65, Daily Life of Farmers in Imperial Examination (10)

It was hot in the summer, and the sun was scorching outside, but there were still many men in short jackets waiting for work on the main streets of the county.

In recent years, because their county had a place for rich people to have fun and communicate, many rich people came and went. When they had enough fun, they might buy a lot of specialties. If they couldn't take them, wouldn't they have to hire a donkey cart?

To be honest, there were really many new things in the county in recent years.

What bamboo cards, what roller skating, even food can be played with, and the most important thing is that it is said that there is a magical soup medicine, as long as you drink it for ten days or half a month, it can solve men's unspeakable secrets.

This medicine is naturally valuable. It is said that the price was very cheap at the beginning. Since it was discovered by a wealthy family, they bought the prescription and then invited a famous doctor to add a lot of precious medicinal materials to the soup medicine, and the price suddenly rose.

Nowadays, there are still people selling the first version of the soup on the street. The efficacy is definitely not as good as the later version with many precious medicinal materials, but ordinary people can afford it.

There is no shortage of people buying the later version.

After all, although this thing was effective before, many people were proud of their status and were unwilling to buy it.

What's more, unlike those dandies who are willing to buy as long as they see the effect, adults think more.

For example, you say this thing is effective, so why is it so cheap (compared to other effective medicines)?

Haven't you heard of a saying? Cheap goods are not good.

Because it is cheap, it means that the medicinal materials in it must be cheap, and generally very useful medicinal materials will not be cheap.

So, many wealthy people said they would not buy it.

When it was rumored that the recipe of this loach soup was bought by a wealthy family, and a famous doctor was invited to add expensive medicinal materials to it, and the price became extremely expensive, these people started to buy it.

The price is expensive, if the product is not good, would they dare to mark it so expensive? !

Of course, there are also some families with relatively medium-sized wealth. They are not ordinary people, but they are not powerful people. These expensive soups and medicines are also a big burden for them, but they still grit their teeth and buy them with the idea that "expensive things must be better than cheap ones".

And the donkey carts waiting here are waiting for these people to buy things.

Those very rich families definitely don't use them, but if they are relatively well-off, or live nearby and walk here in the morning to play in the evening, they usually don't have a car at home.

At this time, if they want to save some effort, they have to hire a donkey cart.

Since the county has come up with many new things and many customers have come here to buy, buy, and play, many ordinary people who were originally suffering from not being able to make money have also found new ways to make money.

For example, Liu Huer, who is now like these men, wearing a short coat and quietly waiting for customers in front of his donkey cart.

Liu Huer is the second child in the family. He had an older brother named Hu Da. When the family was in trouble, he got sick and died because they had no money to treat him. Liu Huer became the only male in the family.

Later, he married a wife, who gave birth to twin sons. He thought that he had to find other ways to make money. He couldn't always rely on working in the fields. Otherwise, if he encountered the previous year again, the fields would not make money. How could he support his two sons and his old father and mother at home?

Thinking of this, Liu Huer collected money and bought a donkey cart. Just in time for the many people who came to the county in recent years, he also made a lot of money and built a new house at home.

But recently more and more people have discovered that the profession of driving a donkey cart is quite profitable, and more and more men have joined in.

Before, when there were only two or three kittens, Liu Huer could easily get the job, but now, he also needs to compete. Every time a customer comes, he tries to stand up more energetically, and then tries to endure the awkwardness to introduce himself. He has run many times and is very skilled, hoping that the customer will choose him.

Today was the same. Liu Huer was hot under the sun and wanted to go to the shade to avoid it, but he was afraid that if he left, the place would be occupied by others and he would not be able to pick up any customers. So he could only wait in the heat.

While waiting, there was suddenly a commotion in front of the quiet driver.

"Young master, choose me. My donkey runs fast and I will definitely take you home soon."

"Young master, choose me, choose me. It's cool inside my car."

"Choose me..."

Upon hearing this voice, Liu Huer became energetic. He knew that a customer was coming. He hurriedly ran up in three or two steps, wanting to compete.

Before he ran forward, a young man in a county school uniform and a clean and refreshing outfit came out of the crowd.

