Lucky husband

Li Mingjin and Jiang Zhiyun murmured for a while about the future arrangements of the two elders of the Li family, and Jiang Zhiyun patted Li Mingjin's head: "Okay, mother knows what to do, and I will discuss it with your uncle and second uncle later, and let your father mention it when it is time to watch the old age." Come out and persuade everyone, maybe your grandpa and grandma will agree to move to the county after the Chinese New Year."

Jiang Zhiyun asked Li Chengshi to raise this issue with old man Li and old lady Li when Dafang and Sanfang had just bought a yard in the county. At that time, neither of them was very happy, and they were also younger at that time, and finally respected their wishes , continue to stay in the village.

So many years have passed, and everyone's thinking, knowledge, and body have changed. It is estimated that the second elder will not be so firm when he persuades him again.

When the sons and daughters-in-law of the Li family were discussing how to take the two old people to live in the county seat, Bai Zhiwen returned to Changping County by boat. The past few days have been pretty much the same as last year.

It may be that the next round of township examinations is due after the Chinese New Year, and the literati circle in the county is more enthusiastic about Bai Zhiwen than last year. I know a little bit of news about the rural examination next year.

In fact, Bai Zhiwen did know some information, such as which Hanlin officials might be sent to the former Han province to preside over the rural examinations, the types of articles these officials liked, and so on.

Of course, it was impossible for Bai Zhiwen to get this information from the college. He and Li Mingde's teacher Zhang Anhao vaguely mentioned it in their letters.

Don't look at Zhang Anhao's return to Beijing in the past two years, but he didn't relax his discipline on his two disciples at all. He arranged topics through letters and asked his disciples to write articles and send them to the capital.

Although this kind of guidance is slower than the previous meeting, it is also effective, because after the two disciples passed the scholar examination, what Zhang Anhao taught them is no longer how to write articles, but the tone of writing articles.

Zhang Anhao's structure is much higher than that of Jintai Academy. Under his guidance, Bai Zhiwen and Li Mingde have made obvious progress. They have repeatedly excelled in the monthly exams and have steadily risen from the C grade to the A grade.

Generally speaking, as long as there is no accident in the provincial examination for the first-class scholars of Jintai Academy, they are sure new recruits. Bai Zhiwen and Li Mingde are now quite valued by the academy's teachers, and the school and politics have cared about their situation.

Although the teacher said that Bai Zhiwen couldn't say a word about the township examination, it didn't matter if the students in the college sorted out the news about the township examination.

After listening to Bai Zhiwen's rural examination information, these scholars from Changping County felt like they had found a treasure, and they wanted to take a pen to record it on the spot, for fear that if they missed a word, they would be worse than others in the rural examination.

In fact, most of these scholars who stayed in Changping County to study or only went to Zhoucheng to study, but did not go to Jintai Academy in Fucheng are mostly not very talented. .

There is a huge difference in status between Juren and scholar. Otherwise, how could there be such a saying as poor scholar and rich Juren?

Although their chances of passing the examination are very low, they take the provincial examination every year, hoping that the examiner will give them a pass with trembling hands when marking the paper.

Therefore, when Bai Zhiwen selflessly told them the news of the rural examination, these scholars were naturally very grateful, and they always felt that their chances of passing the rural examination seemed to have improved a little bit.

Bai Zhiwen didn't like these scholars very much. They didn't like to study well. They thought about passing the scientific examination by luck and crooked ways. How could it be such an easy thing? Even if they passed, they would hardly do anything for the common people.

Besides, the current scientific examination has undergone many changes, and it is already very strict, not as chaotic as it was in the previous dynasty.

The answer sheet of a student participating in the rural examination must first be marked by two assistant examiners. Only when the two assistant examiners agree that the candidate's answer sheet can pass the rural examination can the test paper reach the chief examiner, who will make the final decision Can you pass.

I want to wait for a total of three examiners to pass the examination papers with blind eyes. There is almost no possibility. If you have this skill, it is better to study hard, or think about how to support your family, and use your status as a scholar to let yourself and your family members pass. Live better.

Of course, Bai Zhiwen was just thinking about these words. When he communicated with the literati in the county, he always had a warm smile on his face, looking very approachable.

The circle of literati is so big, he will only come back once a year, if he doesn't say a few words to this group of people, I don't know what this group of people will say about him behind his back, and then his mother, younger brother and Brother Jin will be implicated Their Li family is not well.

It is better to offend a gentleman than to offend a villain. There is no need to have trouble with these people. According to the teacher, when they enter the officialdom in the future, there will be more monsters and ghosts to come into contact with.

After finally dismissing the literati in the county town, it was the New Year's Eve, and Bai Zhiwen returned home to help Bai Yao's house. Now he is the only man in the house, and it took him a whole day to do some tasks. , really didn't take the time to find Li Mingjin.

