Pei Ran has been very troubled recently, because after he told his father that he didn't want to continue to be admitted to the Jinshi exam, Pei's father refused mercilessly, and kept a closer eye on his homework, so that he spent all his time on his homework during the day, and there was no time to paint his paintings without doing his job.

So every day when he came back from the study, he was like a frosted eggplant, sad and depressed.

No, as soon as he returned to An Nan's courtyard, he collapsed on An Nan's couch without any image, covering his eyes and silent.

An Nan pulled away his hand, and the two bruised eyes under his eyes were revealed, and the originally black and white eyes were bloodshot, obviously tortured by his homework recently.

"Are you tired?" An Nan stroked the furrowed brow between his brows and asked.

"Hmm. I get annoyed when I see those lessons! Pei Ran said impatiently, obviously really disgusted by those homework.

"I'll be admitted to the Jinshi tomorrow spring, right? There are still a few months left, and it seems that you still have to continue, and it will be over when you are admitted to the Jinshi; Of course, if you haven't been admitted next year, then you have to continue to live like this in the next few years. An Nan said.

When Pei Ran heard her say this, he became even more irritable: "I didn't want to take the road of official career, and I don't understand why my father must force me!" Aren't there already a lot of officials in our family? What's wrong with me?! ”

An Nan understands Pei's father and Mrs. Pei's wish to see their son Jackie Chan, even though they have many sons, they hope that each of them will become successful and can support a family by themselves, so they will force Pei Ran like this.

In fact, they can obviously let Pei Ran go on without doing his job, because the two of their sons in law who have grown up are very promising, even if Pei Ran is a gentleman, it will not affect their life of wealth and glory surrounded by children and grandchildren in the future.

But their long-term vision is for the good of their son, so they are forced to use their skills to earn fame.

"Do you want to get rid of this pain once and for all?" Annan asked him.

Pei Ran's eyes lit up suddenly, and he stared at An Nan with a sparkle of anticipation: "Do you have a way?!" Tell me! ”

An Nan nodded and said, "That is, you use these few months, work hard one last time, and strive to be admitted to the Jinshi in one time, so that you can solve this trouble once and for all." ”

When Pei Ran heard her words, the light in his eyes went out all of a sudden, and he rolled his eyes at An Nan unhappily and said, "What kind of method are you talking about?" Idea! I just don't want to continue to read those old-fashioned and boring books and do those boring homework, so I don't want to continue to take the Jinshi exam, but you ask me to work hard for a few months! Going to the exam as my father asked? Isn't that fooling me? ”

An Nan asked him with a look of contempt: "You rebelled against your father, you don't want to study, did you succeed?" ”

"Nope!" Pei Ran replied unhappily, glaring at An Nan, thinking that she deliberately poked his heart.

"In other words, you won't be able to get rid of your homework for a few months, until tomorrow before spring." An Nan continued to ask him again.

Pei Ran nodded, not understanding why she was asking this, but still replied, "Yes." ”

"If you can't resist, you have to continue to work hard to take the imperial examination, but if you take the exam with such a resistance and negative mentality, it is likely that you will fail next year, and then your parents will continue to ask you to study until you are admitted to the Jinshi in three, six or ten years." An Nan said lightly.

Pei Ran looked at her inexplicably: "Yes, I know all of this, what's the use of saying it?" ”

An Nan ignored his rhetorical question, and continued: "In other words, no matter what, it is impossible for you to get rid of those boring homework in the past few months, and since you can't get rid of it, why don't you do everything to complete the goal of being admitted to the Jinshi?"

As long as you finish it, you can get rid of these homework that give you headaches, this method of taking the initiative to meet the enemy, is better than you negative to the other party, right? One is once and for all, and the other is endless, and you can figure out for yourself which method is better - the lesser of two evils. ”

Pei Ran listened, and really thought about it carefully for a while, and then said to An Nan in agreement: "You're right, if I don't get in, they will continue to ask me to be motivated endlessly, and only if I am admitted to the Jinshi is the best way to end this pain." ”

Seeing that he had finally figured it out, An Nan nodded and said, "Yes, so your best way is to last these few months of pain, and then usher in a new ......"

An Nan's words made Pei Ran finally realize that his passive resistance was not a good way, after all, if he still had to be controlled by his parents, he had to continue like this, unless he broke off the relationship with his family, it was impossible for him to resist his father, but he didn't intend to be disobedient and unfilial, so he had to choose to continue to suffer for a few months, just like he used to take the Xiucai and Juju exams.

"I was admitted to the Jinshi, what if my father asked me to be an official again? Isn't it endless? Pei Ran suddenly thought of this question, so he asked An Nan at a loss, this possibility is very high.

An Nan said casually: "Do you think being an official is a very safe and risk-free thing?" On the contrary, officialdom is very complex and dangerous, and a little carelessness can harm the whole family, if you don't want to be an official, always pay attention to the affairs in the officialdom, and understand the things between your boss and colleagues, it is easy to be framed by someone with a heart......

Officialdom is like a battlefield, and a king is like a tiger, haven't you heard these two sentences? Your father has been up and down in officialdom for so many years, can you not know that being an official also requires talent and luck? If your mind is not on being an official, then he will definitely not be able to force you to do your homework and imperial examinations, because he is afraid that if you are not careful, you will make mistakes and affect your family. ”

When Pei Ran heard her words, he was relieved, breathed a sigh of relief, and said with a slight smile: "That's really good, I can be relieved if I am admitted to the Jinshi." ”

"With the character of your parents, it is impossible to agree that you have nothing to do at home all day and do not do your job, so you must find a serious job and keep your parents' mouths shut so that they will give you freedom." An Nan said suddenly.

Pei Ran was stunned and said anxiously, "What should I do then?" What else can I do? My father and mother won't let me do business, right? Isn't that a lowly status? No, they're not going to let me do this......"

When An Nan heard his words, he said speechlessly: "Besides doing business, can't you do anything else?" In this way, none of them are scholars. ”

Pei Ran choked, and now he found that he really had no other skills except for reading exams, writing and drawing...... Realizing this, he suddenly felt a little lost, he didn't seem to be as useful as he imagined?