The heavens set sail from the courtyard

Chapter 353
Wang Gang sat silently at the dining table, unintentionally eating the delicious food in front of him.

The old lady Sheng raised her head and looked at her grandson suspiciously.

"Sanlang, don't these dishes suit your taste?" Mrs. Sheng asked.

"Grandma, the food is delicious. I have something on my mind, so I don't have an appetite." Wang Gang put down his chopsticks and said.

"That's rare." Mrs. Sheng said with a smile, "Do you still have an appetite?"

Wang Gang has always given the old lady Sheng the impression that he is a fool. He usually has a particularly good appetite, but his food is so bold that the old lady talked about it several times to no avail.

Later, Mrs. Sheng also gave up correcting Wang Gang's eating manners. Instead, she felt that Wang Gang's delicious food could also whet her appetite.

"Yesterday my father and my mother had a quarrel over raising the sixth younger sister and seventh younger brother." Wang Gang sighed.

The smile on Old Madam Sheng's face also gradually faded.

"I've also heard that Mrs. Wang and your mother both want to raise Liu Yatou and Brother Dong, and it would be difficult for your father to be in the middle. What do you think of this?" Old Madam Sheng asked.

Wang Gang said honestly: "I just feel that the sixth sister and the seventh brother lost their mother at such a young age, it is very pitiful."

The old lady Sheng said: "You little cunning, what I'm asking is, do you want your mother to raise the six girls?"

Wang Gang frowned, and after thinking about it, he said, "I want to ask my grandmother to adopt my sixth younger brother and seventh younger brother."

Old Madam Sheng was unmoved, picked up her job and asked, "Are you worried that your mother will divide your favor after adopting six girls?"

Wang Gang shook his head and said, "I think Sixth Sister and the others will not endure hardships only when they are with their grandmother."

The old lady Sheng's eyes flashed and she stopped talking.

After a while, Old Madam Sheng asked, "Is it because of your mother's change of temperament during this period of time?"

Wang Gang was slightly taken aback, thinking that nothing could be hidden from the old lady.

"I didn't do anything. My mother felt that what I did was too much, so I tried to change."

The old lady Sheng snorted coldly, and said: "I don't know what kind of virtue your mother has, she! She has a little cleverness, but it's a pity that it's useless in the right way."

For Lin Sushuang, Mrs. Sheng never concealed her disdain in front of Wang Gang, and she didn't need to conceal it either.

Wang Gang bowed his head in silence for two seconds before he said: "My mother can't be blamed entirely, she lives alone in the Sheng Mansion, she always has to use some tricks, but I think my father has more problems."

Old Madam Sheng's eyes were even brighter.

"I've always heard Lao Liao say that some of your opinions are very strange, but I didn't expect it to be true. You don't blame your father, don't you understand?"

Old Madam Sheng's tone gradually deepened, as if she was angry.

Wang Gang stood up, clasped his fists and said to Mrs. Sheng: "Back to grandma, grandson is not blaming father, but just feels restless in the backyard. In fact, it has nothing to do with women. The biggest problem is that men are lustful."

Old Madam Sheng's eyes widened, slightly surprised.

Wang Gang said: "There are many disputes in the back house. The root cause is that there are too many men marrying. If there is only one mistress, the disputes will naturally be much less."

Old Madam Sheng wondered: "It's very common for a man to have three wives and four concubines. Don't you want to marry only one?"

Wang Gang asked back: "Why not, isn't it good to be a couple for a lifetime?"

The old lady Sheng murmured a few words "a couple for a lifetime", and finally sighed: "Everyone in the world envies a couple for a lifetime, but there are a few who can really do it."

Wang Gang said seriously: "Grandma, I want to try to do it."

The old lady Sheng glanced at Wang Gang with a strange look, and then said: "You are still young, when you grow up and understand what it's like to be a woman, you won't think so."

Wang Gang didn't argue, he knew that no matter how beautifully he said it, it was useless.

"I'll go and tell your father about Miss Liu and Brother Dong, and they will be raised in my yard from now on!" Old Madam Sheng lost her appetite, put down the dishes completely, and went back to her room to rest.

Wang Gang achieved his goal, so he didn't bother.

After Mrs. Sheng returned to her room, Mother Fang came over and asked, "Miss, do you want me to invite the doctor?"

The old lady Sheng shook her head and said, "No need, I'll be fine after a while."

Mother Fang covered Old Madam Sheng with a quilt and asked, "Miss, did you think of the old lady because of San Lang's words?"

The old lady Sheng asked back: "Do you think Sanlang's words are sincere?"

Mother Fang was silent for a while, and then said: "I think what Sanlang said is more to please you, Miss."

Old Madam Sheng closed her eyes and said, "Since Sanlang was punished last time, his temperament has changed drastically. I can't see through him."

