64. Daily Life of Peasants in Imperial Examinations (9)

The current situation is very embarrassing.

Duan Qingen was holding a big, shiny and slippery chicken leg in his hand, and was held on Mr. Ma's knees.

Poor classmate Ma Ruxiao was pushed to Mr. Lin by his father, his face flushed. His face, which looked very elegant and delicate at a young age, was flushed, filled with grievances, confusion, shame and other emotions.

What made Duan Qingen more relieved was that although Ma Ruxiao's face flushed, he was not angry, and he did not vent his anger on the six-year-old child who was held by his father and forced to have sex with his son.

He just politely and shamelessly pulled himself out of Mr. Lin's arms, bowed to Mr. Lin, and apologized for his father: "My father was drunk and his words and deeds were inappropriate. Please don't blame me, uncle."

"No, no."

Mr. Lin pulled Ma Ruxiao back again, drunk and proud: "You are also a good seedling. It's just right for you to be my disciple. Hey, brother Ma, give my disciple back to me quickly, so that I will have two talented disciples in the future."

Mr. Ma just wanted to exchange his son for a disciple, but Mr. Lin was even more powerful than him and wanted to bring both Ma Ruxiao and Duan Qingen to his side.

Mr. Ma was of course not happy, "I gave you my son, why do you still want Qingen? Look at my son, he is a handsome man with good looks and talents. At such a young age, there are many people who want to marry him."

Children of this age are already polite. Now when they heard Mr. Ma talking about his marriage in public, poor Ma Ruxiao's face, which had just cooled down, was flushed again.

He rescued himself from Mr. Lin with great difficulty, and did not forget to go to his father to rescue Duan Qingen.

As a son, of course he did not dare to hit his father, so Duan Qingen sat on Mr. Ma's knees, watching the handsome boy salute Mr. Ma, and said respectfully: "Father, you are drunk, put down Junior Brother Duan."

A drunk man certainly would not listen to him just because of one or two words. Mr. Ma pretended not to hear, holding Duan Qingen in one hand, and picked up the wine glass on the table with the other hand, and happily raised the glass to Mr. Lin:

"Brother Lin, let's drink another one."

"Okay, drink One!"

The two of them started drinking, and Mr. Ma ignored his son even more. Ma Ruxiao was so anxious that he circled around his father, trying to maintain a steady tone and said politely: "Father, put my junior brother down first."

"Father, you are drunk."

"Father, father..."

Seeing that he was really anxious, Duan Qingen simply finished the chicken leg in his hand quickly, took out a handkerchief to wipe his hands, and made sure that his hands were clean. He directly stretched out his two fat and tender little hands, and with a force, he pushed Mr. Ma's hands down.

He took advantage of this gap and jumped to the ground easily, so fast that Ma Ruxiao was stunned.

"Hello, senior brother, my surname is Duan, and my name is Qingen. I haven't taken a name yet, so you can just call me Qingen."

Seeing that the seven-year-old kid greeted him seriously, Ma Ruxiao quickly straightened his clothes, and after making sure that he was not rude to others, he also followed and returned a peer greeting.

"Hello, Junior Brother. My last name is Ma, and my name is Ruxiao. I am a few years older than you. Just call me Senior Brother."

The two greeted each other and stood up. Ma Ruxiao looked at his drunken father and uncle and started to get anxious again.

"What should I do?"

"It's okay, it's okay."

Duan Qingen waved his hand, and his chubby face was full of seriousness: "The sir and the uncle have a deep friendship, so he got drunk. Senior Brother, let the elders drink, and I will go with you."

Ma Ruxiao was very polite and would never dare to arrange for the elders. Seeing that Duan Qingen said so, the handsome boy looked at his father and uncle worriedly. Seeing that they were drunk, they were not drunk, so he was relieved.

Since his father was drunk, he should take care of the little junior brother.

Thinking in this way, Ma Ruxiao also thought this was a good idea.

He nodded, like an adult, with a serious face: "That's great."

So, when Mr. Ma and Mr. Lin were drunk and happy, the two juniors had successfully met and visited the Ma family's garden.

