Facing his mother's tears, Fan Jin couldn't think of a better choice except for reluctantly agreeing. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 For two years, he did not try to convince his mother to leave the village and move to the city of Guangzhou. Compared with the countryside, the city has more opportunities and a bigger stage, and it is more likely to earn money. But it is too difficult to let a farmer give up the field, whether it is the feelings of the homeland that is difficult to leave, or the road guide, it makes Fan's mother full of resistance to entering the city.

The final result of the exchange between the two was that Fan's mother retreated to the point that she could consider living in the city, but the premise was that Fan Jin must be famous. With the identity of Xiucai, Lu Yin is useless to him, if he has a fame, it doesn't matter if he moves to Jingli Fan's mother. must be successful in the exam, must study, this is the life path set by Fan's mother for her son, and it cannot be easier.

The champion Lun Wenxu during the Hongzhi period, as well as the sea pen holder that moved the world for carrying the coffin and admonishing the king in the Sejong Dynasty, are all Fan Jin's little fellow villagers. As a native of the South China Sea, it is not the first time that Fan's mother has used these two little fellow villagers as a template to teach her son.

Knowledge changes fate, in the Ming Dynasty is not an empty sentence. According to the Ming Dynasty people's own words, a poor man ascended to the virtuous book, suddenly became a stranger, and those who had no stone at home became extremely rich after two or three years of entry. and Dengke Jia, then Zhong Ming Ding Food, fat horses and light fur, non-millions are hundreds of thousands. Moreover, in the original work of Kao Rulin's foreign history, Fan Jin soared after achieving fame at the age of fifty-four, and his quality of life has indeed improved greatly compared with his previous downfall. The future of the path planned by the mother is indeed bright, but the process is tortuous enough.

First, it is not a scholarly family, and second, there is no large amount of wealth, and even reading has to rely on the power of the whole village to supply, so how can it be so easy if you want to take the test.

Fan Jin himself didn't want to engage in heavy agricultural labor, but as a son of man, he couldn't be happy when he saw his mother working in the fields and the whole family was about to fall from homesteaders to tenant farmers. As the saying goes, the poor are rich and martial, but in fact, regardless of the civil and military, it is easier for the rich to make achievements.

Reading is not a money-saving thing, whether it is buying stationery, buying books, or hiring a tutor, it is a large expense. Fan Jin's small Fan Village, as early as a few years ago, did a screening among the school-age men in the village, and Fan Jin was lucky to be selected and became a scholar supported by the village, otherwise, for Fan Jin to study, the family would have to sell the already small field long ago.

Xiaofanzhuang is not a wealthy village, and it lost a lot of money due to the failure to catch the sea before, and the whole village actually couldn't get a few dollars. Gathering the power of the village can only meet Fan Jin's basic learning needs, and as for the family's living expenses, he has to find his own way.

My mother's health is deteriorating, and the family's economic environment is gradually getting worse.

Xiucai can enjoy preferential exemptions, and there is no need to worry about taxes, and being a lifter is equal to development. Looking at the mother in front of him, Fan Jin nodded solemnly and said: "Mother, don't worry, the child must be famous, glorify his ancestors, and change his court!" This year, you must be selected to show your talents, so that you don't have to worry about your livelihood anymore. ”

"That's good, as long as you are willing to work hard, my mother is not afraid of even if it is more bitter. Remember, if you win the show, you can be exempted from servitude, and our family's life will be better. If you really think about your mother, go study hard, take exams, and come back with fame. ”

At this moment, there was a sudden knock on the door outside, and Fan's mother asked who it was, and a moment later, a crisp female voice floated into the room.

"Aunt Fan, it's me, what did Brother Fan Jin want last time...... Xiaolu, I bought it, and I brought the large intestine to cook it for your old man. ”

Standing outside the door was a woman of similar age to Fan Jin, not tall, with black and yellow hair, a double snail bun, and a natural forehead bandana. The most important reason for a moon-white jacket skirt on her body is that it is easy to wash and will not be distressed by fading.

