After crossing over, I am popular with both men and women

After returning to the courtyard, the teachers praised the candidates who had passed the exam again and again, and ordered people to report the good news to various prefectures. They also asked Ouyang Yi, Zhu Yu, and Liu Qingsong, who had ranked high, to prepare well for the provincial examination this fall.

As for the remaining three, they were encouraged to strive to take part in the provincial examination next year.

By the time Su Qinchao finally managed to get away and return to his room, it was already three quarters past noon.

The bowl of wonton noodles he had eaten in the morning had already been completely digested, and now he was starving. Despite being hungry, Su Qinchao slumped in his chair and didn't want to move at all.

"Young Master, I know you haven't had lunch yet, so I specially bought you Yueyang Tower's roast chicken and osmanthus wine." Guanqi hurried in carrying two bags.

No wonder I haven’t seen him for a long time, it turns out he went shopping.

After opening the oil paper wrapping the roast chicken, the aroma of chicken immediately spread out. Su Qinchao immediately reached out and tore off a chicken leg and stuffed it into his mouth.

"Finally I'm alive!" I took another sip of the osmanthus wine, it tasted wonderful.

After eating and drinking, I felt sleepy again. I was helped to the bed by Guanqi and fell asleep in a daze.

In his dream, he saw his best friend from his previous life, Ali, standing across the street and talking to him, but he couldn't hear clearly.

Just as he was about to move closer to listen, a loud thunderclap rang in his ears, startling him so much that he sat up straight.

Outside the window, it was raining heavily. The crabapple blossoms under the eaves were broken into pieces. The two lanterns at the door were swaying constantly. It was so dark that one couldn't tell the time.

A faint aroma of rice wafted in. It turned out that Guanqi was squatting under the eaves, cooking millet porridge over a small stove.

"Watching chess, what time is it?" He stood up and wiped his face, his shirt was open, revealing his lean waist and abdomen.

"Master, it's 2:45 PM." Guanqi didn't dare to look at him any more, and walked over to help him tie his clothes: "Master, although the weather is getting hotter, you still have to be careful not to get a cold stomach."

"I understand, young steward."

Looking at Guanqi's jet-black hair, I realized that the little guy has become so tall. I estimate that in another year or two he will be as tall as me.

Later, he had that dream twice again. Each time, he couldn't hear what she said clearly. She seemed very anxious. Whenever he tried to get close to her, she would suddenly wake up. What did she say?

Just before the provincial examination, he and Gao Zhili went to Confucius Temple to burn incense and unexpectedly saw a little girl staring at him.

The girl was sitting in the corridor. She looked exactly like Ali when he was a child. Only then did he realize that in the dream, she had asked him to wait for her.

"You..." Why are you here too? Just as she was about to ask this question, the girl was picked up by a woman who looked like her and hurried away.

"Aren't these the women of the Lan family?" As soon as Gao Zhili came out, he saw Su Qinchao looking at the two people who were getting farther and farther away.

"Brother Gao, do you know who they are?" Su Qinchao turned around and asked.

"The wife and daughter of the young master of the Lan Family Embroidery Workshop in the capital. His family and mine are old friends. His embroidery workshops are spread all over Huguang."

"Lan Ruoye, who ranked thirteenth in this children's exam, is also from his family?" Suddenly I remembered that the Lan family seemed to be on the list, and I thought the name was pretty at that time.

"Yes, Lan Ruoye is the second son of the second branch of the Lan family. Because the Lan family only passes on the direct lineage, the second branch of the Lan family all choose to pursue a career in officialdom."

"I see."

"Why do you want to know so much?" Gao Zhili was curious. In the past, Su Qinchao never asked about other people's family affairs, unless someone mentioned it, he would just listen.

"Ah, you think this girl is exceptionally cute? It would be great if I could have a daughter like this in the future." Su Qinchao spoke nonsense in a serious manner.

"You're not even married yet, and you're already thinking about having a baby?" Gao Zhili laughed.

I have to find an opportunity to meet up with the Lan family and ask them what happened to Ali and how she came to this world.