Ma Ruxiao learned from his mother that Duan Qingen was about to enter the county school and live in the same room with him, so when visiting the garden, he also introduced the situation of the county school.

"The teachers are very strict, but never hide their private interests, and do not favor anyone. The classmates are also very friendly. On weekdays, everyone will go to the bamboo forest to recite poems and write couplets after school."

This is a subtle way to tell Duan Qingen that he doesn't have to worry about being treated unfairly because his family is poor.

Duan Qingen nodded, indicating that he understood. Ma Ruxiao then continued, "The county school has a small test every month and a big test every three months. Junior brothers, please pay attention. If you fail the test, you will not be able to study in the county school if you fail the small test twice. The same applies to the big test three times. Every year, many classmates leave the county school because of this rule."

This rule was also slowly set by the county magistrate later.

After all, the county school is a place where you have to study hard.

But the county magistrates of all generations were not as rich as the first one, who could pay out of their own pockets to subsidize these poor students. In order to have money to operate and subsidize poor students, the tuition fees of the county school must be expensive, which resulted in only the rich and powerful families having the money to enter the county school.

For poor families, this kind of money is a wealth that they would never dare to look up to in a lifetime, but for the rich and powerful, it is just a drop in the bucket.

At first, the county magistrate who specified this rule only wanted to restore blood, but when some powerful people sent people to county schools in order to let their children learn well, they discovered something terrible.

The dandies themselves did not learn well, and formed cliques, ruining the otherwise good children.

Because they don't like studying, they also look down on poor students who study hard. They exclude and ridicule them, making the poor students miserable, but they can only endure the humiliation in order to continue to enroll in school.

It wasn't until one of the students with a strong self-esteem got upset and went directly to the county government to sue the playboy who bullied him that the county magistrate realized that something was wrong and quickly began to investigate.

The dandies who were found out were also beaten by their families.

Why do they send their children to county schools? Isn't it just to let them study hard, study hard, and make connections?

These days, it is both the easiest and most difficult to make connections among scholars. The easiest thing is that everyone is studying in the same school, and they get along day and night. It is too easy to build a good relationship. The hardest thing is that the scholars are all aloof, and It means that people care about each other. It's okay to have a casual acquaintance. If you want to get closer, you need to work harder.

They specially send their children there at such a good age so that they can make connections.

It turned out that they were good, not only did they not make friends, but they also offended others.

Those who can be called powerful in this small county are not stupid people. After all, those who are really stupid will have been killed long ago.

At that time, almost every family with a disobedient and naughty person specially took gifts and apologized to the students they had offended one by one.

They are the superiors, and the students who have not yet achieved fame are the inferiors. In addition, they are groveling, putting all their faults in their own names, and saying that they have already taught the unfilial son a lesson. The resentment in the hearts of these students is also obvious. It gradually faded away, but I didn’t hold a grudge.

Therefore, this matter can pass silently.

Although it did not cause a major disaster, the county magistrate also took this matter to heart. In order to avoid such a situation in the future, he re-formulated the regulations.

All students, whether they are rich students who have paid money or poor students who have earned their way in without paying money, have to take exams.

Those who pass the exam stay, and those who fail leave.

Of course, tuition is non-refundable.

Even though this was established, because the graded exams and the first exam are basically not difficult, there are still a lot of wealthy families sending their children here.

After all, the tuition fee is nothing to them, but if their son can really stay in the county school and make progress, it will be a big surprise.

Therefore, every time there is an exam, a group of people will be kicked out. Basically, they are the children of powerful families who are forcibly sent in.

However, after Ma Ruxiao explained this period of history in a dry tone, he still added two more words in a vague way.

There are still students who come in with their real abilities, but are dismissed during the exam.

Of course he was vague to take care of Duan Qingen's mood. After all, Ma Ruxiao had been in school for a few years. Although he was young, he had met many people.

In the county school, most students from poor families like Duan Qing'en are much more sensitive than other students.

For example, after school in the county, there will be half an hour of activity time. During this half hour, students can go out and walk around. Students from rich families don't care about the money, so they will go out to have a meal together. dinner.

Almost 90% of poor students will not accept the invitation, and will also become alienated from wealthy students.

This makes these wealthy students who do not understand their self-esteem not understand, and they also feel a little grudge.

