On the day of the results announcement, the four of them booked a table early at a teahouse opposite the Imperial Examination Hall and sat there drinking tea while waiting.
The entrance to the Imperial Examination Hall was crowded with students waiting for the results to be announced. Chen Yanwen anxiously asked Wang Yu if he wanted to go down to see the results. Wang Yu said he didn't want to go down and squeeze with the crowd, as someone would call out the results after they were announced. It was impossible to say that Wang Yu was not nervous. His mood now was just like when the family sat in front of the computer waiting for the results after the college entrance examination.
Several people sat quietly at the table waiting without communicating with each other. In fact, everyone was nervous, including the other students waiting in the teahouse.
Soon the sound of gongs and drums was heard, and the guards took the list and posted it on the south wall of the Imperial Examination Hall. The crowd rushed there all of a sudden. Some of the students in the teahouse also stood up and wanted to see it for themselves, but when they saw that the entrance to the Imperial Examination Hall was crowded with people, they knew they might not be able to squeeze in, so they sat back in their seats and waited patiently.
There were constant sounds of laughter, crying and noise.
“I got it! I got it!”
"Let me see if my name is on the list."
“Why didn’t I win again…”
Hearing this, Cheng Chen became very nervous. His palms were sweating as he held Wang Yu's. He wanted to squeeze in and take a look. Wang Yu took out a handkerchief and wiped his hands, saying, "It's okay. If you don't pass, you can try again next time."
Before Cheng Chen could say anything, the crowd in front of him exclaimed, "The first suspect is Wang Yu from Yuxi Village. Who is Wang Yu?"
Wang Yu also faintly heard his own name. The person singing the name had already walked to the bottom of the teahouse and was singing Wang Yu's name.
Cheng Yanwen heard someone waving from the second floor: "Here, here!"
The person who read out the list came up and congratulated him, "Congratulations, Mr. Scholar, congratulations, Mr. Scholar, you are the first in the list."
Chen Yanwen waved his hand and said, "It's not me, the first place in the case is this one." Then he pointed to Wang Yu who was sitting next to him.
The visitor congratulated Wang Yu again, and Wang Yu was also very happy as he did not expect that he would be the first in the case. Then he gave him a purse. The person who read out the list squeezed it and saw that there was quite a bit of money, so he smiled even more happily and said a lot of auspicious words.
The person announcing the list then said that the second place winner was Song Boyan from Songjia Village. He wondered if he was here. Song Boyan suddenly stood up, and Chen Yanwen excitedly pointed at Song Boyan and said he was here.
Although Song Boyan had been sitting there calmly, only he knew whether he was nervous or not. He had studied so hard just for this moment, and it was impossible for him not to be excited when he heard that he had passed.
The person who read out the list was also surprised to say that the two scholars knew each other. It turned out that all the talented people gathered together. When the people around saw that the first and second place in the academy examination knew each other, they also came forward to congratulate and share in the joy, hoping that they would also be on the list.
The singing list had reached ninth place, but Chen Yanwen's name was not yet on the list. Chen Yanwen clenched his hands nervously, and finally heard Chen Yanwen's name when the list reached tenth.
Chen Yanwen jumped up excitedly when he heard his name, muttering, "I won, I won."
Wang Yu was very happy to see him so happy. This time, all three of them passed the test, which made their hard study in the past two years worthwhile. The three of them looked at each other and saw excitement and joy in each other's eyes, and they smiled even more happily.
Cheng Chen was also happy and kept holding Wang Yu's hand. She didn't care whether they were outside or whether others would see them. She could only hold her husband's hand tightly to relieve her excitement at the moment.
Wang Yu felt the strength and sweat of his hand, so he pinched it and took out a handkerchief to wipe the sweat off Cheng Chen's hands. Cheng Chen then withdrew his hand a little embarrassedly, with his ears red and his head lowered.
Wang Yu looked at her husband, whose ears were red, and gently touched his head and said, "Let's go."
The four of them returned to the house with joy.
