Red Mansion Reader

Chapter 100 Arriving and Departing

Chen Qi left Yangzhou on the third day of July, but he didn't come back with his family until July 22nd.

I don't know why they were delayed on the way. As soon as Chen Heng and his classmates got the news today, they immediately ran to Jia Yucun to ask for half-day leave.

Jia Xuezheng originally didn't want to agree.It's not deliberately making things difficult, it's just that the township examination is approaching now, which is a major event for the academy.How many academies there are in Yangzhou, staring at the results of Yueyi Academy.

Although it has nothing to do with this group of children, it is always not good to come in and out, and it may affect the preparation for the exam.Jia Yucun thought over and over again, and agreed to Chen Heng alone, and persuaded the others to go back.

Chen Heng, who was allowed to leave, walked happily through the streets and alleys, and ran all the way to his house.I saw my family members who I had been thinking about day and night, slowly getting off a bullock cart.Chen Heng also knew the old cow leading the cart. It was the one he had raised since he was a child.

Now it is also 12 years old, and it is a real old cow.

"grandparents."

Chen Heng rushed in front of his family in three steps, the wind gust into his open mouth, and even the sound of his tongue was trembling.

"Heng'er?!"

As soon as Chen Yushan turned his head, he saw a figure running towards him.For a while, even the fatigue on the road disappeared.He stepped forward quickly and held his eldest grandson in his arms.

"Good boy, good boy." Chen Gaishan kept patting Chen Heng's back with his hands, "I miss Grandpa."

"I think so." Chen Heng couldn't help laughing.

"Grandpa misses you too." Chen Gaishan replied with a big smile, but his wife reprimanded him, "I miss my grandson, why are you still stubborn in the village and refuse to leave? Heng'er, don't listen to your grandpa's nonsense, he is deceived .”

"Grandma, it's okay. Grandpa didn't come in the end, obviously he still misses me." Chen Hengduo was clever and took the initiative to pass the steps to Chen Gaishan.

"That's right." Chen Gaishan took Chen Heng's hand, and smiled proudly at Mrs. Zhou, "Go into the house, your father and the others are busy inside."

Once the trio had crossed the threshold, they saw other family members.Mrs. Gu, who couldn't help wiping away tears, didn't say anything, the two older sisters and two younger brothers were really happy, and kept asking around Chen Heng.

"Brother, sister is not dreaming, is this really our future home?"

"Big Brother, which room is for me?"

Chen Heng responded with a smile.Chen Qi and Chen Huaijin wanted to talk too much when they saw a few little boys, so they hurried up and grabbed one in each hand, telling them to hurry up and go to work.

When the elder sister and younger brothers were taken away by adults, Chen Heng stood in front of his mother, Gu Shi, and couldn't help but softly said: "Mother."

Gu Shi, who was already in tears, couldn't stop crying because of this "mother".She thought for a long time, and the thousands of words in her heart finally turned into one sentence, "This year's Mid-Autumn Festival, mother will make moon cakes for you."

It is now the end of July, and the Mid-Autumn Festival is really not far away.

Chen Heng stepped forward and hugged Mrs. Gu gently, and said, "Okay, my son will enjoy the moon with mother, and go out to watch lanterns together."

Gu Shi didn't speak any more, but just grabbed the clothes on the child's back tightly with both hands.Hot tears dripped on Chen Heng's hair and face one by one.

Seeing Gu Shi's tears, Zhou Shi and Chen Qi couldn't stop crying for a while, so they hurried up and began to persuade each other.It took a long time to persuade Gu's tears.

After coaxing Mrs. Gu, the family rushed to decorate the new home.In order to make it easier for adults to go out and do things on weekdays, they all fancy the rooms on the first floor.

The children's rooms are all located on the second floor.There are only men left and women right.Chen Heng's room is the first room in the attic on the left, followed by two brothers Chen Qingyue and Chen Yin.

These two little boys are also sensible, knowing that they may not be able to test their elder brother's homework at night.He ran into Chen Heng's room very attentively, busily busy.

Chen Hengquan didn't know that they were careful, but he just thought about how to test them tonight.

There is only one bad thing about moving.It's just that these two boys who are already studying at the master's house suddenly have to change teachers, and I don't know if they can get used to it.

However, there is no reason for perfection in human affairs.Chen Heng can also think about it, since even grandpa can handle it.Sooner or later, the master and the others will be brought to Yangzhou.

Right now, let's look for a famous teacher while strictly supervising their studies. Wait until the two of them pass the Tongsheng exam, and then see if they can get it in the academy.

After thinking about the countermeasures in his mind, Chen Heng let go of his hands and feet and ordered the two to work.

"Brother, how do you think my brother is doing?"

Looking at Chen Qingyue's flattering smile, Chen Heng tried hard to hold back the smile on his lips.

"Very good, I will give you one more question as a reward in the evening."

When Chen Qingyue heard this, she couldn't even wrinkle her brows.

The second brother, Chen Heng, has a temperament like the second uncle, and discipline is definitely indispensable to deal with this kind of person.

Chen Yin is only five years old, so he still can't tell.Most of the time, whatever Chen Qingyue was doing, he would follow suit.Maybe it's because he hasn't seen Chen Heng for a long time, and the child is still a little strange in his heart.

Chen Heng is trying to pull him to cultivate brotherhood.Mrs. Gu had already shouted in the courtyard: "Chen Heng, it's time to eat. What are you doing upstairs with your brothers? Come down for me."

