[Red House] Ban'er's Road to Imperial Examination

Now that he had made up his mind to stay at Jia's house, facing Jia Zheng's invitation, Wang Yue naturally just put off a few words on the face, and then nodded in agreement.

After inviting Wang Yue to stay in the courtyard under his name to prepare for the exam, Jia Zheng still had to say a few other words, but he has always acted like a strict patriarch. What should I say.

And after all, he was not his own child, and he didn't swear directly like Baoyu, so he just said a few words of encouragement, asked a few questions about homework, and let Wang Yue go out.

When Wang Yue said goodbye and went out, she saw a few middle-aged scholars standing on the porch outside, discussing a plantain plant, and seeing him coming out of Jia Zheng's room, one of them smiled and stretched out his hand and said, "Brother Yue, come here! "

Wang Yue walked over with a smile and saluted respectfully. Although these people were not in a serious teacher-student relationship with him, they did indeed guide him in his homework. Not too much.

These middle-aged scholars did not shy away, accepted Wang Yue's gift firmly, and then helped him up and said: "Brother Yue came here, it seems that he accepted the kindness of the master."

"The courtyard of the host's house is very close to the ceremony room, and it's only a few steps away. You don't have to go back and forth when the time comes, and you will save a lot of effort."

"I've been to that yard before. It's relatively quiet and suitable for studying in peace. After you go there, you can study in the yard honestly. Don't be playful and miss your homework."

"Yes, sir!"

"Brother Yue's article has already gotten a bit of heat. If you say that the township test is still a little bit worse, but the small courtyard test will definitely pass."

"This is just one of them. Brother Yue is the head of the county examination. The magistrate will definitely take this into consideration when he admits the candidates. After all, he is the head of the county magistrate's personal selection. Even if he can't be the head of the county examination If it ranks first, it will definitely occupy the top five."

Everyone nodded in agreement on this point. What is important in the officialdom is that you come and go to save each other's face. The case leader of Wang Yue's county examination was personally selected by the county magistrate of Wen'an County. The top five, even being brushed down, doesn't this mean that the county magistrate of Wen'an County is blind?

If Song Pingzhang, the magistrate of Shuntian Prefecture, dared to do this, the county magistrate of Wen'an County would definitely become a laughing stock in the officialdom, and the two of them would immediately become deadly enemies.

And the county magistrate is said to be someone behind him, and he has added an enemy to himself for no reason. As long as Song Pingzhang is not stupid, he will never do this.

This is also the reason why Wang Yue insisted on showing off and trying his best to win the first place in the case. As long as he can occupy the first place once, he will have an advantage in future exams.

It is extremely difficult for a child from a poor family to pass the imperial examination, so he naturally wants to add weight to himself.

After talking a few words with these teachers, Wang Yue took out the poem that he had just revised in the backyard from his sleeve, and let them have a look.

The literary talents of Lin Daiyu and others are enough, but there are still various taboos in the examination room, which they must not know. Although Wang Yue has tried his best to understand, there are inevitably omissions. Naturally, they need the help of those who have come to check. .

Another thing is that the poems prepared by Wang Yue were not handed over to Lin Daiyu and others to revise. He was born in a farm family, but he was the only boy in the family. His parents naturally loved him so much. Later, he went to school, and his parents didn't let him go to the field at all. Moreover, although the Wang family has fallen compared to before, it is not normal when farming. The Wangs went to the fields, but hired people, so Wang Yue didn't know much about it.On the contrary, most of these cleaners came from humble backgrounds, and they knew better about the hard work of farmers in farming.

Sure enough, after taking it out, they first praised the literary talents of Wang Yue's previous poems. After learning that the girls in the backyard had revised them, some people were silent for a while, and then lowered their voices and sighed: "I really didn't say that on purpose. Yes, it’s true that the host’s place is indeed a bit yin and yang!”

Another person also echoed: "No, this daughter's family is outstanding, but she is trapped in the backyard and can't come out to do things. The man should come out to do things, but he only knows how to drink and play with women at home. I heard that there... tsk tsk... Even the literary talent of the brother who has been placed with high hopes is probably not as good as those of his sisters, and he is unwilling to put his heart into it, alas, in the future!!"

