or rainy, he no longer had to worry about the firewood getting wet.
Lin Sanzhu and Lao Lintou were not idle either. At the moment, the father and son were using pine branches to build a chicken coop next to the woodshed, preparing to house a dozen new chickens. As for why they used thorny pine branches , or to prevent weasels, pine branches can sting people, and those things don’t dare to get into the chicken coop.
The men are doing things, and the women in the family also have their own things to do. Feng and Zhou, as well as Liu and Chunmei, are still doing embroidery work.
Chunxiu was nearby helping to wind the thread. She was ten years old after the Chinese New Year, and Mrs. Liu planned to let her learn embroidery from her.
Chunyan and Chuncao, the youngest ones in the family, are helping Wu choose vegetables.
Since several of her daughters-in-law started doing embroidery work, Wu was basically doing all the cooking at home.
"Mom, why don't we cook braised fish tonight? My son is craving for fish."
Lin Sanzhu patted his body with a broom. There were a lot of burrs on the pine branches. If they were not cleaned up, they would soon pierce his flesh, which would be painful.
Mrs. Wu rolled her eyes at her youngest son, pretending that she didn't know why. The only one in the family who liked to eat fish was Gouzi.
The third child is ordering food for his son in a different way. I have never seen a father who dotes on his child so much.
Although she thought so in her heart, Mrs. Wu didn't mean to refuse. These fish were bought during the Chinese New Year. They have been kept in the water tank for so long, and now they have lost a lot of weight. If they don't eat them quickly, they may only be eaten by then. All that's left is the bones.
Wu stood up and was about to take the fence and fish one out of the water tank when she heard a loud bang on the courtyard door, followed by Lin Yuanbai's loud voice, "Master, grandma, open the door quickly, dog." My younger brother has won the first prize in the examination, and the clan leader and many, many people have come to our house!"
Lin Sanzhu has the sharpest ears. It can be said that he pays special attention to anything with the word "gouzi" in it.
No, as soon as he heard that Gouzi had passed the exam, Lin Sanzhu immediately threw away the broom in his hand, ran over and opened the courtyard door.
Old Lintou, Wu, and Lin Dazhu all heard it too. Everyone couldn't believe it. The brat couldn't stop itching and was teasing them, right?
Lin Yuanbai was running out of breath. When he saw his third uncle who came to open the door, he hurriedly said, "Third uncle... Brother Gouzi... is going to be a high official. The clan leader... and many people are coming this way!"
As soon as they heard that many people were coming, the three sisters-in-law in the yard quickly picked up the sewing baskets in front of them and rushed to their respective rooms.
The embroidery that earns one's money must not be looked at by others.
The tribesmen were not slow to arrive. Before Old Lintou and the others could process what Lin Yuanbai said clearly, they heard the noise outside the courtyard, and then there were shouts, "Dagui, your little grandson" Sun is on the list!"
"Dagui, congratulations to your family!"
Before anyone arrives, the sound comes first.
At the same time, Lin Yuanhuai also ran to the clan school. Normally, he would not dare to come here. According to Gouzi, it hurts to hit people with the ruler.
But at this moment, Lin Yuanhuai was so happy that he didn't care about the ruler or not. No, as soon as he lay down on the window sill, a gong-like voice sounded, "Brother Gouzi, you are taking the test." Zhongxian tried, go home quickly!"
He stretched his neck to look for someone while shouting. When he saw Lin Yuanqiu looking this way, Lin Yuanhuai waved his hands hurriedly, "Brother Gouzi, go home quickly, the patriarch and the others are coming to our house!"
Mr. Wang, who was sitting at the top, was stunned for a moment and then came to his senses. He stood up with a "swish" and ran to the door of Banshe, ready to ask questions.
Lin Yuanhuai thought that the master rushed out to beat him, so he quickly ran away with his head in his hands.
Seeing this, Mrs. Wang became anxious, "Hey, why are you running away? I still have something to ask you!"
Lin Yuanhuai didn't want to be fooled. He hummed and waited until he ran under the big camphor tree before he stopped. Then he looked at Mrs. Wang warily, ready to escape at any time.
Seeing that no one was running away, Mrs. Wang breathed a sigh of relief and asked with a smile, "Is it true that you just said you passed the county examination?"
"Of course it's true. I never lie."
Lin Yuanhuai puffed up his chest. He had never lied to anyone before.
