In June, during the village examination, several Tongshengs emerged from the village. Lin Changting from the Lin Family was the youngest one, along with Lou Zheng's grandson, Wu Xin, and a child from the Zhou Family who also passed the Tongsheng examination.
This angered Yan Family's matriarch so much that she couldn't eat properly for several days. After all, her son, Ma Zhicai, had been the village's only Tongsheng, which made many people envious. As a mother of a Tongsheng, she always walked around with a sense of pride.
Learning that both Lin Changting and Wu Xin were intending to sit for the Scholar examination, Yan Family's matriarch did not shy away from mocking their families in the village.