Chapter 100 Arrivals and Departures

Chen Qi left Yangzhou on the third day of July, but he waited until July 22nd before returning with his family.

I don’t know what delayed them on the way. As soon as Chen Heng and his classmates got the news today, they immediately ran to Jia Yucun to ask for a half-day leave.

Jia Xuezheng originally didn't want to agree. It's not deliberately making things difficult, it's just that the provincial examination is approaching, which is a top priority in the academy. How many academies in Yangzhou are staring at the results of Leyi Academy.

Although it has nothing to do with this group of children, it is always not good to come in and out, and it may affect the scholars' preparation for the exam. After much thought, Jia Yucun agreed with Chen Heng alone and persuaded the others to go back.

After being allowed to leave, Chen Heng happily walked through the streets and alleys and ran all the way to his door. Then he saw his family, whom he had longed for, slowly getting off a bullock cart. Chen Heng also knew that the old cow leading the cart was the one he had raised since childhood.

Now he is twelve years old and is a real old cow.

"Grandpa, grandma."

Chen Heng rushed to the front of his family in three leaps. The wind rushed into his open mouth, and even the sound of his tongue trembled.

"Heng'er?!"

As soon as Chen Gaishan turned his head, he saw a figure running towards him. For a time, even the fatigue from the journey disappeared. He quickly stepped forward and held his eldest grandson in his arms.

"Good boy, good boy." Chen Gaishan couldn't help patting Chen Heng's back, "I miss you grandpa."

"I think so." Chen Heng couldn't help laughing.

"Grandpa misses you too." Chen Gaishan responded with a smile, but his wife scolded him, "You miss your grandson, and you are still stubborn in the village and refuse to leave? Heng'er, don't listen to your grandpa's nonsense, he is all ignorant. ”

"Grandma, it's okay. Grandpa didn't come in the end, but he obviously still misses me in his heart." Chen Hengduo, with his clever temper, took the initiative to pass the steps to Chen Gaishan.

"That's right." Chen Gaishan held Chen Heng's hand and smiled proudly at Mr. Zhou, "Go inside first, your father and the others are busy inside."

As soon as the three men crossed the threshold, they saw other family members. Not to mention Mrs. Gu who couldn't help wiping away tears, her two sisters and two brothers were really happy and gathered around Chen Heng asking questions.

"Brother, sister, aren't you dreaming? This is really our future home?"

"Brother, which room is for me?"

Chen Heng responded one by one with a smile. When Chen Qi and Chen Huaijin saw a few young men who wanted to talk more, they hurried up and grabbed one with each hand, telling them to hurry up and get to work.

When his sister and brothers were taken away by the adults, Chen Heng stood in front of his mother Gu, and couldn't help but said softly: "Mother."

Mrs. Gu, who was already crying, couldn't stop her tears because of the word "Mother". She thought for a long time, and the thousands of words in her heart finally turned into one sentence, "This Mid-Autumn Festival, my mother will make you moon cakes to eat."

It is now the end of July, and the Mid-Autumn Festival is really not far away.

Chen Heng stepped forward and hugged Mrs. Gu gently, saying, "Okay, I want to enjoy the moon with my mother and go out to watch the lanterns together."

Mrs. Gu didn't say any more, but held the clothes on the child's back tightly with both hands. Hot tears fell one by one on Chen Heng's hair and face.

Seeing that Mrs. Gu couldn't stop crying for a while, Zhou and Chen Qi hurriedly came up and started persuading each other. It took a long time to persuade Mrs. Gu to hold back her tears.

After coaxing Mrs. Gu away, the family quickly devoted themselves to decorating their new home. In order to facilitate the adults to go out and do things on weekdays, they all chose the rooms on the first floor.

The children's rooms are all located on the second floor. Only men are divided into left and women. Chen Heng's room is the first one in the attic on the left, followed by the two brothers Chen Qingyue and Chen Yin.

These two little boys are also sensible and know that they may give their eldest brother a test in the evening. He ran into Chen Heng's room very diligently and was busy.

Chen Hengquan pretended that he didn't know about their little thoughts. He just thought about how he would test them that night.

There is only one bad thing about moving. Even these two boys, who were already studying at the Master's house, suddenly had to change teachers, and I didn't know if they could get used to it.

But there is no such thing as perfection in human affairs. Chen Heng also thought about it, since even grandpa can handle it. Sooner or later, Master and the others will be brought to Yangzhou.

For now, just look for famous teachers and strictly supervise their studies. Wait until they pass the Tongsheng test and see if they can get into the academy.

With a countermeasure in mind, Chen Heng let go and ordered the two of them to work.

"Brother, how do you think your younger brother is doing?"

Looking at Chen Qingyue's flattering smile, Chen Heng tried hard to suppress the smile at the corner of his mouth.

"Very good. I'll give you one more question as a reward tonight."

When Chen Qingyue heard this, he couldn't even frown.

Chen Heng, the second younger brother, has a temperament similar to that of his second uncle. Discipline is definitely indispensable when dealing with such a person.

Chen Yin is only five years old and can't see it clearly yet. Most of the time, he would do whatever Chen Qingyue did. Maybe it's because he hasn't seen Chen Heng for a long time, so the child still feels a little strange.

Chen Hengzheng wanted to pull him over and cultivate a brotherly relationship. Mrs. Gu had already shouted in the courtyard: "Chen Heng, it's time to eat. What are you doing upstairs with your brothers? Come down here."

