Chapter 60: First Place in the Prefecture Examination! A Promising Future!
More than a month passed quickly, and Gu Jinghuai and others were about to take the provincial examination.
The provincial examination was presided over by provincial officials and consisted of three consecutive examinations. Several people were students of the academy, and the examinations were taken by all students of the academy.
The academy was closed for two days before the provincial examination, and several people came back together. The Qin family and Gu's mother were still a little nervous.
But on the other hand, the few of them were confident. Apart from visiting Mr. Zhang, they did what they were supposed to do during the two days since they returned home.
Gu Jinghuai was just like always, sticking to Qin Zhizhi all the time.
Gu Jingyao secretly told her mother, Cricket Big Brother, "Mom, look at Big Brother. He follows Big Sister-in-law every day and asks me and Second Brother to take care of Zheng'er. Don't disturb her and Big Sister-in-law."
Upon hearing this, Mother Gu smiled helplessly. Now that the complaint was brought to her, it seemed that her eldest son had really gone too far.
But Gu's mother selfishly wanted her son and daughter-in-law to have a good relationship, so she could only find an excuse for Gu Jinghuai.
"Your eldest brother hasn't seen your eldest sister-in-law for a long time or he's too nervous before the exam. You and your second brother should take good care of Zheng'er."
"Okay then, Yao'er, listen to your mother."
Gu Jingyao felt that what her mother said made sense. Her elder brother must have not seen his elder sister-in-law for a long time, so she forgave her.
The next afternoon, Gu Jinghuai and others returned to the academy to prepare for the provincial examination.
During the days when several people participated in the provincial examination, Qin Zhizhi and Old Man Qin would go to the restaurant in the county town every day to inquire about the news.
In the county examination, Gu Jinghuai and the Qin brothers ranked among the top three.
The three of them still ranked among the best in this provincial examination.
Having passed the county and prefectural examinations, the three are now considered tongsheng (traditional Chinese students) and will be eligible to take the formal imperial examinations in the future.
On the day when several people passed the examination for the title of Tongsheng, the Qin and Gu families celebrated it well.
Qin Zhizhi waved her hand and invited the whole family to have dinner in the county town, and the venue was set at Manager Wang's restaurant.
It was the first time for the children to come to the restaurant, and they were all very excited. Mrs. Qin and Old Man Qin were also very happy that their grandson had made great progress.
Shopkeeper Wang and Qin Zhizhi have a cooperative relationship, so he specially reserved a large private room for the Qin and Gu families and also gave them several signature dishes.
Everyone raised their glasses to celebrate for the three of them.
"My husband, big brother, and second brother, when you pass the exam, we will hold a banquet in Qinjia Village and treat everyone."
Qin Zhizhi is not afraid of spending money, she just hopes that her husband and brothers will be well.
"Then you better save your money, sister. Your brother-in-law ranked first in both the county and prefectural exams. It won't be easy for him to get you a scholar in the imperial examination."
Qin Qingyun was quite clear about Gu Jinghuai's strength.
"My husband is really awesome, and my brothers are awesome too!"
Qin Zhizhi heard Ning Xuan say this, and she thought Ning Xuan was exaggerating at the time, but now she found that the strength of several people was beyond her imagination.
When everyone heard that Gu Jinghuai had topped the exams twice, they praised him continuously, and even some children admired him very much.
Seeing the unconcealable joy in Qin Zhizhi's eyes, Gu Jinghuai silently made up his mind. In order to make his wife happy, he was determined to get the first place in the academician.
The college entrance examination is usually held around August, so there is still some time. The goal has been set, and the next step is to work hard.
After returning home from the restaurant, they rested for another day before returning to the academy to continue their studies. Now they were already students, and with the academy examination approaching, the teacher attached great importance to their studies.
Life seemed to have returned to its former tranquility, but Qin Zhizhi knew that she had to work harder.
She will eventually leave Qinjia Village, and how to not be separated from her relatives is the direction of her efforts.
Thinking of the need for peanuts in her workshop, Qin Zhizhi asked her grandfather to go to the headman's house with her.
She asked the village head to mobilize the villagers and see how many people were willing to plant peanuts, and she would buy them all.
Old Man Qin was the first to support it, and the eldest uncle and the second uncle fully supported it. They were the first to sign up to plant peanuts.
The families in the village who worked for Qin Zhizhi went back and discussed with their families, and all decided to grow peanuts with Qin Zhizhi.
After final statistics, it was found that one-third of the households in the village were willing to grow peanuts.
After Li, Wang, and Zhang talked about this with their natal families, they all agreed to plant peanuts. Not only did they plant them themselves, they also mobilized their relatives and villagers to plant them together.
Qin Zhizhi plans to collect some more when the time comes, and if that doesn’t work, she can exchange some with Wanwan, so that her own workshop can operate normally this year.
If Qin Zhizhi wants to get wealth faster, these are far from enough, so she thought of opening up new land.
This time she did not reclaim the land by herself, but asked the village head to organize everyone to reclaim the land together. The reclaimed land was used to plant peppers. After the peppers were ripe, Qin Zhizhi bought them all and the village head used the money to distribute them to the villagers according to households.
The villagers have plenty of energy, and everyone agrees that this idea of sharing the money for their effort without affecting their crops has won them approval.
The head of the village asked Qin Zhizhi about her psychological expectations, and then Rehu Chao Tiandi led the villagers to open up the wasteland.
All the young and old in the village came out to work together, and in just half a month they reclaimed nearly 30 acres of wasteland.
After Qin Zhizhi taught the villagers how to transplant pepper seedlings, he asked the village head to distribute the pepper seedlings he had prepared long ago.
In order to encourage everyone to work harder, every villager who comes to help transplant pepper seedlings will receive a subsidy of 15 cents per household per day.
Now the villagers worked more enthusiastically, and all the pepper seedlings were planted in just a few days.
Looking at the nearly thirty acres of peppers, Qin Zhizhi seemed to see more money waving at her.
Considering that it would be inconvenient to do business in the future, Qin Zhizhi paid out of his own pocket to hire villagers to repair the road.
Everyone is very motivated. They can get paid and repair the road in their own village, which will make it more convenient to enter and exit in the future.
And with the head of the village taking the lead, Qinjia Village started working in full swing. When some elderly people in the village heard that a road was being built, they all came to serve as supervisors.
They are old and may not be able to do heavy work, but they insist on doing what they can and are full of gratitude to Qin Zhizhi.
It was originally planned to take two months, but it was completed in about a month. Qin Zhizhi was very satisfied.
After the road was repaired, the road surface was widened a lot, making it very convenient for both ox carts and pedestrians.
This time, at Qin Zhizhi's suggestion, the villagers also got a lot of stones and small gravel to lay underneath, so even if it rains heavily, the road will not be muddy.
The news of the road construction in Qinjia Village spread to other villages, and the headmen of several villages even came to Qinjia Village to visit.
The head of Linjia Village was embarrassed to come because of what happened between Lin Heng and Qin Zhizhi.
However, when they heard that it was Qin Zhizhi who funded the road construction, the villagers of Linjia Village scolded Lin Heng and Mrs. Lin at home in the middle of the night.
Lin Heng married the county magistrate's daughter last year and now lives in the county town, so he is not aware of these things.
After hearing what Mrs. Lin said about Qin Zhizhi's road construction, Lin Heng's mind became active again.
He felt that Qin Zhizhi should give him the money to spend, so he conspired with his wife, and then Qin Zhizhi and Gu Jinghuai met Lin Heng when they went to the county town.
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