The sky is full of stars in the summer night, and the stars are shining in the dark night. There are chirping sounds of insects outside the window, and low voices are coming from the house. The people inside are still talking.

The two children in the small bed are asleep. Xiao Lele, who is lying on his belly with his hands spread out and legs apart, has a domineering sleeping posture, occupying most of the bed, and the small quilt covering him has been kicked off by him. Xiao Baoer curled up into a ball, sleeping soundly in the corner, with a peaceful and beautiful sleeping face.

The two children in the room were asleep. The two people on the big bed were leaning against each other and talking. Their voices were relaxed and comfortable. This was the most relaxing moment of their day. It was their time. The children were asleep and no one would disturb them. Only at this time could they talk and discuss things.

"Wanfeng, what do you think?" Cao Xiangnan put one hand on Wanfeng's waist, stroking this soft place back and forth. The two leaned against each other in an intimate posture. He told Wanfeng about buying a house in the town.

This was the person he had spent his whole life with. He would discuss big and small things with this person.

"If we find a suitable house, we'll settle on it first." Even if they settle on a house now, they are not in a hurry to live there. They can move there later if they want to. Cao Xiangnan also has no plan to buy a house and move there immediately.

Living in Caojia Village, there are too many complicated things.

"Okay, husband, you decide. I'll listen to you." Qi Wanfeng smiled. He understood why her husband wanted to move to the town, but he didn't say it.

For him, as long as her husband and children are there, it is home, no matter where they go. If they move to the town, her husband will not have to go from the town to the village when he comes back from Nanyang. He can go home directly. Isn't this better?

The voices in the house stopped at some point, and the two people on the bed leaned against each other and fell asleep. The bright moon hanging high in the sky emits a clear light, and the faint moonlight shines on the ground, coating it with a layer of silver light.

The night is getting darker and darker, and the chirping of insects in the grass is getting more and more lively.

"Knock knock---" The door of the small courtyard was knocked. The people in the courtyard heard the knocking outside and went to open the door. Zhao A-mo was startled to see that it was the official brother who knocked on the door early in the morning. She asked, "Why are you knocking on the door so early? What's the matter?"

"Is this the home of Cao Wenxuan, the scholar?" The official outside the door asked with a smile.

"Yes, yes..." When Zhao A-mo heard the official brother mention the name of their second young master, she responded subconsciously. Suddenly, Zhao A-ma was stunned, feeling something was wrong. She was stunned for a moment, then came to her senses, widened her eyes and asked, "Mr. Cao?"

Mr. Cao?

Their second young master? Mr. Cao? It's not what he thought!

"This is Mr. Cao's home, right? That's right. I was ordered to deliver a letter. Mr. Cao Wenxuan passed the examination for a scholar. The documents were delivered yesterday. I rushed to deliver it to you this morning." The documents were sent down layer by layer to the place, and it was not until yesterday that they were delivered to their government office. The yamen runners in the government office came to Caojia Village to deliver the letter early in the morning.

Caojia Village is the only village in the area that has a scholar. It is a good job to deliver letters. There must be a reward for delivering the letter.

"Grandpa... Grandpa..." Zhao A'mo turned around and shouted, "Grandpa, Madam, the second young master passed the exam and became a scholar."

The official who came to deliver the letter took the reward from the eldest master and left happily. This was a full tael of silver, which was a good deal.

Li Zheng was still standing at the door, speechless with excitement, holding his wife's hand. His son passed the exam and became a scholar. Li Zheng spoke incoherently, "A Lan, Wen Xuan passed the exam and became a scholar. Am I dreaming?"

"Grandpa, of course you are not dreaming. Our Xuan'er passed the exam and became a scholar." Wang Lan had a gentle smile on his face. He was not surprised that his son passed the exam and became a scholar. For him, it was inevitable that his son passed the exam and became a scholar.

Liu Xiu, who was standing by, was holding the child, laughing happily until tears came out, and said to the child, "Xiao Fu'er, your father passed the exam and became a scholar."

Her husband went thousands of miles away to study, and he, a brother, stayed at home with the child. All he hoped for in a year was that her husband would come home to see him and the child. Now that her husband passed the exam and became a scholar, he would have a promising future. He was happy and scared at the same time, and could only hold the child tightly in his arms.

When Xiao Fu'er heard her mother say "father", she followed her mother and shouted, "Father, father, scholar..." "

Xiao Fu'er is really smart, your father passed the exam and became a scholar." Li Zheng laughed loudly, and his loud voice could be heard even by the people next door.

Caojia Village has a scholar! For a moment, the whole Caojia Village was boiling.

This was the first scholar in Caojia Village in a hundred years. When the elders in the village got the news, they immediately rushed to Li Zheng's house. It was a big deal that Caojia Village had a scholar.

This was the spirit of the ancestors, it must be the spirit of the ancestors, blessing Caojia Village to have talented people from generation to generation.

