Chapter 285 286. Can’t you be flexible?
Bai Yugang, "I'm sorry, my lords. I am here on the orders of His Majesty to guard this place. No one inside or outside is allowed to enter or leave."
"That doesn't make sense. The morning is a time for everyone to get in and get familiar with the exam. The exam will be held in the afternoon. It won't affect anyone if they enter now."
Everyone was anxious. If they didn't go in and take a look, how could those blind officials inside give convenience to their children?
As they had come from scientific expeditions, they naturally understood how important it was to have a cell in a good location.
If you are unlucky, by the time you survive these nine days, half your life will be gone.
Bai Yugang saw more and more people in official uniforms gathering, and his scalp began to tingle again. This time he had offended most of the officials. "I don't care about these. I am here to guard according to the order. You gentlemen, don't you want to disobey the order?"
"Can't you be flexible?" Zhou Shicong's face turned grim as he saw more and more people coming. Even if he wanted to plead for mercy, it would probably be difficult.
Seeing Wu Anhou shaking his head, Zhou Shicong did not bother to argue, turned around and returned to his carriage, "Return to the mansion."
"Sir, where is the young master?" the attendant asked worriedly.
Zhou Shicong, "It's the same for everyone anyway. If he has bad luck, he will suffer a little at most. It's better to leave early so as not to offend the higher-ups."
He would take this trip just to follow the crowd and prevent the boy from being bullied by ignorant people.
Now we are all at the starting line, it all depends on his ability.
With Zhou Shicong taking the lead in leaving, those who could see the situation clearly followed closely.
Only a few people still hold on to hope and linger there, refusing to leave.
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"Le Huan, why don't you go and take a look." Wang Caiyue persuaded Gu Le Huan again.
Gu Lehuan, "Mom, why don't you let my brother go? He'll be a son-in-law, and I'm your eldest son."
"Isn't your brother still young? Besides, since ancient times, there has been a strict order of seniority, and the Xu family is wealthy. If it weren't for the fact that they only have one daughter, they would never have taken this step."
Gu Lehuan, "Then I won't go either. If we can't make it here, we can go back to our hometown to find grandpa and his family. There are so many people at home, they won't watch us starve to death.
Mother, Shangjing is not as good as you think. Look, my father and I, three of us, work day and night, and can barely fill our stomachs. Why do you insist on staying here?"
Gu Lehuan had long been fed up with such days. Apart from his family, he didn't know anyone in this strange place.
He has no family protection and no relatives' help, and now his mother is thinking of letting him marry into her family in order to have a better life.
"What's wrong with this place? Do you still want to go back to those mountains?
Even though we are suffering a little and feeling a little tired now, once this period of time is over, we will also be a people living at the foot of the imperial city.
You see, in our mountain village, if you and your two sons wanted to go out and find work, you might not earn a penny a day. But it’s different here, there are endless jobs every day. ” Wang Caiyue’s eyes glowed more and more as she spoke.
Gu Lehuan gritted his teeth, "So what? After deducting the rent, there are still rations for the four of us. Mom, how many copper coins have you saved these days?"
Wang Caiyue, “At least this is a good start.
Do you want to be like your uncles? Go back and live a muddled life again. "
Gu Lehuan kicked the stone block in the corner, and felt the pain in his foot, which made him sober up a little. "Anyway, I won't marry into the family. I just want to marry and have children in an upright manner."
"You are trying to kill me. Don't you know how rich our family is? The pot is almost hanging on the beam, and you are still thinking about getting married and having children?
I tell you, you have to go whether you want to or not, I have the final say on this matter."
"You old woman, what are you arguing about again?" Gu Yuanmu, who came in carrying a load, said unhappily. The three of them, father and son, were doing the work outside and were already very tired. Now they had to listen to her endless nagging when they came back.
"Dad, my mother asked me to marry into her family's family. Is this also your idea?" Gu Lehuan ignored Wang Caiyue's expression and said to Gu Yuanmu.
"Marry into the wife's family? Who said that? There is no such thing as marrying into the wife's family in our Gu family." Gu Yuanmu threw the burden into the corner, "If it doesn't work out, we can go back to our hometown. With the few acres of land at home, we can always make a living."
"Go back, go back, go back," Wang Caiyue shouted, "We walked for months to get here, do we have to walk all the way back?
In the past, we had a team of hundreds of people, and we lived in fear every day. Now there are only four of us. Can you go back just like that?"
"I have been trying my best to find fellow villagers these days. After all, there were so many of them who broke into the city with us," Gu Yuanmu now has a bitter mouth. If he had not rushed forward at that time, would the whole family still be together now?
"Oh, you and your son are just thinking too much. What about the food for the trip back home? When we came here, we still had some assets. Now you have nothing. How are you going to go back?" Wang Caiyue sat in the corner and started crying. Who wouldn't want to go back? What would they take back?
Both father and son fell silent. They both knew that what Wang Caiyue said made sense, and now they were really in a dilemma.
At that time, the imperial court wanted to return the refugees to their hometowns, but they still provided subsidies.
I don’t know why I was so blinded at that time. Now I have nothing. It’s too late to regret.
"Okay, stop crying," Gu Yuanmu walked over to help Wang Caiyue up, but she slapped him away.
"Do you think I can bear to give it up? Le Huan is our eldest son after all, and I just want to find a way out for our family.
We only have two small huts, and the landlord is asking for rent again. We can’t just be kicked out of Shangjing like this.”
There was no place to stay, and with the curfew in Shangjing, there was no way he could stay there.
"...Mom, don't cry, I'll go." Gu Lexi walked in and said.
"I would like you to go, but you are too old..."
Gu Lehuan rubbed his face a few times and said, "Stop arguing. I'll go, okay?"
Gu Yuanmu hit his head hard a few times, "It's all because of my incompetence. How come my life has become like this?"
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Jin Qianqian stood in front of the newly opened shop, looking at the customers coming and going, and asked Hong Tianbao, "How long can the soaps we brought here last?"
Hong Tianbao, "Although the supply is limited every day, it may not last long. I estimate that half a month will not be enough."
They were all happy that business was so good, but they felt a little nervous when they thought about the fact that the goods were dwindling day by day and the goods from Fu County had not yet been shipped over.
Jin Qianqian bit her lip. She knew that it was difficult to buy a farm near Shangjing. As soon as someone released one, it would be immediately taken away by some well-informed people.
Besides, it is impossible to always trouble Master Bai with these matters. It seems that I have to visit various pawnshops.
(End of this chapter)
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