After Bu Wuniang was surprised, what followed was surprise. The son she had worked so hard to raise suddenly had such great strength. Of course the mother was happy.
Bu Wuniang also suddenly realized something: "It's strange that your appetite has suddenly become very large recently. It's because your body has become stronger."
After traveling through this month, Jia Yun's food intake was much larger than before, abnormally large!
Jia Yun speculated that it was related to his golden finger. His physical fitness was very strong, which meant that he needed to consume a lot of energy. This energy came from his food intake.
Immediately afterwards, Jia Yun demonstrated his memory to Bu Wuniang. He asked Bu Wuniang to pick a book and selected hundreds of words from the book. He read it silently three times and recited it.
This is because classical Chinese is very difficult. If it was vernacular in previous lives, hundreds of words in vernacular, Jia Yun would probably be able to recite it by silently reading it once or twice.
Bu Wuniang was surprised again and no longer doubted Jia Yun's statement.
Jia Yun said: "Mom, as long as I work hard, even if I fail to pass the Wu Jinshi exam, it is not difficult to pass the Wu Juren exam. At least I will be a Wu scholar."
Bu Wuniang was easily persuaded: "Mom supports you."
Anyway, Jia Yun was not good at studying. Although the martial arts examination was not as prestigious as the liberal arts examination, it was still a good way out.
It's just...money is a problem!
The so-called poor in literature and rich in martial arts was not accurate in Jia Yun's previous life. At that time, many people who studied martial arts and sports were children from poor families, but it is accurate in this world.
There were three martial arts examinations in the Qing Dynasty, one with two tests on bow and horse skills and bravery, called the "outer field", and three tests on martial arts classics, called the "inner field", which involved horse riding, bows and arrows, broadswords, etc...
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These all cost money.
Moreover, Jia Yun needs to find a private martial arts school first and study there. The tuition of private martial arts schools is expensive, especially for high-end private martial arts schools. In addition, even if you have money, you cannot easily enter a high-end private martial arts school.
what to do?
Bu Wuniang said: "Why don't you go to your uncle to borrow some money?"
The so-called uncle was Bu Shiren, Bu Wuniang's brother. When she said this, Bu Wuniang's tone was a little weak. She knew that Bu Shiren was stingy and the possibility of being willing to borrow money was very slim.
Jia Yun said: "You still don't know who Bu Shiren is? How could he lend me a large amount of money?"
Bu Wuniang said: "No matter how bad he is, he is my biological brother and your biological uncle after all."
Jia Yun said: "I don't want to recognize him as an uncle who is not a human being."
Bu Shiren only had one plot in the original work, but it left a deep impression on many readers, because he was so stingy and simply "not human"!
Bu Shiren is the owner of a spice shop. In the original work, in order to please Wang Xifeng, Jia Yun asked Bu Shiren to lend some spices on credit. Bu Shiren not only refused to lend, but also made fun of Jia Yun, and was even reluctant to let Jia Yun have a meal.
And according to the memory of the original owner, Jia Yun also knew one thing.
Bu Wuniang once gave Bu Shiren one hundred taels of silver, and Bu Shiren opened a spice shop with the one hundred taels of silver. Later, when Jia Yun's family became poor, Bu Wuniang couldn't borrow even one tael of silver from Bu Shiren.
It’s okay if you don’t recognize such an uncle!
Bu Wuniang sighed: "If I don't find your uncle, I can only go to Rong Mansion for help. How about I go and ask the second wife of the manor for a favor?"
The second wife refers to Jia Zheng’s wife, Mrs. Wang, who is currently in charge of managing the inner residence of Rongguo Mansion.
Jia Yun said: "Although she is not stingy, the martial arts examination has nothing to do with the inner house. It is a matter for the men outside. Besides, mother has said before that the second wife doesn't like to be close to you, so it is probably useless for you to go to her."
There is another reason that Jia Yun did not mention. In his opinion, Mrs. Wang in the original work was a kind-faced and cruel villain, who indirectly killed Qingwen and Jin Chuan, making Jia Yun hate her.
