Chapter 061 Farmer's Imperial Exam Road (2)(1/2)
Annie didn't have time to settle the score with the system because the greasy uncle she was going to travel through had already stood in front of her.
"My wish is to pass the imperial examination and let the family be brave, so that everyone in the clan knows that Zhou Yaozu, the only one in the Zhou family, is the most promising person."
Zhou Yaozu said excitedly, "I thought I passed the Tongsheng Examination at the age of thirteen. I was the youngest scholar in Qi County. What a glory it was."
Annie interrupted him, "Since you can pass the Tongsheng exam yourself, why don't you keep working hard?"
Although I haven't accepted the plot yet, I can guess from Zhou Yaozu's words: Zhou Yaozu shouldn't have not continued to take the exam, but failed the exam repeatedly.
Otherwise, Zhou Yaozu's wish would be "let his family support him in continuing the imperial examination."
"What do you know? How difficult is the road to the imperial examination?"
When Zhou Yaozu heard this, he was displeased and said angrily: "I have been studying hard for more than ten years, and every time I am a little bit worse. Sometimes, taking the imperial examination is not just about strength, but also about luck. But I am not lucky."
Annie was a little unbelievable. After all, her system was a top-notch system.
If Zhou Yaozu said everything is true, then he will not be able to come to the top-quality system.
However, Annie has figured it out that whether Zhou Yaozu is the best or not the best, it has nothing to do with her, she just needs to complete the task.
"Okay, I will fulfill your wish." Annie agreed readily.
Zhou Yaozu seemed a little reluctant, but nodded, and his figure slowly turned transparent and finally disappeared.
Anne begins to receive the plot.
After she finished accepting the plot, she showed a true expression on her face
She knew that Zhou Yaozu was not a good thing, and what he said just now was also half true and half false.
Anyone who has read the farming article knows that there is a type of ancient farming article: poor farming families, with a few brothers, and a respected eldest son (or a son) who has some talent in studying, so the family will give him all his money to study and take the imperial examination.
At first, the eldest son might work hard, but he really achieved some results.
But when he read too much, went outside to see the world of flowers, he began to enjoy it with others.
Holding the hard-earned money of the whole family, I don’t want to study hard, but squander at will.
The brothers who work at home work like old ox, but eat braised vegetables and do nothing, but the eldest son who uses studying as an excuse to spend money on the world.
Some people will also get into bad habits such as prostitution and gambling, selling niece and ancestral property, and dragging the entire family into the quagmire.
Unfortunately, Zhou Yaozu is such a typical figure.
Zhoujiaao where the Zhou family is located is a small mountain village, and almost all the people in the village have the surname Zhou.
Zhou Yaozu's grandfather was the only scholar in Zhoujiaao. His family was well off and left his son with nearly 100 acres of fertile land and a tile house.
Unfortunately, Zhou Yaozu's father Zhou Jingxian failed to study and was in poor health. Not only did he not keep the family business, he also sold a lot of land because of medical treatment.
When the Zhou Yaozu brothers and three others grew up, the Zhou family only had 60 acres of land.
Zhou Jingxian was not good at it, so he hoped that his sons would have a future.
Although he did not have the talent to study, he had been reading for a few days and had many books left by his father at home.
When Zhou Yaozu was five or six years old, Zhou Jing first personally enlightened his eldest son. He unexpectedly discovered that his eldest son was quite smart.
He can memorize an article after reading it a few times.
After just one month of practice, the big characters he wrote were already quite good at reading.
Zhou Jingxian was very surprised and said that his eldest son was the hope of their Zhou family.
Since then, Zhou Jingxian has focused on cultivating Zhou Yaozu.
Zhou Yaozu was also very successful and soon made Zhou Jingxian have nothing to teach.
Zhou Jingxian gritted his teeth and sent Zhou Yaozu to the private school next door.
Zhou Yaozu studied for several years and passed the Tongsheng exam at the age of thirteen. He was famous throughout the county.
Although he failed the provincial examination in the following country, it was already amazing.
After all, the thirteen-year-old Tong Sheng is the first to be in the entire county.
Zhou Yaozu was promising, and the county teachers looked at him differently and advised him to "not be discouraged and fight again next year."
He also wrote a book of recommendation by himself, recommending Zhou Yaozu to study at Qingyun Academy in the county.
Qingyun Academy is the best academy in the county. The teachers in it are all juren with many years of teaching experience, and there are even two people who came from Jinshi but did not go smoothly in the officialdom and came to teach.
Qingyun Academy has been established for 20 or 30 years, and many students have passed the imperial examination and passed the imperial examination every year.
