Traveling through time and space to become a lady of a noble family, but she only wants to escape

Chapter 125: Hit the list

The exam was over in three days, and the results would not be announced until the fourth day. Anyway, they had finally overcome a great obstacle. Bai Zhi and Chu Yunchuan had agreed in advance that they would happily take the two children home for a feast without asking any questions.

The next day, Qiaoqiao went to the county government gate early to wait, and Chu Yunchuan accompanied her, waiting for the city guards to post the notice. But Lin Chuqi just huddled in his room, locked the door, and didn't step out.

Bai Zhi thought he was afraid of seeing someone missing from the list, so she knocked on the door a few times. Lin Chuqi's voice came through the door in a muffled voice: "Sister, I won't go. Just let Qiaoqiao help me."

"Chuqi, wouldn't it be a pity if you didn't go and see this important moment with your own eyes?" Bai Zhi tried to call him out again.

"I really won't go."

"Ahem." Bai Zhi stamped her feet several times, pretending to leave, and said loudly, "Oh, what a pity! It's different to see your name on the list with your own eyes and hear others say it."

"It's the same if Qiaoqiao looks for me."

This stubborn donkey.

"Are you really not coming? Am I really leaving?" Bai Zhi pounded her numb legs and prepared to go and check the list. The sooner she checked the list, the sooner she could come back to tell Chuqi the result, so that he wouldn't have to worry.

The door slammed open, and Lin Chuqi, wearing neat clothes, had bright eyes, and was obviously not listless. He smiled at Bai Zhi and said, "Sister, don't worry, I'm not scared. I still have to review my lessons today, so I just need to listen to Qiaoqiao's answer."

Bai Zhi: "..."

This child is surprisingly reassuring.

A lot of people gathered at the gate of the county government office. When Bai Zhi arrived, the results had already been announced. There were so many people watching that Bai Zhi couldn't find Qiaoqiao and Chu Yunchuan at all.

But she found Zhou Shensi, the money-making genius who was wearing a golden amulet and shouting, "Look, look, this amulet is for Manjusri Bodhisattva to bless you with good luck in the exam. The abbot of Jiming Temple in Weizhou has personally consecrated it to bless all the scholars to pass the exam. Thirty amulets are available on a first-come, first-served basis!"

In an instant she was surrounded.

The crowd rushed towards her, revealing Qiaoqiao and Chu Yunchuan who were looking at the list in the back. Lin Ruogui was also beside them. Chu Yunchuan suddenly turned around and waved to Bai Zhi, as if he had eyes on the back of his head.

Lin Ruogui looked at the list with a smile on his face. It seemed that both children were on the list. Bai Zhi walked over quickly, but suddenly saw Qiaoqiao looking very angry.

Bai Zhi: "..."

Forget it. Qiaoqiao didn't read as many books as Chuqi, so failing the exam was expected. Baizhi patted Qiaoqiao on the shoulder and comforted her carelessly, "It doesn't matter. You're still young. So many people who passed the exam in their forties or fifties still couldn't pass the exam."

Lin Ruogui and Chu Yunchuan both burst into laughter. Qiaoqiao was so angry that she stamped her feet: "Who failed the exam? Of course I passed!" She pointed at the big list and said, "Look!"

The two words "Bai Ying" are at the bottom, and "Zhong" is the last one.

"I really won!" Bai Zhi touched Qiaoqiao's name, unable to hide her joy on her face, "Qiaoqiao, you're amazing!"

Qiaoqiao squinted her eyes, not looking happy at all.

Bai Zhi's heart sank: "Could it be that he failed the exam on the seventh day of the new year?"

Qiaoqiao pointed upwards with a bad look on her face. Baizhi looked and saw that Lin Chuqi was ranked third among the three characters.

Bai Zhi: "...Then what are you angry about?"

Qiaoqiao seemed to have been hit in the sore spot and she closed her mouth without saying a word.

"That agreement," Chu Yunchuan explained, "was originally said that those who failed the exam would give it to those who passed. Wasn't it changed yesterday to those with lower rankings would give it to those with higher rankings?"

Lin Ruogui continued, "Qiaoqiao is worried about this. Even though he passed the exam and became a scholar, he still has the mentality of a child."

"Mother! I am a servant of the year, mother!" Qiaoqiao wailed, "Chuqi still doesn't know how to enslave me!"

Chu Yunchuan said to Qiaoqiao, "Do you want Brother Yun to go and talk to you about it?"

Qiaoqiao's eyes lit up, and Lin Ruogui shook his head: "Achuan, Qiaoqiao is not a child anymore, a gentleman should not speak lightly and be untrustworthy."

"That's right." Chu Yunchuan said with regret, "Qiaoqiao, just listen to your mother. A year has passed in the blink of an eye."

Qiaoqiao looked sad again.

"Azhi, Achuan, Qiaoqiao, go back and tell Chuqi the good news. I'm going back to the government office to review official documents."

After Lin Ruogui left, Chu Yunchuan did not move, but stood there looking around. Bai Zhi asked, "What are you looking at?"

Chu Yunchuan raised a finger to his lips and mouthed: Barbarian.

Barbarian?

Bai Zhi took a quick glance and saw two barbarians. One of them was surrounding Zhou Shensi, asking her in fluent Dayan dialect what the blessing plaques were made of. The other was standing in a corner next to the big list, looking at the list intently.

This is so strange. Barbarians are not allowed to take the imperial examination. What's the point of them looking at the list? To gain some knowledge?

Seeing that the two men were not moving, Qiaoqiao urged them fearlessly, "Let's go, I have to go back and serve as a servant."

Chu Yunchuan came back to his senses, and the serious look just now disappeared. He smiled and said, "We have to celebrate well today, Bai Ying scholar, what do you want to eat?"

"...Brother Yun, please stew the seventh day of the first lunar month."

The provincial examination was to be held in October. After passing the examination, Lin Chuqi studied day and night, hoping to pass the examination. The two children fulfilled their "servant agreement". For a whole month, Lin Chuqi was content to order Qiaoqiao to serve him tea and water. In order to avenge her previous humiliation, Qiaoqiao gritted her teeth and prepared to take the provincial examination.

As expected, neither of the two half-grown children, who were fairly smart but far from being child prodigies, passed the imperial examination this time.

Failing to pass the exam was a minor matter, but Lin Chuqi's collapse was a major matter. After the provincial exam results were announced, Lin Chuqi locked himself in the room, and no one could open the door. Qiaoqiao was not too disappointed. She knew that she would not pass the exam with her knowledge. She stood guard at the door, crying, sometimes saying, "Lin Chuqi, if you don't come out, I won't recognize you as my master." Sometimes she said, "It's just that you didn't pass the exam. So many people in their forties and fifties can't pass the exam. You are much younger than them."

Chu Yunchuan had been practicing his internal energy and concentrating on listening to the sounds in the room, but he couldn't hear anything after Qiaoqiao's howl, so he asked Qiaoqiao to howl for a while and then take a break.

Even so, Qiaoqiao's voice was hoarse. When Lin Ruogui returned home, he saw Qiaoqiao, with a hoarse voice, scolding Baizhi that Lin Chuqi was a stubborn donkey.

Bai Zhi grabbed Lin Ruogui like she was grabbing a life-saving straw: "Mom, Chuqi has been quiet for a long time. You need to persuade him again. If it doesn't work, you have to knock on the door."

Lin Ruogui made a prompt decision and said, "Knock on the door."

"what?"

Before Bai Zhi could react, Chu Yunchuan flashed to the door and used a slap to strike. The bolt inside broke and fell to the ground with a clatter. The door was intact.