continuation [farming]

Everyone in Anle Village knows that Li Mu passed the examination room this year. The imperial examination is a huge event. If he passes the examination, the whole village will be honored.Ever since Li Mu came back from the county seat, the entire Anle Village, regardless of whether they were surnamed Li or not, had been waiting for the good news.

As soon as the person who came to deliver the good news entered the village, someone came up to inquire.When Aunt Lin met the errand, she ran all the way to Zhang's house to call Li Mu back, calling for people while running, and more people knew that Li Mu had passed the exam.

Although the county examination is only the first hurdle of the imperial examination, it does not mean that it is an easy task to pass the county examination. The entire Raonan town has the reputation of a scholar.After passing the county examination, it means that fame and fame will be added, and one will become a master of scholar from nothing.Not to mention that only with the fame of a scholar can one go further to be admitted to Juren. Even a scholar who has never been successful in a lifetime is still an existence that can be relied on in the minds of the people.

Li Mu didn't dare to keep people waiting, so he hurriedly got up, and before he left, he saw Xia He's expression of joy that he had escaped, and shook his head helplessly.

By the time they rushed back to Li's house, the courtyard of Li's house had already been filled up by villagers.

Seeing Master Xiucai coming back, the villagers crowded in the courtyard consciously gave way.The person who announces the good news is named after the fluffy paper in his hand, and is also called good news.Li Mu cupped his hands and said, "Thanks for your hard work, sir."

"Congratulations, congratulations to Anle Village for another talented person." The person who came was quite old, "Last time someone in your Anle Village was elected, and I came to fill in the good news."

Li Mu was dumbfounded. The last person in the village who got a job title was his own uncle.

The relationship between Li Mu and his uncle is quite embarrassing, but the reason for this is not convenient for outsiders to know.He didn't accept this, but took the red envelope that Aunt Lin had prepared earlier, handed it over with both hands, and said, "Please trouble me to run this trip, a little care is not a respect."

The Jiebao weighed the pocket in his hand, very satisfied with its weight. This Anle Village is indeed a well-known and rich place in the county. The reason why he remembered that he came here many years ago was because of the red envelope that time. It is very big, and this time it is not inferior to the last time.

Li Mu gave way again: "Seeing that it's almost noon, why don't you ask Mr. Jiebao to have lunch at my house before leaving."

"Don't bother, I have to rush back to report to the county magistrate earlier, everyone, please do your own thing." The good news happily gave way, carefully put away the red envelope, and was about to leave.

Li Mu held a piece of good news in his hand, and didn't take a second look at it.On the other hand, Mrs. Li asked Li Mu to present the things as soon as the guard left, and asked Li Mu to read the above words to him word by word.

After all, Mrs. Li is the daughter of Mr. Academy, and she is also literate, but she is old and her eyes are a little blurred.While listening to what Li Mu said, she stared at the paper with great difficulty. Suddenly, she jumped up as if she had suddenly become ten years younger, and said happily, "Muer! My Muer is the No. .1! Hahaha! Master, you can see it!"

She didn't listen to Li Mu-nian any more, snatched the good news, ran to the side where Mr. Li's spiritual tablet was offered, and put the good news stand in front of the spiritual tablet.

Mrs. Li's health has been getting worse over the years, but she suddenly became lively just now.However, when she stood in front of the memorial tablet, she suddenly seemed to be old again, her hands trembling, and she wiped the thin paper in front of her over and over again.

This action was repeated over and over again, and suddenly a wave of grief surged up from nowhere.Mrs. Li's hands could no longer be placed flat on the altar, and she covered her mouth with tears falling down.Unfortunately, a tear fell on the good news, and Mrs. Li jumped up, picked up the good news and stuck it to her heart.

Seeing that his mother was suddenly sad, Li Mu hurried to help him and comfort him in a low voice.

Aunt Lin saw that Mrs. Li was crying, so she stood at the door with her hips akimbo, not asking anyone else to come in.

Mrs. Li sobbed for a while, and suddenly remembered that there were still a lot of villagers standing in the yard, she hurriedly wiped away her tears, patted Li Mu's hand, and said, "Good boy, you and everyone Tell me, let's hold a banquet tomorrow night to celebrate you! Anyone from our village can come, no matter how full you are!"

It seemed that she cried out the depression that had been buried in her heart for many years. Mrs. Li immediately smiled, straightened her back, and walked to the yard. They all chatted eagerly, accepting every compliment.

After Zhang Shiyi found out that Li Mu had passed the exam, he also picked up the things in his hands in twos and twos, and let Xia He stay calm, and went to congratulate himself.Looking at the good news that Mrs. Li was holding in her hands, Zhang Shixi was quite absent-minded.Fortunately, he still remembered that this was in public, and he came back to his senses in a moment.Relying on being Li Mu's father-in-law, he didn't show politeness like others, but went straight to Li Mu's place and said with a smile, "Good boy, he's only 17 years old this year and he can be a scholar, he's promising!"

"Dear family, Mu'er is still No. 1 in the county test this time!" Mrs. Li said with a smile.

"Oh?" Zhang Shixi laughed even wider when he heard the words, patted Li Mu on the shoulder, and deliberately put in a lot of effort, saying yes, "Yes, yes, but in the future, you have to take the No. .1 will do, and strive to get our Min Chao's first share of three yuan!"