The long-lost chatter rang in his ears again. Chen Heng smiled, picked up Chen Yin, and led Chen Qingyue downstairs quickly.

This meal was lunch. Everyone was very excited to move to their new home. Everyone on the table was talking about themselves. The two sisters, Chen Qing and Chen Xian, were discussing the decoration of their rooms.

Mrs. Zhou took her two daughters-in-law and said that she would send some food to the neighbors as a greeting.

Chen Gaishan and Chen Qi were the two leading craftsmen, and they were having a headache about what furniture to make first. This time they moved, they only brought bedding, clothes and other easy-to-carry things, and did not bring any other large items.

As for Chen Huaijin, it was good enough that he did not cause trouble and get scolded.

Chen Heng was greedy for the atmosphere at the table. This scene seemed to have returned to the time in Shanxi Village. Even the call from the blue cow became much more pleasant.

That night, Chen Heng naturally slept at home. When Chen Qi sent the child out to school the next day, Mrs. Gu was no longer sad and cried. Now she could go to the academy to find her son whenever she wanted.

Compared with this distance, it was not a big deal for the child to live in the academy.

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A few days later, it was the last day of July.

The atmosphere in the academy became more and more tense.

The provincial examination is approaching, and the chief and deputy examiners appointed by the court also arrived in Yangzhou City today.

This is the second time that Yangzhou City has held the provincial examination. In addition to the chief and deputy examiners, Yangzhou Prefecture itself has to select ten co-examiners.

Co-examiners are also called "room examiners" because they each have a room in the Imperial Academy to review the papers. Most of these positions are held by the prefects, county magistrates or other people who are Jinshi or Juren in the prefecture. The conditions of Jinshi and Juren must be met.

The number of room examiners is not fixed. Each provincial government has its own standards, which generally depends on the number of candidates.

For example, in Jinling, Zhejiang, Shandong and other places, the room examiners will select a large number of 18 people.

Fujian, Jiangxi, and Guangdong, which are a little worse, will also have 12 or 13 people. Yunnan, Guizhou and other places have the least, with only eight people.

As soon as the chief and deputy examiners arrived in Yangzhou, they moved into the house arranged in advance by Wei Yinghong. The officers and soldiers from the capital who escorted them all the way guarded the interior, and Xin Geng personally led his troops to guard the periphery. The two groups inside and outside did not meet each other, and each patrolled its own road, with strict guards.

The teachers of the major academies in Yangzhou also seized the last opportunity to give the scholars who were going to take the exam a make-up lesson. Leyi Academy was naturally no exception. Jia Yucun, Xu Jinhou, and Jin Shenzhi took turns to serve Cui Youdao, Du Yunjing and others.

In the last provincial examination, most of the scholars who came out of Leyi Academy were half-way scholars. People like Cui Youdao have been studying in the academy since they were students. If they can pass the examination, they can be regarded as truly famous for Leyi Academy.

Now there are more than 50 scholars in the academy, and there are more than 30 people who are qualified to participate in this provincial examination. There are only 29 people who are interested in signing up.

All the teachers pulled them to give them some advice again and again, and the test papers of the provincial examinations in previous years were even taken out and talked about again and again. In such a tense atmosphere, Chen Heng and others had to be careful.

Until the sixth day of August, all the examiners held the "entering the curtain" ceremony and officially entered the examination room, and the candidates could go there to register.

Today is also the day when Chen Heng and others saw Cui Youdao off. After these scholars registered, they went home if their homes were close, and they could choose to stay in an inn if they were far away, or they could go back to the academy.

However, the academy still had classes every day, and the teachers were also worried that the students' reading would disturb them. In short, the main point was that they could stay or go as they pleased, so that the scholars could prepare for the exam with peace of mind.

On this day, a large group of students lined up on both sides of the screen wall, leaving a small path in the middle. Every time a scholar passed by, everyone cheered for him in unison. Regardless of their usual relationship, these people went out today to represent the face of the academy.

Cui Youdao and Du Yunjing, who led the way, received the loudest cheers. Not only the students, but also the teachers thought that they had a great chance of winning.

After sending the scholars away, the teachers also took the opportunity to announce that today was a holiday. In recent days, they have been very tired in order to make up lessons for Cui Youdao and others.

"I wonder if there will be so many people to send us off when we go to take the provincial examination in a few years." Jiang Yuanbai patted his chest with lingering fear, "Seeing them go out like this, even I started to get nervous."

Xue Ke smiled a little, and said mischievously: "Don't worry, you should pass the examination first."

Chen Heng laughed, and suddenly found that Xue Ke also had a bad mouth.

August 9th is the day when the provincial examination begins, and the examination lasts for nine days. There is one exam every three days. After each exam, you can go home and rest for one night, and then come to the Imperial Academy to continue the exam the next day.

This year, there are only nearly a thousand candidates participating in the provincial examination in Yangzhou, which is far less than that of Shandong, Zhejiang and other places. However, compared with the last provincial examination, there are already half more people.

Because the number of people is small this time, the announcement time has also been advanced to the beginning of September.

In this provincial examination, Cui Youdao passed the examination, and the second place was Du Yunjing from Leyi Academy.

Of the 29 people who participated in the Leyi Academy, 20 passed the exam and became famous in all the prefectures in Jiangnan.

Two chapters with 6,000 words completed. Hahahaha, I'll see if I can code the third chapter. If it's past 10:30, you don't have to wait, just rest assured.