Chapter 3: A New Beginning

Uncle Wen Guang didn't say much, but said: "That's good, the third brother works hard, and you and my brother will succeed together in a month." "Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info" turned back to his own room, opened the book and continued to read hard. It's not that the third brother is unhappy when he gives birth to a kid, but he knows how important fame is right now.

Wen Guang is a bit of a literary talent, in the past two years, there is also a bit of a thin name in Qingshan County, after all, he has taken the exam twice, it turned out to be a teenager, not too hard, in recent years, with the increase in age, it is also a lot calmer.

Coupled with the pressure of the name of the Zhu family, the Zhu family is also a big family in Qingshan County, Wenguang's grandfather Zhu Shanshui is famous for lifting people, and the next few generations have also been out of Jinshi, so there is a big plaque at the intersection of Zhujiazhuang that reads "Jinshi and the first", and the official family of two consecutive generations has also earned a lot of family business.

Wen Guang's grandfather left Wen Guang's father a son, that is, Wen Guang's father, who died early due to illness before thirty, leaving this family business and four boys, and wishing Cai's hard work to bring up a few boys.

The Zhu family is now a little declining, the root cause is that there is no fame, not to mention the benefits of fame as an official, the most direct thing is that there is no need to pay taxes. At that time, the ancestors of Jinshi and the first and grandfather brought more than 1,000 acres of paddy fields and more than 3,000 acres of dry land, surrounded by ten miles of mountains and forests.

In order not to pay heavy taxes, the clan sold the land to Zhu Shanshui at a low price, and then rented from Zhu Shanshui at a low rent.

So much so that the entire Qingshan Zhu family has become the tenant of Zhu Shanshui's house, and under the protection of Zhu Shanshui, the entire Zhu family has lived quite richly.

And now, the Zhu family has no merit, the court is also going to collect taxes, and now the tax has reached ten taxes and five, although many points are made, concealing a lot of acres of land, or the tax is as heavy as a mountain, Uncle Wenguang has slowly managed the family industry, in order to live in the clan can get by, or insist on a tax rate lower than the imperial court, ten taxes four.

This makes it almost impossible to keep the family in and out of the house, although the family has savings, but in the long run, I am afraid that it will be to the point of selling the land. Therefore, Uncle Wenguang is quite obsessed with fame.

After more than a month, Zhu Zhendong's spirit gradually improved, he was not drowsy every day, and the time he was awake became longer and longer, and he gradually adapted to the strange accent of others, and he also knew that Zhu Boss and the third child set off for the county exam. Zhu Zhendong has been studying the surroundings with his smart eyes, but he doesn't like others to come up and touch him and pinch ******. 、

After a few days, Zhu Boss and Zhu Lao San came back, Uncle Wenguang was worried, and his heart was uneasy, it seemed that this exam was afraid that it would be three long and two short. But the third master, Wen Bin, is giggling, and feels that this exam is nine out of ten.

After more than ten days of mornings, Zhu Zhendong was asleep just after feeding, when suddenly firecrackers rang out outside, and someone shouted: "Congratulations to Uncle High School, congratulations to Uncle High School." ”

It was originally released in the county today, and there were many clever little guys who would see which rich family was on the list at the first time to report the good news, and this Zhu family was also considered a wealthy family in the county, and it was more than ten miles away from the city, and it could be reached in half an hour if you walked faster. In this way, a small servant with firecrackers rushed to Zhujiazhuang early in the morning to report the good news.

Of course, the good news is not reported in vain, and the grandmother, who is usually thrifty, also took out a plate of broken silver taels, and there are as many as seven or eight taels when you put it up, and an acre of paddy field can be sold for seven or eight taels. Five or six little guys were a point, all of them smiled, and hurriedly thanked them and said, the uncle has a bright future, and he will definitely enter the phase in the future.

In fact, it is far away to enter the prime minister after winning a show, but in the future, the tax will really be exempted, and the imperial court will also send a few buckets of official rice every month, these buckets of official rice are a drop in the bucket for Uncle Zhu, but for poor students, it is the basic guarantee to ensure that they continue to study.

Obviously, the worried uncle of the Zhu family has won the show, but the third master who is nine out of ten is famous. After a busy day, he was still elated to welcome the uncle Wenguang, and he had a few drinks in the evening, although the third master Wenbin didn't hit, he didn't seem to be much sad, and he also laughed and laughed, and drank a few more glasses with the eldest brother.

Wen Guang talked a lot with the third brother in the evening, he was a showman, and he was afraid that he would go to the city and county school to go to school in the future, and the third brother should worry about everything at home, but he was still a little worried about the third brother, and he earnestly advised, the most he said was that the third brother should concentrate on studying, take care of family affairs more, and drink and have fun with friends less.

After a while, Wen Guang thought of the second brother again, with tears in his eyes, if it weren't for the fact that there was no merit in the family, the second brother would not have served in the conscription, and he thought about spending money to hire someone to do it for him, but his mother didn't allow it, these ten miles and eight towns are all wishing the family, and his four sons also invited someone to be a soldier, which is really unreasonable, and the clansmen are afraid that there will be complaints.

In fact, these reasons are secondary, mainly because my mother is too kind, so I had to send Wen Zhong, the second child who is five big and three thick, steals chickens and walks dogs every day, and can't write a letter at the age of sixteen, to become a soldier.

The fourth brother is still young, thirteen or fourteen years old, and he is also a precocious person. Uncle Wenguang told him again, let the third brother take the fourth brother, the fourth brother has obtained the qualification of a child, and he can also take the Xiucai exam.

In fact, it is also difficult to obtain children's qualifications, Uncle Wenguang was admitted by himself, but the third master really did not get the prison students who donated money, and most of the drinking friends of the third master are also prison students, all of whom are children of wealthy families who donate money at home.

The fourth master Wenyuan is precocious, and he is a person who can read, so he usually goes to school seriously in the clan, goes out early and returns late, Zhu Zhendong doesn't see much, or the fourth master sees Zhu Zhendong a lot, most of the morning will come to see a look to go to school, but it is inconvenient to come at night. In the morning, Zhu Zhendong will not wake up until three poles in the morning, which is also because the baby's brain is still developing.

Recently, it has been rumored that the north is going to war, Zhu Cai's every day is sleepless, the second son has been on the border for three years, and he can come back in two years, there are always two or three letters back in the previous year, but this year is different, it is already October, and he has not received a letter, which inevitably makes Zhu Cai's heart uneasy, only kneeling in front of the Bodhisattva who invited back from Yunguan Temple and reciting the scriptures, his heart is slightly settled.

Early the next morning, Zhu Cai's hurriedly called the eldest son with the servant, who was really uneasy last night, although he was usually worried, he was not as frightened as last night, and he didn't know what was going on, he was worried about the safety of the second child, so he called the eldest son early in the morning.