Chapter 895 The best scholar’s ​​wife 14

"Sister-in-law, congratulations! Your fourth child is now promising!"

"Auntie, you have finally come to the end of your hardships. Congratulations!"

"Sister-in-law, I have long seen that your fourth child is a promising child. Doesn't this mean he has passed the exam?"

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"Thank you everyone, we are all happy together." Old Mrs. Li said with a bright face.

An Ran listened to the villagers' praise of Li Silang, smiling on his face, but thinking in his heart, is it true or not? The old lady may not know, but she has practiced martial arts and has a good ear. She has listened to the villagers all the time. People laughed at Li Silang for being hopeless. Old Mrs. Li used a piece of mud that couldn't stand on the wall as a treasure. She was partial and stupid. Now everyone was praising Li Silang, as if they had never said it before. Those words sound like that, are you embarrassed?

——In fact, the country people have no idea what it means to pass the imperial examination and county examination. They have only heard of the scholar, and really don’t know much about other things, including the examination of the imperial examination, and they don’t know much about it. The reason is very simple, because in the countryside, the scholar You may have heard of it, but it is difficult to pass the imperial examination. Generally speaking, there will not be such a person for dozens of miles around. If there is no such person in the local area, and the information is not available, ordinary people will have no idea about their identity. I don’t understand it at all, so I naturally don’t understand what it means to promote a person to be a scholar. At most, I know what the number one scholar means, and that’s from the play.

So now everyone came to Li's house to congratulate. In fact, they were just joining in the fun, so they came to congratulate.

Not only did some people congratulate Mrs. Li, there were also people who congratulated An Ran.

"His niece-in-law, congratulations, she will be a scholar tomorrow."

"Brother and sister, you are pregnant, and Shiro has passed the county examination. This is a double blessing. Congratulations."

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No matter what these people said about her and Li Silang before, when they congratulated them in person, she naturally couldn't drive them away just because she knew they were talking about them behind their backs, so she smiled and thanked them one by one.

Not only the villagers came, but also Li Sansao and others who heard that Li Silang passed the county examination.

Muttering to each other all the way.

"Is this the fate of the fourth child? Can he pass the county examination?" Sister-in-law Li asked.

"Isn't that right? I have been taking exams since I was twelve or thirteen years old. I have never passed the exam. But I can pass this time. Isn't this a blessing?" Sister-in-law Li asked.

"I heard that the county exam is very easy to pass. You can pass it by studying for just two years. It was a shame that the fourth child failed to pass the exam for so many years. But now that he can pass it, it is normal." Li Sansao's family is well off, and her brothers are studying. Yes, I know something about the imperial examination, so I said this.

"The fourth child passed the county examination. Although it is a happy event, I'm afraid it is also an annoying event." Sister-in-law Li was silent for a long time and then suddenly said this.

Sister-in-law Li and Sister-in-law Li San looked at each other and couldn't help but feel worried.

They understood what the troublesome thing Li Ersao was referring to. It was nothing more than that the old lady saw hope. If all the money in their hands was wasted and the fourth child still wanted to take a higher level exam, she would probably come to them. The three brothers want money. In the past, the fourth brother didn't even pass the county examination and had no hope. So when the old couple will have no money, they may be embarrassed to ask them for it. But now, the fourth brother has passed the county examination and has such a good fortune. With a little hope, the old couple will probably let him continue taking the exam. They want him to take the exam even if they have no money. If they still want to take the exam if they have no money, they will ask them for money. This is not a worry. .

After thinking about this clearly, the joy in the hearts of the sisters-in-law became more and more diluted. Li Sansao even said: "It would be great if the fourth child failed to pass the county examination."

But of course, this could only be discussed privately by the sisters-in-law, but they did not dare to speak out, otherwise they would be torn apart by Mrs. Li.

Because Old Mrs. Li was happy today, seeing Li Sansao and the others coming, she didn’t show off to them because they insisted on quarreling about the family separation. On the contrary, she said in a friendly manner: “Let’s have a reunion dinner tonight to celebrate you. My younger brother passed the county examination.”

The messenger said that Li Silang would be back in the evening, so Mrs. Li said so.

For such a big happy event, it is natural for the whole family to sit together, chat and share the joy, otherwise it would be too uncomfortable.

After hearing Mrs. Li's words, Li Sansao and others couldn't help but look at each other, feeling unhappy, because they all knew that if they came over tonight, they would have to bring something over again. After all, they couldn't be invited to dinner for nothing, but the fourth child liked to spend a lot of money. Living a good life, the food is very good, and the old lady has something to say whether the things they bring are bad, but how can they be willing to buy such good things - even if they buy them, they are not willing to give them to the fourth child, so when I think about it, It's not that they are unhappy, they would rather not eat from the fourth family than send anything to the fourth family.

But the old lady gave the order, and it was indeed a big deal. If they didn't come, someone would tell them, so the few people could only nod in agreement.

Sure enough, towards evening, Li Silang came back in high spirits.

As soon as he entered the door, he boasted about his glorious achievements.

"Hundreds of people in the county are taking the exam, and only the top 50 are taken. How difficult do you think it is! ... The ranking is more than 30, but if it weren't for the fact that I was sitting next to the door and the cold wind was blowing, otherwise I can still do better on the exam.”

Well, there are reasons for not doing well in the exam anyway, but it's definitely not his own fault.

In fact, he didn't do very well in the exam at all. After all, An Ran hadn't tutored him for long, so he couldn't have made that much progress.

However, it is true that the ancient imperial examinations were difficult because the admission rate was so low.

For example, the Xiucai Examination is held twice every three years. There are thirty or forty admissions in large populous counties, twenty or thirty in medium counties, and more than ten in small counties.

Although the population in this era was much smaller than in modern times, according to her understanding, it was only about one-tenth of modern times. Therefore, the number of people in this large county, middle county, and small county was also one-tenth of modern times. In addition, there were more people studying. Too few. Logically speaking, it should be easy to take the exam. However, it is different from the modern exam. In modern times, you usually only have to compete with people of the same age. At most, someone will repeat it for one or two years. But in this era, you can always take the exam. Although there are only a few people who are studying, it is impossible for everyone to take the exam. The accumulated number is also very considerable, so Li Silang said that there are hundreds of people taking the exam in the county, which is true.

After bragging for a while, Li Silang came to An Ran again to claim credit and said, "Daughter-in-law, do you think I can do it for my husband?"

An Ran smiled and said: "You can do it!"

Then he gave him a sling of money and said: "This is my wife's reward for my capable husband-in-law. When you pass the government examination and become a child, I will give you another two slings of money!"