189: The hidden danger of the Cui family
In February of the ninth year of Chengping, Cheng Qing turned sixteen years old.
This year seems to have passed very quickly, Cheng Qing basically put down all the chores and had to work hard in the township test in August.
She started later than others, and she was shorter than others when she studied hard in the cold window, but in addition to hard work, she really had to talk about talent, Cheng Qing felt that her talent might not be as good as Meng Huaijin, but she also surpassed many of her classmates in Nanyi Academy.
In May, the descendants of the Cheng family found Ji Hao circling around Yangliu Lane, and they were so frightened that they hurriedly informed the Liu family.
The Liu family didn't let anyone disturb Cheng Qingwenshu, she was strong as a mother, so she dealt with the matter herself - she didn't need to see Ji Hao, she just needed to send someone to send a letter to the Ji family, and the Ji family would naturally take Ji Hao away.
However, the Liu family is also strange, it has been half a year since this refusal, why hasn't Ji Hao given up?
I don't know what the Ji family said to Ji Hao...... The Cheng family can't take care of other people's affairs, and the concurrent family is a dead knot that can't be untied, and the Liu family regards Ji Hao as a flood beast, for fear that his troubles will affect the eldest lady.
If there is a suitable family, the Liu family is eager to marry the eldest lady immediately.
The eldest lady is twenty years old, and Liu is worried that she doesn't know what to do, on the one hand, she is a stepdaughter who is like a daughter, and on the other hand, she is a daughter who is only two years younger than her stepdaughter......
In the end, it was Li who gave her a reassuring pill:
"Don't worry, after Brother Qing's township test, I will protect their sisters."
Both horizontal and vertical have been delayed, is there any difference between marrying a few months earlier and marrying a few months later?
The Li family has a suitable candidate, but the in-laws are looking for a strong alliance, and Cheng Qing has only one talent and fame, which is still a little worse.
When the Li family said this, the Liu family was not so panicked, and the family looked forward to the success of Cheng Qingxiang's trial!
The family didn't put pressure on Cheng Qing, Cheng Qing understood it in his heart.
In July, Nanyi College gave a holiday to all students in Class B. Students who are in other places will leave to return to their hometowns two or three months in advance, and those who are in the local area also need to go to Fucheng to prepare for the exam.
The township test is three times in a row, each of which is tested for three days, and each one is no longer released separately, and the person who is lifted in the examination is on the "B list", because the osmanthus is fragrant when the list is released, and it is also called "Gui Bang".
The first township test was held on the ninth day of August.
But at the end of July, Cheng Qing had already arrived in Fucheng to prepare.
At this time, if anyone is sick if they are not accustomed to the soil and water, they will have to wait for another three years, everyone is careful and careful, and they are willing to come to Fucheng early to prepare for the exam, and they don't want to have any accidents.
Si Yan and Si Mo both put down other things and went to Fucheng to accompany the exam together, at this time everything is secondary, only Cheng Qing's township test is the most important.
When he came back from the capital last year, Cheng Qing often received letters from Meng Huaijin.
The last letter I received before the exam was in early July, telling her a lot of experiences about taking the exam and telling her to calm down and take the exam.
This time, there were several people in the clan who came to take the exam, Cheng Qi and Cheng Mao were among them, and they all lived in the five-room house arranged with Cheng Qing.
Zhou Heng didn't have to go to the noisy inn, as the prospective son-in-law of the Cui family, the Cui family also arranged a quiet courtyard for him in Fucheng to take the exam, although he didn't know which lady of the Cui family to marry, the treatment of this prospective son-in-law Zhou Heng enjoyed it in advance - according to Cui Yan, if Zhou Heng didn't win the township test this time, he would give him the concubine of the Cui family.
Cui Yan also said that if Zhou Heng ranked high in the township examination, he would not only have to marry his sister-in-law to him, but also find a way to take Zhou Heng to the Guozijian together.
This made Cheng Qing extremely envious.
