Chapter 502: Accepting the Child's Mediocrity
Sun Hai clutched the document with his name on it, and rubbed the edge of the page repeatedly with his fingertips, causing the thin and brittle rice paper to become frayed.
Sun Hai was also on the list. Although his ranking was not at the top, he was admitted anyway.
He was no less excited than Zhang Chuyan!
"Mom, I passed the exam, and I also passed the exam to become a scholar!"
His mother's eyes were red, and she stroked his head with great satisfaction. "Yes, yes, yes, we heard it. I heard it when the yamen runner read your name just now! Everyone in the village praised you for being so great!"
"Let's go home and tell your grandmother and your sister the good news!" The mother and son hurried away amid the villagers' congratulations.
"Mom, I didn't pass the exam!" Gu Yuchuan was about to cry but hesitantly stood in front of Li.
Li's face showed no disappointment. "It's okay. You're not focused on that anyway. Didn't your sister promise you could stop studying after the interview results came out? Have you decided what you want to do?"
He has three children, and two of them are very capable. This is already very good. It is impossible that all good things fall on their family!
The ancestral grave can smoke, but it cannot smoke all the time.
There's one stupid one, that's only fair!
Gu Yuchuan didn't expect that his mother didn't blame him, and even asked him about his future plans.
I feel flattered, what's going on.
"Mom, don't you blame me?"
"Hey, why should I blame you? Mom only has the three of you. Your brother and sister are already so outstanding that they don't belong to me anymore. So at least God should keep one of you by my side to fulfill your filial duty, right?"
What's the meaning?
Gu Yuchuan felt that his mother had scolded him, but he could not find any evidence.
But his mother didn't blame him, which was a great joy.
As for whether he could pass the exam, he really wasn't sad at all. He wasn't focused on that anyway. If he didn't pass, he wouldn't dwell on the result. He had tried his best anyway.
"Mom, don't worry. When I make a lot of money, I will definitely be filial to you and buy you lots of delicious food, drinks, fun things, and even a big house!"
"Yeah, okay, okay. Let's go, let's go home."
As for the fact that Gu Yuhe failed to pass the examination to become a scholar, everyone in the Gu family accepted it as well as Li did.
It's impossible for all geniuses to fall into your family. Having one or two outstanding ones is already amazing. You must learn to accept your children's mediocrity. Mediocrity is the norm!
But people who think like the Gu family are a minority after all.
Many students who failed the exam were in a very depressed mood and didn’t even have the interest to eat.
But Gu Jiayue had anticipated this situation and had arranged for a teacher to provide psychological counseling in advance.
Under the guidance of the teacher, these students who failed the exam quickly regained their confidence and devoted themselves to a new round of study.
After receiving the documents proving their passing scores, students who came from other places to study couldn’t wait to pack their bags and return home to share the joy with their families.
Gu Jiayue also made corresponding preparations early on.
Not only did they prepare rich red envelopes for them, but they also prepared many gifts for them to take home.
And they were given a half-month vacation so that they could spend time with their families.
"It's a great joy that you've passed the imperial examination. There will definitely be a grand banquet at home. But I'm busy with work and won't be attending, so I'm giving you the gifts I prepared in advance."
Those students felt a little disappointed when they heard Gu Jiayue say that she could not attend their celebration party.
But when they heard that he had prepared gifts for them and gave them a half-month vacation, allowing them to have a good rest before coming back to study, they immediately became energetic.
A half-month holiday is almost as long as the Chinese New Year!
The students packed their bags and went home with confidence.
As for the village chief's idea of a grand ten-day banquet, Gu Jiayue ruthlessly rejected it. "A ten-day banquet would be too ostentatious and would easily attract gossip. It's also too extravagant! At this time, we need to keep a low profile! What if those shady people harm the children?"
"We'll open the clan and worship our ancestors, and then the whole village can have a meal together! A timid growth is the way to go!"
What Gu Jiayue said was very serious, and the village chief felt that it made sense, so he gave up the idea of showing off.
But on the day of the banquet in Taohua Village, more people came to congratulate than last time.
Landlord Sun's family even brought valuable gifts to congratulate.
But as soon as he reached the village entrance, he was beaten out by the people from Taohua Village.
"Get lost! We in Taohua Village don't welcome beasts like you!"
"Tell the people of Sunjia Village, don't even think about approaching Taohua Village. From now on, if we see anyone from Sunjia Village anywhere, we will beat you up every time we see you!"
"That's right, get out! From now on, we in Taohua Village will have no dealings with your Sunjia Village!"
Why are the villagers of Taohua Village so angry?
If they had arrived a little later that day, Zhang Dani might have died!
The first thing Zhang Chuyan did after passing the imperial examination was to pick up his sister. However, the Sun family denied the bet and blocked Zhang Chuyan's request to see his sister.
