"The young master has a sharp eye and thirty taels of silver, which is what he got."
The man who made the opening passed through the crowd, came to Zhu Pingan, and handed over ten times the money Zhu Pingan won from his bet with both hands.
"Thank you." Zhu Pingan took the money bag and thanked him.
The betting money was in a small purse, which was made up of scattered silver from everyone's bets, totaling thirty taels.
"How dare you? The young master's insight is unique and admirable. Do you dare to ask the young master his name?"
The man at the opening position slightly turned his body, not daring to accept Zhu Pingan's gift. Regardless of whether the bet the young man in front of him just made was a wise one or purely audacious, no matter what, this seemingly honest and honest young man
, the future is limitless.
"I don't dare to take the name, so I went down the river Zhu Ping'an." Zhu Ping'an said casually, weighing the money bag.
"ah?"
The man who made the opening was extremely surprised. He had no idea that the honest young man standing in front of him was the bad-luck boy in the woodshed who was bitten by a snake and heard the song of a bird that he had written down in his book through hearsay.
It doesn't match the number at all.
"Young master is Zhu Ping'an." The man who opened the market murmured to himself, was silent for a moment, and then bowed and said, "There are things written in the book that offend you. I hope you will forgive me."
Zhu Pingan put the money bag into his arms, looked up at him, and said with a simple smile, "How could it be possible? It's too late to thank you. Thanks to you, I now have the expenses for the government examination."
"Young Master is very generous." The man who made the offer thanked him again and left.
At this time, uncle Zhu Shouren really accepted the reality that Zhu Ping'an was once again in the top grade of high school, but he had mixed feelings in his stomach that were hard to describe. This reality was really difficult for them to accept. Zhu Ping'an was only ten years old.
It’s just three. The rice I’ve eaten is not as salty as what I and others have eaten. But if you say you had bad luck the first time, how do you understand this time? Such things are rare in the imperial examination room for a hundred years.
How could one get lucky twice in a row... But how could a person who ate, drank, and slept in the exam room get the top spot twice...
"Congratulations to Brother An, I've been waiting for Meng Lang these few times."
The person who failed this time seems to have lost his original frivolity and become more stable after the shock of failure. He also has a new view of Zhu Pingan. How lucky can he get twice? It can be seen that Zhu Pingan also has some real talents.
, so I congratulated Zhu Ping'an with an apologetic look on his high school A-list again.
"No, it's just a fluke."
There is no greater good than being able to make improvements after past mistakes. Zhu Pingan is not a petty person. He responded calmly and gave others a step forward.
However, not everyone thinks so. The other three people on the list, including his uncle Zhu Shouren and others, insist that Zhu Pingan may have been unlucky again in this exam, or maybe he just happened to meet the original person.
Wait, it's like a cow hitting the south wall and not looking back.
"Ping'an was lucky enough to win a little bit of lottery this time. He kept twenty taels for his own government trial. The remaining ten taels were probably everyone's gambling money. They took it back." Zhu Pingan took the thirty taels he won and kept twenty taels for himself.
Two, and the other ten taels will be returned to uncle Zhu Shouren and others.
In fact, it’s not how magnanimous Zhu Ping’an is, let alone how great Mary Su is in repaying evil with kindness, but the situation dictates it. On the one hand, after all, he is lucky enough to gain 30 taels with 3 taels of silver, but he has already kept 20 taels.
Enough, you can't be too greedy; on the other hand, this is ancient times after all, an era that pays attention to benevolence, justice, etiquette, wisdom and trust. If you repay evil with kindness and use ten taels of silver to gain a good reputation, why not do it.
As for the uncle Zhu Shouren and others, don’t you know that Duke Zheng Zhuang of the Spring and Autumn Period?
Sometimes indulgence is also a method.
As soon as Zhu Ping'an said this, his uncle Zhu Shouren reacted immediately, holding ten taels of silver in his hand, and then distributed it to everyone one by one according to their bets. In the end, uncle Zhu Shouren kept half a tael of silver in his hand, which was not revealed.
Sound and color, flipping his hands and putting them in his sleeves.
This time, there were more than 500 people who won the exam, including the A and B exams. Those who were on the exam happily returned to the inn to prepare for the next exam. Those who failed the exam returned to their hometowns in despair. Only Zhu Pingan remained calm.
, the look remains the same.
"A few days ago, we were blind to gold and jade. I hope Brother An won't be surprised. This time we will return home."
After Zhu Pingan returned the bet just now, the students and scholars who failed the exam had a great change in their view of Zhu Pingan. Before packing their things and returning home, the three students and scholars came to Zhu Pingan's room specially, bowed their hands and said goodbye to Zhu Pingan.
"How could it be possible? I behaved too badly." Zhu Ping'an was reading in the room. He immediately put down the book and stood up to return the greetings one by one.
"Brother An, do you have a message? We can take it back to Brother An's home." The student who failed the exam asked kindly.
"Well, then it's time for me. Please call my parents. Everything is fine outside, and the government examination expenses have been paid, so there is no need to worry about it at home." Zhu Ping'an was not polite and asked them to bring a message to the family. The family's money
Save it for your eldest brother to get married, so you don't have to worry about yourself anymore.
"Brother An is the best." The student who failed the exam praised him.
When they were about to leave, some students looked at the Four Books and Five Classics spread out by Zhu Pingan on the desk, as well as the rice paper that was used repeatedly on the front and back, and said with emotion: "We can't see Mount Tai with a blind eye. Brother An's study is far beyond our expectations."
It’s within reach.”
"I don't have enough talent, so I can only work harder. Learning is like a crossbow, and talent is like a cluster of arrows." Zhu Pingan spread his hands and said casually.
Unexpectedly, as soon as he said these words, the eyes of the failed students and scholars were brightened, and they repeatedly murmured: "Learning is like a crossbow, talent is like a cluster of arrows, good sentences, Ange'er is a great talent."
Well, looking at the admiring looks on the faces of the three failed students, Zhu Pingan realized belatedly that he had accidentally said a famous quote by Yuan Mei of the Qing Dynasty, but once the words came out, he could not change them, so he had to explain:
"I'm not saying this, it's just what I heard."
I don’t know how much Zhu Pingan’s explanation was believed by the three failed students. Anyway, Zhu Pingan didn’t notice it when he finally said goodbye and left.
After sending away several failed students, Zhu Ping'an returned to his room to read. The four books with Zhu Xi's annotations were really nerve-wracking to read. Old Master Zhu may have had an idea while going to the toilet and wrote it down;
He locked himself in his study for seven or eight days to compose a sentence and wrote it down in a book. It was very troublesome to read the four books with Zhu Xi's annotations and figure out his intentions. No wonder there are always students and scholars who read the books with Zhu Xi's annotations.
While cursing.
But no matter how troublesome it is, he still has to study hard and calmly. Who asked him to annotate the book is an imperial examination reference book.
The sun shines through the window, dyeing Zhu Ping'an's body golden, leaving a lingering shadow on the ground and wall.