Farmhouse Golden Phoenix

Chapter 82

Half a month passed in a blink of an eye.The tenth day of August was the day when the rankings were released. As before, Su Jingsen took Su Zhiping and Su Zhian to the front to look at the rankings, while Su Qinghe and Su Zhangshi waited behind.

This time, several people were more anxious than last time.Su Zhangshi and Su Qinghe couldn't even sit still, they just stood beside the carriage and waited.This time the crowd was even more crowded. As soon as Su Jingsen and the others squeezed in, the figure disappeared.

From time to time, Mrs. Su Zhang tiptoed to look inside, and felt that the time passed really slowly. She wished she could fly over and look at the list by herself.

About half an hour later, Su Jingsen finally led Su Zhiping and Su Zhian out. Su Qinghe looked at the faces of several people first, and saw that Su Jingsen's face was full of uncontrollable joy, while Su Zhiping and Su Zhian's faces were relaxed. Su Qinghe Even if I have a bottom in my heart.

"How is it? What's the number?" Su Qinghe asked Su Zhiping's sleeve, Su Zhiping stretched out his finger: "I am No.7, and my second brother is No.8."

"Who is the chief case?" Su Qinghe glanced at Su Zhi'an jokingly, and asked intentionally, Su Zhian sighed: "Little sister, I have let you down, the second brother can't be the chief case, this time the chief case is Chen Qingyun, Junior Brother Chen. "

Su Qinghe was really shocked. Originally, Chen Qingyun took the case of the county examination, but she thought it was normal.But even the case of the government examination has been obtained, which really shows that Mr. Chen is really a secretive person. Of course, Chen Qingyun is also smart.

This is like in modern times, a teacher's child may easily take the first place in the class, or even the first place in the school, but if he wants to take the first place in the province, it is somewhat uncertain.Chen Qingyun, a child in modern times, is also an absolute man of the hour, plus the title of genius.

"All right, all right, don't stand here and say, let's go back first, and I'll cook something delicious for you at noon." Mrs. Su doesn't care what the case is. For her, there are so many people in Taiyuan County. Well, if my son can occupy the top ten position, it is definitely a great thing, and the case is not too important.

Su Jingsen rubbed her hands: "Mother, what are you going to cook?"

Mrs. Su Zhang shook her head with a smile and said, "I haven't bought vegetables yet. Let's go to the market later and buy more vegetables. Buy some fish, meat, etc."

Su Jingsen smiled flatteringly at Mrs. Su Zhang: "Look, it's a great thing that our son has been admitted as a scholar, isn't it? From now on, you will be the mother of a scholar. How face-saving will it be if you say it?"

Mrs. Su Zhang nodded, smiled and patted Su Zhiping and Su Zhian's heads: "That's right, my son is smart, and my son is also filial, which has brought me honor. But you are not bad, you are still the father of a scholar."

"I said, my son, since you are a talented woman, don't you need to cook yourself? Today is a good day, if you cook again, it will be a bit unreasonable." Su Jingsen said hastily, By the way, wink at Su Zhiping and Su Zhian.

Although my wife's cooking is delicious, but I have been eating it for decades, and it's okay to change the taste occasionally.Besides, today is really a good day, if you let the lady cook by herself, you will be a little too tired, why not go directly to the restaurant to have a meal?It saves worry and changes the taste, killing two birds with one stone.

Su Zhang and Su Jingsen have lived together for so many years, how can they not know what Su Jingsen is planning? She is also a little moved, but also a little hesitant: "We have never been to the restaurant in this county, what if it is rare? ?”

"No matter how expensive it is, how expensive is it? I have 300 taels of silver on me." Su Jingsen said hastily, and patted her purse, Su Zhang's complexion changed, and she gritted her teeth: "You old man, people here are so A lot, you know that you are going to squeeze into the crowd, but you still dare to bring so much money? What if you lose it? Go drink the northwest wind by yourself?"

