"Wow, she's so generous, she's five taels of silver."

Du Fangling looked at the silver ingot made into ingots, and was even more satisfied with Zhang's knowledge.

Even if they have silver in their hands, they are all loose pieces of silver, of different sizes, and the condition is not good.

Zhang's silver ingot was obviously specially changed by going to Qianzhuang, which shows that she attaches great importance to Du Jinning.

Du Jinning smiled: "If I hadn't been admitted to Tongsheng or Xiucai, she wouldn't have this attitude." ”

"Bah, baba, childish words." Du Fangling forced Du Jinning to take two sips, and then said happily, "Whatever, now that she has come up to give us benefits, let's take it first." More on that later. ”

Du Fanghui also nodded again and again beside her.

Seeing that the two sisters were not fascinated by the glory in front of them, Du Jinning was still very satisfied.

"As long as you learn the ability, even if I can't pass the Xiucai exam in the future, our life will still get better and better, and we don't care what other people's attitudes are." Du Jinning said.

"Yes." Du Fangling and Du Fanghui agreed.

Not to mention anything else, just talking about making dried tofu, which has brought earth-shaking changes to the family, they have seen it in their eyes and experienced it themselves. If they had this ability before, even in the Du family, they would not have lived so miserably. Why is Niu so good to Zhang? That's not because Zhang's mother's family is rich, and she and Du Yunyi have money to spend on the Niu family every month?

"So, come with me up the mountain in two days to learn how to stir-fry tea." Du Jinning said again.

"No problem." Du Fangling and Du Fanghui are both diligent girls, and when they heard that they were going to work, they didn't shirk at all, and agreed very happily.

In the next two days, Du Jinning prepared a gift, and asked Liang Xiankuan and a few classmates who were selected from the academy to thank Liu County, who was about to leave Lishui County and return to his own county. Then everyone took gifts and thanked Guan Lehe, Yuan Xiuzhu and several gentlemen, all of whom had taught and taught the students of Class A.

When Du Jinning's visit was over, Guan Lehe summoned her over and asked her, "How do you plan to study in the next two months?" ”

This disciple is smart, and very assertive, and has his own set of learning methods, he found that letting Du Jinning self-study is even better than the effect of his teaching, so he didn't care about Du Jinning later, so he read books in the library all day long. The reason why he supports Du Jinning's scientific examination this year is that he feels that Du Jinning is very mature and not as easy to be impetuous and fluttery as ordinary children, and secondly, he thinks that Du Jinning is a pure waste of time to listen to classes with the students of Class A in the academy.

Now that Du Jinning has easily passed the county exam, he has no intention of detaining Du Jinning to stay in the academy or follow him to class.

"When Mr. Yuan talks about the art of manufacturing, I want to listen to it. The rest of the time......" Du Jinning raised his head embarrassedly and glanced at Guan Lehe, "The tea gardens of the Liang family and the Yan family can produce tea, and they asked me to teach the tea making method." In our family's tea garden, I also have to teach my mother and my sister. ”

Guan Lehe's brows furrowed: "How long are you going to teach them?" After the tea before the Ming and the tea before the rain is made, it will be April. And ......"

He raised his eyes and looked at Du Jinning: "If you want to learn the art of making, don't you plan to take the township test this fall?" ”

"Teaching tea making for a maximum of ten days, even if I go to the tea garden, I will combine work and rest, find more time to read, and when I am tired of reading, I will fry tea with my mother and them, and I will not spend all my time making tea. As for Qiu Yu...... she raised her big eyes and winked, "I want to try." ”

Hearing that Du Jinning had a clear arrangement for the time, Guan Lehe was relieved.

In addition to being intelligent, one of the biggest characteristics of this disciple is self-discipline. As a teacher, as long as he assigns his homework, Du Jinning will find time to study and complete it well, and he never has to worry about it. Since Du Jinning said that he would find time to read, then he has nothing to worry about.

However, he was not very appreciative of participating in the Autumn Festival.

"You're still young now, and your foundation is not stable, so it's better to wait three years and take the exam in three years. You will only be fifteen years old by then. If you go now, you are too young, and even if the essay is done well, the examiner will not necessarily take you. ”

He paused, but still said what was in his heart: "Actually, the teacher has an expectation, that is, I hope that you can take the first case in the township test and the hospital test in addition to the children's examination, which is a little selfishness for the teacher." If you study for another three years, you will have a much better chance of taking the case. ...... this year," he shook his head, "even if your essay is good, the examiner won't give you the first one." You're so young, after all. ”

Du Jinning also knew that Guan Lehe was speaking from the bottom of his heart.

If she were a boy, she would have delayed it for three years before taking the township exam. She felt that with her qualifications and the knowledge of standing on the shoulders of giants in her previous life, she was very hopeful of winning the first case in the township examination.

But she's not a boy, and she can't afford to wait.

