Ning family land.
Today is the big day for the Ning family to release the results.
Ning Zhi and his wife Wang Lan sat in the main hall early in the morning, waiting for the results of the big exam of the two juniors in the family.
The children of the Ning family began to test their roots and bones from birth, once a year, until they were twelve or thirteen years old.
People with spiritual qualifications are sent to the family's private school, provided by the family, and studied off-the-job until they were sixteen or seventeen years old.
The annual examination is related to the fate of the young monks.
The top thirty teenagers in the big exam are qualified to join the Ning family's industry, and their future is undoubtedly even broader.
Wang Lan was drinking tea on the surface, but her eyes glanced at the door from time to time, unable to hide her nervousness and anticipation.
Ning Zhen was distracted and in a very depressed mood.
He waited until dawn, but never saw the three ghosts of the Huang family come to report back.
"They failed!"
"I didn't expect this bearded guest to be so fierce and ruthless."
"It's okay, it's okay."
"When I contacted the three ghosts of the Huang family, I didn't show my true face, and the guest couldn't find me."
"The three ghosts of the Huang family have a false name, there are the talisman of the town and the spiritual pet green knife mantis, and they can defeat one of the three! I really misjudged them."
"Alas, the bearded guest...... What should I do next?"
Rather than being forced to be helpless, he took a risk, but he failed miserably. He had a headache and didn't know how to explain to the young patriarch.
"Dad, mother, I was admitted, I was admitted to the top 30!" At this moment, a young man ran into the house and shouted excitedly.
"Really? Ji'er, did you really pass the exam?!" Wang Lan immediately stood up, her face full of surprise.
The young monk Ning Ji's voice was very loud: "Of course! Mother, you don't even believe your own son?"
"Oh?" Ning Zhen looked up and saw his son Ning Ji's arrogant smiling face.
On weekdays, Ning Ji's score was around forty, but he didn't expect that this big exam would perform extraordinarily.
This unexpected good news slightly diluted Ning Zhou's sorrow.
Ning Ji's voice was high: "Father, mother, the child has given you a long face this time. I have said it a long time ago, and I know it in my heart. Although my grades on weekdays are not good, I just don't want to give it my all."
"It's not like someone!"
"Normally, the results are very good, and I am consistent in the top 30. This time the big exam missed the bottom and only got thirty-one. Oh, I failed!"
When he said this, Ning Ji turned around and looked at the boy in white who followed him in, his face full of mockery.
The boy in white was dressed plainly, his eyes were clear, and he had a strong look of guilt and loss.
"Uncle, aunt." The young man in white saluted.
Wang Lan looked at the young man and said sharply: "What? Xiaozhuo, did you fail the exam this time?!"
Ning Zhen's face sank, and he stretched out his hand and asked: "Bring me the performance appraisal sheet."
Ning Zhuo took out the report card and handed it to his uncle Ning Ning.
Ning Zhen glanced down, his face as heavy as water.
The next moment, he shook the paper in his hand and said with hatred: "Xiao Zhuo, how could your mistake be so serious this time?"
"I remember, you have a lot of small achievements in mechanical skills."
"Before, a mechanical parrot you made was also appreciated by the clan elder."
"Mechanical skills are obviously your strength, why did you actually pass a lower class exam this time?"
"Alas, if you don't have this inferior class, you are in the top thirty!"
The aunt's eyes were sharp: "Xiaozhuo, tell me, have you been taking on some private work in the machinery workshop recently?"
Without waiting for Ning Zhuo to answer, the aunt sighed: "Alas, how many times have I told you not to be greedy for money. At your age, you should study hard."
"You put your energy on making money, it's like picking up sesame seeds and losing watermelon."
"Look at you now, it's good! Thirty people are outside!"
"The family property can't get in!!"
When Ning Zhuo heard this, he finally plucked up the courage: "Auntie, I heard from my classmates, I heard that you can go ...... relationship."
Before he could finish speaking, he was interrupted by his aunt loudly: "Let's have a relationship? Do you know how many spirit stones it costs to go to a relationship? Do you know how many people we are looking for?"
"Oh, you can't do well in the exam now, with a light sentence, your uncle and I will have to go up and down looking for someone, break our legs, and go around the back door for you?"
"You're embarrassed to open this mouth!"
"If I had known this, why would I have done it in the first place."
"I told you to concentrate on your practice long ago, don't take on private work, and earn so many spirit stones."
"What's the use?!"
"If you are admitted to the top 30 and enter the family business, you will earn much more. There are still few key things, and there is a lot of time, so you can continue to practice."
Ning Zhuo raised his head suddenly, his face was flushed with humiliation, he gritted his teeth and said sternly: "Uncle, aunt, I, Ning Zhuo, do things alone and take responsibility!"
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"Since it's thirty-one, forget it."
"Over the years, I have been grateful for the care of the two elders. If I pass the exam like this, it is the evil result I have created, that is, I will bring it upon myself!"
"I do things alone and take responsibility for one person!"
"I don't believe I went out and couldn't find a way to support myself."
Speaking of this, Ning Zhuo saluted and left: "Uncle, aunt, my classmates are still waiting for me to have dinner. If there is nothing else, I will retire first."
The uncle stared at Ning Zhuo and was silent.
The aunt raised her hand and said in disgust: "Go, go, you are also big-hearted, you did so badly in the exam, but you are still in the mood to have dinner!"
Ning Zhuo couldn't stay any longer for a moment, so he turned around and walked away angrily.
Cousin Ning Ji sat down comfortably.
The eldest aunt looked at Ning Ji, her face changed, and she turned her anger into joy: "My son is still good!"
