[Comprehensive Red House] Off-site Guidance System

"Brother Zhen, what should my son's name be? Is it Chengyu from 'Yunfeifei and Chengyu', or Yiyao, Boyan, Xianjun, Shuzhi from 'Yiyaoyao's left and right'..." Xing Zhong put down With Chu Ci in his hand, he shook his head and said to Zhen Shiyin.

Zhen Shiyin twirled his beard with his hands, and said with a slight smile, "Brother Shi, have you read all seventeen Songs of Chu in the past two days?"

Xing Zhongdao: "Brother Zhen, I don't know, because of this name, I haven't read all the Songs of Chu since yesterday. When my father was still there, he taught me to read, and I only went to Zhongyong University. Later, my father passed away. , I never touched the books again. This time, I really studied hard in order to name my son."

Zhen Shiyin continued to ask: "The elder brother, did you write down all the contents of the Song of Chu?"

Xing Zhong also replied: "I just wrote it down. There are too many good names, so I have been hesitating. Brother Zhen, don't ask again, let me see which name to choose first."

When Xing Zhong continued to babble, Zhen Shiyin said with emotion, "Brother Shi only took two days to memorize more than [-] words of Chu Ci. You really have a photographic memory."

Xing Zhong finally stopped the thoughts in his mouth, and said in a daze: "Brother, don't be joking, I don't have such a talent. If I really have that kind of ability, I would have been named on the gold list."

"Brother, don't underestimate yourself, you will know if you have this ability once you try it." After finishing speaking, Zhen Shiyin took a copy of Analects and handed it to Xing Zhong, telling him to read two chapters and see if he could write them down.

After taking the Analects of Confucius, Xing Zhong hesitantly opened and read two chapters.After closing the pages of the book, he was surprised to find that he actually remembered everything he had just read.

Shocked by his own ability, Xing Zhong turned the pages of the book again and muttered, "When I was studying, I never had such an ability. Otherwise, I would have suffered a lot less beating."

After flipping through several books and repeated verifications, Xing Zhong finally accepted the fact that he seemed to have a photographic memory.At this time, Xing Zhong, who was still in shock, heard Zhen Shiyin say again: "Since my elder brother has such extraordinary abilities, why don't you go out and fight for fame. In the future, my wife and son will have a bright future."

This made Xing Zhong wave his hands again and again and said: "How old am I, it's better not to join in the fun."

"As the saying goes, 'Thirty old Mingjing, fifty young Jinshi', Shixiong is only in his early twenties, it's time to work hard." Zhen Shiyin disagreed, "I'm the elder brother, and I was lucky enough to get fame through Qiu Wei. I can still help you with one or two before the township examination."

He didn't remember anything about what Zhen Shiyin told him later.Until Xing Zhong came out of Zhen Shiyin's study, his mind was still dizzy.All he knew was that he had promised Zhen Shiyin to take part in the scientific examination.

Following instinct, Xing Zhong returned to his and Mrs. Xing's main house.Seeing his son sleeping soundly on the side, he didn't wake him up, but just sat on the side in a daze.

Seeing his dumbfounded look, Mrs. Xing thought he was out to drink again.I was afraid that he would smoke the child, so I wanted to swear, but I sniffed hard, but there was no smell of alcohol.Then he asked curiously: "Master, what are you doing here? How did you get this way?"

"I'm going to the imperial examination to get a good name." Xing Zhong blurted out this sentence, but Mrs. Xing couldn't help but burst out laughing.

Seeing her son who was disturbed by the noise and restless, Mrs. Xing quickly stopped laughing.In the past, she patted her son lightly to comfort her, and when she saw that the child was sleeping soundly again, she came back and said in a low voice, "What kind of dream are you doing? Why did you go to the test of merit? Now the son is born. , you clamored to study and take the science test again. You really laughed your ass off. It’s only been a few days since our family’s good life, don’t think about it once you come out.”

"You mother-in-law, why did I laugh so hard when I went to the scientific examination? Brother Zhen said that I have a photographic memory." Xing Zhong also retorted in a low voice.

"If you really have that ability, why didn't you find out earlier." Mrs. Xing said disdainfully, "It's because you didn't study hard, and I don't know how many beatings you received when the grandfather was alive. I don't know if you still look at me. "

"What do you know? I'm young and ignorant, and I'm not focused on my homework." Xing Zhong's defense was a bit lacking in confidence, but after seeing his wife's contemptuous eyes, it aroused his determination.

So he said again: "You just take care of these two children. When I come back from the examination of a scholar first, I will also ask you to be a scholar lady."

