Jing Xingzhi’s Daily Life in Ancient Times - Chapter 96

The old scholar sat down for a while, then calmed down and concentrated on doing the questions.

He thought to himself that the articles he crafted so carefully must be much better than those crude ones.

Yes, under the truth, the old scholar still believed the cruel fact that Jing Xingzhi finished the exam in one day, but he was not affected by it. He could use some imagination to comfort himself!

The old scholar had a very stable mentality; at least he could comfort himself.

This may not have been the case for other students, especially those who came to take the exam for the first time. When they found that someone had finished the exam on the first day, they felt a little bad.

It was conceivable that many candidates in the same corner as Jing Xingzhi were affected. But this kind of thing was a reasonable accident, and they couldn’t blame others.

On the other side, Jing Xingzhi easily carried his test box and left the Gongyuan, the examination building alone.

The imagined scene of people crowding out of the Gongyuan did not appear.

Jing Xingzhi had the evening to himself. The air was fresh, and there was no smell like that of a group of men who had been locked up for three days without taking a shower. The last moments of the sunset were beautiful.

However, under such a beautiful last moment of sunset, everyone outside the Gongyuan was shocked by Jing Xingzhi.

Who was this? Coming out today?!

Did they remember the wrong date? Today was not the ninth day of the Lunar New Year?!

Or what was going on? Could it be it was his imagination?

‘But good friend, do you also see it? You saw it too. Then I… then I’m not dazzled!’

Finally, someone couldn’t help but step forward and ask, “Sir, why did you come out so early? Is something wrong?”

“Is it early? I have to write a draft first. It’s such a waste of time.” Jing Xingzhi shook his head and found that there was no carriage to pick him up, so he added, “My wife is all alone pregnant at home, so I will go back first. Let’s talk later.”

“Oh, okay. Let’s talk later.” As soon as the man who spoke to him heard this, he knew it was not good to disturb others. He smiled awkwardly and watched Jing Xingzhi leave.

When Jing Xingzhi walked far away, the man’s mind started to spin.

‘What the hell? The wife is pregnant; is the wife going to give birth to a baby soon?’

‘In order to accompany your pregnant wife, would you take the exam for only one day?’

Jing Xingzhi didn’t care about the shocking words. He hurried home with the test box on his back.

After walking out of Gongyuan Street, he finally caught a carriage carrying passengers. Jing Xingzhi chartered one and asked the coachman to take him home quickly.

The driver was also from the capital and knew that today was the day when the test would begin.

The coachman was clever and thought that the person carrying the exam box must be the participant of the exam. But if he ran out on the first day of the exam, he must have missed the time.

The coachman remained silent all the way. When Jing Xingzhi arrived and the coachman received the payment, he comforted Jing Xingzhi, saying, “Young master, the exam is held every three years. There’s no rush, you can always try again.”

Jing Xingzhi raised an eyebrow, puzzled.

He was a little confused but still accepted the other party’s kindness and nodded with a smile.

There were still many good people in the world.

Look at the examiners; they were all willing to let him go and hand in the papers in advance. Even though they would surely be criticized in the future for allowing him to leave. Yet they were still willing to let him return to take care of his wife and unborn baby. What good people!

Look at the passers-by outside the Gongyuan. They had never seen each other or known each other, but they all cared about whether his wife was okay at home. They were truly good people!

Although only one person had asked, Jing Xingzhi was sure he had seen many concerned looks!

Oh, and the coachman was also so good at comforting people. There were indeed many good people in the world!

Jing Xingzhi knocked on his door happily, and in the eyes of his servants, who looked like they were seeing ghosts, he dropped the test box and went to find Liu Fang.

“I’m back!” Jing Xingzhi shouted happily.

Liu Fang, who was drinking millet porridge, shook his hand and dropped the meat bun in his grasp.

Jing Xingzhi stretched out his hand, picked up the bun, and stuffed it into his mouth.

“Ah wu wu, you have to cherish your food!” Jing Xingzhi said vaguely.

Liu Fang was equally surprised and asked him, “Why are you back now? Today is not the ninth day of the Lunar New Year?”

After Liu Fang finished speaking, he turned around and asked the servant next to him, “I just took a nap. Did I sleep all day and all night?”

The servant shook his head. “No, just an hour!”

Jing Xingzhi chuckled. “No, it’s not the ninth day of the lunar month. I was a little anxious while doing the questions, so I finished them a bit faster. When I was doing the questions, I was in a hurry because I was afraid of missing our baby’s birth. I didn’t expect that there would be such a good thing as handing in papers in advance!”

When Liu Fang saw him talking, he began to grab his own steamed buns to eat. He pushed the steamed buns toward Jing Xingzhi and ordered his servants to bring in two more steamed buns and a few more side dishes.

“You look like a starving man. You weren’t just doing the questions without eating, were you?” Liu Fang looked at Jing Xingzhi, who was devouring his food, and felt very distressed.

“What I ate,” Jing Xingzhi said, “was half of a pancake at noon, and then I left the Gongyuan in the evening and ate two more bites. I just smelled the fragrance of the food at home, and it is much more delicious than that pancake.”

“Then eat more.” Liu Fang smiled as he watched Jing Xingzhi eat while pouring him another glass of water.

Liu Fang knew that Jing Xingzhi must have been working so hard to come home early.

What he wanted was not to ask the other party how he did on the exam but to ensure that his husband, who often forgot to eat, would eat well and sleep soundly at night.

Giving birth to a child, whether it was the first time or the second, was always daunting. Women were afraid, and so were men. It was a shared fear of the unknown and terrifying things.

But with Jing Xingzhi by his side, Liu Fang felt at ease.

‘It’s okay without you, but with you by my side… I feel more at ease.’

Jing Xingzhi ate happily, then looked down and saw that there was only one steamed bun left on the plate.