Gu Chengyi's words shocked the people who were talking.
Gu Chengyu came to his senses in just a moment. He just said it! Gu Chengyi just couldn't afford to be early because there was no profit. He didn't expect that he wanted to get more.
Father Gu and Gu Chengli were surprised. They never expected that Gu Chengyi would make this request.
Ms. Lu put down her chopsticks on the spot. She was in a bad mood when she was sitting at the same table with Gu Chengyi. Now, knowing that the second brother had started plotting against her son again, she was furious.
"Second brother! Xiaobao is a capital city that recruits talents. Your son, Erlang, is nothing. He can't study in the capital city."
Mrs. Lu looked sideways at Gu Chengyi. She was very disgusted with this stepson. He often took advantage of Xiaobao and always made trouble for the family.
The boss also took advantage of Xiaobao, but he was honest! As long as he was honest and obedient, she didn't mind giving him an advantage.
But she didn't get any benefits, and she still had to be angry with Erlang and be plotted by him at every turn. Although she didn't understand things, in her heart, Erlang was not worthy of carrying her son's shoes.
Gu Chengyi's face darkened, "Then the capital, if it is not the place where scholars are promoted, can't do it? Then who taught them enlightenment?"
Although Gu Chengyi didn't know the capital well, he wasn't that easy to deceive. Could it be that the capital could only educate people? What about the children in the capital? There must be private schools like those in the town.
"Second brother, Xiaobao also goes to the capital. He is still a little baby! How can you let him take Erlang with him?"
Dad Gu simply felt that it was not good for the two of them to get together, because Erlang would not like Xiaobao, not to mention that he didn't like Erlang that much.
He was gloomy all day long, and rarely shouted when he saw him, as if the family owed him something. He felt that Erlang was ruined by his second son. Even if he took the imperial examination and became an official in the future, he would not be recognized by his relatives.
He thinks that he looks at people with the same eyesight. He knows very well what kind of character the second child has. Isn't it often said that there is no one who knows his son better than his father?
The second child is not only selfish, but also narrow-minded. As long as there are enough benefits, he can sell out the people around him, no matter who they are.
Gu Chengyi sneered, "Dad is always so partial. If the fifth son can go to the capital, why can't my second son?"
Gu Chengyi hated to see his father speak up for Lao Wu, as if he was always wrong and only Lao Wu was right.
"You are just being unreasonable. What does this have to do with favoritism? I didn't help Xiaobao go to school. He got the honors by himself. Even when he went to the capital, that was the person his teacher found. Your father and I still have
Such great ability?"
Father Gu didn't expect that Gu Chengyi could be so strong in reasoning and could blame everything on partiality.
Gu Chengyu almost laughed out loud. This was all attributed to Father Gu's partiality. It was really weird.
He remembered that when he was a kid, his second brother wasn’t that great! Why has his second brother become more and more looked down upon in recent years?
In the past, it could be said that it was because the family was poor and they had wronged him and his eldest brother in those years. However, in the end, the family's life became better and the division of the family was fair. No one took advantage, but the second brother still felt unsatisfied.
Nowadays, there is no shortage of money to live in any house, so why does the second brother have more things to do?
"I went to the capital on the teacher's recommendation. If Erlang wants to go to the capital, can't the second brother just go to the capital to find a college for him? Why do you need to go through me? I am just a student. Although I have fame, I can't give people fame. What's the point in the capital?
Neither."
In fact, what Gu Chengyu said is true. If you want to get into the academy in the capital, you have to take the exam yourself, unless you have good connections.
He is just a scholar, and the teacher has become an official. It is no longer easy to find him a place as a supervisor in the Imperial College. He will never trouble him again.
As for the two senior brothers, he didn't want to owe too many favors. Otherwise, he would have to be bound by the favor debt when he went to court in the future.
How many officials from aristocratic families are there in the capital? There are really not enough people to see him in the capital.
"Don't you have a teacher? If your teacher allows you to go to the capital, it shouldn't be difficult for our Erlang to just go to an ordinary academy, right?"
Gu Chengyi didn't give up yet. In fact, he had already heard from Erlang that Gu Chengyu had a teacher who was a famous scholar all over the world.
If Erlang had also studied with Lao Wu's teacher, he might have become a scholar long ago and would not have failed the exam.
After a long round of detours, it turned out that his second brother had fallen in love with his teacher. Gu Chengyu was simply shocked by his shamelessness.
When he was at Wenfuzi's place before, Erlang had fallen in love with Wenfuzi and thought that if Wenfuzi had accepted him earlier, he would have been admitted as a scholar.
Now it's his teacher's idea. Whose idea is this? No need to guess, he knows it.
"My teacher has already retired. Even the place he gave me was obtained through the help of many talents. How can I trouble him again? As long as Erlang has a solid foundation and is easy to learn and progress, he should go to the academy in the capital to take the assessment.
You can get in."
In the past two years, Erlang has become more and more dissatisfied with studying in Xia Sang Village. He wanted to go to the town a few months ago, but Master Wen absolutely refused to accept him. He could only find other teachers in the town.
But other masters are not stupid either. Before a student who has been enlightened is asked to stay, of course he has to inquire. Is there any airtight wall in the world? The story of Erlang despising Master Niu was spread like this.
A person who doesn't even look down on his mentor is still arrogantly saying that Master Niu has no real talent and learning, so who dares to accept him? No matter how much money he gives, he won't be able to accept him.
In the end, Erlang had no choice but to go to school in the county town. The county town was far away, so Erlang asked Gu Chengyi to buy him a small yard in the county town. He also found a woman inside to cook and wash clothes for him, just like that.
In the county town, he lived a life like a young master.
"Erlang is your nephew after all, and you're not even willing to help?" Gu Chengyi sat at the table, his face a little gloomy, he clenched his fists, and his tone was a little harsh.
"I can't help you with this, so my second brother should ask someone else to help you!"
Gu Chengyu felt that he had been tolerant enough to Gu Chengyi, but his second brother was just pushing the envelope and was intolerable.
"When Lao Wu is admitted to the Juren Examination, he no longer recognizes his biological brothers. In your eyes, Erlang, your nephew, must also be looked down upon."
Gu Chengyi looked at Gu Chengyu sarcastically, as if Gu Chengyu had been cheated by the public, and if he didn't agree to his unreasonable request, he was looking down on him.
No matter how stupid Gu Chengli was, he came to his senses now. He thought he was talking about Erlang just now, but why did they start arguing again?
"Tell me everything. Didn't Erlang just go to the county town? Didn't he say the last time he came back that the teachers in the county town were much better at teaching than the teachers in the village and town? It would also cost a lot to go to the capital. Xiaobao was originally in the town.
, aren’t you also admitted to be a scholar?”
Gu Chengli really felt that Niu Fuzi from Xia Sang Village was pretty good, and he was very interested in Erlang and wanted to teach him step by step.
This is what his old man said when he came back. At that time, he was very envious. 11