novelden Chapter 151 Do you know who is No. 1?
Chapter 151 Do you know who is No. 1?
These days, Yang Biao is either in the cake shop or in the barbecue shop. He is very busy every day and his life is very fulfilling.
"Yang Biao," Cao Tongpan came to see him again. Oh, this time he was not Cao Tongpan, but was appointed by Xia Zhaofeng as the acting prefect. As long as he did not make any major mistakes in governing Guangping Prefecture within five years, his official position would basically be converted to a regular one.
"Congratulations, Lord Cao, on your promotion!" Yang Biao also heard that Xia Zhaofeng had been promoted, and he promoted his subordinates accordingly. He congratulated him as soon as they met.
"That's easy." Cao Qiaoyi pulled him aside and whispered, "Prince Jin has gone to his fiefdom, and the young lady has been taken home by the master."
"Oh, then boy, return the marriage certificate to Lord Cao." Yang Biao thought he was here to get the marriage certificate back. This was a good thing, as he would have nothing to do with the Xia family from now on.
"Hmm," Cao Qiaoyi was a little confused. What was going on? Lord Xia hadn't told her to ask Yang Biao to return the marriage certificate.
"Lord Cao, what's wrong?" Yang Biao saw the confusion in his eyes and walked up to him and patted him on the shoulder.
"Oh, the results of the college entrance examination are out today. Did you go to see it?" Cao Qiaoyi came back to her senses after he tapped her like that.
"Not yet. I've been busy all day." Yang Biao handed the tools in his hand to the servant, led Cao Qiaoyi to the operation room, and signaled the clerk to pack for him. "It's rare for Lord Cao to visit our store. Why don't you bring some sweets for the children at home to taste."
"Yes," Cao Qiaoyi did not stop him. He came today to personally hand over the scholar's robe to Yang Biao, "Remember to wear it to the government hall tomorrow afternoon to attend the teacher appreciation banquet!"
"Oh, thank you very much, Lord Cao, for telling me!" Yang Biao thanked him and handed the cake packed by the clerk to Cao Qiaoyi.
"Okay, then I'll go back first. Remember to go early before You time tomorrow afternoon, and don't be late." After giving the instructions, Cao Qiaoyi left with the cake.
"Yang Biao!" Just as Yang Biao came out of the Educational Affairs Office after completing his studies for the scholar qualification, someone called him.
"You are..." Yang Biao looked at the person who came. He looked unfamiliar and was sure that he had never seen him before.
"Oh, I'm a friend of your cousin Yang Zi'an. My name is Quan Wenkui." The man looked at Yang Biao. Hey, Yang Zi'an's cousin looks really good. The two of them are worthy of being cousins.
"Oh," Yang Zian's friend, is he also coming to the capital?
"Your cousin lost money in the gambling house and asked me to come find you." Quan Wenkui has been wandering around the city these days, just trying to find Yang Biao. It is true that Yang Zian lost money, but asking him to find Yang Biao was just a fabrication.
"What do you want from me? I'm just a poor student." Gamblers are bad people, and Yang Biao doesn't want to bother with gamblers.
"Sir, I would like to ask what the scholar just now was doing here?" Quan Wenkui watched Yang Biao get on the carriage and leave. He was illiterate, so he asked the soldier on guard at the Education Office.
"This is the Educational Affairs Office. Those who come here are students who have passed the college entrance examination this year and are here to handle the paperwork for becoming a scholar." The soldier glanced at him sideways and told him anyway.
"Xiao Ran, pack your things. We will go back to Yangjia Village tomorrow night." After receiving the scholar's document, Yang Biao hurried to Xingning Street excitedly and pulled Qin Xiaoran, who was dyeing cloth, away.
"What are you holding in your hand?" Qin Xiaoran, who was being pulled away, stretched out her hand to see, and Yang Biao handed the document to her.
"Wow, scholar! When did you take the exam?" Qin Xiaoran was so angry that she punched him several times. He didn't even inform her that he was taking the college entrance examination. It was too much.
