Yu Qing left Zhongfu again and returned to the Liezhou Guild Hall.
This time he went back to pack his things, but he had no choice but to be found by the Zhong family. He didn't want to live with the Zhong family, and the Zhong family was not happy either.
Send someone to send him back, and he can just pack his things. He doesn't need to worry about anything else. The Zhong family will naturally take care of the official documents. These are not problems.
In the main hall of the inner house, the couple who saw off Yu Qing fell into silence, each with their own thoughts.
Finally, Wen Jianhui broke the silence and asked, "Didn't you say that he was going to finalize his daughter's marriage this time? Why didn't you say anything?"
Zhong Su snorted, "Can't my daughter get married? Am I begging him to marry my daughter? He should ask for it."
He originally wanted to mention it, but he found that Yu Qing didn't care about it at all, as if there was no marriage contract at all. He was making hints here and pretending not to understand, as if he was deliberately avoiding the marriage, so he just I can't say anything. Again, he couldn't accept the words that belittled his daughter.
She was being pretentious again. Wen Jianhui couldn't help but roll her eyes, but she had other ideas and tried to say: "Master, do you think it is more likely that Ashi Heng will be named in the gold medal and stay in Beijing? Could it be that you really want your daughter to marry someone far away from the emperor?" Can’t we go to a place in the countryside?”
She had not had this idea before, but after learning that Ashheng's parents and family members had died, she began to look at the marriage contract in a different light.
She knew how powerful the former Yu doctor was when he was in power. Even if he was dismissed, it would be enough to intimidate her.
Now that these things have been ruled out, she still hopes that her daughter can marry a well-matched family.
When she married her family clerk in her early years, she didn't think so. Now that she has experienced wealth and grown older, her thoughts have gradually changed.
Zhong Su: "If you don't pass the exam, you don't have to go back to Liezhou. You can also stay in the capital to continue studying, or you can take the exam again next time. Can't we still afford the lives of the couple?"
Wen Jianhui: "What if he keeps failing the exam? Can our family continue to support him? When outsiders laugh, can he endure it, or can we endure it forever? He may be able to fill the gap when he returns to Lizhou, saying There may still be a future, and there is no need for us to delay others... My daughter cannot go to the poor and remote countryside, she must stay with me."
Just say something that will not delay each other.
Zhong Su squinted coldly, "What do you want to say? Knowing that his parents are gone, do you want to regret the marriage?" How could he not understand her after being married for many years.
Wen Jianhui was struck by what he said and refused to admit it, muttering: "It's not that I want to regret the marriage. You have seen his attitude and you are not happy about it yourself. Are you worried about what the housekeeper and Du Fei think?"
"Li and Du, I have been in business for many years. There are some things that I am quite sure about, and our relationship will be no worse than that one's." Zhong Su smoothed his beard and turned around, staring at his wife, "But some things are not what you think. So simple. The centipede is dead but not stiff. The price of regretting the marriage... I'm afraid our Zhong family cannot bear it."
Wen Jianhui was quite dissatisfied and said resentfully: "Even that person's identity means someone dares to kill his family. After his son's identity as our son-in-law is revealed, aren't you afraid of hurting our family?"
"It's too late to worry about this now. They have been tied together for a long time. You won't understand." Zhong Su looked up to the sky and sighed.
In the middle of the afternoon, the Zhong family picked up Yu Qing and left the Liezhou Guild Hall.
A small courtyard at the eastern end of the Zhong Mansion was neatly tidied up to welcome Yu Qing to move in.
According to Mrs. Zhong's explanation, no one knew Ashheng's true identity except for a few insiders. The servants only knew that he was the son of Mr. Zhong's old friend.
In order to make it easier for Yu Qing to prepare for the exam, Butler Li personally asked what he needed for the study and asked Yu Qing to just ask for it.
Yu Qing has no interest in things that cannot be taken away. He is not particular about anything. He is very casual and can use whatever he has.
What's more, the conditions here are good enough. There is a pavilion and a small pond in a small courtyard. It is more refined and elegant than any place he has lived so far.
But some things still need to be said.
After Butler Li took him to look around the small courtyard where he settled, he finally said, "Uncle Li, can you help me find a gentleman, someone who has experience in testing? You see, after all, I This is my first time taking the exam, so it might be helpful to have an experienced person to give me guidance."
It's still what Ashheng said. It doesn't matter if you can't pass the exam, and I don't expect you to pass the exam. But if you can't take the exam and people want to check you out as soon as they see your paper, that's too much. He didn't know anything about how to answer questions or any other format, so he couldn't do it without someone to teach him.
Originally I didn't want to visit the Bell Mansion, but now that I'm here, I naturally have to take advantage of this convenience to save myself from having to think of a solution.
Butler Li secretly smiled bitterly. It seems that you also know that your ranking in the provincial examination is quite poor. On the surface, he smiled and said: "Don't worry about this. I have already thought of it and sent someone to contact a very famous gentleman."
Yu Qing hurriedly waved his hand and said, "No, no, just find anyone. You don't have to spend a lot of money to find someone reputable."
Butler Li: "How can we do this casually? Since we are looking for something, we must look for something good."
What they said was right, and they were not short of money. Yu Qing had no reason to refute, so he had no choice but to do it casually, since he was not spending his own money anyway.
