She was stupid, so she put aside the good life Lin Zhun and went to pick up the "meaning" of the eldest son of the Wang family.

Sister Qiu went out of the teahouse and went to the door of the water tofu workshop to choose a shaded field and wait, and after a while, Xiao Xu came out of the water tofu workshop.

The two of them walked together to the place they had agreed with Jia's, and Xiao Xu said with a smile: "Brother Zhun and Brother Qian are going to the provincial capital immediately, it's really fast!" Sister, do you think they can pass the exam? ”

"Where do I know this, I'm not a half-immortal who tells fortunes!" Sister Qiu said with a smile, "It's the best in the exam, it doesn't matter if you can't pass the exam, there are the next year, the year after tomorrow, and the year after tomorrow...... They were willing to take the test and continued to take it. It's you, but you're not allowed to say it to them. "It doesn't increase the psychological burden of candidates!

Xiao Xu grinned and said, "I know, I definitely won't talk about it." I also want to take the test, and all the articles I wrote Mr. Long praised! "Xiao Xu is still young, he has always studied in private school, and he can only enter the Tingfeng Academy in the next year, but he learns quickly and flexibly, and Mr. Private Learning has long been unable to teach him, but he often takes his homework articles to Mr. Long for advice.

Sister Qiu patted his head and said: "If you praise you, it doesn't mean that you can be admitted to the exam, or just study for a few more years, when Mr. Long sends a message, you can go to the exam, and my sister will give you the travel fee!" ”

Mr. Long talked to his family about the small preface, he felt that the small preface was more than Lin Zhun and Zhang Ruoxu, all of whom had the talent to study, and now they can also take the exam to be an old talent, but they are not old enough to be experienced, and the aura of the article is enough, but it is less stable and tight, and the name will not rely on the front.

"Xiao Xu, this kid is different from Da Zhun Ruoxu, Da Zhun and Ruoxu are diligent enough, but the foundation is poor, the purpose is only in the exam, and it is his creation to take a step forward, and there is nothing very regrettable about it. Xiao Xu has this understanding, wouldn't it be better to wait patiently for a few more years and strive to be the first case in one fell swoop? This is the original words of Mr. Long and Yan Yuanwai when they had a private meal and drink.

Although Yan Yuanwai received an official errand, he was a small official, not a scholar who had taken the imperial examination, and he didn't understand much about the crooks and bends in this regard, so he naturally believed in Mr. Long's words and believed tightly.

In August, Lin Zhun and Zhang Ruoxu packed up their bags and set off, and Lin Cheng escorted the two to the provincial capital, and the courtyard bought by Sister Zhongqiu in the provincial capital was vacated early for the two to live.

After the two left, Aunt Chunhua and Li Ailian invited Guanyin Bodhisattva from the temple, and prayed that the Bodhisattva could bless the two children in the examination.

Although Sister Qiu didn't believe this, she exaggerated the panicked atmosphere of several women, and under the persuasion of Jia's family, she also joined the team of praying for incense, but others begged for their Jinbang High School, and she begged for the two of them to be safe.

As soon as the two left, it was not until mid-September that the two came back, but the expressions of the two were not so happy, and the moment they looked at Li Ailian, Zhang Ruoxu's eyes were all red, and he didn't burst into tears.

Looking at the appearance, neither of them passed the exam. In fact, Sister Qiu also guessed that if the two of them

There is a pass in the exam, and the good news has already reached here, and there is no news when the two come back, so it must be that both of them have failed the list.

Zhang Ruoxu's father died early, his mother and little sister worked hard for him to study, he shouldered the important responsibility of the glorious lintel, and the pressure in his heart can be imagined.

Li Ailian, who was looking forward to the boy's future, was nothing, and still had a loud voice, comforting that the boy still had the next year.

"Look at your dejected look!" Li Ailian scolded the kid with a smile, "Didn't you tell me before, what is the name of a senior official who was the prime minister in the previous dynasty, people only took the examination to be promoted in their 30s, and they were only admitted to the middle school to be an official in their forties. ”

Unlike Zhang Ruoxu, who was going to take the road of the imperial examination, Lin Zhun did not pass the examination this time, but only smiled in front of everyone, and did not show how uncomfortable he was.

After the evening banquet, he pulled Sister Qiu in the backyard to talk quietly, holding Sister Qiu's palm and said, "I'm still thinking, this time I was lucky to win...... It can also earn you the name of a wife. The night of September was a little cold, and under the starlight in the sky, Lin Zhun's face had indescribable regret and loneliness.

Lin Zhun smiled and shook his head, "As I said before, this time I went back to the exam, whether I passed the exam or not, it was all my wish, I won't take the exam anymore, and I will discuss it with my father and mother tomorrow, and see if I can help the family do business, or find a museum in the town to teach." ”

If you don't have a livelihood to support your own children, and only rely on your wives and brothers to support you, how can you have the face to stand in the world? In Lin Zhun's view, even if the teacher earns little, which is not enough for a fraction of his daughter-in-law's daily income, it is still a livelihood that requires him to have dignity.

On the one hand, Sister Qiu felt that Lin Zhun's idea was correct, and in the end, there was a lesson from Meiqu's past that was left here, and on the other hand, if Lin Zhun felt that Lin Zhun gave up after only taking the test once, it would be a little regrettable.

