491 The Imperial Examination Begins
February 20th is coming soon.
Two days before the exam, Xiao Wu and his friends took Ping An and others back to their house.
Wang Quan specially came from the farm to the house in the city just to prepare to cook for the young master and his men. His cooking skills are getting better and better.
Master Qin said that after the young master finishes the exam, he, Wanxiang, Xiaochen and Wenzhu will be married immediately. The courtyards on the village have been decorated, with each couple having a courtyard, without any bias.
After the young master finishes high school, he will return to his hometown to worship his ancestors, and they can also go back home together. His home is only eight or nine days away from Jiao County.
Life nowadays is much better than when we followed our father and uncles to relocate graves for others. People are happy and earn more. He has never seen any master as generous as their young master, who treats his subordinates like family members.
Neither Fu An nor Chen Xuan returned to their house.
Master Chen had rushed to the capital ten days ago, but her son studied at Wang's in the morning and returned to Ping'an's in the afternoon. She could only come to Ping'an's to see her son occasionally. The food and daily necessities were basically from Ping'an Village. It was said that she was not very safe to buy things outside. Recently, many scholars in the city had some accidents. They were not fatal, but they would still affect the exams.
Mr. Chen can only focus on managing his own business.
The same is true for Mrs. Fu.
It’s okay that her son is not at home. The family has already been divided, and her mother-in-law and sister-in-law come to cause trouble every few days. Her husband is not here, and it is not easy for her to go look for her uncle.
In the final analysis, it was all because of Bai Jiaming, but the boy did it himself. She didn't do anything from beginning to end. Now that the boy has contracted a strange disease, how can she and her son be blamed?
I don't know where her good sister-in-law heard about An'er's study with Mr. Wang, but these days she and her mother-in-law have been pestering her to take her son with her.
She was hilarious.
My own son is just taking advantage of Ping An, how can he have the ability to bring his cousin in?
Mrs. Fu couldn't help in other ways, so she prepared a new exam basket and several thick clothes for each of the people taking the exam. The weather in February was still very cold. I don't know who suggested that even cotton-padded jackets and padded coats should not be brought. Isn't this intentional to freeze people to death?
Ping'an didn't need all these, as his exam basket was prepared for him in advance by Awu, and it contained everything, extremely complete.
Several people who took the provincial examinations had leather cloaks with the lining removed, which could be used as quilts at night. In addition, Mrs. Fu had prepared several thick clothes, so Mei Niang felt that she had nothing else to prepare.
So he focused all his attention on three meals a day, and had people bring the freshest vegetables, eggs and chickens from the farm every day. He didn't plan to eat other meat these days, in case he got diarrhea from too much oil.
Zhiyuan is also taking the exam this time. These days he has been going to Wang's house to listen to Mr. Wang's lectures. He is worthy of being called Mr. Wang. Originally he had no confidence in this examination, but now he feels that he can give it a try.
Wan Changsheng and Sun Hongyu haven't been to the clinic for the past two months. They have basically been helping out in the village. If they really want to go, they have to wait until after the first half of the year's Ping An competition, otherwise they won't have the heart to practice medicine.
Two days passed.
The lights in all houses were on at five o'clock in the morning. Ping'an and his friends had breakfast early, checked the examination basket over and over again, and prepared everything. Before leaving, they were called to go to the toilet.
Sun Siben himself did not come, but sent Wan Li and He Jin instead.
The five candidates were divided into two carriages, with two people driving in the front and two people sitting in the back, a total of eight guards following. Ping An did not allow his father to see them off.
Wan Changsheng and his uncle had no choice but to send these scholars out of the yard.
"Uncle, do you think Ping An and the Three Strongmen will win this time?"
Sun Hongyu didn't even think twice: "Ping An will definitely win. He probably won't make the top three. But this kid is lucky to have met Ping An, who took him to study with Mr. Wang for so many days. If he doesn't win this year, he can win in three years. In three years, he will only be 22 years old."
"My brother-in-law wrote to us and asked us to help him choose a wife. It can be from an ordinary family, as long as the person is good. But Mei Niang and I have just arrived in the capital, and we are completely clueless. Where can we find one?
If the top three don’t win this year, they will most likely want to stay here to study, as going back is too far.”
"Why rush? Let's talk about it after this period of time.
According to the agreement between the two families, the wedding will be held in early April, which is only over fifty days, and it will pass in a flash. You two should discuss the necessary preparations, after all, the wedding is on the Wan family's side."
Wan Changsheng was shocked. Yes, the parents that the newlyweds paid homage to on their wedding day were him and Mei Niang.
Chang Chunfeng was waiting early not far from the intersection of the examination hall. In the darkness, lights from all directions gathered here. Xiao Sanzi and Xiao Wu stood guarding the intersection.
He has a total of eight close personals, starting from the third child, the fourth child, the fifth child... all the way to the tenth child. They are easy to remember and call them. All of them are life-long friends and are easy to use.
He brought four of them this morning.
Xiao Wu ran over and said, "Master, the eldest young master is here."
Chang Chunfeng got off the carriage and watched from afar. Two carriages slowly came over, with more than a dozen people getting off. Eight guards surrounded the five candidates tightly in the middle.
He saw no one else.
So I took a few quick steps to catch up.
"Peace, peace."
Ping An turned around and asked, "Dad, why are you here?"
"Don't come over here. Go and queue up while there aren't many people around. Dad will take you there. Ping An, go and queue up quickly. Don't panic."
Ping An smiled at his father and said, "I know, Dad, just watch your son take the test for you."
He didn't say the following words, but his mouth shapes clearly showed the word "Jinshi".
Chang Chunfeng raised the corners of his lips as he looked at his son's back, feeling indescribable tenderness in his heart. This was his eldest son, his legitimate eldest son.
He looked at his son queuing up, with the eldest son's two stewards protecting him on his left and right. He would be lying if he didn't feel touched, because the eldest son treated Ping An really well.
Compared to what the eldest son did for Ping An, he is a completely useless father.
A few days ago, someone actually found Zhang Jinyu. I don’t know how to persuade her, but when she came back, she actually discussed with him the issue of both sides getting married.
After eight or nine years of marriage, this was the first time he banned Zhang from visiting her and stopped going to the main courtyard himself.
His son already has such a good family of in-laws who have taken care of him all the way. The eldest son never stops his son from being close to him, and even takes the initiative to discuss many things with him.
With such an in-law, is he really that stupid? Does he have to isolate himself and be hated by everyone?
Is he going to push away such a good son?
Fortunately, he has always been the one making the decisions on important family matters, and Zhang Jinyu wouldn't dare to do anything without his permission.
He told his eldest uncle and father-in-law about this matter, for fear that she might be confused and act recklessly.
The father-in-law said on the spot that he didn't know what was wrong with his daughter, and if it really didn't work, they would send her to the village and they would not say a word.
Naturally, he would not send anyone to the village easily. Even if he did not consider his children's face, he had to consider his father-in-law's feelings. The other people in the Zhang family were really good.
My eldest uncle took his daughter home to let his wife raise her, and he had been teaching his son himself in the front yard for the past year.
He has come to terms with some things and believes that he may never find a wife in this life.
That's fine.
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