Farm Girl's Manor
Chapter 700 Father Who Cheated on His Daughter Found a Son-in-law (1)_1

Chapter 700: Chapter 700 Father Who Cheated on His Daughter Found a Son-in-law (1)_1

The two police officers were indeed there to bring good news. After dismounting their horses, they first bowed to Mo Yan, the County Lord, and then cupped their hands towards Mo Qingze, greeting him with a "Scholar Mo", before respectfully presenting the celebration report to Mo Qingze.

Mo Qingze, with an indifferent expression, opened the celebration report and a trace of complexity flashed through his eyes upon seeing the ranking listed above.

Mo Yan didn’t notice the unusual look on his father’s face and hurried over to take a look. At the very top, he saw his father’s name and then right below, found the rank achieved—One hundred and first place directly controlled by Great Chu!

In the triennial autumn examinations, thousands of Scholars from Jing City usually compete, with the top two hundred being selected as Scholars. The one hundred and first position was neither good nor bad, right in the middle of the two hundred, but according to this ranking, it didn’t offer an advantage in the spring examinations the following year.

Considering the spring examinations were open to all Scholars of Great Chu, and Great Chu had fifteen prefectures, each providing more than two hundred candidates, who among those who passed as Scholars could be considered dull-witted?

Apart from a few Scholars who weren’t confident and preferred to wait another three years for the spring examinations, there would still be two thousand five hundred Scholars competing at the same time, vying for one hundred and three Jin Shi positions—the competition was undeniably fierce.

Mo Yan, unaware of the capabilities of the other students, couldn’t judge if his father achieved this ranking through normal performance or underperformance. However, to pass on the first attempt and be among the top two hundred out of three thousand Scholars was quite an accomplishment, fulfilling his father’s wish.

As for the spring examinations, even if they didn’t succeed the following year, they could still continue to try in the next three years, so it wasn’t of much consequence.

Mo Yan courteously invited the two police officers inside for a rest and some tea and refreshments before leaving. The two officers earnestly declined, citing the need to deliver good news to other families. Mo Yan didn’t insist and handed each police officer a red envelope.

The two officers happily accepted them. Feeling the hefty lump of silver in their bags, their smiles grew even wider.

Halfway along their route, when they were certain no one was around, they cautiously opened their bags and were overjoyed to find the silver ingots weighing five taels, musing that the newly appointed County Lord was indeed generous. Even if they got no Celebration Money from the other families they visited, this errand had already paid off.

Following this, the Mo Family home was as busy as a marketplace, with villagers continuously coming to offer their congratulations. Some families, planning to tighten their belts in order to send their children to school, even brought their kids to partake in the newly minted Scholar’s good fortune, hoping their children could absorb some intelligence and one day also become Scholars or Jin Shi, bringing honor to their ancestors.

Not until dusk did the bustling Mo Family finally begin to quiet down. Mo Yan decided the family should properly celebrate that evening and personally cooked several of her best dishes.

Once the food was ready, Mo Yan handed the task of steaming rice to Lixiu, then left the kitchen to join Mo Qingze in the study, bringing up the matter of hosting a banquet.

Mo Qingze, hearing his eldest daughter’s suggestion, didn’t hesitate long before consenting, smiling faintly, "When you were appointed County Lord, I wanted to celebrate with a banquet after the attention died down, but you worried that being too ostentatious would lead to trouble, so we didn’t proceed! Now, we can combine both celebrations, which won’t attract undue attention, and it will save the villagers from having to give gifts twice."

Mo Qingze didn’t realize that his daughter’s reluctance to celebrate ostentatiously was purely because the title of County Lord had been obtained through calculation, and it took restraint on her part not to outright reject that honor. How could she have any desire to throw a banquet?

This time, however, Mo Yan did not refuse, nodding her head decisively and saying boldly, "Hmm, I’ll follow what Father says, and we’ll celebrate both occasions in a big way! Let’s have a banquet where anyone from the village who wishes to partake in the joy can come to eat. Our family isn’t lacking in provisions now!"