Chapter 254: The Feast of the Night
He was so obedient that he won another one yuan in the small three yuan, becoming the first four-year-old.
The celebratory abortion surrounded the team of good news, and gongs and drums were ringing all the way. They had to circle the city for a while, and first reported to the people of the whole city to know, and then went to the newly released Jie Yuanlang's home.
Chen An finally squeezed out of the crowd and ran home to report the news. Listening to the young master's understanding of Yuan, isn't he the book boy... Jie Yuan's book boy? He is so honored! He was so excited that he didn't know how many cars and horses along the way, and finally ran home first.
As soon as he entered, he shouted at the top of his lungs: "Zhong, Zhong, Zhong..."
Chen He locked the door, sat upright at the desk, with two thick stacks of documents in front of him. Since he woke up in the morning, he has been in this position without moving. But this is just an appearance. In fact, he can hear his heartbeat, messy, accompanied by strong tinnitus. The scenes of the past flashed in front of his eyes like a lantern...
Whether it was his failure in the test, his family was barely separated, or his later separation from father and son, living under someone else's roof, or for life, he sold his words for a living, and was beaten in the street, as if it was just yesterday, but it was already far away.
All of this has quietly changed since the separation of life and death... Chen He couldn't imagine whether his precious son could have resurrected his soul if he hadn't been in Jiren Hall at the beginning. But he knew very well that if he hadn't had a son, he would have collapsed, fell into pieces, and completely finished. How could he have the decent present and the glory today?
So Chen He's heart was filled with gratitude for his decision, gratitude for Miss Yin's selfless help, pride for his son's actions, and nervous about today's results... At first, he was very sure, but as time went by, there was still no news. Although he told himself that the higher the ranking, the later he received the reward, he still had to make him more and more nervous.
He wanted to be free and easy, and said, "Anyway, our family has no worries about food and clothing. Even if we fail the exam, it doesn't matter!" But in the end, the ordinary people who are still in this world do not have this free and easy life at all...
Just when he was extremely entangled, he finally heard a wolf howl from Chen An outside. Chen He's heart was pulled like a piece of paper, and finally ironed it down. He wanted to ask what his son had finished in the exam, but his chest seemed to be blocked by a ball of cotton. He was sobbing that he couldn't speak. Tears kept flowing like beads with broken threads.
Chen He quickly tilted his head to avoid tears falling on the thick stack of documents in front of him. There were silence starting from registering a child to taking exams in previous exams. There were also certificates for the county case, the government case, the court case, and the subject paper, which recorded that his son was consistently outstanding along the way.
Chen He wiped his tears, carefully wrapped the stack of documents with red silk, and placed them in a pear blossom box.
As for the other stack of documents, he started with the registration of a child and took the exams in previous exams. Although it was also a thick stack, it was completely different from his son.
Chen He gently stroked the top piece of paper. He also took the provincial examination three times, this time it was the stub of the 28th year of Jiajing. When he thought of his miserable experience of "I worked hard several times to become a ghost, but I felt sorry for my old age and fame", Chen He couldn't stop crying.
Mr. Shen, who was crying, naturally would not respond to Chen An's howl outside.
Chunhua quickly supported Chen Ange, who was tired of spring water, and whispered: "The master may be asleep, and he doesn't respond to knocking on the door, and he can't push it open."
Chen An said anxiously: "What should I do? Everyone is coming soon!"
"There will be no danger, right?" Chunhua was still very concerned about the master.
The two were talking anxiously, and saw Ma Dianshi from the county, holding a gold-burned prayer letter in his hand, and ran in and said, "The county master is here to congratulate Mr. Shen and Mr. Shen for the first time in high school." After saying that, the sedan chair had already reached the door.
Chunhua hurriedly hid in the backyard and did not dare to come out. Chen An had to bite the bullet and greet him. The new Magistrate Xu, wearing a black hat, a round neckline with sunflower color, a gold belt, and soap boots. He walked in with the county magistrate and chief clerk, surrounded by the county magistrate and the chief clerk.
Chen An hurriedly kowtowed and explained: "My master changed his clothes in the house and came out to greet the county master immediately." There was such a big noise outside, and he asked Chen He to make sure that he would not be indifferent.
The county magistrate was older than the former county magistrate Li. Because he was a juren, he had been through many years before he could make a comeback. Besides, he was naturally very kind to the Jie Yuan family and said repeatedly: "As such a big happy event, Mr. Shen must have to clean up his feelings. Let's wait first."
