But Are You Planning to Take the Preliminary Scholar Exam Too?

Zhou Wanwan patted their heads and asked, "Have you been behaving well at home?"

The two tigers nodded repeatedly, and Zhou Wanwan took out a few pheasants and threw them over.

The two tigers' eyes lit up when they saw the pheasant, and they charged at it.

Feng Yueyao rushed over and said, "Wanwan, you're finally back! I've been counting down the days until you're back!"

Zhou Wanwan looked at Feng Yueyao and said:

"I brought you a gift too. Look what this is? Your favorite candied hawthorn."

And this jewelry, do you like it?

Zhou Wanwan reached out and pulled out a string of beads, each bead a pinkish-white agate, adorned with tiny silver bell flowers, strung together with a red cord and wrapped twice.

Feng Yueyao's eyes lit up, and she nodded quickly, saying in a cheerful voice, "I like it, of course I like it! I have a gift for you too."

As she spoke, she took out a small brocade pouch with gold cloud patterns from her brocade sleeve and said, "This was specially brought from Jiangnan by my uncle. Take a look."

Poured out of the brocade pouch, a pair of small, silver-gilt pearl earrings were revealed, adorned with delicate, openwork Little Hai flowers. Exquisite and elegant, they were clearly very valuable.

Zhou Wanwan nodded and said, "I really like it too. There are so many new dishes tonight, you must try them all. There's also a bamboo rat dish, it's especially fragrant."

Feng Yueyao is a foodie, and upon hearing it was a new dish, she nodded repeatedly and said, "Then I'm going to eat an extra bowl of rice tonight."

Zhou Qingchen couldn't help but laugh, "Feng Yueyao, are you still eating? Look at your face, you've gotten so fat!"

Feng Yueyao pouted angrily and said, "What's wrong with my face? My mom said it's quite cute."

Zhou Wanwan agreed. She thought that girls looked better when they were a little chubby, but she was too thin now because she needed to channel her spiritual energy every day and was consuming too much of it.

Zhou Qingchen quickly nodded and said, "Okay, it's quite cute."

Soon, the kitchen brought out the dishes: Eight Treasure Duck, Qilin Sea Bass, Braised Deer Tendon, Crab Roe Braised Jade Mushrooms, and Liuli Pearl Shrimp.

Roasted wild goat ribs, salt and pepper wild boar belly, steamed wild pheasant with matsutake mushrooms, stewed wild rabbit with wild mushrooms, salt and pepper bamboo rat meat, deep-fried yellow squirrel, roasted gerbil with tofu, and wild mushroom and muntjac soup.

Zhou Fusheng looked at the rat meat and asked, "Is this stuff edible?"

Liu Su'e couldn't help but roll her eyes and said:

"You've forgotten, one year when our family was starving, these brothers went to the fields and caught a field mouse."

Weren't we having a great time eating together as a family? Why can't we eat now?

Zhou Fusheng smiled and said, "Which year are you talking about? Oh! We didn't get any food at home, what could we do back then?"

Liu Su'e looked at him and said, "I'm just reminding you, don't forget how the old family home treated us."

Zhou Fusheng quickly nodded and said, "I know, don't worry! But the old house wants us to go back and stay there for a while, are you willing?"

Everyone shook their heads, Zhou Wanwan chuckled and said, "I'm willing! After we finish the preliminary examination, we'll stay there for a few days. There's free food, so why not?"

Liu Su'e looked at her and said:

"You all know what kind of people those are."

"What if we go back and get bullied?"

Feng Jiao, sitting beside her, couldn't help but laugh out loud, "Sister, your little rascal is so clever! I'm starting to worry about the Zhou Family! You're actually worried they'll be bullied?"

Liu Su'e said helplessly:

"That's true, I'm just worried that Wanwan will be bullied when she gets home."

"She's only five years old. If Wanwan wants to go back, then Mommy will go with you."

Zhou Wanwan quickly nodded. She didn't like Zhou Family Village Zhou Family Village, but it was very rich in resources, so she figured she could rob as much as she could.

Zhou Family Village wanted to investigate her background, but Zhou Wanwan also wanted to investigate Zhou Family Village's background.

She felt particularly distressed whenever Zhou Family Village was doing well.

So this time when I go to Zhou Family Village, I'm determined to turn things upside down.

If the people of Zhou Family Village harbor ill intentions towards them, then let them know how many eyes Lord Ma has.

The most important thing now is the preliminary examination for the imperial examination. After dinner, Grand Tutor Zhao Muyuan was already waiting for her in the imperial study.

Zhou Wanwan entered the imperial study and saw Zhao Muyuan standing respectfully to her side, saying:

"My lord, the arrangements for the preliminary examination have been made. If there are no problems, we can go tomorrow."

But are you also planning to take the imperial examination for children?

Zhou Wanwan looked at Zhao Muyuan, "Yes, I also want to test my skills."

Zhao Muyuan quickly nodded and said, "That's no problem, let's give it a try this time!"

Early the next morning, Zhou Wanwan took a horse-drawn carriage and led more than thirty people from the mountain village to Yunxi County.

Most of these children were only in their teens or so, and they were all participating in this year's preliminary examination for the imperial examinations.

There were also a few older people inside, including Zhou Fusheng. He looked at Zhou Wanwan and said:

"Wanwan! Do you think Dad will pass the exam this time?"

I've heard that the preliminary examination for the imperial examination is extremely difficult, and I... I'm a little nervous.

Zhou Wanwan looked at him and said, "Dad, what's there to be nervous about? Relax. If you don't pass this time, you can try again next year!"

Zhou Fusheng clenched his fist and said:

"I'm determined to pass the exam this time, and I'll never give them another chance to laugh at us."

Once I pass the exam, I'm definitely going to Zhou Family Village to show off properly.

Zhou Fusheng was seething with resentment. From childhood to adulthood, he had suffered unfair treatment. Now that he had the chance to defy fate, how could he not cherish it?

Zhou Wanwan quickly nodded and said, "Dad, I believe you can do it. I will also participate in the preliminary examination this time. I want to see how good I am."

Zhou Fusheng stared at her blankly and said, "You? How can a woman participate in the imperial examination? What if she gets discovered?"

Zhou Wanwan chuckled and said, "So what if they found out! Our Great Xia Kingdom doesn't prohibit women from taking imperial examinations."

This is a more enlightened aspect compared to many dynasties in the past. In many dynasties in the past, the virtue of a woman was that she was uneducated, but the Great Xia Kingdom was different; women could also participate in the imperial examinations.

However, it was much more difficult for women to participate in scientific expeditions than for men, and very few people would choose this path.

Because once you embark on this path, you will be ridiculed by those around you.

Indeed, even in the Great Xia Kingdom, women who participated in the imperial examinations were ridiculed and found it difficult to find Ruyi.

Because if a woman is too capable, the man will feel embarrassed, and his in-laws won't like her either.

Therefore, no women in the Great Xia Kingdom participated in the imperial examinations anymore, and Zhou Wanwan also wanted to know how good she was.

The group quickly arrived at their own courtyard. Zhou Wanwan had bought a five-courtyard siheyuan (traditional courtyard house), so that everyone would have their own courtyard.

They naturally lived in the main courtyard, and the trees in the courtyard, seeing Zhou Wanwan and her group, began to whisper among themselves:

"Our former master was from a respectable and noble family, and all the people he associated with were prominent and influential. He was very prestigious!"

I wonder what kind of person the new owner is this time.

The old elm tree beside it sighed and said:

"Of course! No matter how powerful they are, they could never compare to our former master!"

The pomp and ceremony of that time were unmatched by anyone else.