63. Daily Life of Peasants in Imperial Examinations (8)

After Mr. Lin finished his beautiful look, he did not forget to do his business. Seeing that it was almost dark outside, he thought that the guests of the Duan family had all left. He cleaned himself up and prepared to go to the Duan family to talk about the county school.

After all, he was the teacher of the student, so of course he could not lose face as a student.

Mr. Lin specially changed into a new set of clothes and went out.

As soon as he stepped out of the door, the joy on his face immediately disappeared. He held his long beard with his hands, frowned slightly, and put on a serious attitude.

To sum up this behavior, even if I am so happy in my heart, I will never show it on my face. I must let everyone think that I am a serious, cold and unyielding teacher.

Mr. Lin went out very seriously.

Some people saw him along the way. Everyone knew that Duan Qingen passed the exam for the student, and they all knew that Mr. Lin was Duan Qingen's teacher. So along the way, the villagers who met congratulated Mr. Lin and praised him for teaching such a good student.

Some people also knew that the Duan family had no money to send their child to school, so Mr. Lin did not charge any money for teaching this student.

But even if he did not charge money, he could still teach the child to become a student, which shows how serious and responsible he is.

Mr. Lin nodded politely to these congratulations, and said a few polite words: "It's nothing, the child is smart, and I just did my duty."

"Qing'en has a heart to learn, and I should teach him."

"It's nothing, this is just what a scholar should do."

Listening to the compliments from others all the way, Mr. Lin's heart was about to float to the sky, but he still insisted on putting on an appearance of "I am very serious and I am not happy to the sky at all."

The villagers who greeted him along the way couldn't help but sigh with the people beside them, this scholar is a scholar, he is indeed knowledgeable and reasonable, and does everything slowly and steadily.

Now seeing the Duan family so proud because Duan Qingen passed the exam, and seeing Mr. Lin walking differently from others, looking particularly chic and elegant, some people who originally did not plan to send their children to school also had some ideas in their hearts.

Before, the family was in a bad year. Although there was nothing wrong in their village during the famine, they had heard that other scholars starved to death because of lack of money.

After all, scholars don’t have any strength in their hands. Even if they have, half of them can’t bring themselves to work. Isn’t this a case of starvation to death?

After this incident, many families felt that it was difficult to pass the imperial examination anyway, and it was too difficult to pass. Studying can’t farm, so it’s better for their children not to study.

But after this time, seeing Duan Qingen pass the exam, and seeing a large number of people coming to congratulate the Duan family because of this news, those who looked very rich directly gave gold and silver. Although the Duan family was stupid enough not to accept it, if they had such a student in their family, they would definitely accept it.

How could these villagers not be moved by the ready-made success model right in front of them?

On this day, many people made up their minds to let their children study.

They must study hard and seriously. Even if they cannot become a student, they must learn to count. When the time comes, they will be happy to be an accountant.

Mr. Lin, who was already happy, did not know that he would soon welcome a large number of students. He walked all the way to the door of the Duan family with a serious face.

The door of the Duan family was open.

A bunch of guests came during the day, so the Duan family simply set up a banquet. Now that the guests have almost left, the family is cleaning up the mess.

Duan's mother, who was picking up the dishes on the table, saw Mr. Lin as soon as she looked up and shouted, "Dad, Mr. Lin is here."

Although it was Grandma Duan who took the children to discuss enrollment before, when it comes to things like foreign guests coming to the door and a man, it is always tacitly allowed to let the eldest man in the family greet them.

Grandpa Duan was sitting in the yard with a small stool and writing. After the whole family began to learn to read, Duan Qingen took his three little cousins ​​and Li Baojun to move the sand outside and get some mud, and made a sand table for writing in his hard yard.

Usually, anyone in the family who is free can take a branch to write on it.

This sand table is quite popular with the family. After all, although the Duan family is not as poor as before, it is still an ordinary farmer's family and cannot afford expensive paper.

