The Road to the Imperial Examinations of Farmers in Ancient Times

At this time when the sun just rose in the morning, there were many women washing clothes by the river.After the things at home were done, Sun Yi came to wash with a basin of clothes, found a place to squat down, soaked the clothes in the water, and slapped them on the stones.

The sister-in-law of the rich family in the village was also washing clothes. There was a person between the woman and Sun Yi, but she moved to Sun Yi's side and started talking to Sun Yi.

"Sister-in-law." Sun Yi glanced at Fugui's sister-in-law. She knew that Fugui's sister-in-law liked to talk nonsense everywhere, so she didn't like this woman very much.What the other party said to her, Sun Yi just hummed and washed her clothes seriously.

The women on the left and right saw Fu Li's sister-in-law clinging to Sun Yi's conversation, and the two women who were usually close to Sun Yi glanced at each other, showing their dislike for Fu Li's sister-in-law.

Sun Yi has a good personality, and usually doesn't like to gossip about people. Although she doesn't talk much, she will help anyone who needs help with something. The popularity in the village is better than that of her second aunt.

"Ayi, all the men in your family have gone to work in the town, haven't they? I see that your second aunt is carrying water in your family recently?" The woman seemed concerned, but she was actually in front of so many people. Accused Sun Yi of being a sister-in-law who bullied my aunt, and specially asked my aunt to do hard work, and she took the easy ones.

Sun Yi knew that Fugui's sister-in-law was usually close to her second aunt, and she thought that her second aunt said something outside, so she looked up at the woman and said, "My mother arranges all the work at home. Let us as daughter-in-laws do whatever we want, whose work is not arranged in turn?"

So what she said is correct, no mother-in-law is in charge of the house, and she will do what the mother-in-law tells them to do as daughter-in-laws, and no one dares to object.Usually, when Sun Yi goes to fetch water, everyone can see that the second aunt does not do these tasks at home alone.

"Oh, that's a real one." Fugui's sister-in-law sneered, and then asked Sun Yi with concern,

"I heard that your family sent Sambo to study in the academy, right? Sending your child to study will cost a lot of money, right?"

"We don't even dare to think about sending our children to study. Hey, the head of our village sent Xiulin to study. Xiulin was the fate of the Wenqu star who was approved by the fortune-teller. It is to be admitted as a scholar. We people, who dare to send their children to study, don’t have the money, and don’t have the life, so this is something that you can’t even think about, don’t you think?”

The woman's words implied that the village head's family sent Li Xiulin to study because the fortune-teller had given the child a fortune, and it was the fate of the scholar who passed the exam, and he wanted a scholar to be an official in the future.If your family sends their children to study, there may not be a scholar who is destined to pass the exam. Isn't this a waste of so much money, all in vain?

Then the woman whispered a lot of things in secret, Sun Yi washed her clothes, and listened to the woman next to her, feeling angry in her heart, but didn't agree with her very much.

Seeing that Sun Yi ignored her, the sister-in-law of Fugui's family left without talking to her, and then went to tell the other people, "If our family has silver taels, I will send my son to study. Hey, have pity on my son." ..."

Come on, just your son who eats a lot and doesn't do any work, the son who doesn't look like a student at first glance, even if he has money to send him to study, he may not be able to pass the exam!

"Look at her sour words. If Sanbao can't read, how can her family be able to read?" Waiting for the sister-in-law of Fugui's family to walk away, the woman who walked closer to Sun Yi passed the exam and asked Sun Yi in a low voice. Said.

Sun Yi shook her head, carried the laundry and went back, not paying much attention to what other people said.If she cared about everything, she wouldn't be able to live this day.

Everyone washed their clothes and went back one by one, and finally there was no one by the river.

Lijia Village is such a big place, and everyone in the village will know soon if there is something wrong with someone's family.When I went to Li Shanshan to send my son to study, the people in the village knew that Li Shanshan had sent his son to study quietly.

"It's no wonder I haven't seen Sanbao playing in the village very much recently. It turned out that he went to study. I haven't seen Sanbao for a few days. I still miss that child. The child of Sanbao has met someone, and he can talk about everything, haha... "

"No, that child didn't grow up eating honey. His mouth was so sweet. The adults in the village watched Li Sanbao grow up. That child's mouth was full of sweet words. Anyone who went out would know Say hello, talk to them, they all like that kid.

This child went to study, I don't know if he can read the book.

Most of the families in their Lijia Village are very poor. Except for the village head's family who are better off and who sent Li Xiulin to study, no one said that they were willing to send their children to study, and how much it would cost.

Several elders of the Li family knew that Li Shanshan's family had sent their child to study, so they quietly sent the child to study.

The son was sent to the best Anlu Academy in the town to study, and everyone sat together and talked about it.

Whether a clan can produce a talent is related to whether the clan can be strong and gain a foothold. As the elders in this clan, they naturally hope that there can be a scholar in the clan.

Before that, there was only one Li Xiulin who was sent to study, and after so many years of exams, he still failed to pass the exam.This new seedling is the hope of their Li family, and the elders in the family have paid attention to this matter.However, some people also said that this child has just been sent to study, and whether he will be able to study well is still a matter of course, so don't put such high hopes on him.

"Let's take a look, it would be fine if the child could read..." I didn't say anything later.

So in the end, everyone was in a state of waiting and watching together, because they all knew that it was very difficult to study and take the imperial examination, otherwise, their Lijia Village hadn't produced a scholar in a hundred years.