Originally, they didn't care about the money. They just thought it was hard for everyone to study and wanted to help relax, but they didn't want them to return it. If they don't go, they wouldn't go. Why are you alienating us? It's a mistake to treat us as a guest.

But in fact, poor students just don’t want to owe this favor. Maybe the money for a meal for rich students is their family’s annual income. They can’t afford it, and they are poor themselves. If they continue to eat and drink, Isn't that just taking advantage of others?

The poorer the people are, the more they have low self-esteem and sensitivity. They are very embarrassed even when they refuse. In order to avoid this situation happening again, they will naturally distance themselves.

These are the various misunderstandings that occur when the gap between rich and poor is too large.

Just like poor students cannot understand that rich students do not regard money as money, rich students cannot understand that poor students alienate themselves in order not to take advantage of themselves.

How can such an idea be so cheap?

Of course, when Ma Ruxiao said it, he didn't know the above. Duan Qingen guessed it all by himself from his cryptic, suggestive, and confusing narration of various events.

Although Ma Ruxiao was very polite to Duan Qingen, he just regarded this junior fellow apprentice as an ordinary, somewhat smart seven-year-old boy.

So after explaining in a vague way, he said: "When we get to the county school, junior brother only needs to follow me."

He is kind and easy to talk to. Whether he is a rich student or a poor student, he is very popular with both sides, and he can still guide Duan Qingen.

Ma Ruxiao didn't think it was difficult. After the exam, the classes were divided. Ma Ruxiao was assigned to the Tongsheng class. It happened that he had to change dormitories. The school always had double rooms, which meant that he would eat, live and go to school with Duan Qingen in the future.

He was already twelve years old. Could he not take good care of a seven-year-old child who was with him every day?

After they finished visiting the garden, the servant who had been guarding the entrance of the garden and occasionally looking at them came up and said to Ma Ruxiao: "Master, the lady asked you to take Master Duan over."

"It's time to meet my mother."

Ma Ruxiao nodded politely, turned his head and said to Duan Qingen in a gentle voice: "You haven't seen my mother yet, I'll take you to see her, don't be afraid, my mother has a gentle personality, and I praised you to me several times when I came here. I think she will definitely like you, my junior brother."

Duan Qingen really thought Ma Ruxiao was a good boy.

For children, what they hate most is that other people's children and parents treat others better than themselves, and Ma Ruxiao happened to run into these two today.

The most tragic thing is that he heard Mr. Ma wanted to exchange himself for Duan Qingen.

If it were someone with a small mind or a bad temper, he might not only be angry with his father, but also vent his anger on Duan Qingen.

But Ma Ruxiao didn't.

He didn't complain at all throughout the whole process, and apologized to Duan Qingen for his father's behavior. Along the way, he almost taught Duan Qingen everything he knew about the county school, and said that he would arrange Duan Qingen, his junior brother, perfectly after going to the county school.

And he himself didn't think there was anything wrong with what he did, which shows that his education was like this.

In this era, Ma Ruxiao is a microcosm of most scholars, knowing etiquette, considerate, and taking good care of others.

Of course, basically, it is also like this when you become an adult or enter the officialdom, but no one knows what you think in your heart.

On the contrary, young students like Ma Ruxiao who only study hard have been living in an ivory tower. Being friendly to others is taught in books, so they strictly follow it. They have not learned to be hypocritical like adults in the outside world.

In other words, the students in the county school are all naive.

Duan Qingen was full of expectations for his county school life for a while.

The rest was more routine.

He went to see Madam Ma with Ma Ruxiao. She was indeed a very gentle lady. She talked to Duan Qingen for a long time and gave him a jade pendant that children wear. It was obvious that it had been prepared long ago.

During this period, Ma Ruxiao kept trying to tell his mother about his father and uncle getting drunk, but because Duan Qingen was there, he didn't find the opportunity several times.

It was not until Madam Ma found that the two had not finished drinking after an hour and a half that she realized something was wrong.

She immediately arranged for a servant to help the two of them to rest. Mr. Ma returned to the house, while Mr. Lin was helped to the wing room. Each of them drank a bowl of sobering soup. In less than a quarter of an hour, they woke up from their dizzy state.

