339 Beautiful Brother

That afternoon, the Imperial College held an arithmetic preliminary competition. The top few winners would represent the Imperial College in an arithmetic competition with several famous academies in the capital. By then, the judges would be all masters of mathematics who had achieved great success.

This peace must be participated in.

The bonus is attractive on the one hand, but it's also good to get to know those masters of mathematics. Those people can be said to be the pride of the academic world in the Great Zhou. The Great Zhou values ​​literature, so there's no harm in getting to know these people.

In the afternoon, Sun Sicheng had no choice but to take Tong Miao and Leng Shui to the Marquis' Mansion.

Wang Wei and Mrs. Hou are both at home.

The Crown Prince's wife recovered well, but her wound was still very painful. Sun Sicheng gave her a new prescription. Ruyi went back to the clinic to get the medicine. After taking a bowl of medicine, she felt much better.

The baby has some jaundice, but it's not serious. If you take good care of him, he may get better on his own in three to five days.

Wang Wei asked, "Master, your face is so yellow, can you do it without medicine?"

Sun Sicheng smiled and said, "It's best not to use medicine on such a young child. If the condition doesn't improve after two days, and on the contrary becomes more serious, then boil some medicine for his nurse to drink."

She ordered Tong Miao and the other man to help the Crown Prince's wife change the medicine.

Wang Wei invited Sun Sicheng to sit down and drink tea. When his wife came over, the maid behind her was holding a large tray with two bags of round pearls on it.

"My Lord, the things the Marquis sent back look great. You and Ping An should each get one bag."

Sun Sicheng said hurriedly, "How can that be possible? Pearls are very rare in the Great Zhou Dynasty. Ping An and I cannot accept them. When we returned yesterday, we found out that the Marquis's wife had given us such a big red envelope. We will not return the red envelope. We cannot accept it no matter what."

After leaving the Marquis' Mansion yesterday, Ping'an opened his purse and saw that the Marquis's wife gave each of them a purse of 200 taels. For an operation, this amount of silver was quite a lot.

But for the Marquis's Mansion, the result should have been one corpse and two lives, but because Ping'an and mother and son are alive and well, it can be said that this is a good thing that cannot be bought with money.

The Marquis's wife smiled and said, "My Lord and my youngest son are both in the southeastern sea area now. These things are valuable in places like the capital, but they are also fine in the local area. You must keep them. Hey, why didn't Ping An come today?"

"Madam, Ping An has been signed up by his husband for the Imperial College's arithmetic preliminary competition this afternoon, and he is taking the exam now."

Wang Wei smiled and said, "My nephew admires Ping An so much that he stays at Ping An's house every day."

Of course Sun Sicheng knew the reason, but he didn't want to and couldn't say it. In fact, he didn't want Wang Chufeng to live in Ping'an's house. After all, the second branch of the Jingguo Mansion had caused so much trouble, and they pretended that no one knew about it.

For this, he had asked Ping An to transfer Xiao Wu, Er Qiang and others to the house in the city. How many people were needed to work in the village? Ping An's safety was the most important.

These small accounts cannot be settled.

Madam Hou shook her head and smiled, "Isn't it? My grandson's parents haven't come home yet. He said that he felt lonely living alone and he didn't want to move in with me.

My dear, I really like Ping An, and my son and his wife like him very much too. I want to ask you something, can we let Ping An be their godson and my godson?"

Sun Sicheng was speechless. His father was right.

"That's great. I agree, but I still have to talk to the child about this."

Madam Hou smiled even more: "Of course, of course. Ping An is destined to be with my son and his family, and even more so with the baby. Young Master, we won't hold a third-day bath, but we will definitely invite your family to the full-month banquet."

Sun Sicheng nodded quickly: "I will definitely come to drink at this wedding."

He saw Tong Miao and Leng Shui coming out.

"Madam Hou, Prince Wang, I will take them back and come back tomorrow afternoon to check on them. Don't let the wound get wet, and eat small meals frequently. You must follow our instructions."

Wang Wei nodded: "Of course, of course. We can't be careless at all. I'll take you there."

Ping An will have a preliminary round in the academy in the afternoon. Three people will be drawn from each class, which adds up to more than a hundred people. The preliminary round will select the top ten from these people. Ten days later, which is November 18th, they will participate in the final competition at Jinghua Academy.

Jinghua Academy can be said to be one of the best academies in the capital, and its reputation is not much worse than that of the Imperial College. The Imperial College only accepts people who are above the level of Tongsheng, while Jinghua Academy can accept children who have just entered school, but they have to take exams. It accepts students twice a year in January and August, and the number of students is strictly controlled. It is also a place where many people want to squeeze in.

Zhichen from my teacher's family, and Changyuan and Changzhi from my master's family all studied here.

An hour and a half later, the exam was over.

Just like in a major exam, the papers will be covered and collected on the spot, and the top ten lists will be announced two days later.

Ping An felt quite pleased with himself. The first few questions were just like that. If he paid a little attention he would not make mistakes. After all, those in the preliminaries were all good at math. But the later questions were much more difficult.

The harder it is to have peace, the more we desire it.

Only difficulty can widen the gap between the qualifiers.

"Ping An, how did you do on the exam?"

"Brother Wang." Ping An smiled. Wang Qing also participated in the preliminaries, but he was in the Juren group. After seeing each other again this year, he changed his name from Brother Wang to Brother Wang.

Wang Qing looked at him with a smile, and he looked extremely elegant, like a graceful orchid.

"I think I did well in the exam. I managed to complete the task. I didn't expect you to participate in the competition."

Wang Qing smiled: "I am very interested in arithmetic. If it were anything else, I would not participate."

He is twenty-one years old this year. He got married the year before last. In the spring, his parents and wife returned to their hometown to worship their ancestors and had no plans to come back for the time being. He felt lonely living alone in the capital. Unexpectedly, he saw Ping An again a few months ago.

"Brother Wang, are you living alone at home now? Do you want to move to my house?" Ping An is still very interested in this handsome brother.

Wang Qing's eyes were full of smiles: "I won't go for the time being. You have Huo Zhi and Wang Chufeng at home now. I will stay in your yard during the twelfth lunar month holiday."

Ping An smiled and said, "That's fine. Any time is fine. My husband is now an official. My brother is at my house. I can also ask you some questions you don't understand."

After bidding farewell to Wang Qing, Ping An went to the medical clinic. Unexpectedly, his master was still there at that time.

"Master, are you waiting for me? Are both mother and child okay?"

Sun Sicheng handed him a bag of pearls and said, "This is a gift from the Marquis's wife. You and I each have one bag. Keep it well and give it to your wife in the future."

Ping An thought to himself, giving me a wife is just giving you a daughter, right?

Thinking about it, he smiled and said, "This pearl is really beautiful. Madam Hou is willing to spend it."

Sun Sicheng said: "This bag is only two or three hundred taels of silver. It's not too expensive, but it's in short supply and not as valuable as jade. It's just that women like it."

I stuffed it safely into my schoolbag and saved it for my future wife.

"How did you do on the exam this afternoon?"

Ping An raised the corner of his lips: "Your apprentice is quite good at math, so he will have no problem entering the competition."

Sun Sicheng laughed and said, "Some people are a little too proud. Ping An, let me tell you something. The Crown Prince's wife wants to adopt you as her godson."

Ping An didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Master, how can you recognize a godmother after performing an operation on a woman? I won't dare to do that again. I already have more mothers than others, and if I have many godmothers, I will be too tired to perform the rituals in the future. I won't do it."