Chapter 153: Envy

Zhou Shuren did the math for Zhulan, "In this dynasty, the tax on the officials is exempted, and the land tax exemption is 100 mu. Although the welfare of this dynasty is not as good as that of the previous dynasty, and the subsidies for car dealerships, lamp oil and other living expenses are exempted, the officials can get a lot of gifts and land from the merchants and wealthy people who flatter them, which can be converted into a considerable fortune in cash."

Zhulan remembered that Zhou Shuren's family had a male prostitute, "So that's how our ancestors made their fortune?"

Zhou Shuren nodded, "Yes, it's a pity that our ancestor passed the imperial examination and was already quite old, and there was no one capable to help him seek an official position, so he didn't save much money, and most of it was exchanged for books. Don't look at the fact that we only have 20 acres of land now, in fact, our ancestors lost some of it. It is precisely because our ancestors had an imperial examiner that the clan is concerned about our family's assets. If we take out some money, the clan will not be surprised, but will only think that our family has hidden it well."

Zhu Lan frowned and said, "I remember that Shi Qing was involved in the fight to seize the heir. Now that Shi Qing has killed the heir brother, the only one left is his father. I don't know if he has already participated in the fight to seize the heir. Is it okay for us to take his things?"

Zhou Shuren's eyes deepened, "It's okay. We are just junior scholars. We can't even get in touch with the door-to-door relationship. Besides, the Shi family will give gifts to scholars with potential every year, so we are not a big deal. If we don't accept them, it will only attract their attention. So we might as well just follow the crowd. However, I have always remembered what you said about seizing the heir. I have also thought about Shi Qing. It's not that Shi Qing participated in seizing the heir, but rather that the powerful forces behind the Shi family participated and lost. Shi Qing inherited the Shi family, and the Shi family is already deeply involved. He can't break out and escape, so he can only go down this path to the end."

Zhu Lan sat next to Zhou Shuren. "The ending we know about Shi Qing is the ending with Xue Han as the original heroine. Now that Wang Ru is involved, I don't know if there will be any variables. However, according to Wang Ru's growing hatred for Shi Qing, she will definitely not remind him."

Zhulanmenqing, Wang Ru just started to contact Shi Qing, with other ideas, to change Shi Qing's ending, to make Shi Qing fall at her feet, thinking that she could also help the heroine Mary Sue. Unfortunately, reality slapped her in the face. Wang Ru now has to rely on Shi Qing, and will kick Shi Qing away as long as she has the chance to avoid being implicated.

Zhou Shuren suddenly narrowed his eyes, "No, Wang Ru has changed Shi Qing. If Shi Qing hadn't met Wang Ru, he wouldn't have the confidence to run his own business. Without Wang Ru, Shi Qing would have been doomed. Without Wang Ru, Shi Qing couldn't escape the Shi family no matter what he did. But now, because of the recipe in Wang Ru's hand, Shi Qing has a bargaining chip to escape. If I'm not mistaken, the snack shop is under Wang Ru's name."

Zhu Lan understood, "Wang Ru took advantage of the favor of saving her life, so Shi Qing was also taking advantage of the favor of saving her life to plot something."

I can't help but wonder, what did she do when she was fifteen or sixteen? She attended classes and did exercises. She never had any intrigues or experienced life and death. If she hadn't had more experience and taken advantage of her age, she would have been crushed. Compared with modern peace and equality, the ancient times were even more cruel!

Zhou Shuren stretched his waist and said, "I'll pawn the bracelet when I get back to the county."

"kindness."

It just makes up for the expenses in Pingzhou.

Zhulan asked again what Mingqing got, and Zhou Shuren did not let Zhulan guess. It seemed that he got ten taels of silver more than Zhou Shuren. It can be seen that in Shi Qing's heart, Qingming is less valuable than Zhou Shuren.

In the following days, Zhou Shuren did not take Mingqing to social events. It was not that he did not want to take him, but the expenses were too high. Zhou Shuren spent nearly thirty taels on those few days of social events, and Mingqing could not afford it. Mingqing was not in a hurry to go back. Instead, he took advantage of the rare opportunity to discuss studies with Wu Ming from time to time, and would also visit Wu Ming's teacher with Wu Ming through Guang.

Wu Ming almost won the top three places in the imperial examination. He was young and had great potential. He became a disciple within a few days. Zhou Shuren was envious and became the disciple of Xu Jinshi, a Jinshi of the previous dynasty. Xu Jinshi was unlucky. He was the last Jinshi of the previous dynasty, but he did not seek an official position due to the chaos in the court. Later, when the dynasty fell, he gave up the idea of ​​becoming an official and returned to his hometown to open an academy. Because he was a Jinshi, and had passed the imperial examination under the normal situation of cheating in the previous dynasty, he had solid knowledge. Many people wanted to be his disciples every year, but unfortunately, few of them were worthy of his name.

Zhou Shuren also paid attention to it, but unfortunately age was an obstacle. Zhou Shuren didn't even have a chance. Because of his age, he was very depressed. He drank at Wu Ming's wedding and took the opportunity to ask Zhulan for comfort when he came back.

Zhulan knew that Zhou Shuren was pretending to be pitiful, but she didn't say anything. Due to Zhou Shuren's age, the imperial examination mode was difficult and he could only rely on himself.