The happy little days of the Ye family

Among the three brothers, although Chenchen is the youngest, he finished writing the fastest.

After answering all four questions, he lowered his head and carefully checked the paper from beginning to end twice. After confirming that there were no mistakes, he handed in the paper carefully.

Xiao Qi answered a little slower than him, but he checked very quickly, so the time they took was not much different.

Chenchen waited for a while at the place where he was waiting to be released, and then the two brothers met.

They were not allowed to talk here, so the two of them could only lean against the wall in the corner and close their eyes to rest.

After several more people came over, Xiao Shitou couldn't wait to walk towards the two of them.

The three of them didn't talk to each other, but because of their familiarity with each other, they knew that everyone had done well in the exam just by looking at each other.

After all, the three brothers had passed the county exam two years ago and were quite confident in themselves.

An unknown amount of time had passed, until the three of them were almost asleep, when the door to the examination room finally slowly opened.

The three brothers who had been locked up for a long time rushed out desperately like birds out of a cage.

After the exam, most of the students looked sick, as if they had exhausted all their energy.

The three brothers who had learned martial arts since childhood were in good spirits at this time. They simply squeezed aside the people walking in front and ran in the front.

"Mu Chen, here!"

"Zian!"

"Yaozu!"

As soon as the three of them rushed out, they heard their father calling them not far away.

The fathers didn't ask their children how they did in the exam, but judging from the spirits of the three brothers, they must have done well.

On the way back, everyone had smiles on their faces as they happily discussed what to eat in the evening.

When we returned to the inn, Ye Qingqing, Wang Chunyu, Ye Qingmei and others were already waiting anxiously at the door.

Ye Qingqing walked straight to Tang Xiaojing's side, and when she saw her husband nodded with a smile, she breathed a sigh of relief.

The children did well in the exam, so Ye Qingqing and others generously ordered a large table of delicious dishes.

After a sumptuous meal, the brothers went back to their rooms and fell into a deep sleep.

The results of the first exam came out three days later.

On the day when the results were announced, the three brothers, who had rested well, came with their families to see the results with full confidence.

Originally everyone thought they had arrived quite early, but they didn't expect that when they arrived at the place where the results were announced, it was already surrounded by people in three layers.

Ye Qingqing is petite, and when she looks up she can only see a sea of ​​heads.

Tang Xiaojing protected Ye Qingqing with one hand and held his younger son, who was eager to rush into the crowd, with the other hand, for fear that the two of them would be separated by the crowd.

There was still more than half an hour before the results were announced, and since there was no way to squeeze in now, Ye Donglin simply took everyone to a small teahouse nearby.

The group of people split into two tables. No one was in the mood to eat at this time, so the second cousin only asked people to serve two pots of tea.

At this time, the price of tea also increased by two times.

But no one cared about this small amount of money. They all sat there restlessly, looking at the crowd outside.

The three brothers were confident in themselves and assured that they would definitely pass the test, but they were still as nervous as ever.

The waiting time seemed particularly long, as if several days had passed, and finally the loud sound of the gong was heard.

Several strong officers drove away the people blocking the way, and then posted the list in their hands on the wall.

At this time, everyone around rushed forward like crazy.

There were either children, old people or women here. Tang Xiaojing and the other two grown men asked them to wait here, and then they squeezed into the crowd.

The scholars, who were usually weak and frail, seemed to have taken some magical medicine and became stronger than each other.

The tall and strong Ye Donglin and his second cousin were pushed out halfway.

Ye Donglin lost one of his shoes and his sleeve was torn. His second cousin's coat was squeezed off and his hair was a mess. Both of them looked very embarrassed.

The three brothers who followed behind and wanted to see the list themselves were pushed out very early.

In the end, I could only go back to the teahouse and wait in shame. Anyway, I would be able to see it after the crowd dispersed, so there was no need to rush.

Only the strong Tang Xiaojing, after going through untold hardships, finally reached the innermost place where the list was posted.

The list is divided into two parts, the first part is the top 50 in this exam.

And these 50 people are very lucky to be directly qualified to take part in the provincial examination.

To put it simply, it means that you are qualified to take the examination for a Tongsheng.

In addition, there is a secondary list next to it. Those on the secondary list are recruited again and need to go through several more tests. Finally, a part of the students will be selected to take the provincial examination together.

In the last county examination, the three brothers were on the second list and thus qualified for the prefectural examination.

This time, the three brothers were lucky and all were within the top 50. So they could directly take part in the provincial examination in April.

When Tang Xiaojing saw the names of several children on the first list, he couldn't stop smiling.

At this time, he didn't even bother to look at the other two people who had signed the guarantee, and hurried out, shouting loudly:

"Qingqing, God bless you, all three of them are in the top 50! All three children are in the top 50!"

As soon as he said this, the people nearby who were anxiously checking the list all looked at him with envy.

What a wonderful family this is! All three children passed the county exam.

The people who were anxiously waiting in the teahouse were so delighted to hear the good news that they were grinning from ear to ear and forgot their own last names.

Ye Qingqing and her two daughters, the mothers, immediately started making arrangements and planned to go to various temples to fulfill their vows in the afternoon.

About another quarter of an hour later, the people who were looking at the list finally dispersed slowly.

The three brothers, in a good mood, walked to the list arm in arm, and just then they saw Yang Shu who came to look at the list.

Yang Shu's knowledge is comparable to the other three and is also within the top 50. He looks very energetic.

After the four of them congratulated each other, they discovered that another classmate who had formed a guaranty with them had made it onto the second-tier list.

After taking the county exam, the three brothers returned to the academy to continue their studies, and they were even more diligent than before.

After all, they are not even Tongsheng yet, so they can't let down their guard.

Ten days later, the government notified that the provincial examination would begin on April 10nd.

There is still more than a month before the provincial examination, and the three of them are still studying in the academy every day.

Ye Qingqing, Wang Chunyu and Ye Qingmei could not sit still, and in just one month, the three of them traveled together to all the places in the county where incense could be burned.

Whether it is a famous temple or a small god on the roadside, they all receive a lot of incense.

The three sisters worshipped all kinds of gods and even kowtowed and burned incense to the God of Wealth, who is in charge of money.

It is no exaggeration to say that the three of them spent several hundred taels of silver on incense money alone.