117 117 Getting Married

◎What a pity! In the end, one person had to bear it all!◎

Pu Songling was shocked when he heard Mo Yu's words.

He no longer cared why the young master of the Lin family knew so much about him and their family.

Once he accepted the fact that the young master was "not an ordinary person", many things that should have been considered incredible seemed very logical.

After all, he liked these strange events, so of course he was very accepting of them.

However, after the charm, Teacher Pu looked at Mo Yu more and more cordially, and really listened carefully to the words that Mo Yu said from his heart.

Mo Yu had said that his book "Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio" would become a widely circulated masterpiece in the future, which had already made Teacher Pu excited. Then Mo Yu said that his road to the imperial examination would never be smooth, which made him sigh again - fortunately, Teacher Pu is already this age, and in fact, the ending of his road to the imperial examination in this life has been settled.

Who has a 65-year-old, oh, no, 70-year-old person?

What?

Are you talking about the extremely old Wang Shidan who won the first place in the imperial examination last year?

Although he was already 58 years old when he won the first place in the imperial examination last year, he can be said to be quite old, and he deserves to be recorded in history as the "oldest first place in the Qing Dynasty".

But even so, when Wang Zhuangyuan passed the imperial examination, he was much younger than Mr. Pu is now. According to the age when he participated in the palace examination, he was at least 57 years old when he passed the imperial examination.

But he was 27 years old when he passed the examination for the scholar.

So Wang Zhuangyuan also failed the provincial examination for 30 consecutive years, which is indeed very similar to Mr. Pu's experience.

There is no doubt that Wang Zhuangyuan's talent is very outstanding, otherwise he would not have won the first place and the first place after passing the imperial examination. There is even a rumor that Wang Zhuangyuan's paper was ranked first by the examiner in the initial evaluation, but it was later reviewed and changed to the first place.

But the new candidate’s test paper was far inferior to Wang Zhuangyuan’s. Someone even wrote a poem for this matter, expressing pity for Wang Zhuangyuan—he should have been the first place in the provincial examination. This would be another myth of “three consecutive top prizes”. Just think about it, it

would be a perfect myth to be the “oldest top prize” in the 30th year of repeated examinations and “three consecutive top prizes”.

And how talented and lucky it would take to achieve this!

Even such a chosen son was rejected by Master Kang, who said he was a “deaf man” and did not get any important position at all, let alone Teacher Pu who was already 65 years old?

So, the path of imperial examination was basically hopeless.

Teacher Pu himself could foresee the results, so even if Mo Yu’s inner voice mentioned it, he did not have any special reaction.

However, after talking about these things, it is finally time to talk about family. Unexpectedly, Mo Yu did not say anything else, but actually mentioned his wife all of a sudden... This made Teacher Pu sweat profusely.

Indeed, over the years, even though Teacher Pu has been a talented writer who loves freedom, in his later years, he had to admit that the person he felt most sorry for in his life was his first wife.

Teacher Pu's wife, Mrs. Liu, is from the same hometown as him. She is also from a scholar's family and is the daughter of a scholar.

Since the time when Teacher Pu was eighteen years old and Mrs. Liu was fifteen years old, the couple has always been apart. Now they have been married for nearly fifty years, but the time they have really been together is estimated to be less than ten years.

Before the age of 40, Mr. Pu's life was centered on studying hard and working hard on the imperial examinations.

At the age of 19, he passed the examination for a scholar and ranked first. At this time, no matter what his personality or hobbies were, he had to put them aside. He was determined to continue taking the imperial examinations.

Although Mr. Pu's eldest son was born during this period, it did not delay his imperial examinations. He still went to the provincial capital to take the provincial examinations when he should, and would not stop for these "family matters".

So after his eldest son was just one month old, he left home and went to the provincial capital to prepare for the autumn examination the following year.

Of course, Mr. Pu went to the provincial capital so far in advance, under the pretext of reviewing for the exam, but no one knew whether he reviewed the lessons or what he reviewed. Anyway,

everyone later knew that Mr. Pu set up a poetry club with two or three friends that year, and occasionally wrote some small articles he liked, which was the opportunity for him to write "Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio".

Because these budding stories of Mr. Pu were very interesting, they often made his friends laugh out loud or cry, and they simply couldn't stop. So he was happy to write, and his friends were also happy to read, and he kept doing this.

It can be said that at this time, Mr. Pu had already shown a superb talent for writing strange stories, and basically had the character of a "Purple Star".

He could write interesting stories naturally, effortlessly and intriguingly. It was obvious that his specialty was this kind of wild imagination, not the dry, rigid and boring eight-part essays.

Unfortunately, no one thought he should give full play to his talent in this area at that time. Even Mr. Pu himself thought that this was just a hobby, a way to relax his mind a little when he was tired of studying for the subject.

If he really took this matter as a serious matter, it would be a waste of time.

Let’s not talk about the past. Even in the present world, if a top scorer in the national college entrance examination said that he would not continue to go to school and was going to write a novel, it would cause a sensation and would cause all kinds of relatives, friends, elders and colleagues to repeatedly persuade him...

Writing novels is not a serious career. It is

not stable at all.

