The Road to the Imperial Examination for Poor Children"

101-105

Very good, that is to have self-awareness and never long for things that do not belong to you.
　　I am lucky to get it, but I am not destined to die. Although I am envious, I am never jealous.
　　Speaking of which, although it is hard to work on your own, there are many benefits, at least peace of mind.
　　What's more, in this life, although he didn't want to be a farmer digging in the fields, he never thought about becoming a successful person and becoming a minister.
　　In this feudal society where the imperial power was as great as the sky, Lin Yuanqiu only wanted "stability".
　　Seeing that Zhou Zixu's eyes were full of envy, Lin Yuanqiu couldn't help but smile and said, "Why are you envious? Brother Zhou's famous teacher is pretty good, isn't he?"
　　Lin Yuanqiu was speaking from his heart. Compared to him, Zhou Zixu was It was my first time to take the provincial examination, and I actually passed it in one try. It was really impressive.
　　Famous teacher?
　　Zhou Zixu was stunned at first, and then quickly remembered what he and Brother Lin had said about becoming a famous teacher for him.
　　It seems that as long as they study hard, they can still succeed even if they don't have a famous teacher.
　　At this time, in a small courtyard in the county town, Mr. Wu Jing was holding the copied list of winners and looking at them one by one.
　　Although the servant had just informed him about Dejinzhong Jieyuan, when he saw the name at the top of the list, Mr. Wu Jing could not help but raise the corners of his mouth. There was nothing better than his own students getting good grades. What's even more exciting.
　　However, when Mr. Wu Jing saw the last two names that seemed familiar, he was stunned.
　　Lin Yuanqiu, Zhou Zixu.
　　Aren't these the same two children who said they wanted to be famous teachers for themselves when I went to the government school to give lectures three years ago?
　　I remember that I was planning to pay more attention to them in the future, but things got busy and I forgot about it.
　　Unexpectedly, in just three years, these two people would now appear on the list, which is really surprising.
　　...
　　As soon as the four of them returned to the inn, they saw two government servants wearing brand new uniforms standing in the middle of the lobby.
　　Seeing Lin Yuanqiu and the others, the shopkeeper smiled hurriedly and said to the yamen servant, "I'm back, I'm back, the two masters of the exam are back!" The
　　fat shopkeeper was excited. Unexpectedly, in this year's provincial examination, two masters of the exam came out of his inn. Today On the whole street, their Yunlai Inn is probably the most beautiful.
　　The two yamen servants did not waste any time. They walked forward and handed the posts in their hands to Lin Yuanqiu and Zhou Zixu respectively. Then they bowed their hands and said: "Three days later, the yamen will hold a banquet of deer singing. Lin Juren and Zhou Juren must be on time." Participate."
　　Seeing this, Lin Sanzhu and Zhou Xing hurriedly stepped forward, then took out two pieces of broken silver from their pockets and gave them to the two government officials respectively.
　　The two yamen servants thanked him profusely, and then went back to the yamen to pay errands.
　　Lin Yuanqiu was aware of the Deer Ming Banquet, which was hosted by the chief examiner and was a special banquet for new imperial examination candidates and internal and external curtain examiners.
　　Lin Yuanqiu opened the post and looked at it. The time and place of the banquet were written on it, and even the seat number was written down. The arrangement was quite detailed.
　　Lin Yuanqiu put the post in the book box, and then went to Zhou Zixu's room. In two days, there would be a red scroll of the successful candidate in Gongyuan, and he wanted to ask Zhou Zixu to go over and have a look.
　　Also, this time, Lin Yuanqiu wanted to go to the bookstore shopkeeper to buy some of the essays like last time.
　　While Lin Yuanqiu and Zhou Zixu were busy reading the scrolls, the yamen assigned by the yamen to announce the good news had already gone to various places to deliver the good news.
　　...
　　Xiao Gaoshan Village, Lin Dagui's house at the west end of the village.
　　The work in the fields had just been finished, and before he had rested for a few days, Old Lintou started digging a vegetable patch in the backyard again. He planned to plant some radishes so that in winter, they could be eaten pickled or cooked. The bones, yes, and the stewed fish with shredded radish are all pretty good.
　　As for the way to eat fish stewed with shredded radish, it was my grandson who came up with it. Not to mention, on a cold day, stewing fish in a pot will make your whole body warm and comfortable.
　　Thinking of his little grandson, Old Lintou counted the days with his fingers.
　　It stands to reason that today has passed the time for releasing the results, and I don’t know if there is any hope of winning the list this far autumn.
　　Mrs. Wu brought over a small bamboo basket with a small clay pot filled with water. Seeing the old man's head and face covered with sweat, Wu couldn't help but feel distressed, "It's a hot day, so we can't rest for a few more days. We have to dig in the ground now. Look, the clothes on your back are stuck to you." "It's gone."
　　Old Lintou didn't take it seriously, "What do you know? It's better to take advantage of the hot weather to turn the earth upside down. In this way, you can dry out the insect seeds in the soil. When you plant the radishes, you don't have to worry about insects. It's about that."
　　The most important thing is that if you have something to do, you won't always think about releasing the results.
　　Old Lintou felt that he was really greedy. When his grandson first went to school, he thought it would be great if his grandson could be admitted as a boy student. After he passed the exam, he thought that if he could be admitted as a scholar, it would be great. Even better, but when my grandson passed the exam, I began to long for him to pass the exam.
　　It's really a shameless person.
　　I don’t even think about it. If it were so easy to take the exam, ambitious people wouldn’t bother to take the exam even once.