He looked about fifteen or sixteen years old, with very good-looking facial features and fair skin. You can tell at a glance that he is a young man from a good family. He has a good temperament and a gentle smile that can make people feel like spring breeze.

As soon as he came out and met Liu Huer's face, he smiled and said, "Uncle Liu, do you have any work?"

Liu Huer suddenly became energetic and shook his head quickly; "No work, no work, Master Juren, please go this way, it's cool in my car."

"Just call me Qingen, we are from the same village, why are we so unfamiliar with each other."

"Yes, yes, you are Master Juren."

Liu Huer gave way to Duan Qingen and let him go ahead first, then he followed with his chest and head held high under the envious gaze of the drivers behind him.

They were right to envy him.

Because none of them are from the same village who are studying in the county school and have to take their car every time they go home.

Among these drivers, Liu Huer has always been very strong.

Because there is a Juren in their village.

Duan Qingen of the Duan family is only a teenager, but he is already a Juren, and he will take the Jinshi exam this year.

These days, if a village has a Juren, the whole village will benefit.

For example, every time Liu Huer comes to the county, he deliberately mentions that there is a Juren in their village during the chat. He is very easy-going, not only well-educated, but also good-looking. Every time the county school is on vacation, he will take his car home.

He is embarrassed to accept the money, but the Juren insisted to give it to him, saying that if he doesn't accept the money, he will not take his car next time.

Liu Huer did this not only to show off that he has a stable customer, but also to hint to the people who heard him that he is from the same village as the Juren, and the Juren and he have a friendship.

When going out, there are always many inconveniences for ordinary drivers.

For example, the yamen runners chased people away, or someone took the car without paying, or the local hooligans saw that they were not locals in the county and wanted to extort and bully them.

Anyway, all kinds of things.

But Liu Huer was never afraid of these.

The people that other drivers were worried about were afraid of the Juren. Every time they would not dare to provoke him because he was from the same village as the Juren master, for fear of causing trouble.

When Duan Qingen passed the exam and became a Juren, the whole village spoke louder, and his mother sent all the eggs saved at home to the Duan family in one breath. At that time, he thought his mother's thoughts were strange. What did the Duan family have a Juren master, what did it have to do with their family.

But now, he has completely understood why the older generation was so happy.

Since the news of a Juren in their village spread, the yamen runners who used to act arrogantly when they came to collect taxes every year, and asked them to pay more or rummage around in their homes, became much more polite. Not only did they not do anything, but their attitudes were very good.

In the past, some ruffians always came to the village to steal and do nefarious things. If they were caught, they would not admit it, or they would just say that if you don’t like it, you can report it to the police and send me to jail. Anyway, I won’t pay any money.

Who dares to report it to the police? These ruffians are in groups. The villagers are all honest people. If they really send one of them to jail, the rest will come to seek revenge. They dare not take the risk.

But since Duan Qingen passed the imperial examination, these ruffians have disappeared from the sight of the villagers. Not to mention stealing and doing nefarious things, if people from their village go out and say they are from Duanjia Village, these people will just look at them from a distance and leave.

Because the juren can meet the officials without kneeling, they also have the right to meet the county magistrate directly. Although ordinary juren will not meet the officials, but they can meet the biggest official in the county directly, which is enough to scare these people.

Moreover, Duan Qingen passed the examination for a juren in the county school. Three years ago, the county school had three juren, two of whom were well-connected. Duan Qingen went to class and went home with them every day, ate together, slept together, etc. How could he not develop some feelings?

Who can say how deep the feelings between classmates are.

If you offend one of them, it is equivalent to offending three of them and their parents behind them, wouldn't it be like waiting for death.

In short, the Duan family is now very popular in the village, and Duan Qingen is directly equivalent to the patron saint of Duanjia Village.

Anyway, his status is very high.

Liu Huer pulled their patron saint and headed towards Duanjia Village. He didn't dare to say a word along the way, fearing that he would disturb Duan Qingen. Duan Qingen took the initiative to lift the curtain and greeted him: "Uncle Liu, thank you so much for taking me back every time."

