The time to pick up the examinees was a little earlier today, not for any other reason than that it had rained heavily today, and Huang and Zhao Qingyan were still a little worried.
Upon arriving at the examination hall, I eagerly awaited the sound of the gong, hoping to find out what was happening inside.
The students inside certainly had no idea what the grandmother and grandson outside were feeling.
Time was up, the exam papers were collected, and we could leave the exam room.
Zhao Qianci was extremely careful when packing his things, as if even a sneeze might disturb a roof tile above him.
After carefully removing the tabletop piece by piece and putting it back on the seat, I grabbed the exam basket and dashed out of the exam room. I ran a few steps forward before daring to stop and look back.
It would have been better if he hadn't turned around, but once he did, Zhao Qianci broke out in a cold sweat.
All he could see was that the tiles on his examination room seemed to have shattered collectively, and with a loud crash, the examination room collapsed.
The makeshift tent left inside was buried there.
If it had been any later, during the last inhalation, it might have been crushed inside.
Hearing the exclamation, the constables rushed over to see what had happened.
Upon seeing the miserable state of the examination room, everyone's gazes turned to Zhao Qianci.
"This old man is really lucky. He managed to escape this disaster. What kind of deity did he pray to? We must report this to the magistrate."
Zhao Qianci was unaware of the yamen runners' inner turmoil.
At that moment, his legs were weak, and he could only stand by leaning on the basketball hoop.
Anyone who finds themselves having narrowly escaped death would probably have this reaction.
Fortunately, when those tiles fell, the tents inside provided support, preventing them from collapsing everywhere and injuring anyone.
"Old man, old man, what happened to you?" Huang was very excited when she saw Zhao Qianci being helped out by his sons.
Hurry up and have your son carry the old man home.
When I got home, I found out what had happened that day, and it had given the whole family quite a fright.
"That's not right, old man. Didn't I prick you with an awl this morning? Why didn't it work?"
You're still having such a bad day. Where should I prick you tomorrow so this won't happen again?
Zhao Qianci drank a glass of water and finally recovered from his previous exhaustion.
"How would I know? It worked yesterday, but it stopped working today. It really scared me to death."
Overall, it was a close call, but ultimately nothing serious happened.
Luckily, I was generous enough not to take those folding sticks with me, otherwise I would have been the one buried underneath.
As they say, sometimes you have to know how to make choices.
"That's why I knew to give up that oilcloth; otherwise, you'd all be collecting my old man's corpse by now."
No sooner had Zhao Qianci finished speaking than Huang slapped his hand on the back of his hand.
"At your age, stop talking nonsense and spit a few times."
"Seriously, are you kidding me? We've never done anything wrong in our lives, how could we possibly let something like that happen to you?"
Zhao Qianci had no choice but to spit a few times as his wife instructed.
Zhao Qingyan stood to the side, stroking her chin in deep thought.
"Wait a minute, Grandma, didn't you prick Grandpa this morning? How come he almost fell down today?"
Although Grandpa escaped unscathed today, he wasn't exactly lucky. If our family hadn't been so well-prepared, he would have wasted his time on the exam.
Upon hearing this, Zhao Qianci suddenly slapped his thigh.
"I knew I almost forgot to say something. After finishing the quiz today, I had a dream..."
After Zhao Qianci finished recounting his dream, the family members looked at him with a strange expression.
"What kind of looks are those? I just had a dream, what, you actually believed it?"
Little Green Clothes nodded.
"Grandpa, we believe you! Your luck is exceptionally bad, you know. Maybe what you dreamed about was something you experienced in your past life!"
While everyone was deep in thought, Zhao Qianci really wanted to facepalm.
"Grandpa, Grandma, let's not talk about dreams for now. What we need to think about first is how Grandpa should take his exam tomorrow."
And your method of pricking my grandfather isn't working very well anymore. So, should we try a different method tomorrow, or just do nothing at all?
Zhao Qingyan's words served as a wake-up call for the Zhao family. They really needed to keep thinking of a solution.
"Why was it useful yesterday? What was the situation yesterday? We should find the pattern in this," Zhao Qingyan advised.
This family is really quite clever. The final conclusion of their discussion was that Zhao Qianci's participation in scientific expeditions was almost always an accident.
He wasn't prepared when he stabbed Zhao Qianci yesterday, but he was prepared today.
So, is it only effective to take action when there is no preparation?
Zhao Qianci never expected that his future scientific research path would be so clearly and unexpectedly arranged by his family.
Yes, what surprises await him tomorrow? I'm inexplicably a little excited.
The next morning, Zhao Qianci got up, but Huang Shi was no longer by his side.
As soon as Zhao Qianci opened the bedroom door, he was drenched in a bucket of cold water, followed by Huang Shi's awl piercing his thigh.
The position is just a bit too high. If it were even slightly off, Old Zhao's lifelong male dignity would be ruined by this spendthrift wife.
"This really is an accident!" Zhao Qianci said through gritted teeth to Huang Shi.
Ms. Huang gave an awkward laugh; she was quite frightened herself.
Based on her years of hunting experience, she can shoot wherever she points.
But the shot I just threw was different from what I planned. How could it be so uncontrollable?
At this time, Huang also wanted to go to Baima Temple again to ask for a lucky charm and an evil-repelling charm to bring back to the old man.
This old man is too eerie.
Today is only the fourth session; there will be a final session tomorrow. After the county examination, there will be the prefectural examination. Only those who pass the prefectural examination can be considered as students.
How many accidents must she be causing? She's terrified that the old man will die from all the accidents she's creating.
This is really putting her heart to the test.
Zhao Qingyan brought over a bucket of hot water, finally breaking the awkward atmosphere between the elderly couple.
"Hurry up and clean the room with bathwater, your grandpa needs to take a bath. Don't make the water too cold. I'll go get your grandpa some clean clothes."
After Huang finished speaking, she quickly rushed back into her room. Zhao Qingyan hurriedly called Zhao Qianci to go to the bathroom to take a bath.
Regardless of whether the weather is cold or not, even if it isn't cold, waking up early in the morning and being splashed with cold water or suffering an injury can easily make you sick.
Therefore, Zhao Qingyan prepared enough water for Zhao Qianci to take a bath, and the ginger soup to dispel the cold had already been brewed and was just waiting for the old man to drink it.
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