"So what? He's not even a boy now." Mrs. Cen was very realistic. She said, "He came last in the county exam last time. I don't know if he will pass the exam this time. It's hard to say if he passed the exam."

,What if I fail the exam?"

"Isn't this his first time taking the government examination..." When it comes to this matter, Mr. Cen doesn't have much confidence.

After all, finishing last in the county exam is not a good ranking.

Although one exam does not mean that Liu Jiantong is bad, it does mean that his chances of passing the government exam are getting smaller.

"You think so too, right?" Mrs. Cen saw through this man's thoughts at a glance and said, "The first time, the second time, the third time... do you think that with his family's conditions, you can support him?"

How many years will the exam take?”

Mr. Cen: "..."

He really wanted to ask, are you so sure that Liu Jiantong will not pass the test this time?

What if he passes?

"I know what you are thinking. You just think that he might be able to survive, right? But what if?" Mrs. Cen emphasized, "Don't be afraid of ten thousand, just be afraid of what happens. Do you think your girl will eat it?"

Have you suffered like that?"

"So...what do you mean?"

Mrs. Cen said: "If he passes the Tongsheng examination, fine, that's fine. If he fails, forget it."

"Isn't that good?" Mr. Cen felt that it was a bit too utilitarian.

Mrs. Cen didn't think so and said: "What's wrong? He is your student. Even if he is admitted to the Tongsheng School, if my girl marries him, it will be a marriage. If he can't even do this and has no potential at all, I

It's better to find a man from a well-off family in the town and marry the girl to him. We don't ask him to be rich and noble, we have to be rich and safe, right? Tongsheng always fails to pass the exam, how can he be rich and safe?"

Mr. Cen: "..."

From his wife's perspective, this seems to be correct.

"Don't always think that it's a bit embarrassing to show off your husband's profile. What are you losing? Your face is more important, or is your precious daughter more important?"

Therefore, the result of Mr. Cen and Mrs. Cen's discussion for a long time is - if Liu Jiantong is admitted to Tongsheng, then the marriage can be considered; but if he fails to pass, then forget it.

As a parent, I always want to think deeply about my children, and I wish I had thought about it all my life.

Even though I know that there is a word called "everything is unpredictable", I still try my best.

The same is true for Ye Yuran. From letting his daughter-in-law take on the responsibility of doing business, to sending the fool Zhu Qi to school, to sending Dabao and Erbao to school, it was all for the sake of the "future".

Although my original intention was that one day I would be old and unable to work anymore, so that I could create a good economic condition and spend my old age peacefully, but as time goes by, I sincerely hope that these children can get better and better.

She didn't know what step she could take, but she hoped to do her best to arrange it.

Because the rain was not heavy, the men of the Zhu family even went to the fields.

Zhu Da went to the paddy fields to determine the condition of the seedbeds, while Zhu Er led a group of people with the sweet potato seedlings prepared in advance and took the time to plant the remaining ones.

It turns out that as early as the Qingming Festival was approaching, the old farmers in the village reminded everyone that it would rain a little during the Qingming Festival in previous years.

This continuous drizzle is a good thing for the crops that have just been planted in the ground. It is just the right time for the sweet potato seedlings to catch the vines, so it is the most suitable time for cutting.

So with Ye Yuran's reminder, the women of the Zhu family hurried down to cut the sweet potato vines back and put them in the shade of the yard.

As soon as there was movement in her house, other people in Zhujia Village received the news and also checked their sweet potato seedlings and started moving.

Back and forth, the sweet potato fields were laid out in this way.

The men of the Zhu family went to the fields, but Zhu Qi didn't. After all, he was a bit young and a scholar, so everyone was afraid that his body would not be able to bear it and that it would cause trouble when the time came.

Normally, when a scholar is busy with his business, the villagers will talk about it. If they see him go out in this kind of weather, he is afraid that the clan leader will come to visit him again: "Oh, what happened to your Zhu family? Our village

It took a lot of effort to create a talented scholar, but how did you mess him up?"

"He is young, so you don't have to 'bully' him like this, right?"

"If you don't want to cherish it, send it to our family. There are many people in the village who want it."

…

The reason why I use the word "again" is because I have already come to my door once.

When he was approached for the first time, Ye Yuran was still a little bit dumbfounded:

"Li Zheng, Patriarch, Lao Qi is my son, can I still harm him?" Li Zheng wondered: "Then why do you want him to have nothing to do all day long and go to the fields with Zhu Da and the others? He doesn't know how to farm."

"I asked him to work in the fields, but did I ask him to work in the fields like Zhu Da and others?" Ye Yuran asked back.

Li Zheng hesitated: "He has already gone to work, what else is he doing? He is young, how much work can a half-year-old boy from any family do? Aren't they all working on the side... Don't talk about this, I am not trying to talk to you.

This person, I mean, he is a scholar, a scholar, a person with a great reputation, so you should not mess with him. If you cause him any problems, it will be too late to regret it by then."

"Li Zheng, I understand what you mean, but if Lao Qi wants to take the imperial examination in the future, he will definitely have to answer questions about farming. If I don't let him go to the fields to see with his own eyes how the land is farmed, I won't wait until he gets to the examination room.

How did he write it?"

"Ah?! You still need to take this test?" Not only Li Zheng was dumbfounded, but the clan leader was also dumbfounded.

They know that scholars have to learn this and that, but they never thought that scholars actually have to learn to farm?

But, doesn’t it mean that scholars can’t farm?

Which scholar would come here specifically to learn farming?

Anyway, from the stories they heard about scholars, there was nothing like this.

Ye Yuran smiled and said: "We must take the exam. Do you think, if you don't take the exam, how do you know whether a scholar can do it? If you pass the college exam, you will be a scholar, and if you pass the provincial exam, you will be an official. If you don't understand at all, you will be a scholar."

Scholars who farm are assigned to be officials in a small place like ours. Don’t they have to take care of our farming? If they don’t, why do the government officials come to us every year?”

Li Zheng, the clan leader reacted, right? Every year during the spring plowing time, the Yamen servants would go there and beat the gong to remind everyone not to be lazy and that it was time to plant the land.

It's just that the people here are more diligent, and the experienced farmers reminded them that they don't need to wait for the government officials to show up, and they have already started preparations.

Especially this year, because the paddy field matter was a bit detailed, they plowed the land ahead of schedule, less than half a month early.

Ye Yuran continued to explain: "I don't know whether Lao Qi will pass the exam or become an official in the future, but what if? We are afraid of this eventuality, so we have to prepare in advance, otherwise he will be assigned to another place.

I went to a different place but didn’t understand anything. Isn’t that harming others? Sigh... Which of us country people doesn’t expect God to eat? If he makes a mistake in this matter, he will really commit a sin..."

For a moment, Li Zheng and the clan leader also sighed.

However, they were not stupid, and did not forget to remind Ye Yuran that since Zhu Qi was a scholar, even if he became an official, he only needed to "understand" and did not need to go to the field in person.

So she doesn't need to be as demanding as Zhu Da and Zhu Er. He just needs to have a rough understanding of what's going on and not to be fooled.

If not, which county magistrate do you think really knows how to farm? He knows more than just a superficial knowledge.

The people below are the ones who really do the work.
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