It took another half an hour to bathe and change the clothes that smelled of alcohol, and then appeared in front of the two people in high spirits.

Mr. Lin lost his memory as soon as he got drunk, and he didn't remember what happened before. Mr. Ma, on the other hand, still had some vague memories in his mind, but he was not very sure.

He only felt his old face blushing. If the memory in his mind was true, it would be too embarrassing.

He embarrassed himself in front of the children.

The more he thought about it, the more panicked he felt. Mr. Ma simply called the two children to him and asked with a pleasant face:

"I was drunk just now, but what did I say when I was drunk, or did I behave awkwardly?"

Ma Ruxiao, the honest child, opened his mouth and was about to speak.

Duan Qingen interrupted him first, and a clear childish voice rang out: "Master, after my senior brother came just now, I followed him to visit the garden for a while, and then came here. I don't know if you said anything drunk."

"Hmm..."

Hearing that they didn't see anything, Mr. An was relieved, touched his beard and asked the two children to sit back.

It's good that they didn't see it.

In his memory, Mr. Lin was also drunk. Even if he remembered it, it would only be known by the two of them who embarrassed each other.

Fortunately, the image was not damaged.

Ma Ruxiao, who wanted to tell the truth but was beaten by Duan Qingen, could only swallow the words that were in his throat and sit back in his seat.

But in his heart, he vaguely felt that something was wrong.

Junior brother, why doesn't it seem like he thinks it's like this?

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Ma Ruxiao soon realized that his junior brother was indeed not what he thought.

The next day, the two gentlemen took them and the ceremony into the county government office together.

Mr. Ma is somewhat famous in the county. Although Mr. Lin is not famous in the county, he looks decent and elegant, so he was not stopped.

So the group was smoothly led to the dormitory by Ma Ruxiao.

The dormitory is a wooden house, lined up in rows. Maybe for sound insulation, there are partitions in the middle, and Ma Ruxiao and Duan Qingen's dormitory is in the middle.

Pushing open the door, it is clean inside. There is nothing else except the bed and two sets of tables and chairs.

Forget about the wardrobe. People in this era pack their clothes in boxes.

The space is quite large, even adults are more than enough, not to mention Duan Qingen and Ma Ruxiao, one half-grown child and the other a complete child.

The servants with Mr. Ma began to put down the gifts and carefully sorted them out. Another servant opened the box containing the beds and began to make the beds for them.

Mr. Ma took Mr. Lin to visit other teachers in the county school. Ma Ruxiao pulled Duan Qingen to sit down and continued to tell him what he knew.

The county government issued school uniforms, which were light blue and white, in line with the aesthetic taste of scholars. Every year after the exams, new students would be measured and then handed over to the tailor shop to make them.

After they were made, the school uniforms were issued.

Of course, considering the poor students in the school, the school uniforms were free and all funded by the county magistrate.

Because 90% of the students in the county school, even those from poor families, could not wash clothes, so their school had a laundry lady. Generally, the clothes that were changed could be sent directly there. After they were washed, the laundry lady would hang them in the yard and they could be picked up by themselves.

Ma Ruxiao also specifically reminded Duan Qingen that when the school uniforms were issued, he could mark them. Everyone usually took their school uniforms to the tailor shop outside to have their names sewn on them. Duan Qingen's school uniform could be taken to Madam Ma, after all, Madam Ma always sewed Ma Ruxiao's school uniforms.

Duan Qingen was about to agree, but suddenly thought of Li Baojun at home. He paused and asked, "Brother, how long will it take for these clothes to be issued?"

"About two months. There are many students in the county school, and there are no large tailor shops in our county. They can only rush to make them in two months."

"Then it's not a problem. Two months is just the time when I can go home to visit my family. I will take it home and let my family help me sew my name."

Ma Ruxiao didn't think much about it. He thought that the family Duan Qingen was talking about was the elders, so he nodded, "That's good."

When the servants finished cleaning, he said hello to the two and left.

Teachers nowadays don’t spoil their children as much as they do in later generations. Even if they love their children very much in their hearts, they have to put on the appearance of a strict father and a strict teacher.

