It is now late May, and there are still five or six days left until June.
The next college entrance examination was held in Yingtian Prefecture in early August.
It takes ten days to travel from Zijing Prefecture to Yingtian Prefecture.
It’s not too far, you can take a boat and travel by water, but life on the boat will be a little harder.
Qi Xianguan will continue to take part in the college entrance examination this year. The Qi family has already prepared a boat and is waiting for the results of Liu Ji's palace examination to come out. They will set off soon.
Liu Ji was the last one on the list of scholars for the provincial examination. Although Gong Liangliao felt a little embarrassed, he passed in the end.
The old man secretly breathed a sigh of relief, silently looking forward to what kind of results his two disciples would achieve in the college examination.
However, Gong Liangliao did not know that his two direct disciples, one ranked first in Class A and the other ranked last in Class C, had now become the gossip among the people in the city.
But on the other hand, this last-ranked candidate only studied seriously for two years, yet was able to surpass countless other candidates who had studied hard since childhood and pass the provincial examination. Isn't this another example of late bloomer?
Moreover, the standards for accepting disciples by great Confucian scholars are very strict. If he has no strengths, how can he become a disciple of a great Confucian scholar?
How could he gain recognition from his senior brother, the young master of the Qi family, who is known as a child prodigy?
The wind direction has quietly changed. When people mention Liu Ji, the scholar who ranked last this year, they will unconsciously think of inspiring positive images such as late bloomer and it is never too late as long as you are willing to study.
In response to this, Song Yu, who secretly followed his wife's request and found people to spread public opinion everywhere, said that what you think is always what others want you to think.
As for the truth, who cares.
From then on, Liu Ji’s image of being hardworking, poor and a late bloomer was gone forever.
Also, because of the couple's odd way of looking at the results on the day they were announced, Liu Ji became a little famous in May.
From an unknown person, he became a poor villager who left some impression on all the scholars in Zijing Mansion.
In order to catch up with the college entrance examination in Yingtian Prefecture, Liu Ji had to rush back to his hometown as soon as possible to handle all the related complicated documents.
It just so happened that Qin Yao was about to return, and Liu Ji exclaimed how wonderful it was.
The night before the couple returned, the He family invited them to a banquet at their home, both to congratulate Liu Ji on his success and to celebrate their passing.
A scholar who achieves success late in life and works hard, no matter who his master or senior brothers are, already has a certain investment value in the eyes of aristocratic families like the He family.
So the dinner was very sumptuous. The couple ate and drank well and returned to the inn late at night.
Liu Ji was really a little drunk. In his entire life, tonight was the most glorious moment of his life.
The prefect was toasting him. Looking at the entire Zijing Prefecture, how many talents could be treated like this? !
He staggered into the guest room, smelled the scent of his own bedding, fell into the soft quilt with a thud, and let out a "hehehe" laugh.
Qin Yao glanced speechlessly at Liu Ji, who was lying like a cricket pupa on the ground, and her temples were throbbing.
He closed the door, walked around the man with the cricket pupa, and went to the washbasin rack to pour water and prepare to wash.
Unexpectedly, a dark shadow crawled to her feet and suddenly hugged her thighs.
Qin Yao lowered his head, and a handsome face with messy hair and flushed eyes looked up at her, seeming to be a little out of consciousness.
"I am a scholar now, and you are the scholar's wife, hehehe, are you happy?"
He asked, without waiting for her to answer, he lowered his head, changed the subject, and said in a commanding tone: "Qin Yao! You must serve your husband well, and you will be indispensable in the future. Do you understand?"
Qin Yao narrowed her eyes dangerously.
Before she could get angry, the man suddenly took out a shiny silver ingot from the sole of his shoe as if he was presenting a treasure.
"Look!" He threw the five-liang silver ingot into her arms like a big shot, "This is a reward from me! Take it! In the future, don't say that I only cared about your little money. Now I can also earn money."
As he was talking, he suddenly let go of her thighs, squatted on the ground, covered his face and sobbed, as if he had suffered a great injustice.
The corner of Qin Yao's mouth twitched, and it seemed that she was really drunk this time.
Liu Ji began to cry for his parents, "Mom, don't you know how badly your son was bullied? That evil woman beat him up so hard and also liked to twist his head. My son was scared to death!"
Qin Yao chopped down with a knife, and Liu Ji screamed in pain and fainted on the ground.
The world is finally quiet.
Qin Yao weighed the small silver ingot given to her by Uncle Liu. These five taels of silver should be the travel expenses sponsored by the government and local wealthy people for the scholars to attend the academy examination.
Liu Ji hid her away. If he hadn't been drunk and carried away, I'm afraid he wouldn't have told her a word.
Qin Yao snorted coldly, put away the silver ingot, moved the cricket pupae on the ground onto the bedding, washed her face and feet, blew out the light and went to sleep.
The next morning, Liu Ji woke up with a start. He felt something was wrong, but his mind was blank and he couldn't remember what was wrong.
He felt his whole body and his heart skipped a beat. His precious silver ingot was gone!
When Qin Yao got up, someone was lying on the floor of the room and running around.
She shrugged without asking, got out of bed, washed up, packed her luggage, and then asked impatiently, "What are you looking for?"
Liu Ji forced a smile and said, "It's okay. I just want to see if the floor of this inn is solid."
"Ma'am, are you done packing?"
Seeing Qin Yao nod, Liu Ji was afraid that she would get angry if he waited for too long, so he endured the pain and gave up.
He quickly got up from the ground and said that he would go downstairs to see how Song Yu's carriage was prepared.
I went downstairs and looked for it, but I didn't see a single hair.
Come to think of it, if it was really lost, someone would have picked it up by now.
It was not until he got on the carriage and looked at the city walls moving further and further away that he realized there was no hope of finding them again. This strong man all his life could not help but look up at the sky at a 45-degree angle and shed heartbroken tears.
Woohoo, silver! His silver!
Inside the car.
Qin Yao fiddled with the low-grade jade and silk scraps in the box, not daring to look up, for fear that someone would notice her mouth that was about to split with laughter.
Fulong Trading Company finally gave a clear explanation about the business of ladies' boxes.
They wanted to do it, but wanted to see the final product first before signing a contract with the stationery factory.
Qin Yao readily agreed and took some jade and silk scraps from Fulon Trading Company. She planned to ask Song Yu to form a small research and development team when she returned to produce the final product as soon as possible.
Outside the carriage, Liu Ji, who was surrounded by sadness, finally calmed down. He covered his heart and spoke to the inside of the carriage, trying to divert his attention from the silver ingot.
Qin Yao responded perfunctorily with "um or ah" for the sake of the silver ingot in her pocket.
The two were talking about Liu Ji mentioning that he wanted to go to the village to find the village chief to stamp the documents. Qin Yao then remembered that there seemed to be something she had not told Liu Ji, the grudge.
But should I tell him now?
Qin Yao took out the small copper badge she had hidden in the gap of her belt and smiled wickedly.
Then let’s give this sad man who lost his money a little more shock!
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