Traveling to Daliang Kingdom starts from falling into the water

Chapter 53

In the main room, Gu Erzhu told Lin Xiucai that the case would not involve Gu Dalang. As expected, Mr. Gu immediately asked if he had gone to some private schools.

I really didn’t go there, but I did make some inquiries.

At present, in the county, in addition to wealthy families hiring masters to teach their children and grandchildren, there are also two private schools.

Gu Erzhu was too lazy to mention that his eldest brother and his son had been in the county for many years and he needed to go to a few private schools in person.

The reason why his father asked him was just to use his words to prevent Dalang from objecting to his continued search for a good private school in the county.

As the second oldest child, he had no objection. The third and fourth oldest children were naturally easy to talk to.

Of the four brothers, only the third child probably couldn't see his father's thoughts.

This is his biological father, and he is still plotting against him for the sake of his eldest son and grandson.

Gu Erzhu sighed secretly, but still told the situation of the two private schools that he had found out about.

These two private schools were founded by failed scholars, and they were called Huang's Private School and Li's Private School respectively.

Huang's private school will not admit students this year, and those who do have to wait until the first month of next year before the farming season starts.

It only recruits five students, making it even more difficult to get into than Fucheng Academy.

Li's Private School was still recruiting students during the freeze in November this year.

It's just that Li Xiucai still wants to take the imperial examination, and the three-year autumn period will be next year.

As for why there are no juren to open private schools to teach, juren in high school are qualified to be officials. If they can't win the Jinshi, there are vacancies in the yamen, and someone can recommend them for recruitment.

For example, Huang County Lieutenant is said to be the person who was recommended to be the County Lieutenant.

Although the official position is not high, he is still an official.

No matter how bad Juren is, if he only has a quota of [-] acres of tax-free land, many people will take the initiative to entrust the land to Juren's name, and it will be difficult for them not to make a fortune.

Therefore, people generally do not set up private schools to teach. If they have the ability, they should continue to take scientific examinations. If there is no hope in the scientific examinations, they will not only find ways to fill the vacancies, but also become extremely rich.

Gu Erzhu didn't want to point this out any further.

Even he understood the truth, but the old man still dreamed that a private school would be opened in the county, so there was nothing he could do.

"Dalang, of the two mentioned by your second uncle, which one do you think is suitable?"

Did you choose your eldest grandson?

Seeing that Gu Dalang was about to speak but stopped looking around, Mr. Gu was really annoyed. Women are so short-sighted that they won't get out one by one!
Mrs. Gu: "You guys go out first."

Gu Erzhu quickly winked at Gu Laosi, turned around and stood up.

"Sit down." Mr. Gu glared at his second son and then looked at his eldest son, "It's about the future of Da Lang, so there's nothing to be careless about. The second son of the Zhao family should still remember you——"

"I'm so suffocated, I'll go to the latrine first." Gu Erzhu ran away.

"Second brother, wait for me!" Gu Laosi followed closely, "Father, you and eldest brother should discuss it first. Second brother and I will be back immediately."

Mr. Gu secretly scolded the lazy man for pooping and peeing a lot, shouted for the two brothers to come back quickly, and waved to Gu Sanzhu to sit closer.

Backyard hut.

Gu Erzhu really wanted to relieve himself, but he also really wanted to discuss it with Gu Laosi.

There were some things that were hard to mention even when his niece-in-law was in the hall. At this time, it was just his two brothers, so he quickly told everything he had learned.

After hearing this, Gu Laosi just wanted to curse, "Second brother, what do you think this is? Why didn't you ask Dalang in front of everyone what he wanted to do!"

You are smart!

What's the use of asking?
Dalang is neither dumb nor stupid.

Can you still find a good excuse now?What's more, the old man is here, which is an excuse that doesn't make sense. The old man says yes, can a son still have sex with me?At most, Dalang would be made to apologize, and he would be even more hated!

Gu Erzhu glared at his brother angrily, "Stop talking nonsense, just tell me if you want to separate the family?"

Gu Laosi was frightened and looked around quickly.

"No one, tell me quickly."

Gu Laosi paused and said, "Think."

Gu Erzhu reached out and hooked his brother's neck.

The two brothers whispered to each other to discuss the next division of labor.

Mr. Gu's thoughts were finally figured out by his two sons.

When his two sons came back after not seeing him for a long time, he gave Mrs. Gu a wink and hinted her to call them in quickly.

Before Mrs. Gu reached the hut in the backyard, Gu Erzhu and Gu Laosi quickly greeted each other. One pulled and the other pushed to coax Mrs. Gu to the cowshed.

There was nothing I could do. There were many people at home, and some vegetables were confiscated in the backyard. It was inappropriate to squat anywhere except near the smelly huts and cowsheds to whisper.

After hearing this, Mrs. Gu was not in the mood to blame her two sons for not asking her to smell the smell. She repeatedly asked if it was true and was assured that it was correct. For a moment, she didn't know what to say.

"mother?"

Gu Erzhu regretted pushing his own mother so hard, but he was not only a son, he also had a family, and it was impossible for him to give up his children for his eldest nephew.

It's okay to suffer financial losses on weekdays. He kept it secretly anyway, but this nephew is too courageous. It's no longer just a loss for him to study.

Nowadays, even Tongsheng dares to deceive others and make usury loans. Waiting for a scholar to break the rules, I really can't afford to offend him!
“My son really doesn’t have much ambition. He is satisfied if he can have enough food, clothing, and safety, but this time it really scared me.

If the county captain doesn’t take a step back, I don’t dare to think about whether our family will be ruined like Lin Xiucai’s family when Dalang is imprisoned—”

"Second!"

Gu Erzhu clapped his mouth and touched Gu Laosi with his elbow.

"Mom, it's not that my second brother speaks freely. Even my father-in-law said during the day that our family is blessed by our ancestors. If Da Lang is imprisoned, he won't dare to find anyone to intercede.

Just like this, my father-in-law, Ignorant Dalang, got involved.

Do you think Lin Xiucai's case is so scary that we bankers can get involved in it?

Second brother, you don’t know that I came back and told my father that my father-in-law was afraid of death.

Who is not afraid of lawsuits? Does our family have any backers or capable people?
I'm really afraid that one day I'll beg for help but no one will listen to me, and my son won't even be able to read anymore.

No matter how partial my father is, I'm not afraid that my father will hear it. I'm not my second brother, and I still want my son to study like Erlang for two years and come back to provide for the elder brother? "

How stupid is he to co-operate with his second brother?
Gu Erzhu was too lazy to argue. He thought whatever he wanted, as long as he could separate the family.

"Absolutely impossible!" Gu Laosi gritted his teeth and said, "As long as my son has a talent for reading, I will defraud money from my in-law's family and bring it back to support my son's education."

It’s so great to have such a good wife, I really regret having to discuss it with the old man.

"I only care about my son in this life. If the old man dares to harm my son without my wife, I will fight with him."

As he said this, Gu Laosi put his head on Mrs. Gu's arm, "Mom, my son is unfilial, but he is so depressed.

Why did my son want to find a wife with a dowry even though he wasn't handsome? What was he trying to do?
Does she have a bad temper and always look down on her face to get back at her? Or does she have several children and is still groveling at her in-laws' house?

My son is not a cheap person, there is nothing I can do about it, my father doesn’t care about me..."

Gu Erzhu thought to himself, "What a good guy, he said he is not stupid and he is filial, why can't he be as favored as a piss-poor, who still won't cry when he writes a book."

(End of this chapter)