Today's breakfast was served with a pot of gruel that saw the shadow of the person, but because today was the day of the list, my mother specially added a small plate of pickles. For people like Mao Yulong, it is already a luxury to be able to have a little pickle with a meal every time. After all, in this era, salt is very expensive, and light rice is homely.

The mother served a bowl of porridge to Mao Yulong, and tried to fish a little thick under the bottom of the basin. Mao Yulong took it, and naturally brought it to the little sister who was staring at him, and then snatched the spoon in his mother's hand: "The township test is over, and the clan study is also on vacation, and there is nothing to do in the past few days, I want to go to Suzhou City to take a turn and see if there are any apprentices and other things to do, if there is an opportunity to do something like the account room, do a little work, and make up for the family, what do you think?" ”

After listening to her son's words, her mother's expression darkened, it seemed that her son had no confidence in being admitted to Xiucai, and his hard work was about to be in vain. But it is also said that his son is only fifteen, and it is only a matter of more than a month to study and improve. And the sons of the patriarch's uncle's family have all passed the exam to thirty-five, but he is still a white-clothed and talented person, and he is not so easy to test.

But then he changed to a resolute look: "The list will be released today, my son will definitely be able to be a showman, by that time, you have really found a job, will you go or not?" If you respond to others, you must not change your mouth, but who dares to hire a showman to work for others? So you still don't have to think about it. My mother is not old yet, and she can still manage this belongings, so you can wait for your studies to progress with peace of mind. ”

gave a bowl of porridge to his mother, and then said to his mother respectfully: "Mother, please eat." ”

Waiting for his mother to take a bite, Mao Yulong drank porridge slowly and reasonably, and persuaded his mother: "Jiangnan has a prosperous literary style, which can be described as a wealth of talents, and the imperial court also has to take care of the north and favor them with a quota, so in our place, it is not easy to take a show in the examination, you don't see that the brother of our main house is in his thirties, and he studies diligently every day, but he is still a white body." I was admitted to Xiucai at such a young age, so I didn't get angry with those people in the clan study. ”

In fact, Mao Yulong didn't say that for himself, a former scholar, he inexplicably traveled back to the Ming Dynasty, although it was not a long time, but the original Mao Yulong, the book in his head has been memorized, but he is a bit stupid, and his understanding and analysis are poor, so he will be in such a situation, but he added his own thought that in his previous life, he was a monkey spirit who was observant of words and colors, and he was a dull showman, so it was not like a play? It's just to find some papers that were originally admitted to Xiucai and look at the format taboos. Then find out who the examiner is now, and then take his essay over to figure it out, according to his style preferences, do it, and live together.

Although I have the bottom in my heart, I can't say that what I'm afraid of is just in case, and the consequences will be quite embarrassing.

The mother also thought that her son was not sure, so she encouraged her son: "Although Xiucai is difficult to test, as long as you are attentive, you should be fine, this time if you don't pass the test, you will be able to pass the next time, with my son's diligence, I will definitely pass the test, so as to comfort your underground father." ”

Mao Yulong said indifferently: "To learn this thing, you must not only be diligent, but also talented." The exam is a thing, but also to play well in the examination room, and the mentality must be peaceful, so that there is a chance, so it is not an accurate thing. It is also appropriate to go out and find a job to supplement the family. Then he said to the mother who still insisted: "The sage said that it is better to travel thousands of miles than to read ten thousand books, just blindly gnawing on books, you can only read people stupidly, I read while working, but I will go to school faster." ”

The mother hesitated, in her opinion, what the saint said was right, since the saint said so, it must be reasonable, but she still couldn't bear it in her heart: "Why don't you wait for two years older." ”

Mao Wenlong was about to say, but there was a knock on the courtyard door, and Mao Yulong stood up: "Mother, sit down, I'll go see who it is." ”

The mother stood up: "Since there is a visitor, how can the mother sit and go out to have a look." ”

The two mothers went to the courtyard and opened the simple and dilapidated courtyard gate, but they saw a half-grown son of the family, proudly looking up, and seeing Mao Yulong's mother and the two coming out, they didn't call their seniority, so they said directly to Mao Yulong's mother: "Uncle Shangfang asked you to go to his house." Then he added: "The long houses of other houses are also there, so don't let those long houses be impatient." After saying this, he left without looking back.

