activa-t Chapter 296 Wen Youcai Passed the Scholarship
Chapter 296 Wen Youcai Passed the Scholarship
Gu Qingqing squatted at the foot of the wall and listened attentively. It was just a festival and she hadn't heard of any wedding being held. Who would invite a gong and drum band for no reason?
Gu Qingqing turned her head to look at Sanhua, and saw Sanhua, who was sitting on the door curtain and playing with a piece of cloth. At this moment, he seemed to be fixed by a spell, and he also stretched his ears to listen to the noise.
Yes, today the three children in the family were sent to school by Gu Qingqing, and now he is the only one at home taking care of the children.
She was also good at saving trouble. Whenever she was going to do something, she would just put the winter door curtains at home next to her work. She could chat with Sanhua while working.
The sound of the gong and drum team did not fade away, but seemed to stop playing in the same place for some reason.
Ahhhh! Sanhua twisted her body and pulled towards the direction where the sound came from.
"You heard it too, right? Let's go and take a look after I finish what I'm doing." Gu Qingqing said as she planted and scattered the few oranges left in her hand. She then grabbed some fine soil mixed with wood ash from the bucket beside her and covered the seeds with it.
After quickly washing her hands, she ran to Sanhua who had already climbed down from the door curtain, "You are also so dishonest. Can't you wait for your mother? Does your little hand hurt?"
Gu Qingqing didn't expect Sanhua to understand, so she just kept talking to herself while helping her brush off the dirt on her hands.
The mother and daughter went to watch the fun listening to the drumbeats.
But this time she didn't get too close, mainly because the noise was a bit loud and she was afraid of hurting Sanhua's ears.
I just looked at it from a distance, but it made me feel depressed.
Because she ignored the few scattered people around, the one who attracted attention was Wen Youcai, who she complained about yesterday for being lazy.
At this time, he was wearing a red flower and riding a donkey. Two people followed behind him, responsible for a drum and a gong. They stopped at the intersection leading to the village and made loud noises.
She had every reason to suspect that this guy was deliberately trying to show off in front of her, otherwise why would he stop at this intersection and knock on the door?
Just knock, why are you looking at her?
Looking at his appearance, if you didn’t know him, you would think he was going to marry a new wife.
When Gu Qingqing saw that it was him, she no longer had the desire to watch the fun. Who cared why he was wearing red clothes today?
Just as she was about to turn around and go back, she saw Luo Meihua walking out from the crowd. She seemed to have just seen her and was startled at first, then walked towards her quickly.
The voice had already reached Gu Qingqing's ears before the person arrived.
"He just passed the imperial examination and he spent his own money to hire people to play drums and gongs. If he really appeared in front of the emperor that day, it would be a disastrous change." Luo Meihua said as she came forward.
"Did he pass the exam and become a scholar?" Gu Qingqing was obviously asking Luo Meihua, but she suddenly turned her head and looked in one direction of the mountain. That was the ancestral grave of the old Wen family. She wanted to see if there was already flames in the sky.
"That's right. A lot of people are standing over there congratulating you. Let's go away. I haven't been to your house for several days. Let me see what you have done to your house in the past few days." Luo Meihua said, pushing her shoulders with both hands and pushing her away.
Gu Qingqing chuckled. Meihua was really something. Was she afraid that she would see what was going on over there and cause trouble for herself? She thought about it, but she let her push her home.
But what she didn't notice was that Wen Youcai, who was riding on the donkey's back, narrowed his eyes slightly and looked at Gu Qingqing leaving with a condescending look.
At this moment, the contempt in his eyes was about to become reality. He snorted coldly and then withdrew his gaze.
"Hey, why did you tie the donkey to the field?" Luo Meihua asked curiously, looking at the donkey in the open space from afar.
Gu Qingqing looked in the direction of her voice, and just past her vegetable garden, a donkey and two lambs were happily nibbling on the grass.
"I sent all the children at home to study with Uncle Yang. I have to take care of the three flowers and cook, so I don't have the time to cut grass for them. This morning I thought about it and decided to just tie them up in the field and let them eat by themselves. I will take them home in the evening." Gu Qingqing said as she glanced sideways at the donkey.
"In two days, all the work in my fields will be finished. If you are too busy, you can send Sanhua to my house. My mother and I are already taking care of the two other kids at home, so having another Sanhua won't be a big deal." Luo Meihuasheng said, fearing that she couldn't take care of the child by herself.
Gu Qingqing walked side by side with her, "Why bother? Dahua and the others are in the backyard. If anything happens, just call someone to help. Xiaoyang is the elder sister and has a good temper, but Xiaoguang is a bit naughty. Auntie has a lot of worries about him."
Luo Meihua listened to her words, her eyes fell on the two lambs, and suddenly asked, "Last time I heard that you were planning to raise pigs. Your family is so busy now, will you still raise pigs? My eldest brother sent me a message a few days ago saying that there is a family specializing in raising pigs in our village. The piglets in the family have been born, and if we calculate the time, we can catch them if we go there in the next few days. My father and Yuzhu want to go over and take a look in the next few days. If the piglets are lively, we can catch two and raise them until the end of the year to sell them for money."
"Raise it. If you don't raise it, how can you eat meat during the New Year?"
The two of them went home while talking.
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"I've always thought that Second Wen was smart since he was young. I was right. I knew that you would pass the exam sooner or later."
"What? Did he really pass the exam to become a scholar? Oh, our village is great, we are going to have a top scholar soon."
"Congratulations, Brother Wen, you have finally made it. Your family has a scholar. You will be the father of a scholar in the future."
When the onlookers saw Wen Dacheng rushing over, they also hurried to congratulate him.
Wen Dacheng looked at the villagers who were surrounding him, and then at his second son who was sitting on the donkey. The joy he had just felt at learning that Youcai had passed the examination and became a scholar instantly cooled by half.
He scolded angrily, "What's your butt on the donkey's back? Your uncle and aunt are talking to you, why are you sitting so high up?"
The people around him originally thought that the second son of the Wen family's behavior was inappropriate, but they didn't just walk away in disgrace.
When he saw Wen Dacheng rushing over and scolding Wen Laoer, the discomfort he had just felt disappeared instantly. He hurriedly tried to stop him and said, "Youcai was so happy that he wanted to go home and tell you the good news, but he didn't expect that we would stop him from leaving."
"Dacheng, you are not a good father. Your child has no time to be happy for passing the exam, but you scold him. The child has not gotten off the donkey yet, what is there to be angry about?"
Following the support of the people around them, Wen Youcai and Wen Daben were not angry at all. They greeted everyone with a smile that made their faces look like trenches, "Thank you, everyone. If you are all busy, come to my house for some tea."
Just as everyone was preparing to go together, a sudden voice sounded in the crowd.