As soon as he said this, someone shouted in a low voice: "What nonsense!"

Only then did the two people who were speaking come to their senses, and realized that they had said something terrible, their faces turned pale, and they quickly slapped themselves: "It's a mistake to drink! It's a mistake to drink! I was drunk for a while, talking nonsense Come on, don't take it seriously! Don't take it seriously, please forgive me, brothers!"

Others also said: "You have been told to drink less alcohol, see, drinking is a mistake, why don't you go back and rest for a while."

The two hurriedly left, and then looked at Wang Yue, seeing that he just lowered his head and smiled, so they knew that the child would not speak their words, so they left in peace.

As a result, the conversation couldn't continue, so the few people found another topic, said a few perfunctory words, and then dispersed.

Wang Yue also took the opportunity to say goodbye and go out, but as soon as he reached the gate of the courtyard, he was stopped by a young servant. He stepped forward and beat him a thousand times, and then smiled courteously, "Greetings, Uncle Wang, hello, Uncle Wang."

"You are also good." Wang Yue paused, reluctantly accepted the title of Uncle Wang, and said, "Do you have anything to do with me?"

"Returning to Uncle Wang, the second wife said that there was only one porter in the yard on the side of the master, and there was no servant to serve him, so the wife chose a whole family to take care of Uncle Wang. It's just that the second wife is the one who takes care of you. , you still need to go to palm the eye yourself."

Wang Yue had never heard of Mrs. Wang's selection of someone to serve him before, but when he first heard it mentioned by the servant, he was quite moved.

He really owed a lot to the second wife of the Jia family.

In the original novel of Dream of Red Mansions, apart from his favorite characters in the original novel, Lin Daiyu, Xue Baochai and other sisters, Sister Feng is the one Wang Yue has the most affection for after time travelling.

No matter how cruel and greedy Wang Xifeng was in Jia's house, she did give money to Grandma Liu after Grandma Liu came to the door, and she was going to stay overnight after Grandma Liu came to the door for the second time. next fate,

For this, even if it is only the original work and not the experience of this life, Wang Yue is willing to accept this sentiment.

And in the original book, Baner and Qiaojie should be a couple. Although it is impossible for Wang Yue to like a girl who is only two or three years old, the youngest of the twelve beauties in Jinling is also described in the original book. The least one, Wang Yue, is indeed curious, and he naturally has an unspoken affection for Wang Xifeng, the mother-in-law in the original book.

As for Mrs. Wang, there are not too many descriptions of her in the original book. She more often plays the role of a wooden figure with Jia Mu and doesn't talk much, but there is really no kindness towards Lin Daiyu between the lines, so that people later A lot of speculation was cast over her.

Some said that she poisoned Lin Daiyu, some said that she was the mastermind behind the plot to seize the Lin family's property, and some said that she took the money from the Zhen family and brought the Jia family into a disaster. Some even thought that the reason why the Lin family It was also her fault that she had no children.

The latter statement is unavoidably absurd and too much, but many Red Chamber experts have listed evidence for the former one, so it has been widely circulated, and readers are inevitably influenced by this view.

Although Wang Yue didn't accuse Mrs. Wang directly when she first came to Jia's mansion, she inevitably had some prejudice against her, so she wasn't very close to Mrs. Wang.

But now it seems that he has misjudged another person.

Mrs. Wang must have chosen someone to take care of him for the sake of pleasing Jia Zheng, but if it was only because of this, she would not be able to do this.

There may be other reasons that Wang Yue doesn't know, but there must be reasons for taking care of him, a junior.

Wang Yue was originally a person who only cared about his own family and was extremely protective of his weaknesses. Since Mrs. Wang was willing to take care of him, he would naturally be willing to remember Mrs. Wang's affection.

But it's still too early to talk about repayment. He is incapable now, but it doesn't mean he will be incapable in the future.It's just that the most important thing now is the exam.

The author has something to say: There was a thunderstorm last night, but there was not much rain here at my house, but the power was still cut off until this morning, and I wondered why it stopped for so long. Many trees on their side were blown down, some trees were even uprooted, and the wires were broken. Later, I heard that there was a tornado in their area last night. Fortunately, the house was fine, but it was still very scary!