A banquet to celebrate the birth of Mr. Tong Sheng left Gu Qingling exhausted both mentally and physically.
It was really tiring for her to find a way to suppress what was originally a great event. Someone wanted to cause trouble inside.
For a moment, I couldn't figure out what Mrs. Yao Er was thinking. She just wanted to live a good life, so why did she have to do these things?
How did Gu Qingling know that Mrs. Yao Er did all this just to "compete for favor"?
Because Mrs. Yao Er was worried that she would have to wait for a month to give birth and not show up in front of the old lady for a long time. What if someone else robbed her of the position of "the most popular person in front of the old lady"?
Gu Qingling: "..."
——I’m afraid you’re overthinking it!
——As long as you two have a good life and raise children, when will I not be able to keep a bowl of water flat?
Well, ten fingers have different lengths. Gu Qingling really couldn't hold a bowl of water as if it were a "heavenly name", without any skew.
The only thing she can do is to be as fair as possible.
Fortunately, Mrs. Yao Er was pregnant and had limited time to deal with it, so Gu Qingling breathed a sigh of relief.
Gu Qingling did not interfere with the second wife's affairs, but privately told Mr. Yao to be "considerate and considerate" to his wife if nothing happened, and not to burden her. No matter what happened, wait until the child is born, and then we will talk about it.
Although Mr. Yao didn't know why his mother said this, he still agreed honestly.
When it reached the ears of Mrs. Yao Er, that was no longer the case.
She realized that the old lady might have seen through her intentions and was "beating" herself.
In this way, she could only temporarily rest her inner plan.
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After the celebration banquet at home was over, Uncle Yao began to prepare for the college examination without resting for a few days.
This time, Yao Anhong no longer ended up in trouble, and he embarked on the road of reviewing alone.
No, he is not alone, he has company.
The two poor scholars Zhou Yusheng and Ye Maosheng who met at Yao's Bookstore also passed the government examination. They knew each other, and their ability to pass the government examination so smoothly was not only their own credit, but also borrowed the credit of the Yao family.
After all, when they were at the Yao Academy, they often used the "Mansion Examination Questions Collection" prepared by the Yao family for Uncle Yao and Yao Anhong.
So, as soon as the good news came out, they not only thanked their husband for his teachings and entertained all the friends and neighbors who came to express their gratitude, they also tried their best to collect some money and prepared gifts to send to the Yao family to express their gratitude.
Mrs. Yao knew that her uncle had two poor scholars who were in contact with each other. When she heard that they passed the Tongsheng Examination, she also sent them congratulatory gifts.
After going back and forth like this, the relationship between Uncle Yao and him became more and more intimate, and the two of them even came to ask Uncle Yao if he wanted to participate in the next college examination.
If you want to participate, they can help with "review".
After being in contact with each other for so long, Zhou Yusheng and Ye Maosheng have finally figured out that Uncle Yao may have read books before, but compared with serious scholars like them, his foundation is still somewhat inferior.
If you want to achieve results in such a short period of time, you must do some "surprise review".
Compared with letting Mr. Yao review the college exam question set by himself, having them beside him to guide him will have a better effect.
Zhou Yusheng and Ye Maosheng took out all the questions assigned by their husbands and themselves, which made Uncle Yao very grateful. He quickly took out the set of college test questions that Gu Qingling had prepared in advance and reviewed them with them.
In this way, Zhou Yusheng and Ye Maosheng were grateful again.
Although they did guess that the Yao family would continue as usual this time and would definitely collect test questions from all over the world and the examiner's preferences in advance like the previous two exams, but whether Uncle Yao would be willing to share them with them like before, then
That's another story.
Unexpectedly, Uncle Yao was so "above and aboveboard" and took it out without any hesitation.
"Brother Yao is so noble and clean, I am really impressed by Zhou." Zhou Yusheng bowed his hands respectfully and said, "If you are lucky enough to be selected as a scholar in the future, I will come to thank you with a generous gift."