Su Jingsen hurriedly supported Su Zhangshi's hand: "Don't worry, lady, I've been covering my chest to ensure that others won't steal it away. No, it's still there." Then she took out her purse and opened the soft mud to blame Su Zhangshi After taking a look, Mrs. Su Zhang saw that there were indeed some broken silver and two or three bank notes inside, and she was also relieved.

There was no hesitation at the moment, and with a wave of hands, everyone went to the restaurant.About today's list, there are many scholars sitting in the restaurant.Under the leadership of Xiaoer, Su Qinghe and her family found a table in the middle and sat down.Next to it, there are just two scholars.

"Brother Cao got what he wanted this time. Come on, this glass is to congratulate Brother Cao." The scholar in Tsing Yi took the lead in raising the wine glass in his hand, and signaled to the man opposite with a smile on his face: "Congratulations, Brother Cao, for being a scholar! .”

"Same joy, same joy, brother Wang is not bad, we will all be scholars in the future, come on, cheers!" The blue-clothed scholar on the opposite side happily took a drink from his glass, smacked his lips, and stretched out his chopsticks to pick up vegetables.

"By the way, Brother Cao is planning to leave for the capital now, or in the next year?" The scholar in Tsing Yi asked curiously after eating two bites.

"I originally planned to go this year, but I didn't pass the exam, so I know what's going on. But, I heard some news a while ago." The blue-clothed scholar looked around and lowered his voice. Said.

Su Qinghe knew a long time ago that the atmosphere of this dynasty was relatively open.The imperial court also gave preferential treatment to scholars, so it was normal to talk about state affairs.There are often teahouses, and at a certain time, scholars will gather to talk about state affairs, talk about rising, and fight.So Su Qinghe became a little curious about the sneaky behavior of the scholar lowering his voice.

"What news?" The scholar in Tsing Yi was also a little interested, and hurried over to ask.

"The emperor intends to let all the officials choose the prince!" The blue-clothed scholar said excitedly, the green-clothed scholar was stunned, shook his head casually, and sat back: "Isn't this normal? The emperor is over 60, I heard that the emperor In the past few years, I have often been ill, so if I don’t choose a prince now, it’s hard to..."

"Cough!" The blue-clothed scholar coughed hard, and the Tsing-clothed scholar hurriedly paused, took a sip from his wine glass as a cover-up, and then changed the subject: "Isn't it good to choose the crown prince? The crown prince is the future heir. Qingyan, if you can serve the prince, do you still worry about your future career?"

The blue-clothed scholar sneered, shook his head and did not speak, and then changed the subject: "I heard that Mrs. Zun got the blessing of Nong Zhang some time ago? Congratulations, Brother Wang, and I will definitely give you a big gift some other day."

"Brother Cao's words are obvious." The scholar in Tsing Yi laughed so hard that he couldn't see his teeth, and began to talk about his son.

Su Qinghe poked Su Zhian with chopsticks, raised her eyebrows to express her doubts, Su Zhian shook her head, and stretched out her chopsticks to pick up food for her: "Hurry up and eat, let's go to the street later, we have been in the county for so long, we have not After a good shopping, didn't you promise Xiaolan to go back and bring her a gift?"

Su Qinghe hurriedly picked up the rice: "Well, that's right, Dad, let's ask the middleman to ask about the house price in the county later, shall we? The eldest brother and the second brother have been admitted as a scholar this time, but they have to continue to take the exam in the future. only the academy."

Su Jingsen was a little puzzled: "Mr. Chen is not good at teaching? Then Chen Qingyun has passed the No.1 exam, which means that Mr. Chen is very capable. Why don't you study with Mr. Chen?"

"Father, Mr. Chen said before that he can teach for the government examination. He is just a juren himself. His performance in the palace examination is not too outstanding. He may delay us. Even Junior Brother Chen will enter the academy in the future." Su Zhiping was on the side explained.

Su Zhi'an interrupted: "Mr. Chen has already inquired about it before. There are three academies in the county, one is Baihe Academy, the other is Qingsong Academy, and the other is Benma Academy. Baihe Academy only accepts the top [-] students in the government examination. , Qingsong Academy is not too picky, while Benma Academy only accepts rich or powerful students."

