"Madam, girl, the young master is back!"
Zhao Qian happened to be in the front yard. When he saw the family's ox cart, he quickly ran to the backyard to call for someone. Su Laoer was on the back hillside. After Zhao Qian finished calling, he ran to the back hillside.
The mother and daughter ran from the backyard to the front yard. Su Sheng was getting off the bullock cart, looking dusty.
"Brother, are you back?"
"How did Brother Sheng do in the exam?"
"Mom, do you even need to ask? Just look at the joy on my eldest brother's face, and you will know that he will definitely be admitted as a scholar."
Before Su Sheng could say anything, Su Yu's little mouth was buzzing next to him.
Su Sheng, okay, there’s nothing to say now.
"Your eldest brother has passed the exam. Our ancestral graves are really smoking, and a scholar actually came out."
Mrs. Lian was very excited. Old Su's family used to be farmers. Old Su had escaped from other places. In the second generation of Su's generation, only Old Su was literate. Among the younger generation, Su Chen was the only one who was good at reading. Now he is also I don’t know if she passed the exam, but her son did.
"Brother, is the state capital fun?"
When Su Yu found out that his eldest brother had passed the exam, he started to think about other things.
"Well, it's more lively than Xinglin Town. This is the gift I bought for you."
Su Yu didn't expect that her eldest brother would bring her a gift this time when he went to the state capital.
"I wasn't at home for your thirteenth birthday, so I treated it as a birthday gift to you."
"Thank you, brother."
Su Yu opened the box and took a look. Inside was a silver bracelet, which he estimated to have cost more than ten taels. This time when she went to the state capital, she took fifty taels of silver for her elder brother. Unexpectedly, she spent more than ten taels on her. She took out the bracelet and couldn't wait to put it on her hand.
"Mom, does it look good?"
"It looks good. Fish looks good in anything he wears."
"Mom, I also brought gifts for you and dad."
Mrs. Lian didn't expect that her son would bring gifts to her and the head of the house. She took a wooden box from Su Sheng's hand, opened it and looked at it. It contained a silver hairpin, and the head of the house was given a set of carving knives.
"You have a heart."
"This is what a son should do. Let's come back first. The official will come to the house later to announce the good news."
"Oh! Why didn't you kid tell me earlier? Hurry up."
He turned around and ordered Zhou.
"Ms. Zhou, go and prepare some snacks and tea."
He looked at Su Yu again.
"Yu'er, you can prepare as many red envelopes as you want."
After speaking, he muttered to himself again.
"I can't do it right now. I have to go back to the house and change."
"I know, mother, I'll go get ready right now."
Over the past year or so, Su Yu at home has been able to do without interfering, which can be regarded as training his wife. She is much better than the angry look she had when she first came here, and her whole person has become more relaxed.
Su Yu also quickly ran into the house, changed herself, and then prepared a red envelope.
Su Sheng was standing in the yard. In a blink of an eye, his mother and sister disappeared. He shook his head and went back to his house to change his clothes.
When Zhao Qian went to the back hillside to call Su Laoer back, the officials were already knocking on the door, followed by a bunch of villagers watching the fun.
"Congratulations to Mr. Su and Mrs. Su. Mr. Su is the 81st high school scholar this time."
Although the ranking is a bit lower, it is the ability to be admitted as a scholar. Apart from the first place, there is not much difference between the second place and the last place.
"Please invite some gentlemen. Refreshments have been prepared at home."
As soon as the three officials heard this, they entered the door of Su's house. The old village chief also came this time. The village chief sat beside him. At this moment, Su Laoer would just be silly and happy beside him. He really didn't expect that his son would actually You can really pass the exam to become a scholar.
Su Yu quietly gave the prepared red envelope to her father and motioned for him to give it to the three of them. It would be inappropriate for her to show up in such a lively occasion. Su Laoer and Su Yu had quite a tacit understanding. Su Laoer understood with just one look. He stepped forward with a red seal and gave one to each of the three officials.
"The three poor men also felt happy and bought some tea on the way."
Two of them were the ones who had come to report earlier. Last time Su Sheng passed the exam, a boy student got two taels. When they heard that Su Sheng had passed the exam this time, they quickly grabbed the job and pinched the red in their hands. Feng felt happy, it was a good trip.
The villagers who came to congratulate the family did not prepare anything to eat in advance because they did not know that Su Sheng would be coming today, but Su Yu had it. She usually likes to buy some snacks, but today she emptied her inventory. , all taken out to entertain the villagers in the village. Now that Su Yu has money, the snacks are naturally good. When the villagers ate the snacks in their hands, they couldn't help but sigh in their hearts that the Su family was really different.
After sending away the three official servants, the Su family got busy. Su Sheng was admitted as a scholar, so he had to put a few tables at home. The Su family didn't need to ask for these. Villagers, you move the table and I move the stools, side dishes and other things. Your family will take a handful, my family will take a basket, and soon there will be a pile.
Su Laoer asked Zhao Qian to go directly to Gao Butcher's house to kill the pig. In more than half an hour, the pig was killed and delivered. The pig's head and pig were drained, and the Xu family directly took it to stew it in a pot. Cut and delivered.
On the Su family's side, several women from the village were in charge of cooking dishes for banquets at farmhouses. In just half a day, more than twenty tables were prepared. Everyone who came to congratulate us was invited to have a banquet at home. Taihelou was too busy today, so he asked his clerk to send a congratulatory gift, and Chongbang also asked his younger brother to send a congratulatory gift.
The Su family was bustling until it got dark, and then the villagers left one after another, and the old village chief got drunk. Another scholar was born in Yujia Village, which was originally a great joy. However, the village chief thought of Yu Zheng's father, and he drank too much because of his joy and sorrow. His eldest son carried him back.
Su Yu happily drank two more glasses. She drank the wine she made by herself and hid in her room to drink it with Bai Mo. As a result, she couldn't get up the next morning. When she got up, the sun had already risen. high.
Su Sheng also drank too much last night. When he opened the door in the morning, he looked at Su Yu who was opening the door.
"Brother, good morning. You drank too much last night. I thought I was the only one who drank too much."
"The folks couldn't refuse the toast, so they drank more."
"Brother, you should have a good rest these days. Anyway, the examination will have to wait for three years, so there is no rush at this moment."
"Um."
After Su Yu finished speaking, he put his index finger in his mouth and whistled. He didn't see Erhu coming for a long time, so he went looking for him angrily.
"I don't know where this dead dog went."
Looking at his sister's back, Su Sheng shook his head. Although his sister had grown older, her temper had not changed at all and she was still as fiery as ever.
Life in the Su family is still going on as usual. Except for Su Sheng, Yu Xiucai can no longer teach him. He plans to study in a nearby academy, but has not yet decided which one to go to.
(End of chapter)
