peasant young lady

Chapter 8 Inviting the Dead to Lecture

"Where did you hear that?" Mrs. Zhang copied the soles of her shoes and tried to hit them again, but was stopped by Dahua's strong body, "Your brother-in-law is a scholar, and he will take the Qiuwei exam in August this year. Brother-in-law has such a strong foundation, it is not easy to find a solution. Jingzhong is seven years old now, and he should have gone to school long ago. Your eldest sister’s family is in trouble. What’s wrong with your mother’s subsidy? Do you have any opinions?”

"No, I wouldn't dare," Cheng Xia waved her hand quickly, "In my mother's heart, the elder sister is a fairy, and I am the dog's tail grass by the roadside, so there is no comparison. I just want to ask, is this ordinary child going to school? Shuxiu, who is only one tael of silver and three buckets of rice a year, why does it cost 20 taels when he arrives at the elder sister's place?"

When Mrs. Zhang heard this, she looked back at Cheng Shang and Liu Wen suspiciously.

Cheng Xia could tell that her mother had taken a liking to Liu Wen's reputation as a scholar, so she obeyed her elder sister and her husband. They did what they said, and they didn't even consider the truth of the matter.

This elder sister and elder brother-in-law's tricks are so clumsy, it's okay to deceive Mrs. Zhang, but there is no way to deceive her, a graduate student of the history department.

Seeing his mother-in-law's suspicious gaze, Liu Wen quickly explained, "Mother-in-law, there are many students in this school, and there is only one master. How can Jingzhong learn well?"

"Yes, mother," Cheng Shang took over, "I discussed with my husband to invite Jingzhong to have a wife to sit in the restaurant, so that Jingzhong can be a scholar earlier and be filial to mother as soon as possible."

The creases on Zhang's face that he said these words turned into a chrysanthemum.

"Oh?" Cheng Xia responded meaningfully, "I don't know who the wife my sister and brother-in-law invited for Jingzhong, and it costs 20 taels of silver to sit in the restaurant?"

The resentment in Cheng Shang's eyes flashed away, but Cheng Xia caught it, and couldn't help but sneer in his heart, can't he hold his breath anymore?

Liu Wen smiled, "Little sister doesn't know something, the teacher I invited this time, 20 taels of silver is really not enough to invite him. Fortunately, I have been bothering him for a month, and he finally let go and wants to teach Jingzhong for a year."

"This master is so arrogant, I don't know who brother-in-law is talking about?"

"You don't know me either."

"Brother-in-law doesn't tell me how to know that I haven't heard of it. You also know that Yang Jia Dalang is also a scholar. I heard him say a few words yesterday. Brother-in-law said, maybe I have heard of it." Cheng Xiashi Don't let go.

Liu Wen looked ruthless when he saw Cheng Xia's non-stop questioning, but quickly recovered, and proudly showed off to Cheng Xia, "Little sister, I don't know, this time I invited a famous university Shishangren, my little sister has never heard of it. This Shangren was No.1 in the provincial examination, general examination, and palace examination. In the imperial court, he was the prince Shaobao and Jinshen Palace University scholar. Ordinary people really don’t like it When it comes to him, I still rely on the name of my mentor to get in touch with the Bachelor of Commerce."

When Mrs. Zhang heard this, her heart blossomed with joy.With such a great scholar giving lectures to Jingzhong, do you still worry that Jingzhong will not be the number one scholar?At that time, she will go to the capital with Jingzhong, raise a few servants, and enjoy the old lady's addiction.

The more Mrs. Zhang thought about it, the more eager she became, but Cheng Xia wanted to laugh more than Mrs. Zhang. This brother-in-law started to talk nonsense because the peasants didn't understand these things.

The more he looked at it like this, the more Cheng Xia felt that they might not be doing anything with the money.

Seeing Cheng Xia sneer, Liu Wen felt anxious for a moment, "Little sister, you haven't heard of it, it's not your fault, your sister only understands this after staying with me for a long time."

I bother!Why is this face so big?

The business he said is of course powerful. Since the creation of the imperial examination in the Sui and Tang Dynasties, for more than 1000 years, there have been only 1 people who have been able to obtain the No. Shang Ren is one of his achievements.However, the more powerful people are used as an excuse, the easier it is to expose flaws. Don't you understand such a simple truth?
Cheng Xia smiled politely, "Brother-in-law, why did I hear Dalang say that this Shangren University scholar has long since resigned from office and went back to his hometown to recuperate. Isn't his hometown in Lishang Village in the southeast of Chun'an County, Zhejiang? When did you come to our place?"

Cheng Xia had already found out clearly on the way here that she is now located in Qingxian Village, Chong'an County, Jianning Prefecture, which is also the jurisdiction of Fujian.

Mrs. Zhang knew Cheng Xia was talking nonsense as soon as she heard it, "What are you talking about, you stinky girl, when have you ever been out of the village, you still understand these things."

Mrs. Zhang's words put Liu Wengang's heart at ease instantly, but he looked at Cheng Xia with more inquiring eyes.

Cheng Xia met his gaze indifferently, ignored Zhang's quarrel, and continued, "Brother-in-law, what I just said is not the point, the point is that this business scholar passed away in August last year, and His Majesty still deliberately quit the court today." Days to express condolences. Brother-in-law who is about to take the Qiuwei exam, don’t you study so hard that you don’t even know this? Doesn’t brother-in-law want to invite a dead man to give lectures to your nephew?”

(End of this chapter)