At night, Yang Huazhong fulfilled his promise and came to the old house to see Old Yang after finishing work.

Yang Huaming just happened to bring a few dishes and a jar of wine. Seeing Yang Huazhong come in, Yang Huaming quickly greeted him.

"Third brother, you came just in time. Let's go to the empty room next door to have a few drinks, so as not to drink here when our mother is clamoring for food. She has already eaten a large bowl of egg noodles, and she can't drink any more.

Eat it, if you eat it again it will explode."

Yang Huazhong said nothing, and his eyes fell on Old Yangtou's face.

Old Yangtou was no longer lying on the rocking chair, but was sitting in a wheelchair. He had put on his coat and looked like he was going to the next room to drink and eat.

"All right!"

Yang Huazhong nodded, and the father and son came to the empty room next door.

The empty house next door used to be occupied by Xiaojuan and Tiedan. Later, after the fourth room was evicted, the house became vacant, and all the original tables and chairs were there.

Yang Huaming knew that Old Yangtou was a very particular person no matter where he was. Even if he was having a drink in this idle room, he would definitely push the old man to the largest seat in the east.

Then he and Yang Huazhong sat down together and took out a few side dishes from the basket and placed them on the table.

A bowl of fried duck eggs with green and red peppers, a bowl of pork elbows with soy sauce, a bowl of shredded garlic-flavored zucchini, and a bowl of fried peanuts with sugar.

"Hey, did San Yatou cook this dish? Not to mention, this dish looks great and smells delicious. San Yatou's cooking skills are really good!"

Yang Huazhong glanced at the side dishes in front of him and praised them.

Yang Huaming smiled and said: "It's just a makeshift meal, how can it compare with her third aunt's cooking skills? Third brother deserves the award."

As he spoke, he patted away the sealing mud on the mouth of the wine jar in his hand, and filled Lao Yang's head first.

The transparent wine liquid was slowly poured into the wine cup in front of Old Yangtou. The mellow aroma of the wine hit his nostrils. Old Yangtou took a greedy deep breath, and the brows that had been frowning for four days finally relaxed at this moment.

Yang Huazhong and Lao Yangtou never said a word to each other directly from beginning to end. Yang Huaming was the only one talking at the wine table.

But when Yang Huazhong came over, his attitude was that of bowing his head, at least in the eyes of Old Yang.

The meal was finished in such a peaceful atmosphere and everyone dispersed. Old Yangtou never mentioned anything about Yang Yongxian.

Perhaps, the old man had already vaguely guessed something in his heart.

After breakfast the next day, Yang Huazhong picked up his hoe and was about to go to work in the fields. Yang Huazhou came back from driving a carriage covered with dust.

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Old house.

Three brothers, Yang Huazhong, Yang Huaming, and Yang Huazhou, all came. Each of the three brothers sat on one side and glanced at the face of Old Yang, who was on the other side of the chair. There was a faint worry in the eyes of the three brothers.

The room was deathly silent, except for the sound of teeth grinding after Tan fell asleep on the bed.

"Kick, squeak, squeak, squeak, squeak, squeak, squeak, squeak, squeak, squeak..."

Mrs. Tan started to grind her teeth again.

He gritted his teeth and grinned, looking ferocious.

Yang Huaming couldn't help but turn his head to look at Tan, and almost couldn't help laughing.

Yang Huazhong glared at him quietly.

How dare you laugh at this moment? Fourth child, you are looking for death!

Yang Huaming quickly covered his mouth, almost suffering internal injuries from sitting there.

After a while, Old Yangtou finally regained a trace of his consciousness from the huge shock and disappointment.

The light in his eyes was extinguished to the point where there was no residue at all. His eyes were like two huge black holes, with an abyss of despair inside.

Those eyes swept across the three brothers in front of them, cold and cold, conveying to them a steady stream of majestic despair and loss.

"What the hell is going on? Why did you fail the exam? You worked so hard, studied so hard, wrote so beautifully, and wrote gorgeous articles, but why did you fail the exam?"

Old Yangtou murmured in his mouth, his voice was a little weak, as if he was an old man who was about to die, hanging on to his last breath to explain his funeral to everyone.

"Dad, our Yongxian is still young. We have just turned thirty-one. We will have many opportunities to take the exam in the future. This time I asked in Changhuaizhou that the oldest among the candidates who passed the exam is forty-seven this year, just like my third brother.

Big, so as long as you persist, Yongxian will definitely pass the exam!"

The person who said these comforting words was Lao Wuyang Huazhou who had just returned from Huaizhou, the place where the incident occurred.

Old Yangtou shook his head sadly: "I failed. It's not that simple. Who are the examiners?"

Yang Huazhou said: "I really don't know this. I was reading the list at the gate of Gongyuan. I searched all the lists but couldn't find Yongxian's name, so I came back."

"As for who the examiners are, I wonder if Third Brother knows?"

All eyes were drawn to Yang Huazhong.

Yang Huazhong cleared his throat and said: "During the Da'an exam, I heard him mention casually that there should be two groups of people, one group came from the capital, and the other group should be local officials from Changhuaizhou.

Only in this way can we prevent favoritism and malpractice and strive for fairness and justice."

Yang Huazhou and Yang Huaming both nodded.

Old Yangtou waved his hands and said sadly: "In this way, as long as these local officials are not transferred away from Changhuaizhou for a day, they will be detrimental to us Yongxian when they invigilate and mark exams."

"As long as they are around for a day, I'm afraid we, Yongxian, will never be able to get ahead. Hey, what a bad luck!"

Tomorrow I'm going to take a hoe and dig out the boss's den, what a piece of shit, there's no protection at all!

Old Yangtou's words really amused Yang Huaming this time.

"Dad, did I hear you correctly? What do you mean, is the examiner deliberately wearing small shoes for Yongxian?" he asked.

Old Yangtou asked back: "Otherwise? Then why did Yongxian fail the exam? I think the articles he wrote at home were so good and his handwriting was beautiful."

Yang Huaming twitched his lips: "Dad, I heard that during the marking process, the candidates' names and other information were sealed with wax, and the students' names could not be seen."

"Besides, those examiners don't have any hatred between Yongxian and our family, so why did they deliberately not let Yongxian pass the exam?"

Old Yangtou frowned, "Who knows what happens in this world? Maybe someone in our family has accidentally offended a big shot outside, and deliberately prevents our family from continuing to gain fame!"

When the old man said this, his eyes deliberately glanced towards Yang Huazhong.

This look made Yang Huazhong stunned for a moment, and he suddenly realized something.

The man's face suddenly sank, and he stood up: "Father, what are you talking about? Yongxian failed the exam because he didn't have enough knowledge. Why are you dragging us into the third room?"

"What do you mean, who in our family accidentally offended a big shot outside? Dad, you mean that our opponents in the court, Da'an and Qing'er Tangyazi, found out about Yongxian's relationship with them, so they deliberately failed to control it.

Let Yongxian pass the exam?"

"Dad, are you confused? How can you put the blame on our third room? Your reasoning is so ridiculous and ridiculous. I just, so..."

Yang Huazhong was so angry that he couldn't speak. Yang Huaming and Yang Huazhou next to him also stared at Old Yang's head in astonishment. They couldn't believe that the old man would make such a stupid speculation. Could it be that he was just stupid?
Chapter completed!