Chapter 119 Chapter 119 Announcement of List
Starting from April 13, Kang He would go for a walk outside the city gate every day, look outside, and when it got dark, he would go back.
He calculated that the Fufu examination would be over on the tenth day of the first lunar month, and figured that even if Dajing rushed back, he would not be back on the same day as his child's exam, and would at least have half a day to rest.
The most likely scenario is that he sets out on the 11th, and if the journey goes smoothly, he can reach the county on the 13th. If he is slower, he can arrive on the 14th.
But Thirteen waited and waited for Fourteen, but still no one came to pick him up.
Kang He couldn't help feeling anxious, but when he saw that two of the students who had gone to the city to take the exam hadn't returned, he felt a little relieved.
Although he had also felt that communication was inconvenient in the past, his family had rarely been separated for such a long time, so he didn't feel it too deeply. But now he felt in his heart how bad slow communication was.
Kang He has been feeling a little restless these days, his mind on Fan Jing and Dafu. He was secretly annoyed that they had not agreed on the day of their return before leaving.
After all, he didn't keep himself anxious for too long. On the evening of the fourteenth, Kang He took Xiao Fu to have dinner and played Cuju with the little guy in the garden for a while. Sheng Han ran in happily and said he was back.
Kang He and Xiao Fulian ran to the door to greet them, and saw that Fan Jing and Da Fu, who looked exhausted, had indeed returned.
As soon as Dafujiang got out of the car, Xiaofu threw himself into his arms, rubbing against him like a clingy little cat slave.
Kang He let them do as they pleased and went up to ask Fan Jing if he was tired and if the journey was smooth and peaceful.
I hadn't seen you for over half a month, and I missed you. I was happy to see you, but I couldn't help but feel a little strange: "Why are you rushing back after dark? You didn't even say you'd rest at the post station for the night. I said I'd drive to the post station tomorrow to see if I could pick you up."
Fan Jing hadn't seen Kang He for a long time. He had been alone for half a month. He felt quiet for the first one or two days, but he still felt uncomfortable after a while.
He looked at Kang He and felt relieved. He said, "It was getting dark when we arrived at the post station. I thought we were already in the county area, so I just came back in one go and felt at ease."
Kang Hexiao said this, then turned to his seventh brother and said, "Go to the kitchen and ask Hua Mama to prepare some food and boil a pot of hot water. My husband and Dafu's family will be here soon."
The family members were all happy to see Fan Jing and Dafu come back, and they immediately gave instructions.
Kang He took Fan Jing's hand and said to the two close friends, "Come inside quickly. We can talk slowly in the yard. You must be exhausted after traveling these past few days."
The whole family was in a good mood. After entering the house, Kang He accompanied Fan Jing and Da Fu for a simple meal. They did not mention or ask about the exam.
After dinner, Kanghe sent Dafu back to the yard and asked Awang to take care of Dafu and help him wash up and rest early. Anything else could be dealt with tomorrow.
Xiaofu stayed in Dafu's room and refused to leave, saying that he wanted to accompany his brother. So Dafu let him sleep in the yard.
"If you're in my brother's yard, don't keep mumbling and disturbing my brother's sleep."
Xiaofu nodded and pushed Kanghe out: "I know, I know. Just say three sentences with your little mouth... no, five sentences. That's all I have to say. Let brother have a good sleep and rest."
Dafu found it funny, and Kanghe thought that this little parrot spirit had better keep his word.
When he returned to the yard, Fan Jing had just come out of the bathroom after taking a shower. His hair was wet and he was wearing a thin undergarment.
"I wash my hair at night and it takes half an hour to dry."
Kang He went over, took out a dry and crisp handkerchief, and started to wipe his hair.
Fan Jing simply stopped moving and let him wipe his hair. After all, he was at home, and he felt at ease and could relax. His tense nerves relaxed, and the fatigue from traveling cautiously came over him.
"Please massage my head and arms again."
Hearing this, Kang He chuckled and said, "I've been driving for several days, so I must be tired now."
After saying that, he let Fan Jing lean on him, massaged the acupoints on his head, and smoothed the meridians on his arms and body.
Fan Jingjiao was a little sleepy from serving him, and in a daze he heard Kang He seem to ask if he missed him.
He hummed softly.
Confused, Kang He asked, "What? Does it hurt?"
"I miss you..."
Kang He was slightly startled, then the corners of his mouth curled up. They say a short separation is better than a new marriage, and he agreed with this statement.
