Cheng Mingzhi was flipping through the books in his study, only to see him scratching his head sometimes, sometimes sighing, sometimes throwing the book aside, and sometimes staring at the paper that he had scribbled in a daze......

Cheng Mingyuan chuckled, "Why is the second brother's appearance not the same as when Ah Qi was studying?" ”

"Fifty steps and a hundred steps of laughter." Cheng Jin winked at him.

Hearing the movement outside, Cheng Mingzhi jumped up, opened the door, and saw the sisters and brothers of the same mother standing outside the door, stunned for a moment, "Why are you all here?" ”

"I heard that the second brother is working hard in the study, let's take a look." Cheng Jin laughed.

Cheng Mingyuan looked behind Cheng Jin in disappointment.

"Second brother, what are you looking at?"

"No, I didn't see anything," Cheng Mingyuan coughed twice as if he was disguised, and then asked pretending to be casual, "What about Ah Ruo?" Why didn't I follow you? ”

"She's in the house."

"I'm going to follow you all the time." Cheng Mingzhi laughed dryly.

Cheng Chan and Cheng Jin are such keen people, they immediately looked at Cheng Mingzhi with burning eyes, Cheng Mingzhi turned his head a little embarrassed, "I'll just ask casually." ”

Although Cheng Mingyuan was young, he noticed the strange atmosphere between his brothers and sisters, and looked left and right, and he didn't say anything, and the four of them were rarely silent.

"Why didn't you go to the theater yesterday?" Cheng Zhan took a deep breath and asked with concern.

"If I don't go to the theater, isn't it good to work hard in the house? Maybe I'll be able to make a name for myself in the future and support you. Cheng Mingzhi's words sounded fine, but the tone was so yin and yang that Cheng Chen's face changed.

Cheng Qian was annoyed, put down the tonic soup that the kitchen specially stewed for him, and said no more, Cheng Jin and Cheng Mingyuan talked to him a few more words, and the atmosphere was a little reluctant.

"Second brother, what's wrong with you and eldest sister?" As soon as Cheng Qian and Cheng Jin left, Cheng Mingyuan couldn't wait to ask, "The eldest sister has been worried about you all the time, and she has been sending soup over, why are you treating her so coldly." ”

"I just know that she cares, so I feel uncomfortable." As soon as Cheng Chan left, Cheng Mingyuan threw the book aside and said with a sad face, "I can't read at all." ”

"If you can't read it, don't read it, the two of us are not as good as Ah Qi's reading seed, I have always had a headache when I take the book, I am thinking strange, you are so decent, how did you change your temperament." Cheng Mingyuan said disapprerovingly, "I didn't even watch the drama yesterday, you don't know how exciting the Wenxiang War Demon Barbarian is......"

"How can you not study, the title of Marquis of Chengen will end up with my father, and when the Marquis Mansion is not removed, the two of us have no fame, what will we live on in the future? Ah Jin is married, and it's good to say, Ah Niang and eldest sister, and ...... Who can we rely on in the future? Cheng Mingzhi sighed, "For them, no matter how difficult this road is, the two of us must also go down." ”

"But we are not the material for reading, or we can't read it no matter how hard we study, let alone test for fame." Cheng Mingyuan nibbled on the candied dim sum on the table and said, "It's better to expect the eldest sister and the fifth sister to take the fame test." ”

"We are dignified seven-foot men, how can we test the two weak women to go out to test for fame and fame?" Cheng Mingzhi said, "Don't mess around all day, I have decided to take the exam this fall, you can go together." ”

Cheng Mingyuan, who was still taking classes in ethnology, heard about Cheng Mingzhi's calculations for the first time, and almost fell from his seat.

"I'm only eight years old, second brother, aren't you crazy?"

"Don't talk nonsense!" Cheng Mingzhi still looks like a brother in front of Cheng Mingyuan, and when he saw him reacting violently, he felt much better.

"I'm only eight years old! I just finished learning a thousand-character essay, and I haven't passed the children's exam, and I don't even have the qualifications for the township exam, how will I end up in the autumn? Cheng Mingyuan stretched out his hand and probed Cheng Mingzhi's forehead, "Second brother, aren't you feverish and dizzy?" ”

Cheng Mingzhi slapped him on the head, "Who are you bluffing?" I also read in the family studies, when I was eight years old, I had already finished learning a thousand words and began to learn "Poetry", and I also began to talk about the university and Mr. Zhongyong, you work hard, what is the difficulty of passing the children's exam? ”

"Mr. just started to talk about it, I don't even know what the scriptures and policies are, and how to write them, so it's not crazy to let me go to the examination room, what is it? Why is Cheng Jin good, second brother, you are crazy? Cheng Mingzhi is not crazy, Cheng Mingyuan is going crazy, "You are not my second brother, you are definitely not my second brother!" What about my second brother? ”

"You're crazy!" Cheng Mingyuan slapped him on the head again, "Anyway, no one expects you to pass the exam, so it's not a big deal to try." ”

Cheng Mingyuan has recovered from the initial shock, most of the people of his age in the clan studies have not yet been admitted to Xiucai, but even if they don't get the exam, it is nothing more than a matter of losing some face and spending some money, he is thick-skinned, it is not a big deal, and Cheng Mingzhi's motivated reaction in front of him is the most abnormal.

"Second brother, are you sure that you can win in the autumn season?"

"I'm sure I can't win," Cheng Mingzhi replied very sincerely.

"Second brother, then why do you have to take the test? A-Niang and eldest sister didn't force you. Cheng Mingyuan looked at him incredulously, not knowing who gave him the courage to do what he knew he couldn't do.

"They didn't force me," Cheng Mingzhi was a little uncomfortable, "I just suddenly figured it out, and I felt that I couldn't go on like this." ”

Cheng Mingyuan looked at him fixedly for a while, "It's okay, you'll figure it out in a few days, anyway, it's not once or twice that you suddenly start studying hard......

He grinned, and every time Cheng Mingzhi swore to make up his mind, he usually couldn't last three days and then relapsed, and this time it would not last long.

"Don't curse me!" Cheng Mingzhi knocked on his head angrily, "I have made up my mind this time, I must study well and take the exam, you don't have to slack off, even if you fail the exam this time, it has nothing to do with it, and if you take the exam again next time, you may pass the exam one day." ”

"Second brother, don't you want to lose face?"

Although Cheng Mingzhi sometimes dies to save face, once he figures it out, he doesn't get entangled, "Who doesn't know that I can't study, master, if I don't pass the exam, I won't pass the exam, and I won't lose face, so I always have to try more." ”

"You have to work hard, don't lose face, but what are you going to do with me?" Cheng Mingcheng hasn't turned a corner yet, "You didn't take the ...... exam when you were eight years old."

"Ah Qi is one year older than you, he has already entered Taixue, maybe he will take the exam this autumn, so you can't fight for Ah Niang?"

Cheng Mingyuan and Cheng Mingqi were born in the same year, although Mrs. Cheng does not have much affection for Cheng Enhou, but this matter is related to the dignity of the main mother, a concubine from a thin horse dared to provoke her, and gave birth to a son without her permission, which has always been a thorn in her heart, and her dislike of Cheng Mingqi is also written on her face.