Chapter 422 Ge Hong Passed the Exam

Zong Jincheng was so confident and proud that he almost lost his sight. Xu Wan couldn't bear to hit him and could only cover her forehead helplessly.

Seeing his mother's expression, the little devil pouted in dissatisfaction: "Mom, do you look down on my poetic talent that has reached the pinnacle? I have really made great progress, and you have watched me improve so rapidly."

Xu Wan leaned on Zong Zhao's shoulder, laughing so hard that she couldn't lift her head. In the end, Zong Zhao raised his eyelids and reminded her in a calm voice: "Rapid improvement does not mean reaching the pinnacle."

The little devil's face fell: "Dad, you just think I'm stupid, you think I'm bad, you think I'm not as good as you!"

"Yeah." Zong Zhao actually admitted it.

"???"

Zong Jincheng felt like the sky was falling!

He stared with his eyes wide open and his fur flared up, howling in the car: "Dad! I was just saying it casually, but you actually admitted it! You actually think I'm not as good as you! I'm your son, I must be better than you! How can you look down on me? I've only studied for a few years, and you've studied for a few years, how can we compare? This is totally unfair, I've studied with you for so long, I must be much better than you!"

The brat was talkative and loud, and he started yelling at Zong Zhao, almost making Xu Wan return to the time when she first met Zong Jincheng. The little devil, who had grown up two years earlier, had become very good at yelling, and his cheeks were puffed with anger.

Zong Zhao looked at him and didn't get angry. He just asked calmly, "You yell so loudly, are you feeling guilty?"

Zong Jincheng: “…”

The little devil was stabbed in the chest again. This time he couldn't even roar. He turned his head and said to the driver outside: "Stop the carriage. I want to go down to find my brothers. I really can't stay in this carriage. My father will bully me!"

The carriage stopped and Zong Jincheng got off.

There were only two people sitting in the carriage, which suddenly became a lot more spacious. Zong Zhao looked over.

“…”

She reacted quickly and backed away from the corner of the car, and reminded him sensibly, "Let's keep a safe distance. We have to get off the car to check the list later."

Zong Zhao looked at her cute appearance and laughed out loud.

"Um."

Xu Wan couldn't help but cover her face.

In another carriage.

Zong Jincheng sat in angrily. When others asked him what was going on, he repeated the two sentences his father had just said that almost made him angry to death.

After saying this, I found myself even angrier.

He Zheng quickly comforted him, "Don't panic, brother. Uncle Zong is too strong. From his point of view, we are all idiots. But we are better than many people out there. Be confident! I think your poetry has improved a lot, and your policy essay is better than Qin Ye's. You will definitely be able to defeat him in this autumn exam and win the title of Jie Yuan Lang in one fell swoop!"

Zong Jincheng smiled immediately upon hearing this. He patted He Zheng on the shoulder and said, "Good brother, you are the only one who knows my strength best!"

Shen Yibai laughed loudly and said, "He Zheng is just bragging again. In my opinion, it would be good enough for Jin Cheng to be in the top 100. As for the difficult task of defeating Qin Ye, leave it to a talented person like me!"

"And me, me, me. I can be trusted!" Wei Xinglu also wanted to join.

The little devil rolled his eyes at them and said, "Wake up, you two, number one and number two."

Shen Yibai said to him, "You are the worst too, no one can say anything about me."

"I was ranked last last year, much more than you this year!"

"Then I don't care, first is first!"

"I think you want to be beaten!"

"Who wants to be beaten? Ah... stop pulling my ears. Why are you pinching my armpits?"

"You kicked me in the stomach!!"

“…”

Zong Jincheng did not find peace even after changing carriages. When he and several brothers got off the car, no one was dressed neatly. Even Zong Wenxiu, who was trying to stop the fight, was affected because the carriage was too small.

Shen Yibai was still howling: "Come on, keep fighting."

"Hit it with a hammer, and go check the list!" Zong Jincheng waved at him and rushed to the huge crowd of people to see the list.

Shen Yibai was also planning to squeeze in, but before he could take a step, a young man ran over excitedly, shook his hand and said, "I won, I won! Mr. Shen, thank you for your help! I won the 260th place, I really won, I actually won on my second attempt at the Autumn Examination!!"

Shen Yibai was so dizzy that he tried to shake off the other person's hand and howled, "Brother, who are you? I don't know you!"

Zong Jincheng, the only one here who had a photographic memory, had already joined the crowd to look at the list. The other young men thought this man looked familiar, but they couldn't quite remember who he was.

Xu Wan walked over with a smile and pointed out his name: "Ge Hong, it's you."

He was ranked eighth in Qingbo Academy, but was surpassed by a student from a key class every month. He thought they got in through the back door by relying on their status and was so angry that he had a quarrel with them. In the end, it was only after reading Shen Yibai's policy paper that he recognized their ability.

Shen Yibai also remembered, and he said with an "oh": "It's you, you've read my strategy! Auntie, you see, I thought he would steal my skills, and he got caught in the act!"

Ge Hong was very excited, but a little embarrassed. He apologized to Xu Wan and Shen Yibai, "As Mr. Shen said, I did study your strategy carefully after returning, which is why I improved so quickly. I... I... I can reward you. I have saved more than 200 coins by copying books in the past few years, and I can give it all to you."

As he said this, he actually started to untie the purse from his waist, untied it neatly and stuffed it into Shen Yibai's hand: "Thank you, thank you for taking me so far on the road to the imperial examination. Although with my grades, I will probably fail the Spring Examination, but I won't give up. Even if it takes six, nine, or twelve years, I will keep taking the exam and I will work hard to catch up with you!"

Shen Yibai stared blankly at the wallet in his hand. Before he could refuse, he saw Ge Hong bow to him, turn around and leave.

"Hey... I... didn't... I only saved more than 200 coins in three years, and you gave them all to me?" Shen Yibai looked confused.

The eldest son's family was not short of money. Even though he had just entered the key class and was controlled by his family and was not given any money, he had never lacked for food and clothing. These two hundred coins were not enough for him to buy a new piece of clothing.

But it was Ge Hong's entire fortune.

All of them are used to thank him.

Shen Yibai looked at the wallet in his hand with a complicated expression, and looked at Xu Wan with some confusion: "Auntie? What should I do? Should I go to the academy to return it to him?"

Xu Wan shook her head and said, "After passing the autumn examination, students will no longer go to the academy to study. You probably won't run into him anymore."

"Ah?" Shen Yibai frowned and said, "Then how can I return it to him? He doesn't have a penny on him. Won't he starve to death?"

Xu Wan smiled faintly and said, "No, he can earn money by copying books, so he won't starve to death."

Although scholars are poor, they have backbone and integrity.