In the room, Zhang Shouzheng looked at the two teenagers who were making trouble with a smile. In normal times, he would have used the whip to maintain order in the classroom, but at this moment, he did not stop the two happy peasant children. They were weighed down by the burden of life and rarely smiled, but at this time they were only a little sixteen years old.

That's right, the two people in this room at this moment are all from peasant families, and they are the same age as him.

Uncle works as a pawn in the Yahu room of Shuntian Mansion, and he is regarded as Deng Xiaoai, nicknamed Deng Xiaodao, who grew up in the village since he was a child.

The ancestors of the Deng family have been farming for generations, and their own fields are only ten acres, and the family has a large population that is not enough to make ends meet, so they are also tenants of the Zhang family - of course, Zhang Shou now knows that the Deng family should probably be regarded as the tenants of the Zhao family.

Seeing the two laughing, he suddenly felt something, and when he looked sideways, he found that Ah Liu didn't know when he appeared at the door of the room. This boy used to be so elusive, so he thought that there was something going on at home, and immediately left everyone and came to the door.

"She's just gone. ”

With such a simple three words, it is absolutely confusing to change a person, but Zhang Shou has been getting along with people for three years, and even guessed, and finally roughly understood that Ah Liu was probably talking about the eldest lady. It's just that he quickly deduced from Zhu Ying's temper that the so-called departure should not be to go back to the Zhaoguo Mansion in the capital, but that she had just come here, but she left suddenly.

Thinking of the incident that was being celebrated in the house just now, he understood it after thinking about it carefully, and smiled disapprerovitously: "Miss Qianjin naturally can't understand, what is there to be happy about a peasant son in the countryside who is admitted to a small official who is not in the stream." Whatever she thinks, it's not me begging her to stay in the country anyway. You sneak after her, lest she get into some trouble. ”

Seeing that Ah Liu nodded and turned around and left without saying a word, Zhang Shou, who was already accustomed to this silent servant, turned around and came back, but then remembered that Zhu Gongquan had revealed one thing before-in addition to the Tian Mansion, even the servants of the Zhang family were given by Zhao Guogong.

But seeing that Ah Liu was like that just now, it seems that he doesn't think Zhu Ying, the real eldest lady, is more important than him?

Zhang Shou never doubted the integrity of his three servants - although there was an illness that caused crossing in the middle, Wu, whose husband was unknown, and his father, who was unknown, lived peacefully and steadily in this countryside until now, and the three servants have contributed a lot.

So, he quickly put this doubt aside and returned to a few students who were about the same age.

The two teenagers in the room didn't notice what he was talking to Ah Liu, Deng Xiaodao saw Zhang Shou coming back at this time, and hurriedly stepped forward and said: "Little sir, my father and mother said that they would put wine on the table to thank you in the past two days!

"Let's not mention the repayment of the money for the time being, and it's not money, I'm just subsidizing your rations and meat. ”

"Mr. Xiao's words are not right!" "Since he can get the nickname of Derpy, Deng Derpy is not only clever, but also has a sense of deviance. He shook his head into a rattle, "My uncle has three sons in the family, if it weren't for me who learned arithmetic and reading and writing with my husband, and practiced a good hand, and could handle paperwork, where would I have been able to get the opportunity to take the Lingshi exam past them......?"

He raised his head, and his face was proud: "In this year's official examination, there are several questions that Mr. Xiao has said. One is to know the monk with a bowl, but it is slightly different from the original question of Mr. Xiao, it is a bowl of rice for four monks, a bowl of soup for five monks, a total of 297 bowls, ask how many monks there are in total. ”

In addition to this question, there are also five circles of vine wrapped around dead wood, the dead wood is four feet high, and the circumference is six feet, asking the length of the kudzu vine. There was another Han Xin soldier, two of the remaining three and three, four of the five and five of the others, and five of the seven and seven counts, asking at least how many people there were.

After I appeared on the stage, I found that countless people sighed, and almost no one could answer, but I was confident that I would answer correctly! So, I have been eating and studying all these years, and now I have passed the official examination and passed the Lingshi examination, so naturally I should repay Mr. Xiao well!"

