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Although hesitant, Jia Yun immediately agreed after seeing the silver beans in Xie Yu's hand and the meal paid in advance.
After all, it has been a very difficult year without money.
The wall with green bricks and small tiles is decorated with horse heads, and the cloister has hanging lattice windows. In front of the hall, there is a spring orchid garden with osmanthus flowers, and at the corner of the wall, plum blossoms are growing.
This is a very ordinary Sihe courtyard, but as a close relative of the Jia family, with some status, the layout is not so elegant.
After agreeing on a rent of five taels a year, and food expenses extra, Yun Mu said she could do laundry and mending.
However, Jia Yun knew that her mother was not in good health and wanted to thank Xie Yu so much.
Xie Yu said that he would be able to pay for the money, but he would hire another young girl who can manipulate the girl to work with Yun Mu.
Seeing that the money was enough for their mother and son to live on for a year, Jia Yun reluctantly agreed.
Then, when signing the contract, Jia Yun opened her mouth when she saw these expired and dirty road guides. A penny stumped the hero and she didn't ask.
Now their family really needs money to survive this cold winter.
In the next few days, seeing that Xie Yu was really studying the book seriously, and that the lameness injured in the encounter with a bandit was getting better and better, Jia Yun relaxed and took Xie Yu to get familiar with the backstreets of Rongguo Mansion.
Introduced to Xie Yu the Jia Qin family, Drunk King Ni Er and other characters that appeared in the book.
Jia Yun also introduced several girls and boys to Xie Yu who could be employed, hoping to share his mother's hard work.
A month after arriving here, Xie Yu finally found a girl named Qianxue after asking around several times.
This girl is indeed pretty and somewhat arrogant, but I heard that she was driven out from Rongguo Mansion. She is not well-known, but she is still very high-spirited.
At first she was unwilling to be a waiter anymore, but her family conditions were really average, otherwise she wouldn't have been sold into Jia's house as a maid.
The family gave her two choices, either get married or find a buddy.
Qianxue still had thoughts in her mind. Considering that Xie Yu lived in the back streets of Rongguo Mansion and there were not many workers, she signed a flexible short-term contract without too many restrictions and had relatively free time.
The important thing is that the salary given by Xie Yu is really good and there are no special requirements. Thinking that it is hard to find jobs for men nowadays, let alone for a little girl like her, Qianxue reluctantly agreed.
Speaking of which, Qianxue does have some color, and her behavior and dress are no worse than those of some ladies from the elite, which shows that she has a lot of knowledge in Rongguo Mansion.
It's just that she is still at the age of a bean sprout. Xie Yu invited her over. The main purpose was to learn about the situation in Rongguo Mansion and Ningguo Mansion.
In order to facilitate his next actions, he pretended to be very curious and flattered and envied the glory of the Jia family.
Soon, Xie Yu soon learned something from Qian Xue. Lin Daiyu, the heroine of the Wood and Stone Alliance in the Red Mansion, had just returned from visiting relatives after her father died of illness a few months ago, and now she continues to be fostered by Jia Mu.
Come and try it quickly. 】
Xue Baochai of the Xue family also temporarily lives in the Jia family, preparing to participate in the draft.
Uncle Jia Jiarui passed away at the beginning of the year, and in September Ning Guofu's daughter-in-law Qin Keqing also went there and did the waterway dojo for 49 days.
In addition to the fact that a daughter of the Jia family entered the palace in the previous period and was named a virtuous concubine, Xie Yu also received a bowl of hot porridge and some second-hand cotton clothes and boots. The current stage should be the preparation for the construction of the Grand View Garden.
It seems that I am still too late. I heard that Qin Keqing's appearance is just a fantasy in the mind of a red scholar researcher, and I have no chance to see him again.
However, if you take the time to meet Jia Zhen, the guy who killed Qin Keqing, it would be better if you take the time to reward him.
However, it was said that it was the 49-day Waterway Festival. According to the original body's memory, the original body was rarely full during that time, and it was indeed thanks to Qin Keqing's blessing.
Putting all this aside, according to the imperial examination rules of this world, Xie Yu must first pass the county examination in February before he can take the government examination in April. Only after passing it again can he have the title of scholar reserve.
After that, he will take the Taoist Academy Examination twice in three years in autumn and August. After passing it again, he can become a reserve official, become a student scholar, obtain personal tax exemption and exemption from military service, and have the face of a scholar who does not worship the official.
Now Xie Yu doesn't have much money, and he doesn't dare to have it, for fear that he will go to the city to get rich.
But there is no shortage of small money. During the New Year, they gave three taels of silver to Jia Yun and two taels of silver to Qian Xue respectively to buy some new year goods.
Naturally, it cannot be compared with that in Jia's Mansion, but it is still a good year for Jia Yun's family in the back corridor of Jia's Mansion.
In comparison, Jia Yun had a better impression of Xie Yu. Naturally, Jia Yun had forgotten about the expired road guide.
