NABC Chapter 496: The Su Family Has Three Scholars
Chapter 496: The Su Family Has Three Scholars
The results of the imperial examination were announced. On the day of the announcement, government officials posted the notice on the wall at the entrance of the examination hall. All the candidates who took the examinations flocked to the hall, along with their families and friends. It was a sea of people, and there was no end to the crowds.
Su He's brothers and his servants all went to squeeze in to see the list. If one person was missing, they couldn't squeeze to the front. It would be better if they squeezed to the front of the list. When they squeezed to the front of the list, they had to split up and look for the three names on the list.
Su Feng did well in the exam this time, ranking sixth, Su Pei ranked thirteenth, and Su Che was slightly worse, ranking thirty-second. The three brothers of the Su family were on the list at the same time, which was good news. A group of people squeezed out happily, and hurried back to their carriages to tell the good news to their families waiting there.
Su Heniang happily kept repeating to herself that she was grateful to the Bodhisattva for blessing her three children who all passed the imperial examinations.
Su He's father said happily: "Go home and burn some incense for our ancestors. Our ancestors bless us. Look, our family is finally prosperous."
Su He smiled and said, "Congratulations to the three brothers. You finally got what you wanted. I hope you have a bright future."
The family hurried home to prepare, and soon the government officials would start delivering the good news everywhere. Someone had to be waiting at home, and they had to scatter the prepared loose copper coins to let the neighbors share in the good news.
The most important thing is that when someone comes to congratulate, the host should entertain them warmly. After this, they will have more relatives and friends. Su He's mother and father can no longer dress casually like before, at least they can't wear coarse cloth clothes to meet people.
The Su family had three Jinshi scholars in one family, which was quite good compared to other families. Moreover, since they were on the list, everyone should know that they were taught by Grand Secretary Wen Lan, which was considered a case of a famous teacher producing excellent students.
Not long after returning home, someone came to the house. The good news was delivered in order of ranking, and Su Feng was in the front, so he arrived very quickly. When they checked, they found that there were three successful candidates in the same class, so they should deliver them all together!
The three signs had the names and rankings of the successful candidates written on them. Those who beat the gongs and drums came over. Those who hadn't arrived yet would wait for the candidates to arrive at the door, and the servants sent by the Su family to wait for news at the intersection would run back to report the news.
The whole family was waiting at the gate in neat clothes, and when the person came, they respectfully accepted the letter of success.
Su He quickly gave the three red envelopes he had prepared to the officials who came over. The officials were all so happy that they couldn't even see their eyebrows. The red envelopes were thick and there were so many of them. Each of them got three at once, and they were so happy.
They were doing a good job, and this family was so tactful that they kept saying non-complimentary things.
As soon as they left, the servants of the Su family came out with three baskets of copper coins and began to scatter them vigorously. The people who followed the wedding announcement did not leave, waiting to scatter the wedding money here before chasing the next family.
No one expected the Su family to be so generous. They gave three baskets full of copper coins. People were so happy that they kept saying congratulations and then ran to get the official.
As he walked, he laughed and said, "We may get rich today. I picked up more than ten copper coins..."
Another one bumped his shoulder and said, "But there are more than that. Look, there are almost thirty of them..."
Others said: "Who isn't? The Su family threw away three big baskets this time. If they had known earlier, they would have asked all of us brothers to come here..."
Others laughed at him: "You are dreaming, do you think you can pick up a few taels of silver..."
Someone nearby said, "There are so many people coming to our house, isn't it? I heard that our neighbor's family of six each held a large handful of silver. I guess it was really several taels of silver..."
The news of the Su family's heroic deeds and the fact that three of them were Jinshi soon spread throughout the capital. It was not easy to pass the imperial examination, and it was not easy for three people from the same family to pass the exam. What kind of family was this?