The Weight of the Red Mansion Walks the Road of Life

Chapter 20

Jia Zhu had been seriously ill since leaving the Gongyuan, and the so-called illness came like a mountain and went away like a silk thread. Jia Zhu was sick for more than a month, from August to September [-]th The list is not good.

With Jia Zhu's identity and physical condition, he naturally didn't need to go to see the list on the day the list was released. Naturally, when the day came, there would be a literate young man who ran to the gate of the Gongyuan early in the morning to read the list for Jia Zhu.

Although Jia Zhu can't be said to be very talented, he actually has some talent for reading. Although he was inevitably affected by the environment of the examination room, he still performed well in the end.

Although it is not considered to be among the best at all, and even the result can only be regarded as flying at a low altitude, but in the end it is still narrowly squeezed to the top of the list, at least above Sun Shan.

This is enough for the entire Jia Mansion to cheer.

From ancient times to the present, there has actually been a saying that it is difficult for a poor family to have a noble son. After all, even if you don’t consider the fairness and unfairness of your connections when you are an official, and only talk about the first reading and exams, rich people will always have more opportunities. and occupy more resources.

Let’s put it this way, Jia Zhu is now 22 years old. Judging from his three-year-old enlightenment, he has been studying for nearly 20 years without any distractions. Even those who teach him are at least from a scholar’s ​​background, and even have the status of juren. Students—not to mention how many children from the poor family can be enlightened at the age of three, those who can teach the poor family or even ordinary farmers to read are at most old children, at most they are outstanding talents, and they even say that they don’t listen to things outside the window and only read sages and sages. The focus on books is not something that children from poor families can do.

Don't look at the storybooks in the market that always say that a poor family is very knowledgeable, and once a carp leaps over the dragon's gate, it is easy to get into the top scholar of Jieyuan, but in fact the way of the imperial examination is really very difficult.Don't say that Jia Zhu is only 22 years old now, but juren who are 32 and three years old are not really old at all, and Jia Zhu can be regarded as the youngest among them.

If Jia Zhu does not pass the provincial examination this time, then the next examination will be three years later. With such a long preparation period, Jia Zhu will naturally be able to rest for a while with peace of mind. Take good care of his body—but since he passed the provincial examination this time, it is naturally impossible to delay any longer, and the next step is naturally to prepare for the examination.That is to say, it is bound to be impossible for Jia Zhu to rest again.

Let's put it this way, the township examination is held in August, and the results are released in mid-September. Although the date of the examination is not certain, it is always at the beginning of February when the township examination is over. There are only four months, so the time is actually very tight, and there is no room for delay.

No matter how well-educated a person is, they still have to review again before the exam, not to mention Jia Zhu's results in the local exam, it seems that this exam is obviously a bit of a hang-up, and he has to hold on to the buddha's feet temporarily.

Even Mrs. Wang, who was so worried about Jia Zhu's health, took Yingchun back to her side to raise her after asking the imperial physician and knowing that Jia Zhu's health was not serious, and would not let her stay any longer. On Jia Zhu's side, so as not to delay the eldest son's important task of learning.

Regardless of the fact that the provincial examination takes nine days and the general examination only takes three days, it sounds easier than the rural examination.But you must know that the day of the township examination is in August. Although the weather is already a little cool, the weather is still barely pleasant during the day at that time, at most it is a little cooler at night.But the test was at the beginning of February. Although it was spring in name, the weather was extremely cold, even during the day, people who were prone to cold had stiff hands and feet.In other words, no matter how healthy people are, they are actually more likely to get sick in the national examination than in the rural examination.Every time the exam is over, it is always the busiest time for all the doctors in the capital to prepare for the busiest time.

Especially now that Jia Zhu's body is still weak, and regardless of whether he can pass the exam or not, he just said that he is only being cared for and studying at home. , In the end, he fell ill again.

The general examination is the same as the township examination, which is held every three years. Jia Zhu had been delayed for three years because of her serious illness the last time, and now naturally she does not want to delay any longer.Moreover, he naturally felt in his heart that although he was a little sick, he was still young after all, but he could definitely hold on. Take the prescribed decoction on time, while still studying hard, not willing to relax at all.

But you must know that many things in this world cannot be changed with manpower.Jia Zhu is now because of the strength in his heart, coupled with the support of decoction and tonic, it seems that he can still be energetic after such a strong support.It's just that after a careful look, Jia Zhu knows that although Jia Zhu looks pretty good on the surface, he just has some minor illnesses. It's just that Jia Zhu's body can maintain a peaceful face now that he is using good medicine and medicine in the Rongguo Mansion.

