The brother-in-law acted roughly, and turned his face ruthlessly.

Sun Yuanyi stretched out his hand to block Gao Quan's hands, and he didn't attack, and said slowly: "By the way, I went to the city today to do something, I want to buy some gifts to give to people, but I don't know what to prepare." Brother-in-law, you are the one who walks around the scene, why don't you help me come up with ideas. ”

As he spoke, he took out the money he had brought from his bosom and threw it on the table.

Sun Xiaohua was taken aback when she saw so much money: "Brother, where did you get so much money, does my mother know?" "She naturally knows what kind of character her brother is.

Although the Sun family is destitute, Sun Yuan often steals his mother's money and messes around outside.

Seeing the money, Gao Quan's eyes lit up, and he didn't care about driving Sun Yuan away, so he snatched the copper coin with an unusually agile speed and put it in his arms: "This is a little bit of my brother's heart, if you don't want to, refute his face, what do you know." Besides, if he gets into trouble, he naturally wants to beg someone to go out. Speaking of preparing gifts, isn't it just a grocery store here, and we don't have anything to offer. Brother, I also walk around the scene and know the market outside. Brother, who do you want to give a gift to, and tell me, you must make sure that the family is satisfied. "Instead of letting Sun Yuan take care of the business of other stores, it is better to cheapen himself.

Speaking of words, Gao Quan was also a little more enthusiastic, and turned around and scolded Sun Xiaohua: "I don't know things, my brother came all the way to visit, but I didn't have breakfast, and I didn't know how to rectify it." ”

"Yes, I'll go get ready."

Waiting for Sun Xiaohua to get busy, Sun Yuancai said: "Brother-in-law, I want to talk to Du Lisheng from Shuiximen about something, and I don't know what to prepare." ”

Gao Quandao: "It turned out to be Du Lisheng, I know that person, it's a little sour, but he can also speak well in the yamen, find him to intercede, maybe that Lei Tai will give Du Xiucai a little thin noodles." I don't need to prepare anything, I just entered a Duan inkstone here, and it is best to send him. The price, it's a bit more expensive. Three hundred Wen to buy goods, it is said that your money is not enough. But who calls us dearest! ”

As he spoke, he took out an inkstone and showed it to Sun Yuan.

To tell the truth, this Duan inkstone also looks ordinary, and the estimated value is only about 200 Wen. Moreover, there is no ornament on it, but it is not suitable for giving away.

It's just that the material is good, but it's barely made.

Sun Yuan sneered in his heart: It is also said that it is a family, his brother-in-law encountered such a big disaster, Gao Quan, as a brother-in-law, not only did not help, but took the opportunity to make money, this is also a relative?

I didn't eat either, so I said a little bothering, so I took the inkstone and went to Shuiximen to find Du Lisheng.

In the memory of the original owner of this body, he didn't know this Du Xiucai. I only know that Du Xiucai was also a little famous when he was a teenager, and he got the fame of Xiucai when he was a weak crown, and was selected to study in the county to eat national financial subsidies.

It's a pity that from that time on, Du Xiucai tried repeatedly and was blocked from the threshold of the township test.

As a result, Du Xiucai also gave up the idea of fame, so he closed his door to study and entertain himself.

Treating Sun Yuan as an ordinary farmer's child, Du Xiucai didn't let him sit down, and only played with the inkstone for a long time before saying: "The inkstone is good, but it's a pity that I don't know anything, it's a pity." In the future, you can find a famous engraver and engrave the poems of ancient sages. I liked this stuff a lot, so I left it. But I don't know why Sun Yuan is visiting today? ”

As a well-known scholar, he can also be regarded as the mainstream social class in Rugao City. On weekdays, Du Xiucai also walks around the scene, helps people write pleadings, and comes forward to mediate various disputes.

Seeing that the young man surnamed Sun in front of him was not outstanding, Du Xiucai thought that he was here today to ask for his help.

Sun Yuan looked casual and replied casually: "I heard that the county exam will be held in three days, and today is the registration deadline." I also want to participate in the county examination in the next realm, according to the imperial examination system of the national dynasty, candidates need a student to do the guarantee. Only then did I ask Mr. Du to come down. ”

As soon as he heard that such a ragged peasant boy was going to take the county exam, Du Xiucai was stunned: "You have also read?" ”

Sun Yuan smiled and didn't answer, but stood up, picked up Du Xiucai's pen and dipped it in ink, and wrote in the blank space on the edge of the inkstone: "Mr. Du just said that this inkstone is good, but unfortunately there is no money and no knowledge, but it is not beautiful." When I traveled in the north before, I occasionally heard good sentences, but it happened to be used as the knowledge of this inkstone. ”

Seeing that the peasant boy had moved his pen, Du Xiucai was curious for a while, leaned over, looked at it, and couldn't help but take a breath: "Good words, good poems." ”

"Thousands of poems in the mountains and flowing water, a boat of wine in the bright moon and clear gorge" is the poem engraved on Cao Xueqin's inkstone, and the words are the standard Liu Gongquan.

As a liberal arts student, Sun Yuan had read this poem in a book before.