There are several patches on the skirt, which proves that the owner of the garment is not wealthy. But this slightly shabby girl, who was wearing a little shabby, was holding a large intestine in her hand and a cloth bag under her armpit.

In Fan Jin's previous life, there was a saying that food was in Guangzhou, and there were also jokes such as Cantonese people not eating Hu Jianren. But judging from Fan Jin's own life experience, the current Xiaofan Zhuang does not have such a good life. He didn't eat everything, but he couldn't eat anything, especially his favorite food in another life: meat, which was extremely rare to see in this life.

This is not just his problem, as far as he knows, even decent families, including the surrounding villages, eat meat is very rare. Taking Xiaofanzhuang as an example, the only people who can see a little meat at two ends in three days are the girl and her father and younger brother, that is, the richest family in the village, Hu Tuhu.

In Xiao Fan Zhuang, the surname Fan is a big surname, but the most decent one is Hu Butcher, who is a person with a foreign surname. This extremely shrewd and philistine old man in the history of Confucianism is not yet aging, and he is a middle-aged man who makes Fan Jin fearful.

Perennial drunken appearance, burly body, long heart hair and beard on the chest, with his fierce face. Fan Jin always couldn't help but think that if he couldn't become a butcher one day, he could lift two plate axes and become a hero in the green forest.

In the village, he is most famous for his two things, one is unreasonable, and the other is bold, when he has a quarrel with someone, he dares to pick up a pig-killing knife and chase his opponent all over the village. The body is strong enough, and he dares to cut people with a knife, and when he is drunk, he often says that he is kind to a certain father in the county yamen, and few people dare to provoke him in the countryside. gradually became a character who was close to a pranky character, although the surname Hu was his family, no one dared to bully him.

In Fan Jin's view, it is not difficult to understand Hu Butcher's style. As a minority in the village, and the richest one, if it is not fierce enough and not vicious enough, I am afraid that it will be difficult to gain a foothold in the village, and it will be difficult to keep the property. He relied on his ferocity to gain a foothold in the village, and Sister Hu took advantage of her father's murderous name, and no one dared to provoke her in the village.

Girls of the same age don't like to interact with her very much, and she has nothing to say to those people, only Fan Jin can be regarded as her playmate. The friendship between the two can be regarded as a foundation laid since childhood. As the only daughter of Hu Butcher, although Sister Hu's birth is not beautiful, it is not ugly, the main reason is that her nutrition is better than most women of the same age.

Hu Tu's wife died early, and the money earned was mainly used to exchange for wine, and most of the rest was used to support the son left by his wife. Sister Hu doesn't get much attention from her father, and she can't guarantee that she will be full at every meal, but at this time, most people can't eat enough, which is nothing. Compared with the baby girl who was drowned by her parents as soon as she was born, Sister Hu is definitely the lucky one.

In addition to being full of wine and food, Hu Butcher, who can occasionally rejuvenate a little humanity, will also cook some of the corners of the water for his daughter to eat. As a result, her hair is not as dull and yellow as that of women of her age. She is close to Fan Jin's age, although her appearance can only be regarded as ordinary, but by virtue of her good development, she should have enough attraction to men. But her red eyes made her a laughing stock in the village, and even Fan Jin gave her the nickname of Fire-Eyed in private.

I don't know if he was infected with any disease or parasite, Hu's eyes were red all the year round, and the sides of his eyes were still a little rotten, which was a little ugly. Of course, this is not a big problem, and for villages that lack women, no matter how ugly a woman is, she will not worry about getting married. According to the normal development, she should be a mother-in-law now, waiting for her to get married, and she can't knock on a man's door with her large intestine like now.