"Master Juren, you are also taking care of my business. I should thank you. Don't you know that there are more and more rickshaw drivers recently, and it is getting harder and harder for us to receive customers. You always choose me directly every time you come. They don't know how much they envy me."

"Too many people?"

"Yes." Liu Huer just finished speaking, and suddenly a light bulb flashed, and asked cautiously; "Master Juren, you see, you read a lot and are smart, can you help me think about what I should do to make those customers choose me? Every time a customer comes, a bunch of people squeeze up, and I really can't squeeze through them."

Duan Qingen nodded, feeling the same way.

Since he and Zhang Daoyuan opened a roller skating rink together and discovered various new toys to make money, there are more and more people in the county, and more and more rickshaw drivers have followed.

When he came over just now, those people didn't dare to get close to him for fear of dirtying his clothes, and they came close to promote themselves, almost surrounding him.

If he hadn't remembered to take care of the business of his fellow villagers, Duan Qingen would have just randomly ordered someone to get on the car.

He thought for a while and suggested; "Uncle Liu, look at this, people who can come all the way to our county to play are basically not farmers, and their families are not short of money. They must be more particular. Why don't you go home and clean the inside and outside of the carriage, clean it every day, and then buy yourself a new set of clothes that you can show off, and tidy yourself up every day. Those people will see that you and your car are the most conspicuous among so many drivers, so they will naturally choose you."

This method is also similar to taxis.

A clean taxi and a sloppy taxi, of course, customers will choose the clean one.

Liu Huer thought it made sense and nodded immediately: "Thank you, Mr. Juren. I will clean the car when I get back and ask my wife to get some cloth to make me a set of clothes."

After the small talk, Duan Qingen mentioned the Duan family; "I wonder how my family is doing these past few months when I'm not at home?"

It was soon time to go to Beijing to take the exam. There were only three of them in the county school. The masters just wanted to live in their dormitory and explain the knowledge day and night.

Before, I could go home once every two months, but this time I didn't go back for three months.

Although they communicated with each other almost once a week, Grandpa Duan and Grandma Duan were getting older, so Duan Qingen still couldn't relax.

"It's okay!"

Nowadays, everyone in the Duan Village is very friendly to the Duan family, and anyone who picks them out can tell about the Duan family's mental outlook.

Liu Huer said: "The old man goes to wander in the fields every day, and then he usually chats with others and smokes dry cigarettes, but he doesn't smoke much. The old lady is about the same. She just hangs out with other people under the big tree in the village every day. The old ladies were sitting together chatting and making clothes."

"Others also go to work every day without taking a break. There is also Baojun. The old lady doesn't let her work anymore, saying she wants to keep her hands up, but she does everything she should do, including making clothes. Embroidery, cooking, and whatnot, reading, studying.”

Liu Huer was very detailed, because every time Duan Qingen rode in his carriage, he would ask how his family was doing, and he would go home and tell his mother.

Mother Liu happened to be too old and couldn't work any more. She just carried a small bench and chatted with Grandma Duan and the others every day. After listening to what her son said, she paid special attention every time she heard Grandma Duan speak.

After listening to the Duan family's daily life, she went home and told her son, so that every time Duan Qingen asked, Liu Huer could tell the Duan family their treasures.

It can be said that he worked very hard to get close to Duan Qingen, the master of the people's education.

Duan Qingen didn't know this, but when he heard Liu Huer say that Grandma Duan didn't let Li Baojun work, but Li Baojun still did it, he knew that he knew all this from Grandma Duan.

Since the conditions at home have gotten better and better, Grandpa Duan is doing well and is much more stable than before after studying, but Grandma Duan is getting more and more arrogant.

It's not a bad thing that she's floating around, it's just that she doesn't need to work anymore at home, her son, daughter-in-law, and grandson are filial, and Grandpa Duan loves his wife. She suddenly found that she suddenly became the happiest old lady in the village, so she couldn't help but show off.

It's normal for people to show off when they get older.

There are only three people in the Duan family who can make Grandma Duan show off.

Grandpa Duan, Duan Qingen, Li Baojun.

