However, Lin Yuanqiu felt that one of his good qualities was that he had self-awareness and never longed for things that did not belong to him.
I am lucky to get it, but I am not destined to die. Although I am envious, I am never jealous.
Speaking of which, although it is hard to work on your own, there are many benefits, at least peace of mind.
What's more, in this life, although he didn't want to be a farmer digging in the fields, he never thought about becoming a successful person and becoming a minister.
In this feudal society where the imperial power was as great as the sky, Lin Yuanqiu only wanted "stability".
Seeing that Zhou Zixu's eyes were also full of envy, Lin Yuanqiu couldn't help but smile and said, "Why are you envious? Brother Zhou is also quite a famous teacher, isn't he?"
Lin Yuanqiu was speaking from the bottom of his heart. Compared to him, Zhou Zixu took the provincial examination for the first time and actually passed it in one try. He was really impressive.
Famous teacher?
Zhou Zixu was stunned at first, and then quickly remembered what he and Brother Lin had said about becoming a famous teacher for him.
It seems that as long as they study hard, they can still succeed even if they don't have a famous teacher.
At this time, in a small courtyard in the county town, Mr. Wu Jing was holding the copied list of winners and looking at them one by one.
Although the servant had just informed him about Dejinzhong Jieyuan, when he saw the name at the top of the list, Mr. Wu Jing could not help but raise the corners of his mouth. There was nothing better than his own students getting good grades. What's even more exciting.
However, when Mr. Wu Jing saw the last two names that seemed familiar, he was stunned.
Lin Yuanqiu, Zhou Zixu.
Aren't these the same two children who said they wanted to be famous teachers for themselves when I went to the government school to give lectures three years ago?
I remember that I was planning to pay more attention to them in the future, but things got busy and I forgot about it.
Unexpectedly, in just three years, these two people would now appear on the list, which is really surprising.
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As soon as the four of them returned to the inn, they saw two government servants wearing brand new uniforms standing in the middle of the lobby.
Seeing Lin Yuanqiu and the others, the shopkeeper smiled hurriedly and said to the yamen servant, "Come back, come back, the two masters of the exam are back!"
The fat shopkeeper was excited. He didn't expect that in this year's provincial examination, his inn would actually produce two masters. Today, on the whole street, their Yunlai Inn was probably the most prosperous.
The two yamen servants did not waste any time. They walked forward and handed the posts in their hands to Lin Yuanqiu and Zhou Zixu respectively. Then they bowed their hands and said: "Three days later, the yamen will hold a banquet of deer singing. Lin Juren and Zhou Juren must be on time." join."
Seeing this, Lin Sanzhu and Zhou Xing hurriedly stepped forward, then took out two pieces of broken silver from their pockets and gave them to the two government officials respectively.
The two yamen servants thanked him profusely, and then went back to the yamen to pay errands.
Lin Yuanqiu was aware of the Deer Ming Banquet, which was hosted by the chief examiner and was a special banquet for new imperial examination candidates and internal and external curtain examiners.
Lin Yuanqiu opened the post and looked at it. The time and place of the banquet were written on it, and even the seat number was written down. The arrangement was quite detailed.
Lin Yuanqiu put the post in the book box, and then went to Zhou Zixu's room. In two days, there would be a red scroll of the successful candidate in Gongyuan, and he wanted to ask Zhou Zixu to go over and have a look.
Also, this time, Lin Yuanqiu wanted to go to the bookstore shopkeeper to buy some of the essays like last time.
While Lin Yuanqiu and Zhou Zixu were busy reading the scrolls, the yamen assigned by the yamen to announce the good news had already gone to various places to deliver the good news.
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Xiao Gaoshan Village, the home of Lin Dagui at the west end of the village.
The work in the fields had just been finished, and before he had rested for a few days, Old Lintou started digging a vegetable patch in the backyard again. He planned to plant some radishes so that in winter, they could be eaten pickled or cooked. The bones, yes, and the stewed fish with shredded radish are all pretty good.
