Farmhouse Green Plum

Chapter 455 Good Scenery

"First place! Really first place!"

Although Song Tian and others had already reported the good news and they were mentally prepared, everyone was still delighted when they heard the reporter's words, especially the Yuan family, as this was the first place!

The candidates for the provincial examination were not only the fifty who had passed the examinations in various counties a few months ago, but also those who had passed the county examinations but not the provincial examinations in previous years.

Among so many people, my child is the first!

"Qingwa, please invite the officers in to have a rest! Oh, right, the wedding money! And candies. Shanwa, go get the candies out quickly to bring joy to everyone. There are also firecrackers, take them out quickly and set them off..." Tao was so happy that her hands were shaking as she was searching for the red envelope, and her words were incoherent.

Yuan Qing's second grandfather Yuan Chuanshi reminded him, "There is also Mr. Wang, don't forget him. Qingwa, you go and invite him in person. Mr. Wang has taught you for many years, you must not forget his kindness!"

Tao, who was so happy that her head was dizzy, rolled her eyes in annoyance when she heard this. She didn't need him to remind her because she had already made arrangements.

She stuffed the red envelope into the reporter's pocket and said to Yuan Qing, "Qingwa, you go ahead. I'll take care of these messengers."

Yuan Qing agreed, turned around and walked out. He saw Song Ying and others from afar, and his smile became even wider.

He walked over and said with a smile, "You are here too."

Song Ying nodded, "Congratulations, the first step to changing your fate has been successful."

Yuan Qing curled the corners of his lips, "Thank you."

"You've become a Tongsheng, that's incredible!" Luo Yanxing gave a thumbs up and clicked his tongue twice, "A 15-year-old Tongsheng, you're not really going to win the first place in the imperial examination, are you?"

"That would be great, we can also benefit from it." Zhou Meiyue said with a smile and congratulated Yuan Qing again.

Yuan Qing thanked them politely one by one, and then said: "I have to go and invite Mr. Wang, you..."

He wanted to say, "Please go in and sit down," but when he looked inside, he saw that the place was packed with people. Not to mention chairs, there was no place to even stand. He swallowed his words and changed his words to, "There are a lot of people here today. Please forgive me for the poor hospitality."

"I understand. You can go ahead." Song Ying and others naturally understood.

They were the younger generation, so even if they squeezed into the yard, they would have to give way to the elderly when they came behind them. It would be better for them to just stay outside, since they had already congratulated the host anyway.

In the courtyard, the voices of congratulations never stopped:

"Aunt Tao, congratulations, your baby Qing finally made it!"

"Uncle Yuan, congratulations! Qingwa has always been a smart kid. I always said he would pass the exam sooner or later!"

"Oh, sir, please slow down. I know you are happy, but you should be careful with your steps!"

"Congratulations!"

"congratulate!"

"..."

Everyone's face was filled with joy, and they rushed to give gifts to the Yuan family and praised Yuan Qing again and again.

Luo Yanxing couldn't help but envy and said: "What a great scene! I've run a shop in the city for three years, and I've never had such a great scene since I came back."

"It's the same for me. I became a doctor, but I didn't have such a glorious life when I came back." Song Ying was also a little envious. It was a pity that she couldn't go to school. Even if she became a famous doctor, she would not have such a glorious life when she returned to the village.

"You two are almost there. You are already the envy of the whole village." Zhou Meiyue reminded speechlessly, "If you are still envious, we might as well not live anymore."

Her words were recognized by a girl from Wutong Village nearby, who continued, "You sisters are not bad either. You can also make money by picking herbs."

Since the Lantern Festival that year, the girls from Wutong Village and the girls from Xinghua Village have occasionally interacted with each other, and their relationship is better than before.

Song Ying felt that expressing his feelings in front of them was a bit ostentatious, so he explained, "We are just talking about it. We are not dissatisfied with the current situation."

As he was speaking, Old Man Yuan took out firecrackers and Song Ying and others quickly moved away.

Along with the crackling sound, many people from nearby villages came rushing over after hearing the noise. Even Li and others who were working in the mountains came. For a while, the Yuan family was extremely lively.

The Yuan family cooked some brown sugar eggs and invited a few people who had registered to eat. Elders from each village, including Mrs. Li, were also given a bowl.

"Head, why are you here?" Someone exclaimed, and turned around and shouted, "Aunt Tao, Uncle Yuan, the head of the village is here!"

When everyone looked, they saw the headman of Qinghua Village walking towards them with a jar of wine in his right hand and a piece of pork in his left hand.

Mrs. Tao and her husband came out to greet him, smiling, "Head, you are a rare guest. Please come in!"

The head of the village laughed out loud: "The star of literature has appeared in our Qinghua Village, how can I not come to congratulate you? This is Chenji's wine from the county, it's very strong, I brought it to congratulate you!"

As he said this, he handed over the jar of wine and the pork.

Tao declined, "No, it's a honor for our family to have you here, head of the village. How can we accept your wine?"

Yuan Qing's father obviously didn't know how to deal with this kind of situation, and just blindly agreed with Tao's words.

In the past, when he was like this, the villagers would inevitably gossip about him behind his back, saying that he was irresponsible, bookish and unsocial, but now they can only envy him.

The head of the village stuffed the meat into Tao's hands and patted the wine jar, saying, "What honor or not? From now on, we in Qinghua Village will have to rely on your Yuan Qing!"

Tao smiled until her eyes were slits, "Our Qingwa is always taken care of by the head of the village and the neighbors, it's what we deserve."

Having said that, Tao asked her son to take the head of the village to meet her husband, and her husband would accompany them while she continued to greet other people.

Time passed by, and after seeing enough of the excitement, Song Ying pulled Luo Yanxing and said, "I'm hungry. Let's go back."

"Your grandma and the others haven't left yet, why don't you go back and cook for yourself? Today is the Dragon Boat Festival."

Of course, the Dragon Boat Festival meal can only be started after the whole family is present.

Song Ying rubbed his stomach and said, "I bought some buns, so I'll eat them first. I think I'll just have to make do with something casual for lunch today."

Mrs. Li and Uncle Song had already eaten brown sugar eggs, so they couldn't eat much for lunch. The two shameless ones, Song Tian and Song Yuan, had already taken a lot of food from there.

In this case, you can just make do with the lunch and prepare a good meal in the evening.

"Shall we go back to the city tomorrow?"

"No, let's go back in the afternoon. I'm not coming back just for that meal." Song Ying refused decisively. There would inevitably be quarrels at home, so he decided to stay as little as possible.

Just as he was about to leave, Zhou Nanxing suddenly spotted someone, "Hey, who is that?"

A few people looked over and saw a middle-aged man in dark blue cotton clothes appearing on the opposite ridge. As he approached, they realized that there were two people dressed as servants following him.

Luo Yanxing asked curiously, "Why are there more officers here? Isn't the reporter still at Yuan's house?"

"That's Mr. Zhang from the county government." Song Ying recognized him.

A girl from Wutong Village heard this and ran inside: "Grandma Tao, Master Zhang is here!"

"Master lawyer?! Oh, the master lawyer is here!" The villagers were extremely surprised.