Chapter 21: Exclusively published by Jin-Jiang Literature City
After Li Changwen noticed Li Changqing's ability to seek good fortune and avoid evil, he naturally followed Li Changqing's footsteps quietly.
However, he did not show it openly, because it would make him look like a supporter of Li Changqing. His parents would never allow him to learn from Li Changqing in his actions. They would only ask him to surpass Li Changqing. He can surpass Li Changqing and cannot be inferior to Li Changqing.
Precisely because of his parents' attitude, Li Changwen always had a layer of distance from Li Changqing, his cousin who should have been treated like a biological brother.
No one likes a 'child from another family' who is always used as an example by his parents to suppress him. He is obviously very good, but just because there is a better Li Changqing, he never hears any praise from his parents. Discourse.
Comparing how Li Changqing's parents praised him in a fancy way, Li Changwen only felt that people with different backgrounds had different fates. From a secular perspective, he, the son of a fifth-rank official, had a much higher status than Li Changqing. After all, Li Changqing's father was just a white man.
But if it could be changed, Li Changwen would rather his father be a white man, and hope that his father can love him like Li Changqing's father, instead of always giving him severe admonitions when they meet, as if he is a tool to defeat Li Changqing, rather than biological son.
His mother, Tan, did care more about him than his father, Li Jingyuan, but she still cared more about his studies and his future. He would have been content without Li Changqing to compare him with, but having met Li Changqing's parents, it had no influence on him. After seeking pure love, it was difficult for him to satisfy his mother Tan's demanding love for him.
The desire in his heart became more and more unsatisfied, and he became more and more envious and jealous of Li Changqing, his cousin who was not much older than him.
Therefore, Li Changwen's attitude toward Li Changqing alternates between hot and cold. Sometimes he feels that Li Changqing's cheerful and optimistic cousin is really nice and worth making friends with, so he treats him warmly. Sometimes he gets angry because he was scolded by his parents at home. Li Changqing, so he became indifferent to Li Changqing again.
As a result, the relationship between Li Changwen and Li Changqing can only be described as mediocre, not as good as the relationship between Li Changji and Li Changqing.
Li Changqing had many friends, so he just worried for a while about why Li Changwen, his cousin, was so difficult to deal with. Became good friends.
Therefore, Li Changqing did not notice that Li Changwen was still quietly observing his attitude when he answered his husband's questions.
After his husband finished teaching and after school today, Li Changqing took a carriage and went home.
As soon as he got home, he went straight to the sunniest garden of his house. At this time, his old father must be sunbathing in the garden.
Li Changqing quickly walked into the archway of the garden and shouted loudly before he saw anyone: "Dad! I'm back! Let's have a bet!"
Si Yuan, who was drowsy under the warm sun, opened one eye and glanced around, but did not see his son. This boy arrived before he even made a sound.
Then the eyelid of the eye he barely opened clicked shut again.
At this time, Li Changqing rushed to Si Yuan's recliner and squatted down. He squeezed Si Yuan's shoulders diligently and said in his voice: "Dad, please give me some advice. Today, Mr. asked me if I will participate in this year's examination. Dad, please make a bet with me, will my examination go smoothly this year?"
Si Yuan ignored him and just sighed, then straightened his long legs: "Oh, these legs are always numb as I get older."
Li Changqing diligently moved his position and pinched his legs: "Dad, how is this strength?"
Si Yuan lazily raised his hand and put it on his eyes, opened his eyes, squinted and said, "Well, not bad, just go faster."
Li Changqing sped up his hands and continued to ask diligently: "Dad, let's have a bet. Let's bet with me. Do I want to take the exam this time?"
Si Yuan squinted his eyes to look at his face, and then said in a casual tone: "I bet you will take the exam this year."
Li Changqing suddenly beamed: "Hey, thank you, Dad, I will reply to you sir, I will take part in the examination this year!"
After saying this, he ran away quickly.
Si Yuan, who only had one leg pinched: "..."
Si Yuan sat up and looked at Li Changqing's turbulent back. He shook his head helplessly and smiled: "This kid really can't keep his composure at all."
However, such a lively, cheerful and optimistic young man is much better than the sensitive, silent and inferior Li Changqing in the original plot.
Moreover, Li Changqing's instability can only be shown in front of people who are familiar with and approved of him. Li Changqing will not be this unsettled when facing outsiders.
Li Changqing told his husband about his decision to take the examination, and he was very pleased: "Your knowledge is enough. If you do your best in this examination, you will definitely not fail. As for whether you can become a Huiyuan, it depends on It’s up to the examiner’s preference for this examination.”
Li Changqing respectfully said: "Students must do their best. Thank you sir for your many years of teaching. I am deeply grateful."
