Chapter 1165: Climbing the ladder of fame and wealth (21)
"That's good too. We should clearly distinguish between gratitude and resentment and avenge our enemies. Let the saints do the great thing of repaying evil with virtue. For ordinary people like us, it's only right for us to give an eye for an eye." Ao Shichu said in agreement.
When Qi Liangjun saw her like this, his cold expression couldn't help but soften a little, and he said, "Now I have completed one of my life goals, and there are two left."
When Ao Shichu heard this, he immediately asked curiously, "What are the remaining two?"
"You will know later." Qi Liangjun did not answer directly.
Ao Shiyan was watching his good brother and sister talking, and inexplicably felt that there was an intimate yet closed atmosphere between them that belonged only to them, and he could not intrude upon it.
He scratched his head, thinking that it might be his own illusion, and then he quickly put this feeling behind him. He winked at Ao Shichu with great interest and said, "I know one of Brother Qi's life goals! It must be to pass the imperial examination, right?"
As a scholar, who doesn't want to pass the imperial examination one day, and then rise to prominence and have a promising career? Ao Shiyan himself has this dream, and naturally thinks Qi Liangjun is no exception.
Sure enough, when Qi Liangjun heard what he said, he smiled softly and said, "You guessed right."
"Haha, I knew it!" Ao Shiyan proudly put his arm around Qi Liangjun's shoulders and said, "Brother, I know you will definitely pass the imperial examination this time, and your second life goal will be achieved! Don't forget me when you become rich and powerful, hehe..."
"Thank you for your advice." Qi Liangjun said good-temperedly.
"Hey, since today is your sister's death anniversary and we have finally avenged ourselves, why don't we celebrate tonight? Buy some wine and food, and we won't go home until we are drunk!" After Ao Shiyan finished speaking, he actually ran out to buy wine and food. He didn't mind at all that Qi Liangjun's enemy was from the Rong'an Marquis' Mansion. He had obviously completely forgotten that he had some relatives there.
Ao Shichu saw that everyone had run away and she was the only one left with Qi Liangjun. She was about to leave when she was suddenly stopped by Qi Liangjun.
"Brother Shi Yan just said that passing the imperial examination is my second life goal. Do you know my third life goal?" Qi Liangjun looked at Ao Shichu with his deep eyes.
Ao Shichu was puzzled and asked, "How can I know your life goal?"
Qi Liangjun smiled softly and said, "Before my sister passed away, I was actually a very normal and vulgar scholar. Like all scholars in the world, I thought that if I could accomplish two of the four great joys in life, my life would be perfect. Do you know which two of the four great joys in life I want to accomplish? Your brother just mentioned one, and there is another one. Can you guess?"
Ao Shichu's mind suddenly popped up the four greatest joys in life: rain after a long drought, meeting an old friend in a foreign land, the wedding night, and being named on the list of successful candidates.
"You want to have the double happiness of getting married when your name is on the list of successful candidates? That's easy. As long as you pass the imperial examination, you can have any kind of woman you want. Many families in the capital will go to the list to find a husband for their daughters. You are so talented and beautiful, are you afraid that no one will like you? You should be confused about which girl to choose, right? Haha..."
As Ao Shichu was talking, he seemed to see the scene when Qi Liangjun went to look at the list, and was forcibly pulled back by several families with daughters. He was being pulled here and there, but he looked worried and didn't know which girl to choose, so he couldn't help laughing.
Qi Liangjun looked at her heartless smile and couldn't help but sigh secretly. Why is this girl's brain sometimes sharp and sometimes not? She doesn't get it when she needs to...
Ao Shichu, who had no idea of ââQi Liangjun's thoughts, actually analyzed to him in an orderly manner which girls in the capital were gentle and virtuous, which girls were good at managing the household, and which girls were well-educated and well-mannered... Even the matchmaker didn't understand it as clearly as she did.
Therefore, Qi Liangjun looked at her inexplicably: "Why do you know these girls so well?"
Ao Shichu choked up. Could she say that she was too nosy and that she knew this by combining the memories of the original owner's previous life? No, so she rolled her eyes and found an excuse to pull Ao Shiyan out to block the wood warehouse, saying, "I am planning for my brother in advance. He is almost twenty years old and has not yet been engaged. Although I know that he will definitely have to wait until he passes the imperial examination to find a marriage partner, but am I not worried about him? So I started to inquire about girls with good family backgrounds in the capital... Of course, even if my brother passes the imperial examination, he can't marry these girls, but what if it is possible? I am just prepared..."
Ao Shichu made up stories and looked at Qi Liangjun with "innocent" eyes to hide his guilty conscience.
Qi Liangjun suddenly asked her, "As a man, your brother can postpone his marriage, but as a girl, you can't wait too long. So, have you found a marriage for yourself?"
Ao Shichu was immediately choked by his question. She was only seventeen years old. In ordinary families, most girls of this age had already married and had children. Those who had not married either had health problems or had delayed their marriage due to mourning. However, Ao Shichu had already completed her mourning period but still had not mentioned marriage. One reason was that she herself had no such idea and had no candidate she liked; the other was that Ao Shiyan wanted to pass the imperial examinations or become a Jinshi, so that Ao Shichu's status could be improved along with him, and the status of the candidate for marriage would also be improved, so she was left alone.
"Have you chosen someone to marry?" Qi Liangjun didn't know why he was so persistent in asking this question, as if he wouldn't give up until he got the answer.
Ao Shichu was not shy like other girls when she talked about her marriage. Seeing that Qi Liangjun insisted on asking, she answered, "No, my brother and I are just ordinary people in the capital. We have no parents and no other relatives to help us. Others look down on us. Of course, things got better after my brother passed the imperial examination and some people came to propose marriage to us, but those people only came because of my brother's status as a scholar, and we didn't like any of them."
"After my brother passes the imperial examination and becomes a juren or jinshi, I will have more choices. Of course, if there is no one I like, I can choose not to get married." Ao Shichu said frankly.
Qi Liangjun hesitated to speak, and finally squeezed out a sentence: "How can a girl not get married?"
"Why do we have to get married? I can earn money to support myself." Ao Shichu stared at him.
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(End of this chapter)
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