Chapter 265 Chapter 265 Results

When Xu Yunfan fell asleep, the invigilators in the examination room looked at each other in surprise.

No, is this person here to take an exam or to take a nap?

Look at the other candidates, then look at him. There is really no harm without comparison, but sleeping is not cheating. Even if they don't like it, they can't kick him out.

Some candidates who still managed to look up in the midst of their busy schedules felt a pang of annoyance when they saw Xu Yunfan sleeping soundly.

People like this are bound to fail the exam.

Xu Yunfan felt more and more sleepy the more he slept. His whole body ached from sleeping, and it was already noon when he woke up.

It's noon, time to eat lunch. Man is iron and rice is steel. If you don't eat a meal, you will feel hungry.

Xu Yunfan took the steamed buns out of the basket in a leisurely manner, ate three of them slowly, and then drank some water. After he was full, he lazily took out the collected test papers.

Seeing this, several invigilators almost laughed out of anger.

I have been an invigilator for more than ten years, but I have never seen a candidate so calm and composed. It was quite surprising and I felt anxious for him.

After the college entrance examination, Xu Yunfan breathed a sigh of relief. When he walked out of the examination room, as expected, Qin Run was waiting outside the examination room as usual.

"Yunfan!" Qin Run shouted and ran over with Xiaobao and the other two. Seeing this, Fang Zixi hurriedly followed and the few of them stayed together for a while.

"Why are you here too, Brother Fang?"

Fang Zixi smiled embarrassedly: "Of course I have to come and see you while you're taking the exam." Big Brother Xu Yunfan wasn't around, so it wouldn't be right for him not to come.

As for how Xu Yunfan did in the exam, Fang Zixi didn't ask, and Qin Run didn't ask either, so he naturally didn't dare to say anything.

Qin Run: "Originally, Daddy and a few grandpas wanted to come over, but I didn't let them because too many people knew them."

If all of them came over, given the identities of the Qin family members, Xu Yunfan would probably be targeted by more people.

It is true that Xu Yunfan said that he was well-read, knowledgeable and talented, but the exams overseas were different from those in the Great Yan Dynasty. If he did not perform well in the exam, the entire Qin family would come, and if he failed, Xu Yunfan would be so embarrassed.

Xu Yunfan scratched his head. "It's just an exam, there's no need to make such a big fuss about it."

Fang Zixi picked up Xiaobao and suggested, "Let's go, the college entrance examination is over today, let's go have a good meal."

The weather in early April was neither too hot nor too cold. Xu Yunfan, who hadn't washed properly for a few days, couldn't stand his slovenly appearance and went to a restaurant with his two brothers to eat. "Let's go back first. I want to wash myself properly first."

Knowing that Xu Yunfan likes cleanliness, Qin Run suggested: "How about we go buy some ingredients and I cook tonight?"

"Okay, okay, Uncle Qin's cooking is delicious. Xiaobao can eat lots of meat every time and also have a big bowl of rice." Xiaobao was the first to agree with Qin Run's suggestion.

When Qin Run and Fang Zixi were with him, in order to distinguish them, Xiaobao would usually call Qin Run "Daddy Qin" and Fang Zixi "Daddy".

Fang Zixi had no opinion on this, or rather, she didn't care.

He knew very well that if Qin Run had not brought Xiaobao back, he would not know whether he could see Xiaobao now. So, what was wrong with Xiaobao calling someone "Daddy"?

Besides, in terms of seniority, Qin Run is still Xiaobao's uncle.

Fang Zixi immediately said that it was no problem. "Then I'll go buy groceries with you. Yunfan, you take the kids back first."

"Okay." Xu Yunfan still relied on Qin An and Qin Mu to light the fire for him.

Qin Run prepared a large table of delicious dishes, Fang Zixi helped out, Qin An and Qin Mu were in charge of watching the fire and serving the dishes, and Xiaobao was also not idle, as he was responsible for arranging the stools.

By the time Xu Yunfan went to call Lord Qin and the others over, the last dish was just coming out of the pot.

There were a lot of dishes on the table, including squirrel fish, braised pork belly, sweet and sour pork tenderloin, braised spareribs, big plate chicken, lemon duck, old chicken stewed with dried mushrooms, braised pork, plus two simple stir-fried vegetables, ten dishes in total, which meant perfection.