The teacher stroked his beard and said with a smile: "This is because you are talented and work hard. Okay, I can't teach you anything. Just prepare for the exam at home. If you need advice, come to me." , you don’t have to come to class every day, and I don’t have anything to teach you anymore.”
Nowadays, the small classes in Jingyuan's residence are mainly for Li Changji, the heir to the residence who is academically backward, and his younger brothers.
In fact, the two candidates, Li Changqing and Li Changwen, have already graduated.
Li Changqing also planned to prepare more before the examination, so he agreed and thanked his husband again.
When Li Changqing returned home, he prepared for the exam by asking his father to help him build a special room for the exam, conduct a mock exam, and ask his father to simulate the proctor to invigilate him.
This method of preparing for the mock exam was taught to him by his father. He had tried it before during the provincial examination and it was very easy to use. At least for the first time he took the provincial examination, he felt that he was more accustomed to the environment of the examination room than those candidates who had taken the provincial examination several times. So Li Changqing performed very well and directly took down the Jieyuan of that provincial examination.
Naturally, he also wants to challenge Huiyuan in this examination. If he successfully passes the examination of Huiyuan, and his "big. The beauty of adulthood designated him as the number one scholar.
It can be said that if he passes the Huiyuan exam, the top prize will be his.
While Li Changqing was taking the mock exam, Li Changwen also found out from his husband that Li Changqing had gone home to prepare for this exam.
So Li Changwen worked harder to warm up his book. Since Li Changqing would participate in this examination, nothing would happen. He would surpass Li Changqing in the ranking of this examination.
As long as he beats Li Changqing, his parents might be willing to praise him.
When he becomes an official in the future, with the help of his father, a fifth-grade official, his career will definitely be smoother than that of Li Changqing. As for the help from Uncle Jingyuan's Mansion, he and Li Changqing are both grandsons of the old Uncle Jingyuan and nephews of Uncle Jingyuan. They have the same status and the power they can borrow from Uncle Jingyuan is also similar. They are definitely indistinguishable in this regard. After getting better, the competition between him and Li Changqing in terms of external strength will only be the help of their parents and their mother's wife's family behind them.
When Li Changwen was working hard to study hard and beat Li Changqing in the general examination, his mother, Tan, received her brother and eldest niece.
Father Tan glanced at Tan Zhuyue, his eldest daughter, who was urging him with her eyes, and sighed silently in his heart, but he still had the patience to greet his sister for a while, and then got to the point: "Brother, I am here today. I want to discuss Zhuyue and Changwen’s marriage with my sister..."
It stands to reason that the discussion of this kind of marriage should be left to the wife, but when Tan's father remembered the quarrel between Tan Zhuyue, the eldest daughter born to his first wife, and his step-wife during this period, he started to think twice. Big, his wife must not be willing to come forward to discuss marriage for Tan Zhuyue anymore, so he, the father, can only come in person.
Fortunately, the in-law is his biological sister, so Tan's father doesn't feel embarrassed to talk about it.
In fact, Mrs. Tan also heard about the dispute between her step-sister-in-law and her eldest niece, and she felt a little dissatisfied with Tan Zhuyue.
She wants to bring her son and niece together. Does she really like Tan Zhuyue, her niece? Of course not, she wanted her natal family to be closer to her son, and also to have a daughter-in-law who was close to her, so that her son would not forget his mother after marrying her daughter-in-law.
But now that she knows that Tan Zhuyue fought with her stepmother at the Tan family, she is blushing and has a thick neck. Naturally, Mrs. Tan is not very satisfied with this eldest niece who is not a fuel-efficient lamp. After all, who wants to marry a powerful daughter-in-law and come back to fight with her? ah?
Moreover, although Tan Zhuyue was the eldest daughter born to her first wife and seemed to have a noble status, the Tan family did not think highly of her status.
Because Tan Zhuyue's biological mother only gave birth to her one child and not a son, the successor of the Tan family in the future must be the son born from the stepmother. After the death of Tan's father, the head of the Tan family will be the son of the stepmother.
Can Tan Zhuyue, the eldest daughter who has a bad relationship with her stepmother, still have a good relationship with her stepmother's younger brother?
By marrying such a daughter-in-law who has a bad relationship with the future head of the Tan family, wouldn't Tan's idea of getting closer to her natal husband's family be in vain?
Neither Tan's father nor Tan Zhuyue knew about Tan's thoughts.
Tan Zhuyue was only filled with hope. The time for her rebirth was just right. She did not fall into her evil stepmother's sinister plan. She also hurriedly asked her father to come and propose to complete the marriage in advance before her cousin was in high school, so that she would not be able to get married in advance when her cousin was in high school. Will be disliked.
