Red Mansion points are hard to earn

Seeing Baoyu happily playing with his sisters in the garden, Jia Lian could only sigh. He has been living in dire straits these days.

He came to Jia She's study with steady steps, saw the pile of high piles on the desk, and didn't have the strength to sigh anymore.

Jia Amnesty walked in beamingly:

"Cong'er has made a lot of progress these days, you can't compare to him as an older brother."

"Father, is there any news?" Jia Lian couldn't help looking forward to seeing Jia Amnesty's expression.

"Yes, I spent 1000 taels of silver to find out with Zhao Shilang in the official department, and it will be on the 27th of next month." Jia She said with a little heartache.

"Time is so tight, my son still has a lot of books to read."

"It's not in the books. Zhao Shilang also revealed that the selection of officials for the Ministry of Officials is not considered a general election by the imperial court, so they don't pay much attention to poetry and articles. They only take school exams to make changes. In the future, there will be real shortages."

After hearing this, Jia Lian breathed a sigh of relief. He is not a material for studying. It is impossible to write down these books in a month or two, so he hopes that the test questions will be more flexible.

"This time, you have to give me a good test." Jia She repeatedly urged.

"Father, if you pass the exam, will you be really deficient?"

"It's not that easy! You have to spend money if you pass the exam. If you are arranged to be a county magistrate in a place where you don't want to shit, you will have to survive for a long time." Jia She walked around the study, money is the problem. Ah.

"Father, but I want to take a large sum of money from the mansion, I'm afraid the old lady and the wife will not be willing."

"I'm a prince, so I can't give all the money to the second wife, can I? Yuan Chun has built up such a position since she entered the palace with a lot of money. It would be nice if you could spend a tenth of her."

Seeing his father's promise, Jia Lian felt relieved, but still a little uneasy.

In the evening, I went back to my room to discuss with Sister Feng.

"It's easy for the master to say, I'm afraid the old lady and the wife will not let go."

"Second Master, put your heart in your stomach and prepare your article carefully. If you really have a real shortage, isn't it better than guarding this shelf? Although the mansion has said more and less in the past few years, it is not as good as every year. But this little money can be obtained. My wife said yesterday that no matter where I save a few items, I will prepare the more than 100 million taels of Sister Lin's silver."

"Didn't Sister Lin's money come together when the garden was being repaired, and the old lady's life was on the line? Later, I didn't talk about it. Why do I have to pay it back now?" Jia Lian asked casually.Lin Daiyu's money is very small, and the valuables are things.

"Who knows, sister Lin's money will rot in our house sooner or later? I don't know what my wife is wasting all this effort for."

"It's hard to say, sister Lin's family background is not as good as your sister Xue's."

The husband and wife were tired after talking privately, and went to bed separately. Jia Lian reported to Jia She's study every day, and was very diligent for a while.

"What's the matter with Lian'er these days? Is he teaching him again?" Mother Jia was puzzled when she saw this, and asked Sister Feng.

"The old lady is wrong to blame the second master this time. He is going to study and take the number one prize these days."

"You made up lies again to make me happy. What the hell did you do? Don't worry, I'm the old lady here."

"I really dare not lie to the old lady, saying that the official department has some scientific examinations recently, and the elder ordered the second master to prepare."

"Nonsense, people like us, why join in the fun with such a messy thing, there will be precious jade for the serious exam in the future."

"The Eldest Master said, if you pass the exam, you can give it to the Second Master if there is any shortage."

"You also believe what your master said. Lian'er's family matters are more important, so she can't get overwhelmed." He told the woman next to him to go to Jia's amnesty courtyard, and there was no need for Jia's amnesty to discipline Jia Lian to read and write.

When Jia She and Jia Lian heard this, they were all startled for a long time.

When I came back to my senses, the mother-in-law who sent the message had already gone far.

"I can't even bear this bit of hardship, so I move the old lady out. From now on, you will stay in the backyard for the rest of your life." Jia Amnesty stared at Jia Lian fiercely, God knows how much effort this opportunity took him.

"Father, calm down. My son is reading and writing in the study these days, and my father is watching him. My son never dares to be lazy, nor does he have the intention to do so." Jia Lian is a big man. Then where to put his wife, she is much more agile than him.

"Didn't you complain to the old lady?"

"It's definitely not a son. The son still hopes to be able to make some achievements and earn money for his father in the future."

"Is that because your wife can't see you being troubled?"

"That's not true. She can only be happy when I do serious things."

The father and son guessed for a long time, but they had no clue, so they just ignored it.

Mrs. Wang was in a hurry. After hearing about it, she pointed out several things and ordered Jia Lian to do it.Seeing that something was wrong, Wang Xifeng agreed on the surface first, then told Jia Lian to rest in Jia She's study and not to come back, and quietly sent someone to settle the matter.I kept a layer of guard against Mrs. Wang in my heart.

Seeing his second elder brother studying hard day and night in his father's study, Jia Cong also imitated him and settled down in the side room of the study. There are some fresh fruits that Jia Cong doesn’t understand, so he explained them to him in person, wiping his sweat secretly, so he has to find a teacher.

Because Jia Lian had something to do, he had to look for it himself. He wanted to borrow a guest from Jia Zheng's office, but Jiao Hong persuaded him:

"Second Master's retainers are for important things. If Master can't borrow them, it will be a shame. Besides, Second Master Bao is not a book lover. If you see that Cong'er is eager to learn, Second Master will be stimulated. If a meal of Baoyu occurs, the old lady will be angry, and the old man will have to eat and hang up."

"You're right. No one dares to touch Baoyu in this mansion. Brother Zhen did something to hinder Baoyu last time, and was called by the old lady to scold him for a long time. But the family school is full of smog. Yes, I can’t send Cong’er there.”

"Since the master loves Cong'er dearly, I have a way to find a good husband for him."

"What way?"

"The master forgot that Miss Lin's brother-in-law is a ready-made Tanhua Lang. I heard that he has opened some kind of academy. There are many scholars there. Cong'er went there, isn't it better than studying alone at home?"

"What you said makes sense. It's just that my sister was only close to my second brother when she was alive. If she doesn't have much contact with my brother, her son-in-law may not be reliable."

Jia Amnesty thought about it for a few days, and it became more and more difficult to teach Cong'er, so he still had to go.