Now it is good to have a sand table. Whoever wants to write can draw on it twice, and then just wipe it off when they feel that they have learned enough.

As a man, Grandpa Duan does not participate in this kind of activity of cleaning up pots and pans. This is the work of Grandma Duan and the daughter-in-law of the Duan family, and Li Baojun, although she is small, she also consciously cleans it up.

He does not do anything and has nothing to do, so he simply sits here and practices calligraphy on the sand table.

Seeing Mr. Lin coming, Grandpa Duan quickly stood up to greet him.

"Mr. Lin, you are here, please sit down quickly."

When the banquet was set up, the Duan family asked Duan Qingen to invite Mr. Lin, but Mr. Lin did not come because he thought there were too many people. Grandpa Duan was just thinking of asking Duan Qingen to send the dishes he had specially left.

If it weren't for Mr. Lin, his Qingen would be just an ordinary country boy now, how could he have such a great fortune.

No matter what, the Duan family must remember this favor.

Seeing that Grandpa Duan's attitude was as respectful as ever and even more affectionate than before, Mr. Lin felt very comfortable.

None of his students were as promising as Duan Qing'en, but when he was in school, there was a classmate who passed the Tongsheng test. As a result, his parents became obsessed with him from then on, and he was not as good as before towards his teacher. Respectfully.

Later, even though the classmate was serious about making progress, the teacher still couldn't stand the arrogant attitude of his parents and kicked him out of the school.

Mr. Lin liked Duan Qingen very much, so he was a little worried that his family's attitude would change. But now that he saw Grandpa Duan's attitude, he felt that his worries were unfounded.

You can imagine him just by looking at the banquet held by the Duan family. You should know that the Duan family is not the kind of people who feel like they have wings when the east wind blows.

If people are kind to him, he will naturally be polite to them.

Mr. Lin smiled at Grandpa Duan and said, "Isn't Qing'en at home?"

"What a coincidence. The yard was in a mess. We were afraid that the children would bump into something, so we asked Qing En to take his three younger brothers out together."

Grandpa Duan: "What's the matter with you? Why don't I have someone go out and look for it?"

"No, no, no."

Mr. Lin quickly stopped Grandpa Lin who was about to get up, "Just tell him. That's it. I have a classmate who has a place to go to the county school. He wants to recommend Qing En, so I'm here to ask you. Home Opinions.”

"County school?"

Although Grandpa Duan has studied, he has hardly paid attention to the outside world. He was a little confused when he heard the new term, "This is, is this a place to study?"

"Yes, the county school was established by the county magistrate. Generally, famous people in the county can recommend them. Every three years, new quotas will be issued. Usually it is for people like Qing En who are away from home. A student in the county who studies well and studies well.”

Mr. Lin patiently explained to Grandpa Duan the specific regulations of the county school.

It is said that there was a magistrate in their county who had a good family a few decades ago. When he came to this place, he saw that everything was in ruins and there was not even a school. So he simply used his own money to build the county school.

After that, he recruited some talented people and officially opened the school.

In the beginning, students from well-off families attended school in the county. Later, a child from a poor family in the county was lucky enough to be a child. He wanted to continue his studies, but the teacher who taught him was only a child. Even if he spent all his money, he was a child. Xianggeng can't let him take another step forward.

This gentleman did not want to delay his disciples, so he went to the county magistrate and asked if his students could also go to study. The cost of studying would be recorded and paid back slowly.

The county magistrate was a man who was not short of money. After hearing this, he couldn't bear it, so he simply paid for the student to enter school. He also had recommendation cards made and distributed to the gentlemen in the county school, asking them to recommend some students. Students who cannot afford to study but are very talented come.

After that, the county magistrate gained a good reputation and was soon promoted and left.

Although the later county magistrate was not that rich, it was impossible for him to break the rules set in advance, so he simply kept the tuition fee, but those with recommended places could attend the county school without spending any money.

After that, the recommendation quota gradually became exclusive to some famous people.