At night, Kang He hugged Fan Jing and fell asleep. He couldn't help but lean over and kissed him a few times, but he felt that no matter how he did, it was never enough to express the rare feeling in his heart.
The next day, except for Qiao'er who got up early and went to the shop to look after it, everyone in the room got up a little late.
Kang He woke up early, but he stayed in bed sticking to Fan Jing and refused to get up. It was Xiaofu who ran into the yard and called the lazy guy, and then he got up.
Qiao'er finished her morning work in the shop and came back, just in time to meet some of them having breakfast.
Seeing that the whole family was there, Fan Jing asked Shenghan to take out the things he brought back from the capital and let Qiaoer pick out the ones she liked.
This time, there were quite a few things brought back from the provincial capital, including cloth, silk, pearls, hairpins and rings, rouge and powder, dried goods and food... When the boxes were opened, Kanghe and Qiao'er were a little surprised.
"Big brother, have you changed your personality? You've actually chosen to buy so many good things."
Qiao'er picked up the silk and compared it with her body. She thought the colors and patterns were beautiful and much more fashionable than those in the county cloth shop. The rouge and perfume were also delicate and pleasant-smelling.
Seeing that his family liked it, Fan Jing said, "Dafu chose it."
Kang He raised his eyebrows. The deer tendons used to make bowstrings seemed to be the work of Fan Jing. He had never looked at other things on a daily basis. Not to mention rouge and powder, even the fabrics and cloths were mostly what Fan Jing chose and he would wear. It was rare for him to have a good taste for a while.
"After all, our scholar is knowledgeable and has good vision."
Qiao Er patted Da Fu's head and said, "Whoever marries our Da Fu in the future will enjoy a good life."
Dafu blushed slightly. "Don't tease me, little aunt. There are so many good things in the city. Once you enter a shop, there will be eloquent shop assistants to sell you things. Just buy what they say."
"It's only been half a month since we last met, and you've become much prettier. You've dressed so beautifully. If you use this fabric to make clothes, you'll definitely look even more radiant."
Xiaofu, who had been pulling a delicate little bow a few times, heard Dafu talking to Qiao'er and came over to say, "Little aunt has been wearing beautiful clothes every day lately. Daddy even said he couldn't keep the big girl anymore!"
"You little trumpet!"
Kang He grabbed the guy and tried to pinch his mouth, but the little guy slipped away like a loach and hid behind Fan Jing.
Qiao Er's face flushed from their teasing, but she said, "Who doesn't like pretty girls?"
Everyone couldn't help but smile.
Now we just have to wait for the results. After the provincial exam, even if you pass it, you don't have to take the academy exam. There are exams every three years, and this year is a year without one.
Because the government took the test and failed, there will be no more imperial examinations this year.
Because of the busy schedule for the exam, Xu's school gave the candidates some time off, allowing them to return to school for classes after the provincial exam results were released so that they could rest and adjust their bodies and minds.
The old couple in the Fan family were both very concerned about Dafu. Chen Sanfang could still come to the city every now and then, but Fan's father had to take care of the farm work and could rarely leave.
The holiday was surprisingly long, so Kang He asked Dafu and Xiaofu to go back to their hometown to stay for a few days so that they could accompany Father Fan and Chen Sanfang.
After the two children returned to their hometown, the house suddenly became much quieter. Kang He and Fan Jing would also go back to their hometown occasionally to live and have a family reunion.
That day, Kang He and Fan Jing stayed in the countryside. When they drove to the city, they brought some vegetables with them.
As the two passed by the main street, they saw a clerk at the Zhen Family Vegetable Store at the other end counting the goods, but there were sounds of quarreling coming from inside the shop.
Because there were few people outside in the morning, the noisy sounds were particularly noticeable.
"You're picking up other people's stuff and learning. Now that you understand the market, then learn. Look at this month's accounts. You've spent all the money you earned in the first half of the month in the second half. If you keep going like this, you'll be doing business at a loss!"
"Why are you so anxious? We've been running this street for years. We can just give up a little bit of profit to win back the customers that shop has taken away. How long can they survive without customers?"
"Let's see who can outlast the other first. I'm afraid that before they die, you'll lose all your money!"
Kang He and Fan Jing both overheard it, but they were just passing by and couldn't stop the car to listen. They only knew that the couple inside were arguing about business matters.
