Struggle in Ancient Times

Chapter 115.1

The next day, Mother Deng burst into tears when she saw the official walking into their house with the red list.

Yesterday, when she saw the name, she was still worried that it was the same name. It was only then that she really put her heart back in her chest.

“Old woman, what are you doing at the door? Sir, please come inside, my wife will bring you a bowl of tea.” Liao Ming was the first to react and enthusiastically greeted the officer, and secretly handed the small red envelope to the officer.

The weight in red envelope on the officer’s hand was rare and generous, and the smile on his face was a little brighter: “I was wondering where the Master Jinshi, Liao Tingyu, now?”

“Come on, sir, please sit down. Please wait a moment. He will be here soon.” Liao Ming called.

Liao Tingyu came to the front hall. Several people checked his name and household registration, said a few polite words of flattery, left his new identity tag and clothes, then left in a hurry.

As soon as the others left, Mother Deng rushed out, very excited, playing with the brand-new clothes in her hands: “Son, go in quickly and put on your clothes, let me see it. The color is good, it looks festive.”

This sentence reached everyone’s heart, and everyone’s eyes were fixed on Liao Tingyu.

“Okay, let me go in and give it a try.” Liao Tingyu couldn’t stand it when he saw the bright red color. It was wide, big and ugly.

But since they want to see it, it wasn’t like he couldn’t wear it. He had to wear it to go to court and parade around anyway.

Huang Zilan also followed behind and went in to help Liao Tingyu sort out his clothes.

When Liao Tingyu came out, Mother Deng circled around him and kept saying, “It’s so beautiful, so beautiful.”

Liao Tingyu felt that Mother Deng’s filter was too heavy. He looked in the mirror and found that the clothes did not look as good as his usual clothes, and he was not suitable for such festive colors.

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When the postman who announced the good news came over the next day to ask if he had anything to send back to his hometown, Liao Tingyu took out three letters, one for his father-in-law, one for the school, and one for the village chief.

The postman went first to announce the good news to the people in his hometown. The successful students would wait in Beijing to meet the emperor for a party and then choose to stay in the capital or leave.

Originally, if Liao Tingyu had passed the imperial examination and was willing to stay in Beijing and endure for decades, he could have gotten an official position. But looking at the situation in Beijing, he relied on connections to travel around.

He was afraid that he would never come out again if he threw himself in. Moreover, the water was too deep and he was not very good at swimming. He might as well be a local emperor.

Liao Tingyu immediately applied to be decentralized as an official.

The officials in charge of the review were not surprised at all. After each exam, many knowledgeable people would submit applications. Not everyone liked the prosperity of Beijing.

Because there were no connections, and there were so many people applying, the better places were all divided up by those with connections and money.

They waited here for two full months for the assignment. When the guard informed them, Liao Tingyu was so happy that he choked with joy.

Because he was a Jinshi, who was ranked one higher than a Juren, he was a sixth-grade county magistrate in Linxian County, which was close to the border, and he had the power in local court.

Although the frontier was very difficult, being a county magistrate was also great.

The key was he had the right to be the master of the county, and Liao Tingyu analyzed the current situation and estimated that there would be no major wars for decades.

When Mother Deng heard that Liao Tingyu was assigned to the county magistrate, he was still a high official no matter where he was.

Very satisfied, she now had a straight waist and a few silk flowers on her head.

The clothes had been bought new, and she had a good reputation. She didn’t want to embarrass her son. She was now the county magistrate’s mother and an old lady from an official family.

Liao Ming also watched her work. Now that things had settled down safely, Mother Deng could finally show off and regain the feeling of youth.

But even then, Mother Deng could only show off was when buying groceries. Liao Tingyu felt very guilty when he saw Mother Deng’s proud look.

“Wait a little longer, you can show off your power when you get to our place.”

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The officials gave Liao Tingyu three months to go to Linxian County.

Originally, Liao Ming planned to go home to announce the good news, but time was a bit tight.

Liao Ming had been thinking about returning to his hometown for a long time but he didn’t want to hold back his children.

Mother Deng definitely not going come yet, so Liao Ming did not discuss it with Mother Deng.

During lunch, Liao Ming opened his eyes and lied: “Your mother and I have discussed it, we will go back to our hometown, and your eldest brother will come with us.”

Mother Deng was stunned when this was said. How could she not know it?

Liao Shi also didn’t expect that and Wen Xiuer was still thinking about other things in her mind.

“Why don’t we go together as a family?” Liao Tingyu said with a frown, completely unaware of the situation.

What Mother Deng wanted to say was stopped by Liao Ming.

“Your mother and I have grown old. In just a few years, the fallen leaves have returned to their roots! Now we are satisfied to be able come here,” Liao Ming said.