The news that Shi Nan and Xu Li were admitted to the lifting of people soon spread all over Qingshi Lane.

There was an endless stream of people congratulating the Shijia family.

Qi Chang and Dean Hong Qi of Bailu Academy also brought the good wine that had been treasured for many years to Shigang.

Because he often comes to Surabaya Bookstore to buy books, he and Shigang can also be called old acquaintances.

As before, the two of them were talking about pain in the chess game outside the door again, and when they were in full swing, Qi Changhong suddenly asked Shi Gang: "Ling Lang is in high school this time, what are you going to do next?" ”

"What are you going to do? Of course, it's time to prepare for the next year's spring. Shi Gang didn't understand why he asked this question.

Qi Changhong smiled faintly: "There have never been any scholars in the family......

When Shi Gang Chu heard this, he thought he was making fun of him.

But when he thought of Qi Changhong's character, he would not be so boring, so he extinguished the fire that suddenly burst out in his heart, and leaned over: "Isn't there anything special about this?" ”

Qi Changhong, who heard this, nodded slightly.

I just thought about it, if Shi Gang was angry with himself, he would rot the words in his stomach.

"Ling Lang is sixteen this year, right?" He put the pieces back in his hand on the box.

"Yes, seventeen." Shi Gang nodded.

"At the age of sixteen or seventeen, you can be promoted, so Lang has great talent!" Qi Changhong smiled and boasted, "I think I was twenty-five years old, and it was already rumored to be a good story." ”

Hearing this, Shi Gang frowned, and motioned for Qi Changhong to continue.

"Although there are few examples at his age, it is not impossible, but it is difficult to achieve a good ranking in the spring of the year after the year." Qi Changhong no longer sells Guanzi, "This spring test is a strategy, I am most afraid of being empty and talking about nothing, it is good to say that I have fallen off the list, but I will come back in three years, but the worst thing is to get a fellow Jinshi background, and I will be determined for life after an exam." ”

As soon as he said this, Shi Gang was shocked into a sweat.

He really hadn't thought about it before.

Just thought that his son had this ability, so he let him go all the way to the exam.

"With Ling Lang's qualifications, I'm afraid the things in the books are difficult for him, but I'm afraid the social experience is still a little worse," Qi Changhong said in detail, "Instead of letting him go to the examination room like this, it's better to let him go out to travel, and take the exam again in three years, wouldn't it be more certain?" ”

"This ......," Shi Gang hesitated.

This Qi Changhong is a person who has entered the Hanlin Academy and worked as a waiter, but his interest in life is not to be an official, so he resigned, opened a school, and lived a life of idle clouds and wild cranes.

What he said to himself was clearly the advice of those who had come before.

It's just that in the matter of heather reading, although he is his father, he has little right to speak, and it is all heather who makes his own ideas.

Shi Gang was thinking about finding a time to talk about this to Shi Nan, but he saw Shi Nan and Xu Li both walking back with solemn expressions.

Shi Gang felt a little strange.

The two of them went out happily in the morning, saying that they wanted to come to the door to thank the teacher of Guozijian.

Why is it that in less than half a day, the two of them are like frosted eggplants, wilting?

"What's wrong with you?" After Shi Gang and Qi Changhong greeted each other, they got up.

After seeing Qi Changhong present, Shi Nan and Xu Li first gave him a look, and then said to Shi Gang: "I went to visit the teacher today, and the teacher suggested that the two of us give up next year's spring festival for the time being." ”

Shi Gang, who heard this, looked down at Qi Changhong, could it be that the hero saw the same thing?

"Dean Qi and I are also talking about this!" Hearing that his son also talked about this, Shi Gang's heart breathed a sigh of relief, "He just persuaded me not to participate in next year's Spring Festival." ”

"In the end, this spring is for the imperial court, and it takes less than 400 people in three years, and with your current experience, it is indeed difficult to compete with other people." Qi Changhong said to Shi Nan, "Presumably this is powerful, your teacher has already told you in detail, as a person who has come over, I still hope that you will consider it as appropriate." ”

After hearing this, Shi Nan gave Qi Changhong a long look, and then thought about it carefully.

"Suspend the spring season?" Shi Jinxiu, who suddenly heard about this, was also surprised.

Shi Nan looked at her with a look of hope.

After thinking about it with Xu Li for a few days, he still decided to ask his sister Shi Jinxiu's opinion, in his opinion, in the past two years, none of the decisions made by his sister were wrong.

But Shi Jinxiu was stunned by their questioning.

She really doesn't understand what is going on in the field!

After Yu Wenyan returned home at night, Shi Jinxiu asked him.

"I haven't participated in the imperial examination either," Yu Wenyan said directly to Shi Jinxiu, "But looking at the people taken by the imperial court over the years, there is indeed no one of my age like Brother Nan." ”

"Since two gentlemen have already said such things to him, I think he should still listen to it, after all, if you want to hurry, you can't reach it, and Brother Nan is still young, so he is not in a hurry at this time." Yu Wenyan said his thoughts, "Take advantage of the past three years, take a good look at the strategies made by those scholars in previous years, read more newspapers of the imperial court, go outside to take a look, and expand your horizons more." ”

After Shi Jinxiu heard this, she went back to her parents' house the next day.

Seeing that everyone's opinions were similar, Shi Nan and Xu Li made up their minds and decided to spend a year traveling.

A month later, they received a handwritten letter from the dean of the Maple Grove Academy.

It turned out that when Shi Nan was hesitant, he had written to the former dean for consultation, and the dean's reply also asked him to participate in the spring festival of the following year prudently.

Shi Nan replied to the dean of Fenglin College while preparing to go on a study tour.

Jane's was a little reluctant.

"Okay, why do you have to leave home again?" She wiped her tears while helping Shi Nan pack up the cage, "Can't you wait until your brother's birthday to leave?" ”

"After my brother's birthday, you're probably going to ask me to stay for the New Year, right?" Shi Nan smiled with her mother, "I just don't want to keep procrastinating like this, but I can't make it." ”

Jian wanted to speak, but was interrupted by Shi Gang: "When the children grow up, it's time to let them go out, you are always like this, but it makes him worry." ”

Jane sighed and continued to silently pack the cage for heather.

On the day of the trip, Shi Jinxiu and Yu Wenyan both came to see each other.

Shi Jinxiu gave Shi Nan and Xu Li a belt each.

"Tie this around your waist well," she whispered, "and it is said that those who are poor and rich cannot go out without silver, but too much silver is also a scourge, and it is easy to be remembered, so I sew all the silver tickets into this belt, and when you need it, you can take one out." ”

Shi Nan pinched the belt, and it was really hard, obviously stuffed into a thick pile of silver tickets by Shi Jinxiu.

"Remember to write a letter to your family every time you go to report your safety, so that your family will not worry." Shi Jinxiu continued to explain.

"Sister, why are you the same as your mother?" Heather retorted.

Shi Jinxiu stared at him when he heard this.

Fortunately, Yu Wenyan stopped her hand that she wanted to beat, and handed Shi Nan a famous post: "Take this, if something happens, remember to go to the government, for the sake of this famous post, they will help you." ”

Shi Nan cautiously took the name card and put it away, then said goodbye to his family and left in a carriage.