"Hey, aren't I afraid that you will worry about me?" Yang Biao grabbed her hand. This little thing hurts when it hits people.
"Why do we have to go back tomorrow night?" It would be great if we could pack up now and leave right away. Qin Xiaoran didn't understand.
"Oh, as per convention, all the successful students will attend a farewell banquet for their teachers tomorrow afternoon." Yang Biao pinched her chubby face, which looked so nice.
"I haven't seen you for a few days. How come you've lost weight?" Yang Biao frowned. Maybe the kid didn't eat on time. "Have you had lunch?"
"Not yet. I plan to finish dyeing this batch of cloth before going to eat," Qin Xiaoran pointed at the cloth piled up in the dyeing workshop, which still needed to be dyed once more.
"Okay, let the dyeing master do it." He spent so much money to hire the master, just to reduce Qin Xiaoran's burden.
"Okay, I'll go wash my hands first." There was still dye on her hands, and Qin Xiaoran wanted to wash them clean.
"Come, let me help you wash!" Yang Biao didn't say anything and directly pulled her to the well in the yard and squatted down to wash her hands.
"Yang Biao..." Qin Xiaoran blushed. She lowered her head and let him wash his hands. Then he wiped the water off her hands with a dry cloth.
"Please keep this for me!" Yang Biao handed the scholar's document to her. When he saw her take it, he pulled her into the kitchen.
"I'm hungry. How about we cook some noodles?" Yang Biao saw that there were still noodles in the kitchen. He thought that Qin Xiaoran was still hungry at this time, so he wanted to quickly make something easy to cook to fill her stomach.
"Okay," I'll do whatever you say. Qin Xiaoran looked at him boiling water and busying herself with things for her, and she felt her chest was full.
"Hey, there's chicken soup here." Yang Biao was very happy. He could put it in the noodles, which would make them taste more delicious.
"Yang Biao!" Wei Liangjing waved excitedly to Yang Biao in the crowd. He was at the bottom of the list in this exam, but he still passed.
"Wei Liangjing!" Yang Biao quickly approached him. He didn't check the list, so he didn't know he was admitted. "Didn't you go back to your hometown?"
"Hey, I only stayed there for five or six days. My dad thought I was expelled from Tianshi Academy, so I had to come back early." Wei Liangjing was very helpless. He envied other people's fathers who always praised their children for this and that, but his father was an exception.
"Do you know who is the first place?" Wei Liangjing whispered in his ear pretending to be mysterious.
"Who?" Yang Biao didn't really want to know, but the atmosphere had already been set to this point, and he didn't want to spoil the fun.
"Here!" He pointed to a young man in the crowd, "Di Huaijin, from Jiangning County."
"Di Huaizhong's younger brother?" Yang Biao thought of Ye Jihan's fellow villager. Their names differed by only one character.
"No, they are cousins." Wei Liangjing then looked at the crowd and couldn't help but sigh, "Oh, it's not easy, I actually became a scholar." It's a good thing that he became a scholar. In the future, he won't have to kneel when he sees officials in his hometown.
"You!" Yang Biao hit him and saw that those people were queuing up. It seemed that they entered the government office according to their rank, so he hurriedly greeted Wei Liangjing and went to queue up.
"The prefect is here!" All the seated students stood up to greet Xia Zhaofeng.
"Just feel free to relax and don't be too restrained!" After giving a speech to encourage the students, Xia Zhaofeng waved his hand and asked everyone to sit down and have the banquet.
"Yang Biao, let's go and toast the adults and teachers!" Xia Zhaofeng's place was already surrounded by students who were toasting him. Wei Liangjing held the wine glass and pulled him to the table where Xia Zhaofeng was sitting.
"Student Wei Liangjing would like to offer a toast to you, sir, and thank you for your teachings!" Wei Liangjing toasted Xia Zhaofeng first, and then toasted others in turn.
"Yeah," Xia Zhaofeng saw that Yang Biao was also pulled over to toast, and he just nodded slightly.