Seeing the colorful and delicious food on the table, the Qin family couldn't help but feel hungry. They asked Qin Run and Fang Zixi to sit down quickly. Lord Qin poured Fang Zixi a bowl of soup and said, "You have worked hard to prepare so many dishes. We are all family. Just eat whatever you want."

They had never eaten dishes like braised pork and sweet and sour pork tenderloin before. Recently, a few chefs came to Yunrun Restaurant from nowhere. I heard that they can cook many dishes, such as braised pork, spicy chicken wings, spicy chicken, etc. In short, when it comes to meal time, there are always many people crowding in.

The Qin family had naturally heard of it. They all had gold cards for Yunrun Restaurant. They had just eaten there yesterday and it was indeed delicious.

However, even if the restaurant was opened by Qin Run, the whole family would feel embarrassed to eat there every meal.

Seeing a large table of delicious food tonight, everyone was naturally happy. Seeing that the Qin family liked it, Fang Zixi couldn't help but say: "These are all made by Run Ge'er. My cooking skills are not even half as good as his. I have never heard of these dishes. Run Ge'er must have worked hard."

Several people were being polite to each other. Xiaobao's arms were too short to pick up any food, so he could only shake Xu Yunfan's hand and say, "Father, Xiaobao wants to eat chicken."

"Oh, father will pick up some chicken legs for you to eat." Xu Yunfan held a piece of chicken in his hand. When Xiaobao reached out to grab it, he lifted it up in a mean way. When Xiaobao stood on tiptoe to reach it again, he lifted it up again. When Xiaobao was about to put his hand down, Xu Yunfan put the meat down a little more. As soon as Xiaobao stretched out his hand, he immediately lifted it up. He did this back and forth, actually teasing Xiaobao like a kitten. Seeing Xiaobao's anxious look when he couldn't get the meat, he couldn't help laughing.

Qin Run touched Xu Yunfan, hinting that he should stop teasing other people's sons in front of Fang Zixi.

Xu Yunfan smiled and his eyes fell on Fang Zixi, but Fang Zixi was so busy eating that she didn't even look at Xiaobao.

Anyway, Xiaobao will tell you when he is hungry and what he wants to eat, so he doesn't need to be looked after all the time. While Fang Zixi is busy in the kitchen, she helps out and gets hungry just by smelling the delicious food.

The Qin family does not have the habit of not talking while eating. As the only civil servant among the Qin family men, Qin Kun naturally has to ask about Xu Yunfan's college entrance examination results.

"Yunfan, is this college entrance examination difficult? Are you confident?" What Qin Kun meant by "confidence" was nothing more than whether he could make the list, instead of asking Xu Yunfan whether he was confident of getting the first place.

Xu Yunfan said shamelessly: "It's not difficult at all. Don't worry, as long as the person in charge of grading the papers doesn't make things difficult for me, I will definitely not fail."

Qin Kun almost choked when he heard this, but he didn't know that if it were in the Xu family, when Xu Yunfan participated in the International Mathematical Olympiad and other competitions in the past, if Grandpa Xu and other Xu family members asked him this question, Xu Yunfan would definitely say that it was just the first place, which was just something he had already pocketed. Now he has spoken much more modestly.

In fact, the people sitting here thought the same as the other candidates. After all, few people are good at all things.

Xu Yunfan's confident words made Lord Qin and the others smile awkwardly. Second Lord Qin said thoughtfully, "I heard that the students from the Imperial College have also made their debut this year. The competition is going to be fierce."

"Candidates from the Imperial College?" Xu Yunfan didn't pay attention to these things, but after thinking about it, he understood that the candidates from this top academy were naturally different.

Qin Qian ate three pieces of braised pork belly in a row, looking very satisfied. "Yeah, this is nothing. The competition will be really fierce when the provincial examination comes."

Xu Yunfan also picked up a piece of braised pork and put it in Qin Run's bowl, then smiled sweetly at the person who turned around and looked at him.

The braised pork belly made by Qin Run was made of pork belly. The top layer was a bit fat, and Xu Yunfan couldn't eat it. Qin Run immediately understood and cut off the fat on top, then put the lean meat into Xu Yunfan's bowl.

Qin Feiyu, who was sitting opposite, saw this and secretly sighed that this child really looked like him.

Xu Yunfan couldn't drink alcohol, but he could drink juice. Qin Qian and Qin Kun took the white wine, and he took the juice. Qin Qian and the others just smiled at this. They were all family, so there was no need to drink.

