Chapter 80 Wanting to go to the scripture hall to study
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Why not continue running a perfectly good business?
Grandma Guo was also frightened by what happened yesterday.
Having lived to this age, she felt she had seen quite a lot.
However, the fact that the store was so popular that others were eyeing its secret recipe and planning to steal it was a first in decades.
Not to mention that Guo Xiaohua is young, she needed to be held by her to finally fall asleep last night.
She lay on the unfamiliar bed in the inn last night, her eyes almost always open until dawn.
As the sky began to lighten with the first hint of dawn, he tried his best to close his eyes and doze off for a while.
I guess I managed to get some rest and recuperation.
If she hadn't known she needed to go to the county government office the next day, she probably wouldn't have even taken a nap.
This idea had already been lingering in Grandma Guo's mind when she was in the county government courtroom.
But I kept hesitating whether I should say it or not.
It wasn't until she got home and saw the crowd of people who were half concerned and half just there to see what was going on that Grandma Guo slowly came to believe her idea.
Having finally managed to bring it up, Grandma Guo looked up and saw Guo Baiwen's expression, and couldn't help but feel a little regretful.
Guo Baiwen had been holding back his anger, but he had managed to suppress it because the neighbors were all there. Now, with his grandmother's suggestion, all the pent-up emotions surged up again.
An indescribable feeling surged up to my head.
He felt so dizzy that he almost crushed the candlestick he was wiping.
Seeing this, Grandma Guo hurriedly helped him up, her voice filled with anxiety, "Wenzai? Wenzai?! Are you alright?!"
"I'm fine, Grandma." Guo Baiwen didn't know what kind of expression he had on his face. He barely managed to steady himself and maintain his original posture.
An inexplicable weariness suddenly swept over me.
He suddenly felt sleepy.
So, forcing himself to stay awake, he reassured Grandma Guo before saying that he was a little tired.
"What about dinner? Aren't you going to eat with us later?" Grandma Guo stared at him intently, feeling a pang of regret for her impulsiveness, and unconsciously began to press him for an answer.
"Dinner... I'll eat when I wake up and feel hungry." The veins on both temples were throbbing violently. Guo Baiwen reached out to press them while waving his hand, "You don't need to wait for me to eat together."
After saying that, he didn't have time to think about the mess in the room that hadn't been cleaned up yet.
She walked upstairs with slightly unsteady steps, and when she entered her room, she saw that Guo Xiaohua had already made up her bed and desk.
Even though his head was still throbbing, Guo Baiwen couldn't help but feel a surge of warmth in his heart.
I was originally thinking that since the room was a mess, I would just lie down and sleep in my clothes.
Unexpectedly, when Xiaohua was tidying up her own room, she also helped him tidy up a bit.
He's really grown up!
With these thoughts in mind, Guo Baiwen took off his coat before lying down on the bed.
The bed and desk were tidied up, but the cabinets, boxes, and baskets hadn't been tidied up yet.
Let's wait until he wakes up before we take our time to clean up.
His mind was a mess, so he closed his eyes.
It felt like everything that had happened during this period was rushing through my mind like a fleeting glimpse.
It's fleeting.
He had a lot on his mind, and he thought that even if he lay down, he might not be able to fall asleep.
But strangely enough, sleepiness seemed to punch him in the face, and he quickly drifted into a dream.
He slept for a long and deep time, and when he opened his eyes and looked at the cloth curtain above his head, he felt as if he had been in another world.
I don't know what time it is.
He hadn't closed the window before he went to sleep, but now, someone must have deliberately tucked the doors and windows in while he was fast asleep.
Lying in bed, I felt lazy and didn't want to move.
Guo Baiwen thought for a moment, then took out his watch and glanced at the time.
It's four in the morning!
I imagine no one in the family is up yet at this hour.
He lay on the bed with even more self-righteousness, and even pulled the blanket covering him to be even smoother.
She wrapped herself up tightly in the blanket, leaving no opening for air to escape.
He then let out a comfortable sigh.
So, wrapped in the blanket, he couldn't help but slowly turn over in bed.
He recalled that one day, Master Guo casually asked him, "If you really only want to learn to read and write, you could graduate early now. Why are you still trying to learn further?"
yes.
Why keep learning from the beginning?
Guo Baiwen couldn't quite remember how he answered at the time.
But at this moment, looking at the clear darkness before him, for some reason, he suddenly thought of this question again.
My mind was a jumbled mess, and I couldn't figure out the reason at all.
