A little bit of kindness is a big grudge!

The Zheng family gave too much and praised Ji Keji too highly.

Ji Keji was too young, and after experiencing so many surprises all of a sudden, his heart was dizzy.

On the first day of traveling with Ji Keji, Zhao Qingyun discovered that something was wrong with him.

This person is very dangerous.

One foot has already stepped on the edge of the cliff.

If you can wake up in time, maybe you can still be saved.

But if you continue to get carried away, you will miss a step!

Zhao Qingyun doesn't want to contact such a person for the time being.

It’s not that he has bad character, but that he is not sober enough and not smart enough!

Zhao Qingyun is no longer the innocent boy he was back then, and his world is no longer black and white, with clear right and wrong.

Whether a person has good or bad character is not important.

The key is to be smart!

"Let's go!"

Zhao Qingyun jumped into his own carriage and said to the driver, "Go to Pingkangfang!"

There are a total of 108 wards in the capital city. Pingkangfang is a well-known "red-light district", but the Imperial College is also located in this ward.

Therefore, many scholars or candidates taking imperial examinations would come to Pingkangfang.

Zhao Qingyun is a person who thinks three steps ahead.

Since I have decided to come to the capital to take part in the Spring Examination, I will make preparations in advance.

More than a month ago, he asked his cousin Zhao Qingyang to come to the capital first.

Investigate the East and West Markets to find suitable houses.

Zhao Qingyang is not unfamiliar with the place as his mentor Mr. Tang’s family lives in Beijing.

Zhao Qingyang is very capable and has gained a lot of experience in Heyin County over the past few years.

After arriving in the capital, with the help of the Tang family, he bought a suitable courtyard and shop in less than half a month.

The house is located in Pingkangfang, a courtyard with three entrances.

"yes!"

The driver agreed, raised his whip, cracked it in the air, and the carriage started moving quickly.

Pingkangfang.

"Mother, what are you looking at outside?"

The person who spoke was a young man in his twenties. He was wearing a long robe, had a fair face and a scholarly air.

His accent had a hint of hometown flavor, and one could tell at a glance that he was a scholar who had come to Beijing to take the imperial examinations.

His mother was an old woman in her fifties, with gray hair and fine wrinkles around the corners of her eyes and mouth.

The corners of the old woman's lips couldn't help but droop, and she looked a little stern and difficult to approach.

"The neighbors next door should be here! Someone came over early in the morning to clean up."

The old woman sat outside the gate of the small courtyard she rented, pretending to be working while watching what was happening next door.

"Is it the courtyard on the east side? I heard that it was also bought by a scholar from out of town."

This scholar was not a "aloof" person. After hearing what his mother said, he also showed his enthusiasm for gossip.

"Yes! I asked about it a long time ago. I heard that this family also had a widowed mother raising her son."

When the old woman mentioned her "widowed mother", her serious expression seemed to soften a little.

"A woman who never remarried, who acted as both a father and a mother to her son, and who even helped him pass the imperial examination, must be a very good person!"

The old woman seemed to be praising the new neighbor next door, but there was a hint of pride between her eyebrows.

Anyone who knows her a little knows that she is also bragging.

The old woman did have reason to be proud because she was a widow.

She became a widow at a young age and had to support the entire family alone.

Not only did she raise her children, she also paid for her son's education.

His son was also promising and passed the imperial examination at the age of 25.

As a Juren, he is definitely the first one in their hometown.

Now that her son has come to Beijing to take part in the Spring Imperial Examination, the old woman has sold her belongings and brought her daughter-in-law, grandson and others to accompany him.

She believed that her son would definitely pass the imperial examination and then stay in the capital to become an official!

However, "living in the capital is not easy", so the old woman sold her belongings, and her son accepted the "filial piety" as well as the subsidy from her daughter-in-law's family.

After adding up all the factors, I still can’t afford to buy a house and can only rent.

However, it is not easy to rent a neat courtyard in Pingkangfang.

The old woman is very proud. This family cannot do without her!

Then, the house to the east changed its neighbors.

The old woman went to ask and found out that it was also a widow who brought her son to Beijing to take the exam.

Hey, this is the “same kind”.

While the old woman was happy, she also had some comparative thoughts.

So, when she heard the noise today and saw several people busy coming in and out, the old woman knew that it was probably the new neighbor who had arrived.

She hurriedly changed into the new clothes she had made for her son after he passed the imperial examination, combed her hair neatly, then took a sewing basket and sat outside the gate in a pretentious manner.

"The son of that family should not be as young as my Erlang."

The old woman only realized how difficult the imperial examination was after her own son took it.

Many people are still just students when they are in their forties or fifties.

My son passed the imperial examination and became a juren when he was in his twenties. He was definitely the youngest in their county.

Moreover, the new neighbor's house was not rented, but bought.

If you are too young, you probably won’t be able to earn such a large sum of money.

Maybe, there is also help from the Yue family.

Just like their family, in order to let their son continue his studies, they gritted their teeth and married the daughter of a wealthy businessman in the county.

Now it seems that they don't match well.

A dark and inexplicable light flashed in the old woman's slightly sharp eyes.

However, today it’s more important to watch the fun.

She must make her "old sister" next door, who is also a widow, envious.

"Yes! Just like my mother!"

The young man had great respect for his widowed mother, so when he said "just like my mother", it was already a great compliment.

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