Dinner took half an hour. Afterwards, everyone washed up and went back to their rooms to rest. However, Xu Yunfan seemed a little excited tonight. He tossed and turned several times until Qin Run held him down and he closed his eyes and fell asleep.

The next day, Xu Yunfan got up early in the morning, found a few baskets in the woodshed, hung them on the front of his bicycle, and called Xiaobao and the others one by one, "Get up, get up, little lazy pigs, get up quickly. Today, your father will take you to pick wild vegetables."

This season is the time to eat thunder god root. Xu Yunfan loves to eat wild vegetables. Maybe this is one of the secrets of the rich to stay healthy.

The last time he went to the farm, he saw some growing by the roadside, but unfortunately they were still small. After a few days, they would be edible.

Qin Run packed a few buns for Xu Yunfan to take away. He knew that Xu Yunfan loved to look for wild vegetables. He did the same in Dali Village before. He would look for chicken mushrooms all over the mountains and didn't want to come back even when it got dark. Even in his dreams, he would dream of chicken mushrooms.

Xu Yunfan took the buns, stepped on the pedal of the bicycle, and after the three little ones sat down, he ran away.

Fang Zixi came out and looked around, "Yunfan and the others have gone out?" He was cleaning the toilet just now and was too embarrassed to call for help.

"Well, is there something wrong, Brother Fang?"

Fang Zixi slapped her thigh and said, "Today is the day when the results of the Master's Competition are announced. Oh, why is he out?"

"What?" Qin Run exclaimed. He didn't know any of this and had forgotten to ask Lord Qin and the others. He was also busy with the payment to the Food City recently and had completely forgotten about the Master Competition. "Then... where should we go to see the list?"

"I'll take you there. Let's go. We have to hurry, otherwise we won't be able to get a good spot later." Fang Zixi didn't know that Xu Yunfan had not even had time to exercise in order to dig wild vegetables, and had run away early in the morning, otherwise he wouldn't have gone to squat in this pit first.

Fang Zixi and Qin Run hurried as fast as they could, and when they arrived at the place where the red list was posted, it was already crowded with people.

The teahouse across the street was even more crowded. Qin Run was stunned when he saw this. "Brother Fang, there are so many people. Aren't there only a few hundred teachers in the Teacher Competition?"

"Yeah, but who doesn't want to watch the excitement, let alone such a big excitement." Fang Zixi thought to himself, some people in the capital are busy all day long, and naturally there are also those who do nothing and idle away their time every day.

Qin Run and Fang Zixi couldn't squeeze forward. Even standing on tiptoe outside, they couldn't see what was ahead. "What should we do?"

"Brother Fang, don't worry. The list is right there. We can't escape it. We can wait until everyone else has finished reading it before we go to read it."

How could Fang Zixi wait any longer? There were hundreds of teachers' results to look at, and some might take several quarters of an hour to review. With so many teachers waiting, when would it be their turn?

Suddenly, the crowd became restless. "Look, the police are coming. Look!"

"Finally here! Oh my! I've been waiting for half an hour! My legs are almost numb."

"You've only been here for half an hour, but I've been waiting for more than half an hour. I almost suffocated to death." The man who spoke was relatively short and was squeezed between several tall men. He felt like he was in darkness.

Qin Run couldn't help but sigh when he heard this. These people were really amazing. They were willing to even throw their lives away just to join in the fun.

When a few officers arrived, the people in front automatically made way for them without any need to shout.

"So excited! Who will be the top of this Master's Competition?"

"I don't know, could it be that handsome young master?"

Who is this person talking about? Just by hearing the words "handsome" and "young master", you can know who he is referring to.

"That's unlikely. Although the young master is very good at arithmetic, he may not be good at written examinations. I think the masters in the Imperial College are more likely."

"What a coincidence! I thought the same thing, so I bet on Master Qian from the Imperial College."

"Me too. Hey, brother, you're the same as me. Is this the same thing as what you saw?"

"Great minds think alike."

"Yes, yes, that's exactly what I said. I bet a tael of silver on it."

Qin Run was confused by what he heard. Just when he was about to ask Fang Zixi beside him, he turned around and saw Fang Zixi's eyes were as bright as a mouse's. "Brother Fang?"

"Run'er, how much silver do you have on you? Come on, let's go and bet some." There was something Fang Zixi would never do in the past, but today is completely different.

