After dressing as a widow

Lin Zhen has heard these words too much, and there are more things than this. It’s nothing more than thinking that Gu Shuanzi can’t pass the Tongsheng exam, and it’s useless. What’s more, there are still things that still hold Lin Zhen and Qian Jingyuan. Let it go, it is said that Lin Zhen wants to rely on Gu Shuanzi to be admitted to Tongsheng, so as to reverse his own reputation.

Lin Zhenquan pretended not to hear it, and didn't take it to heart.

Soon, a group of people arrived at the county government office. There were too many people who came to see the list, more than the people on the day of the exam. Adults and children squeezed forward desperately.

Lin Zhen said to Gu Shuanzi: "Let's wait until they look at it. There are so many people, we don't know when we can squeeze in."

"Oh, Uncle Lin, why are you like Gu Lin? When he was on the road just now, he said that there will be a lot of people, and it doesn't matter if you come later. Don't you guys want to see the list earlier?" Wang Qin got angry and asked himself The two servants who came said, "You two must squeeze in to see some of our nouns."

"Yes." The young master of the family personally gave the order, and the two servants naturally rolled up their sleeves and squeezed into it like a can of sardines.

Huang Yuwen, who is usually mild-tempered, couldn't help it. Like Wang Qin, he ordered his servants to look at the list. Only Chen Xing, who was single, and Gu Shuanzi, who was not in a hurry, were left.

"clang--"

There was a sudden sound of a gong in the noisy crowd, and a team of yamen servants walked out of the county yamen. Gong reminded the students to move away from the place where the list was posted, and then posted the list.

boom!

The already crowded crowd was even more crowded, and there was quite a scene of a small zombie besieging the city.

Lin Zhen and a few children stood a little further away, looking at what could be called a crazy scene, and felt that he still underestimated what the imperial examination meant to people at this time. During the Juren examination, the Jinshi examination, and even the palace examination, Fan Jinzhong became insane and went crazy after he passed the examination.

"I've passed, I've passed!" A middle-aged student in his 40s saw his name on the list, and happily grabbed the shoulder of the old wife beside him, almost jumping up with joy. Everyone looked at him enviously, and squeezed harder, hoping that they could hit it too, while those who couldn't find their names were devastated, as if they were dead.

After studying for many years, I didn't even pass the test for a child student. It was really torturous.

Seeing them like this, Wang Qin, Huang Yuwen, Chen Xing and the others became even more disturbed, licking their lips and picking their fingers.

Suddenly, the servant next to Huang Yuwen who squeezed in to read the list came out with disheveled hair, "Master, master—"

"How about it, did you see my name?" Huang Yuwen couldn't sit still any longer, and ran to the servant.

The servant took several breaths before he could catch his breath: "I see, I saw the name of the young master, five in No. 20!"

Huang Yuwen froze on the spot, and then tightly grasped the servant's hand: "Really! I'm No. 20 five!"

"The little one is really serious, and it is indeed No. 20 five."

"Okay, that's great." Huang Yuwen is the youngest son in the family. The family loves him from top to bottom, and they have high expectations for sending him to study. From the very beginning, they have been rushing to ask him to be admitted to Juren and become an official. Huang Yuwen didn't show it on weekdays, but the pressure on him was much heavier than Wang Qin, who could give up at any time.

Now he has finally embarked on this step smoothly, living up to the expectations of his family.

Before the servants around Wang Qin came, he couldn't bear it anymore, and asked the people around Huang Yuwen: "Then did you see my name?!"

The servant said: "The little one also saw the name of Young Master Wang, it's number 59."

Wang Qin's body softened immediately. He was 59th and was almost thrown out the door. He patted his chest and said, "It's okay, it's okay, I won't be fined when I go back."

Chen Xing heard that both of them had passed, and wanted to know about himself, but he was only Wang Qin's follower, so he didn't dare to instruct Huang Yuwen's servants, and ran into the crowd.

Wang Qin, who finally came back to life, still remembered Gu Shuanzi, and asked his servants: "Then, have you seen the name Gu Lin? He is better at learning than us, and the nouns should come before us."

They are often together, and the servant knows Gu Lin's name, so he frowned and said, "I didn't see Young Master Gu's name, maybe I was too anxious and didn't notice it."

Gu Shuanzi and Lin Zhenxin moved their heads, causing some ripples.

Suddenly someone in the crowd asked, "Who is Gu Lin?"

"It seems to be the son of the owner of Zhenyouwei Snack Restaurant in Zhazi Street."