Facing the kind county magistrate, Chen An was quite at a loss. Fortunately, another master Shen, Chen Jing's father, came. As soon as County Magistrate Xu saw the retired Jinshi master, he hurriedly asked for a big gift, but was quickly supported by Master Shen. He laughed and said, "Don't do this in county magistrate, let's get along with peers." He then ordered the people he brought to start working, asking County Magistrate Xu to go to the main hall and sit down. County Magistrate Xu said, "There will be thousands of people coming later. If the mansion cannot be treated, you can move to the county government office, so you don't have to be polite."
Mr. Shen smiled confidently and said, "Sir, just sit still, there is no problem." After some troubles in greeting the imperial envoy last year, his servants are also very experienced and don't have to worry about it.
Chen He also heard the movement, and quickly wiped away his tears and calmed down his feelings. When he was about to put his documents into the pineapple wooden box, he felt unworthy. After he hesitated for a moment, he thought, "Even if he passed the top scorer in the exam, I was born. Who is not worthy of me?" Then he felt relieved, put the documents into the box, locked them together, and put the keys in close proximity, then he tidied up and took out calmly.
Chen An kept looking at it, and as soon as he saw the door of the wing room opened, he shouted: "My master is out."
The magistrate Xu welcomed him and gave a deep greeting to Chen He. Chen He was an eighth-rank official. Although he usually worked in the mansion, he still had to kneel down when he saw the magistrate. Now he saw magistrate Xu giving him a big gift to him, so scared that he hurriedly wanted to kneel down, but he heard the magistrate say, "Congratulations to Brother Shen Shi, the noble son, the top name in high school, Jie Yuan, this county is honored."
Hearing this, Chen He's knees were curled up, and he suddenly stood up magically. His head buzzed, and his heart burst out with joy. He grinned and said, "It's Jie Yuan? It's Jie Yuan!" Chen An saw that the master was out of control, so he quickly poked him secretly. It took him a long time to come to his senses.
He scolded him with a majestic demeanor and said, "Behave, pay attention to your integrity!"
Then he returned the gift to the Magistrate Xu, but turned from kneeling to bowing, and his voice disappeared and said in panic: "Sir, don't be too polite, get up and sit in the house."
"Brother Shen Shi, please." Both parties pushed each other for a long time, but finally joined hands to enter the house and settled the guest of the host. Chen He saluted like the eldest brother and said, "It turns out that the eldest brother is here too."
Mr. Shen laughed and said, "You have given birth to a good son and have brought glory to our Shen family." Chen He hurriedly said a few humble words.
Chen An put tea on, sipped a sip and put the teacup on it. County Magistrate Xu first talked: "Brother Shi is in his hometown and has always lost his closeness. It is really not a big deal."
Chen He smiled and said, "I have been looking forward to the Lord of the Tang Dynasty for a long time, but I have never visited him." County Magistrate Xu was just a juren, but his son was Jie Yuan. After all, he was ranked in the two lists in the future, and he was a little higher than County Magistrate Xu. Naturally, he could no longer lose his morality and make people laugh.
This is the rule of the game in the Ming Dynasty - the superiors and inferiors only depend on their origins in the imperial examination. Therefore, although he wore a Qilin suit before he was silent and served as the inspector of Zhejiang, he did not have a serious background. His father had to kneel when he saw the county magistrate. Even if he himself had no status. But now, he would immediately have the status of his father, and he would be above the county magistrate Xu, who was born in the juren.
So County Magistrate Xu didn't realize that there was anything wrong with it, but instead he wanted to go back and say to him: "Just just saw the list of titles. The noble man Fang Shi, Ma Gong, was in the same year. So, I am still a kind brother to you."
Chen He was quite tumultuous and did not understand the twisted relationship, so he had to agree casually: "The dog son is really ashamed of being lucky. Fortunately, he was very happy after being in the same year."
While chatting, I heard the gongs and gongs outside and became lively. Mr. Shen smiled and said, "The good news is here, let's go out to welcome the joy." The three of them went out together. It was already dark at this time, but countless torches were lit in the yard, as bright as daytime.
When the newspapermen saw the three people standing at the door of the house, they knew that there must be Jie Yuanlang's father among them. They quickly bowed and held up the plaque and said, "Smalls, congratulations to Mr. Shen, the mansion, for winning the imperial palace, and taking the lead!" The 'Mr. Shen's place is not the two standing on the steps, but the classmate Xiao Shen from Hangzhou.
Chen He looked at the golden plaque with the huge word Jie Yuan on it, and once again burst into tears. Seeing this, Mr. Shen and County Magistrate Xu quickly greeted the people who reported the good news and sat down, and started a banquet to have a drink.
There were thirty tables in the front and back yards, and many people stood and had nowhere to sit, so they had to set up tables in the neighborhood... They didn't have to worry about the lack of wine and meat supply, because the county's restaurants did not have to greet them, so they delivered the price of wine and food.
Chapter completed!