Chapter 97: Announced

Chapter 97 Revealed
On the ninth day of February, when Gu Hai walked out of the house, there were still a few cold stars in the sky, and the surrounding area was gray.
"This is for food, this is for clothes..." Cao and Gu Shiba Niang followed behind carrying a basket, and while walking, the mother and daughter looked over, lest they missed something important.
There was the sound of a carriage passing by in the alley of Gu's family. The lights were lit in the alley, and the ground was shining brightly.
"...Mother, what do you put in your shoes for?" Gu Shiba Niang asked.
"...There are many people...every time the shoes are squeezed out..." Cao said with a smile, "your father was squeezed out of the exam three times that year, and he later asked me that when he took the exam in the future, The spare pair must be..."
Speaking of father, the mother and son were silent for a moment.
"Mother, don't worry, I won't let my father down." Gu Hai turned his head and held Cao's shoulders.
With tears in Cao's eyes, he nodded and said nothing.
Walking out of the alley, you can see that the street is also brightly lit, with long queues of carriages, horses, and pedestrians.
Patriarch Gu Changchun led the elders in the family to stand on the street, offering incense toast and praying for the candidates of the Gu family.
Gu Hai stood at the end, next to Gu Long, who was just napping while chewing on snacks. Because of the crowds and the liveliness of the street, I couldn't hear what Gu Changchun was excited about in front of him.
"...I'm really nagging, if you don't leave, you will be late in the examination room." Someone complained impatiently.
Seeing Gu Hai, greet him respectfully.
"Brother Xue must be high school this time." He said.
Gu Hai smiled and returned the courtesy, saying that he didn't dare or dare, everyone made progress together.
Gu Changchun finally finished speaking and picked up the wine. The first cup and the second cup were spilled on the ground, and the third cup was handed to Gu Yu who was standing in the front.
Gu Yu wore a straight-length cotton robe with plain silver wind and fur, because the wind was strong at night, and he was covered in a cloak of the same color. Under the torch lanterns, the whole person was like cast of ice and snow, so crystal clear that people could not look directly at him.
He took the wine glass, first respectfully saluted the elders of the clan, and then faced everyone.
"Going to the sage to continue to learn, to open peace for all generations." He said loudly, raising his glass and drank it.
Gu Changchun looked excited and looked at him as if he had seen the leader's Annunciation post sent to the Gu family ancestral hall.
"Bah." Gu Long snorted, turned to look at Gu Hai, who was on the side with a smile, and said hurriedly, "Wood, you will definitely be able to pass the exam and get first place in the exam."
Gu Hai smiled and said in honor of your auspicious words, the team began to move, and everyone went away in search of their wagons.
"Brother..." Gu Shiba Niang helped Cao standing beside the road and waved at him.
Gu Hai waved at them from a distance, looked at the carriage squeezed in the middle, and simply took the test basket from above and strode away.
"Why don't you take the car?" Cao was a little anxious. He was far away and couldn't hear what Gu Hai said.
Gu Shiba Niang stood on tiptoe and looked at the crowded lines on the street, and smiled: "Maybe I walk faster."
"But, after all, it's still far away, and it's cold at night... It's going to take the exam for two days..." Cao's expression looked worried, watching Gu Hai mingling into the ranks of various vehicles.
"Brother Xue."
Someone called him from behind, and Gu Hai turned his head and saw Gu Yu slowly following him, with a little boy behind him carrying the test basket.
"Seize this opportunity to discuss and compare with Xuexiong." He said with a smile on his face.
Gu Hai smiled, and said, "Okay, I'll teach you better."
Standing aside, Gu Changchun and others kept their sights on Gu Yu. Until then, they followed his sight to see Gu Hai, and they were stunned.
"Who is that kid?" Gu Changchun asked an old man beside him.
The old man squinted for a long time.
"It seems to be Gu Leyun's son..." He said, still somewhat uncertain.
"It's him," said another old man, with a smile in his voice, "I heard that the old master in Zhoushan is very knowledgeable."
"He?" Gu Changchun was obviously surprised and looked at Gu Hai again.
Gu Yu and him were both walking, and went back and forth in the traffic.
"He?" Gu Changchun retracted his gaze and said with a grin. "He can have half of his father's talents, thank God..."
Does he still know the knowledge of their father and son?
"Don't take a look at you for three days." Someone laughed behind him.
Gu Changchun turned around and saw that it was his fifth uncle and Master Gu Wu.
Master Gu Wu looked at the team going for the exam with a meaningful smile on his face.
"Tomorrow is a good weather..." He raised his head, twisting his sparse beard, and looking at the faint blue night sky, there was already a faint light to the east.
When the sky was bright, the old and weak women and children who were standing on the street to give off their students had not yet dispersed.