"Hurry up and ask people to prepare the six rituals. We have to open the clan and worship our ancestors. We have to tell our ancestors about this important event. Our Caojia Village has produced a scholar. Let all the ancestors of the Cao family be happy when they know about it. Please bless our Caojia Village to produce talented people and have a scholar who passes the exam and ranks first."

"Of course, we have to tell our ancestors about this great news."

Everyone discussed the matter of opening the clan and worshipping the ancestors enthusiastically. They were very happy in the room and had no objection to telling the elders of the clan about the matter of opening the clan and worshiping the ancestors. Such a big thing should be told to the ancestors. He, Cao Gaozhi, finally did not let them down and would be able to go down to see them after his death.

In the whole Caojia Village, everyone was talking about the second son of Li Zheng's family who passed the exam. Everyone had a happy smile on their face, as if it was their family's business. When

Sun's grandfather Sun heard that the second son of Li Zheng passed the exam, he sat in the first seat with no expression on his face. It was hard to tell whether he was happy or not. After a while, he said, "This is a good thing."

He waved his hand and said to Sun who was standing in front of him, "Go, prepare a gift for your seventh uncle."

"Yes, grandfather, I'll go right away." Sun Yanmiao replied.

Seeing Sun'er leave, the old man Sun, who was sitting there, sighed. It was a pity for the descendants of their Sun family. Their Sun family lived in seclusion here, and their descendants could not pass the imperial examinations and become officials.

Their Caojia Village had a scholar, and the people in the village who knew about it prepared gifts to send to Li Zheng's family. The gifts were not expensive, but they were a token of their thoughts. Nowadays, every household in Caojia Village has some extra money, and a gift can be used to give it away. For a while, the door of Li Zheng's family was almost trampled by the people in the village.

"No, no, no, you can't accept it. You can't accept it. Our second young master passed the imperial examination. Our master and his wife are very happy that you all can come to congratulate him. You can't do this." Aunt Zhao was ordered by his wife to let the gift-giver take the gift back. This gift must not be accepted.

"Accept it, accept it. It's just a little thing."

"Yes, and mine, Aunt Zhao, if you don't accept it

, you look down on me." The gift-giver didn't give anyone a chance to refuse. He stuffed a handful of things into Aunt Zhao's hands, said a few nice words, and turned around and walked away. Aunt Zhao couldn't catch up with the person who brought the gifts. Seeing the gifts gradually piled up in the house, Aunt Zhao had a headache.

A scholar was born in Caojia Village, and the villagers told each other about it. Every household knew about this great happy event.

In the Caojia compound, Chen Li, who was returning from outside, smiled and told her mother about this matter, "Our Caojia Village has a scholar, and everyone went to Li Zheng's place to congratulate him." Chen Li also asked her husband if they should also send a gift to Li Zheng's house. Others have sent gifts, so shouldn't they send one too?

Cao Laoda was not good at handling these things, so he just said, "It's up to you. If you want to send one, then go ahead."

Since other families have sent one, they can't not send one either. This is what Cao Fugui meant.

When Chen Li said this, it seemed like she was telling her mother. Didn't her mother talk about her fifth uncle winning the first place in the imperial examination every day? Ever since he stepped into this house, his aunt has always said that their fifth uncle was destined to study and become an official. All the money in the family has gone into their aunt's pocket and then given to his fifth uncle.

For all these years, even if the family sits at the same table to eat, as long as his fifth uncle is at home, any meat on the table will be left for his fifth uncle by his aunt. For all these years, they have used all their family's strength just to support a Cao Laowu. How can Chen Li not feel resentful in her heart!

Now their Caojia Village has a scholar, but this scholar has nothing to do with their fifth uncle, but Cao Wenxuan, the second boy of Li Zheng's family, who passed the exam.

"Why is it Cao Wenxuan who passed the exam and not my fifth son? What about my fifth son? Did he pass the exam?" Chen Zhu asked in disbelief, "Did the officials make a mistake and change our Gao Jin's name to Wenxuan's?"

"Grandma, how could the officials make such a mistake?" Chen Li looked at his grandma with a look of "Are you kidding me?" The smile on her lips was full of sarcasm.

Whenever he thought about how all the good things in the family had been given to his fifth uncle by his grandma for so many years, and how they had supported his fifth uncle for so many years, it was because their fifth uncle went to school that his children had no chance to go to school. Until now, when they have separated the family and he and his husband have gone to work, they have been able to send the children in the family to the academy to study.

"Master, you, you go to the government office and ask if our fifth son has also passed the imperial examination to become a scholar. The fortune teller predicted our fifth son's fate that he would definitely pass the imperial examination and become the top scholar in the future." Chen Zhu looked at his master with fixed eyes, not believing that others had passed the imperial examination to become a scholar but his son had not.

"Okay, fine, I'll go ask tomorrow." Cao Ashan also couldn't believe it. Both of them thought that their fifth son must have passed the imperial examination to become a scholar.

After hearing this, Chen Li glanced at the two elders, not even bothering to look at them, and turned away, thinking that this family was sick! How could he have lived with such a family for so many years? This was the first time that Chen Li had a strong idea that he must move out of this place.