Quick Wear: Passerby A's Daily Life of Eating Watermelons

The next morning, Jiang Ze got up before dawn and began to prepare carefully for today's re-examination. After washing up and dressing neatly, he felt nervous and expectant.

Just like yesterday, after sending him to the examination room, Jiang's father went home, and the rest was up to Jiang Ze on his own.

After a whole day of exams, Jiang's father and Jiang Ze returned home in the evening. They didn't dare to take a shower yesterday and went to bed for fear of getting sick and missing the exam. Today, Chen boiled hot water for Jiang Ze. After Jiang Ze took a shower and changed his clothes, the family started to eat.

Father Jiang and Mrs. Chen wanted to ask how the exam went, but they didn't know where to start. Jiang Yue was the first to break the silence and asked, "How was it? How did you do on the exam?"

"I feel it's OK. I'm relatively comfortable with most of the questions and have a certain degree of confidence. As for the results, I can only let nature take its course and leave it to fate."

After dinner, Jiang Ze went back to his room to sleep. He hadn’t had a good rest during the two days of exams and felt very sleepy right after dinner. The next morning, Jiang Ze went to the school to write down the test paper and show it to the teacher. He couldn’t tell whether he passed or not, but at least he could tell if there were any obvious flaws.

During the days waiting for the announcement of the results, Jiang Ze was not idle. He practiced calligraphy and read books during the day, and chatted with his family at night. Jiang Yue also looked at the test paper that Jiang Ze wrote silently. It was not outstanding, but just average. It was the type that could be marked or not. It all depends on whether there will be any amazing people in this class. If the previous samples are too amazing, there is basically no hope.

The days of waiting are always very difficult and torturous. In the days approaching the announcement of the results, Jiang Yue clearly felt that Jiang Ze could no longer hold back. As the days passed, the exciting moment finally arrived. When Jiang's father and Jiang Ze followed the crowd to arrive at the Confucius Temple, the temple was already crowded with people. In addition to the candidates, there were also parents who came with them, servants, etc. The list was surrounded by people.

After Jiang's father found the corresponding list, he ignored his son and kept pushing to the front. Jiang Ze was also squeezed by the crowd involuntarily. Some people were laughing and some were crying under the list. Because Jiang Ze was still young and short, he was squeezed to the front and found a chance to see the list. Jiang Ze did not have much ambition and started from the last place.

Su Zheyu, Sima Xiangru, Lin Yunxuan, Jiang Ze, and Song Qingyun, there are five of them now. Suddenly, they realized, hey, hey, Jiang Ze! It's Jiang Ze, right? They quickly looked down and saw that the fourth from the last was Jiang Ze! In an instant, Jiang Ze was so happy, so excited, surprised, and happy, and felt relieved.

Jiang Ze was still standing there, digesting the news of his success. Suddenly, Jiang's father appeared from nowhere, grabbed Jiang Ze's arm tightly, and shouted with ecstasy on his face, "Xiao Ze, look, you passed! You passed!"

"Dad, I won!" Jiang Ze shouted excitedly. Although his voice was not loud, he could not hide his excitement and joy. When the people around heard it, they all cast envious glances at him and congratulated him. Jiang's father smiled and responded to everyone, while pulling Jiang Ze out to squeeze home.

Jiang Yue and his mother Chen were still waiting for news from Jiang's father. At this moment, several yamen runners came on horseback outside the door. As soon as they arrived at Jiang Yue's door, they set off a plate of firecrackers. Jiang Yue and Chen also heard the noise and thought someone was having a happy event. They just walked out of the house to see what was going on. As soon as they arrived in the yard, they heard someone knocking on their door.

Jiang Yue led Chen to open the door. The person announcing the good news clasped his hands together and shouted, "Congratulations to your grandfather Jiang Ze for passing the Tongsheng exam and becoming a scholar!"

The people who came to announce the good news were all very eloquent and well-informed. When they saw Jiang Yue and Chen, they spoke kindly to them without asking for money. The neighbors around them also came forward to congratulate them. Chen was smiling so hard that she couldn't close her mouth. Jiang Yue quickly took out some red envelopes from his sleeves and gave a big red envelope to each of the yamen runners who announced the good news, and also gave a red envelope to each of the people who congratulated them.

"Oh, congratulations. I knew your Jiang Ze was an extraordinary person and would be successful sooner or later."

"Yes, yes, yes. Maybe it's Wenquxing who has descended to earth."

"Ever since I was little, I've known that your Jiang Ze is not an ordinary person."

Shortly after the first group of people who came to announce the good news left, two more groups of people came to congratulate them. When these latecomers saw that they were late, they couldn't help but curse their bad luck inwardly and turned to leave. However, Jiang Yue did not favor one over the other. No matter who it was, as long as they came to announce the good news and said a few auspicious words, she would hand them a red envelope. After receiving the red envelope, the people immediately smiled with joy and uttered good words continuously.

After most people had left, Yue supported Chen, whose legs and feet were a little weak, into the house. Chen's face was full of smiles, and she was muttering something to herself. After a while, Jiang's father and Jiang Ze finally returned home, but they were blocked by neighbors as soon as they reached the door. The two of them exchanged pleasantries for a while before they entered the house. After closing the door, the family was finally reunited.

Everyone was very happy when they first got the news, but when they got together they didn't know what to say. They just grinned. After they calmed down, Jiang's father said, "Let's go back to your grandfather's house tomorrow. You should tell them that you have passed the imperial examination and we can celebrate together." Mother Chen also nodded repeatedly.

The next morning, the family took a ox cart back to the village. After walking for more than an hour, the ox cart stopped in front of a yard. Jiang Ze jumped off the cart first, and after helping Jiang Yue down, the siblings helped Chen down as well. At this time, the people in the house also came out. When Mr. Jiang and Mrs. Jiang saw the Jiang family, they thought something had happened, and hurried to the door to open it.

"What's wrong? Why are you all back? Did something happen?" The old lady asked Jiang's father anxiously. Old man Jiang glanced at everyone with a smile on his face. It didn't look like anything bad happened.

"Dad, your grandson has passed the imperial examination and became a scholar!" Father Jiang shouted to Old Man Jiang with a big grin.

"What? You really won?" The old lady rushed over and pulled the old man aside. Mr. Jiang almost fell down. Jiang Ze hurried over to help him up. The old man held Jiang Ze's hand tightly: "Xiao Ze! Did you really win?"

Jiang Ze nodded, and the old couple immediately couldn't stop smiling. They held Jiang Ze's hand tightly and kept praising Jiang Ze for his intelligence. The whole family was very happy and made a lot of noise, which also alarmed the eldest and second uncles' families next door. Then, the whole village knew about it soon. You know, the last time someone in the village passed the imperial examination was decades ago.

When the whole family was chatting in the yard, someone knocked on the door. Father Jiang went to open the door and saw several respected elders in the village coming in. The last person who came in was a hunched man leaning on a cane. "Grandpa! Why are you here too?" Father Jiang hurried over to support the old man. Jiang Ze also hurried over and helped Father Jiang to support the old man to sit at the main seat at the table.