"It's not as ......good as this," Sister Qiu smiled and discussed with Lin Zhun, "Let's live in the village in the future, there are a lot of children in several villages, you set up a village school in the village, teach them to read and write, review the books in your spare time, and take the exam again in the next year." ”

Lin Zhun saw it at a glance, Sister Qiu changed the law to ask him to continue studying, and all his regrets were over, so he asked with a smile: "Then let's stop it?" ”

"It's all from the villagers, where can I collect it." Sister Qiu said with a smile, there are a few rural families that can provide children to study, if it is restricted, no one will send children to read and write, besides, if it is restricted, people will go to the name of the exam, Lin Zhun will inevitably have to spend a lot of effort to teach, will delay the time when she reads and reviews, her original intention is just to find a troubleless errand for Lin Zhun to study, and there is something to do after studying.

Lin Zhun felt warm in his heart, the regrets that he had already lost due to his failure had long since disappeared, with such a daughter-in-law, what regrets could he have? Lin Zhun stretched out his palm and touched Sister Qiu's hair, which was soft on Sister Qiu's head

kissed him and said, "I know that you have your heart for my sake, but I have already made up my mind about this matter, whether it is to work as a library or to help the family, I can usually read books in my free time." ”

The day before October 206, the furniture that Yan Yuanwai and Jia Shi paid for the little couple to build was tied with bright red brocade, and they beat gongs and drums to make a lot of noise and moved into the big mansion prepared by Lin Qu and Aunt Chunhua for the little couple.

When the furniture was moved in, Sister Qiu was busy picking up her own things, most of the silver money she had accumulated over the years had been exchanged for silver tickets, she counted two thousand taels of silver from the inside, found a red lacquered wooden box, packed it with brown paper and put it in the box, and when Yan and Xiaoxu all went to deliver the furniture, they arrived at Jia's house and handed it to Jia's.

"I don't want it!" Jia Shi pushed the wooden box back, "You gave it all to me, what do you use?" Where can the girl's family not have money? I don't lack anything, and it's useless for you to give it to me! ”

Sister Qiu laughed, "Mother, you have told it all, the girl's family can't have a personal money, this money is what I left for you." She had already thought about it, Yan Yuanwai and Xiao Xu were all trustworthy and good people, but the problem was that if they were not afraid of 10,000, they were afraid of what happened, if the two of them were not good to Jia's later, Jia's still had a small building, and there was also money that could be used by her body, which was also the reason why she gave Jia money behind Yan Yuanwai and Xiaoxu.

Jia's eyes were a little red, and he shook his hand and said, "Then I don't want it, your father gave it to me, and the income in the store is enough, what do I want this money for?" It didn't work at all. ”

"I left the bento for the little building." Sister Qiu said with a smile, stretched out her palm and touched the pink sleeping face of the small building on the kang, when she goes out tomorrow, she will be Lin Mei's family, it is more convenient to give it now than to give it in the future.

Jia Shi smiled and said: "Even if you leave it to him, don't have so much, leave him 10 taels and 20 taels, enough for him to study, gentlemen, you should earn money to support your family and start a business, what kind of ability can you rely on your sister!" ”

What did Sister Ren Qiu say, Jia just didn't want to accept it, and in the end, Sister Qiu couldn't do anything, and said to Jia: "This money, you should be able to protect my son?" In the future, if Lin Zhun treats me badly and scavenges me out of the house, I will still have some money to put you here, so that I will not end up begging on the street. ”

Jia Shi scratched his ears and said, "Nonsense! Da Zhun is that kind of child, and it's not a shame to say this! It's a loss for your Uncle Lin and Aunt to be so good to you! It's that they will treat you badly in the future, and I, your father, and your two younger brothers, will eat dry rice? Watching you being oppressed? ”

Although Jia was annoyed that the lady's speech did not go through her brain, she still accepted the money, and she was really afraid that her future daughter's life would not be good and she would lack money. Sister Qiu was depressed for the beating, but she felt that there were some pit ladies in this world, and now she even sent all the money like this.

In the afternoon, Anzi and Li Ailian came to Yan's house with Zhang Yuxiu, who had a big belly, and the things Zhang Yuxiu gave were simple and affordable, a pair of gold bracelets inlaid with rubies, heavy, adding up to five taels, and a hundred taels of silver could not be purchased.

"It's too valuable!" Jia Shi looked at Zhang Yuxiu disapprovingly, "The child will come out in a few months, when the two of you are just going to use the money, Sister Qiu is not an outsider, what are you spending that money for?!" ”

Zhang Yuxiu is in good arms, and the other pregnant women are pregnant with morning sickness, she is eating Ma Ma Xiang, the melon seed face is all in a lump of faces, lying on Sister Qiu's kang and eating pears with a smile, and preaching: "Auntie, it is because Sister Qiu is not an outsider that I spend that money, if Sister Qiu is an outsider, I can't give her such a good thing!" ”

"This is the intention of the two of them to Sister Qiu, you can accept it! The two of them were like sisters, and they gave less, and Yuxiu felt uncomfortable. Li Ailian said with a smile.

Sister Qiu calmly thanked and accepted it, if others treat her well, she will repay her very much, and when Zhang Yuxiu gives birth to a child, she will definitely give her little nephew a thicker meeting gift, and she will not want Zhang Yuxiu to suffer.

"Eh, I can't send you a kiss tomorrow!" Zhang Yuxiu preached to Sister Qiu regretfully.

(End of chapter)