After the new year, the weather got a little warmer, but it was still cold in spring.
With the "help" of Jia Yun, after re-naturalizing in the back corridor, Xie Yu launched a silver bullet offensive. Naturally, five "enthusiastic" scholars and a money-greedy superintendent from the county school came to replace Xie Yulu. Sanitary ware knots are guaranteed.
As expected, everyone has two sides. Thanks to this chaotic era, some things just require money.
Not to mention in terms of doing things to build relationships, Jia Yun is indeed one of the few people in the Jia family who can do things in the original novel. She used her status as a close relative of the Jia family to do things well with Xie Yu's money.
With the guarantee of these five talented students and the county school superintendent, Xie Yu naturally got the qualification to take the Kyoto Prefectural Examination even though he had no experience in studying in a private school.
It's the familiar Gongyuan style again, with children's examinations, including immature children and gray-haired old men.
Looking at the deerskin cloak in the big shoulder basket, two writing brushes, an inkstone, ten boiled eggs, a small stove, charcoal, cotton for plugging ears...
After entering the room and wearing the cotton leggings sewn by Qian Xue, Xie Yu sighed, in fact, the boy test is to test the students' memory, recitation ability, dictation ability, and writing ability. .
According to Muchenzhu's "e-book", after five county examinations, Xie Yu didn't make any typos. The paper was clean and tidy, and although the handwriting was craftsmanlike, it was also neat.
Three days after the results were released, I thought I would be able to test Xie Yu who ranked first on the A-character list.
But in the end, he only ranked first in the B list. It seems that this great Yu Kingdom, which has been established for a century, is going downhill with the widening gap between the rich and the poor. It is a pity that Xie Yu's writing did not rank in the A list.
But the benefits are also obvious. I can finally apply for naturalization by getting on the bus first and paying for the ticket later. I am no longer a semi-blacklisted person.
In April, due to the absence of the new prefect, Xie Yu took part in the prefecture examination presided over by the prefect's Tongzhi, after three consecutive exams.
Three days later, when looking at the list, Xie Yu was somewhat confident even though he was late.
However, when I saw that it was "Xie Yu, No. 13 in the Back Corridor of Rongguo Mansion", my ranking was lowered again, and I wasn't happy about it.
Looking at the A-character list again, the first place is Yu Tu, the second place is Zhao Yiyang, the third place is Wei Ruolan...
I have no impression of the first two Xie Yus, but this Wei Ruolan seems to be a character that appears in the Dream of Red Mansions book.
In this case, Xie Yu suddenly thought of something and started to look at other lists and finally saw "Chen Yejun, who was ranked 28th on the B list", and Feng Ziying, who was third from the bottom on the C list. These seemed to be Dream of Red Mansions. Characters who appeared in .
Turning around and looking around, there were two white carriages with silver saddles and ornaments on the outside of the list. Sure enough, I saw another three young nobles wearing luxurious red clothes, white clothes, and Xuanwen clothes, each holding a romantic folding fan, congratulating each other.
Among them, the noble man in red, although he was also congratulating her, looked unhappy. It must be Feng Ziying. Although he made the list, his ranking was too low.
The happiest person should be Wei Ruolan, who is third on the A list. According to the elimination method, the last one is Chen Yejun, who is twenty-eighth on the B list.
But it was true that he made it to the list, finally gained the fame of being a child, and made a bit of a mark in this world.
At this time, someone came to congratulate the three of them, which confirmed Xie Yu's guess. Xie Yu also went to pay a visit because of the friendship of the same year.
These three people are all people with excellent genes, although they look down on Xie Yu's average and innocent face. He wears ordinary cotton Confucian robes and has no other accessories except ordinary sapphire at his waist.
Due to the fact that they were ranked in the same year and Xie Yu's flattery, I also exchanged annual stickers with Xie Yu.
At least it was an acquaintance who had an impression, but not a little.
There is something a little different about the results of the imperial examination. This time, a good news reporter from the government came to the back porch of Rongguo Mansion and informed Xie Yu of the good news that he was ranked number 13 on the B list.
When the notice arrived at Jia Yun's house, Qianxue remembered Xie Yu's explanation and was ready to reward her with money, but she couldn't help but feel inexplicably excited.
You Qi heard that the person who reported the news called herself Mrs. Xie. Although Qianxue explained it, she had some inexplicable thoughts in her heart.
Afterwards, he and Jia Yun cut red paper together, wrapped red envelopes, and celebrated with neighbors without mentioning the money.
After all, the two Gongfu Jia family members on Ningrong Street have never seen anything but a little boy. A big celebration will be dazzling, so just share some wedding money and show some happiness.
After all, Ningguo Mansion and Rongguo Mansion are the homes of the four princes, eight princes and twelve princes in the court. They have been passed down for hundreds of years and have been passed down to five generations. Wealth is like cooking in oil, and those from the Jia family who can get a little bit of the Jia family's wealth are doing well.
