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Chapter 571 Happy Event
In early April, officials from the capital came to Shanghe Village with drums and gongs to announce the good news.

Old Man Li wanted to keep it a secret and wait for Fan Jin to come back to shock everyone.

By now, everyone in the surrounding villages knows about it.

The eldest grandson of Patriarch Fan passed the imperial examination and the great-nephew of Patriarch Fan also passed the imperial examination.

The whole Shanghe Village was bustling with people and full of joy, and its reputation became even more famous.

These are tribute scholars, real tribute scholars. There have been only a few who passed the examination in the whole Luoshui City in the past few years. But in this examination, three of them passed directly, not to mention that one of them even got seventh place, a good result!
Even the county magistrate came in person to congratulate him. Although the scholar himself had not returned yet, it did not stop him from coming and taking a look around. Three scholars had emerged from his jurisdiction, and these were all his political achievements!

Patriarch Fan's face was flushed with excitement, while Mrs. Lu was so excited that she kept wiping away tears. She turned around and hugged the tablet of her late husband and cried uncontrollably. She was pure and happy!

Over the years, she has raised her son to adulthood, and now, her son has passed the imperial examination. It is such an honor!
How could she not be happy?
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In mid-April, Mrs. Lu hired a matchmaker named Jin, who sent the betrothal gifts in a grand ceremony, including a bonus of 666 taels.

The list of betrothal gifts had been sent to the Song family a long time ago for approval. At that time, the Song family felt that it was already very heavy and did not make any other requests, so the list was still the same one they had seen last time.

After Song took a look at it, she asked Shi Liu to move all the betrothal gifts to the dowry list, leaving only the wedding cakes and fruits for the guests. The rest of the betrothal gifts were all given to Shi Liu to take back.

How can the dowry list be written by the bride-to-be herself?

But Song is illiterate. Li Rongyu can read, but his handwriting is really ugly. It won’t work if he can’t write the dowry list well.

The list of dowries prepared by the family was written by Li Rongzhang, but Li Rongzhang and Li Rongtan were both in the provincial capital to take part in the provincial examination and had not returned yet.

Song thought about it and let Shi Liu write it herself. After all, it was at home and the dowry list would not be shown to outsiders. Who would know that it was written by Shi Liu?
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In late April, officials came to Xiahe Village to report the good news.

Li Rong ranked thirteenth in the Tanfu examination and obtained the title of Tongsheng.

Li Rongzhang ranked sixteenth in the provincial examination and obtained the title of Tongsheng.

After the official who brought the good news sang out the good news, Mr. Li was so excited that he almost fainted. In the end, he stood still and did not faint because he had just seen the world. His future grandson-in-law was a tribute scholar!
In comparison, the two grandsons are just students, which is nothing!
He can still hold on.

The villagers presented gifts to congratulate him, and Li Jihe was busy stuffing the purse of the official who brought the good news. He also invited the official in for tea and stayed for drinks and dinner.

Clan leader Li, Li Yishan, village head Liu, and everyone else came and the whole day was filled with great fun.

Li Rongzhang and Li Rongtan, who had just returned, were also beaming with joy, but they tried hard to keep a straight face. They were just students, and it was still too early for them. Their second sister had said that they must not become proud and complacent.

Li Rongfeng and Li Ronghua watched the whole lively and joyous atmosphere, their hearts filled with envy.

Obviously, Brother Rongsheng passed the imperial examination before, but they didn’t do this.

Maybe it’s because they took the exam but failed.

The two men thought enviously that one day, they would have the official who brought the good news come to them!

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In early May, because of Li Rongxian's handover, Li Rongzong from the state capital also rushed back with Lin and the children.

It had been several months since she last saw her grandson, and Song was so fond of him holding Kang Ge'er in her arms.

Seeing that Shi Liu's wedding date was approaching, the entire Li family residence and even the entire Xiahe Village were hung with red silk, making the place look festive.

The house was decorated by the Song family, but in other places in the village, it was the head of the clan Li and the head of the village Liu who discussed and brought everyone back to buy red silk to decorate them, in order to add more joy to Shi Liu's marriage.

When Pomegranate gets married, it must be a grand celebration!
Li Jihe even spent a huge sum of money to hire a good chef from the city, and on the day of the wedding, he would prepare the best banquet!
It was the tenth day of May, but Fan Jin had not returned yet. Mrs. Lu was so worried that she ran to the village entrance three times a day. In Xiahe Village, Mrs. Song was also worried. Father Li even sat under the old locust tree at the entrance of the village, almost waiting for his grandson-in-law.

The next day, when it was dark, there was still no sign of anyone.

Even though it was a pomegranate, I was still sweating inside.

The palace examination is held on the first day of April. After the palace examination, a ceremony to announce the results of the palace examination is usually held three days later. Then the results are paraded through the streets to the Confucius Temple and a banquet is given.

After completing this series of processes, Fan Jin will definitely set off as soon as possible. So if we calculate the time, he will set off in mid-April, and he should have arrived home by now.

What happened on the difficult road?

Pomegranate's eyelids couldn't help but twitch.

On May 12, when it was dark, Fan Jin still hadn't returned. Shi Liu could no longer sit still and immediately sent out Hu Zhen.

Hu Zhen went out, but came back in a hurry the next morning.

"Miss! My son-in-law has already passed the Dafengji! The officials who brought the good news escorted him all the way back!"

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Upon hearing this, Old Man Li, who had just returned from the village entrance to drink some water, immediately put down his teacup and ran towards the village entrance. His posture was comparable to that of a young man, and he was still very strong!

Shi Liu was relieved when she heard that Fan Jin had returned safely.

She couldn't go out to see the doctor and could only wait for the results at home.

Li Rongyu and Li Rongzhang immediately followed.

Soon, the sound of gongs and drums was heard, shaking the earth and Shi Liu could hear it even at home.

Soon, Li Rongyu came back excitedly, shouting as he ran: "Shi Liu, my second brother-in-law is a Jinshi! My second brother-in-law is a Jinshi!"

"My second brother-in-law passed the imperial examination and ranked 168th in the second class! He was granted the title of Jinshi! The emperor is so gracious that he can build a Jinshi memorial archway for him!"

"Shanghe Village will soon have two Jinshi memorial archways! The eldest grandson of Patriarch Fan ranked 136th in the second class! He was also granted the status of Jinshi!"

"I heard that Zhou Bingwen won the third place in the imperial examination! He is a Jinshi!"

When the Yuan and Song families heard this, their hearts were filled with excitement. Great, great, they all won, they all won!

Shi Liu also raised an eyebrow. Zhou Bingwen ranked seventh in the provincial examination, and directly got third place in the palace examination?

She doubted very much that none of the top candidates were as charming and handsome as Zhou Bingwen. After all, the third place in the imperial examination had always been awarded to handsome men!
Fan Jin returned safely, and Shi Liu was completely relieved. Now she was just waiting to "get married".

On May 14th, relatives and friends all come to decorate the pomegranates.

The entire Ding family came early, Liu Dongjia and Liang Shi also came with their families, as well as Wang Mian with his wife, and all the people with whom he had business dealings -

Including Prefect Cheng and Magistrate Zhang, they all came with their families.

The main hall and the second hall were full of guests.

The workshop is closed for three consecutive days. Congratulations to the boss on his happy birth.

Although a cook from the city was hired, the women and wives in the clan also rolled up their sleeves to help, and no one just stood by and watched.

Li Xiangli came with a big belly, and her eyes couldn't help but tear up when she saw her younger sister was about to get married. The younger sister she had watched grow up since she was a child was finally grown up and was going to get married.