Half fairy

Chapter 70 East Courtyard
Yu Qing left the Zhongfu again and returned to the Liezhou Guild Hall.

This time he went back to pack his things. 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.

Send someone to send him back, he will just pack his things, and he doesn't need to worry about the rest. The Zhong family will naturally handle the official documents, and these are not problems.

In the main hall of the inner house, the couple who sent Yu Qing off fell into silence, each with his own thoughts.

In the end, Wen Jianhui broke the silence and asked, "Didn't you say that he will finalize his daughter's marriage when he comes to the door this time? Why haven't you said anything?"

Zhong Su snorted, "Can't my daughter get married? Am I begging him to marry my daughter? He should ask for marriage in this matter."

He originally wanted to mention it, but it turned out that Yu Qing didn't brush it off at all, as if there was no marriage contract at all. Here he was making a hint, and there seemed to be pretending not to understand, as if he was deliberately avoiding marriage. Can't speak.It's still the same sentence, it is difficult for him to accept the words that belittle his daughter.

Wen Jianhui couldn't help rolling her eyes again, but she had other ideas and tried to say: "Master, do you think it is very likely that Ashheng will stay in Beijing on the gold list? Could it be that he really let his daughter marry the emperor who is far away from the mountains. Can't go to the countryside?"

She hadn't thought of this before, and when she learned that Ash Heng's parents and family members had passed away, she began to look at the engagement from a different perspective.

She knew how powerful the former Yubu Langzhong was when he was in power. Even if he was dismissed from office, it would be enough to deter her.

Now that these are ruled out, she still hopes that her daughter can marry a family of the right kind.

When she married a family guy in the early years, she didn't think so. Now that she has experienced wealth and rank, her thoughts have gradually changed.

Zhong Su: "If you don't pass the test, you don't have to go back to Liezhou. You can stay in the capital to continue your studies, or you can take the test again next year. Can't we afford the lives of the couple?"

Wen Jianhui: "What if I can't pass the test all the time? We can't keep him in our family all the time? When outsiders joke, can he endure it, or can we endure it forever? He might be able to fill a vacancy when he returns to Liezhou," said Wen Jianhui. Maybe we can still have a future, and we don't need to delay others... My daughter can't go to the poor countryside, she must stay by my side."

It's just about saying the words that the two sides 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 a married couple for many years not know her.

Wen Jianhui was struck by the idea and refused to admit it. She muttered, "It's not that I want to regret the marriage. You have seen his attitude, and you are not happy yourself. Are you worried about what the housekeeper and Du Fei think?"

"Li and Du, I have been in business for many years, and I still have some confidence in some things, and our relationship with us will not be worse than that." Zhong Su turned around and stared at his wife, "But some things are not what you think. It's that simple. The hundred-footed worm dies without being stiff, and the price of repenting of marriage... I'm afraid our Zhong family can't afford it."

Wen Jianhui didn't take it seriously, and said bitterly, "Someone even dares to kill his family. After his son's identity as our son-in-law is revealed, aren't you afraid of affecting our family?"

"It's too late to worry about this now, it's already tied together, you won't understand." Zhong Su sighed in the sky.

In the middle of the afternoon, the Zhong family took Yu Qing away from the Liezhou Guild Hall.

A small courtyard at the easternmost edge of the Zhongfu was also neatly cleaned up and welcomed Yu Qing to move in.

Under Mrs. Zhong's explanation, except for a few insiders, no one knew Ash Heng's true identity.

In order to make it easier for Yu Qing to prepare for the exam, Butler Li personally asked Yu Qing what he needed in the study.

Yu Qing has no interest in those things that he can't take with him. He doesn't pay much attention to it.

What's more, the conditions here are good enough. There is a pavilion and a small pond in a small courtyard, which is more exquisite and elegant than any place he has lived so far.

But some things still have to be spoken.

After Steward Li took him to look at the small courtyard where he was staying, he finally said, "Uncle Li, can you help me find a gentleman, someone who has experience in testing. Look, I am after all. This is the first time I have participated in the test, and it may be beneficial to have an experienced mentor.”

It's still the meaning of Ashheng's explanation, it doesn't matter if you can't pass the test, and you don't expect to pass the test, but people who can't take the test want to check you when they see your paper, which is too much.He doesn't know anything about the format of answering questions, and it's really impossible not to find someone to teach him.

Originally, I didn't want to go to the Bell House, but now that I'm here, I naturally have to take advantage of this convenience, so I don't have to think of a way.

Butler Li secretly smiled bitterly in his heart. It seems that you also know that your ranking in the township exam is not good enough. On the surface, you smile: "Don't worry about this, the master has already thought of the front and has sent someone to contact a very famous gentleman."

Yu Qing hurriedly waved his hand and said, "No, no, just find one, you don't need to spend a lot of money to find something famous."

Butler Li: "How can this kind of thing be casual? Since you want to find it, naturally you have to find a good one."

