No pain no gain

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It has been more than three months since Er Zhuang left. His Majesty is kind enough to add an extra Enke this year. The rural examination is held three months after the children's examination. The scientific examination will be held in the capital in the spring of next year. If he fails this time, he will have to Three years later, after Er Zhuang left, he only asked someone to bring a letter back. The county magistrate came to his door to announce the good news, but Er Zhuang didn't come back. He said that he went directly to Beijing to catch the exam.

Da Zhuang walked around among the officials with a smile on his face, and he didn't even have time to change out of his muddy clothes.

Jinhu Urban and Rural Trials recorded 320 Juren, and Er Zhuang was the [-]rd. He was already at the end of the list, and then taking the scientific examination in Beijing, where students from various cities in the south gathered, would be like sinking into the sea.Er Zhuang’s enlightenment was taught by Da Zhuang himself, and then consolidated in the village for a year, and then Zhao Ziyang taught him a little bit, and what’s more, that Jin Xuye might have mentioned him a little bit, and the rest Er Zhuang did it himself. Da Zhuang didn’t think that Er Zhuang, who hadn’t even received systematic scientific examination guidance, could do anything in the capital. Even the rural examination was probably due to the special situation after the war. ...

"Master Wang, I'm sorry, the land you bought a while ago, the clerks of the yamen were blind and misunderstood it. This is the land you deserve..." The county magistrate smiled and took out a land deed, and said politely.

The address here does not depend on age, but on status. Da Zhuang is only 16 years old this year, and because of his status as a scholar, he is a master. Every time he hears someone call him that, Da Zhuang can't help but feel a lump in his heart.

"Magistrate Sun was joking, you are busy with business, how dare you trouble you with such a trivial matter!" Da Zhuang accepted the title deed naturally, and said neither humble nor overbearing.

In all fairness, although the new county magistrate of Lukou Town is not Bao Qingtian who is dedicated to serving the people, he is not a treacherous person either. Zhuang just won the election, which is nothing in fact. If I really want to say it, Er Zhuang is still young now and may have a bright future in the future.

Da Zhuang patiently exchanged a few words of courtesy with a group of officials headed by the county magistrate, and then personally sent the county magistrate Sun, who said he was going to the next Juren family, out of the village with the village chief.

"Huh—" Da Zhuang rubbed his sore shoulders, sat in a daze for a long time in the yard, and then got up again to arrange things in the field.

After Er Zhuang was elected, the status of Da Zhuang's family has risen even higher. People in the town and those who are a little richer in the village have all started to think about getting married with a big girl. Today is a matchmaker, and tomorrow is a friend people came to inquire about...

Da Zhuang was disturbed and at the same time there was a little bit of confusion. Isn’t it true that seniors and young are in order? Why didn’t anyone mention it to me? Could it be that I am a good young man so unpopular...Of course Da Zhuang only thinks about it in his heart , After all, there is no such thing as an honor.

"Da Zhuang, Da Zhuang, are you at home?"

Early in the morning, someone was outside knocking on the door and shouting, as if in a hurry.

"Here, who is it?" Da Zhuang put down his bowl and chopsticks, and walked over quickly.

"It's me, where's your eldest aunt!" The voice of the eldest aunt became shrill when she was excited.

Da Zhuang paused, but opened the door anyway.

"Auntie, have you eaten yet?" Da Zhuang asked politely.

"Eat, you haven't eaten yet! Don't worry about me, go and eat!" The aunt said with a smile on her face.

"Come and sit first!" Da Zhuang said with a smile.

"Hey!" The eldest aunt happily agreed, and walked in a little excitedly.

Da Zhuang gave his aunt a strange look, but he didn't say anything superfluous.

"What's the matter with you?" Da Zhuang welcomed his aunt to the living room, poured a bowl of tea, and asked softly.

The eldest girl and the others came over to say hello to the aunt politely, and then they all went to the kitchen again.

"Da Zhuang, my aunt told you, I woke up this morning and heard the magpies on the poplar tree in front of the door screaming non-stop, I just said, there is a big happy event..." The aunt said exaggeratedly.

"Auntie!" Da Zhuang yelled helplessly.

"Da Zhuang, do you know the family named Yang in the town? It's the Yang Juren who won the election with Er Zhuang..." The aunt asked mysteriously.

"How many times have you met, what's the matter?" Da Zhuang replied with a smile.

"My aunt told you, I know you grew up with a fool, and you must be reluctant to part with it, but there is nothing you can do about it. What is your status now! Master Xiucai! The elder brother of Master Juren..." The eldest aunt first said Talking in a low voice, the more he talked, the more excited he became, and he almost didn't yell loudly.

"Auntie, what's the matter with you?" Da Zhuang interrupted his aunt and asked directly.

"Hehe, my aunt just said it straight. Yang Juren has a beautiful girl who is virtuous and gentle. Don't worry about being strong. My aunt saw it in person. It was only delayed by the war. It's seventeen, and I haven't talked about it yet..." The aunt looked around first, and then said quickly.