Scholars are divided into three levels. The first one is called the stipend student. In addition to not having to perform labor service and not having to kneel when meeting officials, he also receives a monthly subsidy from the government of three taels of silver and twenty catties of fine grain. The second to tenth ones are called additional students, who receive a subsidy of one tael of silver and twenty catties of fine grain. The eleventh to fiftieth ones are called attached students and receive no subsidy.
Of course, the government subsidies are not available every year. If you fail the provincial examination three times, you will no longer enjoy the subsidies and will only retain the title of scholar.
After passing the examination to become a scholar, someone would come to his hometown to announce the good news, so Wang Yu and his friends had to go back to their hometown.
The person who reports the good news will first go to the county government office to announce how many scholars have passed the examination in the county, which is also a political achievement.
The county magistrate was delighted when he heard that the first and second names came from their county, and then he asked if he had heard the name Wang Yu somewhere before.
The county magistrate knew Wang Yu and told him that he was the student from Yuxi Village who invented the curved plow. The county magistrate said three good things to him and praised him as a hero in his youth. He then asked the county magistrate to arrange someone to go to the village to announce the good news.
Wang Yu and his friends also rushed back in the evening, talked to their parents about the exam, and then washed up and went to bed.
On the second day, the people from the county government came to Yuxi Village with the good news beating drums and gongs. The villagers heard the noisy noise and came out to see that there was a wedding in that family. But then they remembered that no one had a wedding in the village recently. They watched a group of people go to Wang's house, and they all speculated that Wang Yu had taken the examination for the scholar some time ago, and maybe he passed.
The villagers gathered around him when they saw Wang Yu opening the door. They heard the man announcing the good news say, "Congratulations, Mr. Scholar! You have won the first place in the imperial examination. I have come to announce the good news."
Most of the villagers didn't know what the title of "Aan Shou" was, but when they saw the visitor calling Wang Yu "Scholar Master", they knew that Wang Yu had passed the exam and became a scholar. The Wang family was different, and if they moved up a level, they would become a Juren Master and could become an official.
Wang Yu thanked them and handed over the bag of silver and money he had prepared for them to drink while drinking tea. He also asked if they wanted to come in for a cup of tea.
The person who brought the good news reached out and took it, weighed it silently, and the smile on his face became even wider. Wasn't he here to announce the good news just for this? He was worthy of being the top candidate. Not only was he kind, but he was also very generous. He said there was no need to drink tea and he had to go somewhere else to announce the good news.
Wang Yu thought that he might go to Song Boyan's house. After the person who brought the good news left, the villagers came forward to congratulate him, and praised him like crazy, saying that Wang Yu was the God of Literature who had descended to earth. They had always felt that Wang Yu was smart and extraordinary since he was a child...
The village chief was very happy that a scholar had emerged in the village. Marriages in the village would be much easier in the future. Moreover, because of the Wang family's winery, the village income had also increased a lot. The village chief also expressed some words of gratitude and asked Wang Yu to keep up the good work. If Wang Yu passed the imperial examination in the future, he would erect a stone tablet in the village.
Wang Yu nodded and said that he would continue to work hard. The village chief was also very pleased. He always knew that Wang Yu was a smart kid and just hoped that he could continue to move forward. The higher he went, the better it would be for Wang Yu and their village.
After seeing off the villagers, Wang's parents sat in the house, feeling that their son had great potential and were overjoyed! They had been in a state of excitement all day. In fact, they had been so excited that they couldn't sleep all night since they learned that Wang Yu had passed the exam last night. When they saw the person who brought the good news today, their joy was finally realized.
It was a big deal that someone in the village passed the imperial examination and became a scholar. At this moment, the whole village was talking about Wang Yu passing the imperial examination, saying that not only did the Wang family build a winery to make money, but their only son was also a scholar. The Wang family was completely different from them. They were envious and looked at their own descendants, wondering if there were any smart ones who could be sent to study. Maybe they would pass the imperial examination like Wang Yu.
Wang Yu didn't know what the villagers were thinking. In the evening, Wang's mother prepared a table full of delicious dishes to celebrate. The feast was so sumptuous that it was almost as delicious as the Chinese New Year. The whole family had a happy meal.
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