In fact, the upper room is no longer the pattern when a family of brothers lived together hundreds of years ago, and now it is just a branch and a lineage, becoming a title, such as Mao Yulong's family, according to the name of the clan, it should be called the Westinghouse Mao family.

The upper rooms of several clans are gathered in the house of the patriarch Changfang instead of the ancestral hall, which is very strange. Mao Yulong didn't want to go. The orphans and widows in their own families have long been unwelcome, and all kinds of squeezes and bullies in each room are really annoying.

Niang did not dare to slack off on the summons of the patriarch, after all, in this era, the patriarchal law is greater than the sky. The patriarch is in the clan, and his authority is far greater than that of the county order, which must not be touched.

Hurriedly stopped eating, tidied up his clothes, pulled Mao Yulong out of the house in a hurry, and walked towards the patriarch's house.

When I walked through the street, the aunts and ladies of the clan, who were idle against the wall, saw the two of them coming, and they squinted their eyes and crossed their arms, and did not greet them, but their mouths were chattering with cynicism.

"I was called by the patriarch again, and it wasn't about the public money in the clan."

Another eldest lady said: "It must be like this, they have been in arrears for several years, and the patriarch always urges, but they don't give it, so the people who rely on it are embarrassed to stay in the clan." ”

Another middle-aged woman with the sole of her shoe rubbed the needle on her scalp, revealing a contemptuous face: "That's it, not only is it in arrears, but he always lets his Laipi son eat and drink in the clan science, isn't this obviously taking advantage of the clan?" People are so cheeky that there really is no one left. ”

Another woman, but there was a kind of schadenfreude, "It hasn't been long since I ate everyone, after this imperial court exam, the stupid son of his family must be named Sun Shan, you look at him like that, he doesn't even have the courage to look at the list, and as soon as the list comes out, he has to get out of the school." ”

It is immoral to talk about people behind their backs, and to say this gossip out loud is not taboo to let me know at all, so it is their hearts to be punished.

But the facts are the facts, and the mother really has nothing to say, so she can only take Mao Yulong's hand and walk away with her head down.

Mao Yulong wanted to open his mouth to refute, but after thinking about it, he decided to stop being competitive in this era and be a calm-hearted person, so forget it, just think that this is a kind of tempering of his remaining kind of almost extreme temperament.

At this time, a group of classmates in the front of the clan came over with a student in his thirties, and the stars came over with the moon. In the middle is the patriarch's son Mao Wenxi, who has been admitted to the thirty-fifth year, and has not yet passed the exam, but this time he seems to have played very well, thinking that he will be in high school, so he is dressed in a new and arrogant manner.

Seeing Mao Yulong's mother and the two, she came out of the crowd at that time, and hummed at Mao Yulong's nostrils: "Big nephew, why don't you go to see the list?" Then he let out a long oh sound: "Oh-brother, you must know, even if you see it, nothing will happen to you, and you will be embarrassed by nothing." Then he squinted his eyes and sighed in a tone of lesson: "People are self-aware, brother, you can be like this, so that my uncle and I admire, admire." ”

A group of brothers in the clan laughed and laughed one after another.

Mao Yulong was not angry, that was the sentence, he had decided that since he was reborn, he would throw away the original competitive fire, treat people and things with a peaceful heart, and treat this era, so he smiled: "What the eldest uncle said is that the nephew is lucky to take the same exam as the uncle, and it is already beyond his strength, now look at the uncle, your old red face is flushed, and you will definitely be able to go to high school, and the nephew Yintang is black, of course, it is the name of Sun Shan, so I don't want to ask for that boring." ”

Although these words are common, but they are still a gun with a stick, you are in your thirties, but you are still in the same class as my teenage nephew, don't you feel ashamed? ?

As a result, people can't hear bad words in their excited heads, Mao Wenxi really thought it was Mao Yulong who praised him, he was even more arrogant at that time, and his nostrils were even more uplifted: "It's a good thing to become well-behaved, if you continue to develop like this, when I become an official in high school Sanyuan, I have to find an errand for you, so that you can get food and clothing." ”

A group of brothers followed suit again, and then walked away on their toes.