Chapter 1192: Court Examination

August was destined to be a busy and fulfilling month for the Gu family.

At the start of the month, it was time for Gu Dajiang to participate in the Court Examination. Once he passed the exam, he would become an official Elementary Scholar.

When he entered the exam venue, Gu Yundong and the others still went to the prefectural city. There were two rounds of the Court Examination, including the formal exam and the second exam. Each exam lasted an entire day. It wasn’t difficult.

Gu Dajiang entered the exam venue confidently. When he came out, he was full of smiles too. It looked like there wouldn’t be a problem.

This matter was over after the exam. He just needed to wait for the results to come out.

Gu Dajiang asked Gu Yundong to go back to Yongfu Village. The construction of the new workshop had been completed not long ago, and the workers had been hired.

There were many people. After all, they weren’t just needed in the new workshop. They also needed to buy goods and plant fruits.

Two months ago, after Gu Xiaoxi got married, he bought three acres of land. He said that he didn’t know how to do business and didn’t have any skills. The only thing he was good at was farming.

Gu Yundong didn’t stop him. Her uncle had his own choice, even though she had once suggested that he work in the workshop.

At that time, Gu Yundong also bought a large piece of land from a nearby village to grow sugar cane.

Hence, there were at least two to three hundred people under Gu Yundong’s command. There were many things to settle and it was much more complicated.

Besides promoting a few capable people to be managers, she also needed to recruit knowledgeable people.

Thus, Gu Yundong brought Little Keke back to Yongfu Village first.

Unexpectedly, the moment she reached home, Chen Liang came over. There was excitement in his eyes as he looked at her. “Yundong, your father has completed the Court Examination, right? How’s his result? Did he pass?”

Gu Yundong was caught between laughter and tears. “Uncle Chen, he just left the exam venue yesterday. His results will only be out in five to six days. How can it be so fast?”

“Another five to six days?” Chen Liang was a little disappointed.

Madam Zhou, who came with him, rolled her eyes uncontrollably. “I think your Uncle Chen is even more nervous than your father. He hasn’t slept properly for the past two days. He keeps tossing and turning at night as if he went to take the Elementary Scholar exam.”

“What do you know?” Under his leadership, Yongfu Village was thriving. Everyone’s life was getting better and better. No one lacked meat anymore.

Now that he had the money, he should look for other things.

Yongfu Village didn’t have a single Elementary Scholar now.

Madam Zhou snorted. “Why don’t I understand? Think about the ranking of Gu Dajiang in the county exam and the Prefecture Examination. He’s already a confirmed Elementary Scholar. I don’t know why you’re panicking.”

“That’s different.”

“Different how?”

Chen Liang couldn’t reason with her. He flicked his sleeve and left.

Madam Zhou snorted at his back view. Then, she turned and said to Gu Yundong, “Ignore him. He must be crazy to be the village head.”

Especially now that his life was good, his two sons had work to do and his grandsons were studying in school. There was less work in the field, so he didn’t have to worry about anything. All he did was ponder over the matters in the village. Not long ago, he wondered if he should open a private school in the village.

“Oh right, Yundong, when are you going to buy mooncakes? It’s almost the Mid-Autumn Festival, so I want to buy something good this year. I’ll go with you. You have good taste, so the mooncakes you buy will be good too.”

Gu Yundong smiled when she mentioned the Mid-Autumn Festival.

“I don’t plan to buy mooncakes outside. I want to make them myself. However, our workshop is distributing mooncakes. We need to buy those mooncakes in the city. We have already reserved them from a shop.”