Seeing her husband leaving angrily, Mrs. Xing murmured: "Young lady, you are a scholar. You are really lip-smacking. You have a big tone. I'm just waiting to see your jokes."

Xing Zhong, who had already spoken the big words, was still a little bit drummed in his heart.Not to mention that he hasn't touched a book for many years, even those memories of being beaten by his father when he was a child because he couldn't recite the book are also vivid.Even just verifying that he can indeed remember with a photographic memory, it didn't give him much confidence.

When he was lost in thought, he suddenly heard his own daughter's voice, "Daddy, you just went to see your younger brother."

Xing Zhong, who came back to his senses, picked up Xiuyan, smiled and said to her: "My brother is sleeping, and your mother is also resting. Let's not disturb them for now. Daddy will take you to play, okay?"

Xiuyan put her arms around her father's neck, said with a sweet smile, "Okay, don't quarrel with mother and younger brother, and go play with father first."

Seeing his daughter so obedient and obedient, Xing Zhong carried Xiuyan into his study with a smile on his face.In fact, apart from the enlightenment books for Xiuyan, there are not many books here.It's just a place where he does business and sells accounts on weekdays.

Seeing her father taking her into the study, Xiuyan asked, "Is Daddy going to teach me how to read?"

"Yan'er, you said that daddy also went to study and got a good name in the exam, okay?" Xing Zhong asked tentatively.

Xiuyan blurted out: "Okay, Dad will also go to the gold list to get his name."

As soon as she said this, Xing Zhong seemed to have received an imperial edict in his heart.Immediately decided to study hard and get a title on the gold list in the future.So he coaxes Xiuyan and tells her to go play with Yinglian.Sure enough, I picked up the only book I had and read it.

In the days that followed, not only the Xing family, but also Zhen Shiyin found that Xing Zhong really started to use his skills.Seeing him studying hard in such a cold window, Zhen Shiyin was pleased and happy and began to teach Xing Zhong to study without any secrets.

With the effect of the Enlightenment Pill before, Xing Zhong really almost has a photographic memory now.In addition, he is in his 20s, and his mind is fully mature.With his hard work, his progress can be described as rapid progress.It made Zhen Shiyin sigh all the time, saying that since he has such aptitude, the previous years were really delayed.

Xing Zhong couldn't believe that he suddenly became extremely smart.But now he is bent on getting a name, and he only said that this is the Xing family's ancestor's manifestation, which made him suddenly open the gate.So he didn't think much about it other than paying homage to his ancestors a few more times.

He has worked hard for nearly two years.Until he really passed the exam and came back, the Xing family's wife still looked unbelievable.

What's even more rare is that during the past two years, Xing Zhong didn't waste his Huaguolu business while studying hard.With the help of the Lin family's relationship, he successfully established relationships with several major salt merchants in Yangzhou.The flower fruit dew produced by Xing's workshop was also successfully sold to these salt merchants.

And these dews from the Xing family are actually the same as those scented dews specially imported, but in order to distinguish them from the follow-up items, they didn't dare to put them in transparent glass bottles.However, in order to sell it at a good price, Xing Zhong specially asked someone to burn a delicate and beautiful small porcelain bottle.Calling this thing looks quite expensive.

Through the contacts between those salt merchants and various officials and eunuchs in the Jiangnan officialdom, the Huaguolu produced by the Xing family has become very famous in the Jiangnan area.And the Xing family also made a lot of money, and the newly purchased family property also doubled several times at the same time.

Xing Zhong, who was full of ambition, showed off his might in front of Mrs. Xing's family.Mrs. Xing also thoroughly admitted that the head of her family has really changed her mind now, but she really didn't want to see his complacent look, so she said: "Since you are well-off now, don't you think the two little aunts in your hometown should also?" Worry again."

Xing Zhong agreed: "You're right, my two sisters should get married. I'll send someone to pick them up tomorrow, and I'll find two more good families for you. , send them off as soon as possible, and feel at ease sooner. Maybe there will be two more connections in the future."

Mrs. Xing curled her lips aside and said: "You think well, there are two more connections. I just hope that they will not be like our aunt and grandma in the future. Once they enter the high-ranking family, they will not recognize us. poor relatives."

Xing Zhong was indeed a little cold-hearted about his elder sister's behavior.Thinking about the past two years, when I gave gifts to the Duke's mansion at four o'clock and eight festivals, I would give the eldest sister a separate one, but every time it was just a gift from the mansion, the eldest sister didn't even give her niece a gift. .

