Yoshida Mii

Chapter 252 Double Happiness
Originally, there were many people eating in the shop, but now it is even more lively. People are talking enviously, saying that Baoji shop has good geomantic omen and the business is so prosperous.
Aunt Qiuxia also watched enviously, and sincerely expressed her joy to Li Hongqin, but there was a lingering sense of regret in her heart. Her eldest son also went, and it seems that nine out of ten he failed the ranking.That's right, excluding the previous year of enlightenment, Dashi has only studied for more than a year. Even if his son works harder than others, how can it be so easy to be a scholar?Zhang Qian studied for five or six years before he was admitted as a scholar.

"Don't worry, you will have such a day sooner or later." Mrs. Li persuaded Aunt Qiuxia privately.

Dong Bao watched with a smile, and suddenly had an idea, and ran to the announcer and asked, "Uncle, is there anyone else in Wenfeng Academy in our town who passed the exam?"

The announcer saw that Dong Bao was a pretty girl, and he liked it quite a bit, so he nodded with a smile: "Yes, this year you Wenfeng Academy has produced three scholars, one is Wang Xuan Wang Xiucai, one is Zhang Qian and Zhang Xiucai, and the other is Zhang Qian and Zhang Xiucai. There is one... Lin Shilin Xiucai."

"Lin Shi? But Lin Shi whose family lives in Tagouji?" Dong Bao asked hastily.

The announcer shook his head and said, "I don't know. I'm not responsible for going to Lin Xiucai's house to announce the good news. What I know is that Wenfeng Academy won these three scholars this year. There were not so many in previous years. Wenfeng Academy is going to be popular again. Yes, haha!"

How many Lin Shi can there be in Wenfeng Academy?It must be Brother Dashi!

Dong Bao was overjoyed, and hurried to Aunt Qiuxia and said, "Auntie, I just asked, Brother Da Shi also won!"

Aunt Qiuxia still couldn't believe it, forced a smile and said, "Impossible, Dashi has only been studying for a few days?"

In fact, even Dong Bao didn't believe it. She thought that Brother Da Shi would have to study for two or three years to get in.

After a while, the folks from Tagouji who came to announce the news arrived. They ran all the way, panting, but couldn't bear the excitement. They told Aunt Qiuxia that Dashizhong was a scholar, and all the people who announced the good news had entered the house. .

Because of Dongbao's inquiries, Aunt Qiuxia seemed quite calm when she heard the good news, but her trembling voice revealed her inner excitement.

"Dashi and the others... when will they come back?" Aunt Qiuxia asked.

The person who announced the good news did not expect that in this small-looking country shop, there would be two scholars in succession. If he had the arrogance of a city person when he first came, he had completely put it away now, and smiled with his hands folded. Said: "I don't know about this. According to the past practice, new talents will come back after thanking the county magistrate. It should be in these few days. Sister-in-law, don't worry."

Aunt Qiuxia went to the restaurant in the town and ordered four tables of noodles, two tables were sent to Tagouji, and two tables were sent to Baoji shop. Mrs. Li entrusted someone to call Mr. Yan and Liang Zi to accompany them, and entertained the few good news. Man, Annunciation Man was originally a petty official with no rank or rank, but now he is very satisfied when he sees someone in charge of his company, and feels that he has more face.

In the afternoon, after seeing off the announcer, Li Hongqin took Zhang Xiuyu to buy paper money for incense candles and returned to Zhangjiacun. The mother and daughter hugged their heads and cried in front of Uncle Zhang's grave, eagerly telling the good news to everyone. Uncle Zhang who died underground.

Seeing the backs of Li Hongqin and Zhang Xiuyu walking away hand in hand, Mrs. Li shook her head and sighed, "It's hard, it's hard for a widow!"

Dong Bao was also deeply touched, no matter in which era, widows with children are the most difficult.Like Li, who has only one daughter, it is easy to remarry, but Li Hongqin has a son, so it is generally difficult to remarry, otherwise the son will not be able to hold his head up in the future, and will be pointed out by others, especially Li Hongqin wants Zhang Qian to leave There should be no mistakes in the way of the imperial examination.Fortunately, Zhang Qian was up to the challenge, and Li Hongqin's sacrifice was not in vain.

In the anticipation of everyone, three days later, Lin Shi and Zhang Qian rushed back from the county town. After going to the academy to thank their teacher, Lin Shi and Zhang Qian returned to Baoji shop.

"Brother Da Shi!" Dong Bao first saw Lin Shi and Zhang Qian at the door.

Zhang Qian shook his head and said with a smile: "I am walking ahead of Dashi, why do you only see Dashi in your eyes?"

Lin Shi smiled gently at the side, looking at Dong Bao without blinking. In his impression, he and Dong Bao haven't been separated for such a long time!He felt that the fair and clean girl in front of him still looked so comfortable and beautiful, as if he had never left, like every day before, when he came over for lunch after school, Dong Bao stood at the door and greeted him with a smile Same.

Dong Bao winked at Zhang Qian and said with a smile: "Isn't it too late to call you, you are so sour!" After looking at the two of them again, he shook his head and smiled: "You two have lost a lot of weight, aunt and aunt don't know How distressed it should be."

The two of them have not only lost weight, but also give people a different feeling from before. They feel more mature and stable. It should be that they have dealt with more people after being selected as a scholar, and have experienced a lot of experience.

As soon as Zhang Qian and Lin Shi entered the door, they were hugged by their respective mothers, but country women would not express so much after all, so they let go after wiping away their son's hard work with tears.

