Chapter 303 Finale
Time flies, years pass, and ten years have passed in the blink of an eye.
Xuanxuan passed the imperial examination and became a juren four years ago, and Hengheng also passed the xiucai examination. This year, they are preparing to take the juren exam.
Xuanxuan is 25 years old this year. After several years of settling down, Xuanxuan also went to Beijing to take the imperial examination this year.
Xuanxuan has been gone for more than two months. Logically, there should be news about whether he succeeded or not.
"Why is there still no news about Xuanxuan?" Li Wanqing said to Gu Yan while sitting on a chair holding her grandson.
Xuanxuan got married at the age of eighteen and married his teacher's daughter.
Xuanxuan's teacher was also a Jinshi, and even served as a third-rank official. Later, because he offended someone, he resigned and returned to his hometown, where he became a teacher in a college.
Xuanxuan is his favorite student. He values Xuanxuan very much and thinks that Xuanxuan is a promising talent.
He usually took special care of Xuanxuan. After Xuanxuan passed the imperial examination, he married his daughter to Xuanxuan.
Not only Xuanxuan got married, Hengheng also got married, and his wife was the younger sister of his classmate.
"Maybe they were delayed on the way? Don't worry, several people from their academy went there together, nothing will happen." Although Gu Yan was also worried, he still comforted Li Wanqing.
"Oh, I don't know how Xuanxuan did in the exam?" Li Wanqing said again.
"Didn't my in-laws say that Xuanxuan has solid knowledge, so if nothing unexpected happens, there won't be any problem." Gu Yan said.
"Grandma, when will my dad come back?" Gu Ruize, who was sitting in Li Wanqing's arms and eating fruit, said in a baby voice.
"I'll be back in a few days. Ze'er, you miss your dad too, right?" Li Wanqing said lovingly.
"Well, I thought about it, Daddy said he would take me hunting when he came back.
Daddy said we are descendants of hunters, and all the men in the family know how to hunt. I am already four years old, so I can learn to dig traps." Gu Ruize said.
"Your father is right, we must never lose the ability of our ancestors to make a living.
If you want to learn hunting, you don’t have to wait for your father, your grandfather can teach you.” Gu Yan said.
"Really? Grandpa? You really teach me how to hunt?" Gu Ruize asked happily.
"Of course it's true. Let's go there tomorrow." Gu Yan said.
"Great, great." Gu Ruize clapped his hands.
"Okay, it's all up to you. Xuanxuan hasn't come back yet, so how can we go tomorrow?" Li Wanqing stopped the grandfather and grandson who were getting more and more excited and couldn't wait to go tomorrow.
Gu Yan also knew that it was unrealistic to go back tomorrow. At least he had to wait until Xuanxuan came back.
"Be good, wait until your father comes back and we'll go. Let me tell you, our cave in the mountains is really nice.
It is warm in winter and cool in summer. Even if it snows heavily outside in winter, it is still warm in the cave.
In winter, when there is a strong wind outside and snowflakes are falling, people are roasting fire in the house, roasting sweet potatoes in the stove, and roasting peanuts and chestnuts on the stove lid.
The family roasted by the fire, ate snacks and chatted. Their life was very beautiful.
"Grandpa, I want to eat roasted sweet potatoes too." Gu Ruize was still young and didn't understand anything else. He only heard the word roasted sweet potatoes.
"Want to eat roasted sweet potatoes? That's easy. Come on, grandpa will roast them for you." Gu Yan said, and stood up to hug Gu Ruize.
At this moment, a servant came running in, shouting as he ran: "Master, Madam, the eldest young master has won, the eldest young master has won."
"What did you win? Tell me clearly." Li Wanqing stood up quickly.
"The eldest young master won the third place, the Tanhua Lang. The eldest young master won the Tanhua Lang." The servant said while panting.
"Is he really the third place winner?" Gu Yan asked in disbelief.
"Really? The person with the good news will probably be here soon," the servant said, pointing outside.
Gu Yan finally reacted: "Quick, take out the wedding money and firecrackers, and bring them to the door."
"Xiao Ju, go find two people to carry the wedding money to the gate.
"Where's the eldest young lady? Let her out quickly." Li Wanqing ordered anxiously.
"Mom, I'm here, is it my husband?" There was a lot of noise outside, and Xuanxuan's wife only heard roughly what was going on.
"Yes, Xuanxuan passed the imperial examination and became a top scholar. The person who announced the good news will be here soon.
Go and clean up quickly so you can help entertain the guests later," Li Wanqing said.
"Really, that's great, that's great." Xuanxuan's wife shed tears of excitement.
"Go and get ready, the person with good news will be here soon." Li Wanqing ordered hurriedly.
"Mom, my eldest brother passed the imperial examination and became a third place winner." Hengheng ran in.
Today Hengheng accompanied his wife back to her parents' home. When he heard the news, he hurried back.
"Well, the person with the good news will be here soon, so you should go and help as soon as possible," said Li Wanqing.
"Well, I'll go right away."
As they were talking, the sounds of gongs and drums came from far away.
Gu Yan and Li Wanqing hurried to the gate.
The yamen runner who brought the good news also happened to stop at the gate.
"Is this the residence of Mr. Gu Zhixuan?" asked the leading bailiff.
"Yes, it's the Gu Mansion. This is Gu Zhixuan's father, and this is his mother." It was so lively that the neighbors had already come to watch the fun.
"Hey, hello, old man, and old lady. Congratulations to your master Gu Zhixuan for getting the third place on the list of top scorers and being personally conferred the title of Tanhua by the emperor." The leader said loudly.
"Congratulations, everyone. Here, take this little gift and have some tea." Gu Yan said as he stuffed the red envelope into the hand of the yamen runner.
"Thank you, Mr. Gu. My master said that when the third place winner comes back, he will come to congratulate us in person." After the bailiff said this, he led his men away.
Li Wanqing directed the servants to scatter the copper coins handful by handful.
Then there was a scramble among the people who came to watch the fun.
Gu Yan asked someone to light the firecrackers again, and they started to pop.
As firecrackers sounded, Li Wanqing asked someone to bring out a basket of copper coins and scattered them around.
"It's a great joy for the Gu family, let everyone share in the happiness." The servant shouted as he spread the scattering.
"Thank you, Master Gu."
"Master Gu is generous."
"Congratulations."
Blessings and congratulations came from everyone.
Gu Yan couldn't help but hold Li Wanqing's hand.
He was a hunter in the mountains. After marrying Li Wanqing, he gradually bought a house and land and moved out of the mountains.
From the mountains, to the town, to the county town, to the provincial capital, and later to the capital.
All of this was brought to him by Li Wanqing. He was grateful to Li Wanqing from the bottom of his heart.
Li Wanqing sensed Gu Yan's emotions and turned to look at him.
Gu Yan murmured softly: "Wife, thank you."
Li Wanqing laughed: "Fool."
After they finished speaking, the two of them smiled at each other, holding hands tightly.
At this moment, it seemed as if they were the only two people left in the world.
Two people, three meals a day, four seasons, they still have a long life ahead of them...
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