Quick wear is not a cannon fodder

After several blows, Li Silang's grades also improved due to his serious study. This made An Ran couldn't help but nodded with relief, secretly thinking that at this level, Li Silang would still have a chance to be admitted as a scholar in the new year's college examination.

And just as An Ran expected, after nearly a year of hard study (because he didn't want to lose to a woman because he was concerned about face), Li Silang actually entered school and became a scholar, a year earlier than An Ran had estimated.

It is embarrassing to fail to pass the county examination at the age of twenty, but it is not embarrassing at all to be admitted to the scholar examination at the age of twenty-two, because many people have not been admitted to the scholar examination at this age, so Li Silang was admitted to the scholar examination at this age, Still young and promising.

To say that the last time he became a child, only the patriarch and Li Zheng, who were somewhat famous in the village, came, this time, almost all the famous people in Xihe Town, where Dongfeng Village is located, came to congratulate Li Silang.

Although the world often says that a poor scholar is a wealthy man, it seems that a scholar is nothing, but it is still very valuable in the countryside. In addition, Li Silang is still young and has a bright future, so the local people with respectability will come to visit Li Silang, that is, It's normal.

So for a time, An Ran's family was full of people, and countless people came to congratulate them every day.

Seeing that Li Silang was really admitted as a scholar, Sister-in-law Li and Sister-in-law Li couldn't help but be happy. They secretly said that they had changed their attitude towards the fourth son and his wife at that time, and they really did the right thing to win over people. No, the Shen family really has a prosperous husband. The fourth son I really got admitted as a scholar.

Shen has such a prosperous physique - before, Li Silang could not even pass the county examination. Since marrying Shen, he has now passed the college examination and became a scholar. Isn't this a very prosperous physique? ——Let the fourth brother win even the scholar, and in the future he will also be able to win the exam. In this way, they became more determined to reconcile with the fourth house, so seeing that there are people in Anran's house every day, Anran is too busy, But he took the initiative to come and help her.

Although An Ran was a little surprised by their enthusiastic attitude that was completely different from the original memory, after all, she knew that the other party did not want to be involved with their room to avoid being sucked by their own blood. In this case, what happened now? Are you willing to get close? So it would be a lie not to be surprised.

However, they were only surprised for a while, and immediately understood that their change of attitude at this time was probably related to Li Silang's passing the scholar examination. Seeing that Li Silang showed signs of prosperity, they no longer clamored to separate the family as before. , often scolded Sang and Huai at home, but quickly came closer.

I was a little surprised that the other party was so enthusiastic just after taking the exam at Li Silang. After all, in this era, although it is difficult to pass the exam, the status of a scholar is not very high. Otherwise, people would not use a mocking tone to say that the scholar is called " "Poor scholar", while Juren is called "Rich Juren" and "Master Juren". It is obvious that in society, people have different understandings of scholars and Juren.

An Ran was neither surprised nor repulsed by such a change. She would not change her attitude toward them just because the other person suddenly changed their attitude. After all, in the memory of the original person, when the original couple died of poverty and illness, they They didn't even lend a hand to help. Although the original couple ended up in that situation largely because of themselves, and Sister-in-law Li and the others were just afraid of being stuck by the fourth room and refused to save them. It was just normal human nature. She didn't blame them. , However, since they were able to ignore the original family's death and sit on the sidelines, they are now prosperous, so naturally they can no longer support them. In other words, you don't owe me anything, and I don't owe you anything. Don't owe each other.

——At least that’s what she thinks. As for what Li Silang thinks, it’s up to him. But from what she knows about Li Silang, although Li Silang still has a childlike innocence, he is not the kind of person who repays evil with kindness.

It took about half a month of work to finish the He Xi matter.

After finishing their work outside, the old couple of the Li family called their sons who had separated families to get together again to talk about family matters.

Sister-in-law Li and others thought that the old lady and the old lady had called them here just to share the joy of Li Silang being admitted as a scholar like the last two times. However, this time it was obviously incidental and not the main thing.

No, Li Dalang and the others heard Old Man Li say: "It's like this. The fourth child has now become a scholar. That day, the eldest uncle of your clan came to me and said that he wanted to open an ancestral hall and write this matter into the family tree."

An Ran couldn't help but nod after hearing this. This is normal. After all, no one in the Li family has been admitted as a scholar in eight lifetimes. Now suddenly there is one. Even if he is not a Jinshi or even a Juren, he is just a small scholar who wants to be included in the family tree. As the glory of the Li family, it is passed down to let the younger generations know that the Li family once had such an outstanding person. It is normal. After all, they are not a wealthy family. They are either high officials or have titles. If you are a scholar, others may not be able to see it. With a blink of an eye, it would not be written in the family tree in such a grand way. It would be a big deal to write an essay. But as the Li family has never had such a talent in eight lifetimes, it is natural to write it in a close-up.

The purpose of opening an ancestral hall and writing it into the family tree of the Li family is probably to make a grand (special topic) introduction, and it definitely does not mean to write a casual sentence "XXX entered school on X month X day of X year" and then be done.

Not only did An Ran think this was normal, but Li Dalang and the others also thought so. At that moment, Li Dalang said: "This is as it should be. Our family has a promising person like my younger brother, how can it not be written into the family tree?"

The other brothers thought the same way, and one or two of them said that this was what it should be.

In fact, Mrs. Li just told his sons about this matter, not asking for their opinions. After all, this was a matter arranged by the clan, and there was no need to ask for their opinions.

After finishing the matter, Mr. Li then said: "One more thing, isn't it that the fourth child has been admitted as a scholar? In the future, he will not only be exempted from corvee, but also be exempted from the grain tax of 80 acres. Your clan eldest uncle said, I plan to put all the fields in the clan on your fourth brother's head, as much as I can, so that it is tax-free. Of course, our family takes priority, so I plan to put all the fields in my name on your fourth brother's head. It's your name, it's up to you, if you want, you can also put it in your fourth brother's name."

This is the second thing, and this matter naturally requires the consent of Li Dalang and others. After all, some people are not willing to put their fields under other people's names, so they are unwilling.

When An Ran heard Mr. Li say this, he knew what it meant. This was dedication. Seeing that those talented people had tax exemptions for being promoted to Jinshi, he signed a fake land sales contract with the other party and donated it to the other party's name in order to get tax exemption. .

Although people ridicule scholars as poor scholars, in fact, scholars still have some effect. Just this eighty acres of tax-free land is not simple.