They drove into the alley and said, "It's only been two days since you sent Dafu to take the exam, and the Zhen Family Vegetable Shop has learned our idea of preparing vegetables and selling them at a discount for three days.
His vegetable shop was already a major business, and its business suddenly became very prosperous, so our vegetable shop's business was greatly affected."
Fortunately, they had accumulated some reputation when they opened, and some customers still recognized them. Moreover, they sold some seafood in their shop, and although the business was not as good as before, they still had one or two special features to keep it going.
The shop is his own, and the vegetables are supplied by his own fields. Even if business is not good and he can't sell all the vegetables, at the same time there is no waste. Therefore, he can still make ends meet even if business is not good.
Kang He had been prepared for this. After all, in business, it is impossible to be successful in every field. Even if he could make a little money, even if it was less, it was still better than before.
He was not worried about the poor business. After all, a shop selling vegetables was a long-term business. How could he keep doing it for long if he lost his mind after just one or two months?
He was thinking that the business in the shop had been slow recently and he had some free time, so he might as well learn the service of cutting and chopping meat from the pork shop and apply it to the vegetable shop, adding a new job of cleaning vegetables for others.
But before they had time to do it, they heard today that the Zhen Family Vegetable Shop was following their example and selling vegetables at low prices and was about to collapse.
Kang He knew that it was not that they really couldn't hold on, but they just didn't want to lose money. He secretly inquired about the Zhen family vegetable shop and heard that they were city dwellers and bought vegetables at low prices from the tenants in the countryside.
On weekdays, the wife watches over the shop while the husband goes around the village to purchase goods.
The vegetables of the two families come from different sources, so the costs are naturally different. The Zhen family did not follow their own business habits, but rashly emphasized the word "freshness", which increased the loss of vegetables and sold the next day's vegetables at a low price. This was okay in the short term, but in the long run, it was bound to suffer losses.
After hearing this, Fan Jing said, "It's all right to learn. Back in the day at Douhuifang, whenever the shop came up with something new, other shops would copy it. I'm afraid you won't be able to learn it, and it might even cause harm to others."
Kang He knew what Fan Jing meant when he heard this. Although they had originally run separate businesses, having another shop doing the same business would inevitably mean they were competing for profits.
If they meet someone with a righteous heart, they will focus on competing with you in business. If they meet someone with a cunning mind, they may turn their attention to other things.
At the oil mill next door to them, the owner got his man into gambling and lost a lot of money. Later, he sold his house and was forced to live in the shop with his whole family.
Originally I thought I was just fighting quails in the alley and was targeted by those guys, but it turned out not to be the case. Later I found out that the rivals were also involved.
When Kang He and Fan Jing heard this, they couldn't help but sigh, thinking that the merchants in the city were so thoughtful and would be more cautious in their business operations in the future.
Fortunately, they run a pork business in Douhuifang, and there is a butcher named Zhang Shili who is not easy to mess with. Ordinary people dare not mess with the butcher, so the pork shop has been doing a booming business in recent years. Although there are occasional frictions, it is generally smooth.
When we came to Guixiangfang, the ground was not ripe yet, so we had to be cautious.
I was just thinking about this, but within two days, it really happened.
That day, Third Brother Bao came over and asked Kang He, "Do you know that you have offended someone?"
Kang He was confused when he heard this: "Why do you say that?"
"I was walking around the black market yesterday looking for information from my acquaintances, and I heard someone was offering to find someone to cause trouble for you. My little brother knows I'm close to you, so he heard the news and told me."
Kang He frowned. "After thinking about it, it's only because I offended someone in business. There's nothing else. In the past few months, I haven't built a house or bought any land. I haven't done anything except this new business."
He turned his eyes and asked Brother Bao San, "Is it possible that the family on the main street used some magical power?"
Seeing that he seemed to be somewhat unaware, Brother Bao San said, "It's good that you know what's going on. Things like this happen all the time. I've been watching closely, hoping the news will get out. If it doesn't come through me, it'll probably reach you through someone else's mouth."
"Your business is getting in the way. Someone's on the black market looking for someone to cause trouble. I'm letting you know in advance. It's not that they're being coy, but they're probably trying to show off their power. They want you to hear the news and be scared. You can either close your shop and stop doing business, or take Li'er to the man to apologize and discuss the future."
After all, Brother Bao San is a shrewd man who has been in the city for many years. He has seen a lot of twists and turns and knows them all well.
