After more than ten days, it was time for Lizai Academy to take a rest for three days in a row.
Geng Shulou, the eldest young master, was studying in the Xiucai Academy of Lizai Academy. He passed the academy examination in the 11th year of Shengning and became a scholar in Daning.
He took part in the provincial examination of the same year and failed.
This year is the year of autumn again, Geng Shulou will definitely participate. Now Daning is stable both internally and externally, and prosperous. If you want to occupy a place in the court in the future, you can serve the court and be famous for a long time, and you can prosper your family and your wife. Yinzi, taking the imperial examination through the Eight Classics is the best and most normal way at the moment.
Although the ancestors of the Geng family used martial arts to become officials and gained titles with military skills, these skills were not passed down to their descendants. Although both An Pingbo himself and Geng Wen and Geng Yan practiced martial arts, their martial arts skills were mediocre and they barely passed the examination to become martial arts scholars. No benefit.
So now the main direction of the efforts of the juniors in the Anping House is to become an official through literary examination.
And Geng Shulou, who has been selected as a scholar, carries the hopes of everyone in the Anping family.
Even Geng Wen, who had a normal relationship with Geng Cheng, and Geng Yan, who was either sarcastic or indifferent when they met, had the same expectations for Geng Shulou, his nephew.
Therefore, after Shu Xiu, who was preparing for Geng Shuhuai to study at Licai Academy, was deceived by his second wife, Geng Xunxia, Geng Wen was both angry and sad towards his father, stepmother and second wife. However, no matter how angry, he learned that three years ago Geng Wen was very happy when Geng Shuhuai passed the scholar examination. With the full support of Geng Xun and Xia, Geng Shulou successfully enrolled in the scholar class of Lizai Academy.
Although Geng Wen felt a little uncomfortable at that time, after all, his son had a rebellious mentality because of the incident at Licai Academy. He went away to study in literature and martial arts, and he might not be able to come back once a year.
But he was uncomfortable, so Geng Wen still gave him a set of the Four Treasures of the Study as a gift to Geng Shulou for passing the examination. When Geng Shulou set off for Licai Academy, he also gave Cheng Yi ten taels of silver, which was regarded as a gift. Tried my best.
But Geng Wen's thoughts do not represent Ruan and Geng Xingshuang. The mother and daughter have no good impressions of Geng Shulou.
Fortunately, Geng Shulou has only returned home very rarely since he went to Licai Academy, almost as many times as Geng Shuhuai who was away from home all year round.
This year I went to Lizai Academy after the Chinese New Year and never returned. I said I was going to prepare for the exam this autumn.
But this time during the break, Geng Shulou came back.
Qingcuiyuan didn't know anything about Geng Shulou's return.
During this period, Geng Xingshuang has been busy with the opening of Mingshang Pavilion, supplying goods to four shops including Jinxiufang, Liuji Clothing Store, Linglong Pavilion, and Xiaochun Building, as well as training and recruiting new people.
Banjuan and Xianglan had been placed in Mingshang Pavilion by her.
Banjuan was the accountant who had been trained by Geng Xingshuang for a long time, and Xianglan had good prostitute skills. The two had experienced being sold, and they cherished their days in Mingshang Pavilion. They were both full of energy.
Geng Xingshuang even went to the Zhen Guogong Mansion to discuss the opening date and the details of the store operation with Zhu Yan.
It can be said that they are so busy that they never touch the ground. Although Xia and her second wife knew that the eldest son had made money by selling clothes on consignment, although they were jealous of the money, Uncle An Ping was still there. He had tricked his eldest son once before. After all, I feel guilty, but I can at least control it a little bit.
More importantly, Geng Xingshuang said that in all the business, she was helping Zhu Yan, and Zhu Yan gave her some hard work fees, which were counted as money for makeup and makeup.