It's just that there are not many people in the Jia family who are outstanding in the officialdom, even in the army. This is a very dangerous situation.
No wonder that after being cooked with fire and oil, it flourished and then declined, "the family died and everyone scattered," and "it was like a bird that had eaten all its food and threw it into the forest, leaving a vast white land, so clean!"
Xie Yu and others who were in the same year went to the government office to pay homage to the teacher. They went to the school superintendent with a few others in the same year to make arrangements and agreed to go to the county school to study together. They politely made an appointment after dinner.
After finishing the busy work and sighing, I just returned to Jia Yun's small courtyard. I felt that Jia Yun, Jia's mother and even Qian Xue were more excited than Xie Yu.
Although it is just a county examination for children's merit, there are many people who have never passed the examination for a lifetime, and many of them are even old scholars from private schools.
It is true that Xie Yu has no talent for poetry, but when it comes to eight-part essays, Xie Yu has some ingenuity.
After a few more days of busy work, Xie Yu finally entered the county school. Although he got the B list, he still got a place for natural students. Look, there are sensible people in the county school!
However, considering the inconvenience of going to the county school to study, Qianxue took the initiative to ask her younger brother to work as a bookboy for Xie Yu.
Xie Yu somewhat understood Qian Xue's little thoughts, but he didn't point it out. He used Muchen Beads to transform and tested it a little. He found that Qian Xue's younger brother could use it, so he accepted it. He also gave him a name that would bring prosperity and he accepted it. .
In fact, Qianxue was kicked out of Rongguo Mansion. Although she had thoughts in her heart, she also understood rationally that everything was impossible.
When Xie Yu suddenly became a boy student and was admitted to the B-list high school and county school, his family and familiar neighbors inadvertently congratulated him.
Qianxue suddenly discovered that Xie Yu, who seemed to be honest and handsome at this age, was actually a potential stock and could be used as a backup...
More importantly, after this period of contact, I discovered that although Xie Yu is a bit mysterious in his behavior, he is also a well-educated and motivated person.
It turned out that Yun's mother still wanted to bring Jia Yun and Qian Xue together, but after seeing Qian Xue's reaction after Xie Yu was selected, she stopped mentioning it.
Life is the most realistic. Although Jia Yun is a close relative of the Jia family, in fact the family business is just an empty shell. However, her father's posthumous affairs were also paid for by her uncle Bu Shiren's family.
Xie Yu was just the opposite. Although Huizang Luyin was not from an ordinary farmer's family, and his origins were somewhat secretive. He had no connections in Kyoto, but he had money in his hands, and now he had some fame.
Sure enough, most young girls' eyes look upward, especially those who have seen the world and are unwilling to be ordinary.
At this time, in Qian Xue's eyes, Xie Yu, a phoenix man, was suitable as a spare tire.
Although Xie Yu didn't quite understand Qian Xue's thoughts, he was happy to be closer to him.
Moreover, after her relationship with Qianxue got better, she also told Xie Yu a lot about things about Rongguo Mansion and Ningguo Mansion that Qianxue didn't want to talk about.
Although he didn't know how to act next, Xie Yu was somewhat prepared.
After enrolling in the county school for more than a month, Xie Yu's results in the monthly exam were naturally ranked in front of him. He rejected a classmate's invitation to the poetry club. After all, writing poetry was too troublesome.
Xie Yu returned to Jia Yun's house again. Jia Yun showed Xie Yu several drawings of houses, all of which were for sale on the back porch of Rongguo Mansion.
In the end, Xie Yu chose the general among the cripples. Xie Yu chose two adjacent courtyards that were slightly larger and had a backyard. After buying them, if they were connected and slightly modified, it would be natural to find peace in the midst of chaos.
This matter was left to Jia Yun, and she asked him to choose a store selling daily groceries for her. She secretly pointed out that the shopkeeper of this grocery store could let Jia Yun do it.
Jia Yun naturally did it with great interest.
Sure enough, "money" is the driving force. Not only did the family's daily grocery store open in July, but Xie's house was also slightly tidied up.
A middle-aged childless couple was hired after using Muchen Beads to test their reliability.
After all, the new home is relatively large, and there are a lot of places to tidy up. Qianxue can still do the small chores, but some heavy chores require honest servants.
After the new courtyard was cleaned up, Xie Yu bought a horse, a small horse stand, ordinary flowers and fruit trees on the outside of the backyard, and a small martial arts arena in the middle.
He bought several hunting bows, lost arrows, iron guns, iron knives, iron bars, iron swords, stone locks, etc. and let Xie Yu move his muscles by himself.
It's really hard to do without someone to do the chores.
And Qianxue naturally became the temporary "housekeeper grandma!"
The person assigned to him made his brother prosperous, the old couple grew rich, and Mrs. Zhou did this job and that job with great style.
Finally in August, Xie Yu's grades would have been higher in the county school's several monthly exams, if poetry hadn't been a hindrance.