Kang He said, "I believe that everyone does business based on their own abilities, and I have never used any underhanded tricks to steal other people's customers. Even though it is my duty, people still cheat each other. How can I endure it?"
"I won't close this shop, and I won't bring gifts to apologize and discuss how to run the business under someone else's control. Since he wants to find someone to cause trouble, I will take it with both hands!"
After hearing what Kang He said, Third Brother Bao agreed. "Although going to apologize might win you some temporary favor, it will also make people look down on you and think your Fan family is easy to bully. When others see you, they'll probably follow suit and bully them."
"If we take one step back, we'll have to take every step back. We were born and raised in Luan County, not from outside. How can we be so soft and let others bully us? If we want to stand firm, we have to be tough."
Bao Sange said: "I will also go and find out for you if there is any important person behind this household. If it is really not right, we can take a step back and talk it over.
Don't let Miss Qiao'er stay in the shop these days. She's still young and hasn't been engaged to anyone. If someone comes looking for trouble, I'm afraid something bad will happen."
Kang He thanked Brother Bao San. Even if he didn't tell him, he would have asked Qiao'er to hide after hearing the news.
After that day, Kang He called in all the associates in his family who were involved in this business and gave them careful instructions, asking them to pay extra attention to their work and be cautious.
They were all servants who had been with the family for a long time. After hearing Kang He's instructions, they knew that Xu was going to start a rebellion, and they became more efficient.
The two children are living peacefully in the countryside and are not running around in the city, which makes them feel at ease.
Kang He and Fan Jing came to the shop every day to see what the Zhen family was going to do.
People outside didn't know what had happened in the vegetable shop. They just saw that the smart young lady was no longer in the shop to take care of the business, so they couldn't help but ask about it.
That day, Yao Yuan escorted a shipment from a neighboring county back to his county.
He bought an exquisite hairpin outside. He thought that he had not seen Qiao'er for three or five days and missed her very much. He came back without taking a breath and went to Fan's shop with the thing in his pocket as if he was presenting a treasure.
It was almost noon when Kang He got a piece of pork tenderloin from the pork shop and put it in the kitchen, saying that he wanted to cook some sweet and sour pork tenderloin for Fan Jing.
Business in the shop was slow at the moment, so Fan Jing went outside to slaughter soft-shelled turtles for a woman. She had ordered five of them for a dinner party in the evening.
Fan Jing wanted to finish it as soon as possible, so he asked Xie Xiaoliu to deliver it.
He was carefully handling the turtle with his back to the sealed alley wall when he suddenly heard a sound of jogging footsteps. He turned around and saw a tall man coming towards him.
This man looked unfamiliar and was peeking out of the shop door, looking for something.
Seeing this, Fan Jing couldn't help but narrow his eyes. He saw that the man was capable and had a mighty stature. His figure was not inferior to Kang He. It was obvious that he was a martial arts practitioner, not the kind of person who would go to the vegetable market to buy melons and vegetables.
He calmly dropped the knife in his hand into the basin, thinking, it's finally here!
"What to buy?"
When Yao Yuan came over, he didn't see Qiao'er or Xie Xiaoliu, and was just about to say how unlucky it was to come here today.
He was so focused on the girl that he didn't even notice there was a person standing in the corner outside the shop.
Hearing the question suddenly, Yao Yuan turned his head and his body trembled. He saw a tall and slender man holding a bloody fish in his hand, looking at him coldly.
"I......"
Yao Yuan swallowed his saliva and said, "I'm here to buy some vegetables."
Fan Jing threw the turtle in his hand into the basin and washed his hands hastily. "Take a look for yourself."
Yao Yuan responded, walked into the shop and took a look around, picking up things here and there, dawdling and waiting for Qiao'er to come back.
Chi did not receive a reply from anyone, instead it seemed as if a pair of cold eyes were staring at him from the back of his head.
Yao Yuan is not a timid person. If he were afraid, he would not have set up an escort company in his early twenties.
It's inevitable to feel guilty when you go to someone else's house with the thoughts of a grown-up girl in your mind.
He guessed that this man must be Qiao'er's older brother. He had heard her say that this brother was not someone to be trifled with. He had only seen his brother-in-law from a distance before, and he seemed to be a kind person. This was the first time he bumped into her brother, and it turned out to be true.
He didn't know if it was an illusion or something else, but he always felt that Qiao'er's older brother seemed to want to mess with him.
Yao Yuan secretly wondered if he knew how he felt about Qiao'er. But that didn't make sense. He hadn't done anything awful, so he shouldn't be annoying like this.