Even if they came to see Duan Qingen and Ma Ruxiao off, they were just visiting the teacher here and “by the way” seeing the children off. Naturally, after they visited the teacher properly, they would never come back to see him again.

So Duan Qingen and Ma Ruxiao officially became “shared” roommates.

There was a big yard outside the dormitory, with some ropes tied. Ma Ruxiao was very shy and embarrassed to tell Duan Qingen that these ropes were used to hang underwear.

Although there was a laundry lady, the underwear was worn close to the skin of the students. They were all young people, so it was inevitable that they would be a little embarrassed to get stains on their underwear in the morning. Therefore, even students who didn’t know how to wash clothes insisted on washing their underwear themselves.

After all, it was still quite embarrassing to let the laundry lady wash your underwear.

Fortunately, the undergarments were only worn inside, so most of them were very thin. Just add a little soap and soak them in a wooden basin and they would be almost clean.

And those students whose families were rich put them away and handed them over to the servants to wash when they returned home.

Ma Ruxiao did the same. Although he thought Duan Qingen was a child and didn't have that kind of trouble, he still blushed and told Duan Qingen a little embarrassedly that he could save the undergarments and hand them over to his family to wash.

Duan Qingen was talking about undergarments with Ma Ruxiao when another person moved in. Seeing the two of them, he was happy and bowed to Ma Ruxiao as an equal, "Brother Ma."

Then he looked at the little Duan Qingen: "Who is this?"

Ma Ruxiao hurriedly returned the greeting, "This is my junior brother, Duan Qingen, we will be classmates in the future."

Then he introduced Duan Qingen: "This is Brother Zhang, Zhang Daoyuan, who entered the school with us."

Duan Qingen and Zhang Daoyuan saluted again.

Although he looked a bit arrogant, he did not look down on Duan Qingen because of his young age, but performed the same etiquette with Duan Qingen.

After the etiquette was over, Zhang Daoyuan smiled and looked Duan Qingen up and down, "This is the little prodigy in our county who passed the Tongsheng exam at the age of seven. I have heard of him for a long time."

"Qingen is indeed smart. On the way here today, we studied books together. Many of his insights are better than mine."

Ma Ruxiao praised Duan Qingen seriously.

Zhang Daoyuan nodded to show that he understood: "In this case, I have to get close to Qingen."

Just as he finished speaking, two servants came in from the back door, still carrying gifts, and called him Master.

Zhang Daoyuan: "I still have to pack up, so I won't talk to you two for now. We'll talk in detail later."

After Zhang Daoyuan left, Ma Ruxiao introduced Duan Qingen in detail: "Brother Zhang's father is an official in the capital, but his grandfather is in poor health and has been bedridden. He came to our county to recuperate. In order to honor his grandfather, Brother Zhang followed him. He is very smart and his talent is far superior to mine. Before you decided to come to the county school, Brother Zhang told us about you several times."

In plain words, it probably means that Zhang Daoyuan's father is an official in the capital, and he came to this rural area with his grandfather. Because he is too smart, his homework is much higher than his classmates.

He may feel that it is lonely at the top, so he immediately became interested in Duan Qingen, the child prodigy. He was thinking about Duan Qingen before he came, and now that Duan Qingen is here, he is floating.

Judging from what Zhang Daoyuan said just now, he regards Duan Qingen as a genius like himself and feels very close to him.

Ma Ruxiao thinks this is a good thing, "Although Brother Zhang is a bit informal, he is indeed an excellent classmate. What's more, his father is still an official in the court, so it is beneficial to make friends with him."

This is directly telling Duan Qingen that Zhang Daoyuan is a good connection.

Duan Qingen smiled and nodded: "Senior brother, don't worry, I have a hunch that Brother Zhang and I will have a good relationship in the future."

Ma Ruxiao naturally transformed this premonition into the telepathy between geniuses, and nodded happily.

Although he doesn't like to make friends with high-ranking people, he also knows that Duan Qing'en is just an ordinary farmer. If he can get to know some noble people, it will definitely be helpful to his future.

As for Duan Qingen, he is very sure of his long-term friendship with Zhang Daoyuan in the future.