Fang's mother said: "Could it be Aunt Lin's behind-the-scenes instruction?"

Old Madam Sheng snorted coldly, "Lin Sushuang doesn't have such a deep city."

Fang's mother asked: "Sanlang is young, so he shouldn't be in such a city."

The old lady Sheng was tired, so she said to Fang's mother, "I'll take a rest."

Mother Fang knew that the old lady didn't want to talk about this topic anymore, so she was about to leave.

"You go back and make preparations to let Liu Yatou and Brother Dong live in Shou'an Hall." Mrs. Sheng turned over and did not speak again.

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As soon as Wang returned to Lin Sushuang's place, he saw Sheng Minglan hugging her younger brother and basking in the sun.

"Sixth sister, why are you holding the baby, where is the nanny?" Wang Gang was worried that Lin Sushuang would bully Sheng Minglan, so he asked.

"Nurse is busy with other things, I just want to hug my brother." Sheng Minglan saw Wang Gang, and always spoke in a polite manner, not as casual as Sheng Molan.

This is also easy to understand, after all, their siblings are dependent on others.

"I've already mentioned to my grandmother that you will live in Shou'an Hall in the future." Wang Gang touched Sheng Minglan's little head, feeling a little distressed.

Sheng Minglan was overjoyed at first, but quickly controlled her emotions.

She remembered what Wei Xiaoniang had told her before she died, telling her to keep a low profile in the Sheng Mansion in the future, not to stand out in everything, and it was best to stay away from Lin Sushuang.

"You went to grandma's place, you must take good care of your younger brother." Wang Gang took out a jade pendant and stuffed it into Sheng Changdong's swaddle.

"If anything happens in the future, let someone bring this jade pendant to me."

Sheng Minglan looked at Wang Gang puzzled, and finally asked: "Third brother, why are you so kind to me?"

Wang Gang touched Sheng Minglan's head again, and said with a smile: "Is there any need to ask? You are my sister, shouldn't I be nice to you?"

Sheng Minglan still had doubts in her eyes, but she didn't ask Wang Gang again.

The next day, the old lady sent someone to pick up Sheng Minglan and Sheng Changdong.

Mrs. Wang and Lin Sushuang have nothing to earn.

Sheng Minglan moved to Shou'an Hall, and Wang Gang could still meet when he went to practice martial arts.

Wang Gang had breakfast and lunch at Shou'an Hall all day, and the chances of eating at the same table with Ming Lan were higher than that of his own sister Mo Lan.

Unknowingly, a year later, Wang Gang also got used to the life in the Sheng Mansion. On this day, Sheng Hong suddenly approached him, hoping that he and Sheng Changbai would take part in the childbirth examination together.

The imperial examinations in the Northern Song Dynasty had clear regulations that only scholars who passed the Tongsheng Examination could participate in the provincial examination and be admitted as a scholar.

Tongsheng is equivalent to the admission ticket for the imperial examination.

Sheng Hong asked Sheng Changbai and Wang Gang to participate in the children's examination, not to make them sure that they would pass the exam, but more to let them feel the atmosphere of the exam and prepare for the official scientific exam in the future.

Although the children's test is a child's character, not only children take part in it, even some scholars in their 60s and [-]s will take the test together, which shows that it is still difficult.

Sheng Hong himself did not pass the test once.

The Tongsheng Examination is divided into two sessions, one in the county and one in the mansion.

On the day of the county examination, Wang Gang was pulled up by Lin Sushuang early in the morning, and the maid was not needed. Lin Sushuang washed Wang Gang himself, served him dinner, and kept mumbling.

"Feng'er, don't be nervous when you take the exam. Your father said that this exam is just for you to try, not for ranking."

Lin Sushuang kept babbling, which made Wang Gang a little annoyed.

"Mom, calm down too!"

Regarding Tong Shengqian, Wang Gang took it lightly, but Lin Sushuang was always nervous, preparing breakfast for Wang Gang before dawn.

"Mother is not nervous, why is mother nervous?" Lin Sushuang said incoherently.

Wang Gang was speechless, and could only comfort Lin Sushuang: "I'm fine, isn't it just a child's test?"

Wang Gang's self-confidence slowly infected Lin Sushuang, and she also calmed down.

But after sending Wang Gang to the county office, Lin Sushuang saw Wang Gang walking in from the back, still worried about gains and losses, and stood outside the county office for a long time, refusing to leave.

Wang Gang was confident. He walked into the examination room with Sheng Changbai and was placed in a corner.

Sheng Changbai was assigned to the other side of the examination room, and the seats were all arranged in advance. I don't know if he was afraid that the brothers would cheat.

There is an invigilator in each of the four corners of the examination room, and the test papers are quickly handed out.

Wang Gang unfolded it, and felt relieved.

(End of this chapter)