Shopkeeper Tian continued: "If you come to his house, you will definitely ask his brother to take the exam with him. Father and son fight in the army, brothers fight tigers, and taking your own brother to the provincial capital is no better than a few smart boys.
It’s useful.”
Hearing Shopkeeper Tian's sarcasm, the old housekeeper curled his lips and said dissatisfied: "No matter how close a brother is, he can't be more useful than a smart boy. We have to run errands and find people to do.
, these two young people who have never been to the provincial capital are definitely not as useful as our young man from Tian Ji."
Seeing that the old housekeeper was still talking arrogantly, Song's mother said directly without waiting for what Shopkeeper Tian was saying: "Gong Jian and the others went to the provincial capital to take the exam after all. I guess they have arrived in the province in the past few days.
After settling down in the city, they will also study behind closed doors and will definitely not run around. Old housekeeper, although you are right, I guess it is not in line with the actual situation of the Gong Jian family."
Seeing that even Song's mother had said this, the old housekeeper could only give up. He sat back on the chair with a little loss, supporting his chin with one hand and thinking. It seemed that this time Gong Jian went to the provincial capital to take the civil examination, they
Tian Ji really couldn't be of much help.
The old butler, who was still thinking about what to give, suddenly realized that his current thinking was wrong. He shouldn't be standing on the opposite side of Gong Jian. He had been on guard and worried that Gong Jian would take advantage of Tian Ji.
.Why was my head filled with water just now? I have been worrying about how I asked Tian Ji to give Gong Jian some conveniences.
When he thought of this, the old housekeeper quickly shook his head, and then he felt that his head was getting hot just now, and he was only thinking about fighting with Shopkeeper Tian, but he forgot his original intention.
He felt very ashamed in his heart. If the old housekeeper hadn't lowered his head now, Shopkeeper Tian and Song Ma would probably have seen the blush on his face. The old housekeeper complained to himself in his heart, why he was getting older and older.
, I can't control my temper. When I meet Lao Tian, I just want to go against him and forget everything. It's really useless the longer I live.
But Shopkeeper Tian and Mother Song didn't know what the old housekeeper was thinking there, and they chatted casually about daily things. After a while, when everyone had nothing to talk about and it was getting late, the three of them
And they dispersed.
The Gong Jian family, whom they talked about the most, was also holding a small family meeting at this time. After dinner, the family all sat together. The main purpose was to discuss that Gong Jian would leave for the provincial capital in a few days.
, the problem of taking the Juren Examination.
These days, as the day of departure approaches, Gong Jian has gradually shortened the time he spends studying behind closed doors at home, so today is a rare occasion for him to close his book early and sit at the table with everyone.
The first person to speak was Gong Jian's father. As the head of the family, Gong Jian's father's health has improved a lot since he moved to the county. When Gong Jian was a scholar, he was able to receive guests. Now,
What he was more worried about was that his son was preparing to take the exam in the provincial capital.
"Athlete, how are you preparing for the exam in the provincial capital this time?"
After listening to his father's question, Gong Jian quickly replied: "Don't worry, father, I have almost packed my luggage. Now every day there is a convoy from the county to the provincial capital. I have already said hello to the car dealer, and I will be here."
Set off early the day after tomorrow."
Gong Jian's answer was very simple and clear. He knew that his father asked him how he was preparing for the exam. This sentence was not only asking him about his itinerary, but also how he was organizing his luggage. There was another aspect to this, which his father was also vague about.
He wanted to ask if he was sure about the exam. However, Gong Jian didn't want to answer this question. Now, even though he had read so many exams in previous years and carefully read books for several months, he still couldn't
Guarantee that you will pass the exam 100% of the time.
Although Gong Jian's goal is to pass the Jinshi examination and become an official, he will not underestimate every merit examination. Therefore, even if this is just a judicial examination, he cannot give it all in front of his family.
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Hearing her son say that he was leaving for the provincial capital early the day after tomorrow, Gong Jian's mother couldn't help but worry and said: "Jian'er, I'll take a look at it for a while, and then I'll go and see if there's anything missing from the luggage you prepared."
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Of course, Gong Jian fully accepted his mother's concern. Although he felt that he had prepared the luggage very carefully, in order to reassure his parents, he felt that it would be okay to ask his mother to check it again.
Gong Jian's father was obviously more concerned about another matter. He could leave the luggage to his mother to prepare. However, he had to ask again with some worry: "Jian'er, are you really planning to take Yu'er to the provincial capital with you?"
? I think I’d better hire a more skilled servant for you. That way, if you need to run errands or deliver letters in the provincial capital, you can let the servant do it.”
Hearing his father's somewhat worried words, Gong Jian shook his head and said firmly: "Father, this is not necessary. I will take my second brother with me to the provincial capital. Before the exam, the two of us will not mess around.
It is necessary to run away. We have to hire a servant to follow us. We can take care of our daily life by ourselves."
Although Gong Jian moved his family to the county town, he even bought Uncle Wang and his family as servants at home. However, their family's living habits have not changed much, and they do not need others to serve them. They can do it themselves.
Everything I do is done by myself. Uncle Wang’s grandson and granddaughter, both
The child is still young and usually plays behind Yu'er and Yue'er. Rather than being servants serving the brother and sister, they are just their little playmates. But when they arrived at the palace
Jian has always been alone here, and he has done all the trivial matters on his schedule by himself.
This time when he went to the provincial capital to take the exam, Gong Jian had already made up his mind to take his second brother out to see the world. Not to mention that Gong Jian and his two brothers were not used to it, but they were also not used to having a young boy by their side.
There was nothing that Xiao Si had to do. Instead of spending extra money and having to worry about the boy's food and accommodation, it would be more convenient for the two brothers to stay together.
After hearing Gong Jian's words, the happiest person was Gong Yu, and the least happy person was of course Gong Yue. At this time, the little girl pouted beside her and looked at the other few with a frown.
People were discussing Gong Jian’s exam trip with great interest. (To be continued)