Lin Sanzhu waved to his son, raised his feet and ran over, and then he was ready to take the exam basket and raincoat.
"Dad, it's up to the son to get the test basket himself." Lin Yuanqiu just handed over the raincoat.
Lin Sanzhu didn't force it. His son was already an adult. As a father, he couldn't take advantage of him and grab everything without explanation.
Besides, he was at the gate of Gongyuan right now. If he, a father, had his hands full, but his tall son was relaxing at the side, others would definitely talk about him.
After a while, Zhou Zixu also left the Gongyuan. Because they were all anxious to go back and wash up, they went home without talking for a while.
Ping An was waiting in the concierge. When he saw the master and the young master coming back, he hurriedly stepped forward to help carry the things.
Lin Sanzhu was naturally satisfied with such cleverness. He wanted to praise him, but when he thought that he was a master, if his servant did a small thing, he would praise him, which seemed unsteady.
Therefore, Lin Sanzhu only smiled and nodded towards Ping An, without saying anything else.
After taking a shower and eating a large bowl of fish fillet porridge, Lin Yuanqiu went back to his room to sleep.
In fact, Lin Yuanqiu really wanted to go to the Qin Mansion first so that he could tell the teacher about his essay about the test. It's a pity that today is not the day for the teacher to have a rest, and we can only wait for a few more days.
Lin Yuanqiu fell into a deep sleep. When he woke up again, it was already midnight and it was already dark.
Before he could get up and light the oil lamp, Lin Sanzhu heard the movement in the room and quickly opened the door and walked in.
Seeing that his son was a little stunned, Lin Sanzhu hurriedly put the oil lamp in his hand on the table, and then reached out to Lin Yuanqiu's forehead. When he found that it was not hot, he felt relieved and said, "Dad, seeing you sleeping so soundly, he couldn't bear to part with you." Call you, how are you? Are you hungry? There is ready-made food in the steamer in the kitchen, it will be still warm at this moment, why don't you go bring it to you now?"
Lin Yuanqiu shook his head, "Wait for your son to get up and go over and eat."
It was so dark that Lin Yuanqiu didn't worry about his father serving food and rice, so he didn't accidentally fall down.
"Why are you up? It's late at night and there's nothing else to do. Wouldn't it be nice to go to bed after dinner?"
With that said, Lin Sanzhu lit another oil lamp, then took it and walked out quickly, "Don't worry, there is a food box for food in the kitchen. Dad can just come here with it."
Unexpectedly, Lin Sanzhu just stepped out and saw Ping An standing on the porch. Perhaps because he was worried that he would startle the master, Ping An even cleared his throat first to let the master know that someone was standing on the porch.
"Master, please go to the kitchen and get the young master's food!"
After that, Ping An turned around and was about to run out.
"Hey, wait a minute!" Lin Sanzhu hurriedly called to stop him, "Here, take the oil lamp with you and watch the road at night. Don't fall."
"Hey!" Ping An took the oil lamp and then went to the kitchen.
Lin Yuanqiu naturally heard the conversation outside, and at the same time he made up his mind to let Ping An stay in the house here.
Everyone likes a servant who has a lively eye. Lin Yuanqiu plans to teach Ping An how to read some words when he has free time, so that he can do something for him.
Lin Yuanqiu didn't listen to his father and sat on the bed to eat dinner. He was not a patient, so there was no way he could eat on the bed. However, he didn't go to the outside room. There was a small round table in the room, which was suitable for eating.
Ping An quickly brought the food over, a plate of steamed sea bass, a plate of plain-cut chicken, a large bowl of tofu soup, and a bowl of fried dried pumpkin.
After sleeping for most of the day, Lin Yuanqiu was already hungry. After his father helped him put the rice in his hands, he started eating.
After eating pancakes for several days in the Gongyuan, the food was not ordinary delicious, not to mention the fish that I like to eat here.
Seeing the dog devouring the delicious food, Lin Sanzhu took a sip of saliva, looked at the pair of bowls and chopsticks Ping An Duo brought, and then, without holding back, he also filled a bowl of rice and started eating.
In the end, the father and son ate all the vegetables and rice, and then they felt their full stomachs and couldn't help but laugh. They hadn't eaten so happily in a long time.
"Dad, why don't you ask your son how he did in the exam?"
"Don't ask, dad will just wait and see the red list directly."
"Dad, what if my son fails the exam this time?"
"If you didn't pass the exam, you didn't pass the exam. Anyway, Gouzi has already let his father live in a big house and become a master."
Lin Sanzhu said that it would be okay if he never took such a tiring exam in the future.
Lin Yuanqiu: "..."
Suddenly he felt that what his father said made sense.
By the way, Lin Yuanqiu suddenly remembered something. Now that we are just two people, isn't it the time to talk about this matter?
However, for safety reasons, Lin Yuanqiu walked out of the house and took a look.
Lin Sanzhu was wondering what his son was doing in the yard at night, when he saw his son return to the house, turn around and close the door.
"Dad, my son wants to tell you something."
Lin Yuanqiu thought about whether to say it directly or more tactfully.
"What's the matter?"
Lin Sanzhu's heart went crazy when he heard his son's sudden serious tone. The brat wouldn't tell him that he wouldn't marry a wife in the future, would he?
Lin Sanzhu had always kept in mind that his son had no idea of marrying a wife. Although his son said he would wait a few years before talking about it, he was nineteen now and he had never mentioned the idea of marrying a wife. Therefore, this was too unfair. Normal.
Lin Yuanqiu naturally didn't know what his father was thinking.
He picked up the oil lamp and walked to the window, then tapped his toes on the ground, "Dad, my son buried money here."
"What! Money! Did you bury the money?"
Lin Sanzhu stood up suddenly, wondering if his ears had heard wrongly.
