Jing Li: “…”
This young master of the Gu family... is quite powerful.
Qin Zhao didn't answer, but just stared at the sign thoughtfully.
Jing Li noticed him like this and was shocked: "You don't want to try it?"
Qin Zhao: "It says here that the monthly allowance is twenty taels."
Jing Li: “…”
Qin Zhao: "And I only need to go there fifteen days a month."
Jing Li: “…………”
Qin Zhao: "Food and lodging are also provided."
Jing Li: “………………”
Twenty taels a month, including food and lodging, even with other expenses, could save at least seventeen or eighteen taels a month. So, with this income alone, they could save two hundred taels a year, enough to buy the lakeside house.
"No, no!" Jing Li managed to maintain his sanity. "That young master is too much of a hassle. If it was just an easy job, how could they be so generous?!"
Qin Zhao smiled and looked away: "I was just joking with you."
Jing Li: “?”
Qin Zhao pointed to the small words above and said, "They only want candidates for the Juren position, but I'm not qualified."
Jing Li saw the line of words clearly and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
This is a good thing. Rather than leaving them hesitant and unable to make a decision, it's better to eliminate this possibility directly. By the time Qin Zhao passes the imperial examination, the Gu family will most likely have already found a teacher.
Although he lost an opportunity to make money, it was not a bad thing that Qin Zhao did not have to suffer at the Gu family.
In the next few days, they selected several houses not far from each other in the inner and outer cities for on-site inspections, but none of them were suitable.
But there is no rush for this matter.
Qin Zhao had never planned to move out of the village so early.
Life in the city is very different from life in the mountain village. If you move here now, it will definitely take a long time to adapt.
Jing Li is not yet suitable to accept the new environment.
At least until the baby is born.
On the morning of the fifth day, Qin Zhao asked Jing Li to change back to his original form, put him into the new wooden barrel he bought for him, and then took his own little koi and boarded the return boat.
Unlike the portable fish basket, the new wooden barrel has a wide bottom, allowing the small koi to swim inside.
Three days later, the ship arrived at the town's dock.
Qin Zhao found a deserted place and let Jing Li turn back into human form. After dressing him neatly, he took him on the ox cart back to the village.
When the driver heard that he was going to Linxi Village, and saw that he was dressed like a scholar, with a completely different temperament from that of an ordinary farmer, he hurriedly asked, "Are you Qin Zhao, the top scorer in the county exam?"
Qin Zhao said: "It's me."
"Oh my god, I saw a living person..." the driver exclaimed. "I heard earlier that the top judge had gone to the provincial capital and would be back in a few days. I didn't expect to run into him. I can be considered to have shared in the top judge's good fortune!"
What farmers admire most are scholars. The town hasn't had a top candidate in a case for three years, and this time the first and second place winners are both from their town. How can the villagers not be happy?
The driver was always in high spirits when driving. Whenever he met someone along the way, he would shout out to the county examination champion on his cart, with a rather proud tone.
The oxcart soon left the forest and came to a vast plain. People were working in the fields on both sides of the road. When they heard the driver's shouts, they all looked over.
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