"Am I misunderstanding?"
Wang Can, who was accompanying her, was not ready to express his opinion, so he listened to Li Yuan's objective explanation of what happened after her parents were killed.
In the end, she said: "So, they are all wrong, but they are also right, but their positions are different. I used to be young and not very sensible, so I thought wrong. Later, when I got older and experienced more, I changed my position. Only when you think about it will you understand.”
If this matter were left in the past, it would be difficult for Zhou Caijing to understand, and she might even try to teach the people in the old house a lesson.
But after coming here, seeing the living environment here, and what Li Yuan said, she could understand it after a little thought.
To put it bluntly, it’s because of poverty!
If he were not poor, her cousin would not drop out of school.
If they were not poor, the tribe would take care of their mother and son.
If they were not poor, the old man would definitely help pay off debts, help buy wedding banquets, help buy dowries, and so on, just like when he got rich later.
Therefore, if we really want to investigate the source of all this, in the final analysis, it is still because of the death of her second uncle.
If her second uncle hadn't died, he would be a civil servant now, right?
He was still here, so how could her second aunt die? How could he let his son lose the opportunity to study and let his daughter marry an inhumane person?
And that source, in the final analysis, is all because of Qian Lianghui!
Thinking like this, Zhou Caijing decided to write a letter back later, so as to explain to her brother-in-law that he must find a way to make the life of the man named Qian worse than death.
It harmed her maternal grandfather's family, her aunt's life, and indirectly caused her cousins to lose their parents at a young age and suffer a lot.
If her cousin hadn't been kind-hearted, divorced, and married to her current brother-in-law, she might have been dead now!
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In the county town, Li Jun and Li Zheng had Xie Yanzhi's teachings, and Master Bai had given them guidance before, so both of them ranked well this time.
Li Jun is in the top thirty, and Li Zheng is one step further than before, in the top ten.
Ma's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, who had gotten up early in the morning, were busy setting up a stall, and at the same time they were wondering whether Li Jun and Li Zheng had passed the exam.
People in Liuyun County, or in other words, regular customers of the Good Luck Noodle Stall, all know the owner of the noodle stall. This year, two people in the family took the county examination.
Both people passed the first game, one's ranking was okay, and the other's ranking was not so good.
There is a saying in the first round of the county examination that anyone who ranks outside the fifty ranks can be said to have no chance of being a child, let alone a scholar.
So everyone agreed that in the second game, only one person should be in the host's home.
Unexpectedly, not long after the time for posting the list came, a smart young man of fourteen or fifteen years old ran over with a smile.
"Aunt, sister-in-law, your two white-clothed scholars have passed the exam again, and they did better than the last time. One was in the 29th, and the other was in the 8th. Congratulations, congratulations!"
Ma knew that scholars in white robes were scholars who had not received any honors.
Before she went out in the morning, Li Zheng comforted her, saying that their brother-in-law told them that they would definitely pass this test and do better than the last one.
But she didn't see any specific news, so she couldn't rest assured.
When she heard the messenger's words, a joyful smile appeared on her face.
"Really? You passed the exam? And your ranking is so good?"
"Yes, I passed the exam. If Auntie doesn't believe it, take the time to go and have a look."
Cheng Xuejiao on the side, while feeling happy, hurriedly took out a bunch of copper coins that she had prepared long ago.
"Thank you, little brother. You can take this little money and have a cup of tea!"
The little brother who reported the message was one of Mr. Cao's men. He was smart and knew that Mr. Cao and Xie Xiucai were on good terms, and Xie Xiucai had a wide network of contacts. He could not please Xie Xiucai or Mr. Cao, but he could please Xie Xiucai's daughter-in-law's natal family. The relationship between scholars is still okay.
After getting the money, he smiled and handed over to the two of them, and then left happily.
This string of copper coins, which cost at least fifty or sixty cents, was enough to buy several kilograms of meat. It was worthwhile for him to wait there at dawn.
Not long after Ma's side got the news, the people who came to see Lijiaao also got the news.
By the time they happily returned to Lijia'ao, it was already after noon.
At that time, Xie Yanzhi and others happened to have dinner at the old house.
Li Yuan saw that Zhou Caijing was not used to doing housework, so she whispered to Mrs. Ling: "Auntie, my cousin has the habit of taking a lunch break. I will take her back to rest first. Canniang and I are doing it at home in the evening. The fire has not been fired in the house for a long time. You don’t have to cook, come and eat when the time comes.”
Ling didn't refuse and agreed, "Okay, then I'll come over and help."
"No, there aren't many people anyway. Just me and Can Niang will be enough. Auntie Niang, you should do the work in the fields first."
When Li Yuan came back this time to worship her mother, she stood on a high place and looked down.
When I saw the land that no one in Lijiaao had planted yet, I understood why the land in space grew so slowly.
The sweet potatoes are still being nursed and have not been planted yet.
It’s just that everyone drained the paddy fields and cleared the land.
In addition to growing sweet potatoes, everyone also planted many vegetables.
She thought that after the sweet potato vines were cut, the speed might become faster.
But if you want to go faster, you can only start from the prestige value.
And this requires her brother Xie!
Well, it was already February. In a few days, she could go to the cell again, beat up that scumbag Liu Dongsheng, and see if she could make a pond.
Who are you taking with you this time? Otherwise, take her home to thank brother.
Let the scumbag see it and leave him. That is the clearest choice. She can find someone who is thousands of times better than him!
When Zhou Caijing left Liuyun County, Li Zheng and Li Jun had just finished taking the county examination.
During the third test, because Li Zheng ranked among the top ten in the second test, he was assigned to sit in the front, under the supervision of Xu Chongguang and the academic officer.
He is not very good at heart and always feels like someone is staring at him.
As a result, he was always in a state of nervousness, his performance was abnormal, and his ranking in the exam fell directly to outside fifty.
He did not perform well in the third game, and he became preoccupied, always thinking about what happened in the third game, which led to him not doing well in the fourth game, in the 40s.
When the county examination was over, although he passed, his overall ranking was in the forties.
Li Jun's performance has always been very stable, but the time he took to pick up the book was too short, and the foundation was not solid enough. In the end, he passed at the 59th place.
However, it has all passed, and it is a great joy for the Li family and the people of Lijia'ao.
Especially Old Man Li, he never thought that Li Jun would pass.
But after all, this is only the first county examination, and there will be government examinations and college examinations next.
Only when you pass the government examination and become a child student can you take the first step towards taking the imperial examination.
Xie Yanzhi looked for connections and read the sealed papers of the two. After knowing what their problems were, he talked to the two of them separately.
To be honest, he had always known that Li Zheng's mental quality was not very good, but he never expected that it would be like this.
