The Pastoral Life of a Reborn Farmer

Aunt Zhao stiffened for a moment and then recovered, smiling and holding the longest pair of couplets. Anyway, the longest one is always the one with the most words and the largest paper.

"Erlang! Look, you must have forgotten a lot of things so you don't remember them. Have you forgotten? Every year your third brother writes a lot of couplets and distributes them to relatives. I am your sister-in-law's aunt, I I think this calligraphy is good, why don't you let me first, and return it after your third brother has written mine, what do you think?"

Although Shen Jiasanlang can write couplets, he only writes when someone asks him to come to his door, and someone else has to prepare the paper. It is impossible for the Shen family to save a pile of red paper and put it there to wait for someone to ask for couplets. Well, before Shen Ling sold the couplets, he had already inquired clearly. This woman was simply bullying him and not remembering things, so she deliberately deceived him!

Moreover, even if Shen San wrote this Aunt Zhao's couplet, why should he ask for it back?Shen Ling looked at the rather big piece of red paper with a cold gaze, a penny is money!It's okay for him to honestly pay ten pennies, after all, even if he pretends to be amnesia, he can't deny his relatives, but now it seems that none of the relatives in this body is worthy of him treating relatives the way he treats them!

"Auntie, you are joking. I have separated from the old house long ago. How can I go to get things from the third brother? If the third brother really wrote your couplet, then you don't want the third brother's couplet. Take mine, this will make the third brother angry with me, it's not good, besides, the third brother's handwriting must be better than mine, I just write casually, my handwriting can't compare to the county school What about my third brother? My father will be very angry when he heard your words."

Aunt Zhao choked immediately, but she still refused to let go, Shen Ling looked at her and smiled, and continued: "Since you have reserved the third younger brother's couplet, you probably don't need to buy it, come on, it's quite cold today , I won’t keep you here, so hurry up and get busy!”

Aunt Zhao looked down at the couplet in her hand, no matter how she looked at it, she thought it looked good, the paper was good, and the characters were elegant and beautiful, and for a while she complained about Shen Ling, why she didn't show any kindness, she was talking about this Well, a big man should give her the couplet even for the sake of face!How could he be so stingy? On the other hand, he complained about Shen San. He obviously went to the county school. Why did his handwriting not match that of Shen Er, who had never been to school? Although it's nothing, why does it look so small compared to Shen Er's one?

Shen Ling pretended not to see her and continued to greet other guests. Han Shi didn't speak from the beginning to the end, but just stood aside and silently watched the stall collect the money. When someone asked the price, he didn't know how to answer, and was in a hurry. Shen Ling had already turned around, answered the call for him, and soon made another deal and handed over the copper coins to him.

Han Shi was stunned, and quickly took it over. He lowered his head and didn't even say hello to Aunt Zhao. He didn't know what to say. He never said hello to any relatives. When I was at home, I called my father and mother, but no one else said much, and he always had a natural panic towards unfamiliar people.

Seeing that no one paid attention to her, Aunt Zhao blushed in embarrassment. She stood there for a while, and then saw Shen Ling collecting handfuls of copper coins. She was angry and jealous for a while, and finally left angrily.

Shen Ling glanced at it, then turned his head to do his own business. Shen Ling had a good temperament, a smooth tongue, and could read. When others asked him what was written on the couplet, he could answer it, and the words he read were quite nice, so Business is getting better and better.

After a while, a servant dressed as a servant of a rich family squeezed into the crowd, holding a pair of couplets and asked, "Boss, who wrote your Spring Festival couplets?"

"It's me, I made you laugh." Shen Ling smiled.

"Give me a few sets. I want the main room, the east and west rooms, the gate, the kitchen, and the pigsty." The servant said.

Shen Ling understood that he was buying Spring Festival couplets for his own family, not for a wealthy family, and he was not disappointed. After quickly choosing the couplets, he did a little mental calculation to find out the price, and took out a square cut out of the remaining red paper. The one with the word "Fu" on it passed it over and asked, "Look at this again! It can be pasted on the wall, and the price is also cheap. It costs three yuan for one piece, and two pieces for five yuan. If you make up the whole number, it will be seventy yuan."

The servant didn't realize it for a moment, and counted with his fingers. The paper at the gate is more expensive, and the cheapest among things. ah!"

"You're welcome."

"Just now you said that you wrote the Spring Festival couplets?"

"Exactly."

"It's almost the county exam. How do you still have time to do this? Don't you need to study hard at home? My young master is worried about his county exam because he can't eat or sleep all day long!" the servant said casually.

Shen Ling knew that he regarded himself as a scholar, shook his head and said, "I don't take the county exam."

"Then you are a scholar?" The servant was in awe.

