Meng Ming returned to his room and sorted out the content of his father's and mother's conversation, he only knew about the situation of one of his small families these days, and he never specifically understood the situation of only his grandfather. Meng Ming's grandfather's name is Meng Xian, he is an old boy (a scholar who has passed the county and government examinations, but has not been admitted to Xiucai), fifty-three years old this year, is a lieutenant, and has been a teacher for more than 10 years; Grandpa has a wife and a concubine, and Grandma Meng Ming is a wife, fifty-one years old, and has three sons and one daughter: the eldest son Meng Ke is thirty-two years old, and his wife Zhang is twenty-nine years old, and has two sons and one daughter; The second son is Meng Ming's father, don't say more; The third son, Meng Kang, is twenty-three years old, and his wife Liu is twenty-one years old, with a son and a daughter; The concubine Meng Jiao is twenty-three years old and is married. Grandfather's concubine Zhao has a son and a daughter: the concubine Meng Xiang is eighteen years old, his wife Liu is sixteen, and he has no children; Concubine Meng Mei, sixteen years old, waiting for the word boudoir.

There are 700 acres of fertile land in the hometown, and the old man divided the family a few years ago, and the uncle is the eldest son who shared the most: 300 acres of fertile land, a new house in the village, one acre square; Meng Ming's father got a hundred acres of fertile land, a county town house, one acre square, and a grain store; The third uncle got 100 acres of fertile land, a new house in the village, one acre square, and a wooden shop. In the end, Uncle Xiang was given 50 acres of fertile land, and a county house was seven acres square, and he was looking for his own way out. The old man kept 50 acres of fertile land, and the son of each house needed to give the old man 52 pieces of silver every year (except for Uncle Xiang), and each son of the family list was a copy, signed and sealed, and the government filed and sealed.

According to the situation, there should be no disputes, Meng Ming also felt that the old man was not a stubborn person, in fact, it was the early Northern Song Dynasty, and it was not yet the time when the Southern Song Dynasty was prosperous and suppressed human nature, at this time, people's minds were still relatively open-minded, and they were quite influenced by the Tang Dynasty. From this family list, it can be seen that Meng Ming's cheap grandfather is a person who understands, why did he let the second cousin go to Meng Ming's store to be an apprentice in the bookkeeper, there must be an inside story. Meng Ming also understands the situation of my eldest uncle's family, last year, that is, in the ninth year of Dazhong Xiangfu (1016), my eldest uncle was admitted to Xiucai, and his lobby brother was also admitted to Xiucai, and the father and son were both admitted to Xiucai, which was also a sensation, and the old man was also very pleased. Moreover, the eldest aunt Zhang, is a local family, the ancestors have been high-ranking officials, and now there is an uncle who is the prefect of Nanyang Mansion, and many clansmen are on errands in the county and state offices, so the Zhang family is a little domineering, so Meng Ming's aunt is a little domineering, since his uncle and the lobby brother have become Xiucai, and they are even empty-eyed in this family, but sometimes they don't even pay attention to Meng Ming's grandfather.

Meng Ming's grandfather was also a little helpless, turning a blind eye to Meng Ming's aunt's excesses, a few days ago she questioned this family separation, thinking that her grandfather's family division was unfair, her family was a long house, and she should be divided more, and even said that Meng Ming's uncle Xiang was not qualified to divide the family property because of his concubine. forcibly drove Uncle Xiang's tenants away, forcibly cultivated Uncle Xiang's land, and said that the fertilizer and water would not flow into the fields of outsiders, and the rent would be given to Uncle Xiang, and the wheat had been in storage for nearly two months, and there was no rent for Uncle Xiang. It's over. The second uncle's land next to the uncle's land was also encroached on nearly ten acres, and finally the second uncle made a lot of trouble, and he had to fight with the uncle before returning the land.

Meng Ming's land is another piece of land, which is not bounded by the uncle's land, and there is nothing to do with each other. I didn't expect to hit Meng Ming's shop again. It stands to reason that Uncle Meng Ming's family shouldn't be so ugly, and Meng Ming understands that his uncle's family may not be able to make ends meet. Uncle Meng Ming has some impressions, he studies all day long, regardless of family affairs, and often comes to the county to find some fox friends and dog friends to fool around, in the name of study tours, spending money lavishly, I remember that I borrowed more than forty taels from Meng Ming's house this year, and I didn't see it back, and finally Meng Ming and his mother didn't lend him his uncle regardless of his father's face, and the uncle scolded and slammed the door and left. Brother Lobby is like this, he really has a father and a son, he has learned all the bad things, and he spends a lot of money. The second cousin has been favored and doted on since he was a child, and now he is a troublemaker, today he hurts others, and tomorrow he orders someone's room, and now he is molesting the little girl, and he has the style of the second ancestor. The eldest aunt will not be able to keep the house, so she wants to save face, and gradually she is stretched thin, and the harvest in the field cannot make ends meet, so she eats a lot of grain. The eldest aunt did not reflect on herself, but started her own brother-in-law's idea. So there is the scenario above.

