Jia Huan's rebirth and revenge

Five or six years is enough to change a lot. Even in a village where the passage of time is not obvious at this time, people who look back on the past can't help but sigh with emotion. The change is really surprising.

In addition to the thriving population in the village, there are more people who study. Naturally, the customs in this village are also more refined. The children all go to school to read and write, not to mention how much they can be successful, but they can count as one based on their literacy. There are several counties in the village, and there are counting houses in the town. Such a decent and well-paid job has allowed more people to see the benefits of reading and literacy. Even people in other nearby villages can’t help but stay at home if conditions permit. Under such circumstances, I started to let my children go to school, and instead of seeking fame in the imperial examinations, I can always ask my children to have a better ability to earn a living in the future.Also because of this, the economic situation of each family in the village is getting better and better, and it even attracts many families in neighboring villages to feel honorable because they have daughters to marry here. Everyone felt that their waists were straighter.

And people who have gradually become accustomed to farming to support their families have less enthusiasm for going to sea. Only people go to sea together every three to five days. Firstly, it is because this is a handicraft handed down from the ancestors, so it is not easy to waste it. Secondly, it is also guarding such a piece of sea. It would be a waste if not to find some profit from the sea. Thirdly, I am used to eating the crops in the sea, so I am not used to not going out to sea.

Of course, the business of going to the sea every winter and then going to the capital to make a fortune is still going on. It’s not that they don’t know how to cherish their bodies, they only know how to earn money, and it’s not that they are greedy for the sum of money before the Chinese New Year. But everyone feels that it is a pity not to earn money that is ten times higher than the income of going to sea in the past summer. After all, it has not been long since I got rid of poverty and became rich. I really can't resist such profits. Going to a place like the capital during this time of year to gain knowledge, earn money, go to the capital to open your eyes, and bring home some rare things that were transported to the capital from the south, kill three birds with one stone.Didn’t you see that the sailors don’t fall behind every year? Didn’t you see why the other villages next door do the same thing every year? After all, they are also fishing villages, and they also rely on the sea to eat, so they can’t be left behind.

Hailuo Village is no longer a dispensable village in the past, it is the poorest village. In this way, the annual tax and so on should make the village head have a headache and want to hit the wall, but the village head is getting more and more serious. The happier you are, the more relaxed you are. It's a bit strange to say this, but who made them really lucky.

The county magistrates in the county have changed twice, and Hailuo Village, as a representative of persuading farmers and mulberry, has attracted attention from time to time, and because of this, it has taken a big advantage in paying taxes and other issues. There were a lot of troubles, and with the help of Liu Dianli, who was promoted to the position of Dian Shi with the help of another money offensive, he finally got an official uniform and became the lowest-ranking official, which gave Hailuo Village a lot of blessings .

The family is going well, making money is going well, and there are many happy events. Under such circumstances, it is inevitable for the village to prosper. It is also under such circumstances that the Jia family once again began to stand out.

In Jia Xun's year, he became a scholar smoothly. At the same time, Brother Xing reluctantly hung up a car tail, and also won the title of a scholar. He was a junior, and he became a child student anyway. This made the Jia family famous in the whole village. His status has suddenly risen, and he has become the most educated family in the village other than Master Wei's family who has successfully become a Juren and has begun to work hard for Jinshi.

Some people may think that this Jia Xun started studying in his previous life. I don’t know how many years he has been studying. It’s really incompetent to get such a scholar’s ​​title at this age, but in Jia Xun’s own opinion, he is already very Not bad.

In his previous life, he had read books of many ages, but how much distraction could he use for the so-called reading at that time?Anyone who cares about the environment in that school knows what it is like, not to mention the fact that Mrs. Wang often calls him to copy scriptures. To put it bluntly, the so-called reading is nothing more than practicing words like that. On the contrary, I learned very little with tight books, but I can guarantee that I know all the words.

After arriving here, the so-called reading at the beginning was to learn from the beginning, and with the burden of the family, it can be said that a lot of time and energy were wasted, not to mention that the professor's wife was just a boy himself, and his knowledge was really limited. However, the teaching Jia Xun can get is also very shallow. Under such circumstances, Jia Xun can persist in copying borrowed books, filling his study room, and filling his own knowledge. Perseverance child.

