The couple in the last days traveled to ancient times, farming and storing grain and meat in the war

Xiao Yan then stood up, bowed solemnly and said, "Thank you for your recommendation, sir. I will do my best to live up to your expectations."

In this world, there are not many people who dare to recommend someone without fully understanding him.

After all, if something happens to the person being recommended, the person who recommended him will also lose his head.

It can be seen that this Lord Liang is truly devoted to the people. He is willing to risk his own life to save the people of the north.

"Okay!" Liang Yuanrui immediately stood up and held his arms with both hands, his eyes full of excitement. It was as if the people in the north had been saved.

When Xiao Yan walked out of the examination room, the four Tians were already pacing back and forth anxiously.

When they saw Xiao Yan come out safely, the four of them felt relieved and hurried to greet him: "What does that gentleman want to see you about?"

Because Liang Yuanrui still had to be recommended to the Ministry of Personnel, before the appointment came down, it was not certain that he would become the county magistrate. In addition, he was still outside the examination hall and there were so many people around, so it was better not to tell the truth.

Xiao Yan smiled and said, "Nothing, just wanted to see me since I got first place in the exam."

"That's good, that's good." The four people of the Tian family were completely relieved.

Xu Ji and the others didn't think much about it.

Only Jiang Ningning glanced at her husband and didn't think it was just a brief visit.

But her husband's answer clearly told her that it was not appropriate to talk about this matter now, so she naturally didn't ask anything.

Based on the tacit understanding between her and her husband over the years, her husband would definitely tell her in private why Lord Liang asked him to go.

There's nothing else to do, you can go back now.

Xie Jing was also in a hurry to go back and tell his family that he had passed the imperial examination.

Xiao Yan, Jiang Ningning and others hurriedly got on the carriage and went back.

Tao Cheng naturally separated from them in the county and returned to his own home. He would attend the banquet hosted by Xiao Yan and Xie Jingzhong after the time was set.

However, because Xiao Ming took a carriage back first, even though Tao Cheng had already gotten off the carriage, the servant Liu Jiu still drove the carriage with Xiao Yan and the others.

When they arrived in the town, Liu Jiu was responsible for sending Xu Ji and Xie Jing back to their respective homes, while Xiao Yan and the others squeezed into a carriage and went home together.

Xiao Ming had already returned to the village to report the news.

Not only did he pass the imperial examination, but he also won the top prize?! Everyone in the village was stunned.

The tribe members all jumped for joy.

The official who brought the good news also happened to arrive on horseback.

The town notified the village head and asked him to inform the villagers to come to the village head's house, and the village head hurried over. The village head's sons followed behind, carrying their own firecrackers that had been strung on bamboo poles.

When Village Chief Chen heard the news, he quickly asked his sons to take the firecrackers they had secretly prepared and rush to Xiao Yan's house.

Every household in the Xiao family brought out a lot of firecrackers, some stretched out and placed on the ground, some strung together with bamboo poles. The area in front of Xiao Yan's house was filled with firecrackers.

Even from the village entrance to Xiao Yan's doorstep, both sides were filled with firecrackers.

Since no one knew when Xiao Yan would return, the person who brought the good news would naturally not wait, so Xiao Fuhua hurriedly set off a few strings of firecrackers and respectfully accepted the documents and various certificates of success for Xiao Yan.

Before Xiao Fushan and the others went to the provincial capital to check the results, they secretly left ten taels of silver with Xiao Fuhua to prevent this from happening.

As soon as Xiao Fuhua took the thing, he hurriedly took out the purse and stuffed it into the hand of the person who came to announce the good news, saying that he didn't have any good tea and invited the person to have a cup of tea.

The person who brought the good news could figure out how much money it was as soon as he received it, and his mouth immediately broke into a grin.

He originally thought that since he came to the village to announce the good news, he probably wouldn't get much reward, but he didn't expect that he would get so much.