Even though he thought that Li Mingjin was thinking too much, Bai Zhiwen held back and took out the blueprint of the house he bought in Fucheng and talked to Bai Yao about the house.

Bai Yao didn't look at the blueprint of the new house, and asked worriedly: "Zhiwen, before you were in Fucheng, there were some things that I couldn't write in a letter to ask you, so please tell me carefully how you got your money. "

The yard in Fucheng Erjin cost more than 2000 taels of silver. What kind of business did Bai Zhiwen do, and he earned so much in just one year. Bai Yao was worried that he might have done something bad for money.

Bai Zhiwen will continue to take the imperial examination to become an official in the future, and there must be no stains on him. What should he do if it is found out that what he is doing now will affect him.

"Mother, don't worry, the source of the money is fine." In the previous letter, Bai Zhiwen couldn't go into details, but now sitting at home, he didn't have any worries, so he directly explained what was going on.

In order to reassure Bai Yaoshi, Bai Zhiwen took out the broken gem decorations that he brought with him when he came back, which he had prepared for his family long ago.

"Is it these things?" Bai Yao picked up a collar and muttered, "That's why those big families like it."

Looking at the exquisite and detailed texture, dotted with shiny broken gemstones, I couldn't help but start to choose various clothes to match this cross-neck.

Knowing that her son's money came from no problem, Bai Yao finally let go of this problem that had been on her mind for a long time. She didn't feel sorry for Bai Zhiwen that she would no longer be able to rely on this to make a lot of money.

For a woman of her temperament, getting rich overnight always makes her dreadful, and a down-to-earth and steady approach is more suitable for her.

The broken gems that Bai Zhiwen took out were not only Bai Yao's, but also his younger brother Bai Ziyi's. Now that brother Yi is approaching the age of getting married, he starts to care about his own attire.

As for the part about Li Mingjin, Bai Zhiwen kept it alone, and will deliver it to him personally when we meet, I think Brother Jin will like it...

The New Year's Eve dinner is prepared early, whether it is the Li family or the Bai family.

After a lively New Year's Eve dinner, after a while, it was time for Li's family to call the children back to sleep.

Li Mingjin was full of energy and didn't want to go back to the house to sleep at all. He was still waiting to hear his parents persuade his grandfather and grandmother to live in the county seat.

"Brother Jin?" Jiang Zhiyun frowned at Li Mingjin who was reluctant to leave, her eyes beckoning him to be obedient.

Li Mingjin moved the stool under his buttocks to get closer to Jiang Zhiyun, and looked at Jiang Zhiyun pitifully: "Mother, I will be eighteen after Chinese New Year, so I can stay here."

Then, he whispered in Jiang Zhiyun's ear: "Mom, I'm going to get married next year. After I get married, I can't go back to my mother's house to watch the night. Can you just let me stay and watch the night with everyone this year?"

Jiang Zhiyun was stunned, she was a little shaken, yes, Brother Jin will get married in early winter next year, and he will be at the Bai family's vigil at this time next year, and there will be no chance to gather with everyone in Li's family on the night of New Year's Eve Together.

Mrs. Li went out to get charcoal just now, turned around and came back to find that Li Mingjin was still in the room, glanced at Jiang Zhiyun who was in a daze, and asked indifferently: "What's wrong, Brother Jin?"

As she gets older, Granny Li's temper improves a lot. The juniors do things that don't suit her, and she won't just scold them to relieve her anger like before.

Jiang Zhiyun came back to her senses, and took the initiative to mention: "Mother, why don't you leave Brother Jin to watch the night tonight."

Old Madam Li didn't speak when she heard the words, her eyes skipped from Jiang Zhiyun's side and fell on Li Mingjin.

Li Mingjin said obediently: "Grandma, I'm going to be eighteen after the New Year's Eve, let me watch the night with everyone this year, okay?"

His well-behaved appearance put Old Madam Li in a good mood. Seeing Li Mingjin and Jiang Zhiyun looking at her expectantly, and thinking that there were two grandchildren temporarily missing from the night watch this year, she hesitated for a while and finally nodded in agreement.

Li Mingjin got his wish, and for the first time at this age, he followed the elders to watch the night of the New Year's Eve. He was so excited that he couldn't help poking the fire with a fire stick, and listened to what everyone was talking about. , There is a feeling that I am different from before.

After the whole family chatted for a while, the sons of Li's family looked at each other a few times, and after matching the signal, Li Chengshi, the third son, said, "Father and mother, I have something I want to discuss with you."

"Third, what's the matter?" Mrs. Li asked casually, she was a little sleepy from the fire, and she was holding her eyelids.

Li Chengshi went on to say: "I was thinking, why don't you, your parents, and your eldest brother and sister-in-law live in the county after the new year is over."

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