How to survive in poverty: I use a simulator to farm

Fan Jin was admitted as a scholar when he was in his 20s. He took the examination for more than 30 years. It was not until he was 58 years old that he was admitted to the examination!

In the past 30 years, he took part in the triennial provincial examination every three years.

The transportation expenses on the road, his daily food expenses, the accommodation expenses in the city, the favor expenses for communicating with people, the information expenses for asking about the exam, the guarantee fee for finding someone to guarantee the exam..., he kept it at the lowest cost. I estimated that it would cost eight taels of silver to take such a provincial examination.

If you are going to the capital to take the imperial examination, the cost for one trip will be at least 20 taels!

For eight taels of silver, a farmer like him would have to live without food or water for two years!

The poorer households, excluding daily expenses, would have to work for at least ten years if they wanted to save eight taels of silver!

Therefore, taking the imperial examination in ancient times was a quite extravagant consumption.

The average person simply cannot afford it.

Aunt Sun felt unhappy when she heard her father-in-law keep talking about how much it cost to take the provincial examination.

In her opinion, there is a price to pay for everything. As a human being, you cannot look forward and backward.

You can't think about what will happen if you fail. You should get things done first.

She is impatient and has a straight temper.

When she thought that her father-in-law could become a high official as long as he passed the exam, she couldn't help but tell Chen Feiyan.

"Mom~, no matter what, we still have to let dad go to the city to give it a try. By taking part in such a provincial examination, dad can only know his own level, his own strengths and weaknesses."

"In fact, there is no need to worry about money matters. When the time comes, I will go back to my parents' home. I will tell my parents, brothers, and my uncle about this matter. They will definitely support me."

"My parents can afford at least half of the eight taels of silver!"

When Chen Feiyan heard this, she laughed.

As expected, his daughter-in-law's family was most looking forward to her husband being admitted to the imperial examination.

But maybe that's just human nature.

If her husband fails again and again in the future, they will probably look different again.

Just like Fan Jin in the past.

When Fan Jin was admitted as a scholar in his twenties, didn't Hu Butcher, a big pig-killer in the county, marry his daughter to him?

Although Butcher Hu was a pig butcher, he had some wealth and was more than enough to support his family. From time to time, he would also take out some pig meat, livers, hearts, and lungs to support his son-in-law's family. Overall, Butcher Hu can be considered a kind person.

But such a kind person got angry when he met Fan Jin, who was in his 50s and had to take the provincial examination. He pointed at his nose and cursed: "You toad, you don't even take a pee to take a picture yourself, you actually want to Eat some swan farts!"

During the more than 30 years of taking the examination, the world's ruthlessness, the cold treatment, ridicule, sarcasm, and sarcasm of the world have long since worn away Fan Jin's self-esteem as a scholar.

He lost his sharp edges and temper. Even if he saw his father-in-law pointing at his nose and insulting him, he would just keep trying to please and smile awkwardly.

……

Chen Feiyan didn't want her husband to bear such heavy pressure, nor did she want her husband to shoulder the expectations of her daughter-in-law and her family who wanted to change their fate and take advantage of him.

So, Chen Feiyan looked at her second daughter-in-law and said with a smile: "Daughter-in-law, I am also a person who has read books. I have known since I was a child that everything depends on the right time, the right place, and the right people. Everything depends on the same destiny. .”

"If there is not enough luck and opportunities, no matter how capable and capable people are, no matter how hard they work, they may not be able to achieve the results they want."

"We still need to delay the matter of taking the provincial examination. The provincial examination is in August, and the general examination is in February. We have missed the time of this year's provincial examination. If your father-in-law wants to take the provincial examination, he can only wait for another three years. "

When Aunt Sun heard this, she made a calculation in her mind.

If she had to wait another three years, she wouldn't be able to afford it. Three years passed in a flash.

She now particularly hopes that her father-in-law will pass the exam in one go.

She also knew now that scholars had to travel thousands of miles to take the scientific examination, so she looked at Chen Feiyan and said: "Mother-in-law, if my father-in-law really goes to take the provincial examination in three years, I think my brothers will be willing to do it for me." He escorted him, sent him there, and sent him back.”

"Don't look at my brother's family. They are all carrying bags and unloading goods at the dock. But they know more people."

"There are people I know at the inns from here to many places."

"I thought to myself, no matter what, it's better to have a relationship than nothing. It's better to deal with familiar people than with strangers. So I think that by letting my brothers follow my father-in-law, he can at least save money. A lot of things.”

Chen Feiyan was very happy when she heard this.

"This relationship is great! Then I will make an agreement with you now. If your father-in-law goes to take the imperial examination in three years, he will have to trouble your younger brothers."

Because she had expectations and ideas in her heart, and felt that she had hope for the future, Aunt Sun worked very hard after marrying into the Chen family.

Whatever Chen Feiyan does, she wants to take over.

"Mother-in-law~, I have learned how to use this machine to weave. Leave all the weaving to me in the future!"

Chen Feiyan's eldest daughter-in-law, Yang Hongyu, felt a sense of crisis in her heart when she saw Aunt Sun rushing to work as soon as she came in.

She had compared it privately.

I was born worse than her, my experience was more difficult than hers, I was not as strong as her, and I didn’t do as much work as she did. After I got married and started a family, I only gave birth to a daughter...

Although her father-in-law and mother-in-law have no objection to her giving birth to a daughter, her husband also has no objection to her.

However, if my sister-in-law gets pregnant as soon as she enters the house, and gives birth to a son ten months later, wouldn’t I be outclassed by her? !

There is such a big difference between them. In a short period of time, my parents-in-law, husband, and other people will not have any thoughts about me.

But if time goes by and they develop objections to her, how will she deal with herself in this family in the future?

Yang Hongyu was worried about her future survival, and Aunt Sun also began to be eager to have a child.

She felt that her uncle was right.

After she entered the Chen family, she could only gain a firm foothold after giving birth to a son.

I thought that if I could give birth to a son early, then this child would be the eldest grandson of the Chen family!

From now on, in the eyes of her father-in-law and mother-in-law, she will be more important than her sister-in-law.

The resources at home are limited.

If you give it to this son, you cannot give it to that son.

Aunt Sun thought that if the family was divided in the future, she would get more from her father-in-law and mother-in-law no matter what.

How to get more from them?

She now felt that the key was to give them more grandchildren.