The days of not going to school always pass quickly, and the Shangyuan Festival passed in the blink of an eye, and then the Ye family's school officially opened, and Yunxi and the others began to study hard every day.

However, since it has been less than a month since Zhou Lei is going to take the children's test, he no longer takes classes with Yunxi and them, but is taught by the two gentlemen in turn. In fact, when Zhou Lei rarely attended morning classes a year ago, it was the afternoon class, and he and Yunxi were different.

The children's test is very troublesome, respectively, the county test, the government test and the hospital test, and only after these three levels can you get the show documents, layer by layer of checkpoints, layer by layer elimination. The pass rate is about 10%, Yunxi estimated it, and found that it is much more difficult than taking a book in the 21st century.

However, the benefits of Xiucai are not much, but they are exempted from conscription, and the official food still has to be paid. Yunxi thinks this is good, the more the privileged class is saved, the more he will be, and in the end he will not be able to control the trouble.

"If only I could participate!" Yun Jin threw down the paintbrush in his hand and said dissatisfiedly, "Why can only men be officials, but women can't be officials?" Yunxiao, Yunkai, you two tell me, in terms of homework and arithmetic, I am worse than you two? ”

"I want you to take the test too, eldest sister, but didn't I say it doesn't count?" Yunxiao smiled bitterly, "If you can take the exam, my father will definitely not stare at me, I can't ask for it!" ”

Yun Kai nodded hurriedly and agreed: "I also think that the eldest sister is very powerful, but I don't count if I say it!" ”

"Yunxi, you say!"

Yunxi: "I...... I don't think it matters, anyway, I can make money by planting flowers, so I don't have to be an official. ”

"Is it to earn money? Can you pursue it a little? Yun Jin glared at Yun Xi fiercely, quite hating iron and not steel.

"Then what are you doing as an official? Is it for the benefit of the people? I think I just need to do good for myself. Yunxi said, she really never thought about being an official, let alone in this life, even in her previous life. She thought about it as a civil servant, and if she didn't pass the exam once, she would die. Why do you have to be an official, you don't have enough money to spend, if you are greedy, you will be scolded, if you are not greedy, you will not fit in, and if you can't get it, you have to put money in it, what are you trying to do?

"Eldest sister, I think, instead of thinking about the question of being an official here, you should think about how to make money after getting married, but I heard that the official's salary is very low, and it would be better if it was released, but if it was in the capital, I am afraid that I would not even be able to afford to rent a house." Yunxi reminded, "When the time comes, you can't sit back and eat empty!" ”

"It can't be that bad, right?" Yun Jin was surprised, "If the income is very low, then why do so many people still want to study and take the imperial examination, just go to be businessmen." ”

"Sister, it's true." Yunxiao said, "I've heard people say that the bachelors of the Hanlin Academy only have five taels of silver, but renting a similar house in the capital costs three or four taels, in addition to the house, they also have to eat, dress and socialize.

But don't worry, eldest sister, Brother Liu is a clever person, and he will definitely be able to think of a way to make money. ”

Ran Yunjin was already frightened by what he said, "I'll ask Mr. Ming, if what you said is true, then I have to think about it, how can I make money again when I become an official, don't say anything about insults, my mind is used on it, how can I do things well?" ”

"I said, what do you want to do so far? Brother Liu is still far from being an official! And my father has already said that I will prepare a dowry of 300 acres of land for you, and I will prepare 2,000 taels of silver for you, so that you can save a few years, and Brother Liu will have everything when he comes out. Yunkai said.

Yun Jin said crumbly: "How can you sit and eat the sky, if your brother Liu can't survive, then we don't want to go with the northwest wind." ”

"I don't have money to find me, eldest sister, I'm the best at making money." Yunxi said with a smile that this year, she earned more than a thousand taels of silver by selling small bonsai. The silver of the ancient scholars was really easy to earn, and the small bonsai made of green bricks cost no more than 100 yuan, and the general directly asked for five taels, and it was sold out in a few days. On the contrary, it was the wood, not to mention that the effort was bigger than that, and the raising time was a little longer, but the ones that were sold were not as fire, but fortunately, they were all sold out in the end.

"Looking for you for money, are you the third child, do you know the eldest in the family?" Yun Jin said, "As the boss of the family, if I fall to the point where I ask you for money in the future, then do I have to live, and I will lose face, okay?" No, I have to find a way to make money! ”

Yun Kaile imagined: "Eldest sister, second sister, you all make good money, and then pay to support me and my eldest brother, Brother Liu to become officials, and then you can earn more money, and then we can become bigger officials." Hey, hey, hey! ”

"Yunkai is right!" Yunxi smiled and gave a thumbs up to Yunkai, there is a future, this kid, at a young age, he knows the truth that the combination of money and power can go further.

"Okay, yes, but you better help me think about how I can transfer more money!" Yun Jin replied angrily, "Also, are you still an official with good homework, I think you can't even pass the show?" ”

"How is it possible, Mr. Zhou said that I was smart, hum!" Yun Kai said unconvinced.

Yun Jin hit him disdainfully, "No matter how smart you are, you can be as smart as Zhou Lei, at best, you are a little smarter than your eldest brother, in terms of your homework, it is worse than me and Yunxi, what else do you have to be proud of." Besides, does the test show rely on cleverness? It's a matter of hard work! ”

Yun Kai lost his temper when he heard this, Yun Jin is older than him, and he is not stupid, isn't he better than him in learning the Four Books and Five Classics, and Yun Xi has taken up more than a lifetime of light, and his learning is also stronger than him, so he shows off his knowledge in front of his two sisters, and he has no advantage. I had to bow my head and muttered while writing: "What are the girls doing when they have nothing to learn so many things, it's not good to learn embroidery!" ”

As a result, Yun Jin didn't hear it, and he said, "What are you talking about, is your head itchy?" ”

Yun Kai shrunk his neck, "No, no, I endorse it!" ”

……

The next day, Yun Jin really went to find Mr., only to know that the actual situation was worse than what Yunxiao said, not only many low-level officials could not afford to support their families, but also many middle-level officials could not afford to support their families, because the capital is not only expensive in housing prices, but also expensive people, and the price of vegetables and rice is not low, and there are exchanges between colleagues, as well as all kinds of red and white ceremonies, and there are many places that need money.

However, many officials pretend to be scholars and disdain to serve the rich and powerful, so it is difficult to make money. There are even some people who are poor and have to hire subordinates to support their followers in order to save face, so many officials are glamorous, but in fact they are burdened with a lot of debts. There are still a lot of officials who can't make money, so they hit the idea of the court and borrow a lot of debts from the court, and now the court is also worried about how to ask for debts!

Therefore, it is not easy to live in the capital! If you want to support your family on money, it's impossible.