freenovelworld Chapter 162 The results are finally released
Chapter 162 The results are finally released
"Brother Jingyou, can you still eat at this time? Do you know that there are people guarding there in the middle of the night?" Yan Hui was speechless.
"Let's go downstairs first and ask the waiter to bring two bowls of noodles." Lin Jingyou went downstairs first and sat down on a chair.
"Waiter, we want two bowls of plain noodles." Lin Jingyou called the waiter directly and said.
Yan Hui had no choice but to sit down on the chair, but he kept looking outside from time to time.
The waiter quickly brought two bowls of noodles. Yan Hui was absent-mindedly poking at the bowls with his chopsticks.
Just then, the shopkeeper passed by and Lin Jingyou waved, "Shopkeeper, please come over here."
"Sir, do you have something to talk to me about?" The shopkeeper came over and asked while bending over.
"Can you please call a few literate people to come over and take a look at the list, just to see the rankings of Lin Jingyou and Yan Hui." Lin Jingyou said lightly.
Yan Hui then looked up at him and jokingly said, "I thought Brother Jingyou didn't care about this! Turns out you want someone to help you check it out! But that's a good idea, and we don't have to squeeze in!"
Yan Hui finished speaking and took out a handful of silver coins and placed them on the table. "Go, find as many as you can for me, the more the better. Let them all go and see. Whoever comes back first and explains the list clearly will get a reward!"
"Hey, isn't that a bit too much?" Lin Jingyou said with a slight disapproval.
Yan Hui waved his hand and said, "It's okay. Once the results are announced today, we'll earn the money back, right?"
Lin Jingyou understood what he meant and did not try to stop him.
The shopkeeper took the money and went out excitedly to look for someone.
This time Yan Hui was not in a hurry and started to eat noodles leisurely.
Many students gathered outside, blocking the area where the notice was posted.
Finally, a government official came out with a rolled-up red paper in his hand.
The students stood outside anxiously waiting, standing on tiptoe to look at the yamen runners.
At the same time, on the second floor of a teahouse, a woman in white sat by the window, turning her head to look down.
Sitting opposite was Ouyang Bo, who looked anxious and kept looking downstairs.
The woman opened her red lips slightly, "Don't worry, Master Ouyang. Everyone knows that you will definitely be the top scorer in Fuzhou. I have asked the servants to wait downstairs. Once they see the list, they will come up and report immediately."
Ouyang Bo forced a smile and said, "Yes, Miss Huang. I'm just a little nervous about being with Miss Huang. I'm worried that if someone sees me, it will tarnish Miss Huang's reputation."
The maid behind Miss Huang immediately said, "This isn't the first or second time. It's too late to say this now!"
"Cui'er, step back and stop talking nonsense." The woman shouted in a delicate voice.
Ouyang Bo suddenly felt a little embarrassed. He was a scholar, and now he was being contradicted by a maid. But he couldn't refute it, so he had to swallow his anger and said with a smile, "Miss Cui'er is right. I made a mistake."
"Mr. Ouyang, don't mind. Cui'er speaks her mind." Miss Huang continued, defending Cui'er in her words and deeds, and indirectly acknowledging that Cui'er was right.
Ouyang Bo sat opposite her and said casually, "I was inconsiderate and didn't consider Miss Huang's reputation. I apologize to Miss Huang here."
After saying that, he bowed to Miss Huang.
Miss Huang nodded slightly, but said nothing more.
Ouyang Bo fidgeted, his eyes fixed on the ground below as the yamen runners, carrying the list, moved closer and closer to where the notice was posted.
His heart was rising as he watched the yamen runners begin to post the list. He stood up, leaning half his body out of the window to look down.
Miss Huang frowned and coughed twice, but Ouyang Bo seemed not to hear and continued to look down.
Cui Er pursed her lips and whispered something into Miss Huang's ear. Miss Huang sighed in dissatisfaction, poured herself a cup of tea, and drank it all in one gulp.
Seeing the yamen runners coming, the people gathered nearby made way for them, and then closed up again after the runners had passed.
"The results are out, finally!"
"Look, look, am I on the list?"
"Move aside, you're stepping on my foot!"
"Stop pushing, it's so annoying!"
Everyone was chattering and making a lot of noise.
The lists are posted starting from the last one, there are three lists in total, and there are ten names on each list.
"Yan Hui, Lin Jingyou, Yan Hui, Lin Jingyou." The person the shopkeeper called kept repeating the two people's names and squeezed forward as if taking advantage of any opportunity.
"Why are you squeezing in? Why didn't you come earlier? Now you know how to squeeze in?"
"How unsportsmanlike! We're queuing here in the middle of the night, and you've just squeezed in front!"
There were many people behind him cursing the person pushing forward, but he acted as if he didn't hear them, muttering his name and pushing forward.
The man looked up at the third list that had just been posted and shouted happily, "Yan Hui! Yan Hui! Yan Hui is on the list, number 28!"
Then I looked up again, but unfortunately I didn't see Lin Jingyou's name. Someone kept shouting behind me.
"I passed the imperial examination! I passed the imperial examination! I'm a successful candidate!"
Some people also said dejectedly, "Hey, I don't even see my name on the last list, so it's even more impossible for me to be on the first two!"
"Hey, brother, I can't read. Could you please help me see if this year's champion is Ouyang Caizi?" A man asked, patting the shoulder of the man in front of him.
"Only one has been posted, and we're putting up the second one now! We won't know until we get to the third one." The man in front stood on tiptoe to continue looking at the list in front and replied casually.
The man muttered to himself, "I've bet everything in my family on Ouyang Xueyuan to win. He must be the top scholar this year!"
"The second one is posted. Check to see if my name is on the second list." Everyone's attention was instantly attracted to the second list.
The man was still muttering, "Yan Hui is twenty-eight, Lin Jingyou, Yan Hui is twenty-eight, Lin Jingyou."
But after looking through the list, I still didn’t see Lin Jingyou’s name.
He was a little discouraged, and he didn't know whether he could still get the reward if he went back to pass on the message if this person named Lin Jingyou was not on the list.
Finally, under everyone's expectant gaze, the yamen runners posted the last list.
The students and literate people held their breath and looked carefully at the names on the first list.
"Ah! I actually got in, and I'm in the top ten. I got in, and I'm in the top ten!" A student raised his hands, shouted wildly, and ran out while shouting.
After a while, the man was seen being taken away by several strong servants, who were still shouting, "Congratulations, sir, on your wedding to the young lady today. Double happiness!"