"It's my mother and sister who worked hard." Zhang Qian said in a low voice.

Lin Shi also smiled and said, "It's because parents and grandpa worked hard at home."

Quanzi, Shuanzi and Xiaoxu all came over, huddled together lively to see the two newly released scholars, Shuanzi said enviously: "In the future, I will study hard like Brother Xiaoqian and Brother Dashi, and I will also study hard." To be admitted as a scholar!"

Quanzi is not very interested in studying and getting a good grade. Now that he sees his elder brother Zhongxiucai, he is just happy for his elder brother, and has no desire to learn from Lin Shi like Shuanzi.

Xiao Xu whispered to Dong Bao: "In the future, I will not only be a scholar, but also a Jinshi!"

"Good boy, you are capable!" Dong Bao pinched Xiao Xu's chubby face with a smile.

Lin Shi and Zhang Qian glanced at each other, as if in agreement, and at the same time knelt down and kowtowed to their mother. Aunt Qiuxia was startled, and just about to reach out to help Lin Shi, she was stopped by Li Hongqin who was next to her, and persuaded her. Said: "The child is full of filial piety, so don't refuse."

Aunt Qiuxia looked at her tall and handsome son kowtowing, quietly wiped away her tears, nodded and said, "Good boy, you two are good boys!"

After the two of them kowtowed and stood up, Li Hongqin pulled Mrs. Li to Zhang Qian, and said solemnly: "Qian'er, your aunt is also a part of the credit for being a scholar. If there is no tofu shop like your aunt, Your mother and your sister have no money for you to study in the town. Come on, give your aunt one too."

Zhang Qian immediately bowed deeply to Mrs. Li and was about to lift up his robe and kneel when Aunt Qiuxia next to him said, "Wait a minute, Dashi, Quanzi, you also kowtow to your aunt together. Show What Mother Yu said is right, if it weren't for your Aunt Li's shop, which gave your parents a way to make money, you and Quanzi wouldn't be able to afford this school, let alone eating three meals a day here, Dongbao would still I'll make delicious food for you in a different way, this head should be kowtowed!"

As soon as Aunt Qiuxia finished speaking, the Dashi brothers and Zhang Qian knelt down in front of Mrs. Li, respectfully kowtowed three times to Mrs. Li, and made a loud crash on the stone floor.

"Hey, hey, you can't do it! Hurry up!" Mrs. Li hurriedly helped the three of them up, her eyes were red, "I can't be a gift from you, hey, I can't do it."

Lin Shi laughed softly: "Auntie, no one is more a gift to the three of us than you. If it weren't for the shop opened by you and Dong Bao, where would the three of us have the opportunity to study in the town?"

If it weren’t for the wages that Mrs. Li provided for Aunt Qiuxia and Lin Fu, Dongbao would have taught his mother how to make soybean curd, and Lin Shi would still work as farmers in Tagouji with Quanzi, cutting pigweed in the morning and working in the fields in the afternoon, and Like his father and grandparents, he lived a life of working at sunrise and resting at sunset. It was impossible for him to study in the town, and Zhongxiucai didn't even dare to think about it.

Even Zhang Qian, whose family situation is better, can only study and read in a small private school in the countryside, and cannot go to the college in the town, and there is no hope of becoming a scholar.

Therefore, this kowtow ceremony is well-deserved by Mrs. Li.In fact, Lin Shi wants to thank Dong Bao more. Without Dong Bao, he would not have everything he has now, but Dong Bao is the same generation as them, and will be his daughter-in-law in the future. If this head is kowtowed, people will gossip about Dong Bao .He has already regarded Dong Bao as an irreplaceable person in his heart. He is not only a relative with deep affection, but also a lover who will accompany him for life. This respect is buried in his heart, and it doesn't matter whether he kowtows or not.

"Master Liu, have you thanked me yet?" Dong Bao asked with a smile, "He is the one who has made great contributions!"

From the beginning of this year, Liu Fuzi began to guide Lin Shi and Zhang Qian to write articles. Not only did he work hard to guide, but he also obtained the test questions from the county magistrate in previous years from his former friends, and analyzed the county magistrate's preferences. Guess what? They asked them to practice a lot of questions, otherwise, how could Lin Shi miraculously stand out from the crowd of students and become a scholar based on the fact that Lin Shi has only studied for two years?
"Thank you, Master Liu and Mrs. Liu first." Lin Shi smiled.

Mrs. Li nodded and said: "That's right, Master Liu is the great benefactor of both of you! Tonight, come to my house, please come to Master Liu and Mrs. Liu, let's celebrate Dashi and Xiaoqian! Mrs. Liu and Mrs. Liu are good people, both of them are full of knowledge, and they don’t dislike us at all, it’s a blessing for these two children to help Dashi and Xiaoqian like this!"

There is another sentence, it is a small calculation in Li Shi's heart, Li Shi hid it in her heart and didn't say it, she still wanted to please Mrs. Liu and Mrs. Liu, and she had to guide Xiao Xu in the future!

For the reception banquet tonight, Li Hongqin and Aunt Qiuxia would not let Li spend any money, and they should invite the two of them to this meal.In desperation, Mrs. Li had no choice but to answer with a smile, so the two smiling women, who couldn't close their mouths, went to the market to buy chicken, duck and fish, and the other went back to Tagouji's home to pick a lot of vegetables from the field. Two baskets were sent over.

(End of this chapter)