After rebirth, the Queen and I are on the run.

Chapter 458: Following the Ancestor's Teachings

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Dangdang Dangdang!

"Congratulations to Qin Cunquan from Wansong Village, Taifeng Town, for winning the second place in the county official examination!"

In front of the inn where the Qin family lived, the bailiff rang the gong to announce the good news and congratulated the family three times.

"The Qin family? Which Qin family? They are so powerful that they can get the good news from the county government after passing the civil service examination. I'm afraid they can become a county official. Congratulations!"

The innkeeper hurried out to greet them, gave the runner a reward, and asked his servant to lead the runner to the back to meet the Qin family. Then he smiled and replied to everyone: "It's the Qin family of the new dye. They just settled here not long ago. They are a very powerful family!"

"It turns out to be the Qin family of the new dye company. I didn't expect them to stay at your inn. Boss, congratulations!" Everyone said festive words according to the rules.

But some people were jealous: "So he is Qin, a disaster victim from the ghost village. I heard that the ghost village is very evil. How powerful can the people living there be?"

"Oh, it's just that the county official got second place in the exam. If you don't know, you would think he got first place!"

The fact that bad guys were celebrating was very annoying, and someone immediately retorted: "The top three in the civil service exam can all report the good news, this is the government's rule, if you don't agree, go to the government!"

The civil service examination is not an imperial examination, but it is also a happy event in the county, so the government office will announce the good news, but it will not make a big announcement.

Clerks of other ranks would also have porters to go and announce the good news, just to earn some money.

"The Qin family has only been settled here for over a year and they have already produced a talent who ranked second in the exam. Isn't that amazing enough? Some people have lived here for generations and studied for generations, but they don't even have the qualifications to take the civil service exam!"

The person being criticized was indeed a scholar. Because he failed in the imperial examination, he changed to take the civil service examination, hoping to become a clerk and become a prominent figure in the county in the future.

However, he used his connections to take the exam once, but he made 40% mistakes on the arithmetic test paper. No one recommended him when he applied for the exam again.

The man was extremely angry and shouted angrily: "You guys who flatter outsiders, are you worthy of your ancestors?!"

"No, we didn't betray the court, so how could we be sorry to our ancestors?" Everyone was puzzled.

"Oh, it's you, Pan Wenyun. That's fine. We can all understand your jealousy. After all, you got 40% of your math wrong in the civil service examination, which scared all the clerks in the county. No one dared to recommend you to take the civil service examination again, for fear that you would ruin their reputation!"

As soon as these words were spoken, there was silence all around, and then everyone burst into laughter, bending over with laughter.

Pan Wenyun was totally humiliated and could not save his reputation even after making harsh words, so he took advantage of the chaos to escape.

Hahaha, the innkeeper also laughed, and after a moment, he said, "Thank you all for your righteous words. Those who come to the inn lobby to stay overnight today will only be charged 80% of the money!"

"That's great, thank you very much, sir!"

This wave really attracted quite a few people from the county to come and eat, and the inn made both money and reputation.

In the backyard of the inn, Grandpa Qin and his men were very happy to receive the good news. They gave the two yamen runners who came to announce the good news one tael of silver to each of them: "Thank you, sir, for your hard work."

One of them was Zhou Shiliu, who quickly pushed the silver back and said, "Uncle Qin, you can't do that. If our village chief finds out, he will beat me up."

Grandpa Qin stuffed the silver back and said, "This is the money for announcing the good news. It would be bad if you don't take it. Take it. If Brother Zhou gets mean to you, I'll help you out."

"Then I'll take it, kid." Zhou Shiliu took the silver and said, "Qin Shuli, at the beginning of the morning, you have to go to the government office and register as a formal clerk. After the registration, you can go back to the Taifeng Town Silifang to take up your post. From now on, you will be treated as a formal clerk. If you want to work in the county government, you have to work harder."

Qin Cunquan smiled: "Thank you for the reminder, I will be there on time tomorrow... I will go back to the Si Li Fang in Taifeng Town."

"That's fine." Zhou Shiliu was very happy. No one in their Zhou family worked as a clerk in the Silifang, and the Zhou and Qin families were good friends. It would be good for the Zhou family if Qin Cunquan could stay in the Silifang of the town.