And they will only recommend some talented students but with average family conditions to enter county schools.

Duan Qingen meets this recommendation condition very well.

Mr. Lin explained the county school carefully and conscientiously. He was afraid that Grandpa Duan would not agree, so he added: "Qing En is smart, but I am just a scholar. Short-term teaching is okay, but if he wants to If you want to go further, it’s better to study in the county.”

Grandpa Duan also understood this truth, but compared with his future, he was more worried that his grandson would be bullied. He hesitated for a few seconds and finally spoke: "Sir, I understand what you mean, but what you just said, the county can't learn from it." Are all the scholars who got in through recommendation? Their families must be wealthy. If Qing En is gone, he is young and his family doesn’t have much money..."

The subtext is that he is afraid that his grandson will be bullied at school.

Mr. Lin understands.

Although he only had one daughter, he still understood his love for his son, so he said very patiently: "There are many students like Qing'en in the county school. Even Qing'en is young and was just my classmate. I have written to him, saying that he can let Qing En live with his son. The age difference between the two is not big, someone will take care of him, and Qing En is familiar with him at school. "

"What's more, he is not like other seven-year-old children. He is very smart. If there is anything wrong, he will see it in advance."

Mr. Lin is very confident on this point.

He has never seen anyone under the age of ten who is smarter than his disciple.

Mr. Lin left after saying this.

When it got dark, Duan Qingen came back with his three cousins.

As soon as he came back, Grandpa Duan took him and told him about it.

After listening to it, he roughly understood what was going on.

Roughly converted, this means:

This is a good school. It doesn’t charge money and the quality of education is pretty good. Grandpa Duan definitely wants him to go to school. After all, only if he goes to a good school can he have better teachers to teach him. Only with better teachers can he keep going. He took the exam and his classmates were all serious scholars, which was very beneficial to his network.

However, Grandpa Duan was still very hesitant, because this school is a boarding school, he was worried about Duan Qingen living in the school at such a young age, and this school is divided into two categories, one is rich students, and the other is poor students. He was afraid that Duan Qingen would be excluded in the school, and because he was young, no one would take him to play.

So, thinking this way, Grandpa Duan was in a dilemma.

He wanted to let his grandson go, but he was also afraid that his grandson would be bullied if he really went there.

Duan Qingen didn't think it was a big deal.

Scholars pay attention to face. Even if they really hate the other person so much that they want to rush up and bite him to death, they have to be friendly on the surface, and at most curse one or two sour poems. Even if they curse, they will definitely not curse openly, but in a roundabout way. If the knowledge is slightly worse, the brain is a little dumb, maybe they don't know that they are being scolded.

This is the same reason why military generals are always taboo by emperors in history.

The generals have military power, have killed people, and are brave. If they really have an idea, they will definitely take up their swords.

The emperor will not be able to sleep with a powerful general by his side.

But civil officials are different.

Civil officials are all gentlemen who use words instead of hands. Even if they are very angry, they will not use hands, but directly use all kinds of literary poems to scold.

If someone can't scold someone, he will not think that if I can't talk you, can I beat you? Instead, he will be scolded to vomit blood.

Throughout the previous dynasties, it is not uncommon for scholars to quarrel with each other and suddenly vomit blood and fall down.

Even if there is a powerful civil official, the emperor can drag him out and chop him if he doesn't like him. After all, since ancient times, scholars have looked down on each other, and there have been civil officials who form gangs and factions, but no one can really form a large group.

They are all small groups. If you don't like me, I will scold you. As long as the emperor sits on the dragon throne, he can watch the civil servants fighting among themselves.

The more fierce the internal fighting, the happier he is. After all, when the people below fight, they all look to him as the emperor to make the decision, which is better than being in harmony and unanimous against him as the emperor.

In summary, among the literati, they really won't tear off their faces to do the series of things that Grandpa Duan is worried about.

He comforted Grandpa Duan and agreed to go to the county school.