Forget it, let's talk about it when grandpa comes, adapt to the situation, the soldiers will block, and the water will cover the earth. Meng Ming didn't have the heart to copy "Strange Tales from Liaozhai", go and review the book, the current situation is that in the world of scholars, if you want to get ahead, you must take the test to gain fame. Today's official family has made a "Persuasion Poem": "Rich families don't need to buy good land, there are thousands of millets in the book." There is no need to raise a hall to live in peace, and there is a golden house in the book. Don't hate to go out with no one, there are many cars and horses in the book. Don't hate unscrupulous matchmakers when marrying a wife, there is Yan Ruyu in the book. If a boy follows his life's aspirations, he reads the Six Classics to the window. "Persuade people to learn.

Meng Ming secretly checked the specific content format of the county examination, which included four books, test poems, five scriptures, poems, fu, strategies, treatises, sexual theories, and holy oracles. Questions, poems, and essays all have a certain format, and they cannot be committed by the temple (the name of the late emperor), the imperial name (the name of the current emperor) and the holy name (the name of the ancestor Confucius), and the examination essay must not be less than 300 words. There are more than a dozen papers in each field, the red line is horizontal and vertical, and several blank drafts are attached. Meng Ming found a lot of Fan Wen in the study, my father is also a child, and he wants to sprint to take the Xiucai test. I read the scriptures that I was going to test, and the questions came out of it. Now I find that memory is good, ten lines at a glance, never forget, is it the reason for the crossing, it is really thunderous.

Meng Ming watched it for a long time, but he didn't realize that it was dark, so he read it at night. Suddenly my stomach rumbled, hey, I'm hungry, I haven't eaten dinner yet? I turned around and came to the restaurant, my father hadn't come back yet, Aunt Yang was serving the meal, my sister and sister had already sat down, my mother also came in, and then my father also came in, and my mother complained that my father came back late and starved the child. Speechless during the meal, Meng Ming told his father and mother that he was going to study in a private school, and asked about some of the county exams. Daddy told Meng Ming some details after the exam. Dad also told him that this year's county and state exams have been postponed to November, and there are still three months left. Meng Ming wanted to try it, but he didn't tell his father, so he went to the private school first and asked Mr.

I got up early in the morning, washed up, picked up my schoolbag and went out, and trotted along the small alley, feeling a little excited and a little apprehensive. The door of the private school opened, there were already a few students, according to the memory I found my own seat, sat down and looked at the book, after a while, the bell rang a few times, the class was over, the old gentleman came in, the old gentleman was more than six meters old, his hair was gray, his face was thin, there were many wrinkles, he had a sheep's horn beard, his eyes were bright, he was dressed in a black robe, his upper body was covered with a navy blue shirt, his waist was straight, and his spirit was strong. Meng Ming looked around, there were fifteen people, the older students were fifteen or sixteen years old, and the younger ones were six or seven years old. The seats are arranged according to height and age, and Meng Ming is in the middle. Mr. is now talking about Mengxue, six or seven-year-old children learned, talking about the phonetic reverse cut method, this traditional Chinese phonetic method, the upper word in the two words take its sound, the lower word takes its rhyme and tone, and spells out the pronunciation of the phonetic word. Such as "practice, Lang Dian cut". It's harder to learn. These six or seven-year-old students haven't learned for a long time, and they are so angry that they stare at each other. Finally, it is taught to the older children who have learned the reverse cut method.

Since the back of the private school is Mr.'s home, at this time, Mr. Li was just about to leave, Meng Ming chased after him, and Meng Ming wanted to ask him about the specific information of the county test. Mr. Li was quite surprised, so he called me to his house, which was a little simple, a small courtyard, four rooms in the north house, and a makeshift shack in the west, where he could cook. He led Meng Ming to his guest hall, asked his wife to make a cup of tea, and asked Meng Ming to ask questions, the more Meng Ming asked, the brighter Mr.'s eyes became, during which he also asked Meng Ming many questions, especially the examination of the scriptures, Meng Ming's answers were fluent, Mr. looked at Meng Ming, his eyes were full of shock and incredulity. The gentleman asked: "Meng boy, I don't usually stand out, you seem to be stubborn, but you are a piece of jade, you haven't been singing for three years, and you are amazing." Want to take the prefectural exam? Meng Ming said, "Yes, thank you Master for your cultivation." The gentleman said: "Okay, the old man will give you a guarantee, the county test has been postponed this year, it is a good thing for you, three months, you have to hurry, the old man will also be eyeing it." The gentleman got up and went to the inner room, and from time to time he brought a stack of books. said to Meng Ming: "It's just a must-test thing for the county exam, the test question set over the years and some of the old man's experience are all here, you take a good look at it, see it through, eat it thoroughly, it must be bad, you go back, take a good look at it, I will supervise and train you from tomorrow." Meng Ming got up and bowed to his husband in thanks, turned around and left to go home. The gentleman stroked his beard and said, "I didn't see it before, it should be a manufacturable material, and it will become a great tool."

Mr. has only one daughter, named Li Yuchan, who is thirteen years old, and belongs to the old woman. It's strange to say, what happened to Meng Ming one day, on June 23, Li Yuchan was playing with her girlfriends, and suddenly fell into the water in the white wolf water, and she was out of breath when she was rescued. Later, I was ready for the future, but I didn't expect to wake up again, and people also wanted to lose their souls, all day long, lost their souls, and said something out of tune, which made the old gentleman sad that his gray hair was a lot more, and the teacher was also hit hard, sighed for a long time, and prayed for her daughter