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When she first came to this era, Chen Xuejiao saw that her father was a down-and-out talent in a private school, and she couldn't look down on it, but when she really integrated into the life here, she found that Xiucai was not so easy to test.

If you want to get the opportunity to take the college exam, you need to be admitted to the Tong Sheng, and only when you are admitted to the Tong Sheng can you be considered a student to be eligible to participate in the college exam. After that, it can be regarded as truly embarking on the road of the imperial examination, and if you have not passed any of these links, your study career may come to an end.

You can't underestimate children, so many students in the whole province took the exam, and only more than 30 were taken.

Some scholars have been admitted until they are gray-haired and still just poor children.

Li feels that his face has a light these days, not only because her husband is back, but more importantly, Qi An was admitted to Tongsheng at a young age. People in the countryside value people who read books and know the benefits of reading. She doesn't want her children to have a chance to study, and Qi An has a chance to be a mother.

Thinking that when she married Chen Xiucai, she also valued him as a scholar, although he had lived a hard life with him for more than ten years, but once the scholar really started to do things, he was indeed much more productive than Bai Ding, so many people in Baitu Town went out to run boats and sell horses, and Chen Xiucai alone came back with a lot of money, although part of the reason was due to Xu Xiucai's blessing, but it also depends on his own ability to stand up.

"Brother, you just have to study in the future. Don't worry about anything at home. Xue Jiao said to Qi An in private.

"Yes, no matter whether you can take the test or not, you like to study and study." Li knows that his son likes to read, and he doesn't necessarily have to be an official like Xu Xiucai, as long as he sits upright and understands things.

"I know that if the book is read, it doesn't make sense. He may not necessarily be a good official in the future. I just got a boy's exam. In the future, I saw many 50-year-old men in the same exam room with me, which shows how difficult this road is. Qi An seemed to be a little stressed in his heart. Since he was admitted to the Tongsheng Examination, many people have poured into Ulala's family, complimenting him with words such as "At first glance, he is the material to be an official" and "he may not be a big official in the future". On the contrary, they are more aware of their own shortcomings.

Xue Jiao and Li Shi were naturally very comforted when they heard Qi An say this.

But as long as he has the strength to read it. You can afford it at home. They now have a little money, but it is very expensive to study, and they have to provide for it until the imperial examination comes out, and the family still needs to keep making progress.

Yesterday I had a dinner treat. Old man Chen drank a few more glasses of wine because his eldest son came back and his two grandsons were born as children. Talked a lot of nonsense.

"Qi An and Qi Lin were admitted to the children's school, which is a major event for our Chen family." Yesterday, Old Man Chen took Qi An's hand on the wine table and said, and looked at Chen Xiucai again. The old man burst into tears, "When the family was poor, it delayed your study, otherwise you wouldn't have to be poor now." ”

Xu Guozhi is now the governor of Zhejiang has spread throughout Baitu Town, recently many literati and writers have come to Maoshan Village to find Xu Guozhi's former residence, his former residence is on the opposite side of the river, and the Chen family is far away, now only a dilapidated thatched house remains, his people and his mother are dead. Chen Xuejiao saw that Old Man Chen shed tears, and she didn't know if he regretted not letting his son study now, or if this regret had always been in his heart and only expressed it today. Chen Xiucai didn't say a word about the things of that year, but Wen Ying often mentioned that Chen Xiucai finally earned some silver with the horse team and planned to go to Beijing to take the exam, but the silver was looted away by Mrs. Chen, and Chen Xiucai was given laxatives to Chen Xiucai, Chen Xiucai was weakly carried back home before he left Baitu Town, and since then he has never mentioned the matter of entering Beijing to catch the exam, and then he was engaged to the Li family, and it happened that Master Qin came to the village to set up a private school, so he went to teach and Li lived in the village wholeheartedly.

"Dad, you can't say that, even if I continue to study, I may not be as productive as Xu Guozhi." Chen Xiucai comforted Old Man Chen.

Old Man Chen sent his grandson's hand, then took his son's hand and sighed: "You are now working outside for a living, although you have earned a few silver, but you have suffered a lot in the wind and rain. These days when you are outside, I think about it and think about it, I have a lot of things to say to you, take advantage of it today I will say that the family is poor, the money you earned in the private school in previous years is spent together, but you can't write a single word and now you are divided, you don't teach, Qi'an Qiping studys, the family spends a lot, this is a helpless thing. However, you are a showman, a scholar, do you think how many showmen are there in our entire Baitu Town? Shinong industry and commerce, even if you can't go out, you have to cultivate and read heirlooms, this is the right way, don't fall to the point of businessmen, your brothers don't have the brains to read, now the family is good to have a Qi An and Qi Lin, the hope of the old Chen family falls on their heads....... although you can make money outside, I think you are still at home to find a library to teach is serious, you are not working or doing business now, it is not appropriate to do business in the name of Xiucai after all"

Old Man Chen's words made the shopkeeper Han and the others at the banquet slightly embarrassed.

