章 116: Announcement
Finally saw Shitou's name in the tenth place.
Uncle Xu turned around and squeezed back. The old man grabbed his arm and asked: "How's it going? Where does it rank?"
Uncle Xu suppressed the excitement in his heart and said: "Father, Wenwu he took the first place and Shitou the tenth, we have two students who made it into the top ten in the Xu Family Village!"
The village chief was overjoyed to hear that their family had produced a scholar, which was the first in their ancestry.
The old man even stroked his palm and laughed: "Haha, I didn't expect that I, Xu Dashan, would produce a first-place grandson! Blessed by our ancestors!" The old master's eyes were even a little teary with joy.
When the onlookers heard the commotion, they realized that the first-place boy was actually the old man's grandson.
So a number of people clasped their fists and said: "This old man, it's really a joyous occasion, having produced an extraordinary grandson!"
"Yes, this is a great event, congratulations."
"Hey, why don't we have such a promising grandson in our family?"
...
The old man smiled happily at the compliments from all around and said: "Today is a happy event for my Xu family. Anyone who goes to eat at my Iron Triangle Barbecue Restaurant today will get a 20% discount!"
When some people who often go to eat barbecue heard this, they happily said: "Thank you very much, old man. I will go at noon today!"
The old man sent Uncle Xu to the barbecue restaurant to inform the shopkeeper Zhang, and he would wait for his return in front of the carriage.
Qibao also stood beside the old man. She was also very happy. Her eldest brother's efforts finally paid off today.
When Uncle Xu came back, the old man bought a few more firecrackers, intending to set them off to add to the joy. The village chief also spent money to buy a few more firecrackers.
A group of people hurriedly want to go back to Xujia Village, to tell this news to their family.
When he arrived at the entrance of the village, the old man lit the firecrackers, and the crackling sound alerted the villagers who were working.
Everyone stopped what they were doing and gathered around. After the firecrackers were set off, the old man said with a cheerful face: "Today is a happy day for our Xujia Village. Two scholar were born in our village. Wenwu won first place in this exam, and Shitou ranked tenth!"
The villagers in Xujia Village were also very happy when they heard this. When they heard this, the faces of the people in Xujia Village were all bright.
Every villager also happily congratulated: "Congratulations to the old man, congratulations to the village chief!"
"Congratulations, congratulations, this is a great thing for our Xujia Village!"
"Yeah..."
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The men from other villages who came to work were also extremely envious, especially Zhang's younger brother, who was so excited that his nephew actually passed the examination and ranked first.
At this time, everyone in the Xu family also came over. After hearing what the old man said, Mrs. Wang happily just clapped her thigh and said: "Great, we've got a first-place scholar in our family, I knew my Wenwu wouldn't let me down!"
Mrs. Zhang even had tears in her eyes, covered her mouth, and cried with joy. Mrs. Li and Mrs. Lin were also very happy. Seeing their sister-in-law like this, they understood very well. One of them held one side, and the three of them hugged each other.
The village chief's wife also came over. She heard that her son had ranked tenth in the exam. She was crying and laughing at the same time. Her expression was extremely exaggerated.
However, everyone could understand that if their own children had this ability, they would probably act even more exaggeratedly than the village chief's wife, and would be eager to tell the whole world about it.
The old man said: "Tomorrow our family will set up a banquet in the village to celebrate this big event together, and make a lot of noise and excitement, so everyone can come! Bring all the children and old people at home, and take a day off tomorrow!"
"Okay, okay, definitely go!"
"I'll go help tomorrow!"
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When the Xu family returned home, the old man said: "Wenwu performance this time is good, but this is just the beginning, there are still a lot of roads to go ahead, with Wenwu's achievements this time, in the future, the examination of Xiucai is estimated to have a few points of certainty, so we can't drag our feet even more, we all know what to do, don't we?"
Everyone else nodded, and the old man said again: Alright, let's all get busy. I guess Wenwu has already gotten the news in the academy."
The whole family started to get busy with a happy face, feeling that they are full of energy in whatever they do now.
In the afternoon, Uncle Xu went to the town to pick up the children again. He also bought a lot of meat, which he would use to treat the villagers to dinner tomorrow.
When Xu Wenwu got off the carriage, Wang held her eldest grandson in her arms and said: "My dear grandson, it could be a blessing for grandma. If you want to eat something tonight, grandma will make it for you!"
Xiaowu said from the side: "Grandma, I think it's braised chicken!"
Xu Erbo laughed and cursed from the sidelines: "You brat, if you were half as capable as your big brother, let alone a braised chicken meal, I would make you eat enough every day!"
Xiaowu curled his lips and stopped talking.
Xu Wenwu smiled and said: "Grandma, I also want to eat braised chicken tonight."
Mrs. Wang smiled and said: "Okay, I'll make braised chicken tonight. One chicken leg will be given to my eldest grandson, and one will be given to Qibao, the great hero of our family."
Xiaoliu asked: "Grandma, what about me?"
"Then give our little six the chicken wings!"
When Bai Shuang and Baixue heard that they had no part in it, they rubbed their bodies against Wang.
Mrs. Wang patted their big heads and said: "You two won't have any chicken legs to eat tonight. I'll give you chicken legs tomorrow. Be obedient!"
Suddenly the two wolves became sensible and stopped pestering Wang.
Mrs. Sun also hurriedly ran to the kitchen to help.
During the meal, the old man poured a small glass of wine for Wenwu and said: "You are eleven years old this year. It's okay to drink a little. Today you will have a drink with grandpa."
"Yes!"
Everyone at the table was smiling, and Xu Wenwu said: "I was able to pass the exam, and the most grateful person is Qibao. If it weren't for Qibao, I might still be in the fields helping my family with farm work, let alone have the opportunity to go to school, so I would like to thank my little sister here."
Qibao smiled and said: "You're my big brother, we're all family aren't we? What's more, I just love this feeling of making money, not just for my big brother, but also for myself, for everyone in the family, each of us works hard and gets credit, the reason why our family can get to this point is because each of us loves our family, and everyone is very united, and that's what's important, and I hope that in the future, our family can always maintain this kind of cohesion, so that we can grow even more stronger!"
The old man took the lead in applauding and said: "Qibao' is right, unity is the root of a family's strength, I hope that our family members will never mistrust their own loved ones, let alone do anything to hurt anyone just because of benefits, got it?"
"Got it, Father!" The others all nodded solemnly.
Old Man Lin and Mrs. Sun looked at the atmosphere of the Xu family and understood why the Xu family was able to achieve today's achievements. They were also very glad that they did not prevent their daughter from marrying into the Xu family because the Xu family was poor. How wise they were back then! Now that they had enjoyed the blessings brought by their granddaughter, they would have to integrate themselves into this big family in the future as well, and perhaps in the future, the achievements of the Xu family might be far greater than what they were now.
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