In addition to He Jinshu who passed the imperial examination at Shengshi Academy, Shen Hongyu, Shen Yan and Shen Linxin also passed the imperial examination, which made the two villages more lively. Village chief Shen even held a grand ceremony to worship his ancestors.
After the Juren examination, He Jinshu and others will prepare to go to the capital to take part in the joint examination. It will take two or three months to travel to the capital by carriage, and they need to adapt to the environment in advance. The joint examination will be held in February of the next year, so He Jinshu and others will set off before the New Year.
If they choose to set off before the New Year, it means that they will have to spend the New Year on the road. But it doesn’t matter. Now they have fixed stations in each state capital where they sell seasonings, and they can go directly to them to celebrate the New Year together.
When we were preparing to leave in December, Li Mo came back.
Last year, Li Mo had a heart-to-heart talk with Lin Jiu, and then successfully persuaded him to let Li Mo go back to Luozhou with him to deal with his family affairs. After finishing his family affairs, he began to prepare to open a restaurant in the provincial capital.
The two of them agreed to get married next year. By that time, He Jinshu and his friends should have finished their exams and would be able to attend their wedding banquet.
After Li Mo came back, He Jinshu and the others left the house to him with confidence, and then the two of them took two servants, two children, and went to the capital together with Shen Hongyu, Li Yu and Shen Yan.
After a long two-month journey, they finally arrived at the most prosperous capital of Dongli State - the capital.
The buildings here look much neater and more majestic than those in other state capitals. The roads are wide, and people are coming and going, making it lively and prosperous.
Although her clothes and attire were all unique to the Dongli Kingdom, she looked quite noble and high-end.
This is the place where power is most concentrated in the Dongli Kingdom, and it is a sacred temple that every student yearns for.
After paying the entrance fee, Chen Chen and his companions went straight into the city.
He Sixuan looked at the bustling capital through the car window and said excitedly, "Dad, I want to go downstairs and play."
Although Linshe County has become very lively after so many years of development, it does not have the ancient and quaint heritage of the capital, so the new things here can still arouse He Sixuan's interest. Even the simple sugar figures have more varieties than those in Linshe County, not to mention other things he has never seen.
"After you get home and settle down, I'll take you out to play." Chen Chen said to him.
"Okay." He Sixuan compromised.
Afterwards, the servant drove the carriage towards the west of the city. The east of the city was where the powerful and wealthy gathered, while the west of the city was where wealthy families and people with less high-ranking officials lived.
Chen Zhen originally asked someone to buy a house directly in the west of the city. It was a large house with five courtyards, not far from the imperial palace, mainly to make it convenient for He Jinshu to attend court in the future.
There were always people cleaning the house, so they moved in directly. The family sat in the main room to eat, drink tea and rest for a while, and then He Sixuan and He Siyi wanted Chen Chen to take them out to play.
Chen Zhen thought about it and decided to take them out to play, so he asked He Jinshu: "Ah Shu, do you want to go out to play?"
"Then let's go together." He Jinshu said. They had just arrived here, so it would be okay to go out for a walk and familiarize themselves with the environment.
As for Shen Hongyu and the others, Chen Zhen let them do as they pleased. If they wanted to go out and play, they could go out together. If they wanted to read at the house, they could stay here and read.
After that, the family went straight out to the street. The street was still bustling in the afternoon, with all kinds of food and entertainment. Chen Zhen also saw people fighting cocks on the street.
He Sixuan couldn't walk when he saw people playing cockfighting. While watching, he looked up and asked Chen Chen, "Dad, can these chickens fight?"
"Yeah, the fight was pretty fierce." Chen Chen said.
"We have so many chickens at home, can we use them to fight?" He Sixuan asked.
"You have to train them before you can play cockfighting."
"How do I train it? I want a powerful chicken that can fight anyone in the world."
"Go find your uncle Wenfeng and ask him to handle this for you."
"good."
After watching the cockfighting, Chen Chen took his sons and continued to walk in the next direction.
He Sixuan buys anything rare he sees, while He Siyi's personality is very similar to his father's. He doesn't care much about external things. Apart from reading, he doesn't have any other special hobbies.
So every time He Sixuan picked something, Chen Zhen would ask He Siyi if he liked anything. After all, children should have some childish nature.
"Dad, let me buy this book." He Siyi took out a book that looked very worn from the corner of a bookstall.
Upon hearing this, Chen Zhen picked it up and took a look. It was another book about woodworking machinery. His eldest son liked these books and read more of these kinds of books in the library. Chen Zhen suspected that the first car or the first airplane of the future Dongli Kingdom might be researched and manufactured by his son.
This book was in tatters and worthless, but Chen Chen just paid for it.
After buying them, he said to his eldest son, "Son, you are still a child. You don't need to bury yourself in a sea of books every day. You will be more adorable if you have a child's nature."
"It's enough that we have a cute brother and father at home. I don't need to be too cute." He Siyi said indifferently.
"You said I'm cute?" Chen Chen asked in disbelief, eyes wide open. When was I cute? I'm a macho man, okay?
"Yeah," He Siyi said as if it was a matter of course, "Father said Daddy is very cute, and I think Daddy is just as cute as my brother."
The main thing is that they not only look the same, but their personalities are also similar.
Upon hearing this, Chen Zhen angrily said, "Ashu, tell me what's going on?"
He Jinshu touched his nose unconsciously when he heard this. Sometimes he really thought that Ah Zhen was quite cute when she was stupid.
But he didn't dare say this out loud, and only whispered to comfort him: "This is on the street, let's go back and talk about it."
Upon hearing this, Chen Zhen glared at He Jinshu and said, "I'll settle the score with you when we get back."
After walking around the street, they attracted a lot of attention due to their good looks. Then they went into a restaurant to have dinner.
As soon as I arrived at the restaurant, I met an old acquaintance, Liu Yueda.
He Jinshu and Shen Zhen hadn't seen this person for a long time, and they almost forgot about him. In addition, this person's clothes looked much more luxurious than before, so when they first saw him, they didn't remember who he was at all.
However, Liu Yueda spoke first in a sarcastic tone: "Hey, isn't this Brother He Jinshu? Are you also coming to the capital to take the exam?"
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