As you say, no matter what the Xia family is, if they want to rob their granddaughter of even a little bit of money she earns, and there is an eldest lady from Zhenguogongfu in front of her, Zhenguogongfu is not as useless as Anping Bofu. There is only one down-and-out nobleman who will have his title taken back upon the death of An Pingbo. The Zhenguo Duke's palace is now prosperous, so the Xia family naturally does not dare to take advantage of the money.
Now although Geng Xingshuang has opened Mingshang Pavilion, the big boss is Zhu Yan. Xia and the second bedroom can only watch Geng Xingshuang busy every day. Even the third bedroom shows signs of getting closer, but they can't take any other actions. .
Of course, they have more important things to do.
An ancestral hall was opened, and Geng Cheng's newly recognized daughter was buried in the water for genealogy.
This not only requires the elders of the Geng clan to be invited, but Geng Shulou, as the eldest son of the second wife and the eldest grandson of the Anping Prefecture, will naturally come back.
Of course, it stands to reason that Geng Shuhuai, the eldest son of the eldest son and the second grandson of the uncle's house, should also come back. After all, there is an extra person in the family, and the way he appears is also a bit strange, but Geng Wen just pretended that Geng Shuhuai went out with the escort team to escort the escort. , he doesn’t know where the destination is. The letter can only be sent to Pingcheng. When he can see it and when he can come back depends on God’s will.
Geng Wen originally thought that Geng Cheng didn't care about the extra concubine. What happened to this concubine? No matter how good the appearance was, no one knew the reason.
But to Geng Wen's expectation, Geng Cheng was still quite anxious.
What's even more unexpected is that Geng Wen, Ruan's family, Geng Xingshuang's family of three, and Yao's family seemed to accept this well. Not only did they not mean to stop Geng Cheng, but they actually added fuel to the flames.
Geng Xingshuang already knew Geng Xingbing's attitude, and since Geng Cheng and Yao Shi had such intentions, I didn't know what Geng Shulou's opinion was.
So when Jin Bao came in, he said with a little excitement on his face: "The eldest young master is back. He went to Yide Courtyard first. Now he is talking to Madam Bo in the main courtyard. The second wife, three girls and four girls have already passed."
Geng Shuyin and Geng Shuji from the third room were both studying at Qingxi Academy in the north of the city. Qingxi Academy had a rest every ten days, which did not coincide with the monthly rest period of the scholar class at Licai Academy, so they were not in the mansion.
"Girl, Miss Six is here!"
Geng Xingshuang was about to ask Geng Xingchen when she came.
"Fifth sister, I heard that eldest brother is back and is in my grandmother's yard. Let's go take a look?"
Geng Xingshuang stood up and said, "I was just about to ask you, but by chance you came."
"Even the eldest brother is back. It seems that Shen Guoguo is really valued by the second uncle."
Geng Xingchen was also very confused about Geng Cheng's attitude. She lowered her voice and said in Geng Xingshuang's ear: "I heard from my mother and my father that the second uncle must have been very fond of Shen Shui's biological mother before, so now that he knows The existence of water is why we attach so much importance.”
Is that so? Is her second uncle still an infatuated person? Geng Xingshuang thought of Geng Cheng's gentle and elegant face that he seemed to be deliberately maintaining all the time, and felt that the third aunt might not have a good taste.
"Where is the third uncle? What did she say?"
"My father just snorted coldly and said that if he believes that his second uncle is a passionate person, it is better to believe that pigs can fly into the sky. What do you think, fifth sister?"
Geng Xingshuang imagined how the third uncle said this with three parts sarcasm, four parts mocking and five parts disdain, and couldn't help laughing, "I agree with the third uncle's point of view."
"Alas..." Geng Xingchen sighed, "Actually, I want to agree with what my mother said, but I also know in my heart that probably what my father said is the truth."
"Since the third uncle doesn't think that the second uncle is valued so much because of his biological mother, then has he told the reason why the second uncle does what he does?"
Geng Xingshuang also discussed it with his parents, but there was no conclusion.
