Volume 2, Chapter 121: Difficult
Dongming Ziyu is really not afraid of Su Changgeng, he is just a little guy.
What he didn't understand was how could Su Changgeng act as a matchmaker for the girls at home when they were not usually on good terms? First Ling Yue failed, and then he was replaced by Da Ya and Er Ya.
Dongming Ziyu received the money and went to visit Chu Xing.
Chu Xing asked his personal attendant to serve tea and asked with a smile: "How are you preparing for the college exam?"
Dongming Ziyu smiled slightly and said: "Read every day and do your best."
Chu Xing said: "If you perform normally, you will definitely win. It just depends on the ranking."
Dongming Ziyu said politely: "I'd like to lend you some kind words."
After pondering for a while, he told the story about Su Changgeng's first attempt to be a matchmaker for his own daughter, but failed, and then turned to be a matchmaker for Daya and Erya, and then asked: "Master Chu, does he know what is going on?"
Chu Xing had a good relationship with Dongming Ziyu. He said whatever he wanted at the moment, "I don't know why he is a matchmaker. But his mother-in-law's surname is Xu."
Dongming Ziyu understood and said, "Thank you, Mr. Chu, for the suggestion."
After asking some questions about the imperial examination, he said goodbye and went down the mountain. In the evening, when the whole family had dinner and had a regular family meeting, they discussed this matter.
Mrs. Qian said angrily: "This turtle bastard is using our girls as cabbages? Let him pick and choose and sell them as he pleases!"
Dong Youliangqi said: "This is because I have taken a fancy to Da Ya and Er Ya's skills in making dim sum!"
Ms. Zhao was also very angry, "He wants my daughter to fill a house and be a stepmother for others. Why does he abuse people like this!"
Sanlang's eyes turned red, "He dares to take advantage of my sister, I'll put a sack on him and teach him a lesson!"
Higashikata said: "Teaching him a lesson won't work. The culprit is the man named Xu."
Old Man Dong sighed: "No wonder Su Changgeng can work in the mine. It turns out that he has such a tortuous relationship with the Jiang family."
Jiang Xiancheng and Boss Xu are brothers-in-law, and Su Changgeng’s daughter-in-law is the niece of the Xu family.
Dongming Ziyu said: "Relationships in the officialdom are inherently complicated. We can only stop now and let the girls at home go out less often. When they go out, they must be accompanied by adults. If they jump over the wall in a hurry, their innocent reputation will be ruined."
It’s broken.”
The girls all nodded solemnly, indicating that they remembered.
Dongming Ziyu said to Dalang: "Tomorrow you drive to deliver snacks, and then find your future father-in-law and find out what relationship Ding Wenbin has with Su Changgeng or the Xu family."
Dalang said a little shyly: "I know."
Mrs. Qian patted Dalang on the back and joked: "You brat, why are you so embarrassed? By the way, when are you coming over to take measurements and make furniture? It's time to prepare for your wedding."
Dalang's face turned red, "I got it, tits."
Erlang laughed and said: "My brother's face is as red as a monkey's ass! Hahaha..."
Sanya said: "Why don't you blush in front of Sister Wenhui?"
Ling Yue smiled and said: "I will call you sister-in-law Wenhui soon!"
Wulang followed and shouted: "I will be a little uncle soon!"
When Sanro and Shiro heard this, their eyes lit up, "I want to be an uncle too!"
Everyone laughed and joked about Dalang, but Dalang blushed and ran out.
They were all people who had seen strong winds and waves. They did not pay attention to this conspiracy, but they were still vigilant.
When Da Lang came back that day, he brought news: Ding Xiucai's late wife was the cousin of Boss Xu's aunt. Ding Xiucai's wife was very aggressive and greedy for money, and she especially loved to tease her daughter-in-law. The death of her daughter-in-law was closely related to her gossip.
It has something to do with it.
The most important thing for the Dong family now is Dongming Ziyu's college examination. Before the examination, he should be as low-key as possible, so as not to affect Dongming Ziyu's talent test.
Sure enough, a scholar from Fengcheng Yamen came to investigate Dongming Ziyu's family background and reputation.
