As Shen Rui said to Sister Yu, for the children of scholarly families who were enlightened at the age of four or five, the county test and the government test are nothing.

Even if Shen Jue was not as diligent as Shen Rui in reading in the past, he couldn't bear to be enlightened early, and when he couldn't hold the brush, he followed the master to recite the "Three Character Classic" and "Thousand Character Text". After entering the clan school, because he is a descendant of the clan family, he is valued by the master in the clan study, and his schoolwork has always been the best among his classmates.

Therefore, in the county test in February and the government test in April, Shen Jue was obediently passed, although he was not the head of the case, he was also on the red list.

The apprehension in Shen Jue's heart, after taking the test twice, was almost gone.

When the results of the government examination came out, he was a little proud, shook his fan, and said to Shen Rui: "When I was a child, I heard the elders in the clan mention that it is not easy to take the exam, it is not easy, and a show talent is decent; If any of the clansmen were lifted, they would immediately change their courts. I looked, and it wasn't that difficult......"

Shen Rui snorted lightly and said, "This is also in the capital, there are many admissions, and there are not as many students as in the south." You must know that in the south of the Yangtze River, you have to squeeze your head out of the test for a child, and if you want to show your talents, you have to fight for a bloody road; When it comes to the township exam, let alone the middle lift, how many people have boiled their hair gray and are not qualified to take the exam. ”

"How can you say that there are not as many scholars in the capital as in the south? Look, there are a lot of candidates taking the exam this year? Shen Jue was puzzled.

Shen Rui said: "Although there are many candidates, they come from a variety of backgrounds, and some of them only know a word even if they have studied in a private school for ten years. When they arrived at the examination room, these people were just escorts; Where is it comparable to Jiangnan, the people are rich, most of them are farming and reading heirlooms, generations of scholars, who is up and who is down, in addition to learning, there is luck in it, no one is much worse than whom. ”

Shen Jue thought about it, this is indeed the truth, and said: "No wonder people like the third brother who studied hard when he was a child were stuck in the hospital for several years. Among the almost big brothers, except for Shen Zhu and Brother Jin, the third brother is the most meticulous in reading. This year, he will also take the exam, and I hope it will go smoothly. ”

Shen Rui said: "Didn't Brother Ying say that the third brother's time has arrived?" It should be about the same, but I don't know how the township test will be next year......"

Shen Jue glanced at Shen Rui and said, "In the last township test, the Shen family was wiped out in the last show. Next year, Shen Zhu and Brother Jin will both be killed, and they should have something to gain in the future. ”

As for Shen Yan, who is on the list, even if his surname is Shen, he can't be recognized by the clan, and if he is not included in the family tree, he is not considered a Shen family.

Shen Rui nodded and said, "That's the case." The eldest brother was Sanyuan back then, and he was a student of the school school, and he was first-class in the annual subject exam, and it was a matter of time before he was on the list. It's Shen Zhu, it's hard to say

What Shen Zhu did in Beijing last year was really unbearable, Shen Jue and Shen Rui were full of bad feelings towards him, and the title of "Brother Zhu Jiu" was long gone.

In the early years, Shen Jue was unhappy with Shen Rui, and looked down on Shen Jin, the eldest son of the four-room concubine, and always mentioned it as a "concubine". Now that they are far away, Shen Jin and Shen Rui have no conflict of interest, and Shen Jue's dislike for Shen Jin is much less. In addition, the identity changed, and he knew that etiquette was important, so he changed his name in his mouth.

"Didn't you say that it was a matter of time before the second brother entered the school? Is it okay to take the township test next year, and the second brother is no problem here? Shen Jue said excitedly.

Shen Rui smiled and said: "Morning and evening are early and late. If you don't wait for next year's township exam, where can this student be vacant casually? It's also three yuan, and I can't catch up with Brother Jin's weight. In the Jingcheng and Rural Trial, it is easier to end up than in the local area, and it is difficult to be on the list. There are many prisoners and Confucian scholars in Beijing, and even if the number of people admitted to the township examination is higher than that of other provinces, the competition is not much better than that of other provinces. No one can say for sure what the outcome will be before this end......"