Showing off Grandpa Duan is naturally showing off that he loves her. Of course, even if Grandma Duan is older, she still needs to be embarrassed. She will definitely not directly say, "Oh, my old man loves me."

Instead, with a bit of complaint, he followed his old sisters and said: "His grandpa is always making a fuss. When I asked him to wash the dishes today, he insisted on saying that I was too old to touch cold water, but he wouldn't let me wash them. So many.”

There is a lot to say about showing off Duan Qingen's grandma. After all, Duan Qingen is the pride of their Duan family and even the entire village.

Moreover, Duan Qingen writes back almost every week, telling some interesting things that happened in the school.

Some were studying with classmates, some were learning from the master, or after school, everyone went out to eat together, and recited verses and composed poems together.

These are all the things Grandma Duan can show off.

Show off that Li Baojun was only trained in the past few years.

After all, Li Baojun is becoming more and more beautiful. The seventeen-year-old girl is very smart, diligent and sensible, and she is good at studying.

And every time, they are very considerate.

Boys and girls are really different. Boys are either busy studying or playing. Anyway, no one will listen to Grandma Duan’s nagging. But Li Baojun is different. She has a soft temper and has to be rough. Every time Duan Whatever grandma told her, she listened very carefully and sometimes even gave her suggestions.

As time goes by, Grandma Duan becomes more and more curious about the child bride she bought for her grandson. Sometimes she even thinks: Why is this not my granddaughter?

But soon, this idea will be overturned by herself.

But it can't be a biological granddaughter. If the biological granddaughter is married, she will marry someone else's family.

Only the granddaughter-in-law is good. Such a good granddaughter-in-law will always belong to their Duan family from now on.

She praised her a lot, usually for being filial, sensible, and good at studying.

The point is that it is better to study here.

The learning atmosphere of the Duan family can be said to be the strongest in the village and even the country.

After all, even in a big family, no matter how diligently the masters and sons study, the mothers and ladies will not follow them.

As for the Duan family, the whole family is studying!

Although it was a little painful to read and write at first, and even more painful to read later, but as the pain continued, I got used to it.

In the Duan family, studying well means that this person is the best in the family, and usually eats more food.

Grandpa Duan and Grandma Duan have completely carried forward the "egg reward method" proposed by Duan Qingen in recent years.

The eggs are just the most common rewards, there are also rewards for freshly played, fluffy quilts, silver hairpins bought from the town, and various food and drink rewards.

Although the Duan family is not short of money, Grandpa Duan and Grandma Duan are afraid that something will happen if the family becomes poor and rich, so they always keep money in their hands.

Anyway, the Duan family is not separated. They usually eat and drink together. They allow their sons and daughters-in-law to save their own money, but the bulk of it is always in their own hands.

At this time, these rewards are very impressive.

For example, if any daughter-in-law says she wants to go back to her parents' home to visit, Grandma Duan will say, "Yes, but she is very busy recently. Either you go back in three days, or if you get first place in the exam tonight, I will ask you to go back tomorrow." go back.

After considering the reward as a condition, the entire Duan family has entered a state of preparing to study anytime and anywhere. Even if they have money, they think about the four treasures of the study, not anything else.

Especially for those in the middle of the Duan family, it is of course useless for them to study well on their own, but they still have sons underneath them.

As parents, it is natural to work hard to create a good learning environment for their sons.

Every time the reward is the Four Treasures of the Study, the middle-generation Duan family members study particularly hard, even Duan's father and mother. The less Duan Qingen is away from them, the more they want to give their son better.

Of course, what they don't know is that Duan Qingen is much richer than them.

As soon as Liu Huer's donkey cart entered the village and headed towards Duan's house instead of going to his home, the villagers who had long been accustomed to Duan Qingen coming back in Liu Huer's cart immediately understood.

This is the return of the Juren master.

Grandpa Duan was playing chess with Mr. Lin when he saw the children in Liu Hu's donkey cart running over happily, "Old Master, Master Juren is back."

Ever since Duan Qing'en was admitted to the Juren Examination, Grandpa Duan was called the old man in the village, and Grandma Duan was the old lady. The children naturally followed suit.

