Great Song Super Scholar

Chapter 146 The Worried Thing Happened
As soon as Fanning returned home, he was stalked by his two-year-old sister Hodor. Except for the little guy sleeping, he was looking for his brother everywhere at other times.

"Ah Ning, take your sister out to play!" Zhang Sanniang shouted loudly standing at the door of the side yard.

"understood!"

Fan Ning reluctantly put down his pen, he was replying a letter to Zhu Pei, and Zhu Pei's letter was sent ten days ago, in which he asked Fan Ning to reply her a letter immediately after finishing the test.

Fan Ning got up and went to the yard, only to see that A Tao was already waiting at the door with her sister in her arms.

Ado is wearing a green jacket and skirt, and has two braids on her head. She is only two years old, and her hair is yellow and thin. She can only wear two braids for the time being. She will be able to do it when she is four or five years old. It's a snail.

The little guy looks exceptionally cute, with big flexible eyes, snow-white and tender skin, arms like small white lotus root, and a 'Mohele' in his arms.

Mohele is a toy doll from the Song Dynasty. It is a popular fashion doll in the Qiqiao Festival.

Of course, there are also straw lotus leaf dolls that cost only a few pennies each.

Ado's Mohele was bought by Fan Ning in Changzhou County for three hundred Wen. It was carved out of boxwood and wore a small cloth dress. It was lifelike and very cute.

A Duo hugged it in his arms yesterday, couldn't put it down, and slept with his arms around the wooden doll.

As soon as A Duo saw his brother, his little face immediately burst into a smile, and he stretched out his small arms and shouted: "A Guo, give me a hug!"

Fan Ning took her, tapped her little nose and smiled, "How many times have I told you, it's not Ah Guo, it's Elder Brother!"

A Duo hugged his brother's neck, kissed his face a few times like a chicken pecking rice, and said with a sweet smile: "A Guo, let's go to the boat!"

"Don't go near the river!"

Zhang Sanniang stood outside the courtyard gate, and said with a gloomy face, "Last time she fell into the river and almost scared us to death."

"Mother, there is water all around our house, how can you prevent her from touching the water?"

"She's so naughty, you can't stand her."

After Zhang Sanniang finished speaking, she turned around and left, and said from a distance: "I'll leave it to you, you can figure it out yourself!"

Fan Ning looked at his sister and said with a smile, "Mother won't let you touch the water, you can't take the boat today."

The little guy twitched his mouth, threw himself on his brother's shoulder and started crying, "Duo Duo wants to take the boat!"

Fan Ning had no choice but to pat his sister on the back, "Okay! My brother will take you to the boat."

Fan Ning led his sister out of the house. There was a small river a dozen steps ahead, and there was a small private pier with two small boats tied to it.

"A Tao, you row the boat, I will pull her."

"Okay! I'll be in charge of rowing the boat."

The little maid, A Tao, ran over quickly, untied a boat, and Fan Ning led her sister into the boat.

A Tao skillfully rowed the boat, the water was rippling, the river was clear, and there were thick green trees on both sides. The boat sailed eastward slowly, and A Duo leaned on the side of the boat, touching the water surface with his little hand, giggling happily.

"A Tao, how is your eldest sister?" Fan Ning asked with a smile.

"Thanks to the little official's solution!"

A Tao said to Fan Ning gratefully: "According to the little official's idea, Dad promised to marry the eldest sister to Brother Shuigen, on the condition that the first son should take our family name, and Brother Shuigen also agreed."

A Tao laughed again: "My eldest sister and Brother Shui Gen also said that they would come to thank the little official!"

"Thank me?"

Fan Ning laughed dumbly: "I have nothing to thank."

"It's the little official's idea! Otherwise, Dad would definitely not agree to them being together."

Fan Ning shook his head, "This is actually a bad idea. It's okay for your elder sister to have two sons. If you only have one son, you will be troubled in the future."

"Never mind it! We'll talk about the future, as long as the eldest sister marries someone she likes."

Fan Ning laughed, this little maid is a cheerful and optimistic person.

At this time, the boat turned a corner, and Fan Ning saw the high wall of Zhoulin's mansion, covered with plants and thick moss, it could be seen that no one took care of it for a long time.

Last spring, Zhou Lin was seriously ill, and Fan Ning went to Changzhou County to visit him. After his condition improved, he lived in Changzhou County for recuperation, and rarely returned to the countryside of Jiangwan Village.

"Little official, a few days ago, the housekeeper of this family brought some snacks to the aunt. It seems that their master has come."

Fan Ning was pleasantly surprised, is Zhou Lin back yet?

"A Tao, the boat is parked on the shore, I'll go and have a look!"

A Tao slowly docked the boat, and Fan Ning hugged her sister to the shore, and led her to the gate.

