I originally thought that as long as he passed the county examination, it would not be a problem to become a scholar.
But now it seems otherwise. If he can't overcome his nervousness, he may not be able to become a scholar, let alone a scholar.
As for Li Jun, his mentality is good, but he also has many problems.
The most basic and intuitive point is that the handwriting is illegible.
As soon as he writes too fast, the handwriting becomes unreadable.
The county school teachers who reviewed the edicts all had requirements for handwriting.
No matter how good your answers are, if your handwriting is not good, you will still have to get average or even pass on a paper that could have been rated as good.
What's more, they don't even look at it and are judged as inferior.
Xie Yanzhi's request to the two of them was that one knowledge was no problem, as long as they adjusted their mentality and did not be affected by irrelevant people and things.
The other is to write as neatly as possible. It does not require good handwriting. It only needs to give people a bad impression at a glance.
Based on the situation of the two of them, he will train them next.
Especially Li Zheng, if necessary, Magistrate Xu would ask him to help and keep an eye on him if he was free.
Even when there is no Magistrate Xu, he will find ways to make some noise, so that he must concentrate and not be affected by the outside world.
Although he knew that with Li Zheng's level, it would be difficult to get into the top ten of the government examination, he was prepared.
He failed in the third and fourth tests of the county examination this time, and it was not just someone who was watching this.
In the examination room, if there is any disturbance, it will also be affected. In addition, the mentality is too bad, which is really undesirable!
As for Li Jun, he would find some copybooks and practice calligraphy in his spare time during his daily review.
It's only February now, and the next government test is in April. They can make as many changes as they want!
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Because of the brothers' situation and Xie Yanzhi's arrangements for them, Ma's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, who had been looking for a house and preparing to move, had their plans interrupted.
It was Cheng Xuejiao. After thinking about it, she said to Ma: "Mom, the eldest sister has given us the business now. Zhengzi's situation is special. If you live in the eldest sister's house, just live there. We'd better live in the rented house." Here. If Zhengzi is free, you can come back and stay for one night."
They used to come to the stall to help with the work, so they can save a lot of money by having a place to live.
But now that the business has been given to them, they make a lot of money every day, so there is no reason to continue to take advantage.
Especially after the Xie family stopped doing business, they would easily disturb people by getting up early every morning to prepare things.
Ma thought about it and nodded: "Yeah! Since the business doesn't matter, let's move out. I'll take time to go home later in the evening. Although we go out to set up a stall, the big house is running the house, and the ground is in charge. Dafang is also doing a lot of farming. We have to discuss how much of the money we earn is appropriate to hand over. Xuejiao, Zhengzi’s money from studying since he was a child, apart from his uncle’s family, there is no money from Dafang. Don’t help me much, we have to be grateful.”
"Mom, you don't need to explain, I know everything. First, we want to thank my uncle, secondly, we want to thank my eldest uncle's family, and thirdly, we want to thank my eldest sister and eldest brother-in-law. Without my uncle and eldest uncle's family, Zhengzi can't continue to study. Without my eldest sister and eldest brother-in-law, we can't make money." Without money, Zhengzi might not be able to pass the exam like he is now."
She clearly remembered that where the results were posted, he took the time to look at them, and saw many people in their twenties, thirties, and forties still taking the exams.
This was the first time Zhengzi had taken the scientific examination. It was all thanks to his eldest brother-in-law that it went so smoothly.
Because of his daughter-in-law's sensible attitude, Mr. Ma moved in the afternoon the next day after Li Zheng passed the county examination.
The place they rented was also in the east part of the city, not far from the stall, and there weren't many things, so they moved quickly.
Li Lin, who originally took care of the housework and took care of the children, was not as good as Li Shu and his wife, and they were not able to separate the family as they wished after the year.
Fortunately, because her mother's brother passed the county examination, her status in her husband's family also increased.
She also came here on the moving day.
When she found out that her mother's stall hired day laborers, and they were paid two meals a day, including breakfast and lunch, and seven cents, she immediately said, "Mom, do you think I can do it? You know what I do."
Li Lin is the first child of Ma and Li Sanhai. She is not much different in age from Li Yuan and Li Shu.
Ma's first child was naturally painful.
She knew the situation at her daughter's in-laws' house, so she said, "It's okay for you to come, but what about the children?"
"Let the father take care of the child! Mom, although we haven't divided the family, the land has been divided. My mother-in-law wants me to grow all sweet potatoes, so I won't divide the family and divide the land first. I think the land allocated to us will be divided. You can do whatever you want. Therefore, they did not give me paddy fields, but directly allocated me three and a half acres of dry land. It is very easy to grow sweet potatoes on this small amount of land. Sweet potatoes do not need to be consumed on the ground every day like rice. I will take care of it here. In addition, Qiu Jing and Qiu Yi are both sensible and will help take care of their younger brother."
Mrs. Ma also knew that her daughter had not separated her family and did not have much money on hand.
I didn’t have the ability to help before, but now that the stall needs to hire people, who should I hire? Instead of earning money for others, it is better to give it to your own children.
Thinking about it this way, she didn't want her daughter-in-law to leave without her consent because of this matter.
So she found some free time and asked Cheng Xuejiao. After getting her consent, she said to Li Lin: "Lin Niang, I have asked Zhengzi's wife, and she is very happy that you can come and help. The salary will be three hundred a month for you." arts."
Li Lin was very happy after hearing this: "Thank you, mother, and thank you to my siblings. I will do a good job. By the way, mother, can I live here?"
Ma nodded her head angrily: "What are you talking about? If you can't live here, where do you want to live? You will share a room with me at night, and when we get up and work in the morning, I need your help."
"Yeah, thank you, mother! Then I'll go back now, make arrangements at home, and come back early tomorrow morning."
After Li Lin said this, she left happily.
Li Yuan was helping Cheng Xuejiao clean up the house. When she saw this, she asked her: "Xuejiao, has Lin Niang's family been separated? Before I got married, when she and Shu Niang came to put makeup on me, they said they wanted to separate our family when they returned. Later, Woolen cloth?"
"The second sister's family has been separated, but my sister has not yet. My mother just told me that she wants to work at the noodle stall and asked me if I agree. She also said that her husband's family has not been divided, but the land has been divided first."
Li Yuan immediately understood why the land was divided first, and said: "I don't want to separate the families. I guess they want to unite them together. When they go back to work, only one person will be able to go. If the families are divided, two people will have to go, which is not cost-effective." ."
"That's the truth! The current situation here in our old house is that we live separately without dividing the families. Although we haven't clearly divided the fields or anything, we are all waiting for Zhengzi to be admitted as a scholar. When the time comes, even if we divide the land separately They live in separate homes, so they can avoid taxes and corvee."