As soon as Duan Qingen agreed, the whole Duan family started to get busy again.

The county school includes accommodation and meals, but you still need to bring some ceremonial clothes, especially Grandma Duan and Duan's mother, who just want to bring everything Duan Qingen has from birth to now.

The relationship between the two has become more and more harmonious recently. Just like now, while packing and sighing, Grandma Duan occasionally complains a few times, blaming her husband for sending Duan Qingen, a child as young as him, to live alone in the county.

Duan's mother didn't dare to complain about her father-in-law, and she just packed up her things, but she was very reluctant to leave.

Could she bear to leave? Such a young child.

Even in ancient times, Duan Qingen was just a boy.

Moreover, he was the only child of Duan's father and mother. It's no exaggeration to say that he was the apple of their eye, and they were even more worried.

When they were packing, Duan Qingen was also packing, but he was just packing his reading supplies.

After packing up, Duan's mother sighed again: "You went to the county alone, and you seldom come back once a month. We don't know whether you have gained or lost weight. If you want to eat delicious food, your mother can't make it for you. Why do you have to go there when you have to endure so much hardship?"

"Only those who endure the most hardships can become the best."

Duan Qingen put the copied books into his bag and said to Duan's mother: "Two months is not too long. This recommendation is also given to my son out of kindness by my classmates. Many people are fighting for it. If I don't, I will suffer."

Duan's mother didn't understand these things, but it was precisely because she didn't understand that she never intervened. Seeing Duan Qingen say this, she didn't expect her son to stay. While putting the bag tightly, she said: While saying: "If you have been wronged in the county school in the past two months, don't bear it alone."

"Mom, don't worry, I'm not stupid, can I just watch others bully me?"

Duan Qingen smiled and comforted: "During the time I'm away, mom and dad should not slack off in reading. I have kept the 300 common words I memorized before. You should look at them from time to time. If there is anything you don't understand, ask Junjun."

"Okay."

Mother Duan agreed and thought of Li Baojun: "Junjun is the best student in our family besides you. When you leave, I don't know who can teach her."

Mother Duan is the most satisfied with this daughter-in-law in the family.

Before, Grandpa Duan and Grandma Duan hesitated because some rich families wanted to marry their daughters/granddaughters to Duan Qingen, but Mother Duan was as firm as ever.

Her thoughts are simple and pure.

She is just an ordinary peasant woman. If her son really marries a rich girl, how can she, as a mother-in-law, get along with her?

There had been cases of daughters-in-law being unfilial in the village before. It was said that the daughter-in-law of that family relied on her family’s wealth to stop her husband from supporting his mother.

Later, the old lady may have felt disappointed and directly reported the case to the government.

Both the son and daughter-in-law were imprisoned for being unfilial.

After this incident happened, Duan’s mother found out that although there were not many unfilial daughters-in-law, there were still a few. Most of these daughters-in-law’s husbands were the only children in the family, and their parents were counting on him alone. According to this principle, According to the law of the court, if the parents-in-law accuse the daughter-in-law of being unfilial, the son will also be punished.

Some old people feel sorry for their sons, and even if they suffer, they will not complain, which makes their daughters-in-law even more serious.

That's what Duan's mother heard, and she thought it was shocking at the time. After all, in her growing up experience, a daughter-in-law should of course be filial to her mother-in-law.

From then on, she began to worry about her son's future.

After all, they only have a child like Duan Qingen, so they are naturally close to him. Just imagine now, if they really have an unfilial daughter-in-law, Duan's mother will definitely not be able to file a complaint with the government because of this daughter-in-law.

No matter how much hardship she endured, she would never harm her son.

Duan's mother is very satisfied with Li Baojun, her future daughter-in-law.

She has outstanding looks, a sweet temperament, is obedient and sensible, and is diligent. Although she is young, it can be seen what an outstanding daughter-in-law she will be in the future.

But if it were the kind of rich daughter who has been held in the palm of her family since she was a child, who was not happy with her work and even had people throw dishes off her at the slightest comment, Duan's mother might have died on the spot.