"Hey, Brother Zhou, why are you being polite to me? Brother Zhou and Brother Ye have been studying for many years, and they are full of rhymes. Even if they pass the exam, it will be because of Brother Zhou and Brother Ye's own ability. This collection of questions of mine can at most serve the purpose.
It's the icing on the cake." Uncle Yao raised his hand to support me and said with a smile, "If Brother Zhou is still polite like this, then he doesn't treat me as a friend."
"Thank you! Friends are friends, but you still have to thank me." Ye Maosheng also saluted beside him and said, "Brother Yao is willing to help with all his strength. This is because Brother Yao is kind and generous. If we don't know what is going on in our hearts,
It would be too cold to be grateful. Brother Yao's character is an example for both of us."
Uncle Yao: "Okay, let's not talk about these anymore. These are just false courtesy. Let's do something real. The examiner of this college examination said..."
Next, Uncle Yao unceremoniously told the two of them the personality preferences of the examiner that the Yao family had learned about, so that they had an idea.
Zhou Yusheng and Ye Maosheng are talented, but they are from poor backgrounds and have ordinary family backgrounds. It is still difficult to inquire about the examiner's affairs.
Sometimes, if you fail the exam, it is not necessarily because you are not talented enough, it may also be because the papers you answered are not to the examiner's taste.
Nowadays, there is no unified standard for examination questions.
Especially for poetry and policy theory, as long as you don't do anything taboo, it is the examiner who can determine your ranking.
Some examiners prefer more gorgeous writing, some prefer more practical things, and some prefer more rigorous ones. Different preferences will determine the test papers they choose, and also determine your ranking.
With the current strength of the Yao family, it is very easy for Uncle Yao to find out who the examiner here is and what his personal preferences are.
After all, they have people in Beijing.
As long as the Yao family takes a little initiative, the eldest prince's mansion in the capital, the Gu family, etc. will help collect information and send it over in advance for Uncle Yao to prepare in advance.
Therefore, Uncle Yao really knows the inside story that many people don’t know.
When Uncle Yao said this, Zhou Yusheng and Ye Maosheng were even more grateful. They felt that they were really lucky. Otherwise, how could they meet someone who "treats each other sincerely" like this?
Regardless of whether they can become Jinshi in high school in the future, if they are on the list, they will definitely be grateful to Uncle Yao.
Uncle Yao is "bribing" poor scholars here, and Gu Qingling is also investigating Zhou Yusheng and Ye Maosheng.
She really hasn't forgotten Miss Yao Qi's and Miss Yao Ba's marriage.
However, unlike Miss Yao Qi who wanted to marry back to the capital and enjoy luxury and wealth, Gu Qingling was more inclined to arrange a "promising" husband's family for them.
Even if this "husband" has a poor background, as long as he has the ability, Gu Qingling believes that the other party will still take off. When the time comes, if the Yao family gives a little help from behind, he may be able to rise to prominence and give the Yao family great rewards.
Of course, Lu Qingling never thought about using her in-laws to get much help for the Yao family. What she thought about was just "mutual help and mutual benefit".
"Miss Yao Qi, Miss Yao Ba are here to pay their respects to the old lady!"
Gu Qingling raised her chin slightly and put the information in her hand on the table: "Let them come in."
"Yes, old lady."
After a while, Miss Yao Qi and Miss Yao Ba were invited in.
As soon as they came in, they saluted Gu Qingling, exchanged a few words, and presented them with forehead protectors and insoles embroidered by themselves.
Nowadays, girls really don’t have anything good to do to be filial to their elders, they just have some things made by their own hands.
Gu Qingling didn't lack these, but she still had to accept the younger generation's wishes, not to mention that besides making things for Aunt Zhang, they took the time to make them for her.
Gu Qingling even suspected that this thing was not originally made for her, but was just picked out from the things given to the old aunt and used as an excuse.
Nodding slightly, Gu Qingling praised them a few words: "Well, the embroidery work is quite good, much better than last time."