Thinking that he would not be able to see Qiao'er today, Yao Yuan hurriedly picked up two handfuls of green onions and two gourds and paid the bill.
Fortunately, at this time, Xie Xiaoliu, who had been serving food in the restaurant, came back. Seeing Yao Yuan standing in the shop, his eyes moved and he called out, "Brother Yao, I haven't seen you buying food for a while."
Seeing Xie Xiaoliu's familiar tone, Fan Jing asked, "Are you a regular customer?"
"Hey, I don't know if my husband has sent Dafu out. Brother Yao often comes to our shop to buy vegetables. He must be an acquaintance."
Fan Jing's eyebrows twitched slightly, and he couldn't help but look at Yao Yuan again. Yao Yuan smiled foolishly and scratched the back of his head at Fan Jing.
Fan Jing didn't want to teach him to admit his mistake. He just thought that someone who was causing trouble had come to the shop and caused a misunderstanding. However, this person really didn't look like someone who came to buy vegetables seriously.
Without saying anything, he picked up a handful of garlic sprouts and handed them to Yao Yuan: "Come often in the future."
Yao Yuan's eyes lit up and he thanked him repeatedly, "Of course, of course."
"You settle the bill with him."
Fan Jing said something to Xie Xiaoliu and went out to continue slaughtering the turtle.
Xie Xiaoliu peeked out furtively and saw Fan Jing really was slaughtering turtles again. Then he whispered to Yao Yuan, "Sister Qiao'er hasn't been to the shop for two days. You haven't seen her lately."
Yao Yuan couldn't help but ask, "What's wrong with her? Is she sick?"
Xie Xiaoliu shook his head. "It's not very peaceful in our shop right now. Sister Qiao'er is a young girl and it's not appropriate for her to walk around the shop, so our boss asked her to stay away."
Yao Yuan's brows furrowed, his face tense. "Who the hell dares to come and look for faults in your shop like this?"
Seeing Yao Yuan's loyalty, Xie Xiaoliu felt for Qiao'er. "I can't say anything too much. I just want you to know that Qiao'er hasn't been to the shop lately. If you want to see her, don't come over here. You'll definitely run into our Mr. Fan every day."
"Twelve coins, Brother Yao."
After hearing this, Yao Yuan gave Xie Xiaoliu twenty coins and said, "I'll treat you to tea."
At noon, Fan Jing and Kang He were eating in the shop. He told Kang He about the incident in the shop where the tigress came to buy vegetables.
Kang He smiled upon hearing this and said, "He is indeed an old customer. His appearance made me remember him as soon as you mentioned him. I've run into him twice before and he was just buying some vegetables. He always buys a lot each time he comes back. I heard that he is an escort from the Qingyufang Escort Agency up there, but I haven't made any further inquiries."
Fan Jing stuffed a mouthful of tenderloin coated in sweet sauce into his mouth and said, "That energy doesn't seem like that of an ordinary trade."
He remembered the boy sticking his head out of the shop looking for something, and he felt something was wrong, but he couldn't put his finger on it.
Little did he know that on the other side, Yao Yuan was unhappy to hear that someone was looking for the Fan family shop, which caused him to not even see Qiao'er, and he was very angry.
He went back, dropped the vegetables, and began to use his connections to find out who the Fan family vegetable shop had offended. As someone like him who was involved in both the black and white business, no one was better informed than them. With a little use of his connections, he knew everything.
"Shopkeeper Zhen, business is booming."
The owner of Zhen's Vegetable Store was a little surprised to see Yao Yuan coming to his store, wondering how this Buddha came to his place.
Normally, he didn't have much contact with the Yao family. They were just on the same street. He had bought tea at the Yao family's tea shop, and Zheng Xiaolanye had bought vegetables there a few times. If they told others about it, they knew each other.
Everyone knew that the Yao family had a tyrannical leader, and the surrounding merchants were afraid to offend him. Seeing him coming, the Zhen family treated him to tea with a smile: "Captain Yao, how could you have time to come to my little temple? If you want some fresh vegetables, just send someone to let me know, and I will deliver them to your home."
Yao Yuan sat down on the stool without any hesitation. He didn't bother to beat around the bush and said bluntly, "I heard that you spent money in the black market and spread the word that you wanted to take over that vegetable shop inside."
When Zhen Jiaren heard this, his expression changed. He was a little confused about what Yao Yuan meant.