As for calligraphy, he originally had this hobby, and he began to practice since he was in junior high school, and there are celebrity calligraphy books that can be copied, and for more than ten years, although it is also very ordinary in the eyes of modern people. However, it was very remarkable for the ancients.

In addition to the real calligraphy, the characters of the ancients were actually very poorly written. As far as the physical objects that Sun Yuan saw were concerned, like a scholar at the level of Xiucai, he was also at the level of middle school students in later generations, and he did not form a font.

It turned out that the scholars of the Ming and Qing dynasties could not find the calligraphy at all because of the limited information at hand. Unlike modern people, as long as you want to, open the computer and search, whether it is Wang Xizhi or Mrs. Wei, you can learn as much as you want, and you can learn whoever you want.

Most of the ancient calligraphers' calligraphy were hidden in the mansions of the big families and dignitaries, and ordinary people had no chance to see them at all.

Therefore, in ancient times, how well a person wrote was usually directly related to the person's origin and education level.

The so-called word is like its person, and the word is a person's silent business card.

As soon as he saw Sun Yuan's beautiful willow body and timeless verses, Du Xiucai was taken aback, and then he fixed his eyes. His heart moved: although the young man was dressed in tatters, his fingers were white and slender, and he was not full of calluses like ordinary farmers, and he obviously had never done farm work. From this point of view, although this person named Sun Yuan is from a poor family, he is also my famous disciple. I'm judging people by their appearance, ashamed, ashamed.

I didn't dare to despise it at the moment, so I hurriedly invited Sun Yuan to take a seat, watched the tea, and talked to him again, thinking about trying Sun Yuan's depth.

Naturally, there is a set of rules for the conversation of scholars, and there are many allusions and Confucian theories in their words.

And Sun Yuan learned this in his previous life, and it was not difficult for him. What's more, as a modern person, there are many insights that the ancients did not have.

After chatting, Du Xiucai was surprised and nodded secretly: "This person has a good conversation, but he is a talent." When you talk to him, you will always say something unexpected, but it will be believable to men."

agreed to guarantee him, and then got up and gave him a letter of guarantee, and said with a smile: "Today is the last day of registration, you better go to the county government room, don't delay." ”

Sun Yuan was overjoyed when he saw that the book was in hand, and got up and gave his hand: "It's annoying Mr. Du." ”

was about to say goodbye, but Du Xiucai said, "Wait a minute." ”

went back to the back room and sealed a bag of silver, came over and handed it to Sun Yuan.

In fact, it is necessary to collect money to guarantee others, and the young man surnamed Sun in front of him is poor, so he only sent an inkstone. However, he speaks elegantly, and it can be seen that he has also traveled many places, and a person of insight may not be a character in the future. Du Xiucai had the heart to get acquainted with Sun Yuan, and returned Sun Yuan's gift according to the rules of Shilin.

The gentleman has the friendship of wealth, and Sun Yuanzheng is poor and has nowhere to go, so he does not shirk, so he simply accepts it generously. This made Du Xiucai look at him again: this person behaves decently and calmly, not bad, not bad.

Out of Du Xiucai's house, Su Mu took out the silver and looked at it, it weighed about one to two taels. This surprised him, this year's reader is really generous!

In fact, it's normal to think about it, in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, people who can read and have a certain amount of fame, who is not the middle class? The astronomical numbers in the hearts of the poor are just daily rituals for them.

Sun Yuan smiled dumbly, others asked someone to pay for the guarantee, but he made a small profit.

When he entered the city today, he wanted to take the county exam in three days.

In fact, he didn't want to go down the road of the imperial examination, first of all, with his own knowledge level, if he wanted to gain fame in the scientific field, he had to study for at least ten years. The problem is that the family is so poor that they simply do not have the financial resources to support a scholar. Moreover, he is eighteen years old, and it is the time to do a career, where can he still calm down and figure out the words of the sage. Besides, even if he studied hard, he didn't dare to guarantee that he would be able to pass the exam. No matter how you look at it, this kind of thing with large input and small output is a loss-making transaction.

The main reason for participating in the county examination is to solve the current big crisis.

You must know that the imperial examination is a first-class event in feudal society, and it is also the most important component of the performance evaluation of a county's magistrate. As long as you take the county exam yourself, you will be bold. Before he finished the exam, he didn't dare to come to me Sun Yuan's trouble. Otherwise, it is against the county lord.

This is a backer that Sun Yuan found for himself after thinking hard yesterday.

In fact, as long as you participate in the county examination, you will be considered to have squeezed into the circle of mainstream society.

The circle determines the pattern, and when the time comes, many things can be thought of and done. Otherwise, as an ordinary peasant boy, even if you have the vision and foresight of modern people, if you want to accomplish something, others will not take you a second look.

It's like when Du Xiucai treated himself as an ordinary farmer before, he didn't even let himself sit, but when he saw his calligraphy, he immediately changed his face.

In later generations, Sun Yuan was also a white-collar worker who had been in office politics for a long time, and later returned to his hometown to become a small boss. Human accidents and observation of faces and appearances are much stronger than those of the ancients.

Nowadays, the most important thing is to squeeze into the mainstream society, so let's start with the prefectural test.

Regardless of whether you make the list or not, as long as you mix your face in front of scholars and officialdom, the goal will be achieved.