Now he has a son to support and his brother-in-law's family. Who would complain that the money is too much?

Qin Run followed Fang Zixi to place the bet, and each of them took out their receipts. Suddenly, the crowd on the other side burst into shocking cheers.

Before they could pay attention, Fang Peihong appeared from nowhere, with messy hair and looking very embarrassed.

When Fang Peihong saw Qin Run and the others, he asked anxiously, "What are you still doing here? Go back and boil some water and buy some tea. The Grand Secretary will be here soon."

Fang Zixi's eyes widened, a bit unable to react. He shouldn't have made such a common sense mistake. Wasn't this too shocking? He said stupidly, "Why?"

Fang Peihong slapped his thigh and said, "Yun Fan got first place in the exam. What are you doing? Go back quickly. Hurry up."

Early in the morning, Fang's mother got up early. Their Fang family was closer to the place where the red list was posted, while the Qin family was farther away. The young man was probably forgetful, so Fang's mother was very worried. She woke up the three brothers of the Fang family early and asked them to go over and wait.

Look, before dawn, the three brothers were already squatting on the ground, yawning and waiting.

In fact, Fang's mother could have asked someone to come and keep an eye on this matter, but few of the Fang family's servants knew where Xu Yunfan lived.

Lord Qin and Second Lord Qin had called the steward to set off early. When the steward arrived, he met up with the three brothers of the Fang family. After seeing the red list, Fang Peizhou immediately went to buy tea, Fang Peihao was responsible for reporting back to the Fang family, and Steward Qin naturally rushed back to the Qin Mansion to report.

It's incredible.

Xu Yunfan is actually so powerful.

"Oh my god, is this true? The first place winner is actually Master Xu Yunfan from Qingfeng Academy. Isn't this Master Xu?"

"Yes, it's him." The official in charge of posting the list was very excited. "Look carefully, not only did he get first place, but Master Xu's total score was unprecedentedly high."

After dropping a heavy bombshell, the officers saw the men in front of them were dumbfounded with shock, and they went back satisfied.

The crowd exploded!

"It's incredible! Let me see. Oh my god, this young man is really amazing. He actually scored 1,162 points. Oh my god..." The man who spoke felt dizzy for a moment and wondered if he was dazzled.

Soon, the exclamations of the people around him clearly told him that no, he was not mistaken.

Looking behind Xu Yunfan's name, under the final total score, it clearly said one thousand one hundred and sixty-two.

If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I'm afraid no one would believe it if I told them.

What does one thousand one hundred and sixty-two points mean?

He won the first place in the Master's Competition and stood out. Now he is a high-ranking official. The man who also came from a master's family only scored a thousand or so points. Even so, there are always legends about him in relation to the Master's Competition or anything related to this matter.

Others scored over 1,000 points and reached that position in less than ten years, but now Xu Yunfan scored 1,162 points!

They also heard that Xu Yunfan did not take the "Poetry" test during the interview for the Ba Ya exam, so were the 38 points lost there?

In that case, didn’t Xu Yunfan get full marks in the written test?

I dare not think about it!

I really can’t imagine it!

Let’s look at the second place. Wow, the second place on the red list is from the Imperial College, that is, Master Qian who was just favored. His total score is 827 points.

Damn it.

Who would believe this if I told them?

The difference between the first and second place is three hundred and thirty-five points!

It's not a difference of thirty-five points, nor a difference of over one hundred and thirty points, but a difference of over three hundred points!!

I still remember that in the last teacher's competition, the first place was only over 900 points, and the first and second place were only a few points apart. It was the same in previous teacher's competitions. In that teacher's competition, the first place scored over 1,000 points, and the second place also scored over 990 points, and the difference between the two was not much.

I heard that this year's teacher's examination was extremely difficult. The test questions have been leaked, and many teachers shook their heads after seeing them. Even the adult who scored over 1,000 points came out in person to confirm that this year's questions, whether written or interview, were indeed much more difficult than the ones he took back then. Teachers from several key academies in the capital even specially organized a small competition, and the best score was only 500 or 600 points.

It is precisely because of the confirmation of the masters that so many people came to join in the fun of today's red list. They want to know how big the gap is between the masters who can participate in the masters' competition and the masters who will participate in the competition in the future.

