I made a fortune by marrying a sickly woman!

As the sun rose higher, the people who had seen the list dispersed and the atmosphere outside the Imperial Examination Hall gradually calmed down.

Song Jin and Qin Chi finally returned to the rented house.

Not long after, Lu Yanji and the other two also came back.

Their clothes were disheveled and their hats were askew, as if they had been abused by someone.

"Qin Jieyuan, please treat us!"

Meng Qingrui started yelling as soon as he saw Qin Chi.

Qin Chi responded readily, "Okay, I'll treat you. Brother Yanji, you better go and take care of it. The official will come to announce the good news later."

"It's a good thing you reminded me."

Lu Yanji left everyone else and went back to his room.

After Meng Qingrui left, Qin Chi patted Le Yan's shoulder, who was forcing a smile, and said, "This is just a chance to gain experience. We'll fight again next time."

"It can only be this way."

Le Yan understood, "But without it, I still feel disappointed."

"If you feel disappointed, think of Qingrui. Don't lose to him." Qin Chi was also very creative in comforting people.

Le Yan was speechless for a while, "He is a heartless person, he is not as good as me."

Meng Qingrui failed the exam and felt disappointed.

But he soon came out of it and was a real optimist.

His personality is sometimes quite enviable, like Le Yan now.

There was sadness hidden between Le Yan's brows.

His knowledge was not as good as Qin Chi's, and his family background was not as good as Meng Qingrui's. His family would not allow him to continue taking the exam. He could only sigh in his heart and put his hope on the next time.

The official who brought the good news arrived quite quickly.

The officer came to the gate of the house rented by Qin Chi, holding a bright yellow notice.

Old Li had been waiting happily in front of the gate.

When the official stepped over the threshold and loudly read out the good news that Qin Chi had passed the imperial examination, Qin Chi thanked the emperor for his grace and then took the notice with a solemn face.

The official received the reward and left in a hurry.

Old Li immediately set off firecrackers to celebrate, and neighbors came over to congratulate him.

After a while, another official came, this time to tell Lu Yanji the good news.

The owners of the houses that were rented this time all came and happily said that their rent would be waived.

At one time, two people passed the imperial examination and one of them won the first place.

The house is prosperous and the star of literature is shining brightly.

In the future, there will be no shortage of people renting this house, and there will also be no worries about not being able to sell it at a high price.

Song Jin asked someone to go to a nearby restaurant and asked them to send over a sumptuous meal. While drinking, he secretly replaced Qin Chi's wine pot with boiled water.

Qin Chi discovered the trick as soon as he drank it.

So when the other three wanted to get him drunk, he could drink a lot without getting drunk. Instead, the other three got drunk.

Qin Chi asked someone to move them back to the room.

Then go back to the dormitory to find Song Jin.

Song Jin had already prepared hot water and asked him to take a bath before going to bed.

The next morning, Qin Chi and Lu Yanji went to attend the Luming Banquet.

Afterwards, I packed up and returned home.

Song Jin asked, "Husband, are we going back to Hongcun or Qinjiagou?"

"Qinjiagou, we should go back to worship our ancestors."

Qin Chi's words reminded Song Jin of the time when Qin Mingsong passed the imperial examination, and he immediately understood what he meant.

Qinjiagou is located at the foot of Huangshan Mountain.

It was rare for a village in a remote mountain area to produce two juren (imperial scholar).

Even Qinjiagou became famous.

a few days later.

Qin Chi and Song Jin returned and immediately felt the difference.

A group of villagers gathered at the entrance of the village.

"Our master is back!"

"Oh, I'll go home and prepare a gift. This is a big event in our Qin family."

"I also need to go."

"Hurry up and send someone to inform the clan leader that Dalang is back."

Some people turned around and went home to wait.

As soon as Qin Chi got off the car, he was surrounded by people. He answered them one by one in a good temper and was truly warmly welcomed by the villagers.

By the time he got home, his butt was barely warm enough to sit down.

There were many villagers coming to congratulate, and none of them came empty-handed. Some brought a chicken, some brought a basket of eggs, and some brought a piece of bacon.

They considered it a great gift.

Fortunately, Song Jin was prepared for this.

Every time someone comes to give a gift, I will give a gift in return.

More is sent out than received.

As for the gifts sent by the gentry, they were very normal, very common gifts in this area. There were no houses or fields, but some cloth, cakes and meat.

"No one gave you a big gift?"

Song Jin checked the gift list and looked at Qin Chi half-jokingly.

Qin Chi took the gift list, looked at it, and said with a smile: "Maybe he knew I wouldn't accept it, so he didn't bother me."

The last time these people gave Qin Mingsong a gift, it was Qin Chi who declined it. Anyone who can become a local landlord or gentry must be good at dealing with people.

Qin Chi put down the gift list and said, "Madam, give them another gift on my behalf. It should be heavier than theirs."

"Okay, I'm doing it."

Song Jin had already instructed people to prepare.

When Old Man Qin and Old Lady Liu came over, the hall suddenly became lively again. The guests who came here all greeted the two old men, and the tactful ones would even say a few compliments, making the two old men laugh so hard that they couldn't stop.

Qin Chi heard the noise and went over to greet them.

Song Jinlai is in charge here.

Little Liu came over with a piece of cake in her mouth and said happily, "Congratulations, Dalang's wife! You will also be the wife of a juren in the future."

"You should let Silang and Wulang study hard and strive to become the mothers of juren in the future." Song Jin joked.

Xiao Liu's eyes lit up, "That's a good idea."

There’s no hope for the two big ones, but don’t we still have two small ones?

"Humph."

The two were talking when they suddenly heard a cold snort behind them.

Song Jin turned around and saw Old Liu standing there with a stern face. She smiled and stood up, "Grandma, are you well?"

Old Liu snorted again.

I touched the gift list again.

"How many gifts did you receive?" asked Old Mrs. Liu.

Song Jin picked up the gift list and asked, "Grandma, can you read it yourself?"

"If I could read, would I still need to ask you?" Old Liu asked with a dark face.

Song Jin was not angry, "Then I'll read it to you."

Then she actually picked up the list and started reading it, but while reading it, she also read the list for the return gift again. Then the more Old Liu listened, the more she felt something was wrong, and she even counted on her fingers.

"You're such a loser woman!"

Old Liu said angrily, "The gifts I received are less than the gifts I gave out! You are so poor but generous, my eldest grandson married you——"

"He married me and became a juren, and my uncle was lucky enough to pass the imperial examination after he married Xiu'er." Song Jin quickly added.

In an instant, all of Old Liu's words were stuck in her throat.

Little Liu was stunned, and when she came to her senses, she immediately agreed: "Today is a happy day, it's not time to cause trouble."

Young Liu secretly pulled Old Liu over and said, "Mother-in-law, do you remember what the old blind man said? He said that our Qin family married two lucky girls. Think about it, it was because of them that my uncle and my eldest son passed the imperial examination. You must not make a fuss about it. If you ruin your good fortune, you will lose a lot."

Old Mrs. Liu was originally full of anger.

After hearing these words, I miraculously held back.

Song Xiu, who had come over at some point and listened to the whole thing, straightened her back and said sarcastically, "Yes, the fourth room's fortune has been ruined by some people."

Old Mrs. Liu's face turned dark again.

Is this talking about her?

When Song Jin saw this situation, he quickly stepped aside to watch the fight.