Picking Up a General to Plow the Fields

Chapter 308: The two shengyuan return to the village

He raised his eyebrow and said disapprovingly: “Isn’t it just a shengyuan? What’s so great? I really don’t know why Lian Li and Madam Qiao can be so arrogant! It’s such a tiny success!”

After listening to this, Lian Fang Zhou raised her eyes and gave Ah Jian a deep look.
Smiling, she pursed her lips and said: “Ah Jian, you must be from a good background.
I also feel that a shengyuan is nothing but in our Dafang village, there has never been a shengyuan, let alone any higher achievement.
My cousin is the first! Thinking about it, you can see why my uncle and aunt are trembling with excitement.”

Ah Jian was stunned.
He smiled apologetically and hurriedly said: “I, I had no other meaning, Fang Zhou, don’t be angry!” Bitterly, he added: “If my identity is like you’ve said, then I will definitely help you solve this matter!”

She smiled, believing him.
Her instincts were not wrong.
Ah Jian was an honest person, not the type who liked to brag and exaggerate.
Since he thought a shengyuan was no big deal, this was not jealousy speaking but his honest thoughts.

“Its my fault, I’ve provoked you into thinking about it again!” Lian Fang Zhou said, feeling a little guilty.

Ah Jian was already numb about this.
He didn’t hold any hope or felt that there was anything bad about staying here, so naturally he did not spend much time thinking about his past.

Feeling noncommittal, he said: “I think Che’er is smarter and more talented than your cousin and he is willing to work hard.
It’s nothing for him to become a shengyuan! Your uncle and aunt have nothing more than a moment of power.
No matter what, after Che’er is successful, why should you care about them?”

“That’s true!” Lian Fang Zhou’s spirits lifted and she smiled: “You’ve reminded me that I also believe that my Che’er is a good kid with promise! No matter, I can avoid them for now and wait for Che’er.
When my brother grows up, he will be good enough to protect his family!”

Sneering, she added: “Two days ago, I did think that my uncle and aunt would come to find some trouble sooner or later, I just didn’t expect that they would come so late! I can wait for my brother, if they come to borrow, I will just beat them!”

Truthfully, if it was just her, then Lian Li and Madam Qiao would have to watch out! But since she had to think about Lian Ze, Lian Che, and Lian Fang Qing, she had to go about things differently.

“I think it’s okay,” Ah Jian said, nodding: “Lian Hai is not so muddleheaded as them.”

Two days later, Lian Hai and Sun Ming arrived together.

Although the two of them had studied in the same school, they had never traveled as companions, this was the first time.

Sun Ming had a good understanding of his own situation and knew that Lian Hai looked down on him from the bottom of his heart.
Although he had never said anything, they lived in the same village and he had never spoken to him.
This was an obvious signal in and of itself.

Presumably, Lian Hai and never thought that he would also pass the exam!

This time, it was Lian Hai who took the initiative to invite him back to the village.
Sun Ming was disdainful in his heart but still agreed with a polite smile.

The strength of two was greater than one and the tales of the two of them were getting taller!

By the time they arrived home, the entire Dafang village was boiling with excitement.
Zhang Li Zheng and the village elders personally greeted them while almost every villager rushed up to congratulate them with smiles, surrounding them as they walked home.

Others may have secret thoughts, but the village elders and Zhang Li Zheng were sincerely happy.
Their village had two shengyuan! They went straight from zero to two, this was a big leap! It was the pride of the whole village!

They were so proud, they couldn’t help but praise them over and over, saying that they had known since they were children that they would be different than their peers and how different it was now that they had all grown up! They told them that they had become shengyuan and in the future it there was hope that they could become juren and jinshi, maybe even becoming high-ranking officials! Prime minster was even a possibility, eh, get a chance to work directly under the emperor…

After hearing all this praise, Madam Qiao and Lian Li were so overjoyed that they couldn’t help grow tails and shake them.

Of course, everyone was familiar with Lian Hai, who had been born and raised in the village.
These people knew him very well, so most of these compliments were directed to him.

After a long time of excitement, the two shengyuan said goodbye to the crowd.
Zhang Li Zheng and the village elders started to discuss whether they should open the ancestral hall and burn some incense so that the village ancestors could also join the celebration.

The last few days had been very optimistic and the future was auspicious!

After everyone left, Sun Ming bid farewell to Lian Hai and his parents before going home.

Lian Hai escorted him to the door when Lian Li suddenly rushed out and called to Sun Ming, asking him to bring his father over in the evening to discuss how to handle the banquet.

Since both of them were shengyuan, it was good to handle it together and discuss it in advance to save trouble later.
It would be bad if one banquet was too rich and the other too shabby, inviting people to gossip.

Sun Ming agreed with a smile, promising to accompany his father over that evening and did not ask why they wanted them to come to their house instead of just discussing it now.

Sun Ming walked briskly to Xiaohuaguo mountain and pushed open the door of the house, smiling as he called “Father! Mother!” His reunion with his parents was full of excitement and affection.

Madam Sun couldn’t see enough of her son, immediately boiling him two eggs and covering them with honey.
She smiled as he ate, asking him questions about the exam and whether he was tired, nervous, etc.

Her son smiled and answered her one by one.

When he finished, he told his father about what Lian Li had asked.

Sun Zhang Xing and his wife looked at each other and smiled: “This is good.
We originally thought that the two families would discuss it but it seemed a bit frivolous if they didn’t speak up first.
Alright, after dinner let’s go over!”

Madam Sun couldn’t help but ask: “Why did you go to Lian house first and not hurry home? Your father and I knew you were coming back today and have been waiting all day! We went down the mountain and walked around three times at the fork in the road.
Ah, you kid, really, why did you go to someone else’s house?”

Sun Ming smiled faintly: “I came back with Lian Hai and Zhang Li Zheng and the village elders greeted us at the entrance with the villagers, so I had to join them.”

“So it turned out to be like this!” Madam Sun was relieved.
Then she smiled smugly: “Oh, it’s my son who is successful! I didn’t expect that we would be so proud today, the troubles we suffered before were not in vain!”