He said this euphemistically, but the meaning was extremely clear, and no one at the table could not understand it. In this era, the industrial and commercial classes of Shinong are distinct, and it is purely helpless for the poor family to do some business, and the old man Chen is extremely disapproves, especially his son is a talented man to do business, he is even more sad. Mr. Chen hopes that even if they can't be scholars, they will be safe and stable farmers, not some industry and business, no matter how big the family wealth is, it is not as high as the status of a down-and-out scholar.

Chen Xiucai listened to Old Man Chen's words and was speechless for a while.

Chen Xuejiao thought that her father had listened to Mr. Chen's words, and this time he brought a lot of silver when he went home, and there was no problem with eating and drinking every day.

"Dad, tell me about the things outside." Early in the morning, Chen Xuejiao pestered Chen Xiucai and asked him to talk about the outside world.

Chen Xiucai attaches great importance to this daughter, if it weren't for Xue Jiao's dedication to making money, he would not have put down his ideological baggage and went out to run a boat.

"Okay, I'll tell you about Yuhang and Shudi." Chen Xiucai talked about it with a smile, and the tide of Yuhang, silkworm raising girls, silk reeling workshops, the climate of Shudi, and the former residences of celebrities talked about it for two hours.

Qi Ping, Qi An, Xue Ru, and Jing Hao all listened together.

“…… Dad, I said last night that I want you to find a library to teach at home, what do you think? Chen Xuejiao asked Chen Xiucai what he thought, although the class concept in this era is clear, Chen Xuejiao still doesn't want Chen Xiucai to give up business, after all, only by holding the silver can he live a good life and support Qi An to study.

"I think differently from your grandfather, I only knew what a family business is when I went out this time, there are workshops in Jiangnan people separated by a few households, such as silk workshops, cloth workshops, and even shoe workshops, and hired people to work, counting money by day or piece, day by day and year The huge family business will be accumulated, only the accumulation of family business can run a family school, and future generations can study with peace of mind, if it is for generations to run for a living, how can they study with peace of mind." Chen Xiucai nodded slightly, and the head of the analysis said, "I have to go out when I come back this time." ”

Chen Xiucai went to a few places and opened his eyes, there was no concept of Shinong industry and commerce in that place in the south of the Yangtze River, even if it was an official, he had to run a shop. For example, Xu Guozhi, if it weren't for the Yue family with mountains of silver, how could he study and concentrate on the imperial examination with peace of mind.

Hearing Chen Xiucai say this, Xuejiao's heart was steady.

"It's been a few days since the family came, and I thought about leaving, we can live with these now, I don't think it's better to put down the yard and buy some fields, although it's not rich and expensive, but you don't have to worry about eating and drinking, you find a museum to teach, don't run out." How much money can Qi An spend on studying, it is enough to save a sum here and save a little there. Li agrees with Mr. Chen's words, and there is an embroidery workshop at home, although the money is not much, but the daily stomach is enough, and the salted duck egg workshop is opening in a few days, the days are not as good as possible, the mountains and rivers outside are sinister, if there is really a good one, how can she and the children live.

"You haven't been out there, you don't know what's going on outside." Chen Xiucai smiled and said to the Li family, "You have followed me through these hard days, how can you continue to live a frugal life in the future?" When I came back this time, I planned to buy a yard, or the town or Xuzhou Mansion, so that you and your children would not suffer. ”

When Li heard Chen Xiucai say this, he knew that he always cared about her and the child, and his eyes turned red first.

"Dad, I want to go out with you in the future." Xue Jiao said.

"Okay, I'll take you, don't worry. You are so young that you can come up with the idea of an embroidery workshop, although you are a daughter, you are not simpler than a man. Last night, Chen Xuejiao told Chen Xiucai about the salted duck egg workshop, and Chen Xiucai agreed with her idea as soon as she heard it.

Today's Chen Xiucai has seen the rich and prosperous place of Jinling City, and traveled through the rouge silkworm rice township in Suzhou Prefecture, and his natural mind and vision are different from those in the township.

Chen Xuejiao sat on the stool, grabbed the fruit on the table to eat, now there is no shortage of food at home, since Chen Xiucai came back, the food is more abundant than before, the stone is a colored, seeing that she loves to eat pine nut rose candy, she goes to the town every day to buy some back.

"Mother, when are we going to grandma's house?" Chen Xiucai came to the house these days, and it was the August Festival, so he should have gone to Li's house to visit relatives, because things have been delayed in the past two days, so Xue Jiao asked.

"I'll go tomorrow." Chen Xiucai spoke for the Li family, turned his head and instructed the Li family, "Those materials, you cut one piece of each horse for a few sisters-in-law to carry." ”

Li agreed.

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