After all, in the original plot, Zhang Daoyuan was an unlucky guy similar to him.

The original plot only vaguely stated that the original heroine's marriage was not going well, and that was because she first fell in love with Duan Qing'en, but later because the original hero interfered and killed Li Baojun, the original heroine felt that the Duan family was trying to gain wealth. He deliberately killed Li Baojun so that Duan Qingen could marry him. He had a grudge in his heart and didn't mention the marriage again.

And just after she gave up, her family found a marriage for her and made a decision.

This fiancé is the unlucky Zhang Daoyuan.

Although his father was a Beijing official, he was only a fifth-rank official. A legitimate son could be paired with a concubine of a third-rank official.

Here we need to talk about Zhang’s father’s family background. He had two wives. One was his first wife, Zhang Daoyuan’s biological mother, who died in childbirth after giving birth to Zhang Daoyuan.

The other one is Xu Xian. This step-wife is not too generous. She is very dissatisfied with Zhang Daoyuan, the former wife who was left behind by the original wife. She always does various little tricks in different ways.

At first, Zhang's father was dissatisfied with her because of this, but when his youngest son was born, he became a little biased.

But in the end, she still loved her eldest son, and felt that since her eldest son and his later stepmother didn't get along well, they should separate.

It happened that Zhang Daoyuan's grandfather decided to find a place to recuperate, so Zhang's father brought his son over. Grandfather Zhang also felt that his eldest grandson was pitiful. He had lost his biological mother and was being squeezed by his stepmother, so he took him with him and taught him well. Then he was sent to the county school.

Fortunately, Zhang Daoyuan lived up to his expectations. He was flexible and smart. He was born a child the first time he was killed. Later, his grandfather kept suppressing him to prevent him from dying. He was able to hold his own and was not anxious at all.

Such a person would have had a bright future.

As a result, the hostess' father fell in love with Zhang Daoyuan and decided to make him his son-in-law.

When Shangguan spoke, Father Zhang naturally agreed.

The two parties made a decision and agreed before notifying Zhang Daoyuan.

Zhang Daoyuan was only a teenager, and he didn't think that marrying a wife was more interesting than studying. But since his father wanted him to marry, he would marry him. Anyway, there was nothing he could do even if he didn't agree.

So, he accepted that he had such a fiancée.

After that, Zhang Daoyuan continued to devote himself to studying. Later, when his grandfather passed away, he kept filial piety for his grandfather and waited until he had finished keeping filial piety before taking the scientific examination.

When he was admitted to the scholar examination and was about to take the examination for the imperial examination, the male protagonist came back and found out that his "good friend" had settled on Zhang Daoyuan as his fiancé.

He must be worried.

So he discussed it with the heroine and decided to try Zhang Daoyuan.

The male protagonist set up a bureau to invite Zhang Daoyuan to a party on a boat. When Zhang Daoyuan went there, he arranged for many brothel girls to wear skimpy clothes and have fun on the side of the boat.

He told the heroine who was guarding the boat with him righteously that these women were from Qinglou at first glance. If Zhang Daoyuan saw them from a distance and refused to get on the boat, it would mean that he was a gentleman and could be married. If he Seeing these women and getting on the boat means that this person is fascinated by women and is not worthy of marriage.

The female protagonist felt that what the male protagonist said was right, even though the male protagonist said this to her while holding a singer in his arms.

Of course, it was normal for her not to think there was anything wrong with the male protagonist. After all, when the male protagonist was talking to her, she was wearing men's clothes and had a singer in her arms.

The heroine doesn't think there's anything wrong with what she does.

Although she sneaked out to play, even though she was dressed in men's clothing, even though she wandered around with the male protagonist, a foreigner, and even boarded a boat with a brothel girl, she still considered herself to be very strict about etiquette.

Didn't you see that she was only holding the singer?

She is a woman, and the singer is also a woman, so what does that mean?

Then, Zhang Daoyuan got on the boat.

The double-standard male protagonist immediately said that this man is a lecher and life will not be easy if you marry him. How about I help you get rid of him so that you will not have a hard life after marrying him in the future.

The heroine also felt that Zhang Daoyuan was not good enough.

