The two of them stayed in the room for a while, Dabao still not waking up. Wang Yu and Cheng Chen went out. Wang's mother was preparing snacks and tea and asked, "Is Dad not here?"
The Queen Mother was delighted. "After the news of your passing the exam came back from the capital, your father returned to Yuxi Village to wait. The official who brought the good news had already gone a few days ago, and your father was ready to wait for you in the countryside."
"Yu'er, you really brought honor to the Wang family. They said you got the third place in the exam."
Wang's mother was indeed very happy. Her son was so promising. Since the news of his passing the exam spread, people had been coming to her house with gifts, but she didn't accept them. However, this did not stop her from being proud of Wang Yu.
Wang Yu looked at his mother and Cheng Chen's happy expressions and said, "My son has been appointed an official, a seventh-rank editor."
After hearing this, the Queen Mother was even happier. Although she didn't know what an editor did, she knew that the county magistrate was a seventh-rank official, and her son was also a seventh-rank official. In her opinion, the county magistrate was already a very high-ranking official. She said happily, "Great, great, my son has become an official."
"Mom, I've bought a house in the capital, and I plan to take you all there this time."
Cheng Chen was very happy to hear that he was going to the capital. Anyway, he would go wherever his husband went. The Queen Mother's first reaction was happiness, because the capital was where the emperor was. Her second reaction was a little nervous, because the capital was too far away from her, and she was afraid that she would not be able to adapt after going there.
"Well, go back and discuss it with your father."
They chatted for a while, and Dabao woke up. Wang Yu wanted to hug him, but he dodged. Wang Yu didn't rush. When he left, Dabao was less than two years old. He must be shy after not seeing him for a few months. He squatted down, looked him in the eye, clapped his hands and said, "Call me daddy."
Dabao looked at him for a while without saying anything, then ran to Cheng Chen to ask for a hug, shouting "Daddy, hold me." He is almost three years old now, and his pronunciation is much more standard.
Cheng Chen picked up Dabao and said, "When you left last year, Dabao didn't see you at night and cried for a long time. It took a long time to comfort him."
"Yes." Wang Yu walked up to him, touched his hair and said, "I will never be separated from you again."
After that, Wang Yu persisted in playing with Dabao, and gradually he became familiar with him again. He also allowed himself to be held and kissed. The little guy had grown taller and heavier, and he probably weighed about 27 or 28 kilograms, and it felt heavy in his arms.
After coaxing Dabao to sleep at night, Wang Yu hugged Cheng Chen and lay on the bed, resting her chin on her husband's head and said, "Achen, I miss you so much."
Cheng Chen hugged him back and said that he missed his husband too, very much, every day. Wang Yu kissed his forehead and asked, "Are you going out this afternoon?"
Cheng Chen nodded and said, "Well, I received a letter from my husband before. I thought he would be back in the next few days, so I wanted to wait for you at the city gate."
"So Achen has been waiting for me these days?"
"Yeah." Cheng Chen snuggled in Wang Yu's arms, and finally she felt a little bit real. Her husband really came back.
Wang Yu hugged her husband, not knowing what to say. She just felt her heart was filled with joy and softness. She loved him so much. She turned over and pressed him down, kissing him from the forehead to the corner of his mouth, "Achen, good Achen."
Cheng Chen was gasping for breath as his husband kissed him. He also missed his husband very much and tried hard to respond. The temperature in the room suddenly rose, and Wang Yu's hands wandered around his body in an unruly manner.
Clothes fell off, clouds in the morning and rain in the evening.
...Then what happened is beyond description...
When I returned home the next day, I saw a large group of people at the village entrance. Leading them was the village chief. Wang Yu and his group came down and then walked forward.
The village chief and the villagers behind him were about to kneel down to greet him, but Wang Yu quickly helped him up and said, "Uncle Zhou, what are you doing?"
The village chief shook Wang Yu's hand and said, "You have been appointed an official and are now a great man. It is only right that we pay our respects to you."
Wang Yu: "Uncle Zhou, I am from Yuxi Village, and you are my elder. No need to be polite."
The village chief patted his hands with satisfaction and said, "Good!" Then he said, "Come, let's take a look at this."
As he spoke, he took Wang Yu to a stone tablet, which was two meters high and stood at the entrance of the village. On it were engraved Wang Yu's hometown, name, the time of the imperial examination, as well as his results and ranking, including words such as "First Class Place in the Imperial Examination in the 13th Year of Yuankang" and "Jinshi".
It is already remarkable for a village to produce a scholar, and it is even rarer to produce a third place winner. It is definitely a matter of pride, so the village chief had this stone tablet carved. With this stone tablet, other people will look up to Yuxi Village. If Wang Yu was not a member of the Zhou family, he would have wanted to erect another stone tablet in the clan.
The clan leader said with satisfaction, "I said that once you passed the imperial examinations, you would have a monument carved in your memory. I didn't expect you to pass the imperial examinations and become a top scholar. That's amazing."
Wang Yu: "Thank you, Uncle Zhou."
When the villagers saw them coming back, they brought chickens, ducks, fish, meat, vegetables and other things from their homes to Wang Yu's house to express their congratulations on Wang Yu's success in high school. Wang Yu accepted all these things and sent the enthusiastic villagers away.
Wang's father took out the imperial examination document given by the official who brought the good news. This document is also called the Golden Flower Post, which is similar to the modern admission notice. It is written on yellow flower paper sprinkled with gold powder. It is very precious and can be collected.
"Yu'er, when you passed the provincial examination, I wanted to come back and have a banquet to liven things up. You said you were going to the capital to take part in the imperial examination, so you didn't come back. Now that you're back, you should have a banquet, right?"
Wang's father thought that since his son was so talented, how could he not show off? It would be best to hold a three-day buffet. Since he received the news that Wang Yu had passed the high school entrance examination, he was so excited that he didn't know what to do. For several days, he was thinking about how to make the banquet lively so that everyone could be happy.
Wang Yu thought that a banquet was indeed going to be held, so he nodded in agreement. Wang's father happily went to make preparations and notified the villagers that a banquet would be held the day after tomorrow. It would be a three-day buffet for all the villagers to enjoy. Wang Yu knew that they were happy, so he followed his father's lead.
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