It seems that the rankings of the college entrance examination have been announced. Shen Yu'an walked towards his door with a smile on his face.
Song had sharp eyes and spotted Shen Yu'an who had squeezed into the crowd at a glance.
She got into the crowd and pulled Shen Yu'an out, saying as she walked: "Your eldest brother and the others all passed the exam to become scholars. From what I heard from the side, your cousin Wendong also passed."
Song pulled Shen Yu'an in, and everyone greeted her enthusiastically.
He called him "little boss" with even more enthusiasm than he looked at a few newly minted scholars.
The Shen family is truly a family of great caliber. Both men and women in this family are capable.
Old Master Shen's face is full of wrinkles when he smiles. He is proud that his descendants are capable!
He opened his mouth and invited, "Please come in and have some tea, I'll ask the old women to cook, you can have lunch before leaving."
The officials who came to report the news waved their hands and said, "No, we are still waiting to deliver letters to other scholars. Please do as you please."
Seeing that they were about to leave, Mrs. Shen quickly winked at Mrs. Song and Mrs. Zhao, and the two of them stuffed four purses into the hands of the officials who were going back and forth to report the good news.
This time, their family produced four scholars, and each of them was considered a red envelope.
There were five people who came to report the news. They took the purses without any hesitation. It has always been a custom for the host family to give money to the one who reported the good news after the results were announced.
After they took the purse, they weighed it in their hands, then said goodbye with a smile on their faces.
There were five taels of silver in each purse given by the Song family, so each official received twenty taels of silver each time they came.
Twenty taels of silver is nothing to the Shen family now, but for those officials who only receive a little over two taels of silver a month, this is a year's salary.
The Shen family is really generous. I hope the next few families can be as generous as them.
And I heard that the Xuan paper that has become popular in bookstores recently comes from this village? It seems that the Feng Shui of Longxian Village is very good!
What did that family add?
It seems that his surname is also Shen, and it was created by the unmarried girl of the Shen family!
The officer happily stuffed the purse into his arms, then looked at Shen Yu'an who had just been dragged in, and an absurd idea popped up in his mind.
Could the girl surnamed Shen be the one in front of me? Those people just called her the little boss.
But this has nothing to do with them. The most important thing is that they received a lot of rewards.
After saying a few auspicious words, the officials took their leave and met with the people who had gone to Zhang's house and left together.
The Zhang family was also very lively, with many aunts from the village bringing their daughters and sons to congratulate the Zhang family.
After the officials left, Mr. Shen looked at the people who gathered at his door to congratulate him, waved his hand and said happily: "Let's have a banquet tomorrow, fellow villagers, please give us some face and come to support us."
Everyone originally came to watch the fun and get some good fortune, but who would have thought they would get to eat at the table.
Now everyone was even happier, and they kept saying congratulations for free.
After a while, all the people outside were sent away, and the four members of the Zhang family also came to the Shen family's yard.
Ever since the person who reported the news came, the smile on Ding Hehua's face has faded. Her son won the fifth place.
When Ding Hehua heard that the Shen family said they would hold a banquet in two days and invite the villagers to celebrate, she clapped her hands and made the decision.
A wedding banquet was a must for such a good thing, and how could the Zhang family be absent from this event?
The two families discussed it and decided to set up the banquet together, preparing the food tomorrow and setting the table the next day.
After discussing this matter, everyone remembered Shen Yu'an who had disappeared for several months, and asked her where she had been these days.
There was no way to talk about the discovery of the iron mine, nor about the camp on the mountain. Shen Yu'an only said that he went to do something important.
As for what it is? Keep it secret!
Anyway, the Shen family and the Zhang family will not interrogate him to the end, so it is enough for Shen Yu'an to return safely.
After asking, everyone stopped dwelling on Shen Yu'an's matter and gathered together to discuss the banquet for the day after tomorrow.
Since the two families have arranged to set up the banquet on one day, the banquet cannot be shabby.
Mr. Zhang, Mr. Shen and Mr. Shen Xingwang gathered with a few men to discuss the matter, and then Mrs. Shen brought Mrs. Song and the others to discuss the matter.
Finally, the two groups discussed and roughly decided on the dishes for the day after tomorrow.
What country people lack most is something lucrative. Now that the two families have money in their hands, they will not save on this matter.
So in the end, we decided on six kinds of meat dishes: twice-cooked pork with fermented black beans, spicy chicken, braised pork, braised pork trotters, pickled fish, and pork stewed with vermicelli.
There were seven or eight kinds of seasonal vegetables and vegetarian dishes listed, and at the end there was a pork rib soup and an egg soup.
After this feast, the villagers had never eaten such a rich meal even during the Chinese New Year and other festivals. You can imagine how surprised everyone will be when they see this feast the day after tomorrow.
After deciding on the dishes, Song became worried again. According to the old man's idea, the whole village had to be invited to the banquet at home.
Even though there are only a few dozen people in Longxian Village, there are still more than a hundred people in each household.
If they only rely on their own family members to do the work, it would be exhausting.
There are so many people in the village, so we can ask some aunts and young wives to help.
Thinking of this, Song also expressed what was in her mind.
"Since we promised to invite everyone, there will definitely be a lot of people coming the day after tomorrow. I think with so many people, how long will it take for us to be busy? Otherwise, why not just spend some money to invite a few aunts from the village to help?"
Old Madam Shen also said, "That's a good idea. Earning money will make life easier for ourselves. Let's ask for help. The eldest and second eldest families will follow me to the village to ask if anyone is willing to help."
"When we hire people, we should tell them the wages. Otherwise, they will think they are helping us for free and will be unwilling to do so. In addition, when everyone leaves, we can serve them a portion of the dishes on the table so that they will not suffer any loss."
"As for tables and chairs, we definitely don't have enough at home, so we have to borrow them from every household. As long as they lend us tables, we will give them five cents each, no matter how many tables a family lends. But we have to tell them in advance to bring them here by themselves, and then move them back after the feast is over."
"Since we paid for it, they should do the work themselves."
Song smiled and continued, "Mom is right, but we can do it for you when we go out. You can just rest at home. If you are bored, you can play with your great-grandchildren."
Zhao, Xiao Zhang, and Ding Hehua all responded, "Sister-in-law is right. You should just stay at home and rest. You don't need to worry about such a small matter."
Seeing her daughter-in-law being filial and her children and grandchildren doing well, Mrs. Shen felt like she was ten years younger when she was so happy.
When people are young, they are full of energy and vitality. Old Mrs. Shen picked up her great-grandson and weighed him happily.
As for why there was no great-granddaughter who was fussing with milk, it was because the little girl rushed towards her as soon as she saw Shen Yu'an coming back, and was now playing with her fingers in Shen Yu'an's arms.
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