As for the way to eat fish stewed with shredded radish, it was my grandson who came up with it. Not to mention, on a cold day, stewing fish in a pot will make your whole body warm and comfortable.
Thinking of his little grandson, Old Lintou counted the days with his fingers.
It stands to reason that today has passed the time for releasing the results, and I don’t know if there is any hope of winning the list this far autumn.
Mrs. Wu brought over a small bamboo basket with a small clay pot filled with water. Seeing the old man's head and face covered with sweat, Wu couldn't help but feel distressed, "It's a hot day, so we can't rest for a few more days. We have to dig in the ground now. Look, the clothes on your back are stuck to you." ”
Old Lintou didn't take it seriously, "What do you know? It's better to dig up the ground while it's hot. This way, you can dry out the insect seeds in the soil. When you plant the radishes, you don't have to worry about insects. .”
The most important thing is that if you have something to do, you won't always think about the results.
Old Lintou felt that he was really greedy. When his grandson first went to school, he thought it would be great if his grandson could be admitted as a boy student. After he passed the exam, he thought that if he could be admitted as a scholar, it would be great. Even better, but when my grandson passed the exam, I began to long for him to pass the exam.
It's really a shameless person.
I don’t even think about it. If it were so easy to take the exam, ambitious people wouldn’t bother to take the exam even once.
Old Lintou was cursing himself in his mind when he heard the old woman beside him excitedly say, "Old man, have you heard the sound of firecrackers?"
Lao Lin was startled, "What's the sound of firecrackers?"
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Chapter 98 Deer Ming Banquet
Old Lin shook his hoe and was about to go out to take a look, when he saw his eldest son running over.
"Dad, there are firecrackers outside. Did our family take the provincial examination in the late autumn?"
Before Lin Dazhu could finish his words, he saw Lin Erzhu, Lin Yuanfeng, and Lin Yuansong running over.
Several people had just been repairing their backpacks in the front yard, and soon it was time to make persimmons again. They had repaired their backpacks so that they could go to the mountains to pick wild persimmons.
Nowadays, in the entire small mountain village, if anyone is sensitive to the sound of firecrackers, there is no one except Lao Lintou's family.
Especially these days, except for the baby who is still sucking milk, there is probably no one in the house who is not pricking up his ears.
When they heard the faint sound of firecrackers, Lin Dazhu and Lin Erzhu wanted to open the courtyard door and run out to take a look. But thinking about the oolong that just happened yesterday, the two of them were embarrassed to do this.
Don't think it would be embarrassing if there were a few fur babies playing and burning bamboo joints.
It turned out that yesterday, several boys from the village were burning bamboo joints in the fields where the rice had just been harvested. The crackling sound at that time made Lao Lintou and others mistakenly think that they were the messengers coming to deliver good news.
After all, on a hot day like this when the food is easy to go rancid, there are almost no wedding celebrations, so it will definitely not be the celebration of a wife or daughter.
But when the family opened the courtyard door and ran excitedly to the village road, they found that there was nothing but a few villagers walking.
When I went to the place where the noise was coming from, I saw a group of children playing with bamboo tubes.
It was impossible to say that this scene was not embarrassing. After all, everyone in the village knew that Yuan Qiu was going to take the provincial examination, and they all knew that they ran out in a hurry. They must have thought that it was the government officials who were delivering the good news.
Therefore, when they heard the sound of firecrackers again, they did not go out anymore. Instead, they put down their backpacks and went directly to the backyard to find Old Lintou and Wu.
The two official messengers who delivered the good news lit a bunch of firecrackers at the entrance of the village, then got on their horses again. Then they whipped their whips and came to the village with a "tap-tat-tat" sound.
The leading yamen officer was the one who had delivered the good news for the hospital examination before.
Although he has not set foot in Xiaogaoshan Village for six years, he still clearly remembers the incident of receiving a few hundred Wen.
