Uncle Jiang and his wife heard the messenger singing the news, and ran out of the courtyard quickly. They saw two messengers dismounting and bowing to him: "Excuse me, is this Mr. Jiang Yuanbao's home?"
Jiang Dalang smiled from ear to ear and nodded repeatedly: "Yes, yes! It's Jiang Yuanbao's family, and I'm his father!"
Baozi clasped his fists and said, "Congratulations, Mr. Jiang Da, your son, Mr. Jiang Yuanbao, won the ninth place in the provincial examination!"
Jiang Dalang bowed in return: "Congratulations, everyone, you have worked hard. Come in and have a cup of tea."
Zhou also smiled happily and went to the kitchen to make tea.
Soon, neighbors, the head of the Chen clan, and teachers from the school all came to congratulate them.
Old Man Jiang and his eldest son were busy receiving the guests, so they asked Jiang Sanlang and Jiang Erlang to prepare the banquet and dishes.
"It's really cause for celebration! Your family is going to have two scholars." The clan leader said with some envy.
Not only was his own son a failure, but even his grandchildren were not ambitious enough and not one of them could pass the imperial examination and become a scholar.
The only relatively intelligent grandson, Yaoer, actually started learning martial arts, saying that he would take the martial arts examination when he grew up.
Oh, it's so infuriating.
Old man Jiang laughed and said, "No, no, it's not clear yet. We will know after he passes the college entrance examination."
"You've already ranked ninth in the provincial examination, so you'll definitely be a scholar!" Chen Changsheng from Xicun also came over to congratulate him, saying with a smile, "After the college entrance examination, we'll have to come and ask for a drink."
"Okay, okay!" Old Man Jiang and his eldest son returned the greetings to everyone.
Yingbao was also very happy.
Yuanbao was also very competitive. He passed the county and prefectural examinations on his first try, and it seemed that he would have no problem passing the academy examination as well.
Mr. Wu made an indelible contribution to this.
But Yingbao still felt a little uneasy, because she was not sure how long the new dynasty she belonged to could last.
If the two courts start fighting again, I don’t know whether the scholar status of my younger brother and Yuanbao will be counted.
"Yingbao." Wen Shu came over, pulled her and said, "Whatever pills you prepared for Jiang Jie for the provincial examination this time, please prepare some for my husband as well."
Because the new dynasty was established, the emperor held a special examination and allowed overseas students to register and take the exam here.
People like Li Xu can apply for household registration again at the local county government and then be able to apply for it locally.
However, when applying for household registration, five first-class local households must provide guarantees for him.
This is easy. He has been teaching in Dongchen Village for so many years, so it should be easy to find five first-class households to guarantee him.
So this autumn, Li Xu and Jiang Jie, who have re-applied for their household registration, will go to take part in the provincial examination together.
Yingbao nodded: "Okay."
It is already May now. My younger brother Jiang Jie has already registered at the county government office and is about to go to the provincial capital to take part in the provincial examination.
This time, she and her father accompanied him again, and of course, Mr. Wu also went.
Mr. Wu said that after the provincial examination, whether he passed or not, he would take Jiang Jie back to Jiankang to see a doctor.
A few days later, Yingbao went to the provincial capital with her two younger brothers.
Due to the recent shortage of shipping, they set off in a carriage.
Yingbao and Jiang Wu were in a carriage, driven by their father, while Jiang Jie and Mr. Wu were in a carriage, driven by a servant from the Wei family.
Wei Zhan's family also returned to the city together, with a large group of more than a dozen horse-drawn carriages.
Mrs. Wen did not go back, and Wen Shu could not accompany her because she was pregnant, so she asked a servant of the Wen family to drive a carriage to take Li Xu to the provincial capital.
Of course, with Jiang Sanlang and Yingbao taking care of him, it would be fine even if Li Xu was alone.
As for the old lady of the Wen family and her entourage, they left as early as March and were said to have gone to the capital.
