CH 32.4

Ji Mingyan grabbed his Brother-in-law’s elbow in one hand and pinched it hard. While pinching it, he shouted: “Brother-in-law!!!! You’re the third!!! You really got the third!!!! Your hard work these days was really not wasted!!!! The soup that I sent you everyday was really not in vain too!!!!! Sixth Brother just knows that you can definitely do it!!!!”

When Ji Mingyan shouted that Ji Mingshuang was the first, everyone actually didn’t react very much.

Because this is what everyone expected, as Ji Mingshuang is the first popular candidate.

From childhood to adulthood, in the capital and especially in the circle of scholars, Ji Mingshuang has always been the most admired man.

Everyone knows how great his knowledge is, and they all also know that Ji Mingshuang is really amazing.

But the Brother-in-law is the third?

That Third Ji’s husband-to-be is the third?

The eldest son of the Wu family is the third?

In an instant, everyone fell silent, and the originally noisy and cluttered venue became eerily quiet.

Ji Mingyan’s voice was particularly prominent. He was laughing wildly: “Hahahahaha I finally have money! I can finally not be urged for debt anymore! Hahahaha!”

Wu Wei’an also looked incredulous. He raised his head and stared blankly.

At the same time, he calmly used his skillful strength to pull Ji Mingyan’s hand that was pinching his elbow away.

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Ji Mingyan was too excited and didn’t care much.

After seeing it for some time, Wu Wei’an’s eyes suddenly burst into tears.

After laughing, Ji Mingyan was about to give his brother-in-law a big hug, but when he turned around, he saw the tears. He was shocked and said: “Brother-in-law, why are you crying!!”

Everyone present whose eyes were looking at each other: “??”

Wu Wei’an stretched out his hand, wiped the corner of his eyes with his sleeve, and choked up: “I didn’t expect, I really didn’t expect that I would actually be on the list and be able to do so well in the test. I always thought I was useless, and I had also studied hard in the Rural Examination before. In fact, I have been studying very seriously since I was a child. But people around me said I couldn’t, and I also thought I couldn’t, so I didn’t dare to take the Rural Examination, because I thought I would definitely fail. But it was different this time, because Yun Niang believed me so much. No one has ever believed in me and loved me like she did, so I must live up to her. That’s why I persevere in my studies in spite of hardships and sleep for at most two hours every day. Sometimes I don’t even sleep. I try to read and read to death. The book tells me that diligence can make up for weakness and that Heaven rewards diligent work. Unexpectedly, it really is. It really, really, really…”

In the end, Wu Wei’an couldn’t continue anymore. He squatted down, covered his face and wept.

Ji Mingyan squatted down and patted Wu Wei’an on the shoulder, feeling very touched: “Brother-in-law, men don’t shed tears easily. But Sixth Brother also sees with own eyes that you have been working really hard these days. Look, you even lost so much weight already. But after all the hardships, you and Third Sister will certainly be able to live better and better in the future.”

The scholars crowded around watched and listened. For a moment, they didn’t know how they felt.

Originally, they all did not believe Wu Wei’an’s result of ranking as the third in the exam, but after listening to Wu Wei’an’s words, many people changed their minds.

Because Wu Wei’an said that he had been studying hard since he was a child, and that he didn’t take part in the Rural Examination because he was afraid, because he didn’t have confidence in himself, and the people around him also ridiculed him and thought he was not good enough. So he didn’t dare to go.

Many scholars present have also experienced similar things.

Some of them have even taken the imperial examinations several times. They know what it feels like to be looked down upon, and they also know the feeling of having read books for decades, but the day before the exam starts, they do not want to take the exam anymore, and they are even afraid to take the exam.