Early October, the day when the results were announced.

Chi An got up early and went to the next room to pull Li Xiayun, who was still asleep, up: "Hurry up and wake up. Today is the day when the results are announced. Let's go early. If we go late, we won't be able to squeeze into the front seats."

He had to wait to check the list early and then send a letter to his brother.

He had already written the letter.

After looking at the list, he added his own rank on the letter and gave it to someone to deliver it to Guifeng.

Two days ago, he had already packed his luggage and was waiting for the results to be announced today. After reading them, he sent the letter to his brother.

He loaded his things onto the carriage and set out for the capital.

My brother wrote to him ten days ago saying that he was doing well.

In the past half month, my brother has conquered five small countries in the Western Regions, and several of them have already submitted to the original country.

It won't be long before I can go back to be with him.

Chi An learned how to make wontons from a wonton seller a few days ago.

He learned the taste of the old lady's wonton filling very well, and finally gave her ten taels of silver as a reward.

Wait until my brother comes back and make it for him.

When winter comes, it will be a delicious bowl of hot wontons.

If I have the chance when I get to the capital, I will learn how to cook mutton soup from other chefs.

My brother is back, so I cooked some mutton soup for him.

Bake a few more pancakes.

My brother has worked so hard in the war. When he comes back, I must take good care of him and make sure he eats well, drinks well and sleeps well.

Li Xiayun was forcibly pulled up by Chi An, and she was still confused.

I am still a little unclear.

Chi An put an ice towel on my face, and I suddenly became clear-headed and no longer sleepy.

Chi An saw that Li Xiayun had regained consciousness and urged, "Hurry up, I'll get in the carriage and leave right away, will you leave?"

Li Xiayun: "Let's go."

Aunt Wang got up early.

Watching the two of them leave without eating.

He quickly put a few buns in the bowl and put it on the carriage.

He served some more food and took two pairs of chopsticks so that the two of them could eat on the way.

The two of them set out as soon as the sky was bright.

Although we went there very early.

But while I was waiting, there were already several people standing in front of me.

A group of people stood at the place where the list was posted, vying to see if their names, or the names of their husbands or sons, were on the list.

Li Xiayun and Chi An squeezed in front.

The clothes on my body are a little wrinkled.

The people behind were still pushing hard.

Chi An is very confident in his achievements.

Just start from the beginning.

The first is his name.

Right below his name was Li Xiayun's.

The two were very happy to see their names on the red list.

The two of them were not as excited as outsiders.

It is common to catch a son-in-law from this list.

They are both good-looking. It would be amazing if you knew that they were on the list, and ranked so high at the top.

He will definitely be caught by the people lurking around and made a son-in-law.

They don't want it.

The two men struggled to squeeze out of the crowd.

Return to the carriage.

Chi An hurriedly drove the carriage towards the restaurant.

I gave the letter I had written to Kong Qing and asked him to deliver it to his brother.

After arriving at the restaurant.

Chi An first asked for a pen and ink, completed the contents, and waited for the ink to dry before putting it away.

Give it to Kong Qing.

Kong Qing asked the waiter to bring some and put it on the table.

Invited Li Xiayun and Chi An to have dinner.

He took the letter and kept it.

I planned to arrange for someone to deliver the letter after sending Li Xiayun and Chi An away.

Kong Qing picked up the teacup on the table and said with a smile, "I am offering tea instead of wine to you two. I congratulate you on winning the first and second place in the imperial examinations. I believe that you two will pass the imperial examinations and palace examinations next year and rank first."

Li Xiayun and Chi An picked up their teacups and said in return, "Thank you for your good words."

Kong Qing: "If you two pass the imperial examination and become officials in the future, remember not to forget your original intentions and let wealth and power blind you."

"And the generals have taken great care of you. When you become officials in the future, the generals will lead troops to fight outside, and the most important thing is the supply of the rear."

After hearing this, Li Xiayun and Chi An also understood the meaning of Kong Qing's words.

