"The only people in this world who can make me truly care are you, sister-in-law, and Min'er. What do other people think of me have to do with me?" Xie Jian had endured cold stares since he was young and no longer cared about these things.
Chen Heng could usually sense what Xie Jian wanted, but this was the first time he had spoken it out loud: "Although other people's opinions are unimportant, we can't ignore them. We just have to do what we have to do and leave no one to complain. Then I'll open the shop."
Xie Jian nodded and saw her out, then went back to the side room where he lived to copy books. He had said that he would buy a silver hairpin for Ah Heng if he passed the imperial examination.
In just a short while, the sun had come out and the weather suddenly became hotter.
Just as Shen Heng was about to leave, Mei Er hurried over and knelt before her: "Madam Shen."
Shen Heng quickly helped her up: "What are you doing?"
"I really just accidentally bumped into my benefactor last night. Please believe me." Mei'er looked aggrieved.
It's hard to say whether to believe it or not, but seeing a sixteen or seventeen-year-old girl crying like this, Shen Heng said, "Hey, I believe you."
"real?"
Chen Heng nodded. It's better to have less trouble than more. If they say there is nothing, then there is nothing. Mei'er is from the Meng family and they still live here.
"Can this maidservant still serve you?"
"If you like being served, then serve." She could only enjoy it for a few days, so Chen Heng had nothing to be unhappy about it. Besides, if she really overstepped the line, Xie Jian would deal with her like he did this time.
Mei'er was overjoyed.
The days of waiting for the list passed quickly and were here in the blink of an eye.
Recently, the most discussed topic among the people of Yuzhou is the situation of passing the imperial examination and the gossip about catching a son-in-law under the list.
Therefore, in order to avoid being invited to a carriage to discuss marriage, Qing Bo brought ten strong young men with him to prevent his son from being captured. You know, his son was already engaged.
The headmaster sat in the carriage and looked at the sea of people in front of him, his eyes falling on Xie Jian who was not far away.
"Master, you have always been very good at judging people, but this time I support Lord Lu." An accompanying teacher said with a smile.
"Ji An risked his life for this child. I hope Xie Jian will live up to Ji An's choice in the future."
"Master, is the Xie family's case really so complicated?" The teacher was really surprised.
The headmaster was silent. When the Xie family got into trouble, he had secretly investigated and even asked some connections for help, but all the results were in vain. Even if there was a hint, it would be strangled to death: the Xie family must have offended someone, but the problem was that the Xie family was just ordinary people, and several generations ago they were all born and raised in the Southern Ming Dynasty.
The merchant who was killed while visiting Boyun Mountain that day was indeed just an ordinary merchant, and the relationships within the five generations were extremely simple.
Mr. Xie is not a greedy person.
Therefore, he and Ji An speculated that there must be something else happening that they were not aware of, or there was another person nearby at the time.
At this time, Qing Bo's excited voice came: "Sir, you and Mr. Xie have both passed the imperial examination, passed the imperial examination."
"I won, I won." Chen Heng took Xie Jian's hand and jumped up happily: "Ajian, you won."
"Let's go as soon as possible and tell the news to my sister-in-law." Seeing Ah Heng like this, Xie Jian rarely had a smile on his face.
"Tuo."
Because they passed the imperial examination, the Yuzhou government gave each candidate five taels of silver as a reward, which was delivered to each candidate by a runner.
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