The main courtyard, the upper room.

Mao's mother took two booklets in her hand and came over to talk back.

In a few days, Qiao's will be sent out of the Shen family in the name of "recuperation". This is not a simple punishment, the Shen family will naturally not hide it from the Qiao family, otherwise it will be unreasonable.

After the second housekeeper brought back Shen Zhou's reply, Shen Cang and his wife did not rush to send Qiao's away, but waited for Shen Jue to finish the government examination before mentioning the matter.

On this day, just in time for Shen Cang to rest and mu, he thought about ending the matter, and posted in advance to invite the three masters of the Qiao family to come over. Even if this is a family ugly, it is not the business of the Shen family, and the Qiao family is not innocent if they can teach a daughter with such a heart as Qiao. What should be said and what should be informed, the Qiao family in the province later felt that the Shen family was unkind and treated the Qiao family badly.

When several masters received Shen Cang's post, they were all in a hurry, but they didn't think of Qiao's body, but they all thought it was Shen Jue's business.

Shen Jue, as a grandson, served Mrs. Qiao for a small service, and a few days ago it was the time to remove the service.

Shen Jue and Shen Rui are the same Geng, Shen Rui got married the year before last, Shen Jue is fifteen years old this year, and it is time to see his daughter-in-law. After all, the heir is for the sake of succession.

Shen Zhou is not in Beijing, Qiao's illness is weak, and Shen Cang, the uncle, wants to say goodbye to his nephew, so there is no reason not to know the Qiao family.

On the Qiao family's side, the second and third masters of Qiao moved out of Qiao's house one after another after the New Year.

Although Master Qiao was untalented before, he had been mixed in the yamen for half his life, and all kinds of exchanges and entertainments were constant, otherwise he would not be an old man. Now that the dismissal and filial piety are connected, there is nothing to do, and all entertainment is exempted, and I am really not used to it for a while.

If he can't be idle, he can focus on tossing his children and grandchildren, and he is bent on teaching a person to raise people and jinshi to revive the prestige of the Qiao family. But he himself is only half a bottle of water, even if he wants to pretend to understand, he can't teach on time, so he blindly wants to be a strict father and grandfather, and he can't keep up with his homework later, that is, he takes turns to take the ruler and the board.

The chickens and dogs jumped up and down the big house, whether it was the youngest son Qiao Yongde or several grandchildren, they were all tossed by Master Qiao. Even if I had the desire to learn earlier, I was pressed by the heavy schoolwork, and I also had a rebellious heart, and I was fooled if I could.

Master Qiao does bad things with good intentions, in the final analysis, it is the four words "too much".

Mrs. Qiao felt sorry for her children and grandchildren, so she had to open her mouth to dissuade her.

Master Qiao scolded and said: "If you weren't blindly pampered, you wouldn't have raised your children and grandchildren badly, don't talk more, you are not a virtuous woman, do you want to harm my Qiao family and have no successor?" ”

Mrs. Qiao was angry, she married into the Qiao family, served her in-laws, and raised her children, and worked hard for 30 years, but she was "not virtuous".

Although she had long known that her husband had a dislike for herself because of last year's incident, Mrs. Qiao was also cold, and the husband and wife became more and more "respectful of each other".

Compared with Master Qiao, who has completely lost his career, Master Qiao San values his future the most, but now he has no choice but to say that it is too early to say anything, and he can only survive his life.

However, compared with the chickens and dogs in the big house, the days of the Qiao family's third room are calm and warm.

Even if the ancestral business of the Qiao family was lost, Mrs. Qiao's private house was also taken by Master Qiao to pay a fine from the Criminal Department, but Qiao Sanye has been in Jiangnan for a few years, even if he was not a poor student in his early years, but just other auxiliary officials, because he can socialize, he gets along well with Shangguan colleagues, and he has successively started to "filial piety" in many places.

