Chapter 1173: College Examination Results (3)

Chapter 1173: College Examination Results (3)

As soon as the good news was posted, the entire Yuanlu County was in an uproar.

Normally, there was no one to be seen, but suddenly a lot of people appeared. People stood in groups under the notice board, pulling the yamen runners to ask questions.

Who told them they can't read? If they could read, who would ask the ferocious yamen runners?

Crowd A asked curiously, "Whose names are on it? How come I don't recognize any of them?"

Spectator B rolled his eyes at him and said, "It's strange that you know him, because you can't read at all."

It's terrible to be uneducated. I really don't want to stand with such people.

After secretly complaining about spectator A, spectator B pulled a man in a long gown and asked, "My dear brother, I can tell from the looks of it that you are a scholar. Can you help me see who is on top?"

In fact, person B, who is just an onlooker, is also illiterate, but he doesn’t say it.

C, the onlooker in the long gown, was the unlucky scholar who failed before the exam and broke his limbs.

Today is a day off, so I have nothing to do so I go to a teahouse to have some tea and watch a play.

I hadn’t even had my tea and the show hadn’t started when I heard someone shouting from outside: The results are out, the results are out.

Upon hearing this, C, who was once a "actor in the play", immediately ran out in a hurry.

Although I missed the college entrance examination, some of my classmates took the exam, and I would like to know who passed and who failed.

Crowd member C followed the crowd and used all his strength to squeeze to the front line of the notice board.

Just when I wanted to see clearly who was in high school, I was asked by onlooker B.

He glanced at it and was suddenly shocked. His eyes widened and he said in surprise: "What! That Wang Jiaxing actually ranked fifth? Are you sure?"

Emma, ​​is the fifth candidate really Wang Jiaxing? If I hadn't seen the list with my own eyes, I would never believe it.

Ding, a bystander nearby, asked, "Wang Jiaxing? Which one? He got fifth place, which is average. There's no need to be so surprised. He didn't get first place."

After these words were spoken, Scholar C, who was just watching the show, was so angry that he vomited blood.

He said such lightly that he looked down on the fifth place. I don’t know who gave this uncle the courage.

Scholar C, who was eating melons, immediately retorted: "Uncle, this is the fifth place in Chenzhou Prefecture, not the fifth place in Yuanlu County. Isn't this amazing? How else can it be amazing?"

Ding Zheng, a bystander, wanted to refute.

Wu, a bystander, spoke first: "This Wang Jiaxing, is his surname Wang? Is he from County Magistrate Wang's family?"

The surname "Wang" is a big surname in Yuanlu, and it is also a "domineering" surname. Everyone knows that the wealthy family in Yuanlu is the Wang family.

When they heard that the scholar named Wang had passed the high school entrance examination, the onlookers immediately thought of County Magistrate Wang.

Scholar C, who was eating melons, looked at crowd E, who was eating melons, with appreciation.

It's obvious that this old man cares about everything in Yuanlu and is very sensitive to things.

Very good, very good, this is what a qualified spectator should be like.

The melon-eating scholar nodded and said, "It's the Wang family. Hey, the Wang family is really good at studying, and another one of their children has been admitted to high school."

The melon-eating scholar recalled that Wang Jiaxing was only ranked in the middle in the prefectural examination, but he did not fall behind in this more difficult academy examination but advanced instead.

Wow~~~~It’s incredible.

I also remembered that when I was preparing for the exam, Wang Jiaxing disappeared for a long time, and I heard from his classmates that he lived in the inner courtyard of the county government.

Only the county magistrate lives in this inner courtyard, which means that Wang Jiaxing lives in Magistrate Sun's house.

I also heard from my classmates that the Wang family used a large sum of money to bribe County Magistrate Sun, asking the county magistrate, who was a successful candidate in the imperial examinations, to teach him carefully.

Thinking of this, Scholar C, who was eating melons, suddenly realized.

No wonder Wang Jiaxing, who is of average ability, ranked so high this time. It must be due to the painstaking guidance of Magistrate Sun.

Emma, ​​he is indeed the Magistrate Sun, who graduated from a professional school and has real evidence.

With just a few months of instruction, an ordinary student can have a promising future.

Emma, ​​I really want to receive personal teaching from Magistrate Sun.

Scholar C, who was just watching the show, was racking his brains to get close to Sun Shan, while helping the crowd to look at the list.

After reading the list, everyone knew that eight candidates were on the list for the college entrance examination.

Crowd Eater A said in surprise: "Isn't that Widow Li's son? He's on the list this time?"

A few months ago, Widow Li was still worried about not having enough money to send her son to Chenzhou Prefecture to take the college entrance examination. Unexpectedly, a few months later, Widow Li's son actually passed the high school entrance examination.

The world is changing too fast, and it doesn't even wait for its people?

Yuanlu is a small town, and there is no way I don’t know the people in the village. Even if I don’t know them, I have heard of them.

Spectator B heard that Widow Li's son was in high school.

I couldn't help but sigh: "Yesterday I saw Widow Li's son chopping wood outside the city, but I didn't expect that he would become a scholar today. Emma, ​​you don't have to chop wood anymore."

Widow Li’s son was one of the few students who returned to Yuanlu with Sun Dali.

Because my family was poor, I stayed in Chenzhou Prefecture to wait for results. Although accommodation was free, I had to pay for food and drink, which was a small amount.

The biggest expense is the cost of the escort team, and it will cost several taels of silver to get home.

After much thought, Widow Li's son decided that he would rather miss the "Flower Hairpin Banquet" than have his widowed mother embroider day and night at home.

Anyway, if you go to high school, someone will notify you.

Scholar C, who was just watching the show, also knew Widow Li's son. He had previously made fun of her for wanting to study despite his poor family background and for dreaming of getting into high school.

Now that Big Head’s dream has come true and the poor scholar has been admitted to high school, he feels bad when he thinks about it.

He looked at his left leg and then at his right hand. His condition had not yet fully recovered, and Scholar C, who was just eating melons, regretted it very much.

If I could take part in the college entrance examination this time, I might become a scholar.

Scholar C, who was just eating watermelons, couldn't help but start daydreaming.

Crowd eater D pulled scholar eater C and asked, "Good young man, how many high schools were there last time? Is this time less than last time, or more?"

People like to compare the new magistrate and the old magistrate, and they don’t know which one is more powerful.

Anyway, for now, the two county magistrates are pretty much the same, and their lives haven't changed much.

Scholar C actually knew the answer to this question, and said with a smile: "Last time, there were also 8 candidates on the list, and this time there are also 8 candidates on the list. Hahaha, the number of candidates on the list is exactly the same both times."

Crowd Eater Wu couldn't help but be surprised: "What, they are exactly the same? There is no change at all? This is too much of a coincidence."

The onlookers suddenly interrupted and said, "It's exactly the same. What's so strange about it? Magistrate Sun still makes us pay the same amount of grain tax as the previous magistrate. Humph, there is no change at all."

He cursed secretly in his heart: All crows are black, County Magistrate Sun and the previous county magistrate, no, the previous predecessor, the previous predecessor, are exactly the same, all black-hearted, and made him hand over so much grain.

After these words were spoken, everyone was speechless.

Because it’s so true.

I just handed in the summer grain, and I feel so sad.

Sacks of grain came into the house, and in the blink of an eye, sacks of grain left the house.

Whenever I think of this, the hearts of the spectators ache.

At the same time, he scolded Sun Shan severely.