As soon as he arrived at the door, the door creaked open, and the butler appeared at the door with a smile on his face.

"I just saw the little official disembarking from the boat, so I figured he was here to find the master."

"Is the old man there?"

"Yes! Little official, please follow me."

"Agut, where are we going?" Hoduo whispered while hugging Fanning's neck.

"Go and see a grandpa, he'll give you something to eat."

Fan Ning walked into the Zhou mansion, and saw Zhou Lin sitting in the yard watching the Taihu stones at a glance. He was not in good health, and he was still leaning on a cane. He was not yet 60 years old, but he looked old, like he was 70 years old. .

"Ah Ning, have you finished the imperial examination?" Zhou Lin asked with a slight smile.

"After the exam, I don't know how I did, and it's useless to think too much, so I just go home and relax!"

Zhou Lin glanced at the young lady who was timidly hugging her brother's neck, and asked with a smile, "Is this your sister?"

Fan Ning nodded, "Her baby name is Hoduo, she is just two years old, Duo, please call me Grandpa!"

"Grandpa!" Hodor called like a kitten.

"The eyebrows and eyes are very similar to yours. She is really a beautiful little lady."

Zhou Lin praised sincerely, then turned back and told the housekeeper, "Go and get the sandalwood box on my desk."

After a while, the butler brought a small sandalwood box over.

Zhou Lin opened the box, and inside was a jade lion carved from dark green jadeite, about the size of a fist.

"This is for your sister, the first time we meet, it's my gift to her."

Fan Ning was startled, and waved his hands again and again, "Master, this one won't work, it's too expensive."

This dark green jadeite has no impurities at all, it is as pure as glass, and it is worth at least two or three thousand guan, which his sister cannot afford.

"You accept it!"

Zhou Lin forced the jade lion to Fan Ning.

"This is a carving of Pan Yulang, I wouldn't give it to ordinary people."

Fan Ning had no choice but to accept it, and said to his sister, "Quickly say, thank you, Grandpa!"

A Duo stretched out his small hands and cupped his fists, and said in a childish voice, "Thank you, Grandpa!"

Zhou Lin laughed, "My granddaughter is a little older than her, and the child is the cutest at this time."

The two talked a few more words, and Fan Ning asked deeply, "Is the old man familiar with Pan Yulang?"

"A little friendship, do you have something to do with him?"

Fan Ning nodded, "I want to ask him to carve an object. You know, Pan Yulang is getting old, so it's not easy to accept work."

"Is something important?"

Fan Ning nodded, "It's the Shoushantian topaz that the old man gave me the size of a water tank."

Zhou Lin was stunned, he looked at Fan Ning for a moment, took off half of the jade from his belt and handed it to Fan Ning, "Take this jade to his shop, Pan Yulang will carve something for you, this is what he owes me One favor, one big piece, don't waste this opportunity."

"Thank you, old man, for making it happen!"

. . . . . . . . .

Fan Ning stayed at home for two days, and early in the morning on the fourth day, he took a boat to Changzhou County.

At the same time, the marking is coming to an end.

The paper reviewers are all done, and now the chief examiner is the last to select the test papers for the list.

Pingjiang's Fajie test quota is 50 people. In Song Dynasty, this is already a very high indicator. Of course, it cannot be compared with Kaifeng Prefecture. The quota of Kaifeng Prefecture is 110, which is high.

Pingjiang Mansion belongs to the second echelon, which is on the same level as Henan Mansion, Daming Mansion, and Yingtian Mansion. This is also because Pingjiang Mansion has developed education and can pass many imperial examinations every time.

According to the regulations, the examiners finished the examination papers, but they could not leave. They had to wait for the results to be published before they could complete the imperial examination examination papers and end their "house arrest".

Zhang Ruoying was sitting at the table drinking tea, patiently waiting for the chief examiner to call at any time, and he was also a little uneasy, wondering how many people could get into the county school this time?

At this time, his good friend and review partner Yue Qing walked over quickly.

He sat on the side, and said to Zhang Ruoying calmly: "I'm afraid what you worried about really happened. I heard from Professor Yang that he only counted 49 papers. He said that he might have made a mistake."

"what!"

Zhang Ruoying stood up abruptly, he didn't expect Zhang Xian to be so despicable and shameless, and withheld Fan Ning's test paper.

This was the only chance for Wu county to win the tribute, but Zhang Xiangong avenged him personally.

He turned around and left, Yue Qing grabbed him and said in a deep voice: "Calm down first, the loss outweighs the gain if you start a dispute."

Zhang Ruoying nodded, "Don't worry! I won't make things big, I'll check the papers first."

"I will go with you!"

The two got up and walked to the examiner's room. ． ． ． ． ． ．
(End of this chapter)