Excluding the first place, the scores of the second to tenth places all hovered around 800. There was a big gap after the eleventh place. The total score of the eleventh place was 791. This shows that these teachers are indeed capable. It also proves that the difficulty of this year's teacher competition is indeed not small.

That being the case, the question arises.

You say it's difficult, but how did Xu Yunfan score over a thousand points? He almost got a perfect score?

You say it's difficult, but an eighteen-year-old young teacher scored more than a thousand points?

Some people find it hard to believe that a teacher from the Imperial College is not as good as a teacher from Qingfeng Academy.

After hearing these mumblings, some people started to retort, saying they didn't believe it. I didn't want to believe it either, but the person just scored over a thousand points.

That's impossible. Xu Yunfan is so young, how could he be better than other masters?

It’s impossible, it’s really impossible, but he still scored over a thousand points.

In short, some people find it unbelievable, but Xu Yunfan's score is clearly written on the red list, in black and red paper, posted by the official himself, you can't help but believe it.

Not to mention that the people who came to see the list were shocked, even the Fang, Qin, Xiao and other families were almost dizzy when they learned that Xu Yunfan not only got first place, but also scored more than 1,000 points, far exceeding the second place by more than 300 points.

Old Master Xiao, Su Yan and others knew about this. They walked back and forth in the living room, unable to swallow this humiliation.

If they had acknowledged Qin Run, would they still be running around in circles? He had gone out this morning, so they had to celebrate tonight. What about now?

It’s infuriating. So infuriating.

Several people were so angry that they couldn't swallow it. They could only scold Xiao Hengzhi for being incompetent. It had been so long and he still hadn't dealt with all the people who tried to assassinate him. Xiao Hengzhi was scolded so hard that he couldn't even lift his head.

He is suffering too!

Maybe he has been scolded too much recently. Old Madam Xiao and Old General Xiao scold him every now and then, and he is numb. Xiao Hengzhi didn't feel any pain in the previous few times, but now he feels aggrieved.

His brother and son-in-law are so powerful. If the two families had known each other, he would have made a big fuss by now and would have hosted a banquet for relatives and friends to show off. But now he can only watch with envy.

Fang Peihong followed Fang Zixi and Qin Run back home. When he learned that Xu Yunfan had gone out of town to look for wild vegetables, Fang Peihong nearly vomited blood. "What? He's out of town? No, Zixi, didn't you tell him that the results were announced today?"

Fang Zixi, who was being questioned, lowered his head and was embarrassed to tell Fang Peihong that he remembered, but who knew that Xu Yunfan was so obsessed with digging wild vegetables that he even skipped his daily exercises and ran away early in the morning. He had just finished digging the five grains and came out without even seeing a shadow of a person.

Fang Peihong didn't have time to say anything else, he just asked Fang Zixi and the others to go back quickly, otherwise it would be inappropriate for the Grand Secretary of the Hanlin Academy to come in person and no one would be at home.

Half an hour later, Fang Peihong rode his horse so fast that his butt was sore. He finally arrived outside the city. Fang Peihong had to slow down and pay attention to his surroundings while moving forward. Soon, he found Xu Yunfan and his three children digging wild vegetables in a weed field.

Fang Peihong immediately shouted, "Yunfan, hurry back. The results will be announced today, and you got first place. The Grand Secretary will come to visit you personally."

Hearing someone calling him, Xu Yunfan turned his head in the midst of his busy schedule and found that it was Fang Peihong. He then stood up and waved, "Second brother-in-law, you're here. Come quickly. There are so many wild vegetables here, and they are still very tender. I can't dig them all up."

Xu Yunfan had already dug half a basket of wild vegetables and originally wanted to stop, but his greed took over. The remaining wild vegetables were so green and tender that he couldn't bear to give them up. Just then, Fang Peihong came.

"Hey, what are you still digging for, kid? Go back quickly! The Grand Secretary of the Hanlin Academy is almost at your doorstep, and you're still thinking about digging wild vegetables? Can you be any more crazy?"

Fang Peihong dismounted and ran over to see Xu Yunfan with messy hair and spots of mud on his body. His heart was choked. What upset him the most was that he had said Xu Yunfan got the first place in the exam, but this guy didn't cheer or almost faint with joy. Instead, he just said "oh" very calmly and even asked why he was in such a hurry. He just saw a few nests of wild vegetables and hadn't dug them yet. Why should he go back so quickly?

Listen, at this moment, is this something a normal person can say?