The parents who saw their children carrying meat were naturally happy and proud of their children. They also said that the county magistrate was honest and said that there was no more real reward than giving out rewards for meat and rice, and that the children could also replenish the food.

Seeing that there were several female students carrying meat, and learning that the students from the boys' and girls' colleges all took the exam together, with the same questions, I couldn't help but say, "The female students in this college are not bad either!"

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Weijiacun

Wei Zili pulled the pig with some difficulty and walked into the village with three classmates from the same village.

"Hey, Zili, where did the fat pig come from?" Aunt Wei Liu, who was sitting under the big locust tree at the entrance of the village with a few ladies in the village, picking up the soles of her shoes, asked curiously when she saw Wei Zili bringing a pig back.

The other ladies also looked at the pig that Wei Zili was holding. The fat, white pig weighed about a hundred kilograms and would be ready for slaughter in two or three months.

"Could it be that you picked it up on the road?" said an aunt.

When other people heard this, they thought they must have picked it up. They also wanted to pick up such a big fat pig, but they said to Wei Zili: "Where did you pick it up? Send it back to others quickly, be careful if they say you stole it.

, take you to see the official."

"Yes, you have to send it back quickly."

The ladies kept talking to each other, but Wei Zili, who was already very tired, couldn't get in the conversation at all.

"Grandma Six, this pig was not picked up by Zili, it was given by the academy." Wei Anzhi, who was helping Wei Zili carry the meat, said loudly.

The ladies were startled when they heard this and their eyes widened.

"Does your academy still give out pigs?"

"Then why don't you?"

Wei Anzhi quickly shook his head and explained, "It's not issued by the academy, it's awarded by the academy. This time, Zili won the first place in the academy in the monthly exam, and the dean rewarded him."

The ladies all looked at Wei Zili in disbelief. They didn't expect that he was so promising. He ranked first in the hospital and was even rewarded with a pig by the dean.

Other people's children spent their money on studying, but he earned a pig for his family.

"This guy is also self-reliant, and the dean even gave him two taels of silver!" Wei Anzhi raised his chin, looking a little proud.

Although he did not receive a reward, Zili was from their village and they felt that Zili was the first in the exam, which made them feel very proud.

"Oh, Zili, you are really promising."

"That's right! He is the first person who can go home to buy meat, pigs and money while studying. He is the first to be self-reliant."

"This is a shame for Mr. Wei." The ladies looked at Wei Zili and praised him, making him blush with embarrassment.

His family is poor, and people in the village usually avoid his mother if they see her borrowing money from them.

When he went to play with a boy from the same village, the adults in their family kept staring at him defensively, as if they were afraid that he would steal something. This was the first time that he praised him like this!

Wei Zili was in a hurry to go home, so he said goodbye to the ladies and continued walking home with the pig in hand.

The ladies at the entrance of the village looked at his leaving figure and said, "Tsk, I didn't expect that Wei Zili, a kid with such a promising future, could be the first in the exam."

"Yes, with his father dragging the whole family along like that, I thought the whole family would rot in the mud!"

"His family has turned a corner now. Wei Ziqiang went to work in the county owner's shop. I heard that there are at least two waiters a month! Wei Zili is so promising, isn't it a turn of events?"

"Let me tell you..." Aunt Wei Liu remembered something, "A few days ago, I passed by the door of the Wei family's main house and saw Zili's mother going to the main house to borrow money to buy cloth for Zili.

It only costs a few dozen pennies to make school uniforms, and her sister-in-law won't even lend her money. She also said that independence is not the material for studying, and the academy won't teach them well, so they just let them live their lives."

"Look at what's going on right now. People get the first place in the self-reliance exam, and the academy rewards them with money, pigs, and meat. How can there be any academy where people can live like this?"

"That's right, it seems that Mrs. Wang's sister-in-law has misjudged her. After all, she is a relative. She is reluctant to borrow dozens of pennies. She is too stingy." The woman who spoke frowned and shook her head.

"That's right, Ms. Xia always said that her three children were good at studying, but she only saw her family's money going out, but not her three children taking home a penny!"
Chapter completed!