Disguised as a man: Watch me create a new dynasty

Five years later……

"Ding dong..."

"Congratulations to the host for obtaining the title of Tongsheng and successfully entering the imperial examination!"

"Please select whether to receive the system reward."

The rickety carriage stopped in front of the Yan family's door under the gaze of the villagers.

The curtain of the carriage was held up by a chubby little hand, and a little fairy child walked out from inside.

The Yan family had been waiting at the door for a long time. When they saw Yan Nansheng coming out, Mrs. Zhang couldn't wait to walk quickly to the carriage.

Yan Nansheng stretched out his two little arms from the carriage, "Grandma, hug me!"

Looking at her grandson's pale face, Mrs. Zhang felt sad. "Hey, here I come, my grandson. Are you tired?"

"Your third aunt made you your favorite braised pork. Let's go home and eat it. After eating, we can rest. You must be exhausted, my eldest grandson."

Mrs. Zhang carried Yan Nansheng in her arms and turned around and walked into the yard. Old Man Yan, who had just stuck his head out of the carriage behind them, immediately looked helpless.

My wife always ignores everyone...

The other members of the Yan family were already used to it and just shook their heads and smiled.

Several little girls gathered around the carriage, chattering.

"Grandfather, let me help you get out of the car."

"Grandfather, let me get the book basket."

"grandfather……"

Uncle Yan, who was sitting in a wheelchair behind the little girl, was also smiling and said, "Dad, you've worked hard."

Seeing the smile on his second son's face, which was no longer as gloomy as before, Old Man Yan walked forward and skillfully pushed the wheelchair into the yard.

When the villagers saw the Yan family enter the yard, they started talking to each other.

"It's incredible. The Yan family kid passed the exam to become a Tongsheng student at the age of 5. His future is limitless!"

"Who says it's not true? I don't know how old man Yan got such good fortune in his previous life to have such a little prodigy in his family!"

"Hey, let me tell you, this old Yan family has been lucky since Yan Nansheng was born!"

"Oh? Brother, please elaborate..."

"You may not know this from a distance, but my family is the closest to the Yan family. The Yan family has been very lucky in recent years."

"I went up the mountain to dig wild vegetables and found a hundred-year-old ginseng. I went down the river to fish and found a shrimp from a bamboo house!"

"Can you eat that thing? It looks scary."

"Ignorant woman, do you know the Yunfulou in town? These shrimps, no, they should be called crayfish, are selling like hot cakes in Yunfulou!"

The woman was not angry at being called ignorant. She leaned forward, her face almost touching the speaker's face. "What does that have to do with the Yan family kid?"

"What does it matter? It matters a lot! That kid from the Yan family was greedy, so he figured out a recipe for cooking crayfish."

"My family thought it was delicious, so they went to town to see if they could sell it. Guess what happened?"

"It just so happened that the owner of Yunfulou came to inspect and ran into us. After eating it, he praised its deliciousness and then paid a high price for the crayfish recipe!"

"It is said that it was sold for three hundred taels!"

Hearing the gasps coming from all around, the man made a proud "tsk" sound, turned around and walked out of the crowd.

No wonder the Yan family's health has improved over the years, and even the news of people starving to death in the family has disappeared from the side branches.

Starving to death was a common occurrence in this place of exile. Almost every household here had people starving to death every year, either the elderly or children.

It is extremely cold here, not suitable for the growth of crops, and no grain is produced. If you want to buy grain, you have to go to a town more than ten miles away.

Of course, this is not the case for all. Only the families of exiled prisoners cannot afford to eat.

The local people also have their own ways of survival.

Not only can the Yan family provide Yan Nansheng with enough food and keep him plump and white, they can also afford to send him to school.

Everyone became even more silent.

"If our family had such a blessed prodigy, I would be able to pamper him even more."

It seemed like he was expressing everyone's thoughts.

Originally, the Yan family was the family of exiled criminals and could not take part in the imperial examinations.

But at the beginning of last year, the Empress Dowager passed away. Instead of showing filial piety and doing good deeds for the Empress Dowager, the Emperor issued a decree of general amnesty.

The Yan family happened to be on the amnesty list.

The Yan family is about to rise up!

The ancestors of the exiled prisoners were all officials. Even after decades, the family tradition has not changed.

Although he was poor, he never forgot to teach the younger generation at home to read.

It has been passed down from generation to generation and has not been broken in this generation.

A thin middle-aged man in the crowd quietly left. Everyone was still discussing the child prodigy of the Yan family, so no one noticed.

The Yan family was unaware of the hustle and bustle at the door; the whole family was silent.

Because the little ancestor in the family is asleep.

In the past few months, from five county examinations to three prefectural examinations, no one knows how a five-year-old child managed to persist.

Old Master Yan was sitting at the stone table outside Yan Nansheng's house, smoking a pipe from time to time.

Uncle Yan came out of the room and parked the wheelchair next to the old man.

"Dad, you should go and have a rest too."

He glanced at the door and said, "Sheng'er needs to sleep for a few days before he can recover."

"Yes, such a young child, only five years old..."

"Second brother, do you know how I felt when I stood at the entrance of the examination room and watched such a small person, carrying a book basket that was almost as big as her, walk into the examination room step by step?"

Uncle Yan lowered his head, slowly stroked the handle of the wheelchair, and said nothing.

Even an adult would feel exhausted if he had to endure this two-month-long examination journey with eight tests, big and small, let alone a child who is only five years old.

How can outsiders empathize with the pain? There has never been such a young candidate.

When the news came back that his niece had passed the imperial examination, Uncle Yan locked himself in the room for the whole day.

"I've thought about a lot along the way. Sheng'er is a precocious child. Although she is young, she knows everything. Our Yan family is counting on her."

"Since we have chosen this path, we must protect her. If we are exposed, the crime of deceiving the emperor... let me, an old man, bear the consequences!"

"Father!"

Old Master Yan raised his hand and pressed it down, "I have to stay alive to protect this child."

Five years ago, a letter came from the capital that the old man's cousin was transferred to the next county to serve as county magistrate, which brought hope to the old man.

My cousin is also a capable person. In just a few years, he jumped three levels and became a fifth-rank prefect.

Of course, this was inseparable from Yan Nansheng's occasional provision of novel ideas, which helped County Magistrate Xu.

This allowed County Magistrate Xu to rise to the fifth rank like a rocket.

"Your cousin has written to me more than once to praise Sheng'er, saying that I am so lucky."

"Hehe... You are such an old man, you obviously feel that you can't beat me."

Perhaps because they thought of their relatives far away, the atmosphere became cheerful.

The old man took a deep drag from his pipe and exhaled slowly.

In the smoke, the eyes of the father and son were equally bright, as if they were about to penetrate the smoke and shoot into the distance.

Yan Nansheng in the room was lying on the bed with his eyes open, staring at the ceiling in a daze.

"007, accept the system reward."