Just as he was drifting off to sleep again, his muddled mind suddenly cleared up before he completely fell into a dream.
Actually, there are many answers to Master Guo's question.
Whether it's 'reading makes people wise' or 'books are like medicine; reading them well can cure ignorance,' both can provide an answer.
But undeniably, when Master Guo asked him this question, the first thought that flashed through his mind was—
Scholars, farmers, artisans, and merchants.
People strive for higher positions, while water flows downhill.
Ever since he arrived in Guojia Village, all he's ever thought about is making life better for his family.
Just like Chen Baoyue's mother, because her father was a scholar, even though her family later fell into decline, people still felt that she was marrying down when she married Chen the hunter.
Just like when his grandmother wanted to send him to the best county school, his first thought was that a commoner like him couldn't get in.
Of all professions, only studying is noble.
Unlike in my previous life, this statement here carries more weight than just empty words.
But he also knew what "Fan Jin passing the imperial examination" meant.
This is also why he had never actively thought about the imperial examination system before.
But after his family went through such a ordeal, Guo Baiwen himself has come to terms with it.
Even knowing that this path would definitely be difficult, and not to mention that he would definitely become a Jinshi or Juren in the end, as long as he could be like Master Guo or Lawyer Wang, even if he could only become a Xiucai.
Even if he's just a scholar—
That's good too.
Taking the imperial examination might be a difficult path, but everything is difficult at the beginning. If you don't try, you might regret it later.
Moreover, he thought that only by obtaining the power from the imperial examination could he better protect himself and those around him in this era.
Guo Baiwen slept for a long time and thought about many things.
When Grandma Guo found him, he was already standing in the kitchen as if nothing had happened, holding a freshly brewed, still steaming egg tea in his hand.
Although I haven't eaten for almost a day, I look much better now than before I went to bed.
Especially now, upon seeing her, he affectionately called out, "Grandma—"
It was only after hearing that familiar voice that Grandma Guo was finally able to relax completely.
She touched the back of her hand, a smile spreading across her face, and gave a warm "Hey".
She was just about to tell Guo Baiwen that she had been senile and had misunderstood something before.
The shop will not close, and the family will continue to do the same business as before.
But before she could speak, Grandma Guo heard what Guo Baiwen hadn't finished saying.
"Grandma—I've made up my mind." Although Guo Baiwen still looked tired, he smiled at her, his eyes sparkling uncontrollably.
That look in his eyes made him seem a bit different, with a different kind of energy and spirit.
"I want to study at the academy and then take the imperial examination."
"Whether I succeed in the end or not, I want to give it a try."
At first, Guo Baiwen's tone was somewhat ambiguous, but when he said the last sentence, his expression and tone unconsciously became firm.
He stared intently at Grandma Guo, a smile playing on his lips.
It was this appearance that made Grandma Guo unable to stop staring at Guo Baiwen.
In the past, he always lingered under her nose, but at this time, Grandma suddenly noticed that her son Wenzai had grown much taller than before.
Although his features resembled those of the deceased Old Man Guo, he looked more like himself when he was young.
Looking at those somewhat familiar features, she couldn't help but feel a little dazed for a moment.
When she finally came to her senses again, Guo Baiwen was holding out his palm and carefully waving it in front of her eyes, trying to catch her wandering gaze.
"Grandma? Grandma—", the boy, barely grown up, couldn't hide his concern and worry.
Grandma Guo just smiled when she heard this, pressed the person's hand down and carefully held it in her own palm.
I couldn't resist squeezing that palm again.
really.
People have grown thinner, and the flesh on their palms isn't as soft as it used to be.
The imperial examinations, though only four words, were incredibly difficult, even to an old woman like her who had previously lived in the village.
Every year, a grand opera is performed at the village entrance or market. Everyone says that whoever walks this road must be a literary star descended from heaven.
Not to mention the Guo family going back eight generations, even in her Lin family going back eight generations, not a single person had ever been to school.
Come to think of it, when it comes to reading, Wenzai is still the first in our family.
So, her smile seemed to carry both relief and a touch of indescribable emotion as she patted Guo Baiwen's arm.
He nodded, as if to encourage or affirm.
Even though she's just an old lady who's only now starting to learn to write her own name, she doesn't think there's anything wrong with trying.
"Go ahead, Wenzai, if you want to take the exam, then go and give it a try."
She thought for a moment and then said, "It's okay even if I don't pass the exam in the end, I still have Grandma."
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