Chapter 149 Examination
Seeing this scene, all the elders present, including Shen Yuan, all moved aside tacitly to let Lu Ne talk to Shen Xi. After all, they were going to take an exam, and it was normal for the engaged couple to talk to each other.
Lu Ne carefully took out the purse that Shen Xi had given him from his arms, "Xi Xi, you can't bring this into the examination room. Can you keep it for me?"
"Okay." Shen Xi reached out to take the purse, "Then I'll return it to you when you graduate from high school."
"Oh, that's great. When my mother comes home, I'll ask her to arrange a date for me, too, hehe."
As Kuang Qianfan spoke, he began to smile foolishly, as if he had already seen himself getting married.
Shen Su stretched out his hand to interrupt him, "Let's go, we can think about these things after we finish the exam."
Kuang Qianfan is about the same age as Shen Su, and Shen Su is about to become a father, but Kuang Qianfan has not said anything. When Kuang Qianfan's mother was pregnant with him, everyone around her said that this was a daughter. The couple, including Kuang's two brothers, were expecting a daughter/sister, but the baby turned out to be a boy.
It happened that Kuang Qianfan was very coquettish and in poor health when he was young, so Mrs. Kuang simply raised him as a concubine. But something was wrong with him as she was being raised. No matter how much she was raised as a concubine, she was not a real concubine. When Kuang Qianfan was fifteen or sixteen years old, his mother decided to correct his temper. In Mrs. Kuang's words, she would not arrange a marriage for her son until he was well-educated, so as to avoid harming other good girls.
Shen Xu, Kuang Qianfan, and Lu Ne were about to go to line up, and turned back to say to everyone, "You guys go back first, it's tiring standing here."
"What's so tiring about standing for a while? It's a good exercise for your legs. Grandmother will watch you go in before you leave. But Yingniang can't stand all the time. Yingniang, do you want to go back to the carriage and sit down, or go home first?"
"I'll go sit in the car, husband, I'll wait for you to get in before I go, you go line up. Don't worry about us, I'll go back first when I'm tired."
"Okay, then if you're tired you can go first. The inspection is very slow, I don't know how long it will take."
In order to prevent cheating in the examination, even the hair has to be let down to be seen, so you can imagine how slow the speed will be.
When the last few people were about to leave, Shen Yun walked over and patted his son on the shoulder, "Kang'er, although Dad told you to work hard in high school, don't put too much pressure on yourself. Just do your best. Dad is already very satisfied with you."
Regardless of whether his future is good or bad, he raised two upright, kind, and friendly sons and daughters, and that is enough.
"Dad, I know, but I won't let you down."
After talking for a while, when a few people went to line up, there were already a lot of people in front of them, but the line seemed to be still.
He Ying was pregnant and couldn't stand for a long time, so she got on the carriage first, opened the curtain and looked at her husband's back.
After a while, Old Madam Shen could no longer hold on and was carried into the carriage by Madam Shen.
There were still many people outside who had sent their children to queue and were reluctant to leave. They either stood outside or waited in the carriages.
Fortunately, the area outside the Gongyuan was very spacious, otherwise so many carriages would not have been able to park.
There are many people outside Gongyuan today. Some business-savvy merchants have set their sights on coming here early in the morning and set up stalls outside, just outside the boundary guarded by the imperial guards. As long as they do not cross the boundary, the imperial guards naturally cannot drive them away.
"Dad, can I..."
Shen Yuan grinned and pointed at the pancake stall in the distance.
Shen Yun chuckled, "Go ahead."
Shen Yuan immediately turned around and ran to the stall, while Shen Yun shouted from behind, "Do you have the money?"
"Yes, I brought it."
When eating cakes, Shen Yuan did not forget his fellow villagers. He bought quite a few and asked everyone if they wanted to eat some.
"Grandma, this pork with preserved vegetables, do you miss it?" Shen Yuan took the cake, ran to the carriage and lifted the curtain.
Old Madam Shen wanted to refuse at first, but when she heard that it was pork with preserved vegetables, she hesitated again. She had eaten this a lot when she was in Nanjing.
Shen Yuan saw it and passed three of them over, "Aunt, sister-in-law, you guys eat."
No one else wanted to eat, so Shen Yuan, who was left, climbed onto Old Master He's carriage. The grandfather and grandson each had one, and they ate with relish.
They waited for more than half an hour before it was almost Shen Su's turn. Seeing that it was almost their turn, He Ying and Old Madam Shen got off the carriage again.
In fact, he didn't bring much with him. The bedding, writing brush, ink, paper, inkstone, food and water were all distributed by the tribute temple. He thanked the refreshments sent to him, but Shen Su was still worried that he couldn't bring them in.
However, the person in charge of the inspection was an imperial physician from the Imperial Hospital. He opened the porcelain bottle, smelled it, and then let him in.
Before entering, Shen Su turned around and waved vigorously to his family members before entering the tribute courtyard.
Since Shen Su has entered the examination room, it is time for them to go home.
The family was about to get on the car, but a horse-drawn carriage rushed towards them from a distance. Everyone was startled, perhaps because the horses were out of control. The imperial guards not far away also ran over in a hurry.
Everyone in the family subconsciously stepped forward to block He Ying behind them. Fortunately, Shi Tou, who came with Shen Yuan, flew over and kicked the front of the carriage, forcing it to stop.
This stunned the imperial guards who had come running over. Fortunately, they quickly came to their senses and knocked on the wall of the carriage to let the people inside get out.
After a while, a young man and woman got off the car.
"Are you a candidate? Your carriage is going too fast. It almost hurt someone."
"Yes, the student is an examinee from Qingzhou Prefecture. My sister was afraid that the student would be late for the exam, so she asked the driver to go faster. The horse suddenly lost control and disturbed everyone. It is the student's fault."
Seeing that he was a candidate and sincerely admitted his mistakes, the imperial guards also thought that he was a handsome man and might have some good fortune in the future, so they didn't say anything more and just asked him to apologize to the Shen family again.
He was a candidate and had apologized sincerely. The stone had stopped the carriage in time and prevented it from crashing into the car. No one wanted to make things difficult for him, so they just let it go.
No one took this little incident seriously, except that Shi Tou was stopped by the imperial guards and they insisted that he teach them a few moves.
On the way home, Shen Yuan thought of the brother and sister he had just seen. Not the sister, but he felt that the brother looked a little uncomfortable for no reason.
To be honest, that man was very good-looking, with a handsome appearance. When standing together, he even outshined his younger sister. But when Shen Yuan saw his eyes, he felt uneasy.
But she didn't "hear" anything, so she could only conclude that she was overthinking.
At this time, most of the candidates had already gone in, and there were fewer people on the street. The carriage was much faster than when they came. The three people from the He family did not go to the Shen family together, but went straight back.
Shen Yuan got up very early today. As soon as he got home, he changed his clothes and went to bed. The next time he would go would be nine days later to pick up his brother.
(Shen Xu: ? Why does this sound wrong?)