Li Mu endured the pain in his shoulder, and said modestly, "Yue Zhang has seen it."

But Aunt Lin also came to join in the fun and said, "Master does have that talent!"

Li Mu propped his forehead, the palace test is still far away, why in the eyes of his family, the three yuan and the first place seem to be within easy reach?

The people who finally gathered at Li's house left one after another. After quieting down, Li Mucai took the good news and read it for a while.

"Come on, Mu'er, let's post the good news here!" Mrs. Li walked around the hall for a while, and chose a spot, "Post it a little lower, and post it higher up!"

But Li Mu suddenly remembered something, and said: "Mother, Xia He hasn't seen it yet, I'll take it to show him first."

"Oh, oh! I almost forgot about it!" Mrs. Li patted her head and said, "Go quickly, Xia He will be happy to see you."

Li Mu nodded, held the piece of paper, and went to find Xia He.

Xia He was still sitting in her room, with a few large characters spread out in front of her, each crooked.This is the first time Zhang Shiyi has seen Xia He write with a brush. Seeing that the characters are boneless and shapeless, he is very angry: "Your husband has won the first place in the county examination, and you! You don't even have a single word!" not good."

"He's a man, I'm a woman!" Xia He argued.

Zhang Shiyi immediately fell silent.

When he turned around and saw Li Mu, he shook his hands and said, "I can't control this child anymore! My lord, I'll leave it to you!" In a fit of anger, he forgot what he had just discussed with Lan Niang yesterday, and tried his best not to Tell them to be alone.

When he reacted, he quickly ran on tiptoe to see what the two of them were doing, and saw that Li Mu was teaching Xia He to hold the pen, starting from the simplest horizontal and vertical strokes.

Another day later, Xia He said that he would go to the field and go to Li's house to have a big feast.

The last time the Li family had a big banquet was on the day he and Li Mu got married, Xia He was the only one in the village who couldn't eat, so he could only stay in the house and wait, this time he didn't want to change another house and wait.

Lan Niang knew that Aunt Lin, who was in charge of the spoon, would not be able to eat Xia He's special dishes on weekdays. It was just an excuse to say that she wanted to have a big banquet, and she was bored in the house.Seeing his pitiful appearance, Lan Niang couldn't speak harshly, so she took off the bandage on his leg, looked at the wound inside, and sighed: "Why are you going down to the ground, jumping to eat your big one? seats?"

"Mother, I will be careful!" Xia He swore, "I promise to go home intact and not get hurt again!"

However, Lan Niang was keenly aware that Xia He had already used "home" to refer to the other end in Xia He's words, and she couldn't help feeling a little sad.Think about the eldest daughter Dongmei who was married long ago. She secretly scolded girls for being extroverted, but Xia He's son was raised like a daughter because of that incident. Old stuff.

But she didn't want to say this in front of Xia He, so Lan Niang closed her eyes and agreed after a while.

Xia He became happy, and jumped out of bed regardless of the pens and papers that were still spread on the table.Luckily, he still remembered to land first on his slightly injured foot, which was only scratched.

Lan Niang had no choice but to pack up behind him, the things this uncle sent were all expensive, and the head of the family was greedy, but after all, they were for Xia He, and Xia He was about to go back, so it was not appropriate to keep things.

As in-laws, the Zhang family arrived earlier than the others. As soon as Lan Niang put the things away, she rolled up her sleeves and went to help Aunt Lin.Several daughter-in-laws of the Li family were also busy working together, and Aunt Lin was chopping a large fan of ribs for stewing.

Seeing Lanniang coming, Aunt Lin greeted Lan Niang warmly as if she had forgotten that they had a quarrel in the street not long ago, and asked, "But madam is back?"

"Xia He is sitting in front, he insists on coming back, but his injury, alas, it's better not to move around more." Lan Niang said bitterly.

Aunt Lin had been busy waiting for the good news these days, and then she remembered that she hadn't asked how Xia He was hurt, so she asked, "Madam, you went up the mountain well, why did you fall, hey."

"The road was slippery on that rainy day, and the head of my family was too old. He almost fell down. Xia He grabbed his father, but wiped it off by himself. His right leg was fine, but the skin was torn, and his left leg hit a stone. Come on, that hole is scary." Lan Niang said yes.

Aunt Lin felt sorry for her, she nodded and said: "Going up the mountain in rainy days, you have to be careful."

How could Xia He really sit obediently in the front yard.He hadn't seen Jin Bao for two days, dragged his injured leg, ran to Jin Bao's little seat, made funny faces and teased the child, making Jin Bao giggle.

Suddenly, he heard someone behind him saying: "Sure enough, it's better to marry my sister-in-law. Xia He, you are closer to Qiuyue's child than your own. Hey, but, you will also marry into our Li family for a while." Now, when will there be movement in the stomach?"

Xia He doesn't like to hear this very much, but she also knows that the other party is talking about herself.He looked back to see who it was, and saw that it was an unfamiliar woman.He thought about it carefully, until he remembered that this person's eyebrows and eyes looked three points like Li Xiang'er, and then he remembered, isn't this the village head's house?

The author has something to say: a digression, when I searched for the person who delivered the good news called Jiebao, my mind automatically became Jiebao...

Cough, those who understand will understand.