Chapter 751 List Release Day
The first year of Zhengping, February 29th, at the hour of Mao.
Gui Ge'er shook his head Sun Shan and called softly: "Brother Shan, get up, have breakfast, and let's go to see the list."
Seeing that Sun Shan didn't respond, he continued to shake.
Sun Shan sat up in a daze, rubbed his eyes, and found that there was eye mucus, and there was quite a lot of it. He prepared to make some herbal tea later.
I tried hard to open my eyes and looked out the window. It was still pitch black, so I rolled back into bed.
He said weakly, "Gui Ge'er, it's not daybreak yet. Wait until daybreak to check the list."
Gui Ge'er said with a slightly anxious and nervous tone: "Brother Shan, it's getting late, hurry up and get up. Brother Jun and the others have already gotten up and are having breakfast in the hall. Go after they have breakfast, if you go too late, you won't be able to grab a seat."
Sometimes Gui Ge'er really admires Sun Shan. How can he still sleep at such a tense moment?
Could this be the nature of someone who achieves great things?
Yesterday, the three-person group from Sunjia Village tossed and turned all night.
I got up early today with two panda eyes.
Under normal circumstances, he would have gone to the dock to wait for work at this time. But after the results were announced today, no matter how much he was paid, Gui Ge'er had no mood to go out and carry bricks.
Gui Ge'er, like Tang Monk, whispered in Sun Shan's ear.
Sun Shan felt a mosquito buzzing in his ears and finally got up helplessly.
It’s not that he doesn’t want to get up early, but he chatted until late last night and didn’t sleep much, so he was naturally sleepy.
Especially in the early morning when I am sleeping soundly, I don’t want to get up.
Sun Shan quickly finished washing up and walked into the hall, where he saw that all the candidates from the He family were there, including He's cousin.
Sun Shan was very puzzled. His cousin He had already failed the exam, so why did he follow them into the fall?
He clan brother said excitedly: "Brother Shan, it is rumored that many candidates will go crazy when the results are announced. I want to see such a grand scene."
Then he complained, "Brother Shan, you got up too late, didn't you?"
Sun Shan was speechless. This was just a bunch of spectators looking for trouble.
If no candidate went crazy when the results were announced, it would be a shame for He's cousin's gossipy nature.
Sun Shan finished his breakfast quickly.
It’s still Cantonese-style breakfast: a bowl of Jidi porridge, fried dough sticks, and eggs.
Sun Shan and his companions looked at the sky and saw that it was already dawn, so they walked into the inner courtyard and paid their respects to Madam He.
As for Minister He, he had already arrived at work early and might have already finished his work by now.
Madam He sat in the main seat and said kindly, "No matter whether you succeed or not, you must come back well. Failure is inevitable in life, so don't mind it. You should get up from where you fell. You must be open-minded."
You will be naturally happy if you get into high school, but if you fail, you will be sad, but you must not get over it.
Since ancient times, many candidates jumped into the river after failing the exam, and Old Madam He was really worried that this scene would happen.
Sun Shan and his companions said quickly, "Grandma, we know that you won't be upset."
Madam He said to a candidate who had failed the exam three times, "Good boy, don't be sad even if you fail again and again. If you keep failing the exam, fate will have other plans."
After that, he gave the three-time failed student a red envelope and said with a smile: "Take it and tell me something."
The three-time failed student said with a choked voice: "Grandma, thank you."
If I fail this time, it will be the fourth time.
This eldest brother of the He family said last night that he would no longer pursue the imperial examination and wanted to do something else with his life.
Afterwards, Mrs. He distributed red envelopes to them one by one, and said with a loving smile: "I hope you will be successful in the imperial examinations and be on the list of successful candidates."
Sun Shan took the red envelope, cupped his hands, and said thankfully, "Grandma, thank you."
After putting the red envelopes in their pockets, Sun Shan and his companions walked out of He's house and headed towards the Imperial Examination Hall.
Before leaving, Madam He said, "You guys go and see. If anyone comes to tell me good news, I'll leave everything to me."
Old Madam He also hopes that all the candidates in her family can make the list, and that bursts of firecrackers can be heard from her house.
Who wouldn’t want to be ignored for ten years and then become famous overnight?
Who doesn’t want to be named on the list of successful candidates one day and feel that they have made up for ten years of hard work?
Sun Shan and his companions soon arrived at Gongyuan Street. At this moment, the teahouse had already opened its doors to welcome candidates from all over the country.
Sun Shan and Zhu Pengyun met at the "Osmanthus Teahouse".
The word "Gui" in osmanthus is homophonic with "Gui", which means wealth, good fortune and glory.
Osmanthus is used to metaphorically represent success in high school or in the imperial examination, symbolizing a smooth career and rising career prospects.
They chose to meet at the "Osmanthus Teahouse", and their intention was obvious: they all liked to have good intentions.
When the group arrived at the teahouse, it was already packed.
No, it should be said that the entire Gongyuan Street was crowded with people.
Sun Shan looked at the rows of human heads and his imagination ran wild. He wished he could learn water kung fu so that he could step on the heads and fly out of the crowd.
A few people walked into the teahouse with difficulty and were told that it was full.
Sun Shan couldn't help feeling disappointed.
At this time, Zhu Pengyun shouted loudly: "Ashan, here, come here quickly."
With a wave of the hand and a quick move, Sun Shan and his companions quickly walked into the teahouse.
Zhu Pengyun said excitedly: "Ashan, luckily I came early, otherwise I wouldn't be able to grab a seat. Come on, come and sit here. Look, I specially picked a seat by the street and by the window. Once the list is released, we will definitely be the first to see it."
Sun Shan narrowed his eyes. Who gave Zhu Pengyun the ability to see from such a long distance that he dared to say that he could see the list?
It’s almost the same to see the head.
Zhu Pengyun was accompanied by two candidates from Fujian Province, who were Zhu Pengyun's close friends and whom Sun Shan had known for a long time.
He Shujun and his companions greeted each other and introduced their names.
My friends are your friends, and your friends introduce new friends to me, so everyone has many friends and few enemies.
He Shujun had known Zhu Pengyun for a long time, and he came to the He residence to pay New Year's greetings during the Spring Festival and met him again.
I still sigh: Zhu Pengyun really doesn't look like a scholar, he really looks like a pig butcher.
At this time, Sun Shan felt the tense atmosphere and couldn't help but become nervous as well.
Looking at the crowded streets and the notice board of the Imperial Examination Hall, I wish I had a telescope at this moment.
Sun Shan thought that when he had money, he would find a way to make a telescope so that he wouldn't have to look around like a headless fly like he was doing now.
Zhu Pengyun was still very excited and said: "Ashan, I don't know who will be the champion. Hey, these days, it has been rumored that Brother Du Liubo will win the championship."
After a pause, he whispered, "I heard that in the gambling house, he has the smallest odds, but the most people bet on him."
Sun Shan knew about this; Kong Yi told him.
Moreover, Kong Yi secretly placed his bets, also on Du Liubo, and asked Sun Shan if he wanted to play.
Of course Sun Shan didn't want to play. There were rules in their Sunjia Village that prohibited gambling.
If the village chief knew about this, he might get beaten.
Sun Shan nodded and said, "I heard about that, too. But it's not surprising that Brother Du won the first prize, since he already won two prizes."
The so-called two yuan means the first place in the court, the first place in the provincial examination, and maybe even the first place in the provincial examination this time.
Sun Shan had met Du Liubo twice. Both in appearance and temperament, he looked like the son of a top scholar, so Sun Shan was optimistic about him.