The long-lost nagging sound rang in my ears again, Chen Heng smiled and took Chen Yin, and took Chen Qingyue downstairs quickly.

This meal is lunch, and everyone is very excited about moving to a new home.Everyone on the table was talking about their own words, the two sisters Chen Qing and Chen Xian were discussing the decoration of their own rooms.

Mrs. Zhou took her two daughters-in-law and said that she would send some food to the neighbors as a greeting.

Chen Yushan and Chen Qi are two craftsmen who are in charge, and they are having a headache about what furniture to make first.When they moved this time, they only brought bedding and clothes, which were convenient to carry, and did not bring any other large items.

As for Chen Huaijin, it would be nice if he didn't get scolded.

Chen Heng was greedy for the atmosphere on the table, and the situation seemed to return to the time in Shanxi Village.Even the cry from the green bull became much more pleasant.

This night, Chen Heng naturally slept at home.On the second day, when Chen Qi sent the child to school, Gu didn't cry anymore. Now she can go to the academy to find him whenever she wants her son.

Compared with this distance, it is not a big deal for the child to live in the academy.

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A few days later, it was the last day of July.

The atmosphere in the academy became tense day by day.

The township examination is just around the corner, and the chief and deputy examiners appointed by the imperial court also arrived in Yangzhou City today.

This is the second time that Yangzhou City has held the township examination. In addition to the two examiners, one principal and one deputy, Yangzhou Prefecture has to select ten fellow examiners.

The same examiners are also called "room examiners" because they live in a room in the tribute courtyard to review papers.Most of these places are Jinshi in the mansion, prefects, county magistrates or other people who were born in Juren.The conditions for Jinshi and Juren are absolutely indispensable.

The number of room examiners is not fixed, and each province has its own standards, which generally depend on the number of candidates.

In Jinling, Zhejiang, Shandong and other places, the house examiners will choose a big lineup of 18 people.

In Fujian, Jiangxi, and Guangdong, there will be twelve or three people.Yunnan, Guizhou and other places are the least, with only eight people.

As soon as the chief and deputy examiners arrived in Yangzhou, they lived in the house arranged by Wei Yinghong in advance.The officers and soldiers from the capital escorted all the way guarded the interior, while Xin Geng personally led the troops to guard the periphery.The two gangs inside and outside don't meet each other, they patrol their own roads, and the guards are strictly guarded.

The masters of the major academies in Yangzhou also seized the last time and opportunity to make up lessons for the scholars who were taking the exam.Music Instrument Academy is naturally unavoidable, Jia Yucun, Xu Jinhou, and Jin Shenzhi took turns serving Cui Youdao, Du Yunjing and the others.

In the last township examination, most of the scholars who went out of Yueyi Academy were monks halfway.A group of people like Cui Youdao have studied in the academy since they were children. If they can pass the exam, it will be regarded as the real reputation of Yueyi Academy.

Now there are more than 50 scholars in the academy, and there are more than 30 people who are qualified to participate in this rural examination.There are only 29 people who intend to sign up.

All the masters dragged them to point out and point out, and Xie Yuan's test papers in the township examination in previous years even took it out and talked about it.In such a tense atmosphere, Chen Heng and the others had to live carefully.

Until the sixth day of August, all the examiners held a "curtain entry" ceremony and formally entered the examination room, and candidates can go to sign up.

Today is also the day when Chen Heng and others send Cui Youdao off. These talented scholars will go home if they are close to their homes after they register.

It's just that the academy still has classes every day, and the masters are also worried that the sound of the children reading will disturb them.In short, the main thing is to stay at will, so that scholars can prepare for the exam with peace of mind.

On this day, a large group of children lined up on both sides of the screen wall, leaving a small path in the middle.Every time a scholar passed by, everyone cheered for him in unison.Regardless of their relationship on weekdays, these people going out today represent the academy's face.

Leading Cui Youdao and Du Yunjing received the loudest cheers.Not only the children, but even the masters think that they have a high chance of winning the first prize.

When the scholars were sent away, the masters also took advantage of the situation to announce today's vacation.In the past few days, they have been very tired in order to make up lessons for Cui Youdao and the others.

"I don't know if there will be so many people sending us off when we go to the township examination a few years later." Jiang Yuanbai patted his chest with lingering fear, "Seeing them go out like this, even I started to get nervous."

Xue Biao smiled a little, and said maliciously: "There is no hurry, you must first pass the examination of scholar."

What Chen Heng heard was laughing, and suddenly found that Xue Biao also had a bad mouth.

The ninth day of August is the day when the township examination starts, and the examination lasts nine days.One session every three days. After each exam, you can go home and rest for one night, and then come to the Gongyuan to continue the exam the next day.

This year, only nearly a thousand candidates participated in the provincial examination in Yangzhou, which is far from large compared with Shandong, Zhejiang and other places.However, compared to the last rural examination, there are already half the number of people.

Because of the small number of people this time, the release time was also brought forward to early September.

In this township examination, Cui Youdao High School Xie Yuan, No. 2 is Du Yunjing from Yueyi Academy.

Of the 29 people participating in the Yueyi Academy, a total of 20 people won the election, and the reputation shook all the prefectures in the south of the Yangtze River.

　Two chapters and 3 words are completed.Hahahaha, I'll see if I can get the Chapter 10 size out, if it's not after 30:[-], you don't have to wait, rest at ease.

　　
　
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