The road of the farmer's fortune and the imperial examination

Chapter 537 The Excited Third Uncle

Lu Shi said so, of course the dumb mother-in-law knew the reason, didn't she just want to go to the capital?It's a pity that the old man disagreed, he said he could watch the second room at home.

"When your granddaughter grows up, the second aunt will come back naturally. She's still young now! The baby can't stand a long journey."

Old man Gu walked around in the field, and now there is no need for him to work in the field.Since he has servants and long-term workers, he only needs to turn his head around, but he can't be idle, and he always has to watch them busy with his own eyes, so that he can feel at ease in his heart.

Old man Gu looked up at the sun above his head, and found that it was almost time for lunch.So, he raised his legs and walked towards the old house of the Gu family, passing by the house that Gu Chengyu just built three years ago.

When the house was first built, Gu Chengyu lived there for about a month, and then went to the capital to study.Later, every time he came back, he only stayed for a few nights, and he just left it like this, and Father Gu felt it was a waste.

"Old man, are you coming out to look around today? Do you want to go inside and take a look?" At this time, a man in his 30s came out of the door. He looked tall and mighty, and he was here to look after the house.

"Ah! That's right!" Father Gu replied, rejected the man, and then walked towards the old house.

That house is so often empty, which makes the villagers envious and jealous. That big house is not occupied by people. Isn't that a waste?
On the way home, Father Gu ran into a few villagers who had come back from working in the fields. Under the envious eyes of the other party, he walked back home slowly with his hands behind his back.

Under the big banyan tree at the entrance of the village, several older people in the village chatted with each other under the tree.

"Hey? You said that the Gu family is really well-off. They live in such a big house, and the fifth member of the Gu family went to the capital. Didn't you say that he also took the Huiyuan test? What is the Huiyuan?"

"The Gu family relies entirely on this fifth child! No wonder a master gave orders to the Gu family back then, saying that the Gu family was going to change their family. Now! Isn't the third uncle here? I have time now, let the third uncle talk to us."

The third uncle who was sitting on the boulder couldn't help showing color on his face when he heard the words. He also studied for two years when he was young, so of course he understands this.

Just when the third uncle was about to explain to everyone what Huiyuan was, there was a sudden sound of horseshoes, accompanied by the deafening sound of gongs and drums, sweeping towards the entrance of the village.

"Hey? What's going on here? Why is this battle bigger than last time? What's wrong with this? Don't you go to the Gu family again?"

Although the third uncle is old, he still has good eyes and ears.When those people got closer, Third Uncle slapped his thigh and quickly stood up on crutches. His speed was not at all like that of an old man on the verge of death, and the people sitting beside him were startled.

"Hurry up, go and inform Changqing's family, great joy!"

He shouted excitedly at a member of the Gu family next to him, pointing in the direction of the Gu family, trembling all the time.

The clansman was a little dazed, and then thought of something, turned around and walked quickly towards the old house of the Gu family.

"Third Uncle, what's wrong with you? Don't get excited!"

The neighbors next to him saw that the third uncle was so excited, they were afraid that he would accidentally poke over, that would be a big deal!
The third uncle is the longest-lived in the village. This year, he lived to be [-] years old. What's rare is that his ears are still good!The bones of the body are also strong, and the crutches are swung vigorously all day long.

If something really happened, the Gu family would not let it go!

The third uncle patted his thigh, "My Gu family has become a Jinshi! The Gu family has really changed their family!"

The third uncle only knew about it after seeing the battle, but he didn't see clearly the word number one.Thinking that Gu Chengyu won the Jinshi and became an official, why is he unhappy?
When the villagers under the banyan tree heard this, they couldn't help but feel envious.Even the woman who came back from picking vegetables in the field stopped and looked towards the entrance of the village.

The sound of gongs and drums came closer, and Third Uncle immediately asked someone to help him to meet him.When he got close, he saw the word "No. [-] Scholar" on the board, and almost couldn't bring it up in excitement.

Today's county magistrate of Qinghe County has changed, and the surname of Xinzhi County is Li.Naturally, I am very happy to have such a big happy event as soon as I took over.

When the official document from Fucheng came down, he still couldn't believe it.Three people from Jingyuan Mansion were selected as Scholars this year, and two of them were from Qinghe County.One of them is still the number one scholar, and this is all his political achievements!Isn't this pie in the sky what is it?
The messenger came to Shangling Village to announce the good news, so he naturally wanted to follow.No, as soon as he arrived at the entrance of the village, he lifted the curtain of the car and looked into the village.I found many people gathered around the big banyan tree and looked at them.

The third uncle walked towards the team tremblingly, ready to kowtow to the county magistrate.

As for Li Zhi County, he really didn't recognize him, but he did recognize the official uniform!

When Li Zhixian saw it, he quickly asked the coachman to stop, got out of the carriage, and personally helped up the third uncle who was about to kneel down. He couldn't bear to ask him to kneel down at such an old age.

"Please get up, old man, there is no need to be polite!"

Father Gu is listening to Lu's complaints with a headache, doesn't he miss Xiaobao?Even though it is difficult to leave his homeland, he still wants to visit the capital. This life is not in vain, but he is really worried about his second child!
If they leave, what kind of moth will happen to the second child, and it will hurt Xiaobao's reputation?And Xiaobao is not at home, if the second child uses Xiaobao's name to mess around outside, but no one will help clean up the mess, won't it be troublesome for Xiaobao in the end?
"Hmph! Just watch over your second child and live your life! You are only such a precious son in your life, and the others are all picked up."

Mrs. Lu was so anxious that she even said what she had picked up.

"Look at you, what are you talking about? Alas!"

Father Gu felt a deep sense of powerlessness, but it wasn't that he was worrying unnecessarily, but that a while ago he discovered that Erlang, who was studying in the county town, was using Xiaobao's name to pretend to be powerful.

Erlang and his classmates in the private school boasted that his brother-in-law was already a member of the elite when he was studying in the capital, so the Jinshi must have not escaped, so maybe the number one scholar can think about it!Of course those people believed it, and Erlang took a lot of benefits from them, saying that he would speak nicely for those people in front of Xiaobao in the future.

Erlang and his classmates are both scholars, of course they know that after becoming Huiyuan, as long as they take part in the palace examination, if they are lucky and become the top three in the first class, they can be directly awarded the official position.Some of the students in the private school are merchants, and if they don't lack money, they lack contacts.

In addition, Xiaobao's reputation has spread throughout Fucheng, so everyone naturally believes it.If Gu Wanjiang is the one who connects, maybe he can ask Gu Huiyuan to take care of him when he goes to the capital in the future!

Because of this name, Erlang got along like a fish in water in the county town.

(End of this chapter)