This problem still lies with Hu Butcher. Hu Butcher, who looks like a hero in the green forest, is actually a very shrewd person, and he has long set strict standards for the selection of his son-in-law. To sum up, there are not many men who meet this criterion in the circle of Hu butchers. Occasionally, there are some, and they will not be angry, so Sister Hu's family affairs have been delayed like this, and there is no settlement until now.

The sixteen-year-old girl did not have a mother-in-law, and in the Ming Dynasty, it was a little anxious, but Sister Hu did not hate to marry, but enjoyed this freedom very much. When her father went to the city to do business, the spring that belonged to her came.

Mother Fan opened the door, and Sister Hu called Aunt obediently, and then trotted into the yard.

"Auntie, the rain leak is not bad, do you want me to go back to the room to help you take a look."

"What did you say, kid? How can there be a reason for a girl to go to the house, give me something, go into the house, and the aunt will find a way to do this house. Jin Tsai was in the room, and he was about to go to study, and you were just talking. ”

Sister Hu's thoughts about Fan Jin, Fan's mother is naturally very clear. The Hu family has no land of their own, but Sister Hu is a good hand in farming. This farming ability is all exercised in a few acres of fields of the Fan family, although her figure looks very thin, but when it comes to the ability to cultivate the field, a big sister Hu can almost top three to five Fan Jin. It is precisely because of her help that Fan's mother can support her until now, and she has not been able to sell her land and pay taxes.

A woman who has not been out of the cabinet helps a man's family like this, what does it mean, everyone knows it, it is nothing more than because of the courage of Hu Butcher, no one dares to talk about it. Compared with those farmers in the village who work all year round, have calluses on their hands, and have black and red faces, Fan Jin, a white-faced scholar who wears a straight shirt, is indeed more effective in appearance. Coupled with childhood sweethearts, it is not strange that the two have no guesses, and it is not strange to be favored by a butcher's daughter.

There are really a few people in the village who are worried about the descendants of Sister Hu, but unfortunately in front of strong characters such as Hu Butcher, they have no fire and dare not beat his baby daughter. Hu Butcher maintained an attitude of not supporting but not explicitly opposing his daughter's relationship with Fan Jin, Fan Jin believed that if he was a farmer, he was afraid that he would be chased and killed several times by Hu Butcher with a pig-killing knife.

A scholar, at the moment, is a potential stock, he is mostly holding an investment mentality, looking at the interaction between the two, if he really wins the fame, this marriage Hu butcher will be happy to see it. Conversely, you can always go back on it. Besides, he chased and killed the scholar with a knife, and Hu Butcher didn't have the courage to do so. Thanks to the Ming Dynasty for the preferential treatment of scholars, thanks to his life in Fuguo County, and thanks to the Governor of Liangguang and his great standard camp stationed in Guangzhou.

Excluding Hu Butcher's abacus, Sister Hu's feelings for Fan Jin are not so calculating, they are simply the love and lovesickness of children. For this lovesickness, she paid a considerable price, in addition to coming to the Fan family to help with farm work, she also secretly brought the meat saved from her mouth to the Fan family to give the mother and son a tooth sacrifice. even took out private money for Fan Jin to study and forge ahead, in the history of Confucianism, this woman was able to accompany the fifty-four-year-old poor boy Sheng Fan into a hopeless and difficult life, most of which was supported by this kind of love.

Mother Fan is actually not satisfied with this prospective daughter-in-law, at least for now, she does not want Sister Hu to become her daughter-in-law. After all, Fan Jin is still young, if he won the first place in the imperial examination, he would not marry such a butcher's daughter.

