Moreover, the person who reported the news was not Jia Quan, but the old private school gentleman who went to work as a clerk in the Ministry of Industry because of Yu Honggao's relationship.

Jia Zheng, as a fifth-rank member of the Ministry of Works, was a foreigner. Although he didn't usually take care of things, there was nothing for him to take care of.

But he longed for the imperial examination but had no chance to take it. Not to mention that the old scholar was known to almost everyone because he was Shi Zhongkui's enlightenment teacher.

Even if there were no old scholars, Jia Zheng himself would still care about the annual scientific examination.

Now that the case of winning two yuan in a row has come out, I think about my eldest son who has died young, and my younger son who is 11 years old but can't even memorize a copy of The Analects of Confucius and hangs out among his daughters all day long.

An unknown fire couldn't help but arise in my heart.

ps: It is said that Lin Daiyu entered Rongguofu when she was 5 or 7 years old, but the author prefers that Lin Daiyu went to school when she was 5 years old, her mother died early when she was 6 or 7 years old, she was educated under Jia Yucun when she was 8 years old, and she was 4 or 5 when she was 9 years old the following year.

On the first day of the month, I entered Rongguo Mansion.

Lin Ruhai died of illness at the end of the year, and Jia Lian accompanied her back to pay homage, and then lived in Rongguo Mansion.

In other words, Lin Daiyu had been in Jia's house for a year at this time and was already 10 years old. Jia Baoyu clearly stated in the original article that she was one year older than Lin Daiyu, which was 11 years old.

The problem is Xue Baochai,

It is written in the original article that Xue Pan was already 15 years old when Jia Yucun tried Xue Pan's lawsuit, and then went to Beijing. Xue Baochai was two years younger than Xue Pan, that is, 13 years old.

If Lin Daiyu is 5 or 7 years old and Jia Baoyu is 6 or 8 years old, then Xue Baochai is 7 or 5 years older than Jia Baoyu.

When the two got married, if Jia Baoyu was 18, Xue Baochai would have been 23 or 25. How could such an age difference be justified?

Therefore, in this article, Lin Daiyu is 10 years old, Jia Baoyu is 11 years old, and Xue Baochai is 14 years old.

Moreover, Xue Baochai was 13 years old when she came to Beijing last year to be selected, so her age was just right.

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Since Jia Zheng was angry and returned home from the Yamen, he naturally wanted to check Jia Baoyu's homework.

He ordered someone to call Jia Baoyu to Rongxi Hall. Seeing that he couldn't even recite the first chapter of the Analects, he became even more angry.

He cursed the evil beast several times and ordered someone to bring him a stick.

Four servants grabbed Jia Baoyu and pushed him down on a long chair, but they didn't beat him a few times because they were delayed for a long time by questioning Jia Mu, Mrs. Wang, Aunt Xue, Baochai, Daiyu, Wang Xifeng, and Li Wan.

He and Sanchun both appeared outside Rongxi Hall.

When Jia Zheng saw his mother coming, he knew that the beating could not continue.

After kneeling on the ground to greet him, he weakly said "I've seen my mother" and knelt still.

This time, Jia Mu was frightened, "What's going on? You checked Baoyu's homework as soon as you got home. I won't let you hit your son, and you show your face to me again?"

"well."

Jia Zheng may be truly filial, or he may be filial, but he also knows that because of Jia's mother's preference, he can live in Rongxi Hall as the youngest son, where only the head of the family can live.

And as the second bedroom, he took charge of the entire Rongguo Mansion.

This is more or less unfair.

Moreover, when outsiders knew this, they would inevitably feel that Jia Zheng was arrogant and oppressed his elder brother.

No wonder the Jia family will become more and more chaotic in the future.

Therefore, Jia Zheng did not dare to disobey Jia Mu at all, "Mom, please calm down. My son is just envious of other people's children. He can pass the county examination and the government examination, and he is also the head of the case."

Then I thought about Baoyu who failed to live up to expectations, and then I felt resentful, and I had no intention of disrespecting my mother."

Mother Jia was stunned for a moment, then murmured thoughtfully, "Doesn't that mean that if you win the first prize in the hospital examination again, you will be a junior three yuan?"