She pushed the refreshments on the table: "Try it, this is the golden silk jade dew cake of Jinshuantang, after eating, it can add to the underlying content of the sea of consciousness, strengthen the divine thoughts, and will be of great help to your practice and even build a foundation in the future!"
Ning Ji's eyes lit up, and he couldn't wait to pick up one and put it in his mouth.
The texture of the golden silk jade dew cake is unique, the cake body is soft and glutinous, the gold wire is hard and crispy, and there is a sandwich fluid inside.
Ning Ji swallowed it in three bites, and felt a clear air rising from his belly and abdomen, heading straight for the heavenly spirit, which lifted his spirits.
Ning Ji sincerely praised: "It's delicious, it's delicious!"
"Then eat more, I'll give you everything." His mother laughed.
Ning Ji ate the remaining three, licked his lips, and was still unsatisfied: "As expected of Jin Shantang, it is delicious! Why are there only four? Is there anything else?"
His father snorted coldly: "Each pastry here is worth 20 spirit stones. What you just ate was nearly a hundred spirit stones, do you want more?"
"Then you must work harder and not slacken! You will behave well in the family from now on, and strive to use your own hands as soon as possible to earn enough spiritual food for yourself."
Ning Ji shouted: "Dad, son, I have a long face for you this time! Think about it, if I had my previous grades, you wouldn't have to run around the relationship, give gifts through the back door, and send me to the family business. I am so good in the big exam, but I saved you hundreds of spirit stones, what's wrong with eating some of the pastries from the Golden Dining Hall?"
"Besides, isn't it also to increase my spirit, so that I can practice better and work harder?"
"If I had this level of resource supply, my grades would have been among the best."
Seeing his son reply, Ning's father widened his eyes and was about to reprimand.
Ning's mother hurriedly said: "Okay, okay, let's say a few words."
She glared at her husband: "My son did well in the exam, he should be praised. If you can't say a few words, you have to criticize him again."
"Don't look at my son who is usually playful, he is reliable at critical moments."
"Unlike Ning Zhuo, his grades are usually taken lightly, but in the end, he is the one who makes people feel the least at ease!"
"Look, as soon as he criticized him for a word or two, he turned his head and left. So untaught! Am I wrong?"
"Hmph, I also ran out to eat. He is in this mood!"
Ning Ji sneered: "He is too high-spirited and self-righteous, and he can't listen to his parents' earnest teachings to him at all."
"By the way, shouldn't our family really want to give him a way and consume favors?"
Father Ning snorted coldly: "This is not something you should worry about."
Ning Ji saw that his father was angry, subconsciously shrank his neck, and thought of the results of this big exam, and said loudly: "Mother, Ning Zhuo can go out to eat, and I also want to go out to the restaurant and eat spiritual food. Give me a sum of money, you don't know how much I paid for this big exam!"
"Okay, okay." Ning's mother smiled and took out a bag of spirit stones and handed them to Ning Ji.
Ning Ji took the money bag, got up and left.
He left the Ning family residence and walked out on the street, but instead of rushing to his favorite restaurant, he wandered around the street.
He wanted to see where Ning Zhuo was eating.
Normally, there is no such opportunity, but now that he finally caught it, Ning Ji wanted to ridicule the other party more for fun.
As a result, he searched left and right, but couldn't find it.
I asked a few store waiters and confirmed that Ning Zhuo had never been here at all.
Ning Ji patted his head and understood: "This kid is pretending, how can there be any dinner? I'm afraid at this time, he was crying in the dilapidated house where his mother died of illness!"
"Regardless of him, I'll rub it first."
Spiritual food is not only delicious, but also has a wonderful use in increasing cultivation, which makes Ning Ji look forward to it very much.
His guess was partly correct.
Ning Zhuo had already returned to his own home.
Compared with the residences of uncles and aunts, Ning Zhuo's house is simple and dilapidated.
Ning Zhuo gently closed the courtyard door, walked through the small courtyard, walked into the main room, and entered the inner room.
This is his bedroom and his study.
Although the furniture is shabby and simple, it is very clean.
Ning Zhuo touched the Lion Town stone on the desk.
A glimmer of light flashed on the surface of the Liontown Stone, indicating that no one had been here during his departure.
Ning Zhuo turned around, came to the bed, and gently twisted the railing next to the bed, and suddenly there was a rattling sound of a mechanism.
Immediately, the bed moved sideways, revealing the underground passage.
He stepped on the wooden ladder and entered the underground secret room step by step.
After stepping on the ground, he twisted the switch on the wall and moved the bed above his head back to its original place.
There was no light on the top, but there were runes on the walls around the basement, making the small space brighter.
At this point, the expressions of loss, grief, anger, and depression on Ning Zhuo's face disappeared without a trace, replaced by a calm face.
He sat down at the workbench he was most familiar with, which was filled with various mechanical accessories.
Ning Zhuo opened the drawer on the right hand side and revealed a drawer full of pastries.
Each pastry is wrapped in paper.
On the paper, there is the logo of Kinzendo.
He grabbed a handful casually, there were five or six pieces, encouraged his mana, and burned the paper of the pastry in the next instant, but did not damage the golden jade dew cake in the slightest.
Obviously, he has done such actions a lot of times, and he has already become extremely proficient.
Ning Zhuo chewed the pastry, his eyes slightly diverging. He reviewed his performance today in his heart.
He has maintained this good habit for more than ten years.
"There should be no problem."
"I just didn't expect that the performance of others in this big exam was generally wrong and did not fully play their level."
"When I looked at the list before, I almost thought that I had failed to control the score and entered the top 30."