If it weren't for the careful teaching of Mr. Wei later, if it wasn't for him to still have some friendship with the young master of the Xu family, would he ask for a lesson or two when borrowing books, and learn some knowledge from this imperial examination man? He himself, I'm afraid that at this moment, he may not be able to pass the exam smoothly, and even get good grades in the top few.In the final analysis, knowledge does not mean that one can immediately become a child prodigy by relying on rote memorization. If it were so simple, the imperial examination would not be able to eliminate people like this.

Of course, in these years, the Jia family has gradually become more and more different. For example, the Jia family now has 45 acres of middle field, [-] acres of slope land, and [-] acres of valley fields. In addition, a courtyard house was set up in the county seat. Whether in Hailuo Village or nearby towns, such a property can be regarded as a medium-sized family.

The house in the village, because Jia Xun got married last year, was renovated again, adding two cross-courtyards, which can be regarded as the yard where Jia Xun and Xiaosan will get married in the future. In this way, although it is still just a stone, earthen embryo and tile house, the place is large. After a while, a large area was drawn in from the left and right sides of the house, and each cross-courtyard was in a neat courtyard pattern. Even the backyard of the house was pushed back three feet. The original backyard became a yard, and the place where it was pushed back was built for livestock The shed makes the whole home more grand.In the village, the village head's family can be compared, even Weiju's family has only expanded into a three-entry courtyard in the past few years.

Jia Xun's daughter-in-law is the daughter of an old scholar in the county. Her family is somewhat difficult, but she is gentle, polite, and literate. On the whole, she is more decent than Xiao Miao and Jia Xun's eldest sister-in-law. , Only in this way can a family of such status be established. Although the other party's family is not good, but with the status of this talented daughter, she is enough to look down on the daughter-in-law of the entire village.

The Qi family wanted to earn face for the family, so naturally they didn't think too much about the conditions of the in-laws' family, and even secretly prepared some other things for the daughter-in-law as a dowry for the sake of looking good, so as not to look bad when they brought them in.Today's Jia family is much more relaxed about money.To put it crudely, it is not short of money!As far as those industries are concerned, they can earn nearly 150 taels a year. If you add a few brothers who go to sea, sell seafood in Beijing during the New Year, or other sporadic income, there will be about [-] taels a year. Naturally, it is very easy on hand.He even wondered, if the children in the family don't plan to take the imperial examinations in the next three years, should they take out the money used in the imperial examinations and buy more good land, so that the family's annual fixed income will be more substantial in the future.

Although it is said that there are many families in this village who have more money than the Jia family, and some who are dedicated to business even have shops in the town, but when it comes to social status, let alone the Jia family. better.After so many years, Qi's habit of spending money as soon as he gets it has changed a lot. He is no longer trembling like before, as if having too much money will burn his hands.The Qi family began to have a different bearing after raising the body and living in the air.

"Second brother, are you really not going to try the rural exam next year?"

It's different from Qi's calculation of land, this brother Jia Xing doesn't look like a scholar at the end of the crane, but he cares most about the imperial examination. Of course, this care is not for himself, he also knows that he can be admitted as a scholar, that's really true The ancestral grave is full of smoke, and I don't know where I got the result of luck, but the second brother is different, he is the top few, with such a result, if he is lucky in the provincial examination, it is really possible to get a Juren, if that is the case , You don’t have to pay taxes on your own land.How could he not be moved?

Jia Xun closed the book in his hand, smiled at his eldest brother, and said:

"I've figured it out. As far as my current ability is concerned, it's really forced. It's better not to suffer this crime. I thought about going to the Academy for a while. I heard that the master of Xishan Academy is an old Juren. There was a Jinshi in that academy, so I think there must be something special about it, I go to study there for a while, and I will be more sure when I go to the township examination three years later."

Speaking of Xishan Academy, somehow Jia Xun thought of the first time he went to sell wind chimes that year, and even Brother Xing seemed to be reminded of it, with a little nostalgia in his eyes.

"Xishan Academy, speaking of it, the young master of the Xu family has been in the capital for a few years, why hasn't he come back? Could it be that he won't be ready to go home if he won the Jinshi examination? As for his current status as a juror, he is also very good. Our county How many people are more promising than him?"

The two brothers were talking, and the topic was led to another place by the Xishan Academy, the place where they could only look up at the foot of the mountain before, but now their identities as brothers, they can already walk in through the main entrance dignifiedly, this change It is really exciting.