When I first investigated the Fan family's background, I didn't hear about any person behind him. I did know that one of his sons-in-law was a scholar, but a family of scholars was not the type to resort to trickery.
"Those people on the black market love to talk nonsense about trivial matters like this. I wonder if Captain Yao has any advice for you?"
Yao Yuan snorted coldly, "It's not my turn to give instructions. Boss Zhen has been doing business on this street for quite some time. I think he understands the principle of peaceful competition.
If the Fan Family Vegetable Shop were to use any inappropriate means to compete for your business, or if you were to seek trouble on the black market, I wouldn't say a word."
"We're doing business honestly, but Boss Zhen wants to meddle with it. I'm not going to be easy on him. Today, I'm going to make it clear to everyone so that we don't have to worry about any unnecessary trouble. I'm protecting the Fan Family Vegetable Shop. If Boss Zhen is looking for the black market people, tell them to come directly to me."
Zhen Jiaren's face turned pale. He didn't really want to cause any trouble. He just spread some news on the black market to put pressure on the Fan family. If the Fan family knew what was good for them and kept a low profile in their business, then everyone would be better off.
He waited and waited, but the Fan family didn't show up. Instead, the escort leader Yao Yuan came. How could he dare to offend such a person?
"This, this is just a misunderstanding. Those people on the black market spread it all. I'm just being polite to the Fan Family Vegetable Shop. From now on, we'll each go about our own business and not bother each other."
Zhen Jiaren said: "It is because of his blindness that he did not know that Fan's Vegetable Shop was owned by Yao Biaotou. If I had known this earlier, I would have prepared a gift to congratulate him when the shop opened."
Yao Yuan said, "Just remember what you said today. If you say more, I will be too naive."
After saying that, he left with a wave of goodbye. Zhen Jiaren was frightened and broke out in a cold sweat. He had never encountered any difficulties in doing such things before, and he had successfully squeezed out several nearby vegetable shops, but this time he had hit a wall.
"If you walk by the river often, you will get your shoes wet. I told you to stop doing this, but you still won't let it go."
Zhen Jia's wife was hiding at the back and heard what Yao Yuan said. She was so scared that her back was covered in sweat. As soon as the man left, she came out crying.
"The Fan family also has a pig slaughtering business, and those who work there are all ruthless people. Even if there is a commotion, there is still your godfather who works for the county government and your nephew who is a lawyer, but you still have to spend money to deal with them, and then things will calm down."
Zhen Jiaren was also very angry: "Why do you have to say this after the fact? Why didn't you stop me when I went out to look for someone earlier?"
The couple quarreled again.
Kang He and Fan Jing were still unaware of these events. They had been on high alert for more than ten days. Everything was peaceful and no one was causing any trouble. They couldn't help but feel strange, wondering how could the Zhen family be so patient?
He also secretly observed the Zhen family's vegetable shop and found that they had adopted all the ideas they had learned and returned to their original business.
Just when they were confused, the Zhen family actually sent a gift to seek peace, saying that they were doing business in the same place and had a connection by fate, so they would help each other in the future and make the business long-lasting.
Kang He and Fan Jing were even more puzzled, wondering if Third Brother Bao had heard false news?
The two of them couldn't figure out what was going on for a while, and they didn't have the energy to delve into the cause of the matter because another important matter came up and all other matters had to be put aside.
On April 27th, the results of the provincial examination were announced.
This time, not only the Fan family, but also the Xu family school and the Luo family were waiting for the results to be announced.
After all, once the provincial examination is held, there will be many more students with academic titles in the county. Scholars are all concerned about this matter. They have their own futures to consider. What could be more important than looking at the list and the results?
On the 25th, Kang He and Fan Jing went to bring Da Fu and Xiao Fu back to the city. The list was posted in the city on that day, but it would inevitably take one or two nights for the red list to be sent to the local area, so it was not announced until the 27th.
As the day dawned, the whole family waited outside the Imperial Examination Hall. They found the most suitable position to view the list and waited calmly but anxiously.
Although this is not the first time I’m waiting for the list, I still feel the same way when I’m eager to see the list.
Everyone stood under the bulletin board where a red list was posted with the names of the high school entrance examination candidates written in black regular script.
When the Fan family saw the three words "Fan Zhongyang" appear on the red list, they all felt dizzy for a moment.
Even Dafu was a little surprised and murmured, "I passed the exam to become a Tongsheng student at the age of nine?"
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