But selfishly, he was reluctant to let such a powerful helper and the benefits she bring, so he hurriedly took over the large intestine and asked in a low voice: "Sister, why did you come so early, your father has already been on the set?" How is your leg, I heard that I was sick some time ago, but it is better? Can you eat meat? ”

"Auntie, it's okay, my leg has sores in winter, and it will be fine when the weather is hot, so it's okay. I'll go to the field with you in a while, and when I come back, I'll wash my intestines and cook for you and Brother Jin'er. This year's New Year is not good, first there is a strong wind, then rain, and the court will not reduce taxes, which is really life-threatening. ”

Fan Jin also walked out with a smile at this time, and said to Sister Hu: "Daddy Hu must have been on the set, I don't know when he will come back, if he knows that I ate his intestines, he will definitely scold." ”

"Brother Jin...... Don't be like my father, he is drunk, in addition to the county master and the fathers of the third class and six rooms, even the emperor Shoufu also dares to scold, ignore him. Besides, what kind of fried pork slices you said last time, he did it according to the way you said, and the wine tasted very good, and it was not good to scold you all the time. This hanging large intestine is what he asked me to eat, and he can't control who I like to give to whomever I like. Come in, brother, take a look, is this the one you want...... Transcript? ”

As soon as Sister Hu spoke to Fan Jin, her face turned red inexplicably, and she lowered her head and didn't dare to look at him, so she only handed the cloth bag far away. When Fan Jin took the cloth bag and took out the books inside, she was full of anxiety again, and peeked at Fan Jin, for fear that she had bought the wrong thing and Brother Jin would be unhappy.

These small books were bought by going to two bookstores when she went to the city with her father to catch the market. During the Ming Dynasty to Jiawan, the folk printing industry was already very developed, and books were also very popular. But you must know that this is not to buy any miscellaneous books, for a woman who does not know how to read big characters, it is very difficult to buy this kind of special guidance book for the imperial examination.

The current books are not cheap, and this kind of current literature is especially expensive, just these few thin booklets have been used in all of Sister Hu's private rooms. If you buy the wrong ...... Will the two bookstores refund the money?

Watching Fan Jin quickly flip through the books, Sister Hu'er's heart also rose to her throat, seeing Fan Jin's brows furrowed slightly, her face gradually turned pale, did she really buy the wrong one? Are you really that useless? It shouldn't be, obviously the shopkeeper swears by the sky, this is Xiaolu......

"Brother Jin...... Am I ...... Bought the wrong one? ”

"No......" Fan Jin interrupted Hu's words with a wave of his hand, and continued to read, Hu didn't know what was going on, and froze there for a while. Mother Fan couldn't look past it after all, coughed, and said: "Eldest sister, don't pay attention to him, I think he is obsessed with reading books, don't pay attention to him, let's go to the field, and leave him crazy here." ”

"Xiaolu...... Sure enough, it's a small record, you didn't buy anything wrong. Fan Jin only spoke at this time, and then said: "I just think that these articles are very well written, people say that my Lingnan is a land outside the country, and culture and education are not prosperous, but judging from this small record, this is not the case." Unless you are talented in this subject, you will win the people, and you will go to the Jinshi in the future, I am a little hesitant in my heart, and I forgot to greet the eldest sister for a while, I am really sorry. ”

Mother Fan snorted, "Manly man, don't say something that has no marrow." Guangzhou Province, I don't know how many Jinshi people have come out, known as the prosperous age of overseas clothes, and the article will naturally not be bad. But you are no worse than others, as long as you are willing to work hard, why can't you pass the exam, if you don't pass the exam, how can you be right with the hearts of the villagers and the eldest sister? ”

Sister Hu also said: "Auntie is right, brother Jin, you are the one who knows how to read in our village." I believe that you will definitely be able to make a name for our village and prevent outsiders from bullying us again. In addition to delivering books and meat, I have one more thing to say today. Yesterday, Daddy ate too much wine and said that he leaked his mouth, and Da Fan Zhuang heard that he was thinking of bad ideas to bully us Xiao Fan Zhuang again. Daddy said, this is your Fan surname's internal affairs, and outsiders should not interfere, but I think it is better to tell Brother Jin. You go to social studies, but be careful, don't suffer the loss of Dafanzhuang. If they bully you, tell me and I'll take revenge on you! ”