Thinking like this, she couldn't help but told her son: "There are rich people everywhere in the county. If you have anything to do, go to your uncle first. He has a stall in the county, but if you don't have anything to do, don't do it." When you go out to study in the county, you should especially remember that even though you are young, you still need to be differentiated between men and women."

What this means is that he is worried that Duan Qingen will be seduced by some women when he goes to the county.

Duan Qingen was a bit dumbfounded, "Mom, I'm only seven years old."

"What's the matter with seven years old? You should also pay attention to seven years old. Now is the time for you to study. Don't worry about anything else and study steadily. But don't make yourself too tired. You always say that I Reading with your father at night hurts your eyes, so you should remember it too. "

There is never too much nagging from her mother. Duan Qingen was sorting things out while listening to Duan Mu's mutterings here and there. She would respond with a few sentences from time to time. By the time she finished sorting, half of the candles were gone.

After Duan's mother left, Li Baojun went to Grandpa Duan and Grandma Duan's house to teach them how to recognize new characters before returning after a while.

As soon as she entered the door, she noticed that the house was different from before.

Many of Duan Qingen's things have been packed away. He is the main owner of the house and usually has the most things. After packing like this, the whole house looks a bit empty.

"Ms. sir."

Li Baojun wasn't used to this emptiness. She put down the wooden basin she was holding and timidly came to Duan Qing'en, "Are you not coming back to live in the future?"

Duan Qingen told his elders before that he would come back and stay once every two months, but in fact, he had already decided in his heart that even if he came back in the future, he would only stay for one day without staying overnight.

He didn't lie to Li Baojun, he nodded and admitted: "I will come back to have a look, but I won't live here anymore."

Li Baojun's eye circles suddenly turned red.

Children's tears are always like this, coming very quickly, but she suppressed the feeling of crying, and only carefully reached out her hand, pulled Duan Qingen's clothes and asked him: "Then when will you come back to live? "

"Let's wait until we get married."

Saying that, Duan Qing'en, who was also the size of a pea but looked like a little adult because of the relatively stable expression on his face, reached out and touched the little knot on Li Baojun's head.

"Don't feel bad. We are still young now. It's okay to live in the same house. But when I grow up, it will be bad for your reputation if we live together again."

Li Baojun shook his head and said nothing.

After all, she was young and didn't quite understand this.

She didn't understand, so Duan Qingen patiently explained to her: "Although we are going to get married in the future, it is only in the future. We are not married yet, but we live in the same house. It doesn't matter that I am a man, but you are a woman. You are going to be married." People laugh."

Li Baojun's voice was tender and full of confusion: "Grandma said that many families are like this."

"Farming families naturally don't pay attention to these things, but now that I am a child, I will go to school again in the future. When we grow up, we will meet with people who are fastidious. If they know that we are not married yet, we will live together. , what are you going to say?"

The little girl no longer felt uncomfortable following Duan Qingen's explanation, she was just absorbing new knowledge like a sponge, "Why do you want to say sour words?"

"Students and lords are different from us. They have many particularities. For example, men and women should sit on separate tables for seven years old. This means that when eating, men and women should eat separately to avoid suspicion."

Duan Qingen explained carefully: "We will definitely have to deal with them in the future, so as my future wife, you must remember these things. These things are also written in the book. You can read them, but you don't have to treat them as necessary." Just do what you have to do and just go through the motions.”

He made an analogy to Li Baojun, who obediently raised his face to listen to him: "If I were to choose an official in the future, you would be a family member. If you go to a banquet with other officials' wives, you should behave like them. moment.”

"But if you go back home and it's just you and me, you don't have to follow such cumbersome rules."

Li Baojun was confused when he heard it, but he still responded obediently: "I understand."

"good."

Duan Qingen touched her head again.

Although it was a bit funny for a chubby-faced boy to touch a chubby-faced girl with a serious face, the scene looked a bit funny.

