Uncle Gu: "...Why are you all looking at me like that? Is my question ridiculous? I just feel sorry for this kid. He's tired from working in the fields, so he doesn't have time to think about sad things. What if he has a talent for farming? Wouldn't that benefit the people? He could also find joy in life."
Gu Xin said timidly, "Uncle, you may not know, but Fatty Wang can't even tell the difference between rice and wheat. He can't even tell the difference between chives and green onions. Do you think he has a talent for farming?"
Now it was Uncle Gu's turn to be surprised.
Uncle Gu turned to look at Lu Zheng: "A Yuan, you didn't realize you could tell the difference after living in Sanchakou Village for two years, did you? Don't you young masters recognize any of these people?"
Lu Zheng was taken aback, not expecting the question to involve him. However, Uncle Gu's thinking was always quite unconventional, and Lu Zheng quickly recovered and replied, "I can still tell the difference. During those years in Yuzhou, I would sometimes feel bored and go for a walk in the fields around the ancestral home."
Uncle Gu breathed a sigh of relief, then felt that he didn't need to worry anymore.
His eldest son-in-law, Peng Ze, must know the crops in the fields. The Peng family themselves farmed in Kunzhou, but the harvest there wasn't very good at first. However, the older sons of the Peng family all had to work in the fields.
His second nephew-in-law had also lived in their village, so they knew each other.
Lu Zheng is the third niece's husband, so she must recognize him.
His youngest son-in-law is quite bookish, but he suffered a lot at his hands when they were in Chunnan County. He's probably the son-in-law who knows the most about things in the fields.
Uncle Gu is very particular about this kind of thing. He values the crops in the fields very much, so he doesn't allow his family members to not be able to distinguish between the crops. Even the little ones in the family have been arranged beforehand to be taken to the fields once they can walk.
After Gu Xin said that, Uncle Gu gave up his idea of taking Fatty Wang to farm, but he still insisted that if Fatty Wang went to the capital in the future, he must find an opportunity to let him experience it during the spring planting and autumn harvest.
Food is the most important thing for people. How could someone who loves to eat so much not know how the food is grown?
Isn't that a disservice to all that food?
Grandpa and Grandma Gu didn't say anything about this. They had been farming in Sanchakou Village for decades and cared about the crops just like Uncle Gu. However, they didn't have the same level of care for the crops as Uncle Gu, who believed that everyone around him should feel the same way.
Lu Zheng suddenly said, "I think Old Wang might want to take the imperial examination!"
Apart from Gu Xin, everyone else was surprised and couldn't help but look at Lu Zheng.
Lu Zheng said, "Lord Wang is eager for his son to succeed. Although he didn't force Old Wang to study before, his family has always followed the path of the imperial examinations, although only Lord Wang has gone the furthest. His family has basically only had one son per generation. After this incident, Old Wang will probably settle down and study hard. He already has the title of Xiucai (a scholar who passed the county-level imperial examination), and after studying for a few more years, he only needs to take the provincial and metropolitan examinations."
Uncle Gu exclaimed in surprise, "Huh? Little Fatty Wang is actually a scholar? I never would have guessed!"
Whether it was the original Fatty Wang or the Fatty Wang who had been trained by the Gu family for several months, he seemed to have absolutely nothing to do with scholars.
Not only was Uncle Gu surprised, but Grandpa and Grandma Gu were also somewhat astonished.
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