"Master, we have to act quickly. Last time Dashu passed the imperial examination, many people in the village often went to chat with the teacher and his mother. Now that he has passed the imperial examination, I'm afraid the door of their house will be broken down by the people."
Zhao Da was shocked and said, "Okay, I will risk my reputation to get two places for my son."
Dazhuzi was lying on the kang, staring at the ceiling in a daze. Erzhuzi, who was standing next to him, nudged him with his elbow.
"Brother, what are you thinking about?"
"If we hadn't stopped, would we be on the list now?"
Erzhuzi shrugged, "I don't think so. Think about it, our teacher is not a student. Who is Third Uncle? He is not short of money. He hired a famous teacher from the capital. How many people in our county can pass the examination to become a student after studying a few years? There is none at all.
Many people couldn't pass the exam even after studying for more than ten years. When my uncle was called a genius, he also studied for nearly ten years when he passed the exam to become a scholar. It was my grandfather who gave up his university textbook to send him to the county town to study.
Where can we study? Look at how much our third brother has learned now? Forget it, even if we study, we still don’t understand anything now.”
You are right. Just look at Sanzhuzi's progress and you will know how much harm an incompetent teacher will cause to students.
"What if I could learn with Uncle San?"
"Don't even think about it. It's not like we've mentioned it once or twice. Did they agree?" Erzhuzi also lay on the kang. "Brother, if it's me, don't think about these things. I'll just accept my fate. It's a fact that we can't afford to support three children to study. Even if we can, it's useless. They can't afford to train them. This is the only amount of money we have. We can't let them chew our bones and sell them. They won't be worth much.
I know I am not proud and don't want to accept my fate, but we are born in this family and we have to accept our fate. Big brother, you should work hard to raise your own children.
Don't tell me, sometimes I feel bad when I see my parents busy all day long. Look at the life of the eldest uncle and the third uncle. What do they live? Don't you find that our father is at least ten years older than they look, his back is hunched, and his hair is starting to turn gray? "Er Zhuzi said, feeling a little upset.
He is lazy, not stupid or heartless, but sometimes he also complains, what are the conditions of his family? Can't his parents live a good life? They have to train the third brother, but they can't afford to train him well. They just waste time and money by keeping him hanging in the middle.
What he hated the most was his third brother's hopeless attitude.
"They volunteered."
It's a person's life, he can't do anything about it even if he is a humiliator. As for raising a son, what did his grandfather live his whole life? How did his parents live their lives? He is not an idiot, it doesn't matter to him whether the children are good or bad. Forget about letting him work hard for them all his life!
He is a loser, and his children will certainly be losers too. It would be better for him to save more money for his retirement.
After his wife came into the family and the family was divided, there was an extra person to help him make money, and maybe he could even ask for money from his parents-in-law from time to time. Dazhuzi thought it was great, and that his second half of life should be stable, even if he didn't have to study.
Thinking of this, the unhappiness in my heart dissipated a lot. I yawned, turned over and went to sleep.
He didn't want to say much about the idiot next to him. It would be great if he could take care of his parents in their old age. He hoped that his second son would be a fool all his life.
The Old Sow Village was in an uproar today, and the whole village was talking about Zhao Dashu and Xiao Lei passing the imperial examination. They were praised as geniuses, especially Xiao Lei, who was still young and got married, and there were endless possibilities.
After hearing this, some unmarried girls were moved. It would definitely be better to marry Xiao Lei than a peasant. He was talented, handsome, strong, full of hormones, and good in every way.
As for the engagement, just forget about it. If you can get divorced after getting married, what's the point of getting engaged?
Xiao Lei is theirs, theirs!
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