"Wanwan, don't rush."
Lin Weiming and his son Lin Zhongyuan took everything out of their bag, which contained not only various delicious foods but also some odds and ends.
"Huh?" Lin Wanyue recognized it at a glance. "This was sent by the Liu family?"
"Yes." Lin Weiming nodded, then explained, "We stayed at the Liu family's house last night."
Hearing that it was the Liu family, Xuefu felt much more at ease.
Because of the previous ghost incident at the Liu family's house, which caused the young lady in the family to fall ill, they had to ask Lin Wanyue to exorcise the ghost, which brought much peace to their home.
Xuefu had also witnessed how that young master Liu acted; his style was indeed somewhat nouveau riche and domineering, making it hard for people to refuse.
After all, money is the purse strings, and these humble country folk... really can't refuse it!
Besides, they were already acquaintances, so it was only natural for him to go to the county town and say hello to the Liu family.
“Our family owes the Liu family a favor this time. If it weren’t for Young Master Liu’s help, we would have had a lot of trouble getting Zhongyuan registered,” Lin Weiming continued.
"What's wrong? It's just registering for the exam, what's so troublesome about it?" Liu Junlan asked, puzzled.
As the person most concerned about this matter, Master Cui also floated over, listening intently with his ears perked up. Taking advantage of the fact that others couldn't see him, he even planned to smoke a cigarette to relieve his nervousness.
However, threatened by Little Pink Butterfly, who had also come to eavesdrop, with an axe, he had no choice but to put the cigarette away.
Master Cui is only concerned about Lin Zhongyuan's exam now and is too lazy to argue with Little Pink Butterfly.
"It's not that easy. To take the exam, you have to write a confession first, which dug up our family history for eighteen generations. In addition, you have to find people to vouch for each other, in groups of five... If any of these five people dare to cheat, the whole group will be implicated." Lin Weiming shook his head.
"Ah? Then... what should we do?" Liu Junlan frowned immediately.
Back when the village still had the money to run a village school, there were several children in the village who were about the same age as Lin Zhongyuan studying together. They all knew each other, so it was easy for them to act as guarantors.
But this time, no other children in the village are going to take the exam, so naturally they can't help Lin Zhongyuan as a guarantor.
Lin Zhongyuan immediately reassured Liu Junlan obediently, "Grandma, don't worry, Young Master Liu has found someone to vouch for us, so I'll be able to take the exam when the time comes!"
"Good grandson, much more useful than your father! Your sudden outbursts scared me to death." Liu Junlan patted his chest.
Lin Weiming: "..."
Is it because he was speaking in a very slow, hesitant manner?
What can Lin Weiming do when his own mother criticizes him?
Lin Weiming could only brazenly pretend he hadn't heard anything and cleared his throat: "Besides that, there's more trouble. We need to find the county's subsidized students and have them confirm it before we can participate in the exam."
Everyone stared intently at Lin Weiming, eager to know how they would solve this problem.
"Hmph." A somewhat contemptuous smile appeared on Lin Weiming's face: "These people are just trying to make a quick buck on this day. When I took Zhongyuan to register, I found out that a student who acts as a guarantor gets twenty taels of silver!"
Twenty taels of silver?
That's no small sum.
All the furniture and wood used in the Lin family's new house together cost less than twenty taels of silver!
"Did Young Master Liu lend you money?" Xuefu asked.
Xuefu manages all the money in the house. Lin Weiming only took two taels of silver with him when he went out today, which is definitely not enough to pay the insurance premium of twenty taels of silver.
But with Young Master Liu's help, money is no longer a big problem.
"No, no, no, that's why they say Young Master Liu is a man of honor! He asked his own accountant to act as guarantor for our Zhongyuan Festival, and unexpectedly, the accountant turned out to be the village's former teacher! With his help, of course we wouldn't accept that money." Lin Weiming chuckled.
"Yes." Lin Zhongyuan was quite happy to mention his former teacher. "The teacher is doing quite well in the Liu family. I think he has gained some weight."
Upon hearing this, everyone except Lin Wanyue, who didn't understand what he meant, burst into laughter.
It turns out that this teacher is short. If he were to get any fatter, wouldn't he become a ball?
"Sigh..." Xuefu shook her head helplessly: "I didn't expect that registering for a small exam would be so troublesome. When the exam actually comes, it will be a nightmare."
"That's alright, anyway, we won't be the ones taking the exam." Lin Weiming shamelessly glanced at his son and patted him on the shoulder: "Son, our family will have to rely on you from now on."
"Dad, what are you doing?" Lin Zhongyuan asked.
Lin Weiming raised one eyebrow, looking quite self-righteous: "Of course I gave birth to a good son like you!"
The Lin family: "..."
This guy is so shameless.
...
With only four months left until the county examination, even with Lin Zhongyuan's solid foundation, everyone still assumes he needs to prepare well in order to outperform everyone else.
“From now on, you don’t need to do anything around the house. Just focus on your studies and don’t let all your hard work go to waste,” Liu Junlan said.
"Grandma, don't worry, I will definitely do well on the exam!" Lin Zhongyuan silently cheered himself on.
Everything else in the village is great, except that gossip spreads way too fast!
As Lin Wanyue and her friends played by the willow tree by the pond, she couldn't help but sigh. No one in the family dared to say much about their father taking their older brother, Lin Zhongyuan, to the county town to register for the exam.
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