Chapter 1158: Climbing the ladder of fame and wealth (14)
Qi Liangjun was also a scholar. He had passed the examination for a scholar and would take the examination for a juren next time. However, Ao Shiyan had not passed the examination for a scholar yet. Therefore, Qi Liangjun's guidance to Ao Shiyan on his homework had a multiplier effect, and Ao Shiyan was even more grateful to Qi Liangjun for this.
However, Qi Liangjun would not live in the Ao family forever. As expected, after his body recovered completely, he asked to say goodbye to Ao Shiyan and his sister.
"I'm not a native of Beijing. It was just an accident that I stayed in Beijing for so long this time. Now that I'm well, it's time for me to go back home." Qi Liangjun said to Ao Shiyan.
Ao Shiyan was reluctant to let him go. After all, although Qi Liangjun was a man of few words, he had a good temper and was very patient. He lived with his sister in the capital, but his sister was a girl and was different from him, a grown man. Away from his hometown, he was also away from his old friends. Having been with Qi Liangjun for some time, he couldn't help but treat him as a friend. Now that he knew he was leaving, his eyes were red.
"Are you really leaving? Can't you stay in the capital? Aren't you going to take the imperial examination too? We can study in the same academy together." Ao Shiyan suggested eagerly.
Seeing him like this, Qi Liangjun was reluctant to leave this innocent friend, but he still had his own things to do and could not do as he pleased. Therefore, even though he was reluctant, he still shook his head and said, "I have important things to do in my hometown and cannot stay in the capital for long. But don't be sad, when I pass the imperial examination and go to the capital to take the imperial examination, we can meet again."
"Then you must pass the imperial examination next year, and come to Beijing to see me the year after." Ao Shiyan urged him, "It will take another two years, isn't that too long?"
"We can also communicate and discuss academic matters together." Qi Liangjun said, "It's similar to what I do here."
"How can it be almost the same? It's far from it!" Ao Shiyan sighed, "If you leave, my sister and I will be the only ones left to depend on each other again."
When Qi Liangjun heard what he said, he couldn't help but look at his sister, only to see Ao Shichu looking at him with a pair of clear and beautiful eyes. When she saw that he was looking at her, she curved her eyebrows and gave him a brilliant smile, which was so bright and without any haze.
Even though Qi Liangjun had lived under the same roof with her for more than a month, he still felt that he didn't know Ao Shichu well enough. This fifteen-year-old girl, who had clearly not reached marriage age yet, was sometimes more mature and more opinionated than her brother.
She was not like the daughters of ordinary commoners who were hunchbacked, timid and cowardly; nor was she like the daughters of famous families who were elegant, gentle and humble. There was never any timidity or submissiveness on her face, but rather she was neither humble nor arrogant. When she looked at people, her eyes were extremely penetrating, and he could not help but always treat her as his peer.
"Miss Ao, I'm sorry for disturbing you during this period of time." Qi Liangjun bowed slightly to Ao Shichu and said.
"You're welcome. You paid for it." Ao Shichu said with a smile, "You are welcome to stay at my house next time you come to the capital."
"Okay." Qi Liangjun couldn't help but smile and agreed readily.
"Ao Shichu, don't do anything rash. If Brother Qi comes to stay at our house next time, he is a friend and we can't accept his money anymore! Don't always be so obsessed with money!" Ao Shiyan said angrily while glaring at his sister.
"Got it..." Ao Shichu waved his hand perfunctorily, "He is a good friend of yours, I won't take his money."
After saying goodbye to Ao Shiyan and his sister, Qi Liangjun left the capital.
Ao Shichu finally sent the outsider away and felt much more comfortable in his own home. Ao Shiyan found an academy with a good reputation to study in, intending to study hard and pass the next examination to become a scholar as soon as possible, so as not to fall too far behind his brother Qi.
Although he loved reading since childhood, he was not a very talented person. Moreover, the study environment in Mobei was very poor and the teachers were not knowledgeable enough. After all, those who were knowledgeable would have left the desolate Mobei to find other ways out. Therefore, Ao Shiyan was almost seventeen years old and had not yet passed the examination to become a scholar.
One of the reasons why he wanted to come to the capital and seek refuge with the Rong'an Marquis Mansion was to study in a good academy.
Now Qi Liangjun has left them a considerable sum of money, which is enough for him to study hard for a few years without having to worry about his livelihood. Therefore, he will of course seize the opportunity to pass the imperial examination in the shortest time possible.
Two years passed in a flash. Under Ao Shichu's cultivation and grafting, the roses and jasmine in Ao Shichu's backyard finally grew into heterochromatic roses and bicolor jasmine. They were extremely gorgeous. These were unique varieties. Ao Shichu specially took out several pots of heterochromatic roses and bicolor jasmine for auction, and they really made a splash in the capital.
In order not to attract attention, she disguised herself and used a pseudonym to auction these two rare flowers. Therefore, except Ao Shiyan, no one else knew that Ao Shichu was the one who cultivated these two rare flowers.
Ao Shiyan was so excited that his face turned red when he took the huge banknote brought back by Ao Shichu. He couldn't believe his eyes. He stared at the numbers on the banknote again and again, and asked Ao Shichu from time to time: "Sister, is this banknote real? It's not fake, right?"
"It's true. You can take out the money from the bank. Don't worry." Ao Shichu answered him again and again impatiently.
"I didn't expect these flowers to be so valuable, sister. Could it be that your talent is not only in treating external injuries, but also in growing flowers?" Ao Shiyan looked at his beautiful sister and always felt that it was a bit unrealistic. Is his sister so capable?
"Brother, you have to know that a genius like me can succeed in anything I do." Ao Shichu said proudly, "Now you don't have to worry about us living off our savings and ending up on the streets after spending all the money Qi Liangjun gave us, right?"
"No, no, my sister is so amazing!" Ao Shiyan shook his head repeatedly, "But don't work too hard. Although you can make a lot of money by cultivating precious flowers, we have no power or influence now. If our reputation is too big, it will be bad."
"Brother, I know. Otherwise, why would I disguise myself before selling those two pots of flowers?" Ao Shichu nodded, and then said, "Okay, brother, we will only sell these two pots of flowers this year. The others will have to wait until later. You don't have to worry about this now. Just worry about your own exams."
"Got it. Don't worry. I'm very confident about this exam." Ao Shiyan has studied hard for two years and is finally confident that he can pass the exam to become a scholar. He will take the exam this year.
Fortunately, in this dynasty, candidates did not need to return to their hometowns to take the examination for the title of scholar, otherwise Ao Shiyan would have to go back to Mobei to take the examination.
(End of this chapter)
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