While almost everyone was crowding at the government office to look at the list, Hang Shuheng was at the Jubao Pavilion, leisurely drinking tea, not worrying at all whether he would fail the exam.

The same is true for Song Ning.

Even Zhou Ru was worried about them when she saw how the couple followed each other. "Sister Song, brother-in-law, aren't you worried at all?"

"What are you worried about?" Song Ning put down his teacup, pulled the girl who was walking around to sit down, and added tea to her cup. "Whether you make the list or not was already determined when the college entrance examination was over. It's useless for us to worry about whether we make it or not. We might as well drink our tea and wait for Zhou Tong to tell us."

Yes, Zhou Tong was sent to run errands again.

"This Zhou Tong, why did he take so long?" Zhou Ru was a little dissatisfied. She thought Zhou Tong was too slow. If she had known earlier, she should have let Zhou Yin go.

At this time, Zhou Tong, who had finally squeezed to the innermost part of the crowd, sneezed for no reason, not knowing that he had been blamed by his own lady.

Zhou Tong saw the name of Hang Shuheng at the top of the list at a glance, and couldn't help but cheer a few times. He looked around at the people who were looking at them like monkeys, and smiled awkwardly, "Hehe! My son has passed, hehe! Please make way and let me pass. Thank you very much."

After coming out from the crowd, he ran back to the treasure bowl without stopping. His voice arrived before he arrived.

"Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, Hang Tongsheng got the top spot."

As soon as he finished speaking, he rushed into the Treasure Pavilion like a gust of wind, and then ran upstairs a few steps at a time.

He ran to the room where Hang Shuheng and others were drinking tea and resting, and repeated breathlessly: "He passed, Hang Tongsheng passed, he got the first place."

"I know." Zhou Ru glared at him unhappily. The shout he just made on the street was probably heard by everyone in the street.

Seeing that he hadn't even caught his breath, Song Ning poured him a cup of tea, "Thank you for your hard work. Take a breath first and drink some tea!"

"Thank you, thank you Madam Hang." Zhou Tong was not polite. He took a big sip of the tea and took a deep breath before turning to Hang Shuheng to congratulate him, "Congratulations to Hang Tongsheng for winning the first place."

"He's still a student of Hangzhou!" Zhou Ru patted him on the head and corrected him, "He's a scholar now."

"Yes, yes, it was a slip of the tongue." I call him "Hang Tongsheng" every day. I'm so used to it that I didn't realize it for a moment.

Zhou Tong quickly admitted his mistake and congratulated again, "Congratulations to Mr. Hang for winning the top spot."

At this time, Zhou Huan came back from outside. After hearing about this, he walked towards the room where they were in a good mood.

"Hahahaha! Shuheng! You really made your uncle proud. Do you know that you made me make a lot of money?" As he said that, he slapped a gambling ticket in front of Hang Shuheng.

Wow, two thousand taels! This is really a big deal.

I don't know if anything weird will happen to the gambling house when I go to exchange the money after winning so much, such as getting robbed as soon as I take the money out of the door.

But on second thought, this kind of thing is something that only ordinary people with no background need to worry about. For someone like Zhou Huan, with a master like Zhou Yin by his side, why should he be afraid of a small gambling house?

"Congratulations, Uncle Zhou."

When Zhou Tong saw the bill, he was so envious that he was too embarrassed to show off the thirty taels he had already bought.

He came close to Zhou Yin and asked quietly, "Brother Yin, how many taels did you buy?"

Zhou Yin glanced at him sideways, took out a bill from his pocket and waved it in front of him.

Zhou Tong grabbed the bill and took a look. Two hundred taels was actually much more than his. He was heartbroken. He curled his lips and stuffed the bill back into Zhou Yin's arms.

Zhou Yin seemed to see through his thoughts. He stretched out his hand to brush the front of his shirt and asked maliciously, "What about you? How much did you buy? Take it out and show it to me."

Zhou Tong shook his head and refused to take out his receipts no matter what. He decided that when he went to collect the gambling money, he had to go quietly to avoid being seen and laughed at by others.

Zhou Ru picked up her father's gambling ticket and looked at it carefully, her eyes gradually widened, "Dad, you are so awesome."

Five times two thousand taels, that's ten thousand taels? It was so easy to earn eight thousand taels, her father was really foresighted!

Why didn't she think of it? If she had known earlier, she would have made a bet.

"It's not me who is awesome, it's our scholar Hang. I am successful thanks to Shuheng!" The smile on Zhou Huan's lips has never disappeared since he learned that Hang Shuheng won the top spot.

He was happy not only because he had made a fortune, but also because he thought that Hang Shuheng's good ranking in the exam was something more worth celebrating than earning eight thousand taels.

"Shuheng, now that the results of the college entrance examination are out, we should prepare well for the autumn examination."

"The autumn examination will be held next year, it's still early now!" Hang Shuheng has a relatively calm attitude towards exam preparation. He cannot make himself nervous and physically and mentally exhausted just because of preparation, which is not in line with his personality.

Zhou Huan paused after hearing this, then said, "Let's talk about this later. I think you should go back to the village now. The people from the government office may come to your house soon to announce the good news."

Song Ning felt that what he said made sense, so he said to Hang Shuheng, "Uncle Zhou is right, let's go back now! Don't wait until someone goes home to announce the good news and there's no one in charge at home."

Hang Shuheng naturally had to listen to his wife and do whatever she said.

So the couple didn't stay any longer and said goodbye and left immediately.

When he came out of Jubao Pavilion and was about to get on the carriage outside the gate, he met Li Chengan, who had just come out of the gambling house and was heading straight for Jubao Pavilion.

"Brother Hang." Li Cheng'an's eyes lit up when he saw Hang Shuheng, and he quickly walked forward, "Brother Hang, congratulations on winning the first place, and thank you for letting me make a small fortune."

After he finished speaking, he noticed Song Ning standing next to Hang Shuheng, and quickly bowed and said, "Sister-in-law is here too. I'm sorry for being so rude."

Song Ning smiled and returned the greeting. She had seen this person before. He was Hang Shuheng's former classmate. She had heard from Hang Shuheng that this person was a good guy.

Hang Shuheng briefly introduced them to each other, and then asked about his situation, "I wonder how did Brother Li do in the exam?"

When this was mentioned, Li Chengan sighed, waved his hands and said with a wry smile: "Failed the exam, hi! It's expected, I won't mention it anymore."

"Are you going home to wait for the government officials to come and announce the good news?" He saw the carriage waiting nearby and guessed that they were leaving, so he said goodbye to Hang Shuheng without further ado. "I won't keep you any longer. If you have a banquet later, I'll come and ask for a couple of glasses of wine."

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