"Mother, let's go back." Gu Shiba Niang supported Cao's family, "Standing midnight..."
Cao felt that his legs were a little sore, and nodded. Once again, he glanced at the streets that were restored to flow, and the mother and daughter turned back.
Because the exam will take two days, Gu Shiba Niang did not go to the drugstore for these two days, and stayed at home with Cao.
Two days later, there was another rush of traffic and people on the street. To find Gu Hai among the dense crowds, it was necessary to rely on the stout man Peng Yizhen.
"Brother Hai, Brother Hai." He beckoned and shouted, pushed aside the crowd, and pulled Gu Hai, who was distressed.
The Cao cried when he saw his son's face.
"My son..."
Gu Hai cheered up and smiled at everyone.
Peng Yipin gave him a pulse, and said with a smile, "It's okay, it's okay, I feel sleepy, just sleep."
"Master, how did the exam go?" Lingbao asked concerned and curiously.
Ling Yuanxian asked her abruptly and pulled her back.
"It's okay, okay." Gu Hai smiled at her kindly, "Lingbao's egg pancakes are delicious, thank you."
Ling Bao didn't expect that he would praise himself specially, and his happy eyes were not smiling.
"Go home, say home." Gu Shiba Niang smiled, greeted everyone who got in the car, and the horse riding horse, the group went lively.
Gu Hai slept for a whole day, and then resumed as usual when he got up again. He watched his writing, and waited for the list with peace of mind.
During this period, various gossips circulated, some said that Mo's article was praised by the examiner, and some even said that so-and-so has been decided on the case...
Of course, these were all heard by Lingbao and told her to Gu Shiba Niang when she was making medicine.
Gu Shiba Niang just smiled.
"The case chief is definitely not the Zhou student you mentioned..." She raised her head and said calmly.
"Why?" Lingbao spread the washed herbs on the dustpan, curious about Gu Shiba Niang's calm tone, "People say that Zhou Xuezi is the number one scholar in Jiankang..."
Gu Shiba Niang did not answer, but stopped her hand, looking at the Baiju in front of her in thought.
No, because Gu Yu is the chief case in destiny, but I don’t know if destiny will change...
To be honest, she was agitated and wished to know who was the case leader immediately, but she hoped never to know.
Who is the chief of the case, for her, is whether her fate will change.
If Gu Yu is still the chief of the case, does that mean that everything that is destined will still happen, it's just a matter of time.
Mother will die, brother will die...
Gu Shiba Niang closed her eyes, only feeling the boulder pressed against her chest.
Because there is still no medicine, Gu Shiba Niang just came to the drugstore to practice hand skills, and went back after noon.
Thanks to the excitement on the opening day, the drugstore's business was still good. When Gu Shiba Niang came out, she saw four or five people waiting for Peng Yizhen to see a doctor.
"Lingbao, you come to grab the medicine." Seeing her passing by, Lingyuan hurriedly greeted Lingbao who poured water on the waiting person, and followed out by herself.
When I left the door, I saw Gu Shiba Niang standing still at the door, her small thin body standing there, her porcelain-white complexion...it seemed to break and crack at any time.
Even when she was smiling, there was sadness in her eyes. Lingyuan watched her walk a few steps, but found that she didn't know what to say, so she stopped.
Gu Shiba Niang had noticed people approaching and looked back.
"Lingyuan, you came just right. Let's go to the old man outside the city to see if his old man is back." She said.
"Okay." Lingyuan replied immediately, turning around and preparing for the car.
The carriage was parked outside the hut, and the hut almost collapsed due to the wind and snow in the winter, and it was already unable to live.
Lingyuan stood behind Gu Shiba Niang, hesitated for a long time, stretched out his hand to put the cloak on her.
"Thank you." Gu Shiba Niang recovered, raised her head and smiled at him, and stretched out her hand to tie the belt.
Lingyuan lowered his eyes and took a few steps back to see her standing in front of the hut in deep thought, not daring to interrupt.
In the black soil shrubs on the roadside, there are already faintly greenish branches, soft and soft, not like the dry and rigid in winter, Lingyuan stretched out a hand to pull a few, folds in his hand, and slowly turned into a ant Grasshopper-like.
"What are you doing?" Gu Shiba Niang's voice came over her head.
Lingyuan raised his head, only to realize that she was already standing in front of him unknowingly, looking at the branch in his hand with great interest.
"Playing foolishly..." Lingyuan stood up, trying to throw it away.
"Let me see." Gu Shiba Niang took it, held it in her hand, and smiled lightly, "Is it a little rabbit?"
Lingyuan nodded.
"Lingyuan hand is really clever." Gu Shiba Niang looked at him with a smile.
Lingyuan twisted the beginning uncomfortably.