After receiving the affirmative answer, Master Wang felt joy beyond words. As a master, there is nothing more exciting than personally teaching a student who has won the exam.
Lin Yuanqiu was naturally very happy to pass the county examination and lamented that his hard work over the past few months was finally in vain.
Also, Lin Yuanqiu felt that the person he should be most grateful to at this time was Master Wang. Without his interpretation of each article, even the accumulation of his previous life would be useless.
Thinking of this, Lin Yuanqiu stood up, walked in front of Master Wang, and bowed deeply, "Thank you, Master!"
Mr. Wang stroked his beard and said with a smile, "It's an honor, it's a blessing!"
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On the way back, Lin Yuanhuai asked the doubts in his heart, "Brother Gouzi, if you pass the county examination, will you be the number one scholar?"
Lin Yuanqiu shook his head, "No way. After the county examination, there will be the government examination. After the government examination, there will be the college examination. Only after passing the scholar and judicial exams can you be qualified to be the top scholar."
Speaking of this, Lin Yuanqiu suddenly remembered that the prefecture examination in April would be immediately after the county examination.
But I didn’t prepare anything.
Also, the patriarch is with grandpa at the moment, so he won't have to decide the government examination for him again.
Thinking of this, Lin Yuanqiu immediately ran home as fast as he could. He had to tell his grandfather that he would not participate in the next government examination.
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Chapter 44 Good News
In fact, Lin Yuanqiu's worries are justified, because he is very aware of his own strength.
He also understood that the reason why he passed the county examination this time was not only because of the decades of knowledge accumulated in his previous life, but also because he had the mind of an adult, so that he could calm down and memorize articles at a young age. Only by taking the trouble to memorize the explanations in the article over and over again can we achieve better learning results in the limited time to prepare for the exam.
The most important point is that Lin Yuanqiu has experience in writing poetry and poetry. Because of this, he is not afraid of the poetry and poetry questions in the county examination.
But the government examination is different from the county examination. In addition to scriptures and poems, the government examination also adds essays and policy theory. Although Lin Yuanqiu has knowledge of these two subjects, he lacks practical practice. In this case, Under the circumstances, if you want to do well in these exams, it is basically impossible.
Therefore, instead of rushing to take the exam, wouldn't it be better to learn everything you need to know and then face the challenge calmly?
He couldn't underestimate the difficulty of the imperial examination just because he was lucky.
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By the time Lin Yuanqiu and Lin Yuanhuai returned home, the villagers had dispersed, and only Patriarch Lin, Lao Lintou, and brother Lin Dazhu were left in the hall.
As for Lin Youzhi, he has already gone back. His family lives in the city, so naturally he cannot miss the closing time of the city gate, otherwise he will have to rest outside the city tonight.
Seeing his son coming back, Lin Sanzhu's eyes just narrowed into smiles. If his clan uncle hadn't still been here, Lin Sanzhu would have definitely picked up his son and spun him around a dozen times.
At this moment, Old Lintou, Lin Dazhu and Lin Erzhu were all smiling, and their hearts were full of hope as never before.
Yes, it is hope. When Gouzi went to school, Lao Lintou and Lin Dazhu had expectations, but after thinking about it carefully, they felt that such expectations were like a mirror in the mirror and not very realistic.
But now, when the real news of winning the lottery was in front of them, they were shocked to realize that it was really possible, that their family really had hope of changing their family.
Patriarch Lin waved to Lin Yuanqiu and said with a smile, "Yuanqiu, hurry up and come to Grandpa!"
Seeing this eight-year-old child again, Patriarch Lin still couldn't believe it. He really didn't expect that a child of such an age could actually pass the county examination.
Patriarch Lin recalled the time when he was in school. At that time, he seemed to have entertained the idea of taking part in the imperial examination, but later, the seniors failed again and again, which finally made him give up the idea.
Patriarch Lin clearly remembers that at that time, the senior students also took the county examination, the first test of the imperial examination.
Unexpectedly, in such a difficult county examination, the little guy in front of me actually passed the test in one attempt.
It's really beyond everyone's expectation.
Thinking about it again, if Lin Yuanqiu passes the government examination, then children at such a young age will definitely be considered rare in these ten miles and eight villages. By then, the Lin family will probably be famous in the entire Hengxi Town.
For Patriarch Lin, there is nothing he looks forward to more than the glory of the Lin clan.
