Uncle Yao didn't want to take the August provincial examination. After all, he knew how capable he was and felt that it was unlikely that he could pass the exam.
But Ye Maosheng and Zhou Yusheng advised him to try it. It really doesn't work, so he should accumulate experience.
Mr. Yao thought it was true. Even if he didn’t take the exam this year, he would have to take the exam next year. Why not go to see what the provincial examination room looks like first.
There was no hope of getting into the exam, but Ye Maosheng and Miss Yao Qi got engaged, and it was his brother-in-law. He would go with him to take care of him.
To be honest, Ye Maosheng’s marriage is really worth it.
Let’s not talk about the collection of questions for the provincial examination, the examiner’s preferences, etc., just the carriage for travel, and the yards that were booked in advance were all arranged by the Yao family.
In the countryside, the Ye family.
Because it was noon, the women from all households in the village were busy in the kitchen and preparing lunch.
The man working in the field was at the right time, packed up the guys who worked, and rushed to the house with the sun. It is July, one of the hottest months of the year. Even if the farmers can endure hardships, they are afraid that they will be damaged by working under the sun.
If you break your body, you will have nothing.
So at noon, if it is not a particularly urgent job, everyone will go home to have a meal and take a break.
In the afternoon, the sun is not so strong, so I will come out to work again.
Ye Dazhu is the eldest in the family. He works the most hard work. He has been exposed to sunlight for a long time and has not been full for many years. He has long been as thin as a monkey, and is not as tall as Ye Erzhu.
He carried a hoe and remained silent all the way.
With such a big sun, the three brothers of the Ye family had no intention of talking, so they met the elders in the village on the way and said hello.
An old lady next door saw them like this and said to the man beside her with a sympathy: "The Ye family is so pitiful. What's the appearance of their fifth family? I heard that their third girl had started to make up for her parents' family..."
The man glared at her: "You are just shattering. What does someone do with you? At least someone has a scholar. What do you have? You have nothing to do with it!"
The aunt was a little unhappy: "What's wrong with scholars? There are so many scholars in the world. His fifth family has been studying for so many years, but he hasn't read anything. If you continue reading, I see that their family will starve to death. Fortunately, my cousin has not married into their family, otherwise..."
...
It was faintly possible that Ye Sizhu could hear some, and he felt very nervous.
He was one year older than Ye Maosheng. He was in the village. When he reached his age, he would have married long ago. Unfortunately, their family was too poor and all the money was given to Ye Maosheng, which made him not have enough money to marry a wife.
When they saw that his two sisters-in-laws got married, they suffered with them. The families who loved their daughter a little bit were not willing to marry their daughter.
Ye Sizhu was not without resentment, but there was Old Man Ye on it, and Old Mrs. Ye was pressing him down, so he had no choice.
When he entered the yard, Ye Sizhu threw the hoe aside, went into the kitchen with anger, and poured himself a large jug of cold water.
The gourd was cut into two halves by Ye Dazhu.
Old Mrs. Ye was working on the stove, and she was a little unhappy when she saw it: "Fourth brother, who has provoked you? You are so angry?"
"Nothing!" Ye Sizhu suppressed and did not admit it. He just turned his head and looked at the stove, "What are you eating today?"
After asking, he found that his mother was riding on wild vegetables and could hardly see the porridge of corn. Ye Sizhu felt even more angry.
I was exhausted and said I had a meal, but I couldn’t see the rice grains. They were all wild vegetables. What’s the point of living?
Before Old Mrs. Ye could speak, Ye Sizhu left the kitchen.
Sister Ye and Sister Ye had already noticed that Ye Sizhu was unhappy, but no one dared to interrupt.
The atmosphere at home has been bad these days, and there are all kinds of falls and beats. Old Man Ye and Old Mrs. Ye are also angry. They really don’t want to be vented.
This is not the first time Ye Maosheng has left the exam. From February, March to June and July, it should have been a long time since there was news.
For some reason, there has been no letter there.
The Ye family had already guessed that Ye Maosheng might have had a vain exam this time.
Thinking about the few taels of silver that everyone saved after tightening their belts, they were abandoned like this, and no one felt a little uncomfortable.
There are resentment, thoughts, and complaining to each other.
The wild vegetable porridge was on the table, and everyone was silent.
I don’t know how long it has passed, but when Old Mrs. Ye sighed in her heart and was about to let everyone have a meal, something suddenly came from outside the yard.
Soon, a yamen runner who announced the good news appeared.
It turned out that their family’s fifth brother Ye Maosheng passed the exam for the scholar!!!
"Scholar?!"
"The old fifth person passed the exam for the scholar? Didn't he say..."
“Isn’t there no news?”
...
The Ye family did not have the money to reward the yamen runners, but the money they paid was still paid.
Huanhuan sent away the yamen runners, and everyone from the neighbors who heard the news rushed over and congratulated the Ye family.
"Congratulations, your family has a scholar!"
"Oh, Old Lady Ye, you are so happy this time. When your son becomes a high-ranking official, you will be the official wife."
...
Someone held Old Mrs. Ye and introduced his niece from his parents' home, praised her and said that she was in line with Ye Sizhu.
Some people are self-aware and cannot make up Ye Maosheng's idea, so they just stare at Ye Maosheng, while others seem not sober and want to marry the girl at home to Ye Maosheng.
Old Mrs. Ye rarely raised her head and felt proud, and she also felt a little proud on her face, praising her son for studying, and she would definitely be a high-ranking official in the future.
For a moment, the Ye family was bustling, and even the rich masters in the town came to deliver gifts.
If it weren't for the fact that the inner court would have stopped him, Old Mrs. Ye would have almost sent him one hundred taels of silver to accept him and got engaged to her daughter.
The inside was looking at the Ye family looking confused and frowned slightly: "Old man Ye, don't respond to this marriage, don't collect things randomly. If you have any questions, wait for your fifth family to come back and ask your fifth family. He is a scholar now and has seen him outside. He must know more than you. What if you promised something on his back and shouldn't agree, isn't this dragging him down?"
"How could this be dragged down? That family is so rich. If they agreed to the marriage, Lao Wu would have money for studying in the future..." The Ye family was stunned, obviously not very clear.
The Lizheng couldn't, so he could only tell them what was in it: "I didn't come before, but your fifth brother came only after being admitted to the scholar. There must be a problem here. Although I don't know what the problem is, it's always good to pay more attention to it."
For a moment, the Ye family looked at me, and I looked at you, and could only refuse.
Although they were a little jealous of that little money, if there was really something wrong with this marriage...
If they want to respond, wouldn’t it be a drag on Ye Maosheng?
Not long after, the Ye family received a letter from Ye Maosheng, telling them that he had been engaged and had booked a wealthy family in Jinling, and was preparing for the provincial examination...
Twenty taels of silver were sent at the same time.
Ye Family: “…”
Chapter completed!