"It turned out to be him?"

"What's up with him?"

Chen Xing, who was watching his grades, ran back and said, "Gu Lin, you are No.1."

The word Gu Lin spread among the crowd along with No.1, and the voice that was mixed with most of the gossip when entering the examination room changed at this time.

Gu Shuanzi knew that he had studied well, but he also understood the truth that there are mountains beyond mountains. When he heard that he had passed the No. 1 exam in five children's exams, he couldn't help showing a little bit of joy. He looked at Chen Xing :"And you?"

The expression on Chen Xing's face was indescribable: "I am in the 43rd place."

The four of them, one first, one 25, one 43, and one 59, all passed the exam this time. As long as they pass the four boy student exams in Fucheng, they will be real boy students, qualified to take the rural exam, and become scholars.

A scholar may not be worth anything elsewhere, but in the town, he can open a school like Mr. Xu to recruit students, completely separate from the poor and the people, and don't have to look at the sky for food.

Lin Zhen rubbed Rua's little boy's head: "I didn't expect to do so well in the exam. Let's go home and celebrate."

Gu Shuanzi gave five county examinations and the No. 1 results quickly spread as the students returned home. Those who spoke in a strange way either saw Lin Zhen as if they didn't see it, or it seemed that they hadn't said what they said before, and they were affectionate Hotly leaned forward to talk.

Lin Zhen's celebration for Gu Shuanzi was limited to his own home, and he cooked a delicious meal. After all, this was the first half of the Tongsheng Exam, and he had to go to Fucheng for the second half of the exam. Too much publicity is not a good thing. Even Brother Lin Brother Lin sent something and asked about it, but he only said that he passed, but did not say that Gu Shuanzi passed the exam No. 1.

The children's test in the town is in February, and the children's test in Fucheng will not start until April, but the town is far away from Fucheng. Half a month after getting the results, Lin Zhen started to make plans to go to Fucheng, and learned that Chen Xing's family He really couldn't get the money out of Fucheng, so he simply brought him along, and Wang Qin and Huang Yuwen, who didn't need him to take care of them, had their own servants to take care of them.

And it was only a few years later that Gu Shuanzi knew that his childhood test was dangerous and risky, and the master and master in the county government had their own ideas and threw his test paper into the pile of failed test papers. If he hadn't handed in the test papers in advance that day, the magistrate had read his test papers and had a little impression of him. If he didn't see his test papers during the final review and asked casually, he might have been stuck in the master's office. There is also the hand of the master book.

The county examinations are all supervised by the county magistrate, master, master book, and county magistrate. As long as you succeed once, you will just follow suit in the future.

In April, the Tongsheng Examination started. Since the more important rural examination was coming later, this Tongsheng Examination was a bit bleak in comparison, but the students who were in it also felt terrified.

Half a month later, the government office Zhang Bang announced the results of the child birth test, and the name Gu Lin appeared in the No.1 position again.

The government examination is no longer an examination in a small town, and there are students from all over the world who come from other places.

No.1 among thousands of people is far from comparable to No.1 in the county test.

However, Huang Yuwen didn't perform well this time, and hung his tail dangerously. Chen Xing's ranking was about the same as him, and he was also one of the last few.

Wang Qin, who narrowly passed the county examination, was not so lucky this time. He searched for more than a dozen times but couldn't find his name, so he didn't pass the exam.

Because the government examination for the admission of scholars was only held once last year, and the next one will be held two years later, Chen Xing returned to the town to continue studying with Mrs. Xu, Huang Yuwen who was admitted to Tongsheng, and Wang Qin who was not. The family sent a letter to tell them to stay in Fucheng. The Huang family and the Wang family had already found them a wife, and they were bound to get some grades in the imperial examination.

Lin Zhen originally planned to take Gu Shuanzi back to the town, but the prefecture, which is much more prosperous than the town, dispelled his idea. He simply handed over the shop in the town to Brother Lin and Second Brother Lin in the form of shares, and gave Give them the recipe for cold noodles in spicy hot and sour plum soup, and give him [-]% of the net profit every quarter.

Originally, he had [-]% of the profit, but after Lin Xiaoyao had worked with him for so many years, he gave [-]% of it to Lin Xiaoyao, and wrote a letter asking Lin Xiaoyao to come to Fucheng to work with him.

Two years later, the little-known Gu Lin suddenly won the No.1 government examination for recruiting scholars, and became the leader of the government examination, and then people found out that he was the No.1 in the Tongsheng examination two years ago. .

