When Shen Yejun heard her brother explain the situation to her in detail, her eyes reddened and her voice hoarse as she finished speaking:
"Brother, please don't tell anyone. I want to marry Chi Mu and live a good life with him in the future."
If you are really in trouble, remember to come to me.
I won't make decisions on my own; I'll talk to Chi Mu and listen to his opinion.
Upon hearing this, Shen Zhaochen smiled, a rare occurrence on his face: "Yes, that's how it should be done."
Like your sister-in-law, when something happens, she doesn't make decisions easily, but instead finds time to discuss it with me.
Of course, I don't mean for you to be an indecisive person.
Instead, you should learn from your sister-in-law. She makes the decisions on small matters at home, and only asks me to make the decisions on important matters.
If Ichiki were to have immense wealth now, and you offered me twelve taels, I would accept it without hesitation.
But the year is bad, and that silver was almost all of his wealth.
It's absolutely wrong of you to do this without even consulting Ikegi and to make the decision on your own.
Imagine if your sister-in-law moved all our belongings back to her parents' house without consulting us, would you feel comfortable with that?
Upon hearing this, Shen Yejun couldn't help but retort, "Brother, my sister-in-law is our family's child bride!"
"I'm making a hypothetical statement, and then, can you accept that?"
Xiao Jun, when you encounter problems, use your brain more and think them through carefully.
I know that you have always considered yourself superior because you are the sister of a scholar and can read.
However, you should know that Chi Mu, no, any of the young men in Chijia'ao, is no worse than you.
They used to be illiterate, but now they can read and write to some extent.
You may not know this, but the teacher in Chijia'ao is not someone I can't do.
I'm going to the prefectural city to take the imperial examination at the end of May, and yesterday the old clan chief sent someone to deliver a message to me.
Before I go to take the imperial examination, that scholar Shen from Wuning Prefecture will teach everyone in my place.
Upon hearing Shen Zhaochen's words, Shen's father, who was standing at the door, became somewhat anxious.
Then I saw him come in leaning on his cane, his voice filled with urgency:
"Ah Chen, is this really true? It would be alright if you could pass the imperial examination and become a scholar."
"If we don't pass the exam, won't we have nowhere to stay here?"
"Father, don't worry. The Chi family keeps their word."
When we signed the agreement, we said it would be one year, and that meant one year.
Even if I pass the imperial examination and become a scholar, I will still have to come back and continue teaching them.
If I don't pass the exam, I won't be back until after September.
It remains to be seen whether the disaster situation will be alleviated by then.
However, I think that by the time I finish teaching everyone here for a year, it will be about next year.
Even if I fail the exam, as long as I have the title of Xiucai (a scholar who passed the lowest level of the imperial examinations), we can go back to the county town, and I will find a way to open a private school.
In short, making a living shouldn't be a problem!
Upon hearing this, Mr. Shen breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that he could at least stay there until the following year.
To be honest, he had been hearing from the people of Chijia'ao that the disaster would be very serious.
But they don't know exactly how serious it is.
His son was going to the prefectural city to take the imperial examination, and he was worried that the heat would affect his son in the examination hall and cause him to not perform well.
Since we can stay here until next year, and regardless of whether we pass the exam or not, we won't have to worry too much about the family's livelihood in the future, that's fine.
He was afraid that his son would still be the same as before, stubborn and inflexible!
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The shacks on the western hillside were relatively quiet today because no one was coming to study.
So much so that Zhong Yufeng, who was in Shen Yejun's room, could also hear the arguing coming from the study.
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