"You're welcome, you're welcome." The person who brought the good news was naturally even more polite.

After the person who brought the good news left and the ancestral hall opened, they waited for Xiao Yan to come back.

This time was different from the last time. This time, the whole clan went to the village entrance to welcome them.

The head of the village and the village chief also went to the village entrance.

Most of the people from the surrounding villages who were watching the excitement had gone to the village entrance to wait. The others who hadn't gone to the village entrance naturally still gathered at the door of Xiao Yan's house.

Elders like Xiao Pingshun and Fourth Grandpa Xiao were practically brimming with laughter. A juren. The top juren. How many families in Dengping County would ever be as honored as the Xiao clan?

Xiao Ming came back in a carriage driven by Jiang Yi. Naturally, Xiao Ming couldn't stand at the entrance of the village. He was anxious to see where Xiao Yan and the others were and why they hadn't returned yet. So he didn't wait at the entrance of the village, but asked Jiang Yi to catch the carriage again and take him to see.

As soon as he saw Xiao Jia driving the carriage back, he knew it was Xiao Yan and the others. Xiao Ming immediately shouted to Jiang Yi, "Turn around! Turn around quickly!"

"Hey. Hey." Jiang Yi was extremely anxious. But at the same time, he was also extremely happy. From now on, he was a servant in the family of a successful candidate.

"Dad! Dad! Xiao Yan is back! Back!" Xiao Ming stood on the carriage and shouted to Xiao Fuhua at the entrance of the village before he reached it.

When Xiao Fuhua heard this, he didn't even wait for Xiao Yan to arrive. Although he hadn't seen Xiao Yan yet, the tribe had prepared a lot of firecrackers, so he didn't have to worry about setting them off now when the person hadn't arrived yet.

Xiao Fuhua immediately shouted, "Set off! Set off! Set off the firecrackers!"

The young men of the same generation as Xiao Ming and Xiao Yan immediately lit firecrackers at the entrance of the village.

The firecrackers immediately started to pop.

Xiao Jia drove the carriage very fast, but no matter how fast he drove, it was not as fast as people setting off firecrackers. Before he even reached the village entrance, he heard the sound of firecrackers everywhere, and the smoke rose several feet into the sky. Although he had experienced this once before, Xiao Yan and Jiang Ningning were still a little shocked.

This is what it meant to pass the imperial examination in ancient times.

It is totally incomparable to the middle-level scholar.

"Master Juren."

As soon as the carriage stopped at the entrance of the village, without waiting for Xiao Yan to get off, the head of the village, the village chief and others hurriedly surrounded it and bowed to it.

This made Xiao Yan hurriedly say: "Just call me Xiao Yan or Yan Boy."

"That won't do." Others might listen and stop calling him Juren Master, but the head of the village refused to change his words and still called Xiao Yan Juren Master.

Xiao Yan had no choice but to let the headman shout like that.

"Let's go, let's go and worship our ancestors. Everything is ready." Xiao Fuhua said.

Xiao Yan could only go to worship his ancestors first.

Amid the sound of firecrackers, Xiao Yan was surrounded and offered sacrifices to his ancestors.

The ancestor worship was not even over yet, but many wealthy families in Dengping County came to congratulate with gifts.

Even the three old scholars who were still alive in Dengping County came to congratulate him personally with their servants.

Even the magistrate and the county magistrate of Dengping County sent people to congratulate him.

No matter how big the gate of Xiao Yan's house was, it couldn't accommodate so many carriages, so all the carriages were parked outside the village.

After offering sacrifices to the ancestors, Xiao Yan hurried to meet these people.

Everyone is here to congratulate us today, but they are not going to join in the banquet. When the banquet is held, we will send special invitations to their homes and invite them to come and join in the banquet.

Jiang Ningning and Xiao Yan have a better understanding of the difference between passing the imperial examination and becoming a scholar.

The one whose status has risen is Gaga Gao.