Fu Zhenyu had lunch in the mansion, and Fang went to eat for the sky to meet with everyone. Zhao Lin was the most intimate, and when he came up, he asked Fu Zhenyu: "Mountain Chief, are you okay?" Are things going well? ”

The words and deeds of concern are naturally revealed.

Looking at the well-behaved young man who was already taller than himself, Fu Zhenyu ironed in his heart. Speaking of which, among the people she taught, from Yuan Zizhou, to Gu Yongyan, the titular apprentice, to the students of the Manchu Academy, only Zhao Lin really regarded her as a teacher.

Fu Zhenyu smiled and said what he could say, calmed everyone's hearts, and went to see Li Yun again.

Li Yun listened to Fu Zhenyu's words, his brows stretched, and he said: "In this way, it is really similar to what Grandpa Liang and Zijian said, my heart is three points safer." ”

Fu Zhenyu was very puzzled: "Does my sister trust them like this?" ”

Li Yun saw Fu Zhenyu's instability, because he said: "In officialdom, there has never been a ten thing that is stable. My grandfather, who used to be in an important position, the history of the command we complained about this time, and the prefect, all of them did not do their best. If Zijian still loses such a big chance of victory, it is better to come back and be a master with you. ”

Fu Zhenyu, who has never been an official family, can empathize with him and is still worried.

When he returned to the academy, Master Fu had been invited by the people of the government. So, since the eldest wife, everyone in the long room seems to have changed their faces, and every smiling face that is forced to pull makes people sick to their stomachs.

At this time, Tao Li came to report: "Girl, the fifth old lady is not feeling well, and the slave has hired a doctor for him." ”

Fu Zhenyu was at the Mid-Autumn Festival family banquet, in order to avoid the cousin in the second room, he followed the tree and strayed into the courtyard of the fifth old lady, and the old man was reading "The Biography of Gu Liang" under the corridor. Fu Zhenyu couldn't recognize all the traditional Chinese characters at that time, and he mispronounced the words. But because he is four years old, he is powerful enough. The fifth old lady protected her for a while and asked her a lot of questions. Later, she was often asked to play, and then, her cousins never bullied her again.

Fu Zhenyu has no feeling for the people in the big house and the people in the Yanzhi, but every year among the filial piety clans, he goes to the old man's house.

At this time, when he heard that the old man was uncomfortable, he immediately left the big house and went to see the fifth old lady.

The fifth old lady has spring and autumn, and the season is changing, and his body is not very comfortable, and he has come to suppress the eldest master after a long journey, which is serious. After serving the fifth old lady and pouring medicine, Fu Zhenyu saw that he was in good spirits, so he talked to him about homely things.

"Fifth grandfather, why don't you become an official?"

The fifth old lady said kindly: "It's because I can't be an official." You don't know, being an official is much more difficult than studying. Your second grandfather once said that the world's scholars squeezed their heads and wanted to enter the office, and those who entered the office were in a dilemma, and the only way to do it was to hold on. ”

"Even so, why is the Fu family still squeezing their heads to force the children of the clan to study and enter the ranks?"

"There are two dilemmas in being an official, one is that it is difficult to be an official, and the most important difficulty is that you know that it is difficult, but you still let go of the superiority of the authority in your hands. Besides, isn't it difficult for farmers to farm? Isn't it hard for vendors to toil day and night? The difficulties are not the same, not without them. In contrast, it is not difficult to be an official. The fifth old lady told the story.

asked Fu Zhenyu again: "What's wrong today?" But after meeting the prefect, I think it's good to be an official, and I want your father to be an official? ”

Fu Zhenyu immediately shook his head and said with great certainty: "I just don't know how to be an official, but I also know that my father can't be an official." ”

Her father has no practical ability, no royal ability, and is too kind, he is an official, and he is an official, and he and others are all harms but no benefits.

Talking about his father so bluntly, the fifth old lady was not annoyed, but was born with a smile, and sighed: "What your father can't do is not only this official." Don't think I don't know, girl. Over the years, if it weren't for you, it would have been difficult for you to eat and drink. ”

Two years after her father left, Nanhu Academy was only better than before, Fu Zhenyu had no need to deny it, pursed his lips and smiled, showing a smug attitude, and teasing the fifth old lady: "The fifth grandfather doesn't want to be an official, but he can't, right?" ”

"Well, I don't want to." The fifth old lady did not deny it, there was no sorrow between his eyebrows, only free and easy, he said, "I want to guard you at home and keep you safe." ”

It wasn't until the fifth old lady stopped with a tired face that Fu Zhenyu left.

After leaving, Fu Zhenyu found that his mood was much better. I learned from Tao Li that Han Mo hadn't left yet, so I went to ask him about his plans to take the exam: "Li Zongyan won't take the exam next year, what about you?" ”

"I'll take the test."

Although his ranking is not as good as Li Zongyan, he is much more solid than Li Zongyan in terms of knowledge. As far as he is concerned, there is not much difference between the exam in three years and the exam now. If you can be in it, you can't be in it, and it will probably not be easy in the future.

Fu Zhenyu didn't object, and asked him again: "Do you want me to enter Beijing together?" ”

Han Mo refused: "No need!" ”

Even if he doesn't win, it is impossible to bring his sister to Beijing. It's just on the Runing side, and after entering Beijing, he still studied with his junior sister, he didn't have that cheekiness. What's more important is that he recognizes his junior sister's ability, but he doesn't think that his junior sister has the ability to take the test and the palace test.

However, Han Mo, who knows a little about sleekness, will not say these words. Not only did he not say it, but he also bluntly changed the topic: "By the way, I said a few words to Fu Juren." He forgot all the articles he wrote at home in less than a month. This kind of qualification can be lifted, it is really ...... Even if the qualifications are poor, I just asked a few words, and he said everything. The fifth old lady of your family was the same as you taught Yuan Zizhou at that time, and he was blinded with some exam questions, wrote articles with him, and made him memorize them. The questions of the township exam are among them, but he can't memorize well and is at the end. With such a brain, it is better to stay in Fujiatang and make a name for himself. ”

After he finished speaking, Fu Zhenyu was already dumbfounded.

What kind of brains do you have to be able to get to the bottom of the person you meet for the first time? Unexpectedly, the old face of the fifth old lady came into view. So, after dinner, seeing that the fifth old lady who had rested all afternoon was in good spirits, Fu Zhenyu talked to him again.

"Fifth grandfather, in the township examination that year, your ranking was better than that of the second grandfather, why didn't you go to the entrance examination?"

"Little girl, why are you asking this?"

Fu Zhenyu coquettishly: "I want to know." ”

The look of trust is just like the first time the two met.

The fifth old lady looked away and said nonchalantly: "I don't like to read." But your great-grandmother said that if I was promoted, she would not force me to marry, and I would have to work hard. ”

Fu Zhenyu knew that he was lying, but he didn't expose it, so he changed the question: "When my father was filial piety, how did the fifth grandfather remember to teach him to read in person?" ”

The situation of the Fu family's six rooms, the real improvement began when the fifth old lady taught Fu Shanchang to read.

The fifth old lady chuckled and said, "Naturally, your father is studying, which is better than others." ”

"Is it better than cousin?"

"Naturally better than him."

There are elders in the house, and there is not much difference in age between Fu Shanchang and his nephew. It stands to reason that with her father here, why did the fifth old lady let her cousin be raised? You know, in the place, lifting people is a rarity. has become a lifter, and he has to be pulled out for a walk. What's the use of such a cousin?

Between the flint and lightning, Fu Zhenyu understood.

Two years ago, her father was too sick to speak.