Chapter 203 Re-examination
Seeing the man walking into the yard breathlessly, the twins shouted in surprise: "Daddy!"
Dalang and Erlang looked at each other, a little excited. They didn't know if their father had passed the preliminary examination.
One of the brothers went forward to take Liu Ji's bag, and the other went to the kitchen to get the dishes and chopsticks and brought them into the main room.
There were still some dishes left, and because Qin Yao didn't have a good appetite today, there was still a bowl of rice left, which was enough for Liu Ji alone.
Liu Ji rushed all the way home, almost going crazy with hunger. He forced a smile at Qin Yao, washed his hands hurriedly, took the food handed to him by Dalang, and sat at the table to eat it.
Qin Yao waited for him to finish eating before asking, "Are the results of the preliminary exam out?"
Liu Ji took the handkerchief handed to him by his daughter Si Niang, wiped his mouth, took a deep breath, burped, and then nodded.
So, the five of them, mother and her two children, all gathered around him, waiting for his result with bated breath.
Liu Ji asked Qin Yao: "One good news and one bad news, which one do you want to hear first?"
When Qin Yao heard this, she had an ominous premonition, "Good news."
Liu Ji smiled and said, "I passed the first test."
The four of them, mother and her two children, all raised their eyebrows in surprise and delight that he could actually pass the preliminary exam.
Qin Yao did not forget that there was some bad news. She suppressed her joy and asked tentatively, "What about the bad news?"
Liu Ji sighed, "We need to take a retest."
He now only regrets that he did not buy a yellow talisman and put it on his body before entering the examination room, otherwise he would not be so unlucky!
The five mothers and their children all asked in confusion: "Retest?"
Liu Ji nodded heavily. This was a long story, so he cut to the chase.
He asked someone to use his connections for the preliminary exam, and arranged good seats and students with excellent academic performance. In addition, the invigilator was not strict in the preliminary exam, so Liu Ji was not surprised at all that he passed the exam with the last place.
But he never expected that less than an hour after the list was released, the government cancelled the previous preliminary exam results and conducted a re-examination because someone reported cheating in the preliminary exam and was dissatisfied with the results of the list.
All students on the list will have to take the re-examination again, and the final result will be based on the results of this re-examination.
After hearing the whole story, Qin Yao didn't know what expression to use to face this unlucky guy Liu Ji.
Finally, I had to accept the reality and asked him, "When is the retest date?"
Liu Ji looked miserable, "The day after tomorrow."
At this time, he was not even given the chance to prepare. It was simply forcing him to do something he was not prepared for.
Qin Yao sighed, then stood up, "Very good, then our family will thresh the wheat first!"
Liu Ji: "!!!"
Seeing how calm their stepmother was, the four children's fluctuating hearts inexplicably calmed down, and the family of six began the hard days of threshing wheat.
Qin Yao brought a large stone mill and ground it over and over again.
The twins, the boy and the girl, were responsible for picking up the cleaned wheat straw.
Dalang and Erlang were responsible for sweeping the husked wheat grains into the basket.
Finally, Liu Ji used a sieve to completely separate the wheat grains and grass clippings, and poured them onto a drying mat to dry.
The two temporary workers harvested all the wheat in two days, and Qin Yao paid them their wages, 25 cents per mu, a total of 250 cents.
Liu Ji felt a little pain when he saw the two coins, but when he thought about the effort he saved, he immediately gave Qin Yao a thumbs up after the two temporary workers left. "You did a good job, ma'am!"
Liu Ji suddenly came back, and the villagers curiously asked him if he had passed the exam. People came in waves, and all were conscripted by Qin Yao.
Want to hear the results?
Very good. Let me help thresh the wheat first.
Still want to know how the preliminary exam is conducted?
Yes, I will tell you right away after I have sifted out the wheat from the chaff.
Liu Ji watched Qin Yao's tricks and immediately entered a mysterious state of smiling without saying a word without her reminding him. He would smile no matter what others asked him, and would not answer them until they helped him with the work, then he would give them a few ambiguous answers.
Therefore, two days after Liu Ji returned home, no one in the village knew whether he had passed the test or not.
Even the Liu family's old house was confused.
However, Old Man Liu had a clear understanding of his son. It was highly likely that he had not passed the exam. Otherwise, with the third son's temper, he would have surely shouted it out so that the whole town would know.
Being so low-key now is not his style at all.
But just when Old Man Liu was certain of his guess, Qin Yao and Liu Ji and his wife drove a horse-drawn carriage to the county town on the afternoon of the second day after Liu Ji returned home.
Before leaving, he brought Dalang and Erlang to the old house, saying that the wheat at home was still being dried, and that he and his wife would go into the city for a few days. In case it rained, he asked the old house to help keep an eye on it.
The four brothers and sisters of Dalang have another day off tomorrow and can sunbathe half of the time, so they just need to take care of the other half.
At the same time, they also handed over the key to the house so that they could get the ox cart and take care of the school pick-up work.
Before leaving, Qin Yao gave He an extra half tael of silver as a reward for her hard work and as meal money for Dalang and his three siblings.
It was not until the couple drove the carriage out of Liujia Village, carrying the 19 improved magical book boxes from the factory warehouse, that everyone in the Liu family's old house reacted.
Old Man Liu grabbed Dalang and Erlang who were about to run back home and asked curiously, "What are your parents doing in the county town?"
Dalang was not confident about the result of his father's retest. Besides, he didn't dare to say anything because there was no result yet. He just replied, "My mother went to the county to sell magic book boxes."
Old Man Liu obviously didn't believe it, "It will take several days to sell the book boxes?"
"Tell me honestly, did your father fail the initial test?"
Dalang showed the same conflicted expression as when Liu Ji just arrived home two days ago. He sighed like a little adult, nodded, and shook his head, leaving everyone in the Liu family's old house confused.
However, Dalang was tight-lipped. No matter how the people in the old house questioned him, he just refused to tell them about Liu Ji's retest. He only gave an ambiguous answer, "You'll know when my Aunt Yao comes back."
Erlang also agreed: "We will know when my mother comes back. There is no need to rush."
Not anxious?
How could they not be anxious?
Old man Liu rubbed his brows. How could the Third Brother's family be so calm when it came to the scientific expedition? He couldn't understand.
The old man waved his hand and let his two grandsons go home first.
"Wait!" After thinking about it, he called Liu Bo to go with his two grandsons to his house to check on the wheat.
Qin Yao's family harvested more than 1,900 kilograms from their ten acres of land.
After deducting 40% of the rent, there is still 1,150 kilograms left.
This is top-quality farmland, but after being infested by insects, the yield has been reduced by 30%.
But compared with the per-acre yield of most people in the village, this is already an enviable figure.
Old Man Liu and his son stayed at Qin Yao's house for half an hour. After helping the four siblings to move the wheat to the yard and cover it with drying mats, they went back.
After returning home, Old Man Liu stood on the stone slab in front of the door, looking at the gray wheat fields in the village, hoping that Qin Yao and his wife who had come to the city could bring back good news to dilute the depressed mood in the village.
Before the city gates closed, Qin Yao and his wife drove their horse-drawn carriage safely to the county seat of Kaiyang County.
After paying the sanitation management fee, the carriage drove directly into the city and stopped in front of the restaurant owned by Manager Fan.