"Back?!"

Grandpa Duan's wrinkled face burst into laughter upon hearing these words: "My Qing'en is really back?"

"Come back, come back, we watched the donkey cart heading towards your house."

"Hey, hey, thank you very much."

Grandpa Duan, who had read a lot and felt that he was a scholar, stood up quickly, thanked the child politely, and then went to see Mr. Lin who was playing chess with him: "Mr. Lin, Qing En is back. I’ll go back now.”

"Old Master, go ahead."

Mr. Lin also stood up and said goodbye to Grandpa Duan, "Qing En is in a critical moment now. It's not easy to find time to come back. I'm afraid he has to discuss with his family about going to Beijing to take the exam."

"Hey, eh, yes."

Ever since Duan Qing'en passed the exam, the Duan family had been collecting information on how to take the exam. Naturally, they knew that those who wanted to take the exam had to go to Beijing to take the exam.

The road to Beijing is long, so people often have to leave early and be strong enough, otherwise the journey will be bumpy, they will not be able to eat, drink or sleep well, and a serious illness can kill them.

Although Duan Qingen has always been in good health, the Duan family is also worried. After all, compared to the other two candidates, Zhang Daoyuan and Ma Ruxiao, Duan Qingen is still too young.

At such a young age, how could his family be willing to let him go to the capital so far away to take the exam?

With something in mind, Grandpa Duan hurried back all the way.

When I went back to take a look, I saw Duan Qingen smiling and talking to Grandma Duan.

Now it is time to go to the fields. The Duan family are all in the fields. Only Li Baojun is old. Grandma Duan does not let her go to the fields and asks her to stay in the house to take care of her skin.

"grandfather."

Seeing Grandpa Duan coming back, Duan Qingen, who was wearing blue clothes, immediately stood up and saluted Grandpa Duan.

"Get up, get up."

Grandpa Duan quickly helped his grandson up, feeling heartbroken when he saw Duan Qingen smiling at him: "I heard from Mr. Lin that you were detained in the county school. Isn't it very hard? Look at you, you have lost weight. "

"No, the county school bought a new cook specially for the three of us. He will cook for us alone. We can make whatever we want to eat. Our clothes are also washed. Even the place where we live is cleaned. , I wish I could do everything for us.”

Grandma Duan felt relieved after hearing this: "The county school is really good. They don't charge you money and they still take care of you like this."

"You don't understand. After such a long time, our county has only produced three of them. Of course, we must take good care of them."

What Grandpa Duan said is right.

Three years ago, when Duan Qingen and his classmates, five of them, were admitted as scholars, the county magistrate was already overjoyed.

After all, he had only been in office for less than five years, and he ended up picking up such a big peach, five talented people, these were five talented people.

As far as they are concerned, it would be good to have two of them.

When Duan Qingen, Ma Ruxiao, Zhang Daoyuan and the others were admitted to the Juren Examination, the county magistrate almost felt that he should burn incense and pay homage to the Bodhisattva for his blessing.

You know, this is to lift people!

Even the county magistrate himself only promoted people. He took the exam many times and failed to pass the exam. Finally, he found that he was getting older and his memory had declined. It was probably too difficult to pass the exam, so he chose to give up. , became a county magistrate peacefully.

As a result, five small pies fell out, and then three years later, the small pies evolved into big pies.

Big pie! ! !

This is a Big Mac pie! ! !

The county magistrate is crazy about happiness. His political performance this year depends entirely on these three big pies.

And the most important thing is that he is the county magistrate, and these three big pie are the candidates who passed the county school entrance examination. In a sense, he can be regarded as a teacher-student relationship with them.

He himself was in his forties when he was admitted to the Juren Examination, and the oldest of the three big men was less than twenty-five.

The youngest one, Duan Qingen, was only thirteen years old when he passed the exam.

Thirteen-year-old Juren came from the county he was in charge of! !

These three are so young, and they can pass the exam at a young age. Basically, they are absolutely guaranteed to be the same as the Jinshi. They might even be able to pass the exam, or go a step further and truly become a disciple of the Tianjia.

