Du Wanchun heard the sound outside the house and quickly turned around and looked outside, only to see Zhou Ruiyuan coming back.
"Ms. sir, how about releasing the results today?" Du Wanchun strode up to him and asked with a smile.
Zhou Ruiyuan stepped forward to support her and replied with a smile: "I won the first place on the list."
Du Wanchun was overjoyed when he heard this, "That's great." ?.?????.???
After saying that, he called Aunt Zhou and the Third Prince in the room: "Mother, Third Uncle, Ruiyuan is in high school!"
After hearing this, Aunt Zhou and the Third Prince's faces were filled with joy, and they turned around and walked towards Zhou Ruiyuan.
"Great, I won the exam this time, and next time I will go to the capital to take the examination." Aunt Zhou said with a smile.
After hearing this, the third prince said with slightly calm eyes: "It is a good thing to win the imperial examination, but it is inevitable that you will meet the emperor during the palace examination..."
After hearing this, Aunt Zhou slowly stopped smiling, "We will meet sooner or later. Ruiyuan has discussed it with us. When the time comes, the emperor may not be able to recognize him when he goes to take part in the imperial examination in disguise."
The third prince looked at Zhou Ruiyuan, thought for a moment, and said, "Don't worry, there will definitely be no problem as long as I'm here."
Zhou Ruiyuan nodded lightly, "Thank you, Third Uncle."
The Third Prince smiled and said, "You don't have to be so polite with me."
After he finished speaking, he took out a lot of books from a box behind him, as well as some fine pens, inks, paper and inkstones.
"Ruiyuan, use these first. If it's not enough, tell me later."
Zhou Ruiyuan took it in his hand and thanked him again: "Uncle San spent the money."
The third prince smiled and said: "It doesn't cost any money. These are all taken from my palace, and they don't cost much money."
Aunt Zhou got up and packed her things, and said, "Okay, you two are hungry. I made some tofu today and I made tofu soup. Come and try it."
The Third Prince's eyes froze after hearing this, "Have you made tofu?"
Aunt Zhou nodded, "Sister Wang has a stone mill at home. She ground some beans at her house and made a big pot of tofu."
As she said this, she turned around and went to the kitchen to bring out the tofu.
The third prince hurriedly chased after him, "I'll come, let me come, you go and rest."
Aunt Zhou had just stepped into the kitchen when she was pushed out by the Third Prince.
The third prince rolled up his sleeves, changed his appearance from the squire just now, and bent down to work.
After the family had dinner, Du Wanchun took out a drawing and said, "Mom, third uncle, I took a look and found that there is a small mound behind our house. Why don't we buy this land and build a new house. "
Aunt Zhou has long wanted to build a new house, but her land is too small.
Aunt Zhou and the Third Prince came over and took a look, "Okay, but this land seems to belong to the Zhu family. I don't know if they can sell it."
Du Wanchun smiled and said, "We'll ask tomorrow."
Aunt Zhou nodded and said, "Okay, let's ask first. If it's for sale, we'll buy it so that we can build a big house."
Du Wanchun nodded lightly.
The Zhu family used to be neighbors of the Chen family, and the hill behind them belonged to them.
But later, the Zhu family's son became a scholar, so the family moved to Cheng'an County, leaving only the vacant land.
It happened that the Zhu family's son also participated in this provincial examination.
Aunt Zhou seemed to have thought of something and asked him: "Ruiyuan, how did the second son of the Zhu family do in the exam this time?"
Zhou Ruiyuan thought for a while and replied: "I remember his name was not on the list."
Aunt Zhou’s face darkened, “Looks like she failed the exam!”
Zhou Ruiyuan nodded lightly, "I met the second son of the Zhu family once in the examination room. He prides himself on his loftiness, so it's normal for him to fail."
Aunt Zhou nodded lightly, "We must be careful what we say when we go to Zhu's house tomorrow."
Du Wanchun understood what she meant and said with a smile: "Mom, don't worry, everything will be fine."
Aunt Zhou's face gradually improved, "I'm not afraid that the Zhu family won't sell the land."
Du Wanchun comforted her and said, "Don't worry, even if they don't sell it, we have other ways."
"Okay." Aunt Zhou responded thoughtfully.
The next day, after lunch, Aunt Zhou and Du Wanchun arrived in Cheng'an County in a carriage.
The Zhu family lives in a small alley.
Du Wanchun and Aunt Zhou parked the carriage at the entrance of the alley, then walked into the alley and arrived at the door of Zhu's house.
Aunt Zhou knocked on the door and said, "Aunt Zhu, are you at home?"