The convoy traveled relatively safely along the way and encountered no bandits or refugees on the road.
During the lunch break, Yingbao took out the wontons from the small charcoal stove for everyone to eat.
Every time at this time, Wei Zhan would come over to eat, but he would bring his own dried meat.
Yingbao had no choice but to cook two more bowls, one for him and one for Mrs. Wang.
Wei Zhan sat next to Jiang Wu and ate wontons. He smiled and said, "I don't know why, but the food in your house is so delicious, and the food in my house is really terrible."
Jiang Wu ate his wontons and said, "Because your cooking skills are too bad."
"Yes! They ruined all the good things." Wei Zhan finished drinking the soup and wiped his mouth: "I'll bring the ingredients to Yingbao later."
Yingbao: "You wish! I don't want to be your cook!"
After dinner, Yingbao asked her brother and Wei Zhan to wash the pots and dishes. She took out wheat to feed the horses and fed the three horses with Tongkongquan.
After resting for a while, the carriage continued on its journey.
At night, the convoy stopped by the roadside to rest, and Yingbao called her two younger brothers over and sent them to the cave to rest.
There are bamboo beds and quilts in the cave, so the younger brothers can have a good sleep.
Yingbao curled up in the carriage, covered with a quilt, and fell asleep listening to the croaking of frogs outside.
After walking for more than ten days, the caravan finally arrived at the provincial capital.
Yingbao had a house in the city, so she drove the carriage directly to the house.
Yuanbao and his elder brother Jiang Cheng, who accompanied him to take the exam, have lived here for two months. They were very happy to see Jiang Jie and Jiang Wu arrive.
Jiang Sanlang drove the carriage into the yard, unloaded the carriage, let the horses eat grass and rest in the stable, and then went to prepare rooms for Mr. Wu and Li Xu.
Yingbao still had her own room, and she took out reed hair to clean the big kang.
After cleaning, my eldest cousin Jiang Cheng had already prepared the meal and called everyone to eat.
After dinner, Jiang Sanlang went out to buy some rice and came back to inquire about the situation in the city.
At present, the prefect has been replaced, and even the Xiao Mansion is deserted, with the plaque on the door changed.
The generals of Zhechoufu were replaced, and the general in charge was Wen Fu, who had not been seen for several years.
Of course, his name is not Wen Fu now, but Zhou Fu, General Zhou.
This amount of information was a bit too much, so Jiang Sanlang didn't dare to stay outside and hurried back to the house.
After asking Jiang Cheng, I learned that the Xiao family had moved away and returned to the capital before the New Year.
Including the brothers Xiao Mo and Xiao Chengjun, they are not in the capital city.
As to where they went, it is unknown.
Anyway, this land and city belong to the Great Zhou Dynasty, so the Xiao family, a royal relative of the Lesser Zhou Dynasty, naturally cannot stay.
Yingbao was a little surprised when she heard her father talk about this.
So, I have finally separated myself from the male and female protagonists of the story
That’s great!
Let those two scumbags stay in the Little Zhou Dynasty forever.
August soon arrived.
Jiang Jie and Li Xu went to take part in the provincial examination, which was three consecutive examinations, a total of nine days.
This was an exclusive examination and there were a lot of people taking the test, hundreds of them.
After the first exam, Jiang Jie and Li Xu came out, looking energetic and in good condition.
After the second time, both of them were a little tired, but very energetic.
At the end of the third exam, many candidates were carried out of the examination room, and Jiang Jie and Li Xu also appeared staggering.
"Sister, I'm dying of the suffocation!" Jiang Jie frowned and said, "I was assigned to the stinking cell in this battle. If I hadn't been quick-witted and stuffed the pills you gave me into my nostrils, I would have been suffocated to death."
Yingbao asked: "Both nostrils are blocked? Then how do you breathe?"
"Ugh." Jiang Jie couldn't help but dry heave when he thought of the smell: "No, my breath stinks."