Although the status of a businessman is not high, her money ability is very effective, if she is as rich as the Cui family, she can also customize and raise three brothers-in-law for herself, are you afraid that her sisters will marry unsatisfactory?
Now I have a little family, but where can I wait a few more years, but when I first passed, I was not only poor, but also had a bad reputation that made people retreat, begging others to accept her as a little brother has little chance, let alone her own little brother!
Cheng Qing envied Cui Yan.
Cui Yan was in his hometown at this time, and he was making a request with Master Cui.
Master Cui is white and fat, his round belly makes the silk clothes on his body stand high, and he looks very kind, Cui Yan and his father are like a mold before he lost weight - now standing next to Master Cui is not so similar, but Master Cui still loves him the most.
It turned out that it hurt because Cui Yan was a son-in-law.
Heavy concubine is the culprit of the chaotic family, people with a little knowledge will not do that, Master Cui can do business so naturally and is not confused, the beautiful concubine is a bunch, but he respects his wife the most and values his son-in-law the most.
But at that time, it hurt Cui Yan because Cui Yan occupied the position of his son-in-law, that is, he was reincarnated into Mrs. Cui's stomach by someone else, and Master Cui was also in pain.
is really different from Cui Yan, or Cui Yan shows a talent for reading.
Chengping gave the Cui family a 'show talent' back in the seventh year, and now he has to take the exam, Master Cui has a bright face, and points to Cui Yan to change the court for the Cui family in the future, and now he naturally loves him more.
Cui Yan said that he was going to Guozijian, and Master Cui agreed.
Guozijian is good, he can get to know his classmates better than Nanyi Academy.
Cui Yan said that he wanted to take Zhou Heng with him, but this time Master Cui did not agree: "There are regulations for the number of 'tribute eunuchs' in one province and one government, and it is okay to send you to Guozijian, and send another Zhou Heng...... It's a bit hard. ”
Difficulty is difficulty, Cui Yan asked his father to think of a way, the Cui family funded Zhou Heng, and walked at least ninety steps in one hundred steps, is there still the last point?
"That's my brother-in-law!"
Cui Yan put pressure on his father like this, and Master Cui immediately coaxed him in turn, "Okay, think about your father, you concentrate on the exam first." It doesn't matter if you are still Zhou Heng, you have to be lifted, if you don't lift people, no matter how rich the Cui family is, they can't spend it. ”
appeased Cui Yan, and Master Cui asked someone to inquire about the "tribute eunuch", and discussed with Mrs. Cui about marrying a daughter.
Listening to Cui Yan's meaning, Zhou Heng should be able to move in this subject.
If he can be lifted, Master Cui plans to marry Cui Wuniang to Zhou Heng.
If you don't win, you will marry Cui Sanniang or Siniang.
Marrying a concubine, the dowry standards are different, and Master Cui naturally has to discuss with Mrs. Cui, who manages the feed.
Mrs. Cui is also willing to see Zhou Heng in the examination, so that she can marry her in-law Cui Wuniang...... The Cui family is rich, but the eunuch's family easily does not marry the merchants, and the daughters of rich merchants do not worry about marrying, but it is not easy to marry highly, and a young and promising scholar like Zhou Heng is also a good candidate for a son-in-law in the eyes of Mrs. Cui.
Of course, a good son-in-law should be left to his own daughter, but is it necessary to leave it to his concubine?
Here, Master Cui and Mrs. Cui discussed, and was accidentally heard by Aunt Wang, who came to ask Mrs. Cui for peace.
Aunt Wang is the biological mother of Cui Sanniang and Cui Siniang, who was extremely favored in the early years, and also gave birth to Cui Dalang, the eldest son of Master Cui.
Hearing Master Cui say in it that Zhou Heng would marry Wu Niang if he was successful, and if he didn't win, he would choose one of the third and fourth Niang to marry, Aunt Wang was so angry that her hands trembled - her son was a concubine, so it was not as good as Cui Yan, she endured it. Now that a daughter is marrying a husband, what is the reason why she has to pick up the leftovers of the main house?