【Boom boom boom! 】
【Boom boom boom! 】
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Liu listened to the faint sound of the gong and stopped pulling out the weeds.
"Is anyone having a wedding today?"
She racked her brains to recall, but she had no memory of the banquet she was going to today.
When there is a happy event, fellow villagers will not only invite you to the banquet, but also ask others to help.
But she had no recollection of either of these events.
Liu thought about it and went back to the house to ask her children to see if they had any impression.
Both of them shook their heads.
"It's strange." Liu shook her head.
"Mom, do you feel that the sound is getting closer?" Lin Boyu asked.
The sound of gongs and drums, which could only be heard in the yard just now, can now be heard in the house, and it is becoming clearer and clearer.
Before Liu could answer, there was a knock on the door.
Lin Shiyu's eyes lit up: "Mom, go knock on the door."
She urged Liu to open the door, and she went into the room.
outside the house.
The yamen runners were beating gongs and drums in front, followed by a group of villagers watching the fun.
At first they thought these yamen runners were here to inform them about paying taxes, and they were complaining in their hearts that they came so early today.
The villagers, who were already unhappy because they had no harvest, became even more unhappy when they saw these yamen runners.
Every year when the government sends people to announce something, the villagers will treat these people with delicious food and drinks.
It would be fine if they were treated well, but these surprised people were so soft-hearted that they didn't even give them a smile.
If the uniforms weren't so threatening, the yamen runners would have been put in sacks long ago.
"Why don't you open the door yet?" the bailiff asked in confusion.
They didn't even have to do anything. As soon as the villagers heard what the yamen runner said, they immediately started knocking on the door again.
The yamen runners were rarely smiling today, and the villagers followed them to watch the fun.
The third branch of the Lin family - the center of the hustle and bustle.
Listening to the rhythmic sound that seemed to urge her death, Liu dared not delay and quickly opened the door.
Looking at the countless heads outside the door, Liu was startled and subconsciously took half a step back.
"Excuse me, what can I do for you?"
The yamen runner walking in front was too threatening, so Liu had to muster up the courage to ask.
"Is this Lin Anru's home?"
"yes."
After receiving a positive answer, the yamen runners pushed the door open without hesitation and walked in.
They looked around the three-room house and saw that it was a rare blue brick and tile house, and their smiles became more genuine for a rare moment.
The villagers didn't know why they came. When they heard them asking about Lin Anru, they thought that Lin Anru had committed a crime outside, and for a moment there was murmuring in the yard.
The yamen runners were not surprised by the noisy scene, and then looked at Liu with dissatisfaction:
"Is there no one else at home besides you?"
At this time, Liu had not yet realized what their purpose was in asking this question.
Lin Shiyu, who was inside the house, walked out quickly after hearing this:
"Sir, thank you for your hard work." As she spoke, she stuffed the red envelope that had just been in the room into the hands of several yamen runners.
Several yamen runners pinched the red envelope and nodded with satisfaction.
When Liu saw what her daughter did, her eyes lit up and her heart beat wildly.
She suppressed her excitement and tried to appear calm.
"Gentlemen, please sit down and have some tea."
Just then, Lin Boyu came out with tea and Liu quickly took it.
The yamen runners who received the red envelope were in a good mood at the moment. They gave face to Liu and drank the tea in one gulp.
"Yes, it's good tea." Several people praised.
At this time, the village chief hurried in. He dealt with these people every year, and both sides were familiar faces.
"My Lords, why are you here so early this year?"
As soon as the village chief came over, he started chatting before he even had time to catch his breath.
While greeting each other, he secretly slipped something to the leader where the crowd couldn't see.
The leader weighed the things handed over by the village chief and felt even more satisfied. Their trip was not in vain.
He was in a good mood and didn't put on airs at this time. He said frankly:
"Don't worry, the time for taxation has not yet been determined."
"So why are you here this time?"
The village chief breathed a sigh of relief when he heard that they were not here to collect taxes.
There was no harvest this quarter, so the tax payment should be delayed as much as possible, and it would be best if it is not paid at all.
But he knew that this idea was impossible.
"Speaking of which, first of all, I have to congratulate you. Lin Anru is your successor, right?!"
Village chief Mingwei and the others knew that anyone with the same surname as Lin Anru was from the same clan.
"It's the young man. He made some mistake..."
"Hey, hey, hey, they all said congratulations, how could it be a mistake?"
The village chief was interrupted by the yamen runner before he could finish his words.
"Yes, yes, yes." The village chief said yes, but he was criticizing in his heart. If this group of people didn't like to say the opposite when they were causing trouble, he would have believed it.
The yamen runners got what they wanted and didn't want to stay any longer. They said directly without keeping anyone in suspense:
"Your young man, Lin Anru, has passed the imperial examination and we are here to announce the good news."
As soon as he finished speaking, the whole audience fell silent, and then burst into warm cheers.
"Are you telling the truth?"
"Really? Is it true?"
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The villagers who were watching the excitement from behind were even more excited than the village chief and Liu. They crowded over and asked questions in a flurry.
"Of course it's true. He ranked sixteenth in the exam and earned the title of scholar. This is his document."
He took out the document and handed it to Liu beside him.
Liu took it respectfully and kept saying thank you.
After the task was completed, the yamen runners left Yamada Village without even giving them a chance to say hello.
After the locust plague, there was a shortage of manpower, and they had no time to stay in Yamada Village and take advantage of the situation.
Liu looked at the document in her hand and still hadn't come back to her senses.
Everyone in the yard was praising Lin Anru and congratulating Liu, but she was in no mood to respond.
After receiving the news, other members of the Lin family hurried over to help entertain the villagers.
Lin Anru has become successful, and the Lin family has come to rest.
There were constant blessings from the audience, and the Lin family members never stopped smiling.
Liu was only out of control for a short while, then followed the Lin family to help deal with the situation.
She is Lin Anru's wife and the mistress of this family.
In the absence of the head of the family, she must do these things well and be a good wife so that Lin Anru has no worries.
Good news spreads far and wide. In less than half a day, everyone who lived nearby and had a connection with Lin Anru came.
They hadn't harvested anything this quarter and couldn't even afford to eat, but they could always bring some gifts home.
Most of it is food.
However, Lin Shiyu asked her mother to refuse all gifts and also told other people in the Lin family not to accept them either.
Lin Shiyu, who has lived here for nearly a year, has long been familiar with the people here.
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