It was Li Maocai, who is now the head of the village, who heard about this. At the beginning, their family also wanted to send their youngest son to study in Anlu Academy, but Anlu Academy had very strict requirements for recruiting students. He didn't pass the exam, so he was sent to another Castle Peak Academy.

Unexpectedly, Li Shangu's son was admitted to Anlu Academy, which made Li Mao, the village head, a little embarrassed. However, this is not his son, but he is also a member of their clan. It is related to their Li family. The fate of the family.

"Father, what do you think about this matter?" Li Mao went back and talked about this matter with his old father.

"This matter should be said to be a good thing. We all belong to the same clan, have the same surname, and are a family. It is a good thing for us Li to be able to produce a scholar from any family. As you The head of a village, don’t just focus on our Xiulin, our Xiulin reads our Xiulin’s books, and it’s his ability for that child of Sanbao to be able to enter Anlu Academy.”

"Later, you can ask someone to send some money and meat to the Li Wang family. It is a happy event that this child is sent to study. We hope that the Li family can have a few more scholars. The Zong sects are below I'm happy to hear that." Uncle Seven looked at this matter from the perspective of a clan, and it would be great for his grandson to come back with a successful examination.

But if their Li family can produce a few more students, in case there is a scholar, they will all follow suit.

Anlu Academy is not such an easy place to get in. They wanted to send their grandson to Anlu Academy but failed, but they didn't expect that the child of Sanbao passed the exam by himself.He is a young man with half a foot in the coffin. If he can see a scholar from the Li family in his lifetime, when he goes underground in the future, he can also have a good account with his ancestors

"Father, you are right. Father, I will arrange it right away." Li Mao also felt that it made sense when he heard what his father said, so he told his father and went out.

After listening to his father's words, Li Mao asked his mother-in-law to prepare things.

As soon as the woman heard that the head of the family wanted to send money and things to Mrs. Li Wang, she refused to agree at that time, and said dissatisfiedly, "Why should we send things to them, thinking that just sending someone to the academy can pass the exam?" It’s not enough to be a scholar. Our family, Xiulin, was approved by a fortune teller, and he will be admitted to be a scholar and become an official in the future. What’s the point of being a brat in their family?”

To send something to someone's family is like killing this stingy woman.

There is no mother-in-law at the top, and the father-in-law is not in charge, so the power to be in charge naturally falls into Zhu Jinqiao's hands.From the moment she entered this family, Zhu Jinqiao has held the power in the family. She is very stingy to everyone, but she is not stingy at all to give as much silver taels to her youngest son, but who wants to take it from her? It is difficult to dig out a copper plate.

"What do you know, if you are told to prepare, then prepare." Li Mao's face darkened immediately, and he said impatiently

"You...humph! Just go, I'll take it for you right away." Zhu Jinqiao knew that he had to give this thing, but she had the final say on how much to give.

The woman went into the house and took two pieces of money, and went to the kitchen to cut some meat herself, found a basket, put two vegetables in it, and it looked like a full basket.

When he saw that there were two copper coins in the basket of vegetables, Li Mao frowned, and without reaching out to pick up the copper coins, he said, "Go and get two taels of silver. Didn't the boss just send rice grains a few days ago?" Come back from eating, what’s the matter with putting a handful of vegetables in, go and exchange for a basket of eggs.”

"Two taels of silver! Why should you give them two taels of silver?" The woman's voice suddenly rose.

It’s good to have two dishes, and want a basket of eggs?Zhu Jinqiao couldn't believe what he heard, and looked like he was about to faint.

This is going to cut her flesh!

"Shut up, what are you doing so loudly? You don't think it's embarrassing enough, right? You can let me mention this thing? I

Everyone in the village knew about going out with things.Let Dad know about this matter, if you make Dad unhappy, I'll see how you end up. "Li Mao is a desperate person, but he married a stingy woman, asking her to bring something to someone's house is like killing her.

Their eldest son opened a restaurant in the town, and after a year, he gave tens of taels of silver to those who returned home. The youngest son studied in an academy, and spent more than a dozen taels a year.Their family still has [-] to [-] mu of fertile land, which they rented out to the villagers to plant, and the rent they get back in a year is enough for their family's food and clothing.

He is a man who doesn't care about the house, and the money and things in the house are held by his mother-in-law. Over the years, he must have saved a lot of silver taels, but these two taels of silver seem to have killed her.

"Okay, okay, I'll get it for you right now." When she heard the mention of her father-in-law, the woman knew his father-in-law's temper, and he was unambiguous.If her daughter-in-law really provoked her father-in-law, it wouldn't sound good to spread her anger. At least she would scold her, but at worst she would send her to the ancestral hall and kneel in front of the ancestor's tablet to react.

So when she thought of this, the woman was very annoyed, so she had to change things, took back the two copper plates, and exchanged them for two taels of silver, but she felt so sorry for her.

If you are in an ordinary family, you don’t necessarily have an income of two taels of silver a year, and this gives people two taels of silver in vain.

"It makes you dawdling with those little things, what are you talking about?" Seeing his mother-in-law's appearance, Li Mao couldn't help but get angry, "Hey..."

All these years, he relied on the Yue family to start a family. The eldest son was able to open a restaurant in the town thanks to the help of the Yue family. Now the business is booming.The youngest son, Xiulin, was studying in the town and lived with her father-in-law, thanks to her father-in-law's help, so Li Mao was very tolerant of this daughter-in-law at home.

"Hmph!" Seeing the man at home carrying his things out, the woman snorted and went back into the house.