Chapter 145 Change of Words

The Gu family's yard faces east. Gu's mother hurried home in a hurry, and she and Su Wan set up a table on the north side of the main room and lit the incense candles they bought.

Gu Huaizhi knelt three times and kowtowed nine times to the north, and then prepared to announce the victory.

The patriarch's wife touched Gu's mother with her elbow and said, "Use the silver hairpin on your head to pry it open."

Gu's mother had been waiting for this day for who knows how long. With trembling fingers, she pulled out a silver hairpin from her head and nervously picked up the good news. The silver hairpin belonged to the person who reported the news.

The messenger accepted the silver hairpin and read the good news: "I am pleased to report that your master, Gu Huaizhi, has won the first place in Guangling Prefecture in high school." He put the good news in Gu Huaizhi's hand, with a smile on his face, and congratulated him. : "Congratulations to the successful candidate."

"Thank you, you two." Gu Huaizhi received the good news and posted it on the wall in the middle of the hall.

Su Wan immediately stuffed a purse into each of the two reporters: "You two officials will buy a bowl of wine."

The reporter weighed it, put it into his sleeves with a smile, and congratulated him again: "Gu Juren is outstanding and knowledgeable. He is the best Jieyuan in our county for decades. He will definitely be named on the gold list next spring! We are waiting for him. Gu Juren returns home in fine clothes."

Gu's mother was very happy when she heard this. She took out a handful of silver and gave them to the two reporters respectively: "With the good words of the official, you two can have a bowl of coarse tea."

The reporter took the tea from Su Wan, drank a bowl, and then left.

At this time, Gu's house was crowded with people. Because this was the first time in decades that Xinghua Village had a successful candidate, let alone the county's Jieyuan, they congratulated Gu Huaizhi, helped hang up lanterns, and gave their own congratulatory gifts.

"Gu Dalang, you are so amazing. You passed the exam to understand Yuan! If it weren't for your poor health, you might be a high official now!"

"Don't be afraid of being late for a good meal. Gu Dalang has won the imperial examination now, and one of the top picks will come back next year!"

"Gu Dalang is the first in the courtyard examination, the provincial examination is the first, and Chunwei wins the first place again, which means he wins three yuan in a row. This is not to mention the first one in our Xinghua Village, it is very rare in the whole Zhou Dynasty."

"That's right, thanks to the fact that the old Song family still competed with Gu Dalang, their lives were at stake."

The patriarch's wife tugged on the woman's sleeve: "It's such a happy event, don't mention this family, it's bad luck."

Everyone congratulated Gu Huaizhi for getting the top prize in the exam next year.

Gu Huai returned the favor and thanked him.

Su Wan placed a plate of snacks, melons and fruits, invited the congratulators to have tea, and then went into the kitchen to help Gu's mother cook.

"Wanwan, I am still the first in Huainzhong. Our family will have a celebration for three days, so you have to work hard for a few days." Mother Gu said to Su Wan while cutting vegetables neatly: "I still have some leftovers here. With some money, let’s hire some neighbors to help with the banquet?”

"Okay." Su Wan had this plan. She had learned that no matter when the guests came, no matter what they wanted to eat, a banquet had to be prepared. Just relying on a few of them, they would be exhausted after three days. "Ask the neighbors to borrow some tables and give them a red envelope."

Mother Gu had no objection.

Gu Huai's success in the imperial examination was regarded as a great achievement for his ancestors. People who were his classmates came to congratulate him one after another. Several squires also came, just to make friends with Gu Huaizhi.

Although many villagers were hired to help, after a few days of busy work, Gu's mother and Su Wan both lost weight.

This was the last day, and those who were supposed to come to congratulate him had basically finished congratulating him. Mother Gu held her sore waist with both hands and sat on a bench: "If Da Lang wins the Jinshi next year, let's hire a few more people. I can fall asleep standing up now.”

Su Wan couldn't help but laugh, and said with a smile: "Huaizhong Jinshi, let's go to Zuixianglou to eat on the flowing water table for three days. We won't do it in the village."

Gu's mother slapped her thigh and said, "Okay! Let's eat on the flowing water mat for three days!" The smile on her face froze: "How much money will it cost for three days on the flowing water mat?"

The restaurant's current turnover was hundreds of taels a day, and during those three days, she could only go in and out, and Gu's mother suddenly felt a pain in her heart.

"This is a rare happy event. It's lively and lively, and you can earn more money." Su Wanhun didn't care, she was a rich young woman.

Mother Gu smiled happily and said, "Let's talk about it next year!"

Su Wan stood behind Gu's mother, squeezing her shoulders and patting her back.

"Ouch~" Gu's mother was startled and quickly stopped her: "Wanwan, just rest. I don't know if anyone will come later."

"It's okay, I'm not tired." Su Wan relaxed her muscles and bones for Mother Gu.

Gu's mother was not as fierce as Su Wan, she felt sorry for her, and she felt that she did not love the wrong person, so she hoped that Gu Huaizhi would be successful as soon as possible and keep his wife in check.

When Gu Huaizhi came back from the clan ancestral hall, he felt soft in his heart when he saw Gu's mother and Su Wan with haggard faces.

"You've been working hard these past few days. Let's take a rest early today. We would like to thank you."

Gu's mother's eyes widened: "The people who came in the last two days are all high-status people. You are just here to promote people. Thanking guests will cause gossip. What if they offend you and give you little shoes to wear?"

"My feet are too big to fit in small shoes, and they will break if I step on them." Gu Huaizhi made a rare joke.

Mother Gu laughed and scolded him, then got down to business: "When will you come to Beijing?"

"Let's go to Beijing together." Su Wan leaned on Gu's mother's shoulder and said coquettishly, "I'm busy with business, so I definitely don't have time to take care of my family. You can help take care of Huaizhi at home."

Gu's mother didn't want to go to the capital. "Jingyun and Baozhu are studying in the academy. It's not convenient for me to go to the capital. Don't work too hard. Just spend enough money to buy a few girls to serve you. You used to be a young lady at home, but now you have good conditions. You can live your old life.”

"But I want to eat my mother's cooking." Su Wan kissed Gu's mother affectionately.

Mother Gu was stunned, and suddenly looked at Su Wan, her voice trembling with excitement: "W-what did you call me? Wanwan, what did you just call me?"

Su Wan blushed, a little embarrassed. It was too embarrassing to call her "mother". She didn't know how to call her mother Gu for several times. She tacitly allowed Gu Huaizhi to sleep in her bed. If she still called her mother Gu "aunt", it would be too hypocritical. But she had no parents since she was a child, so it was too difficult to call her mother.

It just came out naturally, and it was not as difficult as she imagined.

"Mother." Su Wan called out in a mosquito-like voice.

"Hey!" Mother Gu held Su Wan's hand hanging on her chest with her rough hands, and her eyes were red.

Su Wan hugged Mother Gu's neck: "You and the second brother and the third sister will come back to Beijing with us? Our family must be together."

Mother Gu looked at Su Wan, who was acting like a child, with a thin chin. She couldn't say a cruel refusal: "Okay, the family must be together."

She let go of Su Wan's hand and went into the house to wrap a big red envelope for Su Wan's change of words.

Su Wan got Gu's mother's approval, looked up at Gu Huaizhi, and raised his eyebrows proudly.

Gu Huaizhi's eyes were heavy, and he locked Su Wan tightly, thinking about her intention of changing her name.

He took a deep breath, and was about to say something, when Liu Er's voice came from outside: "Gu Dalang, someone is coming from the county."

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