Women Wearing Men: The Growth Path of the Bastards of the Aristocratic Family

Chapter 4 Gu Yunxiao Zhongju

Today is the day when the township examination results are released.

Everyone in the Gu family deliberately slowed down while eating breakfast, as if they were waiting for something.

Starting from the township examination, if the examination passes, there will be announcing officials sent by the government to go to the residence of the juzi to announce the good news, instead of having them go to the front of the list to crowd people.Besides, the Gu family didn't live in Fucheng, so even if they wanted to read the list, they couldn't watch it for a while.

Huating County is a county directly under the jurisdiction of Songjiang Prefecture. It is very close to the prefectural city, and it is only more than an hour's journey. If you ride fast on horseback, you will probably be there in less than half an hour.

Even if they chewed slowly, the meal was still finished.Seeing that the sun is rising, the official who announces the good news has not come yet.

Gu Yunji gently scraped the bottom of the bowl with a spoon, pretending to be still eating.In fact, the bowl was so clean that it couldn't be more clean. This is to find something to do for myself during the long wait.

"Ugh--"

Gu Yunlin let out a long sigh, put the spoon into the bowl, and there was a crisp sound when it collided.

Originally, the hall was silent, but his sigh made the tense people look at him one after another.

After waiting for so long, theoretically the announcer should have arrived, but there is no news yet.Gu Kaizhen was already in a bad mood, Gu Yunlin's sigh made him find an outlet immediately:
"Don't eat if you don't want to eat! Sigh, you've exhausted your energy for the day!" As he spoke, he looked around and saw that everyone was basically pretending to be lowered, and said, "Since we've finished eating, then Just withdraw!"

"Happy news—"

At this moment, a shout came from outside the yard.Immediately afterwards, a man dressed as an official with a red cloth tied around his waist entered the hall.

"The No. 30 seventh place in the rural examination of Mr. Gu Yunxiao's high school in Huating County, Songjiang Prefecture!"

Gu Kaizhen stood up from the chair suddenly, with ecstasy on his face: "Hahaha! Good! Good! My son has been hit!"

A smile finally appeared on Gu Yunxiao's face. He let out a long sigh of relief, turned around and bowed solemnly to Gu Kaizhen and Mrs. Wang: "The son has finally lived up to the expectations of his parents!"

The two quickly helped him up, Gu Kaizhen had tears in his eyes, and stroking his son's shoulders in relief: "My son is doing well! You have spent so many years of hard work in studying, and now being a father is finally in front of your grandfather." With face!"

All of a sudden, there was a commotion in the hall, and everyone congratulated Gu Yunxiao one after another.

Gu Yunji sincerely blessed and said: "Congratulations, big brother." In a real aristocratic family, everyone is prosperous and the other is hurt. The so-called intrigue for power and profit is actually rare.After all, the eldest son inheritance system is there, no matter how much a bastard is not yours, he is not yours after all, it is better to have a good relationship with the first brother, so that he can be taken care of by the elder brother in the future, and it is reasonable to get more benefits.

What's more, in private, Gu Yunxiao has always been very kind to him and is a good brother. Gu Yunji naturally hopes that he will have a good future.

Gu Yunxiao still had that gentle look, and replied with a smile: "Thank you third brother. The third brother has worked so hard these days, and if things go on like this, he will definitely be able to pass the exam."

Everyone was lively for a while, and Mrs. Wang was the first to recover from the joy, and gave the announcer a bag of broken silver as a reward.

The announcer was overjoyed, took it with great gratitude, said a few more auspicious words, and then left happily.

Gu Kaizhen's face was flushed, and he waved his hand: "Young master, this is a great joy in the mansion. All the servants in the mansion will issue an additional month's money! Also, go to a few people to buy more firecrackers and come back. I'll keep it at the door for a quarter of an hour!"

After a while, the servant who bought the firecrackers came back.As soon as noon came, they were put up crackling at the gate of Gu's mansion.Another gong and drum team was invited to play and play, and walked back and forth several times from the entrance to the end of the alley.So in less than half a day, the neighbors in the neighborhood knew that the young master of the Gu family, Gu Yunxiao, had passed the exam.

In the afternoon, the families who had good relations with the Gu family successively sent people to congratulate them with gifts. Gu Kaizhen took Gu Yunxiao and his brothers to receive foreign guests in the front yard, and Mrs. Wang took the ladies to receive the female relatives in the inner courtyard. The Gu family was extremely busy.

At this time, the servant at the door shouted loudly: "Missy and uncle are back!"

Hearing that his daughter, who hadn't returned to her natal home for a long time, came back, Gu Kaizhen rushed to meet her.

"Miss..."

Without waiting for Gu Yunxiao to salute, the eldest lady Gu Yunyi hugged him, cried and laughed and said, "It's been a long time since I saw you, Yunxiao has grown so tall! Back then, I was just a follower who only called sister and sister all day long." Well, now they are all Juren!"

Gu Yunyi is the eldest daughter of Mrs. Wang. She grew up with Gu Yunxiao since she was a child. The relationship between the siblings is very good.Three years ago, she married Yang Hezhuo, the second son of the Yang family, a wealthy local gentry in Huating County.

He never thought that Yang Hezhuo didn't seek to make progress, was inferior to his elder brother in every way, couldn't please his parents, and even took his wife Gu Yunyi to be unwelcome in the Yang family.However, the mother-in-law is very strong, and she is called to set rules from time to time.Her husband is useless, her husband's family doesn't want to see her, Gu Yunyi's life is very aggrieved.

