diskusbooks Chapter 105 Sisters Travel Together
Chapter 105 Sisters Travel Together
…There were five sessions in total in the county examination. After the first day’s examination, Jiang Yue returned home with her grandmother early the next morning.
On the way home, the two women had less to talk about.
Jiang Yue and Zhao Tiancheng sat opposite each other and talked more. They discussed the content of the exam and guessed what the next exam would be like.
Zhao Tiancheng just wants to be on the list.
When they returned home that day, Jiang Yue and Zhao Tiancheng inevitably attracted the attention of the entire village.
This was because they were the only two people in the village who took part in the county examination.
When Jiang Yue passed by the new house she was going to build on her way back to the village, she stopped and took a look.
The craftsmen are working hard on the most basic foundation.
There are three large courtyards here, where they now live.
According to my grandmother's idea, there were two courtyards, a row of main rooms, and two rows of east and west wing rooms, for a total of eight rooms.
Jiang Yue ran around, imagining what her house would look like when it was built.
In the end, before I had seen enough, my grandmother pulled me home.
"Xiao Liu, the house is right there and we can't run away."
When I returned home that day, my sisters were busy and had not returned yet.
In the evening, the whole family gathered together. Jiang Yue was surrounded by her sisters, who asked her about her exam experience.
During the questioning, the fourth sister suddenly said,
"When Xiaoliu becomes a high-ranking official in the future, will I still be your fourth sister?"
Jiang Yue was at a loss whether to laugh or cry. She had no idea that her fourth sister had thought so far.
"Grandma is always grandma, and sister is always sister."
"Xiao Liu, don't break your promise." Jiang Sini went out to do business recently and heard some picture books in the teahouse.
"There are many stories of people abandoning their wives after becoming the top scholar in the imperial examination, despising the poor and loving the rich and thinking that their parents are not worthy of being in a noble family, and abandoning their parents and family members in the mountain village."
Jiang Sini's words inevitably caused another beating from her second sister.
"Fourth sister, Xiaoliu is not that kind of person."
Can Xiaoliu be an official? Jiang Erni shook her head, and so did Jiang Dani and Liu Chunfeng.
To dispel the fourth sister's worries, Jiang Yue assured: "Grandma, sisters, when Xiaoliu has achieved success, I will definitely lead you to a better life."
The family thought Jiang Yue was just making empty promises.
If it were so easy to pass the imperial examinations, there wouldn't be so many people failing.
Furthermore, the eldest and second sisters have the same idea as grandma, they only care about the process but not the result. The result is not something they can imagine.
During the exam period, when they went to the academy again, Wei Changsheng talked about a lot of past exam questions as he did before, so that Jiang Yue, Ye Chen and others could use them as a reference for the upcoming exams.
Before the second exam, the results will be announced the day before.
Only the top fifty will be selected to take the second exam.
On the day when the results were announced, there was an endless stream of people crowding in front of the Imperial Examination Hall, and the clerks in front of the list were unable to stop them.
Jiang Yue approached, but because she was too small, she couldn't squeeze in, so she waited outside with her grandmother.
Liu Chunfeng was not as calm as Jiang Yue, and she kept searching around with her head.
Although she is illiterate, she knows the word "jiang".
Zhao Tiancheng was pulled by Liu into the crowd, searching and searching, and when he squeezed out again,
"Xiao Liu, our names are on the list!"
When Li Chunfeng heard this, she hugged Jiang Yue excitedly. "I knew our Xiaoliu was great."
She couldn't wait to share the good news with her granddaughters, but thought that this exam was not the final stage yet.
Her child, Xiaoliu, still needs to work hard.
"Tiancheng, Tiancheng, your name is on the list!" Liu breathed a sigh of relief, her eyes filled with tears of excitement, and her voice aroused envy from the crowded crowd.
"Great, great!"
Her son had already taken the exam twice, and she was a little surprised that Jiang Yue was able to make the list at such a young age.
"Mom, the exam isn't over yet." Zhao Tiancheng was excited. After all, he was eliminated in the first round of the previous two exams.
It seems that having real talent and knowledge is not enough, keeping a normal mind is the most important thing.
When the crowd dispersed, Jiang Yue turned around and stared at the list. There were only fifty names on the list.
The ranking is in no particular order, it just represents the eligibility for the next exam.
Looking again, Ye Chen, who was not far away, was also surrounded by his family, like the moon surrounded by stars.
No wonder he is so conceited. He is the pampered child of the family and the whole family revolves around him.
Ye Chen and Jiang Yue looked at each other.
"Jiang Yue, see you next time."
The next day, the second exam was held, and body searches were still conducted. However, there were only fifty people left in the examination room. Compared with the crowded first day, this time the room seemed loose.
The second exam had similar questions to the first one, except that they were more difficult.
This time, Jiang Yue changed the examination room and answered the questions seriously as he did last time.
The difference was that during today's exam, the county magistrate had been keeping a close eye on her every move, causing the officials beside him to also keep a close eye on her.
They thought that the county magistrate must have suspected that the boy was cheating.
Just because this little boy, who is only eight years old, writes very well.
Jiang Yue just answered the questions seriously, rubbing her hands and stretching her muscles from time to time.
When the second results were announced, Jiang Yue and Zhao Tiancheng were still on the list.
Liu Chunfeng was still excited.
When Liu found out that her son was on the list again, her eyes were still filled with tears. She hugged Liu Chunfeng's body, crying and laughing, leaving Liu Chunfeng speechless.
Next, in the third, fourth, and fifth examination rooms, Jiang Yue's position became closer and closer, and finally he was in examination room number six.
Throughout the entire examination process, Jiang Yue was stared at closely by the county magistrate.
When it was time to hand in the papers, hers was always the first to be reviewed by the county magistrate.
The county magistrate took out her paper and said to himself,
"If you say that I cheated in this first round, then every time I answered the questions in the following rounds, they were impeccable. This is a true test of my talent and knowledge!"
"This boy is a rare talent!"
When the final results were announced, the number of applicants dropped drastically, leaving only twenty people.
The final day for the announcement of the results will be five days later, just like before.
On the eve of the announcement of the results, in the Jiang family courtyard, Jiang Erni held her grandmother's arm and pleaded:
"Grandma, we have never been to a restaurant to eat. Let's go to a restaurant tomorrow as a family."
Business can be suspended for a day, but looking at the orders on the list, she wants to experience it once.
"Grandma, I also want to go to the restaurant for dinner." Jiang Sini agreed, her mouth watering as she thought about the delicious food in the restaurant.
Jiang Dani: "Grandma, whether Xiaoliu passed the exam or not, at least she tried her best, and she should be rewarded for her efforts."
Speaking of going to restaurants, Jiang Sanni has long wanted to try the food there, but her family has been too busy in the past two years and she hasn't been able to spare any free time.
Jiang Yue: "Grandma, I'll listen to my sisters." If she fails the exam, she will let down her grandma and sisters who have been waiting for her for so long.
"Okay." Liu Chunfeng agreed immediately.
"Xiao Liu, don't feel burdened. Just like your elder sister said, even if you can't pass the exam, you have tried your best."
…The results were announced the next day, and the Jiang family set out early.
Because there were so many people traveling with them, they drove two carriages, one driven by Mu Heng and the other by Zhao Tiancheng.
When everyone arrived in the county, they first went to the bottom of the list.
Today's list is not as crowded as the first one, but there are still quite a few people.
At this moment, there were only two officials maintaining order.
The atmosphere is even more tense than before.