"Does it need to be said? Aren't you all in the top [-]?" Su Jingsen was even more confused. Su Zhian wanted to say something more, but Su Zhiping interrupted him: "Father and mother, let's talk about this matter later, you guys first Have a meal."

Su Zhang put down the bowl and chopsticks: "I'm full, old man, have you finished?"

Su Jingsen stared: "Oh, my dear, something is wrong with you today. Why do you keep calling me an old man? Am I very old? I'm still in my prime!"

Mrs. Su Zhang sneered: "Mature man, you are in your 16s and [-]s. You are still a man. Our family Zhiping is [-] years old and will be [-] next year. It is also time to say goodbye. Maybe next year or the year after that we will be married." I just hugged my grandson, don’t you think you’re still an old man?”

Su Zhiping's face turned red, and he hurriedly said, "Mother, it's still far away, I'm not in a hurry, I want to wait another two years."

Mrs. Su Zhang was about to speak, when Su Jingsen also put down the bowl and chopsticks: "Okay, okay, let's discuss this matter when we go back. My son is a scholar, so are you afraid that he won't be able to marry a wife in the future? Xiao He is right, we The most important thing now is to find out how the houses and land in the county are sold."

As he spoke, he called Xiao Er to come over and pay the bill.While waiting, I saw three people coming down the stairs opposite, two of them were very familiar.

Su Zhiping and Su Zhi'an had already stood up, and saluted one of them very respectfully: "The student has met Mr. Chen, but he is here. The student failed to go up to salute, please forgive me."

"You don't need to be too polite outside, and you are here to eat?" Mr. Chen was stunned for a moment, then smiled, Su Zhiping nodded, and Su Jingsen hurriedly said: "Have Mr. Chen used it? If not, just use it." Change to a new table, if you have eaten, I will pay for Mr. Chen."

"We've already eaten..." Mr. Chen said while waving his hands: "You don't need to pay the bill, I brought money today."

"You can use it, Mr. Chen, you're welcome." Then he turned to look at the waiter in the shop: "How much is it in total? This gentleman's will also be counted on my account."

Xiaoer went to see Mr. Chen, but Mr. Chen was about to stop him, Su Zhiping said with a smile: "Sir, Zhi'an and I also passed the examination of scholar, my father is very happy, just now he said how to thank you, you don't have to talk to the students polite."

Su Jingsen urged again, and the waiter over there hurriedly reported the account: "Chenghui, the total is eight taels of silver."

Su Jingsen hurriedly took out the broken silver from her purse, guessing it was more than eight taels, she waved her hand and said with a smile: "You don't need to look for the extra, you can keep it."

Over there, Mr. Chen nodded, pointed at Su Zhiping and Su Zhian, and said to another person: "These two are also taught by me. They are brothers. They are both very smart. Given time, they will surely shine."

As he spoke, he said to Su Zhiping and Su Zhian: "Zhiping, Zhian, come and see Mr. Liu."

Su Zhiping and Su Zhian hurried over to greet him, Mr. Chen looked at Su Jingsen again: "Brother Su, if nothing happens, I want to take Zhiping and Zhian for a walk, look..."

"Mr. Chen has something to do, just let them do it. They should respect you." Su Jingsen said hastily, even though he was ignorant, he knew that Mr. Chen was not an ordinary person. If he took his son out to see the world, that would be a big deal It is very beneficial to my son.

Mr. Chen nodded again: "Okay, I will take them away. Brother Su, don't worry, I will definitely return them all beard and tail."

"I'm not worried, Mr. Chen just order them around." After finishing speaking, he turned to look at Su Zhiping and Su Zhian: "You must listen to Mr., you know?"

After saying a few more polite words, he watched Mr. Chen leave with Su Zhiping and his two brothers, before Su Jingsen and Su Zhang led Su Qinghe out of the restaurant.

(End of this chapter)