But if it goes on like this, and Jia Zhu curls up in the palm-sized place in the Gongyuan in the cold weather and laboriously takes the exam when the exam is held in the spring of the next year, he will definitely not be able to hold on.

But obviously, no one in the Rongguo Mansion has noticed this. After all, even though Jia Zhu is still taking medicine and his bones are weak, he still looks energetic.

If Jia Zhu is really allowed to take part in the examination as scheduled, regardless of whether he can pass or not, it is estimated that he will go in vertically and come out horizontally, and he will almost have to continue his original fate.

But fortunately, God still favors Jia Zhu, or the so-called surviving a catastrophe must have a future blessing. At the end of October, there was news from Yangzhou that my aunt Jia Min suddenly passed away due to illness.

Although Jia Min is a married woman and has nothing to do with the Jia family, she is Jia Zhu's elder after all—Jia Min is Jia Zhu's aunt, and even if Jia Zhu is married as a nephew, she has to serve her aunt for nine months.Great merit is not considered the most important mourning, and there are actually not many taboos. For ordinary people, at most, feasting and pleasure are forbidden, but for scholars, exams are still banned during the period of great merit and filial piety.

In other words, Jia Zhu, who had to serve Jia Min for a nine-month filial piety, was destined not to be able to keep up with this year's examination.

For Jia Zhu's body, this is actually a good thing, but obviously no one in the Rongguo Mansion can recognize this, even Jia Zhu sighs more because of the three-year delay, and Mrs. Wang even more. After learning the news, I dropped a tea set directly.

You must know that although Mrs. Wang is tired of this sister-in-law, even when she was young, she didn't curse Jia Min's early death, but Mrs. Wang would not want Jia Min to die at this time anyway-great service does not count as filial piety. There is no need for Ding You, if Jia Min passed away half a year later, after the time for the palace examination, no matter whether Jia Zhu can get fame in one fell swoop, nothing will be delayed.

After all, although there was a delay of three years in the previous rural examination, it was because of Jia Zhu's illness. Well, it was so smooth that it couldn't be done—under such circumstances, even if Jia Zhu's results in the rural examination were not good, no one would think that Jia Zhu could not pass the test. Naturally, it was more likely that Jia Min died this time. It's really not the time, it actually delayed Jia Zhu's future for three years.

It was Mother Jia who loved Jia Min so much, she was so distressed that when she heard the news, she not only fainted several times and even cried many times, but after a little relief, she couldn't help but sigh when thinking about Jia Zhu's matter. A pity.

If anyone in the mansion was really relieved, it was probably Jia Zhu himself who was the person involved.

Jia Zhu still has some knowledge about his own knowledge. It is actually a rare thing for him to be admitted to Juren, and the admission of the rural examination in the capital area is actually not too strict. It is always easy to take the test, and the general test gathers candidates from all over the country, which is more talented than the rural test. With Jia Zhu's current knowledge, it is more likely that he will accompany the test if he takes the test— —Jia Zhu herself had such a premonition. Although she was not without regrets at the moment, she didn't feel too sad in her heart, and she even breathed a sigh of relief.

Because it was destined to be delayed for another three years anyway, although the study must not be interrupted, but in the end there was a lot more time, and there was no need to work too hard, but it also gave Jia Zhu some opportunities to recuperate.

It's not that Jia Zhu is ignorant of her physical condition, and after going through the rural examination, she also understands the harsh environment of the examination. If she is not healthy enough, she may not even be able to survive the examination.Therefore, since I am not in a hurry to take the exam at the moment, I have reduced my time for learning, and I don’t do too much work. In my spare time, I can relax and take care of my body, so as to save me from getting sick again in the next exam. fall down.

If there is any change, it is probably that Jia's mother was too lazy for a while and didn't think about the daughter born to her darling daughter at the first time, and she didn't send someone to Yangzhou to pick her up at the first time.And when Jia's mother thought about it, Jia Yucun on the other side of Yangzhou had already set off for the capital.So even Lin Ruhai felt that since her daughter had lost her mother, she really shouldn't be by his side according to the rule that the eldest daughter should not be married after losing her mother, but she didn't dare to let her go without someone trustworthy. Go north to the capital alone.

But it completely delayed Daiyu's entry into Jia's mansion.

The author has something to say:

I feel that Lin Daiyu would probably be able to live better if she doesn't enter Jia's house, at least she can't let Lin Daiyu and Jia Baoyu's childhood sweethearts, mainly because there is another story about Lin Daiyu later, and here there are a little less Lin Xue.

Put it in the manuscript box and forgot to set the time... I was wrong...