Passed, Passed, Everyone Passed

Gu Chaoming trembled in fright and said, "Mother... Mother, she was just here a moment ago, how could she have disappeared in the blink of an eye?"

Gu Chaoyang shook his head and said, "I don't know."

Gu Chaoming looked at him and shouted:

"Gu Chaoyang, you beast! What have you done to our mother?"

All she did was ask you to give her a room, did you have to treat her like that?

Get Mom out here right now and give me the best room, otherwise...

Before he could finish speaking, he was dragged away by something strange.

As he was being dragged away, he cried out, "Village Chief... Village Chief, help me!"

The Gu Family Village trembled with fear. "A ghost! Let's run!"

But as soon as they entered the grove, they were entangled by countless tree roots.

They were quickly wrapped up tightly and unable to move.

Gu Chaoyang looked at them and said, "Why did you have to do this? I told you not to come, but you insisted. Now look what happened."

Old Madam Gu looked at him and said, "Gu Chaoyang, you'd better release us right now, or I'll report you to the authorities."

Zheng Chunhe said with a smile, "Go ahead and sue us in the government, but you'll have to be able to leave first!"

Gu Chaoming was so frightened that he peed himself. "Sister-in-law, we were wrong, please forgive us!"

Zheng Chunhe raised an eyebrow and said:

"Sister-in-law? I'm not your sister-in-law. You guys enjoy yourselves here!"

As for you wanting to live in our house, not a chance.

Zhou Wanwan chuckled, and Gu Chaoyang sighed, "Then don't come, don't come. Now look what's happened, you can't leave even if you want to."

After saying that, he turned and left.

Zhou Wanwan looked at Gu Sinian and asked, "Brother Sinian, are you happy?"

Gu Sinian said calmly, "It's not a matter of being happy or unhappy! They're not important to me. Let's go! It's time for dinner."

The group was released the next day.

After being released, Gu Chaoming frowned and asked, "Village Chief, how did we get here?"

The Gu Family Village scratched his head and said, "I don't know either! What exactly did we do yesterday?"

Old Madam Gu frowned and said, "I don't remember either."

Meanwhile, Zhou Wanwan sent a few trees to deal with Su Peng.

When Su Peng woke up, he found himself in a tall tree. Looking at the tree, which was over ten meters high, he trembled with fear. "Waaaaah... Where am I? Am I still half asleep?"

He rubbed his eyes; his legs felt weak.

He was naked, perched on a large tree, and the crucial point is that this tree was right in front of the government office.

He was terrified and shouted, "Help! Help me!"

Everyone looked up, and someone squinted at the tree, saying, "Why does this person look so much like Officer Su?"

Su Peng shouted, "What do you mean by 'similar'? It means, hurry up and find a ladder!"

The constables were dumbfounded. "Captain Su, why did you climb so high for no reason?"

Su Peng, clinging to the tree trunk, said, "How would I know? Stop talking nonsense and hurry up and save me!"

But then the tree suddenly started shaking, scaring Su Peng so much that his face turned pale. "Help! Help!"

It was already afternoon when someone rescued Su Peng. He rushed into the prefectural government office, tears streaming down his face, and cried, "Sir, I was hung from a tree last night! I have no idea what happened!"

The prefect frowned and asked, "What exactly happened?"

Su Peng recounted everything that happened yesterday. The prefect frowned and asked, "You mean you ran into Zhou Wanwan yesterday?"

Su Peng nodded and said, "Yes, that's her. She's a witch, sir! We must get rid of her!"

The prefect frowned and said, "I understand, you may leave."

The first round of county-level examinations is over, and everyone in the family is waiting for the results.

Zhou Fusheng paced back and forth, saying:

"What if I fail the exam? Wouldn't that be incredibly embarrassing?"

"If I fail the first round of the county exam, I'm afraid the people of Zhou Family Village will laugh me to death."

Zhou Wanwan, while eating a strawberry, said, "Dad, didn't we agree to take it easy?"

Zhou Fusheng nodded and said, "Yes, yes, keep a calm mind, keep a calm mind, oh dear! I can't keep a calm mind at all, I'm too nervous right now."

A little while later, several servants rushed in, shouting, "Master, it's a winner! It's a winner! It's a winner!"

Zhou Fusheng's eyes lit up. "Who won? Who won? Did you win, sir? Was it me, sir?"

The servants, panting, kept saying, "They passed! They passed! They all passed!"

Zhou Fusheng looked at the list and exclaimed, "Hahahaha! I made it! Wanwan, I'm on the list! I'm on the list!"

Zhou Wanwan, feeling dizzy from being spun around, said, "Okay, Dad, I'm dizzy, put me down quickly."

Liu Su'e quickly said, "This is only the first hurdle, what's the rush?"

This is just the county examination; there is also the prefectural examination, and finally the provincial examination.

They had a total of 38 people from Black Wind Mountain Stronghold, and all 38 of them passed the prefectural examination.

Zhou Wanwan searched the list again and again and asked, "Is this a real list?"

The servant next to him nodded and said, "It's a real list. Someone copied it. This copy costs ten coins."

Zhou Wanwan nodded and said:

"Then why aren't Lu Lan and Wen Zhiyu's names on this?"

Did they just skip to the first level?

No, I need to find out where they are now.

Soon, Old Scholar Tree's men returned to report, "They're at the teahouse now!"

Zhou Wanwan's eyes lit up and she said:

"Brother, we all passed the exam, shouldn't we show off a little?"

"Come on, let me treat you to tea at the teahouse, okay?"

Within the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, Zhou Wanwan led her brothers into the teahouse.

I had just sat down when I heard Lu Lan's voice from next door. "It's unbelievable! How did that brat manage to pass the exam?"

Wen Zhiyu sneered, "Who knows? She's just a five-year-old girl. Do you think she can pass the county exam? Maybe she cheated?"

Lu Lan's eyes reddened with anger. "I'm going to report her! I refuse to believe she could pass the exam. She's just from the mountains, what ability does she have?"

Zhou Wanwan sat in the next room, overjoyed.

These two women are so jealous!

She coughed and said:

"Oh dear! You say the county exam is so easy, how come some people still fail?"

Especially Lu Lan, who was so arrogant before, I thought she was really amazing, but I didn't expect her to not be on the list.

I heard she's a talented woman?

Lu Lan was so angry that she gritted her teeth and said:

Zhou Wanwan, have you no shame?

Why do you like talking badly about others behind their backs? You're simply...

Lu Lan rushed over, but stopped abruptly when she saw Gu Sinian next to Zhou Wanwan: "This is simply too much!"

Zhou Wanwan looked at her with a half-smile and said:

"Who exactly is gossiping behind people's backs? That talented young lady, Lu, is hopeless!"

How could you fail such a simple county-level exam? Tsk tsk tsk...

It seems you're all talk and no action!