Although Xing Zhong was a little bit chilled by this, the eldest sister was also from his Xing family after all, so he couldn't see that his daughter-in-law, who had a foreign surname, said she was not good.However, he didn't refute, but just changed the topic and talked about buying dowry for his two younger sisters.

"Now we have ten thousand to twenty thousand silver savings in our hands. When the two younger sisters come over, you can buy the dowry according to the three to five thousand silver each."

After Xing Zhong finished speaking, he saw Mrs. Xing's expression of reluctance, and said, "Marry the two girls better, but we won't get any benefits directly, and we can always get some light from other places.

You just said that the eldest sister has no conscience and doesn't know how to take care of her mother's family.However, our family's Huaguolu business has borrowed a lot of light from Rongguo Mansion in the Jiangnan area.

Think about it, if it weren't for the relationship with the Rongguo Mansion, Mr. Lin would know who I am.

If it weren't for Mr. Lin, the doors of those salt merchants would not be so easy to enter.

Without the support of those big salt merchants, our family would be where it is today.

If that's the case, don't even think about your days of calling slaves and maidservants.

And our family suddenly became rich, do you really think there is no such jealousy?It wasn't the power of the Jia family and the Lin family in the south of the Yangtze River that protected our family's safety.Tell those people not to dare to reach out to our house. "

Mrs. Xing had to admit this point, her family was indeed honored by her eldest aunt.Therefore, she no longer objected to Xing Zhong's insistence on marrying the two sisters in the family generously.But he still said: "I have no objection to raising dowry for the two girls, but after that, we have to start saving dowry for our daughter. We can't make our daughter look down on this."

Xing Zhong didn't like to hear these words.The daughter is only a few years old and has to save a dowry for her, so she wants to marry the girl out at such a young age, how can this mother be willing to part with it.

Seeing her father's face changed, Mrs. Xing also knew why he was doing it.Mrs. Xing had already learned about his love for her daughter.

It turned out that after Xing Zhong spontaneously came home, his mind was inevitably a little more impetuous.Especially after getting involved with those salt merchants, some bad habits have also been learned.Although he didn't continue to drink, he brought back two concubines.

Madam Xing was naturally heartbroken, but as a regular wife, a man cannot stop him from taking a concubine.So she could only weep secretly.

At that time, the daughter asked her father with tears in her eyes if she could not take concubines and not make her mother sad.Unexpectedly, my father really sent those two beautiful concubines away because he loved his daughter dearly.

Since then, not only the whole Xing family, but also people who are acquainted with the Xing family know that Xing Zhong loves this daughter like a treasure.I can't see her suffer even a little bit of grievance.

But Mrs. Xing plans to buy a dowry for her daughter early, which is also sincerely for her daughter's good.Didn't these families who love their daughter seriously start saving dowries since they were young?Otherwise, when the time is short in the future, it would be better if the dowry for sending your daughter out is not as good as others.

Mrs. Xing told Xing Zhong all this.Although Xing Zhong was still reluctant to give up, he only hated that unknown boy who wanted to marry his sweetheart away.But he also couldn't bear to lose the dowry of the girl at home.

So he said to Mrs. Xing: "When the two sisters get married, you start saving those good things for Yan'er. Although Yan'er is not in a hurry to get married, we have to stay at home for two more years. But we can't ask her to stay here The dwarves are at the top."

Mrs. Xing said casually: "What kind of family is our family, we can't be inferior to others. You are only a scholar, and you can't compare to the daughter of a serious official family."

Unexpectedly, Xing Zhong was heartbroken after hearing this sentence, and now he is determined to continue to study hard, and he must be named on the gold list so that his daughter can have a good background.

Mrs. Xing has long been accustomed to her husband's nature of saying that the wind is the rain.In her heart, she was happy that Xing Zhong could devote all his attention to the scientific examination, it was better than finding two concubines when he was free someday.

In the days that followed, Xing Zhong continued to pester Zhen Shiyin to study hard in the cold window, and the two aunts of the Xing family who had not left the court were quickly taken over from their old house.Mrs. Xing also paid 5000 taels to each of the two sisters-in-law to buy dowry according to her husband's instructions.

She also deliberately wrote a letter to her eldest sister in the capital, telling her the news that the two girls were going to get married.What was inside and outside the words was to ask her to pay a dowry too, but who knew that people seemed to be unable to understand the words, and they just sent someone over to give each of the two girls a set of red gold inlaid head and face jewelry plus a few A piece of material is used to add makeup.