Then he asked again, "Zheng'er, who was the last person to win a small three yuan?"

Jia Zheng had heard a lot of news from his colleagues and sighed, "In the more than a hundred years since the founding of this dynasty, except for a Xiao Sanyuan in the south, there has never been one in the north.

As for the Great Sanyuan, there were two in the previous dynasty, but none have appeared in this dynasty until now?

However, as long as they really win the small three yuan, this kind of person will definitely win.

If you win Jieyuan again, you will definitely win Jinshi, or even..."

Jia Zheng did not express the opinion of his colleagues that as long as the emperor and the emperor wanted to create a big auspicious event.

When Jia Mu heard this, her eyes showed a thoughtful expression. At that time, her son-in-law Lin Ruhai was Tanhualang, and Jia Jing of Ningguo Mansion was also a Jinshi.

She still knows a lot about the imperial examination.

His eyes couldn't help but glance at Yingchun and Tanchun.

As for Xichun, firstly, she was too young, and secondly, she was born in Ningguo Mansion. Mother Jia would not really give good things to her instead of her own granddaughter.

Mother Jia even glanced at Lin Daiyu.

Then he looked at Xue Baochai with a hint of vigilance in his eyes.

Jia's mother had this idea because she was influenced by Jia Zheng's words. At the same time, she also knew that none of the men in the Jia family were promising.

Otherwise, let alone being a scholar, she would not look down on people even if they were Jinshi.

Jia Baoyu, who had been beaten, could not help but secretly hate him. He also despised Shi Zhongkui as a beetle and had no intention of paying attention to Jia Mu's eyes.

Besides, as long as Jia Zheng was around, he would just lower his head and look panicked, and continue to lie on the bench with a frightened expression, pretending to be dead.

But no one else was looking at Jia Mu or Jia Zheng.

Aunt Xue was unhappy, while Xue Baochai lowered his head and didn't know what to think.

Lin Daiyu bit her lip. While she was worried about Jia Baoyu, she also thought of Tanhua Lang's father.

Yingchun twisted the silk handkerchief with both hands and did not dare to look at Jia Mu anymore, while Tanchun felt her heartbeat speed up and her ears began to turn red.

Even though the two of them were girls from the Jia family, they were both born as concubines. Compared with Jia Yuanchun who entered the palace, their status was quite different.

Being able to marry a promising scholar is at least in line with their bottom line.

Li Wan probably thought of Jia Zhu, who died early, with a sad look on his face, and secretly sighed that his life was miserable.

On the contrary, Wang Xifeng didn't care much. She had no biological sisters, and she only focused on the affairs and money in Rong Ning's two houses. She didn't care whether it was a small three yuan or a big three yuan.

Anyway, in her heart, no matter how great the official position is, it will not be as big as a prince who has already reached the second rank.

No matter how rich the family fortune is, the Wang family is not as rich, let alone making her rich.

Mrs. Wang and Mrs. Xing, one looking at Tanchun and the other looking at Yingchun, began to have small thoughts in their hearts.

They may look down on other people, but no matter how stupid they are, they know from Jia Zheng's words that Da San Yuan is too far away, but Xiao San Yuan is unique in Northern Shilin.

If this kind of person wins the first prize again, many court officials will want to steal him as their son-in-law, and even the emperor will be tempted.

Mrs. Wang hurriedly shook this thought out of her head, thinking that my Jia family was from the same family and had two princes. She could only pick on others, so how could outsiders pick on the Jia family's affairs.

Moreover, because Jia Baoyu was beaten and compared with others, it was inevitable that he would not be happy with Shi Zhongkui.

But if Tanchun could really have a good husband, it would be a help to Jia Baoyu and the Wang family. Mrs. Wang hesitated again.

As for Mrs. Xing, who is even stupider than Mrs. Wang, she even thought about her niece Xing Xiuyan.

It's a pity that the Jia family doesn't think about it either. If they can think of it, other families can think of it too.

Besides, is Shi Zhongkui a fool?

"Okay, Baoyu and the others will follow me back to the backyard. Zheng'er, you don't need to be angry. Baoyu is only 12 years old and has plenty of time to study hard."
Chapter completed!