"Teacher, I know you're doing it for my good. But I still want to give it a try this year. It doesn't matter if the head of the case is not the head of the case, as long as you win. Only those who have won the examination can participate in the examination. The examination is held every three years, and by the time I can take it, I will be 15 years old. Who can guarantee that I will pass the test the first time? If I don't pass the exam, I have to wait another three years, three years and three years, and then I will be old. Therefore, if you can win the show as soon as possible in front of you, you will at least take a step ahead of others, and the probability of success will be greater than others. ”

These words really moved Guan Lehe, and made his mind of wanting to suppress Du Jinning for three years completely shaken.

Yes, although Du Jinning has excellent qualifications and his mind is very transparent and intelligent, in the eyes of his teacher, he is naturally good anywhere. He believes that Du Jinning will definitely be able to be admitted to the Jinshi.

But there are no absolutes in the world, and how many amazing and brilliant people have fallen on the road to the imperial examination. Not to mention the other, let's just say that one of his own clan uncles was also a well-known prodigy back then. The elders of the clan felt that it was not appropriate for him to take the exam too early, and it was not until he was sixteen years old that he was allowed to take the college examination, and he achieved fame for showing his talents.

But two years later, he participated in the township test and was discharged into a bad number, and his performance was abnormal; When I took the exam again three years later, I had a high fever in the examination room. That delay is six years. When he was going to take the exam for the third time, he met his mother again, and went home to keep filial piety for three years, and when he returned to the examination room of the township examination, it had been 14 years since he had achieved the fame of Xiucai, and he was already a middle-aged man of 30 years old. It was not easy to achieve fame, and he participated in two sessions of the examination before he was awarded the Jinshi at the age of thirty-eight. The original ambition and ambition have been worn out by the years, and finally mediocre for a lifetime.

Thinking of this, Guan Lehe looked at Du Jinning with great satisfaction.

Du Jinning can say such a thing, at least it shows that he has not been dazzled by the praise of the county head and everyone, and feels that his future scientific research road will be smooth. If he can anticipate the difficulties ahead and be mentally prepared, he will definitely work hard to move towards the goal and will not be shaken by temporary gains and losses.

Such a child, he should not suppress him, but should encourage him to move forward.

"Okay, then you can try it this year, and the teacher will support you." Guan Le and Dao.

Du Jinning's heart immediately let go.

With Guan Lehe's words, that is, those old gentlemen in the academy have objections, and Guan Lehe will also persuade those people for her. She doesn't have to worry about that anymore.

After reporting to Guan Lehe, Du Jinning came over every morning to follow Guan Jiaze and Qi Muyuan to listen to Yuan Xiuzhu's art class.

The so-called craftsmanship is to write eight-strand texts. Although it was used as a fixed style for the imperial examination during the Chenghua period of the Ming Dynasty, it was actually indiscriminate in the Northern Song Dynasty. Wang Anshi changed the law, thinking that the Tang Dynasty used poetry to endow scholars, and the flashiness was not practical, so he did not have many subjects for Jinshi, and all changed the scriptures and meanings, and the style did not have specifications, and it did not necessarily require the battle arrangement. However, some candidates unconsciously use the method of comparison to write articles similar to the Bagu essay. The imperial examination of the Yuan Dynasty basically followed the Song Dynasty.

Although Du Jinning passed through the empty era, it was a continuation of the Song Dynasty. Although the Song Dynasty was not replaced by the Ming Dynasty, the history continued forward, and the Bagu Wen still appeared in the imperial examination and became the inherent style of the scientific examination. Fortunately, at this time, the Bagu text was not as fixed in content and rigid form as in the Ming and Qing dynasties, and the content discussed in the article had to be written according to Zhu Xi's "Four Books and Collections" and other books, and it was not allowed to play freely. At this time, in addition to being relatively fixed in form, the eight-strand text was relatively free in content. This made Du Jinning very satisfied.

In addition to listening to the art class, Du Jinning was busy making tea in the rest of his time.

Her time was just right, and the whole month of February ended in the county exam, and the visit and thank-you activities went on for a few more days, and it was time to fry Mingqian tea. Customer first, she plans to teach the Liang family and the Yan family's tea masters first, and then go back to stir-fry her own tea.

Yan Songtao took the letter brought by Du Jinning, read it, and smiled at his nephew Yan Xu: "This Du Jinning is really bold, and he actually kicked the ball to us to decide for ourselves." ”

Seeing Yan Xu's puzzled face, he explained: "He said that the Liang family also wants to make tea, and asked who comes first and who comes after our two families?" ”

Yan Xu understood what Yan Songtao meant, and said disapprovingly: "This should be his teacher Guan Lehe's idea, right?" He is a kid with no power and no power, even if he is smarter in school, does he dare to play tricks in front of us? ”

"You don't know this kid to say such things." Yan Songtao shook his head, "I have been paying attention to this child for more than a year, and I found that in addition to his studies, Guan Lehe never interfered in his affairs in other matters, and he didn't need to worry about Guan Lehe. This child arranges everything at home and outside the house in an orderly manner, not at all like a child of this age. I don't know how Guan Lehe found such a good seedling in the first place. ”