Some people jokingly say that as long as you pass the Qingyun Academy, your journey to the imperial examination will be half successful.
Zhou Yaozu passed the exam for a scholar and was admitted to Qingyun Academy. This was a great event throughout Zhoujiaao.
Zhou Jingxian, who learned the news, was really painful and happy.
It’s so happy, it’s easy to understand. His eldest son is promising.
It hurts, it's so simple, his family has no spare money.
Qingyun Academy has a strong faculty, so it is not cheap to do so naturally.
The tuition fee is twelve taels per year, plus pen, ink, paper and ink, accommodation and meals, and at least twenty or thirty taels of silver a year.
This does not include books used to read, and other expenses.
Books are very expensive these days, and many students can't even afford the whole set of four books. What people often use is to copy books by themselves.
Not to mention going to the county academies, classmates, teachers and students, and all of them are indispensable.
There was no way, Zhou Jing sold five acres of land first and barely raised enough for the expenses for the previous two years.
He thought it simple. His son is good at studying, but he is not lucky. If he works hard for two years, he should be able to pass the imperial examination next year.
Once the eldest son passed the imperial examination, he would not only not have to pay taxes on the land at home, but he could also attach the entire Zhoujiaao and surrounding fields to his son's name. At that time, the money given by his clan members and neighbors would be quite considerable.
After being awarded the imperial examination, even if the son has an official position, the merchants and wealthy families will compete to curry favor with each other.
I will find a good wife with a generous dowry for my son. If my son can pass the Jinshi exam, he will take the exam. If he fails, he can live a comfortable life in Qi County with his identity as a juren.
The entire Zhou family can also benefit from it!
Zhou Jingxian made a great plan and thought of everything, but he overestimated his son's strength.
Zhou Yaozu failed the provincial examination, so he was not lucky, but clearly lacked ability.
The subsequent facts proved that being able to pass the scholarship at the age of thirteen was already the peak of Zhou Yaozu's life, and he never surpassed it again.
On the contrary, because of his amazingness at the beginning, Zhou Yaozu thought he was very outstanding, but the worst was his luck.
For the so-called "luck", he took the exam again and again, spent all his family's money and sold all his land.
He failed the exam again and again, unable to withstand the psychological blow, and was fascinated by the flower world outside, and began to enter brothels and casinos.
In the end, he was beaten to death by the person chasing gambling debts, and the entire Zhou family was separated and the family was destroyed.
"...scum!" After reading Zhou Yaozu's life, Annie only gave him these two words.
But what made her even more desperate was that from today on, she will be Zhou Yaozu.
Annie took a deep breath. She was not too late now. It was Zhou Yaozu's third provincial examination. She was depressed after returning home. Under the instigation of her classmates, she went to the gambling house for the first time in her life to "relax".
only……
Annie rubbed her eyebrows. Unlike the original plot, Zhou Yaozu had just come out of the gambling house this time and "coincidentally" met Zhou Yaoting, a third brother who came to the county town to do odd jobs, and they bumped into each other.
Zhou Yaoting, who had always been honest, didn't know what was wrong, but he seemed to be crazy. He grabbed Zhou Yaozu and scolded him, and finally dragged him back to Zhoujiaao.
"system!"
Annie found the problem, so she naturally had to find the system to ask clearly.
"Say!" system continues to maintain a cool personality.
"Is there any problem with Zhou Yaoting?"
There was a car collision with a time traveler and I noticed that the plot had changed. Annie's first reaction was that Zhou Yaoting had a problem with abnormality.
"No, he's fine."
The system gave a negative answer, and then said, "The one in question is Zhou Yaoting's son Zhou Xianyi, who is reborn."
Annie was so happy that she asked, "Did the task difficulty increase and the points can be doubled?"
The system cruelly poured cold water on a basin of cold water, "This is not a trial task, there is no difficulty plus points. This system solemnly tells the executor that no matter how difficult the tasks in the future are, there will be no double bonus points."
The world of 60 is not doubled because of the appearance of time travelers.
It was obvious that she encountered the Great Demon King, and Anne did not expose the best system in front of the Great Demon King. The system was glad for a moment, but she was excited.
After giving compensation, the system soon regretted it: Wuwu, that's his own small money. He saved it for a long time, but in the end, it was all cheaper to Anne!
"If there is no, there is nothing, why are you so serious!"
Anne muttered dissatisfiedly, no longer paying attention to the system, but continued to organize her thoughts.
When the system saw that Annie didn't speak, she simply flashed.
Yesterday, Zhou Yaoting was arrested and the Zhou family (except Zhou Jingxian and Dafang) who heard about this matter were very angry.
To be continued...