"This, let's talk about it!" Da Zhuang listened, his heart lightened, and he trembled slightly. It seems that he is not wanted by anyone...

"Da Zhuang, you are not young this year. I heard that Yang Juren will marry his sister with two shops. This is such a good thing that there is no place to find it with a lantern. Yang Juren said that he doesn't mind fools. Thing, as soon as you drive the fool away, he will come to propose marriage first..." The aunt said in a hurry.

"Drive the idiot away? What does that mean?" Da Zhuang asked, frowning.

"Although Yang Juren's sister is a bit older, she is also a decent daughter of a big girl..." The aunt hurriedly explained.

Da Zhuang became more and more confused, no matter how good the girl was, why did he drive the idiot away?Before the war, the fool listened to Da Zhuang’s words, and instead of building a house and moving out, he squeezed together with Da Zhuang, farming and selling things and so on. Later, they were almost all together, and the money saved in the end could not be divided. Knowing which ones belong to fools, Da Zhuang simply made it clear to fools, as long as he is his own family, the money will be used together, so this time the building of the house also includes fools, without even thinking about it I want to let the idiot go out alone again...

"Auntie, how can you do this? Brother Ah is very good, capable and kind to him, so we won't drive him away!" San Niu'er suddenly jumped out and shouted.

"Da Zhuang!" The fool also walked in, looked at Da Zhuang with red eyes and yelled, obviously hearing what the auntie said earlier.

"Auntie, this is too strange, what should I say, forget it, you go back to Yang Juren, I won't drive Ada away because of this!" Calm down and speak directly.

"Da Zhuang, you'd better think about it again, Auntie is doing it for your own good..." Auntie also yelled.

"You're still talking! You're still talking!" San Niuer jumped and shouted.

"Auntie, brother will definitely not agree, don't say such things in our house in the future!" The eldest girl also came in from the outside and said a little excitedly.

The eldest aunt didn't seem to expect to be refuted by so many people at once, and she stood there speechless.

"Okay, okay, auntie, do you have anything else to do?" Da Zhuang stopped the big girl and the others, and said gently to his auntie.

"Ah, um, it's gone. I still have something to do at home. I'm going back... Da Zhuang, are you really not thinking about it anymore?" The aunt stood up and walked out, asking without giving up.

"No need!" Da Zhuang said resolutely.

The eldest aunt came out of the living room in disappointment, just in time to see San Zhuang and Si Zhuang coaxing the eldest daughter and the younger daughter to play in the yard. The eldest aunt looked at it a few more times, but in the end she didn't say anything and ran away. up.

"What's the matter with you? Didn't I say that you are not allowed to eavesdrop outside when you come over? I will tell you if something happens..." Da Zhuang closed the courtyard door, turned around and asked Fool, Da Niuer and San Niuer.

"I didn't mean it, I overheard it when I went to the room!" San Niuer immediately retorted.

The big girl also nodded quickly, indicating that she was doing the same.

"Even if you heard it, what does it look like to rush in when the guest is talking?" Da Zhuang raised his voice and scolded.

"Who told my aunt to say that, it's dead! It's dead!" San Niu'er cried.

San Niu'er is the youngest girl in the family, so she will be favored more or less, and after Er Niu'er got lost, everyone loves San Niu'er even more, and San Niu'er's fiery temper becomes more and more oppressive Can't stop, it's like dynamite, it explodes at one point!

"What's going on! Remember what you said. It's okay to be the eldest aunt today. After that, the county magistrate is talking to the elder brother. If you feel uncomfortable listening to him, you rush in and yell!" Zhuang pressed San Niu'er's head firmly, and said sternly.

"Hmph!" San Niuer shook her head and ran away.

Da Zhuang was so angry that his teeth were itchy, he gave the fool a look and asked, "What's the matter with you? Are you as ignorant as San Niuer?"

"I, I won't do it anymore!" the fool said honestly with his head down.

"Brother, I won't do it anymore, don't worry, I'll tell San Niuer." Da Niuer looked up at Da Zhuang and said with some shame.

"Well, go ahead and explain to San Niuer, don't let her lose her temper so easily!" Da Zhuang confessed.

The big girl responded and walked quickly towards the room.

"And you, just keep it in mind! Don't take what the auntie said today. I said we are a family, and it's no use what others say!" Da Zhuang said to the fool in a slow tone.

"En, I know!" The fool nodded vigorously, and replied with sparkling eyes.

Da Zhuang patted the idiot on the shoulder, and sighed with some melancholy. It seems that he is really not popular here. Finally, he found someone who is interesting to him, and even made a deadly request...

Afterwards, there were people who came to the door to be matchmakers, basically all of them were big girls, and there were even two who wanted to be with the third girl, but there were no ones who were looking for Da Zhuang. They all declined, and comforted themselves in their hearts, maybe women are more popular here, or else after going through a war, there are obviously too many boys and girls, and everyone still only looks at big girls and them...