But he finally calmed Li Baojun down.

Going to the county school was also a path that Duan Qingen had thought of when he took the exam before.

If no one recommended him, he would take the initiative to leave home to study.

Not only for better learning, but also for Li Baojun's reputation.

She was a girl who had slept in the same room with her fiancé since she was a child. There were not many people in the countryside, and people would only praise the Duan family for being smart and knowing how to use this method to tie up the child bride.

But if she went to a place like the capital and was known by others, she would be laughed at for the rest of her life.

Even if they were married by then, it would be useless.

Who knows if they got married because of pregnancy?

No child? Then couldn't the child be lost? As for whether it was a natural abortion or a cover-up of a scandal, who can say for sure.

These days, people always have the greatest malice towards women.

Before he had the power to completely dispel this malicious intent, Duan Qingen could only do his best to protect Li Baojun.

Seeing that Li Baojun had washed his feet and got into bed, Duan Qingen put down the book in his hand, blew out the candle and went to sleep.

****

The next day

The Duan family specially hired a car with Duan Qingen's luggage on it.

They didn't go to see Duan Qingen off, which was also Duan's grandfather's consideration. Although the family was poor, Duan Qingen didn't show any timidity of a child from a poor family. On the contrary, he had a temperament that made the Duan family very proud.

Although they didn't know that this temperament was called neither humble nor arrogant.

But they also knew that this child would never be looked down upon just from the appearance.

But the other people in the Duan family were not like this.

Although they had studied, they were still country people working in the fields.

That timid temperament when seeing city people could definitely not be changed in such a short time.

Rather than letting their classmates see their embarrassment and look down on Duan Qingen, it would be better for them not to go and let Mr. Lin take him there.

Therefore, although he wanted to send his grandson to school and see where he would live in the future, Grandpa Duan still held back and suppressed the same thoughts of others. He stood at the entrance of the village and watched Duan Qingen get on the car reluctantly.

"Mr. Lin, please help me."

Mr. Lin didn't feel bothered at all.

He was a person who would not move easily, and Mr. Ma knew it.

But since Duan Qingen passed the Tongsheng exam at the age of seven, a voice in his heart was roaring wildly:

Go show off!!!

Go show off!!!

But it sounds too stupid to go to the county to show off to others just for his disciple to pass the Tongsheng exam, and it is also beneath his status.

How could Mr. Lin be willing to let others see him as the kind of person who likes to show off.

Although he is originally that kind of person.

Just when he wanted to show off but couldn't show off, the Duan family came and asked him to help send Duan Qingen to school.

It was like sending a pillow to someone who was sleepy.

Although he was very excited, Mr. Lin calmed down, nodded calmly and seriously, and got on the donkey cart calmly and seriously.

"Don't worry, I will definitely take good care of Qingen."

When the donkey cart started to move, Mr. Lin continued to be excited and expectant, and looked at his disciples seriously: "Your uncle Ma is best at couplets. He will definitely test you when he meets you. Now let's practice couplets."

Uncle Ma and the like are completely names that Mr. Lin gave himself.

Anyway, they were originally taught by the same teacher, and he entered school later, so it's not wrong for his disciples to call him uncle.

As for why he forced the relationship so much, isn't it because he will go back to the county after showing off?

Let Duan Qingen call him more intimately, and Mr. Ma will naturally take care of him as a real son and nephew.

As he thought about it, he couldn't help but sigh, lamenting that he loved his disciple so deeply that he even considered this for him.

Duan Qingen looked at Mr. Lin, who was inexplicably proud again.

Should he remind him that Mr. Lin's beard was about to curl up when he laughed?

Neither of them was carsick, so they walked all the way and connected sentences along the way.

When they arrived at the place, the servant went to report that Mr. Lin had arrived, and Mr. Ma, who had been waiting for him since early in the morning, immediately came out to greet him.

