Tianshi Farming Daily

"It's their own fault." Xu Mingyan said in a cold tone.

Zhao Chengmo frowned and asked, "Will it affect you?" He was still a little worried about Gu Lingze.

Xu Mingyan also looked at him when he heard this.

The corner of Gu Lingze's lips curled up into a smile, "The principle of repaying debts and murdering people has never changed."

The results of the rural examination will be posted at the entrance of the Gongyuan ten days after the examination. During this period, Gu Lingze has been writing hard... copying the Tao Te Ching for Master Zhang.

Xu Mingyan told Mrs. Zhang about Zou Yingguang, but he didn't explain it in such detail, but Mrs. Zhang also guessed that Zou Yingguang must have committed evil deeds and ended up like this.

At the beginning, Zou Yingguang was accepted as a disciple, but it was only because Mrs. Zhang's brother-in-law owed Zou Guanghong a favor, so he reluctantly agreed.

There is not much affection between the two of them, master and apprentice, Master Zhang didn't care about it after hearing this.

Aunt Tao opened the door and saw Gu Lingze lying sprawled on the bed, talking something, while Zhao Chengmo was sitting at the desk and kept writing.

Gu Lingze could draw symbols with a brush, but writing with his wrist hanging was too tiring, so Zhao Chengmo consciously did it as a ghostwriter.

"You!" Aunt Tao said with a smile, and put the freshly made purple potato muffin on the table.

Gu Lingze turned over and sat up when he smelled the fragrance, ran to the table and picked up a piece and put it in his mouth.

"Boy Zhao, you should also take a rest and try the snacks that Auntie just made."

After Zhao Chengmo finished writing the last sentence, he straightened his back and went to the table to pour a cup of tea for Gu Lingze who was eating snacks.

Aunt Tao jokingly said: "You always spoil him like this, and if you can't marry him, you will have to take care of him."

"Well, I'll raise it." Zhao Chengmo lowered his head at the moment, unable to see his expression clearly, but he answered this sentence without hesitation.

As soon as Gu Lingze took a sip of tea, he spit it all out, and then he coughed earth-shatteringly, his whole face was congested with blood.

Aunt Tao patted him on the back, and seeing that he was coming over, she deliberately teased him and said, "The rest of my life can be considered settled, please make us happy."

But Aunt Tao didn't take Zhao Chengmo's words seriously, after all, there was really no affection between the two of them.

It's okay for Zhao Chengmo, he rarely showed any expressions, and he didn't talk too much, Gu Lingze always did his own thing in front of him, and just now he was lying on his back on the bed.

Aunt Tao was also young, and the younger brother or the girl's family is not shy when seeing her sweetheart. Although the two are almost inseparable, the atmosphere when they get along is not ambiguous.

So Aunt Tao didn't think too much about it. After they finished eating, she took the plate and went out.

There were only the two of them left in the room. Gu Lingze felt that the atmosphere was a bit awkward, so he cleared his throat and said, "Let's continue."

"Ah."

Zhao Chengmo went to the table and sat down. For some reason, Gu Lingze was a little embarrassed to lie on the bed like before.

So he shifted to the soft bed by the window, and continued to read the content of the first volume of "Tao Te Ching", but his eyes kept looking out of the window unnaturally.

So he didn't see Zhao Chengmo who was writing, and there was a gentle smile on the corner of his mouth.

On the day when the list was announced, Gu Lingze and the others got up early, and sat in the lobby with Mrs. Zhang to have a meal.

Aunt Tao was anxious and put down her chopsticks after two mouthfuls. Xu Mingyan smiled, picked up her bowl and filled two spoonfuls of red bean soup.

"Mom, you don't have to be so nervous, we'll go to the list after dinner."

Aunt Tao said anxiously: "A lot of people went to wait early in the morning, and I was afraid that I wouldn't be able to squeeze in for a while."

"It's just crowded with people, and I can't see anything." Hearing what he said, Aunt Tao could only suppress her impatience temporarily.

Suddenly, there was a sound of beating gongs and drums in the distance, accompanied by the bustling footsteps of the crowd, walking towards this side.

Because it was still a little far away, I couldn't hear what happened. After a while, I heard that someone had won the prize, and the announcer came to ask for the reward.

Gu Lingze smiled and said, "It seems we don't have to go."

The people sitting in the lobby all looked outside the door, but the movement stopped in the street next door.

A candidate who had just heard Gu Lingze's words said sarcastically, "It's really ridiculous for someone to have a sweet dream before it's dark."

Gu Lingze ignored him, arguing with this kind of person was just a waste of time.

Seeing that the man didn't answer back, he felt that he was timid and guilty. Just as he was about to speak, Zhao Chengmo cast his eyes on the examinee.

Aunt Tao couldn't sit still anymore and wanted to stand up several times. Uncle Xu patted the back of her hand reassuringly and advised her to wait.

The top ten in the township examination will be rewarded, and other inns will be lively, only the Sanyuan Building is quiet.

The shopkeeper lay on Gu and sighed, and Xiao Er couldn't cheer up.

At this moment, there seemed to be some faint movement.

This time it was very different, the movement was even more noisy than before, there were sounds of blowing and beating, and obvious applause, mixed together, it was extremely lively.

The shopkeeper hurriedly asked Xiaoer to go to the door to have a look. As soon as he ran to the door, he saw three lion dancers appearing in front of the door.

Jumping and bowing, with a naive attitude, everyone was watching and clapping their hands. The momentum of this wave of blowing and beating team seemed to be particularly sufficient, and they kept puffing their cheeks and blowing vigorously.

The gongs and drums in the back were also working extremely hard, and for a while the people in the lobby couldn't hear what the people around them said.

Shopkeeper Wang's excited eyes were shining, his face was flushed, and he kept talking, but no one could hear him clearly, only his mouth moved.

At this time, after the lion danced out three hydrangeas, it retreated to the side, and the sound of blowing and beating around it also stopped.

A man wearing a festive red scarf ran into the lobby and congratulated loudly: "Congratulations to Mr. Xu Mingyan, Xu Mingyan, Donglin Village, Xuyang County, the first name in the Beiyongfu Township Examination of High School."

"Dare to ask where Master Xie Yuan is."

Xu Mingyan was still in a daze, Aunt Tao and Uncle Xu were so happy that they didn't know what to do, only Gu Lingze quickly raised his hand to signal that he was here.

In the end, it was Zhao Chengmo who gave enough rewards to send these announcers away.

Mrs. Zhang patted Xu Mingyan on the shoulder, Lao Huai nodded comfortingly and said, "Not bad, not bad."

Shopkeeper Wang also came to congratulate him, and wanted to refund them all the rent they had paid for the past few days, but Gu Lingze declined.

Some people in the lobby congratulated generously, but some returned to the room with dissatisfied faces, including the candidate just now.

Only then did Xu Mingyan come back to his senses, and bowed deeply to his parents and Mrs. Zhang.

"Thank you father and mother for taking good care of you, and thank you teacher for your teaching." The three quickly helped him up.