Chapter 190 Bringing good news!
Could it be that he was a reborn person like him? Or was there something special about him?
He looked deeply at Zhou Lang and his wife several times.
The Zhou family was too ruthless. He was the only quasi-scholar in the Zhou family for several generations. Wasn't Old Zhou usually very rare? But today, he still handled things impartially and didn't give him face.
She insisted on divorcing her mother and kicking them out.
They are too cruel, and one day they will regret it and cry and beg him for forgiveness.
Just at this moment, someone knocked on the tightly closed courtyard door of Old Zhou's house.
"Mr. Zhou, Mrs. Zhou, what great joy! Open the door quickly!"
"The official is here to give you good news!"
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Zhou Qinan's lips curled up slightly when he heard that.
When Wang heard this, she immediately became energetic.
Bringing good news!
It must be for her son!
Ordinary scholars would not receive congratulatory messages, only the top few scholars would have such an honor.
This is just great.
She strode over and opened the door.
Old man Zhou was also slightly excited. Did his eldest grandson really get the top spot? Or one of the top few?
But, I just divorced Wang...
So, it's exciting and emotional.
Mrs. Zhou and the others looked unhappy. If Zhou Qinan really won the first prize in the case and became an official in the future, it would be difficult for their Zhou family's tofu business, which would be difficult to handle...
She has always been pessimistic about her eldest grandson Zhou Qinan, a man who is two-faced.
No one knows what he is thinking.
The fact that even the mountain goddess disliked him at the beginning was enough to explain everything.
Zhou Lang's expression remained unchanged, while Lin Shiqi looked as if he was enjoying a good show.
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Besides, as soon as the door of Old Zhou’s house was opened.
Sure enough, everyone saw a group of people beating drums and gongs walking towards their house.
Those who came to knock on the door earlier were enthusiastic villagers.
Old man Zhou walked out.
They just kept complimenting me and saying all kinds of nice things.
This made Old Man Zhou feel a little regretful.
Wang had already wiped away her tears, raised her head and straightened her chest, "I, Wang Cuihua, must have accumulated great virtues in my previous life, so I was able to give birth to a good son like Dalang! You, the Zhou family, are so ruthless that you drove us mother and son out of the Zhou family. You will suffer a great loss in the future..."
Mrs. Zhou gritted her teeth and said "Pooh" in a low voice.
The soldiers who brought the good news had already arrived at the gate of Old Zhou's house, surrounded by the village head, as well as men, women and children from the entire village.
"Congratulations, Master! Congratulations, Master!"
The runners who delivered the good news this time were the same two who came last time.
I still remember Old Man Zhou and Mrs. Zhou.
They didn't need anyone to lead the way, they just came here directly.
"Greetings, my lords. Thank you for troubling me again." Old man Zhou went out to greet them.
The two officers returned the greeting with a bow, "This is a great and happy event, no need to trouble you, no need to trouble you, it's what we should do..."
"Congratulations to the Zhou family for having another top scholar! We are sending the good news specially to the top scholar..."
Everyone in Lao Zhou's family was frozen.
The villagers who were watching were amazed, "Oh my God! It's the top scholar again! I heard that the top ten scholars in our county are called Bingsheng, and they can go to the government office every month to receive rice and grain. They are considered to be people who eat the food of the court. The top scholar probably gets more..."
"Zhou Dalang has been able to study since he was young. He was the top student in the examination and now he is the top student in the examination. He is amazing!"
"Wang will enjoy great fortune with him. Several boys in our family used to go to school with Zhou Dalang, but none of them could concentrate on their studies. When they returned home, only Zhou Dalang was still studying, and he passed the examination and became a scholar..."
"The Zhou family has a great door lintel!"
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Wang smoothed her messy hair one by one.
It went behind the ear.
Then, Shi Shiran stood up.
"Thank you for your hard work, sir. You have come so far to bring good news to my son Dalang. Fortunately, you came early. If you were a little later, we would not be in this old Zhou family and I am afraid we would not receive this good news."
When the villagers heard this, they wondered what it meant.
Why aren’t you at Lao Zhou’s house anymore?
Old man Zhou's face turned red. Wang was trying to slap the Zhou family in the face.
The village chief asked, "What's going on? Where are you going?"
Zhou Qinan stood in the crowd, as usual, calm and composed despite his young age. No matter what happened, it seemed that it could not touch his heartstrings.
But at this moment, the corners of his mouth involuntarily rose, with a hint of sarcasm.
Wang was just waiting for someone to ask this question.
"I made a mistake in the Zhou family, so the elders forced the head of the family to divorce me and let me go back to my parents' home. My three sons are still young and can't live without me, so they had to leave the house with me... Now, our eldest son has made a name for himself, and he should be able to get rice every month as the first in the case, so we won't starve to death anymore."
As he said this, he looked pitiful and wiped a few tears from his eyes with his fingers.
When the villagers heard this, they were all shocked.
"What? Divorced? You gave birth to a son who ranked first in the scholar examination for the Zhou family. No matter how big a mistake you make, you can't be divorced!"
"That's right. If my wife gives birth to a son who is the first in the imperial examination, I will still support her even if she is lazy and gluttonous all day long..."
"The Zhou family may regret it in the future. See, we don't want the scholar's case..."
"Old Zhou, you are so confused this time. It takes a lot of smoke from the ancestors' graves to produce a scholar who topped the list. What a pity..."
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Mrs. Zhou had a lot to say and wanted to explain herself, but she knew Old Man Zhou's character and knew that family disgrace should not be made public, so she had to hold it in.
Wang walked up to the two officials and said, "Please give me the good news. My son Zhou Qinan is here."
The two officials were confused at this time. One of them said, "What Zhou Qinan? What are you talking about? We are here to give Zhou Lang the good news!"
The other frowned and said, "Zhou Qinan? I have some impression of him. He seems to be one of the top ten scholars this time. If we are not the ones to send him off, there should be someone else to send him off. You can wait for a while..."
Now, wow!
The whole audience fell silent!
Everyone thought they had heard it wrong.
Including Mr. Zhou and his wife.
Wang's face also turned red, and she raised her voice involuntarily.
"No, sir, have you made a mistake? How could it be Zhou Lang? He just passed the examination for Tongsheng this spring. Normally, he should wait three years before taking the examination again. Only my son Zhou Qinan passed the examination this year..."
Taohua Village produced two top-ranked candidates for the imperial examination, so they all knew a little about the rules of the imperial examination.
The two officials were somewhat displeased with the way Wang spoke, as her spit was spraying on their faces.
He took a step back and took out the good news.
Written on it were two big characters: Zhou Lang.
One of them explained, "Zhou Lang is indeed the top student in the first half of this year, but he was appreciated by a noble in the Hanlin Academy and was specially recommended to participate in this year's autumn examination. How could we, the person delivering the good news, make the wrong one?"
Wang was struck by a bolt from the blue.
Zhou Qinan in the crowd tried his best to remain calm, and there seemed no major fluctuation on the surface, but in his heart, he felt as if he had been hit by a blow!
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