The four master and disciples continued upwards, reaching the side of the middle-aged scholar. Many people on the mountain path were also startled by the middle-aged scholar.
Then many people began to cry along with him.
Some were even older than the middle-aged scholar, and they simply sat down on the mountain path and cried, shouting loudly, "Oh, such bitterness~ such bitterness——"
Manbao, who was on tiptoe rummaging through Bai Shan's basket for wine, was taken aback. She turned her head to look at the many scholars crying and sighing on the mountain path and couldn't help but ask, "What's going on here?"
Bai Shan and Bai Erlang both did not know.
Mr. Zhuang said, "This year's imperial examination has ended. The harvest hasn't been good this year, and the court might not hold the examination next year, so they are sad."
