"You are indeed different from others. I am just too pedantic." Master Yihui put his hands together and chanted "Amitabha" to her.

"Master, where are you going now?" Tianbao asked.

"I am going to visit the capital and Hanshan Temple."

"Master, I wish you a safe journey and hope you can gain some enlightenment." Tianbao bowed to him.

Master Yihui looked at her with a smile on his face and said, "We will meet again."

After Master Yihui walked away, Li Zhanyu and Li Dachen walked up to Tianbao.

"Aunt, he didn't ask you to become a monk, right?" Li Dachen asked.

Tian Bao smiled and shook his head, "Of course not. Master Yihui is not someone who forces others to do things against their will."

Li Zhanyu nodded, "He's quite sensible."

*

"We will be entering the examination hall tomorrow. Let's pray to God tonight and ask Him to protect you on the exam." Li Yin prepared an incense burner in the yard and started praying with Li Zhanyu and Li Dachen.

"Dad, it's better for you to pray to my aunt than to God. My aunt is more effective than God." Li Xiaoning complained.

Li Yin's eyes lit up, "Yes, why didn't I think of that?" Li Yin looked at Tian Bao who had just walked over with an enthusiastic look on his face.

Tian Bao looked puzzled and asked, "Second brother, what's wrong with you?"

"Dad, it's just a small county exam. There's really no need to be nervous. I think if you want to be nervous, just wait until the time when I take the exam." Li Dachen said.

"You're going to try again? Don't be so arrogant. Go and rest quickly. Don't read tonight. Go to bed early." Li Yin drove the two brothers back to their room.

When Li Dachen left, the child muttered, "He was the one who told us to pray to God, and now he is the one who wants us to go back quickly. People say that women are fickle, but my father and mother are just the opposite."

Li Zhanyu burst into laughter after hearing this.

"What are you laughing at? Go back to sleep!" Li Yin yelled.

"Go, go, go... hurry up." The two of them ran towards the room quickly.

"Two little bastards." Li Jin smiled and shook his head.

"We'll deal with them after the exam." Li Yin snorted.

Early the next morning

Tianbao and the others came back after sending Li Zhanyu and Li Dachen to the examination room. They had done what they should have done, and the rest was up to them.

"Tianbao...Xiaoning." Liu Meihua and Qian Xiaoxiao stood at the door.

"The first and second wives just arrived." Han'er said with a smile.

"Sister-in-law, sister-in-law, Zhan Yu and Da Chen just entered the examination room." Tian Bao took their arms and walked in.

Li Xiaoning held Liu Meihua's other side and said, "My brother and his friends are very confident. The county exam is no problem."

"Just listen to him." Li Yin snorted.

Outside the examination room

"How is it?" Li Yin came to pick them up.

Li Dachen looked around and asked, "Where are my aunt and the others?"

"Didn't you say it was just a small county exam? Don't take it seriously. They all went back first. Let's go. We'll wait for your results to come out and then go back."

Three days later, the results were posted and both of them were on the list, Li Dachen first and Li Zhanyu second.

Their teacher gave them some encouragement, asking them to be less arrogant and less impatient, and to prepare well for the provincial examination in April.

"I think it's very simple. The questions are not difficult at all," said Li Dachen.

Li Zhanyu nodded, "I think so too."

Several gentlemen looked at the students who had not passed the exam. They quickly waved their hands and asked them to leave quickly, as they would cause public outrage if they did not leave.

Li Jin and Li Yin grabbed the two men and dragged them out. The four of them got on the carriage and headed straight for the village.

Li Yin was so happy on the way that his face was beaming with joy. Although he had just suppressed it, he was actually very happy in his heart.

Li Dachen looked at Li Yin, who was so excited that she danced with joy, and his heart was filled with mixed emotions.

Although he was thinking about studying or playing in his heart, these were not what he wanted to do most.

He didn't know what he wanted to do. Maybe he would listen to his father and study hard, and become an official like his elder brother, so that his parents would be proud of him.

Li Zhanyu patted his shoulder and asked, "What are you thinking about?"

"I think... I might really have to try harder."

"What's the effort?"

"I will try my best to help my parents have a top-ranked son, and make them truly proud of their son."

Li Zhanyu knew he had the ability, "Then work hard."

"You're back, you're back...Big Brother Li, Second Brother Li...how are you? Did Zhan Yu and Da Chen pass?" There were many villagers standing at the entrance of the village. Everyone knew that they had taken part in the county exam, and when they saw them coming back, they couldn't help but surround them.

Li Yin smiled so hard that the corners of his mouth widened. "I passed, I passed, haha... I passed."

"Congratulations, congratulations! I've always said that your three grandchildren are all Wenquxing incarnate. They will surely win the prize."

"I think Dachen and Zhanyu will definitely become high-ranking officials in the future, just like Shubai."

"Yes, yes, yes... If you become high-ranking officials in the future, don't forget the folks in our village. Come back and visit us when you have time..."

The villagers started talking to each other.

Li Dachen smiled and got off the carriage, bowed to everyone and said, "Dear uncles, aunts and sisters, don't worry, we will definitely not let you down.

No matter where we go in the future, we will always be from the same village, and we will never forget you all.”

Li Dachen's words made everyone laugh even more happily. Liu's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law rushed over after hearing the news, and they were very happy after knowing that they had passed.

"Okay, okay... stop praising them. Even if they passed the county exam, they are still nothing. Wait until they pass the prefectural and imperial exams before praising them." Liu said with a smile.

"Hey... Aunt Li, this is a done deal. None of your grandchildren are inferior to others."

"Dachen, Zhanyu." Zhou Hu, Li Dazhu and Shen Zhi walked over with a smile.

The three of them also participated in this county examination, but they lived in the house given by Tianbao.

"How are you? We were so happy that we didn't even have time to look at your ranking." Li Zhanyu asked quickly.

"I'm eighth, Zhou Hu and Shen Zhi are tenth and eleventh respectively." Li Dazhu replied.

The parents behind the three of them were all smiling very happily.

Li Tie looked at Li Yin and said, "Our family has three children at once. It must be a miracle from our ancestors."

"Five people in our village passed the county exam at once. I think we should open an ancestral hall to worship our ancestors." Li Cheng continued.

Li Jin quickly waved his hand and said, "It's too early now. I think if all five of them pass the college entrance examination, we can open the ancestral hall to worship our ancestors."

Li Tie and Zhou Ming also nodded in agreement.

Everyone had no choice but to agree, and they made a deal that no matter which of the five of them passed the college entrance examination, they would open the ancestral hall to worship their ancestors.

The village chief next to him was smiling so hard that the corners of his mouth were crooked. He was very happy that more and more people in the village were becoming successful.

There are already many children in the village who have sent their children to school. After seeing the success of the Li family, everyone has become more enthusiastic about educating their children.

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