"No, I'm still Bai Ding. It's just that I know I'm not very knowledgeable, and I'm self-taught. I don't study much, and I don't have a teacher's recommendation. I dare not and can't take the exam." Shen Ling said casually, actually wanting to take the road of imperial examinations The cost is too high, and he is indeed not a top student. He doesn't know what stereotyped essays are, so how can he write them? If he has the time, he might as well make money, raise the child and give birth to a child as soon as possible. I don't know how twins give birth to children!Danger is not danger!No, he has to make good money, at least let his child be born, invite several doctors who are stable, and buy a bunch of ginseng elixir, ready to give Xiaoshi a boost at any time.

Shen Ling's thoughts ran a little far, and he couldn't get it back for a while. There was a bright smile on the corner of his mouth. The smile made the servant on the opposite side feel a little weird. He couldn't help but look down at himself. He was dressed normally, which was not funny. !

"Boss?" Jia Ding couldn't help calling out.

"Ah? I'm sorry, I lost my mind." Shen Ling said hastily.

"It seems that the boss has thought of something good." Jia Ding said with a smile.

Shen Ling smiled and didn't answer, handed the couplet to the servant, and took the money and handed it to Han Shi. After the servant left, Shen Ling entertained other guests.

Han Shi secretly raised his head and glanced at Shen Ling. In his eyes, anyone who can work in a rich family is a knowledgeable big shot. Today, he bumped into one so suddenly that he didn't even dare to look up, but Shen Ling could do it. I had a very happy chat with him, and the other party also said that Shen Ling can go to the county exam, which is a qualification only for children!Although Shen Ling is not a child student, but Shen Ling can read poems and write, there must be no problem in taking the test for child students, right?

Han Shi silently calculated in his heart how much money he had at home, and how much money he needed to save so that Shen Ling could take the entrance examination for children with peace of mind, and then go for the exam for scholar. He felt that Shen Ling was so good that he would definitely become a scholar, saying Maybe he can still be a juren!Then he can be an official.

Thinking of Shen Ling being an official, Han Shi couldn't help but feel a little inferior and sad. If Shen Ling became an official, he would definitely not marry a pair of sons as his wife. He had heard of it from ten miles and eight villages. Yes, he has never heard of a Juren whose daughter-in-law is Shuang'er, or else, Shen Ling should not be allowed to take the Juren exam. Han Shi became entangled, feeling that he was very sorry for Shen Ling, and then remembered that Shen Ling had just chatted with that person until the exam. I still laughed in a daze during the imperial examination, I guess I also want to take the exam in my heart!Han Shi felt more and more sad and wronged.

After receiving the money, Shen Ling wanted to pass it to Han Shi, but found that the people around him hadn't received the money for a long time. Shen Ling hurriedly turned to look at Han Shi, and found that the child didn't know what he was thinking. He lowered his head and looked aggrieved. Especially painful.

Shen Ling's heart softened, and he threw the money in the box casually, ignoring the other guests who came up, reached out and patted Han Shi's head, "What's wrong?"

Han Shi raised his head, his big eyes were already filled with tears, and he asked pitifully, "Do you want to take the exam?"

"I'm not a child student, what kind of test?" Shen Ling was surprised. He remembered that his third younger brother was going to take the test, and he made the whole village know about it, so he also knew that this test was a scholar's test, and only child students Only then can he go, he is just a white man.

"I'm talking about the children's exam, which happens once every six months! Do you want to take the exam?"

Shen Ling touched his chin. In fact, taking the test is not a problem, and it can improve his family's social status. Even if he is not an official, he can't keep farming. It is impossible to say that he will get rich in the future by doing business and being a Confucian. Being a businessman is better than being a businessman covered in money.

"Then, why don't I take the test next time?" He felt that even if he couldn't write stereotyped essays well, as long as he started studying from now on, it would be the same as writing essays in previous exams. To work hard against stereotypes, Tong Shengxiu can still work hard.

Maybe the entrance exam requires real talent and real learning, knowledge that belongs to this world accumulated by book after book, but it shouldn't be so difficult to reach the level of scholar!Seeing that Shen San, a child of the high school grade, can pass the entrance examination for Tongsheng, and has a great hope of being a scholar, you can know, but it is just a high school level of knowledge.

Han Shi's tears fell instantly, and he began to cry with grievance. Shen Ling spoiled him a little bit these days, which made him unable to hold back his emotions, "Woo, you just want to take the imperial examination , I want to be an official, you don't want me anymore, you were laughing just now, are you thinking about becoming an official after you pass the exam..."

Han Shi felt that he was very unreasonable, but anyway, Shen Ling didn't want him anymore, and he didn't care about it. Even if he was kicked out of the house, it was no big deal. Anyway, if he couldn't be Shen Ling's husband, he might as well die!