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Because of the wine the day before, Bai Xin got up late the next day. Seeing her son woke up, Mrs. Cao couldn't help complaining while making breakfast: "It's the first time you've had wine, so it's not worth it. Last night, I treated guests to dinner, and the guest's family still hadn't enjoyed themselves enough, you were drunk, and in the end, Master Cheng was so tired that Master Cheng sent you back."

Bai Xin just woke up from a hangover, her head was sore and her energy was much lower than before, and she didn't listen to all her words carefully in a daze.He just buried his head in thinking that yesterday's scene was originally intended to thank Cheng Wenren for his care before, but unexpectedly he couldn't control it, and it backfired, and asked the other party to pay for the wine.Thinking of this, Bai Xin couldn't help but sigh twice, annoyed in his heart, and suddenly felt that he owed a lot.

Mrs. Cao was still rambling on, talking about Master Cheng all the time.

When he walked into the street, Bai Xin was still a little sluggish. He suddenly remembered that the Bai family had followed him to Beijing, and he was even more depressed. He looked around and saw strange faces coming and going. He was always afraid of suddenly disappearing from the crowd A man rushed out and shouted his name.After the separation, he left Songshan Village and stayed away from those people. After a few days of happy days, who would have thought that the entire Bai family would come to the capital. This capital may not be big or small. Before yesterday, he guessed that Erlang would come back. But he was never worried about running into each other, but he could meet Young Master Cheng in the vast crowd, so why couldn't he meet the Bai family?Moreover, Cheng Wenren's family must not live in this vicinity, but the Bai family is different. Erlang needs to be close to the examination room and the rent is cheap. The south of the city is the best choice.

This day, Bai Xin only thought about Erlang's affairs, and he was not even interested in selling things. For various reasons, he wished to pray to God and worship Buddha, and bless Erlang if he didn't win. To the extent of the falling out, if Erlang gets an official job, if the two parties meet later, he will definitely tease and insult them.In fact, Bai Xin was not optimistic about Erlang's knowledge, but now that the imperial examinations are full of cheating and there are outlets to buy and sell exam questions, Bai Xin can't help worrying that the Bai family sold all their fields just to find a way out for Erlang.

Bai Xin has been in a low mood for the past few days. The others didn't know that the Bai family had also come to the capital, and they also said that he was tired and kept asking about his health all day long.

Ever since Cheng Wenren knew that Bai Xin had a stall near Xinwazimen, he would come here every now and then, maybe just to say a few words, or to buy a few things from his stall.

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As the date of the release of the results approached, countless candidates were restless, and it seemed that even the atmosphere in the capital became depressed.

In the rented yard of the Bai family, the whole family really raised their hearts in their throats, praying to God and Buddha all day long, or asking Erlang how he was doing on the exam.

That Erlang was already under tremendous pressure, and was annoyed by being asked, so he couldn't help cursing, completely like two people in peacetime, the Bai family members were so frightened that they didn't dare to disturb him anymore, so they had to spend the whole day Every day I ran to the temple, the soles of my shoes were worn out.

At the beginning of April, the scientific examination results were released.

Bai Xin wanted to pay attention, so he asked his elder brother to set up a stall on his behalf that day, and went to the place where the list was posted by himself. Before he got close, he was shocked by the magnificence of the crowds in front of him. They couldn't squeeze in because of the tight fit, and many of them were the whole family. Let's watch the list together.

As soon as he rushed up a few steps, he was squeezed back by a crowd of people. With the loud shouts of "Ouch, my feet" one after another, his shoes were almost trampled off. Standing back at a distance, his eyes darted around the crowd, trying to find Erlang, but he became dizzy after just looking at it for a while, and everyone seemed to be carved out of the same mold.

Seeing some people dancing and jumping up, yelling "I got hit", some people were crying bitterly and behaving insanely, and a few people were caught off guard, wailed directly, rolled their eyes, fainted, and screamed. Bai Xin seemed to be infected by this atmosphere, and when he thought of those scriptures and poems, he also became flustered and short of breath.

Bai Xin occupies a good position, it is considered remote, but he can have a panoramic view of the crowd in front of him. There are several people with the same posture as him next to him. His eyes are like candles. The self-restraining Jidi student immediately rushed over with lightning speed, surrounded by four or five people, chattering about something, Bai Xin vaguely heard that they all reported their family name, this one was talking about his daughter's appearance As beautiful as a flower, that Dao's own daughter is well educated and reasonable.

Bai Xin was puzzled for a while, and didn't understand what was going on at all. How could someone tell his daughter's birthday in person, as if they were trying to match match.

After a while, someone answered for Bai Xin. It seemed that there was no daughter in the family, and the words were sour, "Like this kind of 'caught son-in-law', it is a shame to ignore the reputation of the daughter. These businessmen , in order to be able to climb up to the official relatives, I really did everything!"

Bai Xin was very surprised when he heard this. Those people who surrounded him were all wearing silk and satin. Looking at those high-ranking students, some were not happy and left with their sleeves, and some were poor. They wished to marry a rich man The daughter of Qian's family, who didn't care about the cheapness of any merchants, was taken away by someone Le Diandian.