Bu Wuniang asked: "What should we do?"
Jia Yun said: "I'll go find Mr. Zheng and try."
Jia Zheng is the second master of the Rongguo Mansion, the second son of the second generation Rongguo Gong Jia Daishan and Jia Mu, the husband of Mrs. Wang, the father of Jia Baoyu, the highest authority in the Rongguo Mansion besides Jia Mu, and a member of the Ministry of Industry
Wailang.
Jia Yun is of the "grass" generation, and her seniority in the Jia family is very small. Even if Jia Baoyu is a few years younger than him, she is still his uncle in terms of seniority, and Jia Zheng is Jia Yun's grandfather in terms of seniority.
In Jia Yun's view, Jia Zheng is also useless.
Because Jia Daishan left a legacy to the emperor before his death, the emperor directly gave Jia Zheng an official position in charge of the Ministry of Industry.
However, Jia Zheng has been in the officialdom for many years, and with the support of the powerful Yu Yin of Ning Rong's second house, he is only a sixth-rank director of the Ministry of Industry.
Because he is an old-fashioned man and does not understand the world. He only bows and bows and sits there all day long. He is like a clay sculpture and is deceived by others.
It was also because he didn't like secular affairs, whether it was official affairs or secular affairs in the royal family. What he liked was reading, chatting and playing chess with the Qing Dynasty guests.
However, Jia Zheng had a good character and hoped that the Jia family would produce talents. Jia Yun thought that Jia Zheng might be willing to help him.
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That afternoon Jia Yun went to Rongguo Mansion to find Jia Zheng.
The shabby little house of Jia Yun's family is just to the west of Rongguo Mansion, to be precise, under the west corridor. However, if Jia Yun wants to enter Rongguo Mansion to find Jia Zheng, she has to walk a long way. Rongguo Mansion is too big.
At this time, Jia Yun walked to Ningrong Street.
Ningrong Street is not narrow but long, with Ningguo Mansion occupying the east side and Rongguo Mansion occupying the west side.
Jia Yun walked from the street to the west corner gate of Rongguo Mansion. There were several well-dressed doormen guarding the door, all showing signs of slackness. Some were chatting, some were lazily leaning against the door, some were sitting and yawning...
Fortunately, both the first generation Rongguo Gong Jia Yuan and the second generation Rongguo Gong Jia Daishan have passed away. If they were still alive and saw this scene, they would definitely give each of these disciples a meal.
Jia Yuan started his career in martial arts. He was a military general who made great contributions and was awarded the title of Duke Rongguo. Jia Daishan was also a general who made great contributions and was awarded the title of Duke Rongguo.
When the two were alive, the Rongguo Mansion was very strict in running the family. At that time, the gatekeepers were not slack gatekeepers, but soldiers who were ready at all times.
Combined with the Dream of Red Mansions, Jia Yun couldn't help but feel that the Rongguo Mansion was about to collapse when she saw how several disciples were slacking off.
Although he is a side branch, he belongs to the Jia family after all. If the Rongguo Mansion ends up with the tragic ending in the original work, "like a bird that has eaten all its food and throws it into the forest, leaving a vast expanse of white and the earth is so clean", he may also be implicated.
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He doesn't want to be implicated.
He also couldn't bear to see those golden hairpins in Rongguo Mansion, those many fairy-like people, and in the end "thousands of reds cry when they cry, and thousands of beauties share the same sorrow."
He is not a Madonna. Although he has not studied the Dream of Red Mansions in depth, he likes those golden hairpins. If he cannot save those golden hairpins while traveling through the Red Mansions, it will really be a failure.
Putting her thoughts aside for now, Jia Yun asked one of the disciples whom she had met but didn't know, "Is the second master in the house?"
The attitude is somewhat respectful.
The seventh-rank official in front of the prime minister and the gatekeeper of the Rongguo Mansion are low-level servants in the mansion, but Jia Yun must be respectful if she wants to enter the mansion, otherwise she will make things difficult for her.
