Chapter 2018: Smoke is coming out of the ancestral grave
In this situation, Shao Liulang is of no value at all. It would be fine for him to just muddle through in the capital, but wanting to make a name for himself is just a dream!
However, Shao Yunduan didn't expect that he had been away from the capital for so long. Did people in the capital still miss him?
The news that Shao Liulang had passed the imperial examination and was staying in the Hanlin Academy as an official soon spread back to the village.
He used the style of the Spring and Autumn Period to write a letter announcing good news in a flourish.
Of course he would not say that he was a fellow Jinshi.
The villagers didn't know what it meant to be a fellow Jinshi, but all the scholars knew it. He felt that this would be embarrassing.
In the letter, he only said that he had passed the imperial examination and was highly appreciated by his superiors. Some nobles also expressed their appreciation for him, so he stayed in the Hanlin Academy in the capital to work.
He also specifically mentioned that in each spring examination, only about ten or twenty people could stay in the Hanlin Academy to serve, and they were all quite outstanding.
Originally, he wanted to go back to his hometown to worship his ancestors, but because his superiors valued him, they gave him a very important task to handle, so he didn't have time to come back. Official business is more important...
The entire Shaoding Village was boiling again.
"The Shao family is really in great trouble!"
"Oh, that's right, the Shao family is really blessed!"
"I never expected that Shao Liulang would become a Jinshi."
"He has stayed in the capital to serve as an official. I heard that his superiors and nobles value him. Oh, he must have a bright future! Maybe he will be better than the number one scholar."
"That's right. Once you become an official, it's another kind of comparison. Many Jinshi have better prospects than Zhuangyuan."
"Uncle Shao and Ma will enjoy a happy life in the future."
"Oh, comparing yourself to others is really frustrating."
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The villagers' envy, jealousy and fawning made Uncle Shao and Ma so proud that their tails could not wait to the sky!
The couple walked with a breeze, their eyes and eyebrows wide open, their mouths stretched almost to their ears.
He was very flamboyant in the village, saying all the time:
"I knew that our Liu Lang would have great potential, and now he has indeed achieved great success, hahaha!"
"Our Liu Lang has been smart since he was young. When he was in the academy, the teacher often praised him! This is not false."
"What a pity! I really miss my Liu Lang. It would be great if he could come back. But who can blame the nobles and the superiors for keeping him to do important things? Oh! Official business is more important, official business is more important!"
The two of them were smarter this time, boasting about themselves smugly, and didn't involve Shao Yunduan anymore. But their arrogant sense of superiority said it all.
Now they are too disdainful to compare themselves with the first wife or Shao Yunduan.
Because Shao Yunduan couldn't compare. Shao Yunduan had never heard of being valued by a noble or a superior!
They were not so angry and sour when Taotao married Zhao Shu. Their son was already a high-ranking official in the capital, and his future was much better than Shao Yunduan's. They didn't have to worry about Xiaozhi's marriage at all.
Xiaozhi is going to marry an official, and being an official's wife in the future will not be an easy thing.
Fortunately, I didn’t rush to arrange Xiaozhi’s marriage before.
Of course, I can't do that now. I have to write a letter to Liu Lang and ask him to find a good family for Xiaozhi in the capital...
The second branch of the Shao family was extremely depressed. Niu and Uncle Shao had been finding reasons to scold their son and daughter-in-law for several days in a row. They just couldn't stand them.
(End of this chapter)
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