Chapter 464 Wanting to Return to Hometown to Move Graves

Lin Zhiwei quickly shook his head.

"No, what I mean is that Chengrong didn't pass the exam."

Three people won this time: Cheng'an was 46th, Chengju was 12th, and I was 38th. The others didn't win.

Ningbao was overjoyed to hear that both of her older brothers had passed the exam.

"Wow! I'm going to be the scholar's sister from now on."

The youngest, Mu Chengye, did not participate this time. The teacher said that Mu Chengye is only nine years old this year.

You're still young, there's no need to rush to take the imperial examination.

Even if Mu Chengye passes the exam this time, he won't get a good ranking. And even if he doesn't get a good ranking, it's still quite rare for a nine-year-old scholar to be a scholar.

When the time comes, everyone in the surrounding villages will know that the Mu family has a nine-year-old scholar. It's not a good thing for a child to become famous too early when he's still so young.

Mu Chengye's intelligence is beyond doubt, but the Mu family's foundation is weak, and they may not be able to protect his genius.

It would be better to wait a few more years and let Mu Chengye settle down and reflect before going on scientific expeditions.

Master Chen gave Mu Chengye six years later, when he would be 15 years old. Six years was not too late for Mu Chengye.

When the list of successful candidates was announced, officials were to come to their door to deliver the good news. Everyone was so eager to hurry that they quickly tidied up, locked the door, hitched up their carriages, and rushed back to the village.

Upon hearing that both of his grandsons had passed the imperial examinations and become scholars, Mu Dasheng immediately grabbed the paper money he had prepared for visiting the graves and headed outside.

Seeing his actions, Li Guizhi quickly called out to him to stop.

"Old man, what are you doing with those things?"

Mu Dasheng said in a very serious tone,

"Of course I'm going to visit my parents' graves! It must be our ancestors' blessing that two members of our family passed the imperial examinations and became scholars. I must kowtow to them many times today..."

Mu Dasheng said and walked out directly. Li Guizhi watched Mu Dasheng's back with a complicated expression.

A few moments later, Mu Dasheng returned with a dejected look on his face.

"well!

"Look at my brain, I completely forgot that we came here as refugees, and our ancestral graves are all back in our hometown, so there's nowhere to burn paper money."

Li Guizhi sighed softly and took the joss paper from Mu Dasheng's hand.

"Alright, we left back then to save our lives, so our parents and ancestors won't blame us."

If you really want to burn paper money, burn it facing the direction of your home.

The older he gets, the more he seems to care about these things. Mu Dasheng has always been very concerned about his ancestral graves, so he simply stood up and walked out.

"No, I need to go and talk to Dajiang about this..."

Shen Yuzhen stared at her father-in-law's retreating figure, filled with confusion.

"Mother, is Father planning to move his grave in our hometown?"

Li Guizhi sighed softly.

"well!

Maybe it's because he's getting old, but lately your dad keeps dreaming about your grandparents.

He said he deeply regretted not bringing your grandparents' remains with him when he left.

Actually, if you think about it, this is simply impossible. Back then, our family was in dire straits. Your father had a bad leg, and we had a bunch of kids who were in a hurry to escape the famine.

Where would we find the time to carry away corpses?

Even if we brought it with us, we couldn't guarantee it would stay intact, so we didn't dare take the risk at all.

Now that life has settled down, your father has been thinking about going back to move the graves.

“Mother, Father’s thoughts are normal. Not to mention Father, many women in the village are very concerned about their hometown.”