It just so happened that Gu Jiayue had something to look for Zhang Chuyan for, and when she found out that the whole family was not at home, she asked the neighbors and learned about this matter.
She thought about the Sun family's previous attitude and realized that if she only had the Zhang family, she might not be able to achieve her goal.
For a family like that, Zhang Chuyan's status as a scholar was indeed not enough.
He quickly asked the village chief to take the young men in the village to chase after them.
When the village chief arrived, he happened to see Zhang Chuyan's family being thrown out by the Sun family's security guards.
Zhang Chuyan is the treasure of their village. How could he let others bully him like this?
The village chief waved his hand, and the young men brought from Taohua Village rushed forward and fought with the Sun family's guards.
Those who are agile will rush straight back into the yard!
Just as they rushed to the backyard, they saw a fat man as fat as a pig pressing Zhang Dani and doing that kind of thing!
We all grew up in the same village, how could we just sit there and watch it with indifference?
The man shouted angrily, ran over and hit the fat man hard with the carrying pole in his hand.
The fat man screamed and fell to the side. Only then did Zhang Dani escape from the clutches of the devil.
When Landlord Sun arrived, his only good son had been beaten into a real pig's head!
"How dare you, these unruly people, break into my house? I'm going to sue you at the county government office!"
The village chief has seen a lot! He won't be frightened by such a sentence. "We are troublemakers. Are you going to sue us at the county government office?"
"You go, if you don't go we will go!"
"I remember that Zhang Dani sold herself to your Sun family as a slave, not to warm your son's bed! Now your son has disregarded her wishes and forced a girl to destroy her innocence. I'm going to the county government to sue your eldest son for adultery!"
"Also, Zhang Dani's brother just passed the imperial examination and became a top-ranked academician. How dare you insult the scholar's family like this? Your crime is even more serious!"
Landlord Sun never thought that Zhang Chuyan would actually pass the exam and become a scholar!
And he was such a big boy, and he was caught in the act of forcing someone's sister!
The laws of the Dalgan Empire punish adulterers severely, the lightest punishment being tattooing on the face.
In this case, not only will his eldest son's reputation be ruined, but the reputation of their Sun family will also be ruined. In the future, which girl from a good family will be willing to marry into their family?
So, despite feeling extremely unwilling and filled with resentment, he put on a smile, hoping to get the village chief to let it go. "It's a misunderstanding, a misunderstanding, it's all a misunderstanding! Dani is a kind-hearted girl. She saw my son fall to the ground and wanted to help him, but he was too heavy, so she couldn't help him up. That's how the two of them ended up falling together. You see, you all misunderstood!"
"This must be the young man from the Zhang family, right? He's truly a young talent, having already passed the imperial examination at such a young age. His future is limitless!"
"You're here to pick up your sister today, right? Okay, I'll have her contract returned to her right away, and you can take her away today! You don't have to pay back the money you sold your body for."
The villagers who followed were unwilling to let the matter be resolved in this way.
But Zhang Chuyan stopped them. "As long as Landlord Sun lets me take my sister away, I'm willing to let go of what happened today!"
"First feast!" The village chief disagreed. People like the Sun family should be sent to jail.
"Uncle Village Chief, there's no need to say anything more. I've made up my mind!"
The village chief had no choice. Since Zhang Chuyan had already made the decision, he could only agree.
Zhang Dani successfully got her indenture back and returned home to reunite with her family.
Afterwards, the landlord Sun from the Sun family and his fat son were still thinking about how to get their business back, when they heard the housekeeper come forward and say that their business in the county town had been sealed up by the county government. The reason was that they were evading taxes and bribing, and they needed to be investigated thoroughly!
The Sun family opened a casino in the county town. This kind of industry is inherently in a gray area, and if you investigate it, you will find out the truth.
Only then did he realize who he had offended!
Although Zhang Jia was just a peasant, he was now the top scorer in the imperial examination. A top scorer in the imperial examination at only twelve or thirteen years old, many people were willing to bet on him!
To those people, becoming a small landowner was just a simple matter, but to leave a good impression on future scholars, or even jinshi, was a very profitable deal.
You don’t have to use this favor, but you can’t do without it.
The Sun family was frightened, and when they heard that Taohua Village was going to hold a banquet, they hurried over with gifts.
But the people in Taohua Village are not so easily fooled!
It's not like they haven't seen those gifts before. Even if they haven't seen them before, they wouldn't accept them.
The girls in their village were almost raped. This is unforgivable.
In any case, the mortal feud between Taohua Village and Sunjiazhuang was thus formed.
From that time on, the surrounding villages were proud to marry their daughters to Taohua Village or marry girls from Taohua Village. However, no matter how beautiful the girls from Sunjia Village were, the boys from Taohua Village could not marry girls from Sunjia Village! Girls from Taohua Village were even more forbidden to marry girls from Sunjia Village.
If anyone dares to marry into the Sun family, their family ties will be severed.
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