Chapter 575 Results
When he returned home, Daji took out the two silver ingots and handed them to his young master. Bai Shanbao waved his hand and said, "This is for you. Take it."
Daji responded and put the money away.
Zhou Silang went out to buy food. Manbao was squatting in the kitchen boiling water. Bai Erlang lazily dragged a broom over and handed it to Bai Shanbao, saying, "Here, hurry up and clean the yard. The master said it's too wet in spring. Now that Qingming Festival is over, we need to clean the house. It's late today, so let's sweep the yard first and clean the house tomorrow."
The two young men took the broom and walked around the yard perfunctorily, which was considered as cleaning.
But their luck was not so good the next day. With Mr. Zhuang watching them, they could not be lazy anymore.
Zhou Silang borrowed two pairs of wooden barrels from someone and took Daji to fetch water. Manbao and the other two tied their hair, covered their mouths and noses, and then started cleaning the house inside and outside with rags.
They had simply cleaned the house when they moved in, but after the wet spring, there were many places in the house where dirt and filth could be found.
Especially behind and under the cabinets, and inside and under the bed, they are very dirty.
The three of them climbed down and went inside, and soon they were covered in dust.
The three of them were so busy that not only did they forget about yesterday's kite conflict, they even forgot about the exam.
After a busy whole day, the three people were exhausted. It wasn't obvious from looking at it, but the room felt a lot more comfortable, and they breathed a sigh of relief.
Zhou Silang and Daji, whose shoulders ached from carrying water, also breathed a sigh of relief.
Mr. Zhuang stood at the door of the study and took a look, nodding with satisfaction. Then he looked at the five people who were about to collapse from exhaustion and said, "Alright, go wash up and go to bed. The prefectural school will release the announcement tomorrow, and we still have to go to the academic supervisor early in the morning to check the results."
Although I may not pass the exam, I still have to go and take a look. Besides, the supervisor will post some good articles, which is just right for the three disciples to learn from.
Bai Shanbao and the other two were shocked, and then they remembered that, yes, the results would be out tomorrow.
Bai Shanbao touched his heart and whispered to his two friends, "What should I do? I feel a little nervous. Will I be unable to sleep tonight?"
Manbao said: "Not really, I think you have forgotten about the exam these past two days."
Bai Erlang said, "How about I go sleep with you?"
"No, you'll kick people when you sleep," Bai Shanbao rejected him, then sighed, "Forget it, at worst I can just memorize the book with my eyes closed."
But he didn't have time to do so. As soon as he lay down on the bed, he felt sore in his waist, back, hands and feet. Then he couldn't help yawning, and then yawned again. His eyes became moist, and then sleepiness came over him. He tried to open his eyes, but found it was futile, so he fell asleep as he wished.
Although they were sleepy, they went to bed early and got up early the next day, especially since they always got up early.
So as soon as Bai Shanbao opened his eyes and opened the door, Manbao also stretched and went out. The two looked at each other and then went to Bai Erlang's door at the same time.
There was no movement at the door.
The two of them tiptoed to the bottom of the window, lay on top of it and tried to look inside.
Daji: ...
Zhou Silang floated past them from behind, suddenly reached out and patted their shoulders heavily, and shouted "Ah--" in their ears.
The two people who were doing bad things also screamed "Ahhh——" and Mr. Zhuang, who was washing his face in the main room, was so scared that his hands shook and he almost knocked over the wooden basin.
Bai Erlang, who was sleeping soundly in the room, also screamed, sat up, turned around, and accidentally fell off the bed with a thud.
Mr. Zhuang glanced outside, took a deep breath, slowly put down the towel, and told himself that these disciples were all his own!
Because of this roar, the whole courtyard was instantly broken from its quiet atmosphere and became lively and noisy, just like a frying pan of water, it was too lively.
Bai Erlang was very angry when he got up from the ground. He didn't even put on his coat, just took off his shoes and rushed out, chasing the two men to fight.
Bai Shanbao and Manbao ran around laughing, and the whole yard was filled with their noise.
Mr. Zhuang wiped his hands and brought out some water. Seeing the three people making such a commotion, he shook his head and said, "We'll leave for the school supervisor in three quarters of an hour. Silang, go get some breakfast now."
Zhou Silang, who had already washed up, bowed and responded, then turned and left.
Manbao then remembered that her fourth brother was the culprit, and quickly said to Bai Erlang who was chasing and beating her, "It was because of her fourth brother that we were screaming."
As soon as Bai Erlang turned around, Zhou Silang slipped away.
By the time they had packed up, had breakfast and left, it was neither early nor late, exactly three quarters of an hour later.
Daji and Zhou Silang drove out in a carriage and took the four masters and apprentices to the outside of the school.
Many students have already arrived and are standing in front of the door waiting.
Manbao and the other two relied on their small stature to pass the people in front of them and got to the front.
Zhou Silang and Daji also wanted to catch up, but Daji was skillful and could squeeze in, but Zhou Silang couldn't. If he forced his way in, the scholars would stare at him.
This made Zhou Silang very embarrassed. He had no choice but to step back and stand next to Mr. Zhuang, watching eagerly.
Manbao and the other two got to the front. When the time of noon came, the door of the school was opened and someone came out holding a red cloth.
The academic officials struck the gong three times, announcing that the list of this year's admissions was out. Next, he would read out the names and hometowns from top to bottom.
There are two copies of the red cloth, one for the students to read from, and the other is hung directly in front of the bulletin board.
There were two pieces of red cloth. The yamen runners drove back the candidates who came to see the list, then casually hung the cloth up, let it fall, and then turned around to hang another piece of cloth.
They were not bothered at all. After all, they had to wait for death once a year, so they were used to it, okay?
But the students standing in front of the bulletin board are different. This is related to their future, and most of them don’t participate very often.
As soon as the red cloth fell, everyone couldn't help but crowd over to take a look.
Manbao and the others were also squeezed up two steps, and then their eyes fell on the back at the same time, wanting to look from the back to the front.
Who knew that by such a coincidence, the three of them saw Bai Shan's name at a glance.
Manbao was stunned for a moment, then shouted, "Bai Shan, you passed the exam!"
Bai Erlang laughed heartily and said happily, "Bai Shan, you are the last one, how embarrassing!"
Bai Shanbao's eyes widened. "Why am I last? I thought my writing was pretty good. Are all the others so good?"
The scholars behind Bai Shanbao who hadn't found their names yet: ...
Bamboo I tried hard to open my eyelids, opened my eyes, and opened my eyes again, but it was all in vain, so good night
(End of this chapter)
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