He was amazed by himself, and watched for a long time, this kind of situation is not uncommon.

Bai Xin kept watch from morning to night, the crowd kept coming, as if it hadn't decreased, he couldn't find a chance to rush over, and stayed at the meeting again, when it was getting dark, the people scattered sparsely, revealing the posters pile.Bai Xin leaned over, took advantage of the lantern in someone else's hand, struggled to discern the small characters on it, and popped out one or two names in white from time to time, which surprised him. When he checked carefully, he was relieved again. .

After reading it quickly, there was no Bai Erlang's name, half of his heart fell back into his stomach, but he was worried, afraid that he would fall, so he read it again. After reading it, snowflakes appeared in front of his eyes, and his eyes were sore and tired Bitter, but relaxed, the corners of his mouth raised uncontrollably, and then he laughed lightly.

As soon as he was about to leave, he was surrounded by some people. The person took his hand and said quickly: "I am from the Song family in the south of the city. There is a restaurant in my family. The little girl is in the prime of life. She has an outstanding appearance and a virtuous temperament. I don't know How was the little official in high school, have you ever been engaged?"

Bai Xin was taken aback. Fortunately, he had heard people talking about it before, so he knew what was going on, or else he was confused, and he agreed ignorantly when he was uncertain. For a moment, he was extremely embarrassed and wanted to pull his hand out, but who knew that the opponent's hand was really strong. Hold him firmly like a pair of pliers, not letting him break free.

"I'm not in high school, old man, don't misunderstand me." Bai Xin couldn't laugh or cry, and exerted some strength.

The man was suspicious why he didn't hit the mark but instead smiled, and looked him over again.

"I really didn't win, I just came to watch the excitement."

The old man hesitated, taking some effort off his hands, Bai Xin took the opportunity to pull out his arms, and ran away like the wind.

Bai Xin ran home, thinking about what happened just now, he felt funny, wondering if anyone caught the wrong son-in-law on this list, after all, no one had his name on his face.

Seeing him flustered, Mrs. Cao couldn't help repeating a few more words, "Where have you been all day? Why did you come back so late? If you really went, tell your family branch, don't make your mother worry. "

Bai Xin didn't want to talk about the release of the imperial examinations. Once he said it, Cao could guess that Erlang was coming to Beijing, so he couldn't help but think about it. It's better that mother doesn't hear anything outside the window and is carefree.

"Master Cheng invited me out for dinner. I asked him to pay for the wine last time. I'll invite you back this time." After he finished speaking, he was stunned. From before to now, he has often used Cheng Wenren as an excuse. He came as soon as he opened his mouth, which made him feel guilty first.

When Mrs. Cao heard the words, she first sniffed the smell of her son's body, and seeing that there was no smell of alcohol, she was relieved, nodded and said, "Master Cheng helped us tide over the difficulties before, we should thank him very much."

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Let's talk about the second and third rooms of the Bai family. At this time, the house was gloomy, and I heard the sound of ping-pong-pong from the room, accompanied by Erlang yelling, "Those dog officials who have no eyes but see nothing, what do they know? The shitty articles you write can also pass the rankings."

Sitting in the living room angrily, Ding rolled her eyes fiercely, and said loudly on purpose: "Oh, I sold the land, and now I have spent a lot of money. How can I live after I go back?"

As soon as she finished speaking, she heard a loud bang from inside, and then she heard Grandma Bai's out-of-tune shout, "Erlang, don't burn anything, this ink, paper and inkstone, which one is not bought with money?" ?”

Ding spat angrily, "If you fail the exam and still have such a temper, it's better to use the money to buy a few acres of land, it's better than such a bottomless hole."

The third uncle was squatting on the threshold, already gritted his teeth in distraught, but after listening to her talking endlessly, his anger became even more intense, he snapped a few words, "Okay, just stop talking! "

Today is different from the past, and Ding is still relentless, "Can I not be in a hurry? Originally, I thought that he would be able to go to high school, and we would be able to follow suit. Even the fields were sold. After returning to the village, do we have to drink the northwest wind? Especially we This time, he did such a great job, and finally went back in despair, how could he be laughed at by others!"

Before she could finish her sentence, she saw Grandma Bai coming out aggressively, her face ashen, she took a few steps to her, and slapped her with a raised hand, "Gossip woman, I don't think you'll wring your tongue out."

Five finger prints suddenly appeared on Ding's face, and it swelled up. She opened her eyes wide, looked at the other party dissatisfied, and yelled, "I was wrong, now there is not much money left, let's What should I do?"

Grandma Bai was so angry that she almost lost her breath, her hands trembled when she pointed at her, then she pointed the finger at third uncle, and shouted sharply: "It's the other way around, dare to talk back to me, third son, don't you care about your wife ?”

Ding's neck was twisted, and she looked at her man with teary eyes. I felt a little pity for him. The third uncle couldn't say what he wanted to say, so he could only stare at her, "Don't say a few words."

Ding covered her face and ran into the house with a whimper. The third uncle followed a few steps, trying to chase after him.

Seeing this, Grandma Bai sighed in her heart that she had married a daughter-in-law and forgot her mother. She howled and sat on the ground and began to cry.