Xie Yu said, "No wonder I couldn't figure it out. It turns out to be an endgame, so that's not surprising."
Xiao Bao looked up at Xie Yu, chewing something in his mouth, as if he wanted to say something but hesitated.
"Xiao Yun, have you finished eating? Why don't you try to solve this game first?" Qi Juncai placed the chess record in front of Xiao Bao.
"Qi boy, don't take the chess record away." Master Zuo Si shouted.
Qi Juncai said aggrievedly, "Come quickly, that old man is scary."
Xiaobao nodded perfunctorily.
That evening.
Dabao lay next to Zhang Rushan and asked quietly, "Brother Rushan, is it difficult to pass the exam?"
"Fortunately, I can only say that it is not as difficult as I imagined."
"You are so good, can you teach me to read?"
Zhang Rushan turned around and asked, "You want to take the imperial examination?"
"I haven't thought about that," Dabao said, "I want to be promoted to Class C as soon as possible, and it would be best if I could be promoted to Class A. My elder sister said that I can be a general, but I can't be a general if I stay in Class D. I have a long way to go!"
Zhang Rushan, "..."
After a moment, Zhang Rushan asked, "Did you bring the book?"
"I brought it," Dabao sat up from the bed excitedly, "Are you going to start teaching me now?"
"No," Zhang Rushan said with his eyes closed, "tomorrow."
Dabao lay down quietly again.
During the two days in the county town, Xiaobao spent the entire day in the chess hall, while Dabao stayed in You's house. Xie Yu ate and bought a lot of small things at the stalls during these two days, and on the way back, he had gained a lot.
Zhang Rushan sat on the ox cart and said with emotion, "I haven't ridden an ox cart for a long time. It's very tiring to travel back and forth on weekdays."
"It will be really convenient when Master Ma's ox cart comes out for a few days." Song Yuehua said with a smile.
Zhang Rushan hummed, glanced at Xie Yu quietly, and prayed to all the Bodhisattvas in the world, hoping that his parents would not stop him from doing this.
Zhang family.
At this moment, Tang, Zhang, Zhang Daniu and Zhang Erniu, except Zhang Ruchu, are all at home.
"Rushan, you're finally back, you bastard," Grandma Jin grabbed Zhang Rushan's hand, feeling angry and happy at the same time, "Have you had dinner?"
"have eaten."
I didn’t feel it at first when I was in the county, but after I returned home and saw my grandma, the guilt surged in my heart.
Zhang Erniu said with a straight face, "If I don't let Daya invite you now, you won't come back home, right..."
"My son has finally come back, why do you say that?" Tang patted Zhang Erniu on the back.
Zhang Daniu said with a smile, "It's good that you're back. Come in quickly. What are you all doing standing in the yard?"
Zhang Rushan helped Grandma Jin into the house.
"Rushan, your father said you are not going to take the exam anymore. What's going on?" asked Grandma Jin.
Zhang Rushan told Zhang Erniu what happened during the college entrance examination.
Zhang Erniu didn't understand why such a thing would happen in the imperial examination. It was beyond his comprehension at all.
In this case, he could only respect his son's choice.
After returning home, he didn't dare to say anything else and could only let his family stop.
Zhang Rushan heard grandma's question and whispered, "Grandma, the imperial examination is as difficult as climbing to heaven. It's not that I won't take it, I just want to accumulate more knowledge."
As long as she continued to take the test, Grandma Jin was happy, "Okay, that's right."
After reminiscing about the past with his family, Zhang Rushan followed Tang into his parents' room.
"Mother, I heard from Daya that you are going to find a wife for me?" Zhang Rushan said directly, "Don't look for one, I already have someone I love."
Tang was stunned for a moment before saying, "Are you interested in Daya?"
"ah?"
Zhang Rushan jumped up and said, "Mother, don't talk nonsense. If she hears it, she will probably tear it apart."
Tang, "..."
"You little brat, what nonsense are you talking about? Daya is such a good girl, why do you say such things about her?" Tang patted his back hard.
Zhang Rushan patted his chest and said, "It's not Song Yuehua. My sweetheart is someone else."
"Then who do you say it is?" Tang whispered.
"Thank you, Yu."
"Thank you, Master!"
Tang was surprised at first, then a little worried.
The third uncle of the Xie family is a scholar and also a very skilled teacher. The second uncle of the Xie family is said to have been an officer. The eldest uncle of the Xie family is a real hunter.
Xie Yu herself is the female teacher in their village. Not to mention the entire village, even in the entire county or the entire state, it is not certain to find such a capable girl.
Tang looked at her son. Although he was handsome and a scholar, he still felt that he was not good enough to be a match for Xie Yu.
"Mother, although I am a scholar, you should not think too highly of yourself..."
Zhang Rushan was afraid that Tang would not agree, so he tried to dissuade her from doing so.
Tang waved her hand with a look of disdain and said, "How could I not know? If our family background was better, you wouldn't be unworthy of her."
"ah……"
Zhang Rushan was speechless. If he didn't pass the examination to become a scholar, he would not be worthy of Xie Yu in the eyes of his own mother.
Song family.
After hearing Zhang Rushan repeat what Tang said, Xie Yu covered her face with a handkerchief and laughed so hard that her stomach almost hurt.
"Don't laugh anymore," Zhang Rushan said, "I just realized now that you are a flower on the mountain top."
Xie Yu put away the handkerchief and said, "Why, in your heart, I am not worthy of you?"
"I am not worthy of it." Zhang Rushan quickly admitted his mistake.
Xie Yu snorted coldly.
Zhang Rushan glanced outside and asked, "Where are Dabao, Xiaobao and Daya?"
"Da Bao, Xiao Bao and Yang Bao went to the school to find their teacher, and Sister Song went to Dongshan." Xie Yu said.
Zhang Rushan hummed and said with a smile, "My mother is going to ask a matchmaker to go to your house to propose marriage. I told her not to worry and wait for the master to come back. I have to get the master's consent first before I can let the matchmaker come."
"Third uncle!"
Xie Yu shook his head and said, "I'm afraid it's not that easy."
Zhang Rushan was stunned for a moment and asked, "Why is that?"
"Third Uncle is just like that. He always makes people angry. You are his apprentice who wants to marry his niece. It would be strange if he let you go so easily."
Zhang Rushan thought for a moment and said with a smile, "As long as he doesn't really stop me, everything will be fine."
"You are quite open-minded." Xie Yu said with a smile.
The two of them sat in the yard, eating Hundred Flower Cakes. The sky was dim, insects were chirping in the yard, and birds were singing outside.
There was no one else in the yard. Zhang Rushan's heart was filled with love. He moved his little finger lightly and touched Xie Yu's little finger. He felt excited and moved.
"As heaven and earth bear witness, if I can marry Yu, my life will not be in vain."
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