What they said was right, and they were not short of money. Yu Qing had no reason to refute, so he had to be casual, 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 rushing for high prices. Fortunately, he has been teaching at a friend's house of the master for the past two years. I hope there I can see the master's face and be accommodating."

Yu Qing is more sensitive to the word 'high price', not to mention that it can make the wealthy housekeeper say high price, and immediately said in surprise: "How powerful is a teacher?"

Steward Li said solemnly: "This gentleman should not be underestimated. It is said that he has figured out all the writing methods of the civil servants in the capital. He is very good at betting questions. You can have a general idea of ​​the scope of the questions. This is not flattery, but it is proved by facts. Among the eight reference exams, he has taught 12 people. Two of the exams he taught were admitted to Jinshi, and one I was admitted to the same Jinshi." After that, he looked admiring.

Yu Qing couldn't help laughing, "After teaching 12 people, only three of them passed the exam. Is this considered amazing?"

Butler Li was a little speechless, looking at him up and down, I don't know if he is more than [-] in the township examination, where is the qualification to laugh at him like this?
Then he couldn't help sighing and said: "Master, let alone three, the average person can teach one, and can teach a scholar, and in this life in the capital, there will be no worries about a job, and some people are begging to send their own children to you for training. .

In previous examinations, more than 300 candidates were referenced, and only 12-[-] people made it to the list. On average, only one of dozens or even hundreds of people could be selected.Among the [-] people he pointed out, three could pass the exam, and one out of four could pass the exam. This probability is already quite astonishing, and it is no longer a character that ordinary people can afford. "

Hearing what he said, Yu Qing was enlightened, he was enlightened, nodded silently in approval, but asked suspiciously: "Since he is so capable, why is he still a teacher, isn't it bad to get a jinshi and become an official? Qing Gao Don't want to be an official?"

Steward Li shook his head: "That's not true. The gentleman's surname is 'Ming'. It is said that he was born in a poor family, but he was a young and intelligent man. He passed the provincial examination at 16 years old and went to Beijing to catch the examination. However, he failed, so he stayed in Beijing to study again. Re-examination. However, it cost a lot of money in Beijing to earn some extra money by teaching, so a joke happened, he himself failed the exam, but the student he taught passed the exam.

It may be that people have their own destiny, every three years, he failed the exam for nine consecutive exams, which means he passed the exam from 16 years old to 40 years old. After that, no more exams.Later, he didn't go back to his hometown, and he didn't receive the monthly salary from the local area, which was left to his poor wife at home, perhaps because he felt ashamed to see his elders in his hometown again.Of course, his own teaching income in Beijing is enough to make him happy. "

Yu Qing was stunned when he heard that, he never thought that there would be such a fool who was obsessed with obsession, and he spent almost 30 years on an exam, and the best years of his life were wasted in vain. If you go home and find a vacancy to be a magistrate, with such perseverance and painstaking efforts, why should you care about the title of the gold list, maybe you will also enter the capital and rank in the imperial court.

That night, Zhong Su and his wife hosted a dinner to entertain Yu Qing, but the two daughters did not show up because they were women in the boudoir.

After the banquet, Zhong Su said that he was going to see how the place where Yu Qing lived was arranged. He walked back to the east courtyard with Yu Qing, and did not let others follow.

After looking around in the study, bedroom, and hall, the two finally circled back to the main hall.

After Zhong Su sat down in the main seat, he was obviously thinking about what to consider.

Yu Qing felt that this one was not as simple as coming over to have a look.

Sure enough, Zhong Su gave him a toothache as soon as he opened his mouth, "Shiheng, did your father tell you that you and I have a marriage contract?"

Yu Qing was puzzled. He didn't want to face this, but he came anyway. It's hard to pretend to be stupid. The problem was that he couldn't help Ash Heng to deny it. :"Know."

Zhong Su said again, "Did you know that my father and I agreed on something as a wedding token and a dowry?"

Yu Qing hummed vaguely, "I know."

Zhong Su asked again, "Can I bring a dowry gift to the door?"

He couldn't open his mouth and took the initiative to ask others to marry his daughter, so he came up with this rhetoric. If you come to the door with a dowry gift, then of course you came to ask to marry my daughter.

Yu Qing felt helpless in his heart. Could it be that he forgot to bring it?Such a big thing can help Ash Heng to forget it. It has to take the Zhong family seriously. He can't say that Ash Heng is disabled and he is a substitute.

He is not stupid. Ever since he said that Ash Heng's parents passed away, he has felt the subtle change in Mrs. Zhong's attitude, and he is more afraid to say that Ash Heng is disabled.

For some things, you are not willing to believe that it can be cured if you say you have the opportunity to cure it.

After being silent for a while, he stretched his hand into his arms, took out the metal shaft that Ash Heng had repeatedly explained that it could not be lost, and placed his hands in front of Zhong Su.

Seeing this, Zhong Su's eyes flashed with strange brilliance.

(End of this chapter)