So what if you flee from famine? Start all over again and live a good life every day

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A fine horse galloped along a country road. When it reached the entrance of Qingshan Village, the messenger dismounted.

The messenger looked at the village monument at the entrance of the village and confirmed that he had found the right place. He took out a white flag from his bag, held it in his hand, jumped on his horse and continued to run towards the village.

Unlike the square white flag of surrender, the white flag of reporting credit is triangular, in the shape of a command arrow. This flag represents purity, which is consistent with the instructions and knowledge pursued in the imperial examination at that time.

So when a student from a certain place passed the exam, someone holding a white flag would rush to the student's home. This kind of person was called a good news announcer. (I looked up the information about the white flag of a good news announcer, but I'm not sure if I found it right.)

People on the street will understand what this chess piece means when they see it.

So when the messenger rushed to the village, the villagers passing by understood what was going on.

They all rushed towards Lin Lao's house. The villagers who had seen Lin Lao in the morning started to run in another direction.

"Brother Lin, Sister Lin"

Father Lin, who was still working in the fields, heard someone calling him, put down his hoe and looked in that direction.

I saw several villagers coming to the front of the field, cheering and running to Father Lin with loud voices.

"Brother Lin, I got it, I got it!" The villager was so excited that he was a little stumped because he was shouting while running.

"What did you win?" Father Lin supported him and said, "Speak slowly."

"Old Lin, your son has passed the imperial examination." Lin Youliang also ran up and took over the conversation.

"Yes, yes, yes, he passed the exam and became a scholar," the villagers who had recovered nodded quickly.

"Are you serious?" Father Lin's eyes widened, and he pulled Lin Youliang in disbelief: "Youliang, don't lie to me!"

"Oh, why would I lie to you? The messengers are on their way to your door." Lin Youliang pulled Old Man Lin's hand.

"Ah, Mom, why are you pinching me?" Lin Youxiang screamed from the other side.

"Let me see if I'm dreaming." Aunt Lin also looked dazed.

Lin Youxiang rubbed his arm and said, "You can't pinch me, either."

Aunt Lin ignored him and walked to Old Man Lin's side. Just as she was about to speak, she heard the sound of firecrackers coming from the village.

Those are the firecrackers that the messengers carry. Once they confirm the location, they will set off a string of firecrackers at the door.

"Listen, the cannons have been fired, don't you still not believe it?" Lin Youliang pointed in the direction of the village.

Father Lin stared blankly at the direction of the firecrackers. The next second, his face showed ecstasy and he laughed foolishly.

"What are you still standing there for? Go back quickly. The messenger is waiting for you at home." Lin Youliang slapped Old Man Lin on the shoulder, waking up the excited Old Man Lin.

"Yes, yes, yes, let's go home quickly." Father Lin sensed it and ran towards home in a hurry. After running two steps, he turned back and told Lin Youwang to buy wine and meat.

According to the rules, when these people who bring good news come, they should be treated to good food and wine.

Father Lin jogged all the way home. Before he reached the door, he saw a crowd of people gathered outside his house. He quickened his pace and squeezed through the crowd.

"The Lin family is back!" The surrounding villagers immediately made way for them when they saw Old Man Lin and his family coming back.

"Congratulations! Your son has passed the imperial examination, which is really a great honor to the family! He has passed the imperial examination and has a bright future!" The messenger saw Old Man Lin coming and knew that he was the father of the scholar. He immediately stepped forward, delivered the good news to Old Man Lin, and gave his blessing.

Aunt Lin at the side stuffed a red envelope into the hands of Old Man Lin, which she had just prepared when she returned to her room. Old Man Lin took it and immediately knew what it meant, and stuffed the red envelope into the hands of the person who brought the good news.

"Thank you, thank you." When Father Lin heard the messenger say this, he excitedly grabbed the messenger's hand and thanked him: "We will prepare good wine and food at home later, please have a feast before leaving."

Upon hearing this, the smile on the face of the messenger deepened a little, thinking that this family was really considerate. When they went to announce the good news, the host would prepare a banquet and give them silver.

I thought it would take some effort since he was a farmer this time, but I didn't expect that the red envelope would be in his hands before he even opened his mouth.

"Congratulations!" The messenger put the red envelope in his arms and continued to say nice words.

"Congratulations to the Lin family's son, Lin Ze, who won the first place in the high school exam."

Another messenger holding a command arrow came to the Lin family and said the same auspicious words. Father Lin gave the messenger a red envelope and invited him into the house.

"Report"

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After a while, three people came to announce the good news. The sound of firecrackers at the gate of the Lin family never stopped. Father Lin stood at the gate of the yard and accepted the congratulations from everyone.

"Brother Lin, congratulations!" Such a big thing happened in the village, how could Sui He and the others not know about it? They had been watching from the sidelines for a long time.

"Brother Chen, you are here, come in and sit down." As soon as Father Lin saw Grandpa, he immediately invited him in.

The news about Lin Zezhong the scholar spread quickly.

A carriage drove into Qingshan Village. The carriage stopped at the Lin family. The teacher wearing a scarf and a long gown got off the carriage.

When the "old teacher" saw the person coming, Old Man Lin hurried forward. This was the teacher of the academy in the town. They had met Old Man Lin before when they handed in the tuition. "Why are you here?"

"My student passed the imperial examination and was the top scorer. How could I not come?" the old teacher replied. Then, several students got off the carriage and said, "I want to share in the good fortune too. This child has great potential and is a good candidate."

The gold content of the first case is not that of an ordinary scholar, although they are all scholars

"Thanks to the teacher's good teaching, if he hadn't met a teacher like you, how could he have passed the examination?" said Father Lin

"Lin Ze is really hardworking and smart."

The two of them exchanged pleasantries. Father Lin thought that since he was his son's teacher, he had to be more respectful.

The teacher was very optimistic about Lin Ze, and he was more talkative to his father, but not too much, because he didn't know how far Lin Ze could go. Many students stopped at the level of scholar.

During the greetings, a middle-aged man in luxurious clothes came over, surrounded by servants. It was the county magistrate.

The county magistrate smiled and revealed his identity to Father Lin: "I heard that you are very talented, so I came here to visit you."

"Greetings to the County Magistrate!" The crowd of onlookers knelt down when they saw the County Magistrate.

"No need to be polite, no need to be polite, everyone, please stand up quickly. I am not the county magistrate today. I just come to ask for a glass of water and wine." The county magistrate hurriedly asked everyone to stand up.

Father Lin stood up and invited the county magistrate into the yard.