Yes, Lin Yuanqiu nodded, and then whispered the origin of the silver.
When he heard that the buried silver amounted to twenty-six thousand taels, Lin Sanzhu was so shocked that he almost jumped three feet high.
That night, Lin Sanzhu hardly slept a wink.
So I got a pair of black eyes on the second day, and then I stayed in the room where the money was buried, unwilling to go anywhere else, for fear that the money in the room would be known to others.
Lin Yuanqiu regretted a little. If he had known it earlier, he would have stopped talking about it for the time being.
Fortunately, two days later, Lin Sanzhu returned to normal and said to Lin Yuanqiu, "Gouzi, no matter how much money we have, we will treat it as nothing like this and don't tell anyone."
The origin of this money is not righteous. If others or the government find out about it, my son will probably be in trouble.
Lin Yuanqiu nodded, he would definitely not say. To be honest, if it weren't for his trust in his father, he would definitely keep this matter in his heart.
…
The three-day vacation passed in the blink of an eye, and soon Lin Yuanqiu returned to the Imperial College.
Even though he passed the college entrance examination, as long as he didn't leave the Imperial College, he still had to continue taking the classes he was supposed to take.
It's just that whether he is a teaching assistant or a student, his thoughts during this period are all tied to the list that has not yet been released.
For teaching assistants, they naturally want to know how the students they teach are doing, and the students here refer to those whom the teaching assistants have accepted as their disciples.
As for the students in the Imperial College, apart from busy discussing the examination questions, they were also anxious about whether they could pass the exam this time.
There are many students among them who, while caring about themselves, also analyze other potential classmates.
Especially when I saw the confident faces of those students who usually had excellent knowledge, they even ranked the top ten candidates on the list.
There is no doubt that Huiyuan must be Ding Dejin. Didn't you notice that he has been walking with wind in the past few days? He must have done well in the exam.
Needless to say, Ding Dejin did really well in this examination. After leaving Gongyuan that day, he told all his answers to the teacher. At that time, Mr. Wu Jing directly gave him the word "yes".
This made Ding Dejin very happy, and there was a lot more smile on his originally cold face.
Compared with the "busyness" of his classmates, Lin Yuanqiu's busyness is reflected on the drawing paper.
Now that there is no need to prepare for exams, there is naturally a lot of time for painting. Taking advantage of the free time in the afternoon and evening, Lin Yuanqiu painted a lot of paintings, including single Bodhisattva portraits, five-part Kang screen paintings, and freehand paintings. I also painted some ink landscapes.
When Lin Yuanqiu sent these paintings to Sifangzhai, shopkeeper Zhu was overjoyed.
…
In the busy schedule, time always flies by, and in a blink of an eye, it’s the day when the test results will be released.
Perhaps because there were too many candidates and I was afraid something might happen, this year's results release was very different from the past.
In previous years, all the candidates could go to Gongyuan by themselves, or wait for the good news to arrive at the inn.
But this year, I can only stay in the inn.
A few days ago, the yamen issued a notice that candidates taking the examination were not allowed to go to Gongyuan to check the results. They could only listen to the results nearby.
Lin Yuanqiu could understand the court's approach. There were more than 5,000 people. Not only would there be a stampede due to crowding, but also if there were bad people taking advantage of the chaos, it would be difficult to tell them apart.
This is the capital of one dynasty, no matter how cautious you are, you should be cautious.
Unlike other scholars who waited for the good news in an inn or at home, the place where the students of the Imperial College waited for the good news was in the Imperial College.
At three o'clock in the morning, there were many guards under martial law on the Pengcheng Road leading to Gongyuan.
The Imperial Academy was not far from Gongyuan. As soon as the clock arrived, the students waiting at the Taixue Gate heard the sound of cannons.
"Is this the beginning of the release of the rankings?"
A soft murmur from the crowd made everyone's hearts suddenly rise to their throats.
The same goes for Lin Yuanqiu. His heart is pounding at this moment. Han Chuang has been studying hard for more than ten years. Today is the moment to decide his own destiny. How can he be calm?
Compared to Lin Yuanqiu and the others, the teaching assistants sitting opposite were a little more calm.
After a while, everyone saw Master Jijiu and Master Siye coming this way, and heard the sound of the cannon being released.
All the students hurriedly bowed and saluted.
There is also a Jixian Gate in front of the Taixue Gate. When everyone stood up straight and was about to sigh and offer sacrifices to the wine master, he also came to listen to the list, when he heard the sound of running in front of him.
Are you here to deliver good news?
Everyone looked up and saw an official in soap uniform rushing in to Jixian Gate.
Perhaps to highlight that today was a happy day, Lin Yuanqiu saw that the official uniform was still brand new.
After passing Jixian Gate, the official held up the good news in his hand and shouted loudly, "Good news, good news, congratulations to Mr. Zhang Chengyong for winning the 278th place in the examination!"
The audition list is sung from back to front. Judging from the ranking, it seems that there are less than 300 people on the list for this year's audition.
Corresponding to the shouts of the officials, there was an exclamation from the crowd, and then Lin Yuanqiu saw a middle-aged student in his mid-thirties walking out with a happy face.
When the official saw this, he hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Congratulations to Mr. Zhang, little one!"
Upon hearing this, "Mr. Zhang" was excited and quickly handed over the piece of broken silver that still had body temperature in his lapel.
This was only a tael of silver, and the official was immediately overjoyed. After thanking him repeatedly, he ran back happily. This is an errand for which you can get a reward of silver, so naturally you have to grab a few more.
Before the envious eyes of the students had dissipated, they heard the official's loud voice of congratulations, "Good news, good news, congratulations to Mr. Wang Zhihuan for winning the 264th place in the examination!"
