After struggling for two days, Bai Sanshu and his wife finally decided to leave the decision to Bai Xiaoshan himself under Liu Zhenyou's analysis.
The official career is more difficult than imagined. If Bai Xiaoshan cannot even decide the direction of his life, it will be difficult for him to make a decisive decision as an official in the future.
Accompanying Bai Xiaoshan in the scientific examination was the most important thing for the Bai family. However, considering the large number of people participating in the imperial examination, they were afraid that Bai Xing would not be taken into consideration, so they asked her to stay at home and continue to study with Mrs. Ya.
Liu Xusheng also has to take the scientific examination, so the Liu family will also go together.
However, the Liu family had business in the town, and it was not suitable for an adult to live here at home, so they asked their eldest aunt Liu Li to stay, and the two boys who were studying in the village also took care of the family.
During the day, Liu Xing accompanied Bai Xing to study, and at night Liu Li came to accompany her, which made the family feel relieved.
"If there weren't students at home, I wouldn't have known that there were so many people taking the provincial examination every year. Fortunately, the second girl had the foresight to buy a house in the county, which is close to the county school. Otherwise, I would have really gone to find an inn.
There is no place to live." Second aunt Liu Chen said with emotion.
"This girl has always had her own opinion. When I bought the house, I thought it was too expensive, and I thought I wouldn't be able to live in it more than once. But during the provincial examination, the cost of living in an inn is not cheap. If all of us live in it,
Going in will cost you half the money of a house in a few days, and you won't have enough food or housing." Bai Liu said with a smile.
The two aunts and sisters chatted with Mr. Liu Wang, while the men chatted with the two young boys, asking them about their studies, which also made them feel relieved.
Bai Ling and Bai Wei were in charge of the food, cooking delicious food in different ways every day.
The rural examination is divided into three sessions, and the examination is held in the county school.
Perhaps because of concerns about the age of the candidates, they take one test every day and can go home after the test.
After that, you have to wait five days for the results to come out. A red list will be posted outside the county school. Next, the Yamen will go to the homes of the students who passed the exam to announce the good news.
Fifteen days later, there will be the government examination. High school students are considered scholars and can be teachers or candidate officials.
Three months later is the general examination, and you have to rush to the capital to prepare for the examination. If you win, you will be promoted to an official position, but you can only start from the county magistrate, and the possibility of promotion is not high.
Every three years there is a spring examination, which is the palace examination, in which the emperor himself drafts the questions and opens the papers.
Even if you can't get into the top three, if you can get into the Jinshi, you will truly enter the officialdom in this life, and your future is limitless.
However, most students from poor families in the Eastern Han Dynasty did not continue the scientific examination after passing the imperial examination.
One is that if no one recommends you, you will not be able to enter the Imperial Academy. Many people do not understand current affairs and will not do well in the imperial examination.
Second, the road to education is too difficult. How many families can afford it?
There are some wealthy businessmen who are willing to help poor students, but the price in return is not something that poor students can afford. They have to protect the rich for the rest of their lives. If they are not careful, their lives will end.
The Bai family didn't want to put pressure on Bai Xiaoshan, so they didn't ask him specifically about his plans. It wouldn't be too late to wait until the results of the Tongsheng test came out before making a decision.
"Second sister, why do you think those people who are decades old are still taking the boy student exam? Even if they pass the exam, they won't be able to become officials, and it's not easy to become a scholar. What's the use?" Bai Wei asked every day
Accompanying Bai Ling to wander around the inn, he obviously has a certain understanding of the students he is referring to.
"After studying all their lives, they can only study. Whether it is for the sake of livelihood or because of obsession, once they really realize that they are not the material for studying, their life will have no direction. They just pity their family and support Yumu
A rice bug in the head." Bai Ling curled his lips and said.
It's not that he looks down on scholars, but Bai Ling can't stand people who study hard.
Among the candidates, there are many middle-aged people, and there are also many old people with gray hair.
If you are from a scholarly family, you have to fight for it.
But some people's clothes are starched and turned white, which shows how the family is living.
Anyone with a sincere heart will decisively choose to repay his family, instead of blindly trying to make money knowing that his career is hopeless.
As the two sisters walked on the street, they saw many people squatting under the eaves of shops with their luggage. They could tell at a glance that they had gone through many vicissitudes of life.
But in order to have a scholar in the family, he endured the pain of sleeping in the open air and insisted on accompanying her in this way.
But what about those candidates?
If you live in an inn by yourself, even if it is a lower-class room, you can accommodate your family with a bunk bed on the ground, right?
For the sake of so-called face, allowing relatives to live abroad, such students will not be good officials who make decisions for the people, even if they are promising.
"Second sister, do you take me out every day just to see these students?" Bai Wei followed for a few days and finally asked her doubts.
"Not all poor students are people who don't know how to adapt. If anyone needs help, you and I lend a helping hand. Maybe it will be helpful to Xiaoshan in the future. But I hope to meet someone who can see the reality clearly.
, it would be nice if it could be used by us, after all, there are not many people who know how to write and write." Bai Ling smiled lightly.
Although after passing the exam, there are not many people in the family who can afford to be a scholar.
However, there are some agricultural courses in the Bai family's college, and what is most needed is a teacher who comes from a farming background and can educate farmers' children.
Most of the gentlemen we hired before were scholars or above, and they were only willing to teach students according to books, but were unwilling to lead students in actual operations.
Bai Wei didn't follow Bai Ling's train of thought for a moment. She thought she was talking about using it for my business purposes, so she nodded dispassionately.
The servants in the family are all good at settling accounts, and they feel more at ease with the deed of sale than those outside.
"Shopkeeper, my mother is just sick. When Xiaosheng goes and asks the doctor to come over, she will recover after taking a few decoctions. If you drive my mother away now, what's the difference between driving her away and murdering her?" Suddenly an angry voice came, provoking
Pay attention, Bai Ling.
"I don't have to drive you away, but your mother coughs every day and someone sees her coughing up blood. If she develops tuberculosis again, wouldn't it kill all the students in the store? I also open the store to do business, so I can't
Because you, mother and son, don't care about the safety of other customers, right?" the shopkeeper explained.
When the surrounding students heard that it might be tuberculosis, they immediately stepped back and covered their mouths and noses for fear of being infected.
"Son, it's okay for Mom to live in a ruined temple. You can go to the examination room with peace of mind. When your father was here, he often said that if you can pass the exam, he will be worthy of your ancestors. Mom has no ability and cannot afford to continue your education.
Studying requires you to study and farm at the same time, and it has been delayed until now to take the boy student exam. Mom is afraid that if you swallow this in one breath, you will have no face to answer to your father in the future!" The woman spoke weakly, trying to push the student away.
"Mom!" The student said with red eyes and choked: "Okay, my son will accompany his mother to live in a ruined temple. Mom, don't think about these things and take good care of yourself. When your son passes the Tongsheng exam, he will find a job as an accountant.
, I will definitely be able to support my mother.”
"Okay, then my mother is waiting to enjoy the blessing." The woman smiled happily.
"It's really funny. You're a poor person like you. You came to take the provincial examination and wore patched clothes. Could it be that you can't afford pens and ink? Both mother and son have the same poor life. It's better to be an accountant. In this life,
Don’t even think about making a living." In the crowd, a young man dressed in richer clothes mocked.
Many people inside and outside the inn laughed loudly.
Some people praise their deep love between mother and son, but most of them think that women are ignorant and students should not be disgraced.
A student’s ambition is to be an accountant, which is a ridiculous thing in the world. (To be continued)