Chapter 260 I Plan to Take the Imperial Examination
Seeing that she couldn't persuade Gu Yuchuan, Gu Jiayue gave up. "Okay, I'll write it later and give it to you tomorrow."
It is now the fifteenth day of the twelfth lunar month. The county examination will be held in February. One month before the examination, the government office will post a notice which will clearly state the registration time, examination time and location. Students need to bring a letter of recommendation and personal information and family information of three generations to the ritual room to register and obtain a certificate of guarantee.
The guarantee mentioned here is another level of social relationship that a peasant cannot access.
The person who could guarantee the certificate for the examinee had to be at least a scholar. In the whole of Annan County, there were no more than a handful of people with the title of scholar.
How could you, a lowly person whose three generations have been peasants, approach such people? And how could you convince them to bail you out?
The risk of a bail bond is not small either. The consequences are the same as if the headmaster gave you a letter of recommendation. If something goes wrong, everyone will be held responsible.
Therefore, scholars were generally very cautious, and no one wanted to ruin their lives for a few taels of silver. Therefore, under normal circumstances, they would only act as guarantors for people they knew or for students.
But these are not problems for Gu Yuchuan. He has already found someone who is willing to sponsor him. Now he only needs Gu Jiayue to issue him a letter of recommendation, and then he can wait for registration.
"Thank you!" Gu Yuchuan seemed relieved after hearing Gu Jiayue's words, and then bowed.
Gu Jiayue quickly turned sideways, her pretty face knitted together. "Brother, have you noticed you're being too polite to us?" This doesn't seem like family at all.
Gu Yuchuan was stunned for a moment, then returned to normal. Even the observant Gu Jiayue didn't notice that his mood was wrong.
He forced a barely perceptible smile and said softly, "You're overthinking it. I just don't know how to express myself. If I've done anything wrong, please forgive me."
After observing for this period of time, he was certain that he was reborn, but not reborn.
This is not the world he lived in in his previous life, but a world very similar to his previous life.
The evidence is this sister. In her previous life, she didn't run a school, nor did she have such a large scale. And her originally unlearned brother, honest and dull father, and cunning and lazy mother are all different from her previous life.
So, seriously speaking, these people in front of him were not his real relatives, and he had no feelings for his previous family members. They were just a group of leeches that would suck his blood. So he really couldn't get close to these people who had the faces of his relatives.
But he had taken over someone else's son's body, so a different kind of bond had formed between them, forcing him to be patient and deal with them.
He had tried to fit in, but unfortunately, he didn't do well. If it weren't for the decades of life experience in his previous life, he would have been discovered to be wrong long ago.
This is also the reason why he chose to take the imperial examination again.
He wanted to leave Taohua Village, a place that made him panic and confused.
Gu Jiayue wanted to refute him. He was clearly a little confused, but he actually said that she was overthinking it. But then she thought that everyone has their own secrets.
Didn't she hide one herself?
So she stopped arguing with him about these issues. "The academy's library has a lot of examination papers annotated by Jiang Shanzhang and Master Du. You can go take a look."
"This road is not easy, but since you have made up your mind, we will all support you."
Gu Yuchuan nodded. "Thank you for your understanding, second sister. Don't worry, I will definitely lead the Gu family to great success."
It’s the same thing as before. Since you have used someone else’s son’s body, it is only natural to give him some reward.
As long as they don't push their luck, he doesn't mind giving them some benefits.
Seeing Gu Yu's serious expression, Gu Jiayue looked at him strangely. "Second brother, you seem to have misunderstood something. Mom, Dad, and Grandpa actually want us to be safe and happy."
If there is a chance for rapid advancement and prosperity, that would be great, but the prerequisite for achieving this is that the children are physically and mentally healthy.
Gu Jiayue discovered that her second brother seemed to have some mental problems, and she should not rush to deny such children.
First, we need to give them affirmation and tell them that their choice is great, and then find opportunities to slowly guide them and let them speak out their true inner thoughts. In this way, we can know their true thoughts and better solve their psychological problems.
Just when Gu Yuchuan was about to speak again, Gu Yuhe ran over with a big thing in his hand, followed by Gu Zhigeng, Gu Bailu, and several children from the surrounding neighbors.
"Second sister, second brother, look!"
Gu Yuhe was seen holding something the size of a basketball in his hand, patting it up and down.
As soon as he finished speaking, several children ran up to them.
"Sister, come and play with us, it's really fun."
Faced with Gu Yuhe's enthusiastic invitation, Gu Jiayue firmly refused. "No, you guys go ahead and have fun."
She could already tell what he was holding.
Pig piss bag!
Gu Yuhe thought his second sister was being reserved and didn't notice her refusal at all. "Let's play together, it's fun!"
As he spoke, he demonstrated by placing the thing originally used to hold urine on the ground and slapping it a few times.
That thing was very elastic and it jumped twice when it was hit on the ground.
"Second sister, look how fun it is."
Facing Gu Yuhe's expectant eyes, Gu Jiayue didn't know how to respond. She could only find an excuse to escape. "Haha, fun, fun, you guys have fun, I have something to do, so I'll leave first."
Seeing that Gu Jiayue was not understanding of romance, Gu Yuhe set his sights on his second brother.
But when he saw his second brother's deadpan expression, he completely collapsed. "Third and fourth sisters, let's go play on our own. Ergou said it would be more fun if we added some water."
The children didn't dare to communicate with Gu Yuchuan at all. They scrambled to pat the pig's diaper and ran away.
Gu Jiayue couldn't help laughing out loud. "Look, I told you to smile more often, but now even your brothers and sisters at home are afraid of you." You weren't this kind of second brother before.
There was no reaction on Gu Yuchuan's face, but he felt helpless in his heart.
Having been in a high position for many years, he has forgotten how to laugh.
"Hey, where's the pig bladder I just put on that rock?" The uncle searched carefully as he walked. "Did the dog take it away? That shouldn't be the case. We don't have a dog at home."
The second uncle, who was busy sorting the intestines next to him, took the time to look up. "Look carefully for it, it's really good stuff. Kill a chicken and stew it with the pig's stomach. The taste..." The second uncle said, his mouth almost watering.
The eldest uncle's saliva was also flowing from the second uncle's description. He lowered his head and began to search seriously, wanting to turn over every stone in the yard.
Gu Yuchuan and Gu Jiayue looked at each other, and in tacit understanding, they did not speak. Instead, they walked forward a few steps and found a place with a wide view.
Well, this place is nice. I will definitely be able to watch the performance in full swing later.
"Oh, uncle, stop hitting me. I was wrong."
"I saw you throw it on the rock and thought you didn't want it. Ooooooooo…it hurts."
Gu Yuhe ran around the yard, holding his butt. His uncle chased after him, holding the exploded pig bladder in one hand and a peach tree branch in the other.
Gu Jiayue looked out at the yard and couldn't help but sigh. "Ah, next year our peaches will definitely produce the least fruit again."
Gu Yuchuan nodded indifferently: "Who said it wasn't?"
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