Farm Girl Turns Everything Around: Sly Husband, Let's Farm

Chapter 1193: Chapter 1191: The Top Scholar Emerges_1 Chapter 1193: Chapter 1191: The Top Scholar Emerges_1 Tong Sanlang didn’t know that Emperor Yongan had plans to have him serve as a county chief for life. He returned to Da’an Palace to find Qiao Xiaomai.

By this time, it was almost evening, and Qiao Xiaomai was preparing dinner in the small kitchen.

Upon seeing Tong Sanlang appear, she expressed surprise, “How come you’re out already?”

“The Grand Emperor let me out after seeing that I had finished my writing. Anyway, my performance won’t be ranked,” he answered.

“I see, that’s good,” Qiao Xiaomai nodded, “Just in time, come help me chop the vegetables.”

Tong Sanlang hummed in agreement, washed his hands, and then picked up the kitchen knife to start chopping vegetables.

Recalling what he had pondered while at the examination site, he hesitated for a moment, but still asked, “Grandfather said he’s going to send my mother to the East Sea, you’re aware of this, aren’t you?”

“I know,” Qiao Xiaomai answered briskly.

Tong Tiehu had already told her about it, but she hadn’t mentioned it to Tong Sanlang, “I don’t want to talk about her.”

It would only spoil the mood.

Hearing this, Tong Sanlang gave a bitter laugh, “Anyway, grandfather will definitely tell me about these things. Hmm… he said that he will send her away once she’s able to travel, but her eyes… Your Spiritual Spring water can heal her eyes, so I was thinking…”

Tong Sanlang spoke hesitantly, and Qiao Xiaomai inwardly rolled her eyes, “You mean you want to wait until her eyes are healed before sending her off, right?”

Tong Sanlang quickly hummed a response, his voice very small.

“Fine, as long as she remains under grandfather’s supervision like she is now, and can’t stir up any trouble, she can leave after her eyes are healed.”

She rarely refused Tong Sanlang’s requests, and this one was reasonable and in line with his character. She had anticipated this would be his wish.

At her words, Tong Sanlang pursed his lips and softly said, “Thank you.”

“Don’t be so formal with me,” Qiao Xiaomai responded without lifting her head, “It’s not like you could choose to be born from her.”

Upon hearing this, Tong Sanlang’s mouth twitched, and he forced out a smile that was barely better than crying, “Today’s policy question involved an example of you. Perhaps… when we send my mother to the East Sea, we could also go? Didn’t you say you wanted to eat squid?”

Bailu Town was not near the sea, nor did it have any lakes or big rivers, so seafood was scarce. Qiao Xiaomai had mentioned this several times before.

Hearing this, Qiao Xiaomai hesitated for a moment, “We’ll see when the time comes.”

She was eager to get some fresh seafood, but if she was to travel with Zhang Family, she’d have to give it careful consideration.

So it was tentatively decided in this way. The palace examination passed quickly, with Yang Wenxiao, Emperor Yongan, Yang Hao, and the others reviewing the papers. Tong Sanlang continued to guard the city gate, and Qiao Xiaomai, having some free time, would go to hang out with Ailiusa. Since Qinglian had a fractured kneecap and couldn’t trouble Ailiusa, Ailiusa and Qiao Xiaomai walked through Capital City together.

Soon, the results of the palace examination were announced.

Tong Sanlang was not ranked, but his friend, Ya Wuxia, obtained the top position of Zhuangyuan.

Ya Wuxia had performed well in the other sections, and his policy question was also very sound. Having become friends with Tong Sanlang the previous year, the two of them had been in constant correspondence, discussing Qiao Xiaomai’s rise to prosperity in detail. Using Qiao Xiaomai’s success as a model, he proposed a method for Xiezi County to prosper by breeding crayfish.

It was considered a case of adapting measures to local conditions, providing a concrete method.

The other examinees either couldn’t come up with answers, or their ideas were all hypothetical. There were some who used Qiao Xiaomai as an example, but none understood the situation as thoroughly as Ya Wuxia.

Coming from a farming family, Ya Wuxia had extensive knowledge and proposed specific solutions. As he performed well in the other three sections, being knowledgeable and practical, the title of Zhuangyuan rightfully belonged to him this time.

[Goodnight]