After becoming a scholar, Gu Shuanzi's schoolwork became heavier and he read more books. If you search for it with a broken pen, it will scare people to death.

And he has already invested in the preparation of the township examination three years later.

In the 45th year of Ganhui, spring.

In the most prestigious Huaishan Academy in Fucheng, the students said goodbye to their master, and after the master left, they packed their things and went out.

Huaishan Academy has been in operation for a hundred years, and the masters who teach are at least Juren, and there are even Jinshi and a third-rank official who resigned and returned to his hometown, attracting countless students to study here.

Most of the students studying far away lived in rented houses, and those with rich families bought yards, and brought their wives and servants along the way to take care of their daily necessities.

As for living in Fucheng, it is more convenient to go home after school.

It was just spring, and it rained a little, as if returning to winter. Everyone was dressed in the same winter clothes, a black robe, a white quilted jacket inside, and a belt of the same color around the waist.

This is the uniform robe of Huaishan Academy. Students must wear this robe when entering the academy, otherwise they will not be allowed to enter the academy.

Gu Lin put all the books into the newly made schoolbag this year, and walked out with one shoulder on his back. He is 14 years old this year, [-] years old, and his height has skyrocketed in the second half of last year. Students are about the same.

The price of rapid growth in a short period of time was that he was too thin, and the black robe of the academy was blown on his body by the wind, with big sleeves for a ride, as if he was going to ride the wind.

It was raining and the customers in the store couldn't leave, so Lin Zhen asked Xiao Er to add a stack of melon seeds and a pot of tea to the table, and settled the accounts with a pen. Suddenly, he saw Gu Lin who was collecting the umbrella under the eaves, put down the account book and walked forward: "Why did you get wet, didn't you bring an umbrella?"

Lin Zhen's height had been fixed a few years ago, and it was only 1.7 meters rounded. He looked at Gu Lin, who was already as tall as himself, and even had a little more, and felt that he was feeding the child too successfully. It can be seen that Gu Lin was like a kitten when he first took over.

Gu Lin put away the oil-paper umbrella and stood it outside in the draining tube specially used for umbrellas: "It's windy and rainy over the academy, it's blowing a little bit."

"I don't know what's wrong this day, it's already spring and it's still so cold." Lin Zhen looked at his wet-stained wide sleeves and the robe sticking to his calf, "Hurry up and take a hot bath. You cook some ginger soup."

"Boss Lin, this is your son who studies in Huaishan Academy. How old is he this year? Is marriage settled?"

"He's only fourteen this year, how can he get married." Several of the shop's regular customers know that Lin Zhen has a son who is studying at Huaishan Academy, and they also know that Gu Lin is very knowledgeable, not only from Class A, but also from Class A. The top student in the class is going to take part in the government examination this year.

The speaker really had this in mind, looked at Gu Lin and said, "You can look at each other first, it's just right to get married at the age of 56. My family has a niece who happens to be the same age as him. She is beautiful and beautiful. , it matches him."

Lin Zhen helplessly looked at his little bastard whose hair was standing on end, and hurriedly said: "Let's see in two years, the guests will eat first."

Lin Zhen doesn't know what's wrong with Gu Shuanzi. In the past year, he has always been a little weird. Whenever he hears someone kissing him, his expression doesn't change, but it's cold. If someone kisses him, how can the introduction be good? The man is even more finished, he can't wait to see the person who speaks and immediately run away.

It wasn't until the past two days that he figured out that maybe he brought him with him since he was a child, and let this kid treat him as his own father, thinking that he would not be so close to him if he married someone, and he was arguing about it.

When he came to Fucheng five years ago, Lin Zhen rented this shop with the money he earned from opening a shop. At first, he sold spicy soup and cold noodles like the previous Xiaoshizhai. The shop next to it is also rented, and the two sides are connected. One side sells Malatang cold noodles and hot pot, and the other side specializes in selling milk tea and small cakes.

Up to now, he has saved a small [-] silver in his hand.

Behind the shop is the place where people live. Since he rented the two adjacent shops, he deliberately placed the place where he cooks ingredients on the right, and on the left is the residence where he, Gu Lin, and Lin Xiaoyao live.

Lin Zhen found out the custom-made new clothes that he just brought back yesterday from the cage, and put them on the hanger in Gu Lin's room: "There is hot water on the stove, and it can be used after mixing with cold water, yes, and..."

Lin Zhen turned his head and found Gu Lin standing two steps behind him, facing him with a more handsome face as he grew older, and he didn't know how long he stood there.