The academy teaches them about food prices and commodity prices every day, and everyone knows what 100,000 taels means. Although their own extravagance is still difficult to change, it is better than before.
Even these 100,000 taels of silver seemed suffocatingly excessive.
They all went back quietly, and no one came to see them off.
Including Shi Ting, who has always had the best relationship with Hang Er, he didn't even turn his head.
"It's good that he's gone. I can feel relieved. Every time he doesn't get along, I have to think about how to make him less picky. Now, I don't have to be so hard on him anymore. But our two families are related, and I don't know how to treat him properly during the ten-day holiday... I can already imagine what he's going to say then..."
He would definitely call him stupid, and then continue to scold the Master, Xiao Qi, and Zhou Jingmao...
I've heard enough.
"Are your two families related? Why haven't I heard of it?" Zhou Jingmao asked in surprise.
"We used to have similar interests and could get along well. Later, I often heard him praise his elder brother, and I also met him in person. I thought his elder brother was indeed a handsome man, much better than someone like me. So I talked to my parents and arranged a marriage between my sister and his brother." Shi Ting frowned when he said this.
"Engaged? Such a big thing has never been spread before? Even I don't know about it!" Zhou Jingmao was shocked.
He has the most contact with the Hang family, and he knows everything about the Hang family!
"It's like this. The fortune teller said that Brother Hang shouldn't get married before he finishes high school, otherwise it will affect his career. In order to avoid any eventuality, the two families only made a verbal agreement and exchanged tokens privately. Besides, my sister is still young, so it's okay to wait a little longer." Shi Ting smiled helplessly.
He knew in his heart that he had no regrets.
"No...Hang Lixing hasn't passed the imperial examination yet, right?" Zhou Jingmao was a little dumbfounded.
He didn't like scholars before, so he didn't pay much attention to Hang Lixing's affairs.
"He has passed. You are oblivious to what is happening outside the academy all day. The provincial examination just ended a few days ago and the results have been released. Hang Lixing is also on the list, but... his ranking is a little low." Shi Ting said.
There were no students in their academy who were going to take the imperial examinations, so of course they knew nothing about the affairs of scholars.
"Will he continue to take the exam next February? Xiao Qi's brother passed the imperial examination three years ago, so he will definitely pass the examination next year. But Hang Lixing probably won't be able to do it, right?" Zhou Jingmao felt a little uncertain.
He no longer found Sting annoying and could speak to him in a nice tone.
Shi Ting was also a little annoyed: "I don't know either. Hang Er always said that his elder brother's talent and learning were no less than Xiao Jieyuan's, but he just had bad luck..."
"I advise you to go home and have a good talk with your parents. She is your own sister, you can't push her into the fire pit, right? In the past, you were fooled by Hang Er's few nonsense words and you didn't even think about it. The Hang family can't be a good place..." Zhou Jingmao was very disgusted.
"Don't look at me as a person without ambition, but at least our family is not in chaos. What about the Hang family? Lord Hang has a lot of concubines in the backyard. If your sister marries into the family, she will have a lot of pressure on her. There are also many illegitimate sons in the family, and your sister will be the eldest daughter-in-law! She also has to fight with so many sisters-in-law, how can she do it? And Hang Gengyuan, you see he spends 100,000 taels of silver easily and doesn't care about it at all. Wouldn't it be a headache to be his sister-in-law?" Zhou Jingmao kindly advised again.
"Another thing, I know Hang Lixing isn't a very well-behaved person. He has people serving him in the mansion. They say it's not appropriate to get married before graduating from high school. I think it's all an excuse. If you don't believe me, ask Xiao Qi. He must have calculated whether Hang Lixing has a bad fate in marriage..."
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