The Comeback of the Charming Farmer's Wife

Chapter 2068 - 2070: A Hint of a Smile

The sleeping examinee was right next to Yang Qingtong. Hearing this, he had a good impression of the lord and thought he was a rare good official.

After listening to Lord Zhang’s words, the examinee stopped crying. Although he was still sobbing, he had already accepted the tea from Lord Zhang.

Once the examinees settled into a rhythm, Lord Zhang and Master Si sneaked aside, "Brother Si, it’s a good thing you discovered this issue, otherwise we would’ve been in trouble."

"Indeed, it’s a suspicious matter, we must report it."

"Of course, we’ll report it!" Lord Zhang snorted coldly, "Who could be so vile to do something like this at such a time?"

"Two examinees actually brought something interesting, like tea leaves," Master Si chuckled.

"That’s not surprising, people bring them every year," Lord Zhang said, "In the past, the examination halls were always prepared with these things, but this year they weren’t adequately prepared, so there was none."

"True!" Master Si nodded, then said, "I’ll go down to see where exactly the problem arose."

"Alright, just take a look, don’t let those examinees notice anything unusual." Lord Zhang cautioned and followed him down.

The two of them looked around but didn’t find anything out of place, so they decided to let it go.

The three-day examination ended soon, and Yang Chuxia brought Yang Xiayun and Luo Linyu to wait outside the examination hall.

"Sister, why haven’t they come out yet?"

"What’s the rush? There’s at least two hours to go."

Examinations in ancient times were different from now; you couldn’t leave just because you finished. You had to wait for everyone to finish before coming out together.

It seemed that there were at least two hours to go before it ended.

"Oh, are there vendors selling melons here?"

"Indeed, not only melons but sweet melons too!" Luo Linyu said, "Sister-in-law, let’s buy some to eat while we wait, it’ll be nice."

"Alright, Ming Lan, take someone to buy a few."

"Yes, madam."

Ming Lan and a servant went to the nearby stall, where the sweet melons were large and white. Ming Lan picked six, and also bought two melons. Seeing peaches and other fruits next to them, she bought some of those too.

"Since you’re buying a lot, I’ll give you a fruit platter as a gift," said the young vendor with ordinary looks, slightly dark skin, and a strikingly white smile.

"Thank you very much!"

Ming Lan took the fruit platter, paid the money, and returned with the servant. As she turned, she didn’t notice the person behind her smiling.

"Why is there a fruit platter too?"

"The seller gave it as a gift because I bought a lot, ma’am."

Yang Chuxia smiled, "There’s a knife here; slice some for everyone to share."

"Thank you, ma’am!"

The fruits were already washed by the vendor, and when Ming Lan brought them back, they were still dripping with water. They just needed to peel off the skin.

"These sweet melons are lovely, and the peaches are nice too," Yang Xiayun said as she finished all the peaches from the fruit platter.

"I don’t like peaches; they’re either too hard and sour or too soft and tasteless," Luo Linyu said, "I still prefer sweet melons."

Yang Chuxia also laughed, "I also prefer sweet melons, but peaches from Jiangsu are really the best. Your brother-in-law once brought some from Lin County, and they tasted quite good."

"Whatever my brother-in-law buys, you always say it’s delicious," Yang Xiayun teased. To her, peaches from anywhere are tasty.