Jia Yun knew that most of the slaves in the Rongguo Mansion had a backer, and it was very likely that this disciple had a backer.
This disciple is called Qin Xian.
Qin Xian knew Jia Yun, and knew that Jia Yun's great-grandfather was a concubine of Rongguo Mansion. By Jia Yun's generation, the blood relationship with Rongguo Mansion had become shallow, and the two had little contact.
Qin Xian's tone was cold: "What do you want from the second master?"
Jia Yun said: "It's not convenient to say now. It will be more convenient when we see the second master. Is the second master in the house?"
Qin Xian's tone became even colder: "I don't know."
Jia Yun had known this for a long time and had made preparations.
In his previous life, he liked two sentences, which can also be combined into one sentence: letting your temper out is called instinct, and suppressing your temper is called ability. Don't let your temper become stronger than your current ability.
Now his ability is still small, and his temper must also be small.
He took out a handful of copper coins from his arms and handed them to Qin Xian: "I'll buy you some wine."
Qin Xian glanced at the copper coins, and there was a hint of disdain on the corner of his mouth. It was too little! But Jia Yun was still a young man and a poor man on the side of Rongguo Mansion, so it was not easy for him to extort too much.
Qin Xian took the copper coins: "The second master went to Dongfu to celebrate the birthday of Mr. Jing at noon, and came back after lunch."
Jia Yun Xiaoyi asked: "Can I go in and find him?"
Qin Xian's tone was arrogant: "Logically speaking, outsiders cannot enter the house through the west corner gate casually. Since you are a branch of the house, I will let you in. However, after entering, you can only go to the outer study to find the second master."
"If the second master is not in the study, you can only let the boy in the second study go in to deliver the message. You are not allowed to go anywhere else, especially inside the second door."
Growing up, Jia Yun had only entered the Rongguo Mansion a handful of times, mostly through the back door on the back street, but she had entered through the west corner door before, and knew the approximate location of Jia Zhengwai's study.
Jia Zheng had two study rooms in Rongguo Mansion, one was the inner study room Mengpozhai, and the other was the outer study room.
The outer study room is where Jia Zheng mainly used to handle mundane affairs, receive visitors, and chat and play chess with the Qing guests.
The main entrance of Rongguo Mansion is closed unless there are important events. Jia Zheng's visitors usually enter through the west corner gate.
Therefore, the outer study room is very close to the west corner gate. After entering the house from the west corner gate, walk a short distance and there is a house to the west.
After Jia Yun entered the mansion through the west corner gate, she didn't wander around the mansion. After walking a short distance, she found Jia Zheng's outer study.
He really wanted to meet the Jinchai people living in the mansion, but he was really not qualified to wander around the mansion, especially the inner house within the second door where the Jinchais lived. If he was found wandering around in the inner house, he would get into trouble.
There was a large population in the mansion, and it would be easy for him to be caught wandering around. It would be difficult for him to sneak into the inner house quietly and then sneak out safely.
What's more, according to the memory of the original owner, Jia Yun knew that Yingchun and Tanchun were still little girls now, and Wang Xifeng had not even married into Rongguo Mansion...
This means that Lin Daiyu is also a little girl and still stays in Yangzhou, and Xue Baochai is also a little girl and still stays in Jinling...
At this time, the inner residence of Rongguo Mansion was not as lively and colorful as it would be a few years later.
What's more, today is September 15th, which is Jia Jing's birthday in Ningguo Mansion. Jia Yun estimates that many women in the inner palace of Rongguo Mansion have gone to Ningguo Mansion.
Jia Yun came outside Jia Zheng's study room and found that the door was open, but there was no servant guarding the door.
Jia Yun hesitated. There was no boy at the door of the outer study, so he couldn't ask a boy to go in and deliver the message. And it was inconvenient for Jia Yun to break in without permission. What should she do?
Jia Yun was hesitating when a man suddenly walked nearby.
This man was wearing a dark-colored scholar's shirt with a cross-collar collar, a scarf on his head, and a pair of soap shoes on his feet, a common scholar's attire.