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

Chapter 539 Red Seal
"By heaven's blessing, the emperor said: On April 30, 21th year of Huiming, there were four hundred and three tribute students from Yance, including Gu Chengyu. Therefore, I hereby declare that Gu Chengyu, No. 1 in the first class, will be awarded Jinshi and rank."

Old man Gu and the villagers outside heard that they didn't know much about it. Does this mean they passed the No. 1 exam?Not to mention Lu Shi, she was also confused.

Hearing this, the dumb mother-in-law who was preparing the red envelope quickly opened the purse containing 50 taels of silver in her hand again.He was cruel and heartless, and stuffed the 100 taels into it.

Father Gu and the others didn't understand, but Uncle Gu knew, and he immediately smiled, his excitement was beyond words.Still muttering in his mouth; "It's amazing, it's amazing."

"Congratulations to Gu Chengyu, the lord of your family, who won the top prize in high school and won the top prize in the Beijing News."

I yelled this sentence three times in a row, Gu and the others understood it this time, and they yelled the word "No. [-] Scholar" very loudly.They can't understand other words, they only need to hear the word "Zhuangyuan".

It turned out that Xiaobao of his family had won the first prize, no wonder there were many more officials this time than last time.Those who beat gongs and drums along the way tied a lot of red silk.

"Oh! The fifth son of the Gu family really won the number one prize! No wonder everyone says he is the reincarnation of the Wenqu star in the sky!"

"The Gu family is about to rise! We are from the same village, so we must be able to get some credit!" Someone immediately said sourly, and they just got the news, so they planned to get some credit.

"Isn't that right? From now on, who will dare to bully our village?"

Father Gu and Mrs. Lu were so excited that they didn't know what to do, and Li Zhixian could understand it when he saw this.This is the No. [-] scholar, and anyone will be excited if he changes.

"Changqing, hurry up! Please come in and sit down!" Uncle Gu is still quite sober, although he can hardly suppress the ecstasy in his heart, but with so many officials, no matter what, he has to let them have a light meal before leaving ah!It's noon now, and it's an honor for the Gu family to entertain so many officials!

"That's right, all the officials and lords, please rest in the front hall." Father Gu led him into the outer courtyard. With the experience of last time, he didn't panic.

Asking the servants in the family to serve tea, Father Gu was pulled aside by Uncle Gu, "Changqing! So these people, it's already noon, they must eat and drink? There is no preparation in this family, how can this happen?" ?”

Gu Lao heard it, didn't he?I didn't know that these people would come to announce the good news in advance, but there were seasonal vegetables in the field, but there was no meat food!You have to go to the town to buy it, and you have to burn it after you buy it, which takes a lot of time.There are few servants in his family, so he can't be busy at all!

"Brother! Come on, let my sister-in-law call some women in the village and set up a few stoves. We have to make a banquet. It's not too late, call more people to help. Let the village raise chickens, ducks, geese and big fat Pig, send some here, and promise not to let them suffer in terms of money."

After thinking about it for a while, Father Gu still asked Aunt Gu to find someone in the village to help arrange meals. At this time, Aunt Wang entered the courtyard of Gu's family.She has a good relationship with the Gu family, and often comes to the Gu family to break out.Therefore, under the envious eyes of the villagers, she entered the yard with her head held high.

"Second brother Gu! But do you want to help?" Aunt Wang guessed that with so many people coming, it was still noon and they needed to eat.Last time, she was the one who helped Mrs. Lu arrange the meals.

"Siblings are here just in time, hurry up! You go to find the baby's mother, and prepare the meals quickly."

This time when Mrs. Lu came to the main room, the dumb mother-in-law handed the purse to Mrs. Lu.Afterwards, Mrs. Lu opened it and took a look, "100 taels?"

"Isn't that too much?" she exclaimed.

Mrs. Lu felt a little distressed. Last time she announced the good news, she only gave 30 taels!Now two are 200 taels!

"Old lady, the situation is different this time. The fifth master won the number one prize. Our Gu family is no different! The fifth master must be an official now, so we can't lose face of the fifth master."

Those messengers came from the capital, 100 taels was still a little less.The dumb mother-in-law sighed secretly. After all, she was from a farmer's family, and the old lady was also a bit petty.If I go to the capital in the future, I'm afraid I will embarrass the fifth master.

The dumb mother-in-law made up her mind to break up Lu's temper.

No matter how distressed Mrs. Lu was, she had no choice but to stuff the banknotes in again.Then, for those little red seals that the dumb mother-in-law brought over, it wasn't too meaty.There is not much silver in those little red envelopes, and the sum is only 67 taels!
Old man Gu stuffed the red envelopes brought by Mrs. Lu to the servants who announced the good news one by one, and left everyone for lunch.

"Master Gu, let's just skip the meal! I'm going back to the Yamen too." Li Zhixian didn't send anyone to notify them before they came.

"My lords, you must stay for a light meal. The meal has been prepared, and we can start the meal later." Uncle Gu hurriedly stepped forward to help receive him.

Li Zhixian declined again, but seeing that the kindness was hard to turn down, he had no choice but to stay.Of course, he stayed because of Gu Chengyu's face.Gu Chengyu is now an official of the sixth rank, so of course he wants to get closer to the Gu family.

Gu Chengyu in this room didn't know that his family had received official documents, and he had been in the Hanlin Academy for three days.Zhang Hai also assigned him some chores, such as finding typos in some compiled records or compiled history books.Of course, these books are old books.

It's not the history and records of books that are being compiled now.However, Gu Chengyu was not discouraged either. He had just entered the Imperial Academy, so he would definitely not arrange any important work for him.Not only can he not be dissatisfied now, but he has to be diligent and have no complaints.

Otherwise, Zhang Hai would definitely look down on him even more.

"Jinyu, your servants have brought you food." Ren Ge got to know Gu Chengyu for the past two days, and directly called Gu Chengyu's name.

The imperial court does not provide meals for officials. If the officials are close, they can go back to eat, and there is half an hour for eating in between.Those whose homes are far away can only ask family members or servants to deliver meals.Of course, if you have money, you can also go to a restaurant or that kind of small restaurant.

The colleagues in the Imperial Academy all lived far away, most of them in Nancheng, so they asked their families to deliver meals.It is not practical to go to restaurants and small restaurants every day. With such a small salary, will you be poor if you eat every day?But not all officials' families are well-off.

Gu Chengyu couldn't be special, so he asked Mingmo and the others to bring him meals.But it’s okay when it’s hot, but if it’s cold, the oil on the dishes will condense.

Will those officials fail to think of a way?Of course not.There is a small tandoor in each house, which can heat meals while supplying hot water every day.However, charcoal is needed to burn the stove, so everyone has to share the money equally.

Gu Chengyu went out of the house and saw that it was Ming Yan who brought the food today.

"Your Excellency, are you hungry?" Mingyan handed the five-layer red lacquer and gold-painted case to Gu Chengyu. He was not allowed to enter that room, so he had to wait outside.

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