Chapter 317 It’s all my credit

After the county examination, the county magistrate would usually host a banquet for the students who were admitted to this subject, so that they could meet again at that time.

Xinbao was happy for a while, and then eagerly waited for Yan Shenjue's results. In the evening, Nineteen came back and said with a smile as soon as he entered the door: "Congratulations, Master, you are also the first in the case."

Yan Shenjue nodded calmly and didn't care.

But Madam Lin was very happy and said with a smile: "Good, good, great! Do you two know that this is all my credit?"

Yan Shenjue and the second brother: "......?"

Madam Lin laughed and said, "Don't you remember, Jue'er, the bowl of noodles you ate before you left had two poached eggs? Rong'er, yours too? I looked all over the village in advance and asked more than ten houses before I found one. But I couldn't find the right one after I hit one. I was so anxious. Fortunately, I finally got a double-yolked egg, so the two of you were able to pass the exam!!"

They both: “…”

The second brother thought, have you ever thought that if we each eat one yellow, it will be a double yellow? Otherwise, if I eat two yellows, I will get two first place in the exam?

But he said with a smile on his face: "No wonder! As soon as I entered the examination room, I felt like I was writing with the power of God!!"

Yan Shenjue paused and said silently: "Me too...right?"

"Mother!" Xinbao said loudly, "Then let's make beans tomorrow. If we put three beans in a bean pod, we will win three prizes in a row! If we put six, we will win six prizes in a row!! The bolder you are, the higher you can get in the exam!!"

Second brother: “…”

So the next day, the mother and daughter started to try to win six prizes in a row.

People's superstitions have always been time-dependent.

It's like a modern person. If someone says that the neighborhood used to be a cemetery, you would say which piece of land has not had people die there? But if you buy a house yourself... what? There is a cemetery underneath? It's too unlucky. It's simply a haunted house. Don't buy it! ! Or if your parents gave you a bunch of pocket money, but you don't appreciate them, and you go to Weibo to find the koi fish you forwarded to fulfill your wish...

Anyway, this is how Xinbao feels now.

What if? Believe it and it will work! She has traveled through time/left her soul, what's so strange about this kind of thing!! The key is that this is what she can do as a dumpling! She did it very seriously, just like making dumplings, wrapping six peanuts or six beans in the dough. It could be peanuts, beans, or real beans.

There must be six of them, with a concave mark in the middle, made to look like a real bean pod. The top of the dough was still uneven, which looked a bit ugly. The second brother didn't dare to ask, and just ate it when he was told to. However, Yan Shenjue picked it up and studied it for a while, then asked, "Is this... a lotus?"

Madam Lin was all smiles: "Jue'er still has the sharpest eyes, right! It's Lotus, six prizes in a row!!"

At that moment, the second brother's admiration for Yan Xiaolang was as endless as the surging river. He actually mistook this uneven dough bump for a lotus. He had not only closed his eyes, but also gone against his conscience.

Yan Shenjue didn't figure it out, but guessed it by following Tuanzi's train of thought.

Two days later, a banquet was held in the county government.

The Chang County Magistrate's banquet was also on the same day. Yan Shenjue thought about it and felt that there was no need to travel for several hours just for a meal, so he simply did not go.

It was my second brother who went.

The news of the elder man's return to Beijing has not yet been announced, but whether it has been announced or not, Tang Shirong's identity is still very popular.

He was young and had a bright future, so everyone rushed to talk to him.

Tang Shirong learned the lesson from Brother Yuan and did not intend to show how good at speaking or how well-mannered he was. Instead, he took the path of a humble and gentle gentleman, which was in line with everyone's "imagination" and they got along well with each other.

Many people also invited him to participate in literary gatherings, but Tang Shirong declined on the grounds of preparing for exams.

In fact, he was planning to participate in one exam, and he had to participate in one exam because after all, the chief examiner was his senior brother. If he did not participate in one exam and show off his literary talent, everyone's private suspicion of him as the top candidate would never disappear.

Although I am not afraid, I don't have to be either. So I will refuse more at first, and then I will only accept one case, so it won't seem awkward.

Before he could finish his refusal, someone sneered, "Tang Erlang, you don't dare to come, do you?"

Tsk! Tang Shirong thought to himself that the legend was true, there really are such people in the world! ! He looked at him with a smile: "This one..." He recognized him: "Brother Jiang, why do you say that?"

This is Jiang Wentong, who ranked second.

Like him, apart from being a disciple of Yuan Weiming, he has no literary reputation at all. However, Jiang Wentong is a rare talent.

Moreover, he was already over twenty years old, and it was said that he had missed the imperial examination for three years due to his father's death. This time he came with great confidence, so he said before the exam that the first place was in his pocket... Now that it was snatched away by him, it was inevitable that he would feel unwilling.

There is no wrong version in the 1619 book forum!

Tang Shirong strongly disapproved of this kind of behavior of making statements without doing anything. He knew that he and he were definitely not the same kind of people, so there was no need for him to be too considerate. He just looked at him with a smile.

Jiang Wentong was not stupid, so he said, "Nothing, I just made a slip of the tongue... Tang Erlang, everyone invited us so warmly, are you really so disrespectful?"

Tang Shirong smiled and said, "Who among you sitting here doesn't want to take the provincial examination? Who doesn't need to review? I'm not making excuses when I say review, I mean it sincerely... But since Brother Jiang said so, I can't refuse. How about Brother Jiang set a date?"

"Okay!" Jiang Wentong said, "On March 3rd, at 9:00 pm, I will be waiting for you at Feifeng Tower."

Tang Shirong smiled and cupped his hands: "Okay."

Qiu Haochen didn't talk to him until the banquet was over. He whispered, "Jiang Wentong and I studied in the same academy. Jiang Wentong is very knowledgeable and has a good memory. He also writes well, but he is very arrogant and very competitive. He always competes for the first place. In our academy, we often compete in poetry and writing. Most of the time, he wins eight or nine times out of ten. But sometimes, everyone has different opinions, or thinks that someone else's article is better. Then he will focus on this person and compete with him. He must win. If you don't respond or he doesn't win, he will never give up..."

He shook his head repeatedly: "In short, it's very difficult."

Tang Shirong smiled.

If you ask him to look at this kind of person, you will find that he has not experienced the hardships of life.

In this small county, in this small academy, you can use your knowledge to commit crimes, you can be persistent, you can pester others... Others want to study, and they can't hide from you. But outside this county, who knows who you are? Who will tolerate your bad temper?

Take him for example. Even if he beat him, whether he went to study hard at Yuan's house or went to the county government office, what could he do to him? If the gatekeeper wouldn't let him in, could he force his way in?

He smiled and patted his shoulder: "I understand, thank you Haochen."

(End of this chapter)