So he was working extra hard at this moment. No, after the horse entered the village, he sang loudly with a loud voice, "Congratulations to Lin Yuanqiu, Mr. Lin, for being the 16th in the provincial examination..."
The villagers had been attracted outside the house by the sound of firecrackers just now. Now they saw the officials coming and heard what they shouted clearly, and they suddenly became excited.
Ouch, this is amazing, I passed the examination in Yuanqiu!
Come on, come on, let's go over there and take a look!
As a result, everyone, including Clan Chief Lin who came in a hurry, and several clan elders supported by the younger members of the family, all chased the official's horses this way.
From time to time, incredible voices could be heard from the crowd:
"God, the Dagui family is about to get rich!"
"Isn't that right? This is a master of the exam, and he is much bigger than a scholar."
"Tell me, how does this Yuanqiu boy's head grow? It's so amazing!"
When some members of the Lin clan heard this, they immediately became displeased and said, "What a brat! The official officials call you Master Yuanqiu. Is it possible that you, Zhang Loquat, are more prestigious than the government officials!"
When the middle-aged man named Zhang Loquat heard this, he quickly covered his mouth. How dare he compete with the government?
As for Lao Lintou, the family decided to go outside the courtyard to have a look. Don't let the official messengers come to deliver the good news, and they would be indifferent.
Only a few people walked to the front yard when they heard a "knock-knock-knock" knock on the door.
Before anyone in the courtyard could ask, a loud voice sounded outside the courtyard wall, "Congratulations to Mr. Lin Yuanqiu, your master, for ranking 16th on the provincial examination list!"
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On this day, the small mountain village was more lively than ever.
After the official who announced the good news left, the villagers who came to express their congratulations never stopped.
I heard people say that if you become a civil servant, you can become an official. If that's the case, that would be amazing, my dear, their little mountain village actually has an official.
Therefore, if you don’t want to fawn over now, wait until later.
Several gray-haired clan elders were even more excited and burst into tears. They never thought that they would be able to see the Lin family in such glory in their lifetime. Even if they were asked to close their eyes right now, they would be willing to do so.
As for Patriarch Lin, he is already making arrangements to open an ancestral hall to worship his ancestors tomorrow. In addition to informing his ancestors that they passed the examination in the late autumn, he also has to record such a happy event in the family tree.
Mrs. Wu took some money to Lin Dazhu and asked him to go to the town quickly to buy good wine and food. For such a big happy event, several tables must be set up at home to celebrate.
There are also cakes and fruits, so I have to buy more. According to the situation when I was admitted to the scholar examination, there will definitely be many congratulatory guests coming tomorrow.
As soon as he heard that he was going to town to buy something, Lin Yuanbai acted quickly and quickly went to the stable to get the horse out.
Lin Yuanhuai and Lin Yuanfeng were very skilled in helping to set up the carriage.
The family's carriage was bought last month. It has only been a month, but several people are already driving the carriage very smoothly.
Old Lintou went to the main room in person. Since the clan leader and clan elders were invited to dinner, it was hard not to bring his eldest brother with him.
According to the current situation, Yuan Qiu is very likely to pursue an official career in the future.
Although I don't know whether the reputation of my uncles for being at odds with each other will have any impact on Yuan Qiu's future, I still have to be on guard against what I should be careful about.
As for whether they want to come after calling, it's their business, as long as they don't fall into trouble.
How could Lin Jincai not come? As early as the moment he heard that Lin Yuanqiu had won the exam, he suddenly figured it out.
After all, Yuan Qiu is his grandnephew, and his grandnephew is the master of Juren. As a grandpa, he has a bright face when he goes out.
Also, if you pass the examination, you will be qualified to be an official. When Yuan Qiu becomes an official, he will definitely need his close friends as helpers. Compared to Yuan Feng and the others, his three grandsons are all literate, so they are naturally more suitable to be with Yuan Qiu.
In this way, Wen Yan and the others don't have to pass the exam to be promising.
Compared to Lin Jincai's excitement, Jin, Zhang, and Xu were much more depressed.
