As soon as the list was posted, Tuesday Lang and Wednesday Lang squeezed in with Zhou Lizhong to read it. Although there were not as many candidates as the Beijing Mingjing Examination and the Jinshi Examination, there were more candidates including their families.
Everyone squeezed in noisily, Zhou Zhoulang's hair was about to fall out, he was pushed by the people behind, and almost ran into the announcement wall.
But it also allows him to see the announcement as soon as he looks up.
There are only twelve people, divided into two lines, how long can it be? He looked down from the first place, and when he saw the bottom, his eyes widened slightly. When Zhou Zhoulang and Zhou Lizhong were still trying to squeeze in, he had already Shouted: "I got it, I got it, big head, you got it!"
"Really?" Zhou Lizhong, who was caught in the crowd, wanted to squeeze forward, but couldn't squeeze in. He wanted to jump up and watch, but it was difficult to move even if he was caught in the left and right sides. He could only stand on tiptoe hard, but only watched After getting Wu Yaya's head, he could only ask loudly: "Second Uncle, how many are I, are you in front, can I pick a good position..."
"Fifth place, fifth place!"
Zhou Lizhong's eyes widened, he was overwhelmed with surprise, he stopped squeezing in, and started to squeeze out, but it was more difficult to go backwards, it took a long time to squeeze out, and half of his hair fell loose.
Zhou Zhoulang also squeezed out, his face was red with excitement, "Good boy, you can do it!"
Even the honest Zhou Zhoulang couldn't help but said: "The children of our Zhou family are smart, so, who is this picking up?"
Anyway, it's definitely not their father, then it's their mother, well, maybe it's their grandparents, after all, my uncle was also very smart before.
Zhou Lizhong smiled and narrowed his eyes, and said to Zhou Zhoulang: "Sister-in-law said that it is because we often ate sweets when we were young, so we are smarter than others."
"Nonsense, it's sugar, not pig's brain or sheep's brain, how can you be smart after eating it?"
Zhou Lizhong: "... Third Uncle, what does this have to do with pig brains and sheep brains? Could they be smarter than humans?"
Zhou Zhoulang scratched his head in doubt, "Didn't you say that what you eat will make you better? No matter how smart pigs and sheep are, that's their brains, and they will be nourished if they eat as much."
Zhou Lizhong: …
He tilted his head and thought for a while, then shook his head and said: "No, although my sister was smiling when she said it, she didn't seem to be lying to us. Of course, we are smarter than others, thanks to our parents and elders. It's because we always have candy."
Zhou Zhoulang was stunned, "Then you write to your younger brothers and sisters, asking them to buy more candy for Wutou if they have nothing to do?"
Zhou Zhoulang, who finally squeezed out, stroked his loose hair and asked, "What candy?"
Zhou Lizhong was taken aback, "Second Uncle, why did you become like this?"
"Don't worry about it," Zhou Zhoulang grabbed him and said, "You passed the exam, hurry up, let's go back and prepare some gifts, I will take you to give gifts to the county magistrate, we have to choose a good seat."
Because Qili Village is a little far from the county seat, Zhou Lizhong stayed at Guan's house during his studies.
The Guan family has a yard in the county seat, which was bought for Guan Yong's study in the county seat and when he married Zhou Lixin.
Zhou Zhoulang and the others only came to see the results today, they didn't bring gifts, but those who did bring money, just not many.
So they went directly to the Guan family to borrow money from others.
The Guan family is now lived by Guan Yong's cousin, Guan Fan. The couple are now running her dowry restaurant for sister-in-law Zhou Lixin, and they are all in the restaurant at the moment.
Lang Yi said on Tuesday that he would borrow money to give gifts, so he ran home to get the money without even thinking about it. He took out more than ten pennies and said, "This is not sent back to the village, is it enough? If it is not enough, I will borrow some from the owners of a few nearby shops." ?”
"Enough, enough," Zhou Zhoulang said with a smile: "It's not good to give too expensive gifts. Those who don't know think that our quota is bought."
"Yes, yes, it's not easy to give too heavy a gift." Guan Fan thought for a while and said, "I heard that the county magistrate likes to drink, and the best wine in our county is Jiannanchun."
Zhou Zhoulang also wanted to deliver wine, so he got up and said, "I'll go buy it now."
He also gave some money to Zhou Zhoulang and Zhou Lizhong, and said, "Go and buy some snacks, fruit boxes, fabrics are not easy to send, those good things are too expensive, and the county magistrate is also a scholar, so just send some pens, ink, paper and inkstone."
Zhou Lizhong: "...Second Uncle, that thing is more expensive."
"Then it's just like giving it away alone. You can pick it. Hurry up. We have to hurry up. Maybe they have already gone."
Guan Fan immediately said, "Let me help too."
Tuesday Lang couldn't wish more. They didn't have many things to buy, but they were scattered. One more person to help would save some time.
After everything was bought, the three uncles and nephews washed up at Guan's house, tidied up their clothes, and then went to the county office.
Candidates and their families have already come to the county government to thank the county magistrate and give gifts.
Unlike the candidates who take the examination of government studies, Mingjing, and Jinshi, they have a bright future and are also the achievements of the county magistrate, so the county magistrate usually pays for them to eat and drink to celebrate. I hope they will have a bright future and remember them in the future Give back to his hometown, and also give back to his former parent officer.
And those candidates for the county examination, once they pass the examination, they will be officials in the county government, and they are under the county magistrate, and they are not considered political achievements.
As a future subordinate, now there is an aboveboard reason to bribe and give gifts, and everyone will not let it go.
Of course, the gifts given by most people are not too expensive, and the salaries of officials are not high. Although everyone is happy, the gifts given are limited.
Zhou Zhoulang's gift is considered the most expensive, a jar of wine, two packs of high-quality snacks, two pieces of meat, and an inkstone...
Others also sent two packs of snacks, two fruit boxes, two pieces of meat and a jug of wine, but the difference in the wine made the difference in value.
Fortunately, everyone didn't pay attention. Everyone looked at the county magistrate anxiously, and wanted to ask what position their children could get.
In order not to entangle himself, the county magistrate said directly: "Let's do it according to the results."
He paused and said, "Everyone go in for interviews one by one, and I'll assign them according to your strengths."
Everyone looked at each other and had no opinion.
So the county magistrate smiled and called them in one by one for an interview. There were also the county magistrate, county magistrate, and master book. The four asked about their intentions and their understanding of the desired positions, and then wrote and drew on paper. , nodded and said: "You go down first, I have to ask other people."
Although the entry is based on grades, the county magistrates also have a focus when assigning them. For example, Zhou Lizhong, he is good at spells. When he said he wanted to go to the household house, the chief secretary and the county magistrate drew a circle without much hesitation. , the county magistrate also drew a circle, so he passed.
Zhou Lizhong successfully entered the Luojiang County household, and then talked to the county magistrate about the new grain.
The county magistrate frowned, "A new grain? Is it wheat? But there is still more than half a year before the next season of wheat will be planted."
"No, it's grain seeds."