"Brother Yuan, Brother Yuan, you're so young, why don't you take the exam yourself and let your dad take it?" Huo Junhao asked curiously.
"Well, I'm not very knowledgeable, and I'm just a rough guy," Lu Zheng said.
Gu Xin and Gu Si looked at Lu Zheng in surprise. When you were exchanging couplets, poems, discussing articles, and playing chess with my father (second uncle), you were not humble at all. How could you be so humble to a little kid?
"No way! Brother Yuan, you don't look like someone who lacks knowledge! You look like someone who has read a lot of books, although you might be a little less learned than me." Huo Junhao was quite perceptive; people who have studied since childhood have a different kind of temperament than others.
“You’re mistaken. Some little bastard once said that I’m not very learned and that it’s a good thing I didn’t take the imperial examinations, otherwise I would have disgraced my ancestors. I can only read.” Lu Zheng said with a smile to Huo Junhao.
"Which little bastard is so outrageous! Brother Yuan, your dad can beat me, your dad is better than me, so you can't be too much worse than me." Huo Junhao said seriously.
"Yeah, that little bastard is a real jerk. Not only does he look down on my lack of talent, but he also thinks I'm rude." Lu Zheng sighed, but inwardly he was laughing. Little bastard, that's exactly who you are!
In his past life, Huo Junhao said that he had no official rank, only military merits. He said that he was a rough man who led troops, but he was not simple. He was also treacherous, cunning, and scheming. He didn't care about the occasion and could say such things openly in the imperial court.
Haha, Huo Junhao is still young, we'll screw him over.
"Impossible! Brother Yuan, how could you be so rude with your extraordinary demeanor? No, no, when I see your father later, I must ask him about your knowledge." Huo Junhao said indignantly.
His family is a scholarly family. Although he was a bit arrogant, he was very friendly to scholars.
His grandfather, father, uncles and aunts couldn't stand seeing talented and promising students unable to afford school because of poverty or other reasons, so they often sponsored poor students to study.
Yes, is this Brother Yuan from a poor family?
He dressed simply, probably because his family could only afford to send one person to school, and he gave the opportunity to his father.
The man in his thirties who could pass his exam must have come from a poor family and couldn't afford to study or take exams when he was young.
The two younger sisters look lively and cheerful; their family must be very happy.
After imagining it for a while, Huo Junhao felt quite good about the Gu family.
When Lu Zheng saw him like this, he knew that the boy was thinking about some strange things. This was a common habit of the boy, so he didn't disturb him and let him think about it.
Gu Xin shook Lu Zheng's arm, wanting to ask what was wrong with the little prodigy, but Lu Zheng made a shushing gesture to him.
Gu Si, however, simply reached out and poked Huo Junhao's arm with her finger.
"Huh?" Huo Junhao looked at Gu Si.
“Prodigy, stop guessing. You’ll never guess right,” Gu Si said.
"Huh? How did you know what I was thinking?" Huo Junhao asked in surprise.
"Are you wondering why Brother Yuan, who seems to have studied, isn't taking the exams? Is it because his family is too poor to afford to send one person to school? Are you pitying Brother Yuan?" Gu Si asked.
"Huh?" Huo Junhao's eyes widened in surprise.
“Looks like I was right.” Gu Si smiled. “However, your line of thinking is wrong. The reason why Brother Yuan doesn’t go to school isn’t because the family is too poor to afford to send one person to school. It’s because Brother Yuan isn’t my second uncle’s son at all. My second uncle is the one whose exam scores are higher than yours.”
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