Zhang Shou suddenly laughed dumbly. This kind of arithmetic problem, which will be at the level of primary school students in later generations, may not be included in the Olympiad problems, but it can be regarded as a top problem today. Seeing that Qi Liang was doing mental arithmetic quickly, and it didn't take long for him to report the correct answer, he couldn't help but nodded, and at the same time he was a little curious about the questioner. together

Although it is a official exam, it is really rare to meet an official who has a difficult math problem!

It's just that in the face of the two people who were too excited, he had to pour a basin of cold water: "Derpy, you are gratifying to be admitted to Lingshi, but you can't slack off." There are many small officials in the Shuntian Mansion, and you are a newcomer, even if you have the help of your uncle, you are easy to be stepped on, and you have to learn your skills diligently and diligently, and learn interpersonal communication on the other hand. ”

"You also said that the girl you want to marry is a little jasper. After the title of the gold list, the scholar married a new love on the one hand, and had no regrets about his wife, but it was all made up! A dignified manly husband, even if he wants to study, he depends on a woman to support him, do you want face? If you really want to like her, you should let her be beautiful and proud of you. ”

Speaking of this, Zhang Shou looked at Qi Liang, a thin young man on the side. If you don't talk about age, no one can tell that Qi Liang is even a year older than him, but he was seriously stunted in the past.

"And Xiao Qi, if you want to take the Xiucai exam, I can only help you. The old gentleman who quietly taught me in the past, I can memorize the Four Books and Five Classics, mathematics...... Ahem, even arithmetic, I also learned a lot. But Shiwen is such a thing, he knows me, I don't know him. Just like the official examination is completely different from the children's examination, mathematics and eight shares really don't match at all!"

Flutter –

Hearing such a crisp laugh, Zhang Shou couldn't help but be stunned. Of course, he could hear that this laughter belonged to Zhu Ying, but didn't Ah Liu say that the eldest lady had already left?

However, the two people in the house only thought that it was another urchin in the village who was eavesdropping, and they didn't pay attention to it.

Qi Liang smiled bitterly and said: "Shiwen is indeed too difficult, my father has been a child all his life, and he has been teaching me Shiwen since I was very young." But he can't learn his own four books, what's the use of just understanding those formats?"

Zhang Shou couldn't help but sigh secretly. Nowadays, this Ming Dynasty is different from the Ming Dynasty in many places in history, but this kind of thing is still a stepping stone for the imperial examination, and I don't know what happened to a certain founding ancestor.

"What's more, what he left me behind was a butt of debts and a bunch of ruined texts, if it weren't for Mr. Xiao, I might have been forced to death by the creditors a long time ago, where can I still study, and I passed the county exam? Really, I'm already grateful......"

Zhang Shou didn't wait for Qi Liang to finish his words of gratitude, so he interrupted: "The county test is due to your family history, and it has little to do with me, so the government test will be difficult." Derpy, since you have been admitted to the Shuntian Mansion to make a history of orders, you can help Xiao Qi inquire carefully and see if you can give his article to a good teacher. If you are fortunate enough to exchange letters, but you can't teach in person, you can take correspondence courses. ”

"Okay!" Deng Xiaoyu agreed, "Brother, Xiaoqi, you can rest assured, I will definitely ask for it with my heart!"

Before the overjoyed Qi Liang thanked him again, Zhang Shou diverted the topic.

"By the way, Derpy, you entered the household this time, right? If you can check the household registration information in the capital, can you do me a favor and check the marriage books of the children of those noble families in the capital? I remember that my mother mentioned that in the system of this dynasty, the marriage certificate must be reported by the yamen. A capable relative of my family in the capital claimed to have found me a good family among the top nobles, and I was so scared that I couldn't even sleep. ”

Outside the door, Zhu Ying had already gone and returned, originally secretly annoyed that Zhang Shou had heard her laughter, but she didn't hear it until she heard these last words.

Zhang Shou taught a young man to be admitted to the Shuntian Mansion as a junior official, originally to find out his life experience! Now for her, he didn't even bother to check his life experience, but first went to find out the marriage contract between the two of them.

However, what does it mean to claim to have found a good family affair, and she is so scared that she can't even sleep!