Madam Ma prepared a sumptuous lunch and a little wine. Duan Qingen, a seven-year-old boy, naturally couldn't drink, so he just sat obediently at the table and ate the food, watching the two gentlemen in two states before and after drinking.

Otherwise, why do they say that literati generally don't get drunk?

Because when you are drunk, who knows what you can say.

For example, before getting drunk, Mr. Lin sat upright, eating his food in small bites, while Mr. Ma also sat upright, boasting in a very casual manner: "Qing'en is such a good kid, he was able to pass the exam to become a Tongsheng at such a young age, and his future is limitless."

Mr. Lin waved his hands quickly: "Don't brag, don't brag, he just can't stand being praised."

Mr. Ma: "Hey."

This "hey" was three times.

"How can I not praise him? He was able to pass the exam to become a Tongsheng at such a young age, in addition to his own intelligence, he also had the help of you, Brother Lin. Besides you, who else could have helped a mere seven-year-old pass the exam to become a Tongsheng?"

Mr. Lin was obviously very happy to be praised, but he still covered his face and pretended that he couldn't listen any more: "Brother Ma, please stop talking. You made my old face red. If you continue talking, I'm afraid I will be too embarrassed to eat."

The two smiled at each other and toasted each other.

After three rounds of wine, Madam Ma sent someone to see if they had finished their meal. If they had, she would let her and Mr. Ma's youngest son come to meet the guests.

After all, he would live with Duan Qingen in the future. According to the fact that both of them are now Tongsheng, they would have to live together for at least three years, so they must build a good relationship.

When the servant came over, he saw Duan Qingen still sitting and eating properly, while Mr. Ma and Mr. Lin sat together, drinking together like brothers.

The dishes on the table were almost eaten, and it seemed that they had almost been eaten. After just a glance from a distance, the servant went back.

When he saw the mistress, he said that the master and the guests had almost finished their dishes and were drinking.

When Madam Ma heard that they had finished eating, she turned around and went to find her son.

Drinking is just right. When the adults drink, the two children can communicate with each other, right?

On this side, Duan Qingen saw something that the servant didn't notice at all.

He sat in his chair and watched Mr. Ma and Mr. Lin sit closer and closer to him. They talked and adjusted their seats at the same time.

Now he was completely drunk:

Mr. Ma, who was praising Mr. Lin before, said: "I really envy you for having such a good disciple. How come you caught up with him? I've been looking for good seedlings every day, why didn't I think of going to the village to take a look! If I find one, I can also teach a student."

Mr. Lin's face turned red from drinking. Hearing this, he proudly raised his beard and waved his fingers: "You, you can't do it. You don't have this luck. I'm lucky. I can judge people well. I teach well and I'm attentive. Otherwise, Qingen... Can Qingen pass the exam to become a student?"

"That's because the other child is smart. I can do it if it's me."

"You can't!"

The two didn't quarrel, but the conversation was a bit childish, and they were drunk and stuttered occasionally.

Duan Qingen turned a deaf ear and continued to eat.

Luckily, he ate small bites before. Although he has been eating for a long time, his stomach is not full yet, so he can eat for a while.

When the two sobered up, if they felt embarrassed and asked him, he would say that he was so busy eating that he didn't hear anything.

While eating, a young boy who looked about twelve or thirteen years old came over.

He came over and bowed first: "Ruxiao greets father and uncle."

"Hey, good boy, come here."

Mr. Ma pulled his son over and pushed him in front of Mr. Lin, proudly introducing: "You are only smart as a disciple, look at my son, he is only twelve years old, but he is already a Tongsheng."

The child had never been praised so bluntly by his father, and his face flushed.

Before he could be happy.

His father pushed him forward again, "Here, I will use my son to exchange Qingen."

Ma Ruxiao was almost at a loss, watching his father happily send him out, and then pulled up a child who was a few years old and held him in his arms, with a smile on his face:

"This will be my son from now on."

Duan Qingen, who was still chewing a chicken leg: "..."

It seems that the relationship between these roommates cannot be good.

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