Chapter 684 A peasant girl who doesn't want to be the top scholar isn't a good princess (46)
repay?
Oh.
Of course, it's not that simple.
On his way back to the capital on horseback, Jin Wenting raised his eyebrows and smiled knowingly.
This is clearly...
It's all about clearing obstacles for getting married in the future and winning over the mother-in-law in advance!
Such is the so-called wolfish ambition.
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Tong Su was unaware of Jin Wenting's scheming. The court had provided a large sum of money as compensation. After careful consideration with Xia's mother, she invested in purchasing many acres of new land and planned to hire people to cultivate it.
Tongsu had considered bringing Xia's mother to the county town, but Xia's mother reminded her that if she went to the county town, she would be studying at the county school for 27 or 28 days a month, and would only be able to come out for two or three days. Xia's mother would be alone in the hospital, feeling empty and uncomfortable.
In the village, although life was simple, the villagers and neighbors treated Xia's mother very well because of Tongsu. With their help, she was much more comfortable than when she was alone.
Moreover, with the Crown Prince personally visiting, Uncle Xia and his younger brother dared not cause any more trouble. The compensation they received could be used to buy land as real estate, ensuring a stable harvest and a peaceful life.
Since Xia's mother had made this decision, Tongsu had no choice but to agree. The family currently had six mu of land, which Sun Tiehu could cultivate well by himself. Even if they bought a few more mu, they could still manage to cultivate them.
The days passed peacefully, but after returning to the county school, Tongsu encountered some difficulties in her studies.
The curriculum in the county school was designed for newly enrolled students. Students over thirty years old were not valued by the county school and left early. Those who remained were young students in their teens and twenties.
Where there are many people, there will be disputes. When Mo Min committed evil deeds in the county school, many students preferred to leave and return to their private schools.
After Mo Min was kicked out, they all returned one after another.
In a county school, the top student who achieved the best grades could receive a stipend from the government. However, the number of students receiving stipends was limited, and not everyone could get one.
Xia Qingzhai entered the county school with top scores in both the county and prefectural examinations, thus qualifying as a subsidized student. Tongsu, however, was different—
She had read the Four Books and Five Classics. Back in Xiao Baishu's world, Xiao Lingchen had taught her to read, and she had also reviewed them in Tang Tongyang's world.
But after all, too much time had passed between those two worlds. Just because she had read books didn't mean she had studied specifically for science exams. In the previous monthly exams at the county school, her grades were not good.
The instructors assumed it was because of her youth and the devastating loss of her father and sister that she had suffered so much. They didn't blame her much, but instead urged her to study hard.
Tongsu knew that this was because she hadn't studied well. She felt ashamed and began to study and practice calligraphy day and night, waiting for the next monthly exam so that she could redeem herself.
However, before the monthly exam even started, whispers and murmurs began to circulate throughout the county school, and the murmurs grew louder and louder.
"Xia Qingzhai is not good at studying at all. Why should he be a subsidized student? I heard his family received compensation. Since they are rich, why are they competing with us poor people for this spot? He should give it up!"
"Exactly! He hasn't been focusing on his studies for a long time, so what's he doing still occupying a spot in the county school? Get him out of the county school!"
"When the young master came before, who knows what they did? I heard that the young master's reputation is bad now that he's in the capital. Does Xia Qingzhai think that by clinging to the young master's coattails, he can get protection and become the top scholar without studying, achieving the highest honors in all three levels of the imperial examinations?"
"What a joke! It's a disgrace for us to have someone like him studying with us at the county school! Get him out of here and never let him study again!"
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