He had clearly seen the prostitute on the boat, so how could he still smile like this and get on the boat? He never thought at all that he was already engaged and had a fiancée. How could such a man get married?

So Zhang Daoyuan, a genius who had a bright future, was stumbling upon the male protagonist, making him lose his talent as a scholar and unable to take the scientific examination for the rest of his life.

It can be said that he is even more unlucky than Duan Qingen.

He is really unlucky. If you look at it from the perspective of the heroine, it is natural that everyone should pamper and love the heroine. As the fiancé of the heroine, he must not touch anything, not even let the woman touch his clothes. Not even angles.

But in fact, in this world, there are such singing girls or brothel girls in places where scholars gather, but they will not do anything to these girls. They usually watch them sing and dance, recite poems, play the piano and paint.

Brothel girls are not illiterate. As long as it is a larger brothel, their mothers will ask someone to teach them when they are young. They must know poetry, songs, embroidery and playing the piano. The slightly famous brothel girls are more likely to sell their skills instead of their bodies.

They are usually invited to come to the place where scholars gather to add to the fun, but no scholar will touch these girls. They will only use the music they play as background music and communicate with people around them.

Although Zhang Daoyuan got on this ship, he considered himself a gentleman and yearned for a lifetime of one person, so he didn't even touch the woman.

As a result, he was framed and lost his scholar.

If he doesn't suffer, who will?

Duan Qingen was busy studying before, but he forgot that the plot line of this world was moving forward.

According to the original world line, Zhang Daoyuan would miss the exam for a scholar because of his grandfather's death, while Duan Qingen would pass the exam. When he was taking the exam for a juren, the heroine fell in love with him. After that, the marriage did not take place, and Zhang Daoyuan went to Beijing to take the exam and completely settled the marriage.

But in fact, during this period of time, the two families had already talked several times.

Although it was not completely settled, it was almost settled. Later, the heroine's father asked a few questions because he met the original owner, who was more outstanding. The heroine fell in love with him, but only told the hero.

So in the plot line, it seems that Zhang Daoyuan, the unlucky guy, is behind Duan Qingen.

But in the real world, at this moment, he already knew that he would marry the heroine in the future.

Duan Qingen couldn't help but sigh, it turns out that unlucky guys are talented.

But it's true, if you don't have talent, how can you be targeted.

He went back to the house with Ma Ruxiao. Ma Ruxiao opened the book and began to study seriously. Duan Qingen found paper and pen and began to write letters to his family.

First, I wrote to Grandpa Duan. Of course, although I wrote to Grandpa Duan, I actually wrote to all the Duan family members.

Let me tell you that food, accommodation and laundry are provided here. Everything is good. Uncle Ma takes good care of him and asks Senior Brother Ruxiao to take care of him. Senior Brother Ruxiao is also very nice and takes good care of him. Today, I also met a new friend named Zhang Daoyuan, who is a good student with good grades. His father is an official in the capital, but he is not arrogant. I eat well, drink well, sleep well and have good teachers here. I don’t have to do anything but open my mouth to eat and study. Please rest assured that I will come back in two months as soon as the school is on vacation.

After writing this letter, Duan Qingen put it aside carefully and continued to write another letter.

This letter is for Li Baojun alone.

Junjun, how are you? You should study hard at home, don’t be too tired, and keep your eyes open. Don’t stop eating every time you eat, and take good care of your body.

If possible, can you spare some free time to practice needlework? Our school uniforms need names to be embroidered. I want to take them home for you to embroider. You can talk to grandma and let her practice with you. If the name is not embroidered well, I may be laughed at by my classmates. Thank you for your hard work.

Qingen

After writing, Duan Qingen blew the ink to dry it, then folded it and put it away, planning to send it out tomorrow.

Li Baojun is still too young after all. It is not good to work like this all the time. Find a reason for her. Grandma Duan will definitely not let her work and let her embroider with peace of mind.

Ma Ruxiao, who was reading a book on the side, looked up and saw Duan Qingen put the written letter into the envelope.

He couldn't help but smile gently.

Writing a letter as soon as you arrive, you must be homesick.

The author has something to say: Time flies!

Random little angels send red envelopes, good night