"What else?" Gu Shiba Niang asked.
In the late afternoon of winter, the lazy daylight was shining lazily on the wild. It didn't take long for Gu Shiba Niang's hands to be full of dogs, cats and rabbits outlined by various branches...
"This is still a rabbit?" Gu Shiba Niang looked at the one in Lingyuan's hand and smiled.
A smile appeared on Lingyuan's mouth, "It's a fox...How can rabbits have such a long tail..."
"But these ears don't look like." Gu Shiba Niang said seriously.
Lingyuan also took a look, nodded, with a bit of regret, "The branches are still too hard, and they are not good-looking. When the dog's tail grass grows in the summer, the ones that are good-looking..."
"This is also very good." Gu Shiba Niang sighed, looking at the one with her hands, "Who did you learn from?"
"I thought about it myself..." Lingyuan said, "When I first escaped, my younger sister was always crying, so I just did this to coax her to play..."
"Lingbao is really happy..." Gu Shiba Niang smiled.
There was a smile on her face, but her voice was sad, as if she thought of something unhappy.
Lingbao is so happy...
She was so fateful that she met herself, but it was a simple effort to avoid losing her brother and not having to taste the loss of a loved one.
That kind of feeling is that now that your relatives are still there, it wakes you up every night, and after waking up, the pain is piercing.
"If you like it, I will do it for you too." Lingyuan couldn't help but say.
Gu Shiba Niang smiled at him, raised the branch in her hand and looked left and right, the smile on her face finally spread to the bottom of her eyes.
"Okay," she said.
When she released the list, Gu Shiba-niang didn't go to see it in person. She was anxious and felt that she had nowhere to hide. In the end, she sat in the pharmacy in the backyard. It seemed that she could escape the unpredictable fate.
"Eighteen mothers..."
"Miss..."
"Master..."
"lady.."
When Peng Yizhen and Lingbao's voice broke through the door, Gu Shiba Niang's face was white, her body was tight, her hands were flat on her knees.
The door was slammed open, and sunlight poured in.
"Sister..." Gu Hai looked at her with a smile, "Gu Yu got second in the exam."
His hand was on the knocker, his knuckles were white and shaking slightly.
"He is not number one... He is not number one..." he said softly.
He is not the first, his fate has changed.
Gu Shiba Niang only felt that tears were welling up, and finally she could see a glimmer of hope. She stood up and wiped away the tears with some excitement.
"Aren't we so authentic like this..." she smiled, "I didn't pass the exam, we are so happy..."
"We didn't aim at him..." Gu Hai smiled, looking at his sister whose eyes finally brightened, and jokingly said, "My sister doesn't care who is the case leader."
Whoever it is, as long as it is not Gu Yu, it is enough to prove that fate is not unchangeable, that is, her efforts will not be in vain...
Gu Shiba Niang smiled and suddenly stopped, looking at Gu Hai in disbelief.
Gu Hai grinned, his smile getting bigger and bigger, and finally let out a loud laugh.
"It's Gu Hai," he said, "It's Gu Hai..."
When the news spread to the Gu family, everyone dropped their jaws, and Gu Changchun fell from the chair in a gaffe.
How can this be? Not to mention the number of candidates in the Gu family, it is said that he is the best in the Gu family, that Jiankangcheng is so big, plus the subordinate counties, the students are like a cloud, among which there are not a few big names. How could it be Gu Hai's turn?
At this time in Jiankang, the students were asking each other what is this Gu Hai sacred.
"Actually, it's not that difficult. I concentrate on studying, read the classics, and practice a lot." Gu Hai smiled indifferently when facing a few brothers of the same race who came to Daoxi and had a good relationship. That's it."
Everyone obviously didn't believe it, and they humbled themselves.
Standing behind the screen, Gu Shiba-niang is a letter, the candle light that never goes out every night, the ripped books, the piles of articles written, the ashlar tied to the wrist in order to practice calligraphy, step by step. He came out in a solid manner.
"There are shades and realities, UU reading www.uukanshu.com is in order, no matter the content or the font, it is neat and tidy. The entire article is laid out on one volume and summarized in two words." Gu family master, Jiankang The celebrity Zhoushan said with a bit of excitement to the people in the room, "The examiner only said two words..."
He looked around at the crowd again, and stretched out two fingers, "reliable"
There are many candidates who are talented, and the articles are brilliant, but only this Gu Hai is talented, and the words and sentences present an image of a student who is not arrogant, calm and disciplined in front of the examiner.
This talented student of the gorgeous fireworks article, including myself.
Gu Yu clenched his fists tightly, bleeding marks on his thin lips.
He doesn't believe it, he doesn't believe it
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It's too late, it's finished, call~~ go to dinner