If they embark on official careers by then, he, as the county magistrate of their hometown, will have some friendship.

Because of this consideration, the county magistrate simply wished he could take good care of Duan Qingen and the others. If it weren't for the fact that he was an official and it was so obvious that he couldn't kneel and lick, he would have personally come to have sex with the three big ones. The cake had a cordial conversation.

But this does not prevent him from giving these three conveniences in various aspects.

Separate classrooms.

Separate dormitory.

Separate canteen.

He even spent his own money to buy three servants, one for each of them, to help Duan Qingen and the others.

When it was delivered, the person sent by the county magistrate was very considerate and said that these three boys were all good at driving the car. When I went to Beijing to take the exam, I could ask them to help drive the car and it would be smoother.

Faced with the enthusiasm of the county magistrate, Zhang Daoyuan accepted it very comfortably, while Duan Qingen also accepted it Shi Shiran after seeing the deed of sale. Only six years later, Ma Ruxiao, who was still shy and gentle, asked Mr. Ma. Accepted this boy.

After chatting with his family, while eating, Duan Qingen told his family about taking in a servant.

"What? Boy? Or is it a gift from the county magistrate?"

Uncle Duan was the first to be happy; "Our Qing'en family is so respectable that the county magistrate even gave her a servant."

"Hey, I really want to chat with people tomorrow. Our Qing'en can ask the county magistrate to send a servant as a gift. They must be very envious of me."

The eldest of the twins she gave birth to gave her mother a piece of food helplessly: "Mom, it's not like I was given away as a servant by the county magistrate. If others want to envy me, they also envy my three uncles and three aunts. How can I envy you?"

"I am Qing'en, so naturally you will envy me."

Uncle Duan didn't care at all about her son's trouble. Ever since she broke up with her mother-in-law, although she was still as careless as before, everyone could see that she had completely shifted her focus to her husband's family.

In the past, Uncle Duan was kind to her mother's family, and she did so from the bottom of her heart. She did not regard herself as a married woman at all.

Now when she is good to her husband's family, she does it with all her heart and soul, and she is devoted to the Duan family, and does not regard herself as an outsider at all. She is happy when the Duan family is good, and gets angry when the Duan family is not good.

Grandma Duan had quietly told Duan Qingen before that although she said she disliked the eldest daughter-in-law's lenient control, in fact she still felt good about her approach.

After all, you can feel whether a person treats himself sincerely or not.

After enjoying the lunch at the Duan family table, Duan Qingen had time to spend time alone with Li Baojun.

Li Baojun wanted to wash the dishes, but Grandma Duan wouldn't let her do it, for fear of getting her hands rough, so she spent her free time after lunch doing embroidery at the door.

She is one year older than Duan Qingen, and is already seventeen years old. Girls her age in the village are already married. She also knows more about men and women than she did when she was a child. It is not like Duan Qingen did every time before. When he came back, he happily followed him and asked about this and that, but as soon as he finished eating, he blushed and avoided Duan Qingen's gaze, moved a stool and sat at the door.

Duan Qing'en was always laughed at by Zhang Daoyuan for being shameless in the county school. When he saw his fiancée hiding, he followed him shyly and moved a small stool to sit next to Li Baojun.

The busy Duan family members all smiled knowingly when they saw this scene.

After all, these two are going to get married in the future, and Duan Qingen is going to travel far away. According to his character, it is impossible not to talk to Li Baojun more and explain things.

Li Baojun panicked when he saw Duan Qingen sitting over from the corner of his eye. She hung her head tightly, her fair earlobes exposed were already red and bleeding, and the embroidery movements on her hands were also a little slower.

Duan Qingen could see that she was nervous, so he looked at the fabric in her hand. It was a black cloak style, and Li Baojun was patiently embroidering bamboo with white thread on it.

This look was made for him.

He smiled and said, "A cloak made for me?"

"Um."

Li Baojun responded in a low voice, a little shy, but still answered: "You have to take the exam in the capital soon. Although it is summer, it is still very cold at night. It will be better if you are covered with a cloak."

Duan Qingen: "We are leaving tomorrow, can we make it in time?"

