Chapter 125: Spendthrift Woman

Sure enough, it turned out to be the son of Top Scholar Jiang. No wonder he was so clear, spiritual, handsome, and extraordinary; he truly had his father's style.

County Magistrate Lin quickly scanned that exam paper again and found that it was all correct!

The more he looked at Jiang Zhan, the more he liked him, so he reached out and patted the young man's still immature shoulder, encouraging him: "Answer the questions well; I'm waiting for your good news."

After saying this, he returned with a smile on his face.

Such a turn of events made the nearby candidates cast envious glances.

Xiao Liangchen's mood was a bit complex, both happy for Jiang Zhan and unable to help feeling a slight sourness.

He hurriedly collected his mind, picked up his brush, and began to answer on the second exam paper.

And at this time outside, Du Ruo and Jiang Li stood under a tree, looking speechlessly at the blockheaded young man.

Shang Tianyou supported his waist, panting. "Big Brother Jiang, Big Sister-in-law Jiang, Zhan isn't angry with me, right?"

They had agreed to come to send Jiang Zhan to the exam today, but who knew he would oversleep!

"Don't worry, Young Master Shang, Second Brother isn't angry." Du Ruo hurriedly comforted him.

She figured Jiang Zhan had probably forgotten about this.

Shang Tianyou turned his head and kicked the servant behind him twice, saying angrily: "It's all your fault, you useless thing; I told you to be a rooster, but you became a lazy worm, causing me to be late. Your monthly wages for this month are all deducted!"

The servant had a bitter face. "Young Master, I shouted; the door was almost broken, but you wouldn't get up..."

"Hey, you still dare to argue?" Shang Tianyou added another kick. "If I don't get up, couldn't you break the door?"

Servant: "..."

My young master, are you still talking about reason?

If he really dared to break the door, the master would dare to take a vase and smash his head; did he believe that?

Du Ruo laughed out loud on the side. "Alright, Young Master Shang, Second Brother won't mind; if it really doesn't work, you can come to send him when he takes the second session."

Shang Tianyou sighed. "That's the only way."

He squatted on the ground and drew circles out of boredom.

"Or, Tianyou, you should go back first; we two will just wait here." Jiang Li said.

"Yes, Young Master." The servant also persuaded. "The master said that there are several shopkeepers coming to check accounts in the county today, so let you go back early to listen and learn."

Shang Tianyou glared at him. "Don't want to learn."

Servant was helpless. "But you are the only son in the family; if you don't learn, how can you keep the family's industries in the future? Do you want the eldest young lady and the second young lady to learn?"

Hearing this, Shang Tianyou became even more irritable, threw the branch in his hand onto the ground, and suddenly stood up.

"Fine, stop nagging; I'll learn, I'll learn, alright!"

He turned to say goodbye to Du Ruo and Jiang Li. "I'm leaving; trouble Big Brother Jiang and Big Sister-in-law Jiang to tell Zhan when the time comes, just say I came."

Du Ruo smiled. "Don't worry, I won't forget."

Looking at the backs of the master and servant, Du Ruo tugged at Jiang Li and lowered her voice, her pretty little face full of gossip: "Husband, don't you think Young Master Shang is a bit special to Second Brother?"

Jiang Li's eyes flashed. "Is there?"

"Pretend, keep pretending." Du Ruo rolled her eyes at him. "You are a Constable, don't tell me you can't see such obvious clues."

Jiang Li reached out and took the leaves that had fallen on her head. His lips curled. "Zhan has always been likable."

As he spoke, he looked up at the sky and changed the subject: "Let's go, Wife; let's go back to eat first, and wait until the afternoon."

Du Ruo nodded and said "Oh."

Anyway, they had to wait until dark to release the candidates; before that, even if the exam venue was on fire and burning people to death, the gate of the exam venue would never open.

The couple went back to the Sanyuan Inn first and had a wonderful meal.

While eating, they also saw Xiao Liangchen's annoying mother, Liu Shi. Liu Shi was generous to her son but stingy to herself, so she huddled in the corner and gnawed on a steamed bun, plus a bowl of clear water.

Seeing the fragrant two dishes and one soup on Du Ruo and Jiang Li's table, Liu Shi spat secretly.

Spendthrift woman, luckily she didn't let her son marry her!

After eating, the young couple strolled around for a while, and only then did they return to the Sanyuan Inn slowly.

There were still quite a few people waiting at the door, men and women, old and young, most of them dressed quite well, which showed that families who could afford to study had some family background.

Among them, several men glanced at Du Ruo from time to time with lecherous looks.

However, after receiving Jiang Li's warning gaze, they soon subsided.

When it was dark, the candidates were finally released.

Jiang Zhan was among the first batch to come out. Du Ruo hurriedly waved at him and then pulled Jiang Li to greet him.

"How is it? Did it go smoothly?" she asked.

Jiang Zhan smiled. "Don't worry, Big Sister-in-law, everything is fine."

Du Ruo was about to breathe a sigh of relief, but suddenly saw his messy hair, as if he had had a fight with someone, and immediately realized something was wrong. "Tell me clearly, is everything really fine?"

Jiang Li also noticed it and cooled his face. "Zhan, what exactly happened?"

Jiang Zhan opened his mouth, hesitating to speak.

He looked into the crowd and then said: "I'll tell you when we get back; this place is not convenient."

The three were just about to go back when Jiang Fuzi suddenly called them from behind.

"Second Brother, thank you very much this time." Jiang Fuzi's stiff face seemed to have cleared up, and now he finally had a smile. "That pill helped me a lot; if it weren't for it, I'm afraid I would have fainted in the exam venue again."

Jiang Zhan smiled. "Actually, that medicine was given by Big Sister-in-law; I'm just borrowing flowers to offer to Buddha."

Oh? Jiang Fuzi looked at Du Ruo.

Du Ruo waved her hand. "Third Uncle, no need to thank me; I just prepared it in case of need. I didn't expect it to be of help to Third Uncle, so it wasn't in vain for my efforts."

Jiang Fuzi nodded. "I still have to thank you."

He thought for a while. "How about this: Wan'er's tuition fee won't need to be paid in the future, and I will also give her extra lessons separately."

Du Ruo was overjoyed. "Thank you, Third Uncle!"

"Don't be in a hurry to thank me yet." Jiang Fuzi reached out to her. "That pill, give me a few more, how about it?"

Du Ruo's smile suddenly stiffened on her face.

It wasn't that she was stingy, but that the 'Smell-less' pill was really expensive; it cost 0.5 points to exchange for just one pill, okay!

Seeing her looking troubled, Jiang Fuzi raised his eyebrows. "Why, you don't have any more?"

"It's not that I don't have any." Du Ruo paused, then chuckled twice. "It's just that the price isn't cheap... silver can buy one, this..."

Although the two families had a good relationship, they still had to settle accounts clearly. ===== CHAPTER 126 =====