Chapter 59 Waiting for the Results
Lord Chen also remembered this person. In the first exam, he didn't need to look at other people's papers, but he had to look at the top-ranked paper. At this time, he couldn't help but sigh: "I felt that this person was talented in the first exam. Now after looking at the second exam, he is really an extraordinary talent."
Others also recognized Gu Mingda's talent and nodded when they heard his words.
Mr. Chen said again: "This man has great talent. If there is no better one in the next exam, I would like to select him as the first in this exam. What do you think?"
The chief examiner had already spoken, so the other deputy examiners would not speak up to be the bad guy. Besides, Gu Mingda's answer sheet was indeed well written, so he deserved the title of first place.
In a blink of an eye, it was the day of the announcement of the results, and the yard of Mrs. Qian's house was empty early in the morning.
No matter how busy a housewife is, on this day, she would accompany her husband to the outside of the yamen to look at the list.
The five members of the Gu family, including Liu Xiaoru, saw a large crowd of people gathered under the list before they even arrived at the yamen gate.
"Dad, are you taking the exam with so many people?" Niu Niu suddenly asked.
Gu Mingda was stunned when he heard this, and explained: "There were 2,000 candidates in the first round of the college examination, 600 candidates in the second round, and finally 300 candidates were selected as scholars."
Niuniu's eyes widened and she said, "Daddy is really amazing. He beat the first 1,400 people. No, Daddy came in first in the first game, which means he beat 2,000 people!"
Gu Mingda was a little surprised and praised: "Niuniu, getting first place in the first exam doesn't mean you can get first place in the second exam. It can't be calculated that way."
Niuniu was about to say that she had already discussed the first place with the old man with white beard, but then she changed her mind and realized that her father didn't like her making random wishes, so she didn't mention it and just said, "Anyway, Daddy won the first place in the first round. In Niuniu's heart, Daddy is the best."
Gu Mingda tapped her pretty little nose and said, "Niuniu is really good at math. Daddy will borrow Niuniu's good words and hope that I can be on the list today."
Niuniu was a little proud, but she still said, "Any child can do this kind of arithmetic. It's nothing."
Gu Zhao, who was standing by, was stunned when he heard this. He asked, "When did Dad beat 1,400 people? When did he beat 2,000 people? What's the math? What do you need to calculate?"
Everyone couldn't help but laugh when they saw that Gu Zhao not only couldn't figure it out, but couldn't even understand the question.
Gu Yan has always been a careful and considerate elder brother. He pulled Gu Zhao aside and explained everything to him in detail.
Gu Yan explained it three times before Gu Zhao finally understood. He did not feel jealous of his sister's intelligence. He just touched the back of his head and said innocently, "My sister is also very capable."
The more anxiously the candidates waited, the slower the results were announced.
"What's wrong with the people in the government office today? Why haven't they announced the results yet at this late hour? Did they oversleep?" someone couldn't help but complain.
Coincidentally, as soon as the man finished speaking, there was a commotion ahead.
"The results are out! The results are out!"
Hearing the sound, all the people surrounding tried their best to squeeze forward.
Several children from the Gu family also wanted to squeeze in, but were pulled back by Gu Mingda and Zhang Yuniang.
"There are so many people here, be careful not to get trampled." Liu Xiaoru warned loudly. The moment the crowd became agitated, she fixed her eyes on Niu Niu and Zhang Yuniang.
Seeing Zhang Yuniang holding Niuniu and hiding behind, Liu Xiaoru immediately breathed a sigh of relief.
It seems much easier to retreat than to push forward.
The whole family was standing on the street looking at the crowd that was still pushing forward and the huge number of heads, and they even felt like they had survived a disaster.
"Niuniu, how are you? Are you hurt anywhere?" Zhang Yuniang looked Niuniu up and down.
When she was trying to squeeze out just now, she seemed to hear Niu Niu screaming.
Niuniu shook her head and said, "Mom, I don't know who pulled my hair just now."
Zhang Yunniang looked at Niu Niu's head again. The amount of hair seemed to have not changed much, but there were two fewer red ropes on her head.
Because Gu Mingda bought six red hairbands, Zhang Yunniang did not feel tired these days and tied six small buns on her head every day.
Liu Xiaoru also remembered Niuniu's hairstyle and yelled at her on the spot: "Who is so petty that he wants to snatch even a child's red hairband? Aren't you afraid of tripping over a stone while walking?"
Zhang Yunniang was originally very angry, but seeing Liu Xiaoru so angry, she quickly comforted her: "Even if you lose two, there are still four. As long as the child is fine, it's nothing serious."
Zhang Yuniang took out a small comb from her bosom and combed Niu Niu's hair again.
Niu Niu leaned obediently in her arms, looking very cute as she didn't move at all.
"Wow--"
Gu Zhao suddenly started crying.
Everyone looked at him worriedly.
"Someone stole my purse. It was the one my mother made for me!" Gu Zhao said crying.
Gu Mingda sighed and said, "Every time the results are announced, there are always some unscrupulous people trying to take advantage of the situation. I didn't expect that this time they were so shady that they even stole from children."
Seeing how sad Gu Zhao was, Zhang Yunniang felt soft-hearted. She comforted her youngest son and said, "If this one is lost, I will make another one for you later when I have time."
Gu Zhao was still crying hard, saying, "The rest of the things in my purse are lost, but my favorite General Jin! It wasn't with me for a few days, and it was taken away just like that! Wuuwuwu!"
Zhang Yunniang suddenly felt that the emotion in her heart faded away like the tide, and she felt suffocated.
Liu Xiaoru was puzzled and asked, "Sister, what is General Jin?"
Zhang Yunniang said angrily: "He has a cricket that makes so much noise every day that it gives me a headache!"
Gu Zhao was not convinced when he heard this and said, "General Jin is the best cricket and is very obedient. Mother, please don't say that to him!"
Zhang Yuniang was too lazy to pay attention to him and turned around to concentrate on combing her daughter's hair.
The thief who was mixed in the crowd took advantage of the chaos of the announcement of the results to pick many people's pockets. He then struggled to squeeze out of the crowd with a lot of things in his arms.
"Two red ropes, just right to take back and coax my little girl." The thief thought so and took two steps forward. Suddenly, his body fell to the ground uncontrollably, and his head hit the ground, leaving a big cut.
The thief got up from the ground and immediately started cursing: "What bad luck! How could there be a stumbling block hidden in the grass!"
If Gu Mingda were here, he would probably find this stone hidden in the grass very familiar.
The thief reached out his hand and felt blood on his forehead. He didn't dare to stay there any longer and hurried to the corner.
"Seven... eight, nine purses! We're rich!"
The thief counted his achievements and emptied the contents of his purse one by one.
But the more he fell, the uglier his expression became.
"What the hell, just this little money?"
There were only a few copper coins in many of their pockets, and they were really poor.
"This is the last purse. It's full. There must be a lot of good stuff in it!"
The thief opened the last purse with excitement.
The next second, more than a dozen crickets jumped out of his pouch. He was too close, and one of them even jumped directly into his mouth.
The thief cursed again: "Pah, pah, pah! What normal person would fill his purse with crickets instead of silver? Why do such immoral things?"
First update.
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