The Farmer who Became the Top Scorer in the Palace Examination 1
Translator: Kieshi
Editor/Proofreader: –
Status: Unedited
Update notes: deleting “pass the university exam’ thingy (08 Jan 2021), changing names; the oldest as Yan Duan, the youngest as Yan Tao (12 Jan 2021)
“People at birth were kind. Their natures at birth were alike. It is what they learned that made them quite different persons.”
A 4 or 5 years old boy stood by the school’s window with his toes, looking inside secretly. The kid wore an adult’s wide sleeve jacket. When he raised his hand, his sleeve slid down, revealing the white and plump lotus root-like arms.
His tied-up hair was high in a small bun with a red string. He had round cheeks, a high nose, delicate features, red lips, and white teeth. And anyone who saw it had to praise a good.
“Little Treasure, why are you here again? If you disturb Third Uncle’s class, Grandpa will beat you.”
Meihua was about to go home after cutting the fish wort and saw her little brother leaning ahead outside the village school. She was so scared that she hurried forward and pulled her little brother away.
“Second Sister, I won’t disturb Third Uncle’s class. I only want to see what the older paternal cousins are learning every day.”
Yan Chu, who nicknamed Little Treasure now, obediently took his second sister Meihua’s hand and walked towards their house, without any intention of making trouble.
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Kieshi: I’m sorry for not reversing the footnotes. I get confused if it was using the meaning. If anyone can help/correct to translate them, it truly welcomed ^-^
And since this arc is kinda ‘Old time China’ like arc 5 with many many hard words, don’t expect me can update once a week >.<
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[1] 秀才 [xiùcai]: a person who has passed the county-level imperial exam (historical); scholar; skillful writer; fine talent
[2] 举人 [jǔrén]: graduate; successful candidate in the imperial provincial examination
[3] 童生 [tóngshēng]: candidate who has not yet passed the county-level imperial exam
[4] 进士 [jìnshì]: successful candidate in the highest imperial civil service examination; palace graduate
[5] 亩 [mǔ]: measure word for fields; unit of area equal to one fifteenth of a hectare. So, 13 mu = 2.1416 acres, 7 mu = 1.1532 acres, 24 mu = 3.9537 acres
[6] 两 [liǎng]: two; both; some; a few; tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1⁄16 of a catty 斤 (old)
[7] 童子试 [tóng zǐ shì]: Boy Examination, the qualification test for taking the scientific examination in the imperial examination period, ref link
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