"I thought it was nothing, don't worry," the woman said, making a fuss over nothing. "I also had a classmate who went to study in the prefectural city. He attended a regular academy, and the tuition wasn't expensive. I remember it was about twenty taels of silver a year."
According to him, the academy wasn't bad; it was quite famous in the prefectural city. Xiao Lei's academy, because of its fame, charged exorbitant fees to scare away students from ordinary families.
In other words, his academy was only for wealthy families; other people couldn't get in.
"Twenty taels of silver? Really? That's alright, we can afford it. You have no idea how stunned I was when he told me today. I thought our eldest brother's education was over, really!"
"Don't scare yourself. It's not that exaggerated. It's just a prefectural city. Even the academies in the capital don't dare to charge such high fees. Do you really think everyone's money grows on trees?"
Women are naive and easily alarmed by everything. They act on impulse and never think things through.
However, he really envied Xiao Lei, who met only children from wealthy families in such a place, and whose future classmates would all be influential people.
Although it's expensive, you know what? Every year, their academy ranks first. So even though it's expensive, there are still plenty of students who go there to study, and many people are willing to go and pay money.
The teachers inside are said to be excellent; even the worst among them are Juren (successful candidates in the provincial examinations), and there are also three Jinshi (successful candidates in the imperial examinations).
"Really? Then I'm relieved. Everyone thought we wouldn't be able to continue our studies."
"No, that's not true. I'll go tell the boss. Don't be discouraged, just focus on studying for the imperial examination after the New Year."
"Is the second son going to take the imperial examination after the New Year?"
“Go, no matter what, he must pass the preliminary examination and become a student. He can stop studying after that, but he must pass the preliminary examination.”
This is his bottom line; he absolutely cannot raise a useless person.
Wang felt relieved after hearing what her husband said, and thought that it wasn't impossible to give her second son a shot.
She would support them even if it meant selling everything she owned, as long as they were willing to study.
Why did you bring back so many dumplings?
"We each had a bowl, and we ate three bowls. No one ate the fourth bowl. Luckily, my mother-in-law's family had baskets, so my sister-in-law and I each borrowed a basket and carried it back."
I'll have to ask my eldest daughter-in-law to return the basket later; the kitchen staff said we can't give it to them.
Who cares about a basket if they're so stingy?
After the winter solstice, Zhao Dashu drank a round of wine and then planned to go home, but he needed to find a doctor before he went back.
"Daughter, I'm going out to pick up the doctor. You all stay home and take good care of yourselves."
"Put on a cloak, it's a bit cold outside." Looking through the window, Madam Song saw that it had started to snow outside and couldn't help but give her a word of advice.
"knew."
After everyone left, Xiao Lei and Qian Youfu were studying in the study. Only the mother, her two daughters, and the child were in the room. The old man was teaching the birds to talk in his own room.
"Daughter, it's snowing again outside."
Zhao Xiaoyu looked up. "The snow is quite heavy."
"Yes, let's get some food and bake it on the stove."
"Sure."
She likes roasted chestnuts and oranges.
Zhao Dashu went directly to the home of a doctor he knew, because his mother knew quite a few doctors in the county, especially those with excellent medical skills.
After listening to Zhao Dashu's description, the doctor pondered for a moment, "I need to examine both of them, especially the man."
As a doctor, he knew very well that these days, if a woman can't have children, it's always her fault. But men can also have problems; it's just that many people are unwilling to face reality and even less willing to believe that they are sick.
Some men divorce their wives and remarry, yet still have no children; they divorce and remarry again, but still have no children.
Well, it takes two to tango; both of them need to be motivated.
Zhao Dashu almost clapped his hands in delight. Look, look, the doctor was on the same page as him. Everyone knows everything and thinks that Dazhu might be the one with the problem; it's most likely Dazhu's fault.
Shunzi's wife told them that her second sister-in-law had been cursing Pan Shi for not being able to lay eggs, saying that no matter which family she married, she would be divorced, and Pan Shi had endured all of this.
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