Farmer girl swaps husbands: buys a sickly villain and pampers him

Chapter 183 Celebration
At this moment, the Zhong and Chen families also thought the same thing.

After the list was released, officials would go door-to-door to notify the families and friends of the successful candidates, so that they would also know the good news.

Both the Zhong and Chen families were wealthy, and the officials rushed to deliver good news to them. As a result, the two families soon received the news that their son had passed the imperial examination and become a scholar.

While the patriarch of the Zhong family was playing cards at the gambling table, the officials came to deliver good news. Just as he was about to put the gambling den up for auction, the news broke, and the gambling was immediately canceled, with all his bettors being kicked out. Overjoyed, he closed the gambling den, ran home, and gathered the entire Zhong family to hold a celebratory banquet for his beloved son.

The Chen family's situation was similar. They were still indulging in a life of extravagance, but when this news broke, the dance hall closed down, and they directly posted invitations to relatives and friends to come over for drinks.

Zhang Zhaodi was also beaming with joy. The whole family of women crowded into the kitchen, using all their skills to prepare a heartfelt meal to celebrate Zhou Wangshu's passing the imperial examination and becoming a scholar.

"Wangshu is truly amazing! I'd like to see who still calls Wangshu a bunch of good-for-nothings. If Wangshu is a good-for-nothing, then that Xiao fellow is even worse," Zhang Zhaodi said. "Zhong Lanhua's expression just now was hilarious. She always brags about how great her son-in-law is, that he'll definitely be the top scholar in the imperial examinations. Now he's even come in last place in the county-level exam. What a slap in the face! Hahaha..."

“Mother, Xiao Ci is quite capable. If he hadn’t had diarrhea, he wouldn’t have only gotten this low ranking,” Su Yaoguang said from the side.

Zhou Wangshu looked at Su Yaoguang with a deep gaze, his smile not reaching his eyes: "Yaoguang seems to admire him quite a bit."

"Pah, if you can't speak properly, then don't speak at all. What I mean is, don't underestimate this person. He's narrow-minded, and if you offend him too much, be careful he might retaliate against you later."

"I didn't do anything to him, so why is he retaliating against me?"

“Your mockery of him is an insult to him, and that’s enough for him to retaliate against you,” Su Yaoguang said. “I told you, this person is petty and narrow-minded, so it’s best to stay away from him.”

"Okay, I get it."

Anyway, she only wanted to anger Zhong Lanhua and Jiang Yihuan; she didn't care at all about that guy surnamed Xiao.

Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!
Zhong Lanhua kicked over all the tables and chairs in the room.

She vented her anger fiercely, so much so that she could hardly breathe.

Jiang Yihuan stood cautiously to the side, tears glistening in her eyes.

Xiao Yanci held her hand, looking at her with heartache.

From the moment she finished cursing until now, Zhong Lanhua had been cursing incessantly. After she finished cursing, she started smashing things. She knew that the expensive items would be gone once they were smashed, so she specifically targeted tables and chairs. The noise she made frightened Jiang Yihuan so much that she didn't dare to move, like a frightened little rabbit, which was truly heartbreaking.

“No matter what, at least I’m already a Xiucai (a successful candidate in the county-level imperial examination). Only by becoming a Xiucai can I take the Juren (another successful candidate in the county-level imperial examination) next time,” Xiao Yanci said. “I was unwell this time, but once I’ve recovered, this will definitely not happen again.”

"Next time? That's easy for you to say. I think you're all talk and no action. If I actually let you do it, I don't know what embarrassing things you'd do. Hey Xiao, are you sent by the other side to make things difficult for my daughter and me? Otherwise, why are you always helping that mother and daughter to annoy us? You're practically their weapon against us. You make me furious the moment you use you."

“Mother, I’ve told you, I will definitely make sure you and Huan’er live a good life. Putting aside everything else, at least I’m a scholar now,” Xiao Yanci said.

Zhong Lanhua pouted, looking annoyed.

Don't even mention that scholar; she'd be too ashamed to lift her head if you did.

Now everyone in town knows that he defecated in the examination room during the days of the imperial examination, and people jokingly call him the "Shit Scholar." If she brags about it to her other sisters-in-law, they'll laugh at her: "I know, your son-in-law is something else, because he defecated during the imperial examination, everyone calls him the Shit Scholar!"

Zhou Wangshu sat on the roof, listening to the laughter and clinking of glasses coming from inside the room.

Today is his big day. The Zhang sisters said he was still young and forbade him to drink, but they themselves drank and laughed heartily.

Su Yaoguang climbed the ladder to the roof.

"Be careful." Zhou Wangshu stood up, reached out her hand, and pulled her over. "What are you doing up here?"

“I noticed you always like to sit here and look at the sky. I figured the scenery must be really beautiful for you to never get tired of it. Since you have such a nice view, of course you should share it with me.” Su Yaoguang sat down next to him and handed him a wine jug. “Here, fruit wine. It’s not very strong. I secretly got you some. Don’t tell your mother.”

Didn't you say I wasn't allowed to drink?

“Today is a special day. You can drink if you want, but don’t drink too much,” Su Yaoguang said, clinking glasses with him. “We are all very surprised and delighted that you passed the imperial examination.”

“You never thought I would pass the imperial examination and become a scholar, did you?” Zhou Wangshu said. “Neither the headmaster nor the teachers expected it. What they didn’t expect was that Brother Zhong and Brother Chen also passed.”

"Besides those two, two other people who played polo with you last time also passed the exam, right?" Su Yaoguang said. "You've been busy studying lately, you haven't even come home, you haven't been eating or sleeping well, you've really worked hard. I thought you were just pretending before, but now I know you've really been studying hard."

"I passed the imperial examination and became a scholar. Don't I have any gifts?" Zhou Wangshu held out his palm.

Su Yaoguang said irritably, "Who goes out of their way to ask for gifts?"

"I don't care, you have to give me a gift. If you didn't prepare one today, you have to prepare one tomorrow." Zhou Wangshu said with a haughty expression.

Su Yaoguang pulled a box out of her sleeve: "How could I dare to neglect you, Young Master Zhou? You are now the apple of everyone's eye."

Zhou Wangshu took it and touched the outer shell of the box.

"Open it and take a look!" Su Yaoguang said. "I've been looking for a long time, but I don't know if you'll like it. If you don't like it, I can take it back and exchange it for something else."

Zhou Wangshu opened the box and saw a jade thumb ring inside.

The crimson jade thumb ring, so red it looked like dripping blood, was exceptionally vibrant and flamboyant.

Many men wear jade thumb rings, but I've never seen one wearing a red jade thumb ring. Older men prefer black jade, younger men prefer white jade, and red jade is not so easy to wear.

Zhou Wangshu wore it on his finger.

“Indeed, this jade thumb ring suits you perfectly. When I first saw it, I knew it would look beautiful on your hand,” Su Yaoguang praised.

Zhou Wangshu stroked it and murmured, "I like it very much, thank you."