The three of them talked while eating.

When we were almost done eating, Qianshan came in.

Qianshan's clothes were stained with blood.

He looked at Li Xiayun with an unhappy expression on his face.

The eyes are heavily guarded.

Li Xiayun looked at Qianshan's defensive eyes, somewhat confused: No, I don't seem to be familiar with this person. When we met before, we just greeted each other and didn't have a conversation.

Li Xiayun couldn't understand why this person was so hostile towards him.

It was as if I had stolen his wife.

Kong Qing looked at Qian Shan and frowned slightly: "Why are you like this? Go wash yourself."

Chi An looked at Qian Shan and Kong Qing, ate the last piece of braised pork, wiped his mouth with a handkerchief, stood up and said goodbye: "Li Xiayun and I have some things to do at home, so we will leave for the capital in the afternoon. Now I will go back to pack up."

After saying this, he pulled Li Xiayun, who was confused, out.

After getting on the carriage, Li Xiayun couldn't help but ask, "Why did Qianshan look at me like an enemy just now? I didn't seem to have offended him in any way."

Chi An was speechless after hearing what Li Xiayun said.

Sometimes I really don’t understand how Li Xiayun got such high grades.

"Qianshan likes Kongqing, but it seems that he has not succeeded yet. It has been such a long time, and he still hasn't succeeded. It seems that Qianshan is not good enough."

"He thinks you are his enemy and is afraid that Kong Qing will fall for your face."

Li Xiayun was speechless: "Then why doesn't he look at you that way?"

Chi An said proudly, "Because I belong to my brother."

Li Xiayun: "..."

On their way back, the two of them bought some eggs and sugar, cut two pounds of meat, and went to Li Zheng's house.

Gave the purchased items to Li Zheng.

Li Zheng saw them coming and said with a smile: "Come on, come on, sit down quickly."

Li Zheng hadn't taken a smile off his face the entire day today.

"A quarter of an hour ago, the government officials came to the village to find you and tell you the good news. This is a reward from above. The government officials couldn't find you, so they asked me to keep it for you. Chi An, this is yours. You passed the imperial examination and were awarded 25 taels of silver."

"Come on, Xia Yun, here are your twenty-five taels. You two really bring honor to our village. People from other villages who passed the imperial examinations look down on us. Hehe, we are much better than them. We have won the first and second place prizes."

This shows that the old man is many times better than the scholar in their village.

Li Zheng said proudly: "No, I have to prepare a banquet for you two to celebrate properly."

Chi An put the things in his hand on the table: "Village chief, no need, my husband will arrange someone to pick me up and we will leave soon. You must accept these things. Thank you for taking care of me and my husband over the years."

Li Xiayun put the things in his hand on the table and did not take the money: "Li Zheng, you keep these. I will also go to the capital with Chi An in the afternoon. I will go early, settle down, and then read books to prepare for the examination."

"I'll trouble you after I leave. Please take care of Aunt Wang and the others."

Li Zheng looked at them and sighed: "Okay, but you should take the money. You earned it yourself."

The three of them were shirking responsibility.

In the end, Li Xiayun and Chi An each gave Li Zheng one or two taels of silver.

Watching Li Xiayun and Chi An leaving.

Li Zheng opened his mouth, but finally said his unwelcome request: "Chi An, Li Zheng has something to ask of you."

Chi An and Li Xiayun stopped and looked at Li Zheng: "Li Zheng, please speak."

Li Zheng rubbed his hands nervously and said, "If I die someday, can you take Wen Ge'er with you and arrange a place for him to live? It doesn't have to be a very good place, just a place to live and food to eat."

This world is inherently unfair to boys and girls. If he were to die, it would be difficult for Xingwen, a boy like him, to live in this world.

He wanted to shamelessly give his family Xingwen a gift, asking for an easier life in the future.

A safer road.

Chi An thought about it and nodded: "Okay."

Wait until his brother comes back from the battlefield next year and then talk to him.