"tomorrow?"

Li Baojun was stunned and stopped embroidering. He raised his head and looked at him blankly: "Is it so fast?"

"Yes, sir, the delay has made us have long nights and many dreams. Anyway, we can stay in an inn when we go to the capital, so we might as well leave early and read a book while we get there."

There was a hint of reluctance and sadness on the girl's fair and beautiful face. She pursed her lips, suppressed her emotions, and answered in a low voice the question Duan Qingen asked before: "I can make it in time. I have already made a rough outline. I just need to finish the embroidery." This bamboo is just fine.”

Duan Qingen teased her like he did when he was a child: "Are you reluctant to leave me?"

"No way, no."

Li Baojun lowered his head in panic and retorted in a low voice: "It is a big deal to rush for the exam in the capital. I have known it for a long time."

"Why do I think our Junjun just can't bear to leave me?"

Duan Qingen smiled and continued teasing: "Are you afraid that when I go to Beijing to take the exam, I will be caught by someone under the ranking list, and then I will marry everyone's daughter and abandon you?"

"No."

The girl's face turned redder, "You wouldn't do that."

It's just that I'm still a little uneasy in my heart.

Some people in the village would not speak ill of Duan Qing'en, but when chatting jokingly, they would also talk about whether Duan Qing'en would be favored as a son-in-law by a high official if he was named on the gold medal list.

I didn’t say it in front of Li Baojun, but they were from the same village, and Li Baojun heard it a few times.

She believed that Duan Qingen would not, but she felt uneasy.

The older she grows, the more aware she is of her identity. She is an orphan, relying solely on the Duan family to survive. She is indeed too high for Duan Qingen.

Duan Qingen noticed something, but didn't say anything. He just said in a joking tone:

"Of course I won't. Who else can be better than our Junjun? He is good-looking, good-tempered, and good at studying. Let me tell you one thing. Dao Yuan told me that the ladies in the capital are actually ordinary They only read books about women’s virtues, and the books you read are not allowed in their families.”

Li Baojun's attention was indeed attracted, he raised his face and asked curiously: "Why don't you let them see it?"

"I think it is virtue for a woman to be untalented, but their family members have misunderstood. If women are untalented, it will be difficult for their husbands to like them."

Duan Qingen calculated it for her seriously: "Look, if you want to be a Jinshi, it will take three years to be a student, three years to be a scholar, three years to be a scholar, and another three years to be a Jinshi. This is twelve years. Twelve years of studying hard in the cold window. Can there be less ink in the stomach? Of course, everyone is full of knowledge. At this time, married to a wife, we can neither talk about poetry and poetry together, nor read books together and share what we have learned with each other. What's the point? You can’t just listen to the lady reciting the family morals, right?”

After finishing speaking, he affirmed: "We, Junjun, are different. You grew up with me. I know you and you know me. I chose the books you read for you. The two of us will always have something to say when we are together. If I have finally cultivated you according to my own wishes, it would be too stupid to find a woman who has nothing to do with me. "

Li Baojun was amused by Duan Qingen's deliberately funny tone, and for a moment his face was filled with smiles.

"Smiled? You finally laughed. I haven't seen you smile since I came back."

Duan Qingen continued to tease, "By the way, why don't you seem to call me husband-in-law for a long time?"

Li Baojun still had a smile on his face. After hearing this, he covered his mouth with a handkerchief in embarrassment: "We are not married yet..."

"It doesn't matter. When I pass the Jinshi examination and get elected as an official, I will naturally marry you. Come on, call me your husband and let me hear you."

The girl lowered her head in embarrassment, her voice was like a mosquito, and she shouted shyly: "Mr.

"Be good, that's right."

Duan Qingen stood up and touched his future wife's head as he did when he was a child.

"You stay at home and I will come back to pick you up when I get your name on the gold list."

The author has something to say: I have revised it a bit. It has been nine years. Qing En is a civil servant. He has passed the exam for three years. He is about to go to the capital to take the imperial examination. He is sixteen and Junjun is seventeen.

What the hell!

Some random little angels send out red envelopes, good night everyone~