These silver coins, except for a part of the filial piety given to Mrs. Qiao in his early years, the rest of the money is in his hands.

However, even if there is a lot of money in his hand, after moving out of the list, the life of Master Qiao San's family has also begun to be thrifty, and he has not squandered it. The subordinates who serve in the family, in addition to the ones that are used seriously, many of them are tricky and slippery, and they are also sold by the third wife.

Both husband and wife know that after the third master of Qiao is filial piety, there are several big expenses in the family, and the third master of Qiao is revived, and a pair of children in the family marry and marry, and they have to use money everywhere. As for the eldest daughter of the concubine, the dowry has been prepared a long time ago, but there is no need to wait until then.

Although there is oil and water in being an official abroad, if you want to be promoted with mixed qualifications, you still have to stay in Beijing. Master Qiao San is also a person who will be forty, so he naturally wants to stay in Beijing, and when the time comes, it will cost a lot of money to find a relationship.

Whether you can stay in Beijing, what yamen to go to if you stay in Beijing, and what to do if you can't stay in Beijing, this is a bottomless matter, and the husband and wife are naturally tight-handed, and they want to be prepared.

Yin and yang are wrong, so that the children of the third room are sensible. They didn't know the plans of Mr. and Mrs. Qiao San, but after the separation, life at home was really not as good as in the past.

The two little ladies did not complain, but did needlework if they could, and took the initiative to ask for two less pieces of new clothes in the new season; As for Liulang Qiao Yongshan, he studied more and more diligently, and he didn't want to slack off for a moment, thinking that if he became famous as soon as possible, he could also make more money in his family.

Although the house is small and the population of the family is small, this is what it is like to live at home.

The big house and the three houses study together, but the second master has a hard time.

In his early years, he took care of the chores of the Qiao family, although the Qiao brothers were not of high grade, but Sheng was an old family in the capital in the Qiao family, and there were several capable in-laws; Second Master Qiao himself is a prisoner, and he can also put the master's score in and out.

Now after the separation, even if you don't restart the stall yourself, there are more people who come to the door and reach out.

Second Master Qiao felt obediently and noticed that something was wrong, so he immediately thought of the Shen family, came to the door to ask to see Shen Cang, and wanted to give Shen Cang the shares of a few shops.

As for sending his sister-in-law Qiao or nephew Shen Jue to the shares, the second master Qiao didn't think about it. Although the two are nominally closer to him, they are not people who can manage things, even if they send Yu shares over, they can't count on something, and they even ask for Shen Cang and his wife in the end.

Although Shen Cang couldn't completely sever relations with the Qiao family, he didn't want to do more and politely refused the matter.

Second Master Qiao couldn't, so he had to ask Third Master Qiao and ask Third Master Qiao to find other ways to take refuge.

Regarding the rejection by Shen Cang, Second Master Qiao did not hide it from Third Master Qiao.

Although the third master Qiao felt that Shen Cang was a little cold, he was not surprised, and comforted the second master: "It's not that the eldest cousin is unkind, in addition to their own industry, the Shen family has rarely invested in the shops outside. The eldest cousin-in-law has a rich dowry, and the Shen family is not short of chewing. changed to someone else, such a cheap thing, even if you don't send it to the door, you have to take the initiative to reach out. ”

Second Master Qiao nodded yes and said nothing else.

Although he didn't enter the office, he saw a lot of people in the mall, and he had some eyesight.

Shen Cang is in the main hall of the Criminal Department, and if he wants to take care of the Qiao family's business, even if he is not willing to accept the shares, it is just a matter of words. After Shen Cang refused, he didn't mention anything else, obviously too lazy to continue to take care of the Qiao family.

"refuse" him this time, and next time he will be able to "refuse" Master Qiao San.

It's a pity that the third master Qiao can't see this, and he has a face that he and the Shen family brothers are cousins, which is really ridiculous......