Butler Li: "But there is no guarantee that he will be hired. People like him don't have to worry about being hired. They are all competing for high prices. Fortunately, he has been teaching at the house of a friend of the master in the past two years. I hope he will be hired there. I can be accommodating for the sake of the master."
Yu Qing was quite sensitive to the word 'high price', let alone the wealthy butler saying that the price was high. He was immediately surprised and said: "How can a teacher be so good?"
Butler Li said solemnly: "This gentleman should not be underestimated. It is said that he has a thorough understanding of the literary styles of the civil servants in the capital. He is very good at answering questions. As long as the examiner sets the question, he will definitely give it to the examiner." You can have a rough idea of the scope of the questions. This is not flattery, but proven by facts. Among the eight exams for reference, he has taught twelve people, and two of the exams he has taught have been admitted to the Jinshi. One person passed the Jinshi examination." He said with a look of admiration.
Yu Qing couldn't help but feel happy, "I have taught twelve people, and only three of them passed the exam. Is this considered awesome?"
Butler Li was a little speechless and looked him up and down. He wondered how he, who ranked over 100 in the provincial examination, had the qualifications to laugh at him like this. What about his face?
Then he couldn't help but sigh and said: "Young Master, let alone three. If an average person can teach one, he can teach a Jinshi. In this life, he will not have to worry about his job in the capital. There are many people begging to send their own children to you for training." .
In previous examinations, more than 10,000 candidates were considered, but only two to three hundred people could make it onto the list. On average, only one candidate could be chosen among dozens or even hundreds of people. Three out of the twelve people he instructed could pass the exam, and one out of four people could pass the exam. This probability was already quite astonishing, and it was no longer someone that ordinary people could afford to hire. "
Hearing what he said, Yu Qing came to his senses and became enlightened. He silently nodded in approval, but he also doubted: "Since he is so capable, why is he still a teacher? Isn't it better to become a Jinshi and become an official? Isn't it noble? ?Don’t want to be an official?”
Butler Li shook his head: "That's not true. The gentleman's surname is 'Ming'. It is said that he was born in poverty, but he was a smart young man. He passed the provincial examination at the age of sixteen and went to Beijing to take the exam. However, he failed to pass, so he stayed in Beijing to study again. Take the exam again. However, it was a lot of money to spend in Beijing so he could earn some extra money by teaching. So it was a joke. He himself failed the exam, but the students he taught passed the exam.
It may be that people have their destiny. The exam is held every three years. He failed the exam nine times in a row, which means that he passed the exam from the age of sixteen to the age of forty. I don’t know if he got enlightened after reaching the age of forty, or fell into confusion. After that, I stopped taking the exam. Later, he never returned to his hometown, and he didn't receive the monthly salary paid to him by the local government. He left it all with his poor wife at home. Perhaps he felt ashamed to see his elders in his hometown again. Of course, his own income from teaching in Beijing is enough to keep him happy. "
Yu Qing couldn't help but click his tongue. He didn't expect there to be such a stubborn idiot. He had been studying for a test for almost thirty years. The best years of his life were wasted in vain. The key is that he didn't even want a home. If you go home and find a job as a local official, with this perseverance and painstaking efforts, you don't need to care about the title on the gold list, maybe you can also enter the capital and be ranked in the court.
That night, Zhongsu and his wife held a dinner in honor of Yu Qing, but their two daughters did not show up because they were the daughters of their boudoir.
After the banquet, Zhong Su said he wanted to see how the place where Yu Qing lived was decorated, and walked back to the east courtyard with Yu Qing without letting anyone else follow him.
After looking around in the study, bedroom, and hall, the two finally circled back to the main hall.
After Zhong Su sat down at the main seat, he was obviously thinking about something.
Yu Qing felt that this person was not as simple as coming over to take a look.
Sure enough, Zhong Su gave him a toothache as soon as he opened his mouth, "Shiheng, did your father tell you that there is an engagement between our two families?"
Yu Qing was puzzled. He didn't want to face this, but he came anyway. It was difficult to pretend to be stupid and get through. The problem was that he couldn't help Ashheng deny it. He couldn't help Ashheng say that he hadn't heard it. He could only bite the bullet and say :"Know."
Zhong Su added: "Back then, your father and I agreed that something would be a wedding token and betrothal gift. Did you know that?"
Yu Qing muttered vaguely, "I know."
Zhong Su asked again: "Did you come to the house with a betrothal gift?"
He couldn't open his mouth and took the initiative to ask someone to marry his daughter, so he came up with this excuse. If you come to the door with a betrothal gift, then you will naturally be the one asking to marry my daughter.
Yu Qing felt quite helpless. Could it be that he forgot to bring it? If he could help Ashheng forget such a big thing, he would have to take the Zhong family seriously. It was hard for him to say that Ashheng was disabled and he was a substitute.
He was not stupid either. Ever since he revealed that Ashheng's parents had passed away, he had sensed the subtle change in Mrs. Zhong's attitude, and he became even more afraid to say that Ashheng was disabled.
There are some things that you are not willing to believe can be cured just because you say you have the chance to cure them.
After a moment of silence, he reached into his arms, pulled out the metal shaft barrel that Ashheng had repeatedly told not to lose, and held it in front of Zhong Su with both hands.
Upon seeing this object, a strange light flashed in Zhong Su's eyes.