The county magistrate told the visitor that Dongming Ziyu had contributed to the discovery of the jade mine and that Shangguan Ruoli had contributed suturing skills. He mainly revealed the relationship between Dongming Ziyu and Rong Qian and Rong Chuan in a subtle way, and his life-saving grace. He wanted to go Bar.
Therefore, when Xue Chai heard from Jiang Haoguang and Su Changgeng about Shangguan Ruoli and the Sun family's reputation, he did not record it.
He does this job most clearly. Some people say it's good, and some people say it's bad. Who hasn't offended a few people?
Whether it is good or bad, they will also investigate. Of course, it also depends on whether the person being investigated is sensible.
Dongming Ziyu was very sensible and stuffed an inconspicuous cloth bag to him, "I dug it from the mountain. It's not worth much. It's for the poor student to replenish his health."
As soon as I heard the word "dig" and felt the shape, I could guess what it was.
After getting on the carriage, he took out the cloth bag and opened it. It turned out to be a very good old wild ginseng. It was estimated to be worth a hundred or so years, but it was worth three to four hundred taels of silver.
But, is it too careless to just wrap such a precious thing in rags?
Little did they know, this ginseng was the most inconspicuous thing in the space spiritual field. I dug up one randomly and used it to make connections.
As a result, Dongming Ziyu not only passed the "political review", but was also praised.
In fact, when registering for the child examination, students will submit supporting materials: personal confession, mutual agreement and recognizance. Personal confession refers to the basic information of the examinee, including his or her name, age, place of origin, body shape, appearance and characteristics, as well as information about the three generations of ancestors. Mutual agreement means to find five Candidates who take the exam together guarantee each other. If one person cheats, five people will sit together. The so-called guarantee is to ask local students to provide guarantee materials to ensure that the candidates do not cheat and have a clean background.
Tongsheng can only prove the identity of the scholar, and scholar is the first step in the scientific examination. Therefore, the government will send a scholar before the college examination to investigate the authenticity of the candidates' information.
Candidates vouch for each other. Generally, classmates voluntarily form a group, and they have to pay money to invite local students. There are many local students in a county, and they are all fellow villagers, so they generally will not refuse.
Dongming Ziyu was self-study at home and had no classmates. He came here on the run and didn't know any of the local students. When he took the Tongsheng examination, Jiang Hongda and Wu Xingjian came forward to contact him.
Last time, there were only two candidates who passed the mutual insurance exam and passed the exam. Dongming Ziyu wanted to contact them by himself. There were three of them in total, so he could just find two more.
Unexpectedly, both of them said that they had formed a mutual protection group with others, and their eyes flickered, obviously they had something to hide.
Dongming Ziyu didn't force it, so he went to find the man who had guaranteed him last time, but the man was not at home. He went there another day, but he was still not there.
He guessed the reason and climbed over the back wall. As expected, the man was at home giving guarantees to several children who wanted to refer to him. Among them were the two children who rejected him.
Dongming Ziyu did not leave silently, but directly opened the window and climbed in.
The man and the other boys were all startled, and when they saw it was Dongming Ziyu, their faces turned red and their eyes dodged.
Dongming Ziyu looked at the man and said, "Sir, if you don't want to vouch for me, you can just say so. Why do you lie and say you're not at home and let me come to your door again and again?"
The man's face was red and he was embarrassed, "I am ashamed and afraid of power. The people of the Xu family in Fengcheng hinted that I am not allowed to be your guarantee. The Xu family is a big family in the prefecture, and there is an edict from Fengcheng and the Prime Minister of Jiang County behind me. He's just a talented person."
Linsheng is a scholar with outstanding academic performance, and he will be ranked among the top twenty in this dynasty. Before a candidate is successful, he must take the exam every year and pass the exam to maintain his status as a scholar or Linsheng.
And Jiaoyu is the highest official in charge of various examinations in the state, so it is not difficult to do something about it.
Dongming Ziyu was not surprised and walked out from the gate.
Looking at the sky, I can't help but smile bitterly. Life is really difficult for those who have no power. No matter how talented, aloof and arrogant you are, if you don't succumb to the oppression of the powerful, you will be trampled into clay.
He just didn't hand over his dim sum recipes honestly, so he was framed and oppressed in various ways.
Chapter completed!