Chapter 127: Passing the Imperial Examination (Jieyuan)
Study, by the window.
Su Yuan sat upright on the couch, feeling the biting cold wind blowing in his face, but he did not close the window.
She held a cup of hot soup in her hand, tilted her head, stared at the steaming tea on the stove beside the couch, and her thoughts drifted to the provincial examination half a month ago.
——January 15th.
The morning of that day was as cold as it is today. Every breath I exhaled was like steam from boiling hot soup, or like clouds of mist lingering in the air.
It was clearly a provincial examination in a large state, but she did not queue up when entering the examination room in the morning. After the two-day examination, when she came out, there were not many students and their families greeting her outside.
All this happened because of the coming of drought, which caused some students who had finally passed the examination to give up the exam. Some even moved away from Jiangzhou with their families. The number of students taking the exam was probably less than half of that in previous years.
Thinking of this, Su Yuan sighed.
Today is the day to announce the results, and I think not many people will be looking at the list.
She let Su's father and Meng Yunlan go without worry, while she stayed at home to arrange supplies for tomorrow's trip.
It's almost noon now.
She has already drunk a pot of hot tea, why haven't these men come back yet?
Su Yuan is thinking about it!
Suddenly, a series of footsteps were heard at the study door.
Then came the familiar loud voice of Su's father, with an extremely happy tone, shouting:
"Yuanyuan, my dear daughter."
As he finished speaking, the person arrived.
Father Su glanced at his daughter happily, then handed the red paper to her, raised his eyebrows, and said:
"Look, daddy's good daughter not only passed the exam, but also won first place. Haha, although I knew you would definitely pass half a month ago."
"But I only dared to think about passing the exam. I was also nervous when I went to see her this morning. I didn't expect that Yuanyuan was so talented and won two first prizes. Then, then Li... cough cough, anyway, the future is just around the corner!"
Su's father did not say the rest.
Now he is also the father of the juren grandmother.
You must understand that trouble comes from the mouth.
What if the news of winning three prizes in a row gets out?
Wouldn't that just attract criticism and ridicule?
He would never do anything that would damage his daughter's reputation and wealth.
On the bed.
Su Yuan casually took the copied red paper, glanced at it, and saw that the top three were exactly the same as those in the Tongzhou Prefecture exam.
She let out a soft click.
Second, Gu Ranran.
Third, Lin Sanyue.
Monkey shit!
Gu Ranran was not surprised.
But Lin Sanyue is quite amazing. Regardless of whether it is because there are few people taking the exam this time, he was able to get third place, which shows that he has real ability.
"Yuanyuan, Yuanyuan, Daddy is talking to you?"
Su Yuan's thoughts were wandering after reading the red list, but he was suddenly brought back to his senses by his father calling him "Yuanyuan" several times.
She blinked a few times, shifted her gaze to Father Su, raised her eyebrows slightly, and asked in confusion:
"Dad, what did you just say?"
Father Su sat down next to his daughter, took the copied red list from her hand, and sighed:
"I said that you are now a juren, and you can be exempted from land tax of 400 acres. Let's buy it when we go to Beijing to avoid wasting it. What do you think?"
In fact, when Yuanyuan passed the imperial examination, he had 80 acres of land exempt from tax. However, at that time, farmers had just planted the seeds and generally would not sell them.
In addition, he did not plan to go to Beijing in the future to purchase the goods nearby, so he was delayed for several months.
Su Yuan hummed softly and turned his head to look at his father. Unexpectedly, when he looked through him, he found that his two husbands were still standing.
She frowned slightly, called out their names, pointed her chin at the opposite side and said:
"What are you doing standing there? Go sit across from me."
After she reminded me.
Father Su finally reacted, and hurriedly got off the couch and helped Nan Chu to sit down beside the couch, then turned to Meng Yunlan and said:
"Yunlan, go sit next to Yuanyuan. I'll sit opposite her so I can take care of Nanchu."
After saying that, he put the red paper in his hand to the end of the couch, shook his head, and said jokingly:
"I was so excited that I forgot about you two. Don't set so many rules in the future, so as to avoid the situation like what happened just now. Yuanyuan will think that I, your father, set the rules for you!"
Upon hearing this, Nan Chu and Meng Yunlan nodded and smiled, said "no", and were about to continue speaking.
However, Su Yuan's soft cry changed the subject:
"I actually forgot one thing. Yunlan, get up and sit inside. If you feel cold, close the window."
She took the seat that Meng Yunlan had vacated, walked to the desk, took out three huanghuali jewelry boxes inlaid with mother-of-pearl from the drawer, and came back with a faint smile:
"A few days ago, when I was shopping for engagement tokens, I suddenly discovered that Nanchu and Yunlan didn't have any, so we picked two together."
After Su Yuan finished speaking, he handed the wooden box to the two husbands and Su's father in turn, and sat down next to Meng Yunlan, raised his eyebrows and said:
"Open it and take a look."
Meng Yunlan nodded, slowly opened the lid of the box, and her eyes fell on the objects in the jewelry box.
The corners of his lips slightly raised, and his white jade-like hands took out a jade pendant from inside, and said softly:
"I like this white jade pendant very much. Thank you, my wife."
Su Yuan nodded slightly, without saying anything, he took hold of his slender right hand hanging under the table and kneaded it gently.
He turned to look at the two men opposite him, and asked with a smile:
"Nanchu has always loved lotus, so I think she should be satisfied with the white jade snow lotus pendant I chose. As for daddy's red jadeite beaded flower hairpin, I..."
She hadn't finished her words yet.
The sound of brisk footsteps coming from outside the door attracted the happy crowd in the house.
Su Yuan turned his head and looked over.
The attendant smiled as he walked quickly to the stove and stopped, reporting softly:
"Master, my dear, Principal Wen from Huachen Academy has arrived and is drinking tea in the front hall."
Su Yuan raised his eyebrows, thinking that it had been such a long time since Su's father came back from checking the list, so Huachen Academy must have known about it.
She hummed lightly, then let go of Meng Yunlan's hand, went to the couch to put on her shoes, and said to the men in the room:
"I have asked the servants to prepare the supplies this morning. You can enjoy your tea and chat in the study. I will go to the front to take a look."
After saying that, Su Yuan didn't stay any longer and walked quickly to the front yard with Xiao Shi.
lobby.
It was just as Su Yuan expected.
Principal Wen first extended his congratulations, then pointed to the wooden box held by his follower, with a gentle attitude like that of a close elder.
She drank the hot soup slowly, then looked at Su Yuan with admiration and said with a smile:
"I am so happy that you have won the first prize in Jiangzhou this time. Now that I know you are leaving tomorrow, I will go to the government and get the five hundred taels of silver that is the first prize for you in advance."
After that, she sighed, thought for a moment, and continued:
"Well..., there is also a certificate issued by Huachen Official School and a letter of recommendation from this old lady. I know it is not easy for students to go to Beijing to take the exam this year. If you have any difficulties in entering Beijing, you can take the teacher's letter of recommendation and ask my old classmates for help."
Su Yuan nodded with a smile on his face.
After saying a few words of thanks, he chatted with Director Wen for a while and kept the person for lunch before sending him away.
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