After saying this, he did not linger any longer and took another yamen runner back to the county government office to report.

After they left, Grandpa Qin said, "Let's go buy some gifts and visit Guan's clerk at Guan's house in the afternoon... A Quan can have this opportunity thanks to Guan's clerk's help." "Yeah." Qin Cunquan responded and went to the street with Uncle Qin and Jiang Dalang to buy the four treasures of the study and a whole bag of loose sandy soil.

After buying it, Uncle Qin borrowed a stove and pot from the inn, poured the soil in and boiled it...

The inn's cooks and waiters: "..."

The rumors were true, the second son that the Qin family found was indeed a lunatic, and he even wanted to cook soil to eat!

Soon, the innkeeper came over after hearing the news and asked cautiously, "Second Master Qin, what are you doing?"

No, you can be crazy, but you can’t be crazy after leaving our inn!

After seeing Grandpa Qin coming, the host asked for help: "Grandpa Qin, you are finally here, go and see your second son, he is cooking soil."

Knock him out quickly and send him to the hospital, there is no time to waste!

Grandpa Qin said hurriedly, "Master, you misunderstood. My second son was killing insect eggs in the soil. This soil is to be used to plant peonies. Peonies are precious, and the soil cannot have insects, so we have to boil the soil."

what?

The innkeeper didn't understand, but: "Are you sure your second son is okay?"

Grandpa Qin nodded: "He's not sick, he's fine. This is a method of killing insects by boiling soil. If you don't believe me, you can go ask the old farmer."

"Okay, but you'd better stay with him." The innkeeper said cryptically.

"Okay, the old man will accompany him, the boss can rest assured." Grandpa Qin agreed, and accompanied Uncle Qin to boil soil for half an hour. In the end, he gave thirty cents as a money for occupying the stove, and the matter was settled.

After Uncle Qin finished cooking the soil, he took it out to dry. Near the hour of You, when the soil was completely cool, he put it into a new sack, carried it on his shoulders, and went to Guan Shuli's house with Grandpa Qin and the others.

At the intersection I met a clerk who was returning home from the yamen.

Guan Shuli was a clerk in the county government, so after returning to the county town, he had to go to the county government to work, which was a bit miserable.

"Shu Li Guan, thank you very much for teaching Cunquan. Otherwise, he would not be able to pass the clerk exam even if he studied alone for ten years." After entering the house, Grandpa Qin said gratefully and bowed to Shu Li Guan.

The clerk stopped Grandpa Qin and said, "Village Chief Qin, you don't have to thank me. I didn't do anything for you. If you really want to thank someone, you should thank yourselves... Everything today is achieved by your own efforts."

After the Qin family settled down, they produced new grains such as kudzu powder and new dyes, and found a pharmacy to purchase medicinal materials. These were all contributions... and one of the family's ancestral precepts was that those who have made contributions must be rewarded, and those who have talents must be supported. He helped the Qin family just to follow the ancestral precepts.

Otherwise, why didn't he go to help the Wu family?

"No matter what, Guan Shuli has done us a favor." Grandpa Qin said, "Cunquan, you should give Guan Shuli a favor."

"Hey." Qin Cunquan bowed solemnly to Guan Shuli: "Qin Cunquan, thank you for your support."

"Well, I accept this gift. I will do my job well in the future." The clerk said, pointing to the sack at the door and asked with a smile: "What is this?"

One was to change the subject, and the other was that he was really curious... why was he carrying a sack of soil to his house?

Uncle Qin said, "It's a bag of loose sandy soil suitable for peony growth... It has been boiled, so there won't be any insects that will damage the peony roots."

The clerk was stunned for a moment, but soon his facial features brightened up and he smiled sincerely, "This gift really touches my heart. Thank you, Brother Qin."

Many people knew that he liked to grow peonies, and some people catered to his preferences by sending him large exquisite porcelain pots, live peonies, refined flower fertilizers, and even good soil...

But no one has ever boiled soil to kill insects in advance.

The second son of the Qin family is not only a true expert on flowers, but also a meticulous and hardworking person.

Uncle Qin saw the increasingly bright smile on the clerk's face and hurriedly interrupted him: "Clerk Guan, let's quickly put the soil in the plates."

I'm not a beauty, please don't look at me like that, I'm scared.