The lady of the Xing family was so pissed off by her eldest sister's instigation, she even murmured to Xing Zhong behind her back: "Take the Xing family's furniture business and use it as a bargaining chip for her to marry into a noble family. She I really thought it was her own thing. Look at what she gave to the two girls, it’s probably not much better than what the mansion rewards those shameless maidservants."

Xing Zhong was also angry, but he still said: "Come on, the eldest sister has that temper. It's not like you don't know it. Whether it's the future business of our family, or my imperial examination to become an official in the future, we must borrow the power of the Rongguo Mansion. Now we can only endure for a while."

"From what you said, it seems that you can really be named on the gold list." The lady of the Xing family murmured softly.But in the end, I still take care of Xing Zhong's food and clothing personally, so that he can rest assured to prepare for the provincial examination in a few months.

In the blink of an eye half a year later, not only did Xing Zhong really win Juren and come back.He also found Ruyi Langjun for both girls.

This time, he borrowed some names from the Rongguo Mansion.After all, sister Xing is a few years older, and she married a fifth-rank Zhizhou as the sequel.Xing Xiaomei is actually married to a candidate who is in the same family as Xing Zhong, but the father of the candidate is a Xuanfu envoy from the fourth rank.If there is no relationship with the Rongguo Mansion, these two marriages are not something that the current Xing family can reach.

Therefore, no matter how dissatisfied Mrs. Xing was with the eldest aunt who married into the Rongguo Mansion, she still had to give gifts to others without missing a beat.But she could tell that the richer the gift from her family, the more impressive the return gift from the mansion over there.This made Mrs. Xing murmur, "This high-ranking family only has a heart of wealth and honor, and they all watch people order dishes, and that's all."

Xing Zhong didn't know these words. Since he successfully married the two girls, he began to discuss with Zhen Shiyin about going to Beijing to participate in Chunwei.After all, he has only been studying hard for more than three years, and he has less confidence than those who have really studied hard for ten years.But he always wanted to give it a try, if he got lucky, he could give his daughter a better status earlier, right?

Although Zhen Shiyin knew that Xing Zhong had excellent aptitude, he never imagined that he could pass the Juren examination in less than three years.

Moreover, he, Brother Xing Xian, managed his family business in an orderly manner while studying hard for scientific examinations.Even he himself has benefited a lot.At least he not only earned back the original family business, but also had a lot of surplus.

Zhen Shiyin originally regarded Xing Zhong as his life-saving benefactor, and now he has received so many benefits from his benefactor, how could he not be grateful.Therefore, he immediately decided to accompany his benefactor to Beijing for the exam.

Xing Zhong helped Zhen Shiyin take care of the property, but it was just a matter of convenience.He mainly wanted to thank Zhen Shiyin for his kindness in teaching him.Seeing that brother Zhen is willing to accompany him to Beijing for the exam, Xing Zhong is naturally very happy.Immediately, they sent people to Beijing to buy a house in case the two of them went to Beijing to settle down.Then the two went home and discussed the matter with their wives and children.

Hearing that his man was going to Beijing for the exam, the two Juren ladies were naturally very happy.However, both of them agreed that they would go to Beijing with their man.

Seeing that his wife and children were going to Beijing with him, Xing Zhong agreed without hesitation.At the same time, they also sent someone to Zhen's house to spread the word, saying that if Mrs. Sister-in-law wanted to go to Beijing with her, then everyone would be their companions.The Zhen family also had the same intention, and the two families hit it off immediately, and soon set a date for going to Beijing.

The reason why the two families can decide so happily is because they have no elders in their family, so they can leave if they want to make an appointment.Another one, the Xing family's Huaguolu business had already found a reliable person to help take care of it when he started to concentrate on the imperial examination.Even if they are all gone, he can rest assured that these properties will be handed over to him.

This person was an injured passer-by rescued by the little Xiuyan girl on her way to find Miaoyu at the Panxiang Temple in the Xuan Tomb.The man was also in business, but he was framed by his opponent, his family was ruined and he almost lost his life.Ever since this man was rescued by Xiuyan, and Xu Li gave him a loyalty talisman, he has always been loyal to the Xing family.Xing Zhong also gradually handed over the family business to this person after several trials.

The two families have managed their own properties, and they happily went to Beijing together.

And Xu Li was also very happy. The Xing family's entry into Beijing finally brought her closer to the target person.In the past few years, the monthly lucky draw has allowed Xu Li to accumulate a lot of good things.When she went to Beijing to meet Mrs. Xing, she was somewhat sure that she could command her from a distance.

The author has something to say: It doesn't seem to be two-in-one, and it's a bit short of it, and I'll make it up tomorrow.

see you tomorrow

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