You have such good grades, why don’t you continue to take the exam?

That would be a pity.

It would be like destroying your future...

Although Mo Yu has not experienced such a thing, he has seen such news on the Internet and feels deeply sorry for these children.

His thoughts have always been rebellious.

Studying is of course important, but it is more important not to waste your talents.

Let’s not talk about Teacher Pu, who is a typical example of losing the watermelon to pick up sesame seeds, which is really a pity.

Fortunately, the watermelon was not lost and was finally picked up.

Although it was an accidental success, he did leave a book called "Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio" to the world, which is very precious.

But he really had no way to pass the imperial examination.

In theory, Mr. Pu's life was a failure in today's era.

Although he passed the examination for the title of scholar at a young age, he failed to pass the examination for the title of juren for more than 40 years. If you fail the examination, it is not considered a formal title and you cannot become an official at all...

So, in the imperial examination, he was a big failure.

Let's talk about his career.

Teacher Pu's father was actually the same as him. He experienced the blow of failure in the imperial examinations, and then he gave up the imperial examinations because he knew he was not suitable for it. This is actually a kind of courage.

Pu's father is such a brave man.

After giving up the imperial examinations, he turned to business, and then shone in that track, making their Pu family the richest in the village.

Don't underestimate this result. If ordinary people don't have some talent for business, they may not be as good as Pu's father. Anyway

, Pu's father relied on the family fortune he earned from his business to support several sons, including Teacher Pu.

He still has a great preference for Teacher Pu, a son who is very good at studying.

Unfortunately, the child was "smart when he was young, but not good when he grew up", and he didn't get pregnant in the end, so it was a pity that the old man died with hatred.

Teacher Pu has always felt guilty about this, and was often sad and even cried secretly.

As the wife of Teacher Pu, Mrs. Liu certainly also endured a lot of pressure.

Even more than Teacher Pu.

After all, women in this era always have to bear more.

From the day she got married, she has been diligent and eager to do all the work. It can be said that she is hardworking and never complains.

However, no matter how well she does, she can't stop Teacher Pu from making mistakes.

Especially after Teacher Pu got married, he was still obsessed with homework or writing novels every day, and did nothing else, which was also very speechless.

Although the family conditions of the Pu family were good, they were only slightly better than those of the poor people.

It was too difficult to turn the family into a family with a large number of servants.

There were only a few helpers in their family, and many things had to be done by their family members themselves.

The women did some housework, including spinning, embroidery, sewing, and cooking, which were all their jobs. The men

did some physical work, including carrying water, chopping wood, hunting, and so on.

Originally, the men and women in the family had a clear division of labor, and Liu also consciously claimed his share of the job.

But Teacher Pu did not claim his share.

The so-called "lazy and ignorant" refers to him.

Moreover, he felt that it was justified.

After all, the career he is pursuing now is very noble - "Everything is inferior, only reading is superior", this is the truth he has always believed in.

But the people in his family don't understand.

Or it's not that they don't understand, they once understood.

The Pu family was once very proud that Teacher Pu got the first place in the first boy's exam.

Not to mention Pu's father, he was so happy that he almost flew on the spot.

The same is true for Teacher Pu's brothers, who even took the initiative to ask to share his tasks.

So Teacher Pu was able to study hard in a very relaxed and loving environment.

Then he failed the provincial exam.

But he didn't believe it, and continued to prepare. He took the exam again three years later and failed again...

This cycle repeated, and by the time he was forty years old, he had taken the imperial examination six times.

He failed every time.

There were even two times when his exams were declared invalid because of "exceeding the limit" - that is to say, he had taken so many exams, but his exam results were still cancelled because the answer positions were not standard...

This really...

makes people don't know what to say.

After so many years of hard work, the affection of his brothers has long been exhausted. It is impossible for him to help with the work. It would be good if Mr. Pu did not return the work he had done for him for so many years.

If Mrs. Liu had not silently endured all this for Mr. Pu, how could he have such a "peaceful life" and still be a tutor outside.

There is really no way.

I don't know how much money Mr. Pu gives to the family every month, and whether he has paid Mrs. Liu's hard work fee.

But this hard life will soon be over.

Mrs. Liu only has about ten years left to live. If she doesn't cherish her, it will be all over.

Mo Yu was originally thinking of some way to remind Mr. Pu about his wife, but before he even opened his mouth, Mr. Pu had already trembled his beard and said,

"I suddenly remembered that my wife is alone at home. She is already very old, so it might be inconvenient. Otherwise, my wife should quit the office and go back to accompany her."

When Xiao Daiyu heard this, she hurriedly said, "It is a good thing that the teacher loves the teacher's wife. Why bother the teacher so much, and there is no need to quit the office."

"If it is according to my humble opinion, why not just invite the teacher's wife to live in Beijing for a long time and reunite with the teacher? Wouldn't it be wonderful and happy?" As

she said this, she smiled at Mo Yu and said, "What do you think, Brother Mo?"

Mo Yu smiled and nodded in agreement, "Sister is right, why not just do it this way."

【Author's words】

I have made some minor revisions and will try to update it as early as possible tonight.

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