When Niu Dadan heard the word "number one scholar", his eyes widened, "Number one scholar? Our family actually has a number one scholar, may our ancestors bless us."
Their village has been very poor since the time of their ancestors. I don’t know how many generations have passed, but their village is still very poor.
Originally, everyone in their village felt that they were destined to be poor from generation to generation.
Who would have thought that such a poor village like theirs could produce a top and a second place in the imperial examination?
Just then, two elderly men with crutches walked into the crowd.
When Niu Jianguo and Niu Dadan saw them, they hurried over.
"Second Grandpa, Third Grandpa, why are you here?" Niu Jianguo asked the two old men with a respectful look on his face.
"Such a big happy event happened in our village, how could we two old people not show up? What about the two children? Where are they?" asked one of the older men with a leaky mouth.
"Here, Second Grandpa, this is my youngest son, Xu Shike. His family was so hungry since he was young that we had to give him to people in the city to raise. This child is sensible. After his adoptive parents passed away, he came back to find them." Niu Dadan introduced him with tears in his eyes.
The Second Grandfather squinted his eroded eyes and looked at Xu Shike. Finally, he sighed softly and said weakly, "Child, you are a good child. Your parents gave you to someone else to raise because they had no choice. Don't blame them."
Xu Shike glanced at Yu Guifang and Xu Dadan, who were wiping their tears, and said sensibly, "Don't worry, Second Grandpa, I won't blame my parents. I know everyone was having a hard time back then, and they sent me away because they wanted me to live."
Seeing how sensible the child was, the Second Grandfather showed satisfaction in his eyes. "You're a good child. You've brought honor to our Niu Village. Our Niu Village has been poor for so many generations. This time, it depends on you young people to bring honor to our family."
Xu Shike politely replied, "I don't deserve it."
The two grandfathers in front of everyone are almost two hundred years old in total.
It can be said that these two are the oldest people in the village.
Normally, whenever there is something important happening in the village, these two older elders will come out and say a few words.
The second old man looked at the young man in front of him, his two sunken eyes particularly bright.
At this time, the second grandfather looked towards Niu Jianguo.
"Jianguo, this is a good thing. We must set up a few tables in the village so that everyone in the village can celebrate. The money will be paid by the clan." The second grandfather gave a well-thought-out speech.
Since the elders had spoken, Niu Jianbian naturally did not dare to disobey, and he just happened to have this idea.
"Okay, Second Grandpa, I know what to do, don't worry." He agreed immediately.
The third grandfather on the other side waited until his brother finished speaking before speaking.
"Our Niu family is really going to bring honor to our ancestors this time. Over the past few hundred years, other villages have produced one or two officials, but our village has not had any. This time, our village has produced two at once, which is equivalent to the top scholar in ancient times. You two kids have brought honor to our Niu Village. Well done, you two are both good kids." The third grandfather said happily.
When the other people in the village heard this, they all showed expressions of pride on their faces.
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