Chapter 532: Clan Destruction
Old Man Liu swallowed quietly, gently pushed away the fawning support of his relatives, and looked up at the people gathered at the door of the third brother's house.
Some were envious, some were jealous, and some were both envious and jealous. All kinds of emotions appeared on the faces of the villagers, making people forget how they had originally despised and criticized Liu Ji.
A person who is not a good person by nature was described by the villagers as the son of destiny. They also said that all his previous asshole behavior was because he was not an ordinary person, but the incarnation of Wenquxing, and was naturally different from ordinary people.
Old Man Liu almost drowned himself in these words. He quickly glanced at Qin Yao.
Her expression was calm, with the corners of her mouth slightly raised, and it was obvious that she was happy.
But that happiness did not erode her heart. Her dark eyes were as calm as water, clearly reflecting the various postures of people in front of the door.
Noticing his gaze, Qin Yao looked back and nodded slightly, "Dad, please help me greet the villagers first. I will take the two officials into the house to rest for a while."
Old Man Liu felt like he had received a wake-up call, and the sense of elation in his heart finally faded away. He told Qin Yao to keep the reward money and they would deal with the villagers themselves.
Li took out all the snacks, candies and dried fruits in the house. Old Man Liu called the women in the house, who were almost overwhelmed by the compliments and congratulations, to distribute the snacks and candies to the villagers to share in the good cheer.
Qin Yao brought Zhou Zheng and the other man to the main hall for tea, gave them two tips, and invited them to have dinner at home.
The two exchanged polite words and then said goodbye.
Qin Yao did not try to keep them, but only said that she would invite them to dinner alone in the county town later. When Zhou Zheng saw the villagers who came to congratulate Qin Yao outside her house, he did not want to stay. He smiled and said that they would see each other another day, and rode away.
After Zhou Zheng and the other man left, the villagers suddenly felt much more at ease. Everyone was very welcoming, and Qin Yao even opened the door to let everyone in to sit, eat, and drink tea.
After a simple greeting, it was already mid-afternoon.
He and Qiu had already followed Song Yu back to the stationery factory. Liu Zhong was also called away by the factory staff for something. In the end, only Old Man Liu and Zhang and his wife were left at Qin Yao's house.
"I'm so tired!" Old man Liu wiped the sweat off his face and said with emotion: "I didn't expect everyone to be so affectionate. I was a little scared."
Zhang nodded in agreement, took the sugar water handed to her by Li, and drank half a bowl of it in one breath. Only then did she feel that her smoking throat felt better.
Qin Yao was fine. The clan leader and the elders in the village kept telling her to tell Liu Ji not to forget his roots and to remember his fellow clansmen when he became rich in the future.
She always gave ambiguous responses to calm the restless elders, and also reminded them to give them a heads-up so as not to have too high expectations of Liu Ji.
Qin Yao said to the two elders: "Dad, Mom, let's have dinner at my house tonight. Let's celebrate first. We will decide whether to prepare a banquet to entertain the villagers after that. Let's wait for Liu Ji to come back."
The two elders happily agreed and they had no objection.
The two of them didn't rest for long, and got up and went about their own business before dinner time.
Old Man Liu prepared a lot of incense, candles, and paper money for the sacrifice, and waited for Liu Ji to come back, intending to let him go to the ancestral hall to comfort his ancestors.
Zhang went to carry Damao over on her back, picked a basket of seasonal vegetables, and worked in the kitchen with Li.
Yin Le had already returned. He was happier than anyone else when he learned that his master had passed the imperial examination. After finishing his work in the stationery factory canteen, he immediately went home to help clean up dinner.
Qin Yao stood beside several people, not knowing what to do because everything that could be done had already been done by others.
Well, she decided to go play with Damao and tease the naughty little Laifu at the same time.
Li and others were busy in the kitchen, while Qin Yao was leisurely weeding the vegetable patch in the backyard with her two children.
She gave the orders and the two children carried them out.
The children just thought it was fun and worked very hard.
The news from the government has already arrived. Liu Ji and Awang should be on their way back, so Qin Yao doesn't have much time to prepare.
She had to quickly tidy up the vegetable garden and make it look good, otherwise Awang would come back and find something was wrong.
In the evening, everyone in the old house returned one after another. Qin Yao didn't need to say anything, as everyone already knew her housekeeping skills and they all got busy preparing a beautiful dinner.
The meal was prepared early and dinner was served early. When Dalang and his children came home from school, the whole family would wait for them to sit down before starting to eat.
Today, when Liu Zhong went to pick up the children, he told them on the way that Liu Ji had passed the imperial examination, which attracted six pairs of disbelieving and suspicious looks.
As soon as they entered the room, they all rushed to Qin Yao to ask questions. When they heard her admit it herself, the four brothers and sisters of Dalang were stunned.
It's actually true? Why are they so unconvinced?
Even though Si Niang had guessed that her father had passed the imperial examination on the way to school this morning, it did not affect the little girl's deep doubts about the content of the imperial examination at this moment.
"When Dad comes back, I will definitely ask him how he passed the exam." Si Niang clenched her fists and murmured very seriously.
Jinhua and Jinbao's reactions were much more outgoing. Doubt? Not at all!
All I know is that my third uncle is now a juren and will become an official in the future!
The latter part was said by He.
He picked up the spoon and gave each boy a large spoonful of soup and meat, and gave an extra portion to Dalang, Erlang and Sanlang, and said with a serious smile:
"Da Lang, Er Lang, San Lang, you will be the young masters of the government from now on. Remember to promote your brother Jin Bao more."
Sanlang responded with an "oh" and happily ate the chicken nuggets without any psychological burden.
Dalang and Erlang just felt embarrassed. They nodded randomly and buried their heads in eating. With their heads lowered, they looked as if they wanted to bury their heads in the bowls to avoid the scorching gazes of everyone in the old house.
He wanted to say something else, but Zhang coughed twice. She then sat down again, muttering to herself with a little dissatisfaction.
Qiu and Liu Zhong looked at each other, stood up, toasted their parents and Qin Yao with a glass of wine, said congratulations, and then said nothing else, concentrating on taking care of the children while they ate.
Some things don't need to be explained too clearly. Anyway, from Yao Niang's act of treating everyone to dinner today, they have already felt that she will not abandon everyone in the old house. That is enough.
It was just that the brothers had grown up together, but their identities and status suddenly became so different that Liu Bo and Liu Zhong still felt very emotional.
As he was sighing with emotion, he was suddenly frightened by a word from Liu Fei, who had rushed back from the county academy in the middle of the night.
Liu Fei said anxiously, "With Third Brother's character, it's fine for him to be a scholar and show off, but if he really becomes an official, he will definitely abuse his power, accept bribes, deceive his superiors and subordinates, make a lot of money, and oppress the people."
"The truth will eventually be revealed. The higher he goes, the more miserable our death will be. How dare you still want to get involved with him? Then won't our Liu family be exterminated along with him?"
In an instant, the whole old house fell into deathly silence.
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