Now that Gu Yunxiao has won the election, the Yang family is concerned about his official status, so they will definitely not dare to despise Gu Yunyi again.So now that Gu Yunyi has come to the end of all hardships, seeing her family members who miss her day and night, how could she not cry with joy.

Gu Yunxiao's face turned red when he mentioned the embarrassing things in his childhood.Gu Kaizhen stepped forward and was also very happy to see his daughter whom he hadn't seen for a long time: "Your brother's Zhongju is a happy event, why are you crying? It's rare to come back, so just sit at home for a while, your mother also misses you very much."

Hearing this, Gu Yunyi hurriedly wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes, and hurriedly bowed to Gu Kaizhen.

Just now when Gu Yunyi entered the door, she hugged Gu Yunxiao and cried and laughed. Neither Gu Yunji nor Gu Yunlin could get in the way. Now that they had time, they also took advantage of the situation to salute her: "I've seen my eldest sister."

Gu Yunyi glanced at the two of them, nodded and smiled, and then her eyes fell on the tall and straight Gu Yunji:
"I haven't seen you in a year or two, but the third brother has grown so tall. Thinking of the day I got married, the third brother was still a little timid and afraid of being born. Now he looks big and generous, and he has really grown up." Gu Yunyi said with emotion .

At this time, the son-in-law Yang and Zhuo, who had been standing in the corner and ignored, said, "My son-in-law has seen my father-in-law."

Gu Kaizhen naturally knew that her daughter's life in her in-law's house was not satisfactory, so she didn't have a good look at Yang Hezhuo at the moment.Hearing this, he gave him a sideways glance, ignored him, and led Gu Yunyi and others into the main hall.

Seeing this, Yang Hezhuo looked slightly embarrassed, and didn't dare to say anything, so he followed silently.

Not long after everyone sat down in the main hall, Mrs. Wang arrived with her family members.

Gu Yunhe, the second daughter of Aunt Sun's concubine, Gu Yunhua, the third daughter of Mrs. Wang's concubine, and Gu Yunqiao, the fourth daughter of Gu Yunji's younger sister, all the young masters and ladies were present.As for Aunt Sun and Aunt Zhao, they are not qualified to attend such an occasion.

As soon as Mrs. Wang saw her daughter who was thinking about it day and night, she couldn't wait to pull her to look left and right. Seeing that Gu Yunyi was safe and sound, she wiped her tears and felt relieved. After the daily life, there was endless laughter in the main hall throughout the afternoon.

Before you know it, it's sunset.The guests left one after another, and even Gu Yunyi reluctantly followed Yang Hezhuo back to Yang's house, and the Gu mansion began to become deserted.

Seeing that it was getting late, the Gu family was about to ask the servants to clean up the tables and chairs and close the door of the house, when they heard the sound of gongs and drums from outside the house, and after a while, an official came in and shouted loudly: "The county magistrate is here!"

Hearing this, everyone in the Gu family hurriedly arranged their appearances and went to pay a visit.

Outside the door, the county magistrate Chen Rong, wearing a green official uniform and soap boots, got off the sedan chair surrounded by officials.

"Student Gu Kaizhen, bring your sons Gu Yunxiao, Gu Yunlin, and Gu Yunji to meet the county magistrate." As he spoke, Gu Kaizhen bowed to the county magistrate, and Gu Yunxiao and Gu Yunlin hurriedly saluted like their father.

Father and brother both have meritorious service, so they don't worship officials when they see officials, but just bow to each other.Gu Yunji, who was still a child, didn't dare to overdo it, he quickly knelt down and kowtowed, and bowed upright.

"You don't need to be too polite." Chen Rong stepped past Gu Kaizhen and stretched out his hand to help Gu Yunxiao up.He was originally from Juren, and he got this official position as a candidate. Speaking of which, he is on the same level as Gu Yunxiao, but he can accept a gift from him because of his older age and his status as a parent official, but he didn't dare to entrust Qiao with the big one, so he quickly sent Gu Yunxiao help up.

Gu Kaizhen looks a few years older than Chen Rong, but because he is only a scholar, he can only lower his posture and call himself a student in front of the county magistrate. Gu Yunxiao and Chen Rong walked in front side by side, and he carefully followed behind , not daring to cross the line at all.

Chen Rong didn't sit for a long time after entering the door, exchanged a few words of greeting, and encouraged Gu Yunxiao, then took his leave and left.

In fact, there were four candidates in Huating County in this township examination, and Gu Yunxiao was not the one with the highest ranking. The reason why the county magistrate Chen Rong came to visit Gu's mansion was because he thought that the Gu family was a branch of the Gu family in the south of the Yangtze River. He is very young, and he is very hopeful that he will become a Jinshi in the future.Regarding this, Chen Rong wanted to make friends, if he could climb up to the Songjiang Gu family, then his official career would be smoother.

Lying on the bed at night, Gu Yunji felt a lot of emotion.

When the county magistrate came to visit today, both father and brother saluted, but he had to kowtow. His son walked in front, but Gu Kaizhen, the father, could only follow behind.The ancient hierarchical order was so strict, and the first level of the official rank was to crush people to death.

If he was just a little boy all his life, he would have to bow his knees in front of these dignitaries all his life and never be able to straighten up. Thinking of this, Gu Yunji clenched his fists.

He is not reconciled.Since everyone is not equal in this world, he must climb to a high place, stand on the top and look down on others, and must not become an ant praying for fate at the bottom of others.If it was said that Gu Yunji just wanted to change his life when he took the imperial examination in the past, then after experiencing all kinds of things today, he has a desire for power for the first time in his heart.Now, Gu Yunji has re-established his goal.

He wants the imperial examination, he wants to be an official, he wants to be under one person and over ten thousand people!
(End of this chapter)