Chapter 148: Future Prospects

While Zheng Qi was yelling, Gu Mingda was also very scared.

This poem that serves as the title is considered an off-the-beaten-path poem, and most of the candidates taking the exam may not have read it.

Gu Mingda didn't know it at first.

Books are expensive, and the Gu family doesn't have many. However, the Luo family has been a scholarly family for several generations and has a large collection of books.

Three months ago, Niu Niu accidentally opened a book of poems in the Luo family library. Because she didn't understand something, Luo Zhang and Gu Yan couldn't explain it. The husband of the Luo family didn't pay attention to Niu Niu, so Niu Niu borrowed it. Go home and ask Gu Mingda.

After Gu Mingda explained his daughter's doubts, he flipped through it and accidentally saw this poem. Because he had read the whole poem, the title of the poem also clearly read "Cauliflower". Gu Mingda just casually sighed that it was interesting, but he didn't Take it too seriously.

When he saw this poem again in the examination room today, he suddenly felt a sense of fate that everything was doomed, and he had a vague premonition that he would win the exam.

After the rural examination is over, there is a half-month wait.

Some scholars have returned home early because they felt they did poorly in the exam, such as Zheng Qi, who answered almost every question on point.

Gu Mingda was relatively relaxed. He finally had time to check the homework of several children.

This inspection directly poked a hornet's nest.

Gu Yan was excellent as always, Niu Niu also performed normally, only Gu Zhao.

On the day Gu Zhao was beaten, people in the entire alley could hear his cries.

Gu Mingda is not the kind of parent who likes to spank his children, but Gu Zhao's academic performance is so bad that it drives people crazy.

"Grandpa, grandma, mother, brothers and sisters, please save me!" When Gu Zhao was being beaten, he shouted to everyone who could ask for help.

Zhang Yuniang thought he was noisy, so she walked over with a feather duster, turned into a mixed doubles, and slapped Gu Zhao's mouth shut.

"Azhao has been fooling himself too much these days." Gu Yan didn't have a good look on this lazy brother.

Niu Niu looked at the beaten third brother with distress. She also knew that her parents were doing it for Gu Zhao's good.

When Gu Zhao's beating was over, Niu Niu gave Gu Zhao all the snacks she had saved.

While Gu Zhao was eating, he was so moved that his face was covered with tears and snot: "Niuniu, you are the only one who treats your brother sincerely, wuwuwu, it hurts so much."

Niuniu actually didn't quite understand and said: "Third brother, the opportunity to study is very precious. Sister Ya and Sister Ya can't even want to study now. Why don't you like it?"

Gu Zhao said: "I feel dizzy when I see those words. I don't like it."

Niu Niu sighed and said, "But if you don't study, your parents will keep beating you."

Gu Zhao sighed heavily: "Hey, it's so hard to be a child."

As the two closest children in the family, they went to school and played together and stayed together for the longest time. Niu Niu didn't want to see Gu Zhao get beaten all the time.

She tilted her head and said, "Is there any way for you to read well so that you don't have to be beaten?"

Gu Zhao shook his head: "I feel dizzy when I read the book. When I do my homework, I feel like there are ants biting me all over my body. I can't sit down."

Niu Niu stretched out her hand to scratch her head and felt extremely embarrassed when she looked at Gu Zhao.

"How can I make you like reading and doing homework?" Niu Niu tilted her head and thought seriously.

Gu Zhao, who was the party involved, said: "Baby, don't think about it. I may not be born to study. In the future, my eldest brother will take the imperial examination and become an official. You have a house in the city. Then you can find a husband from the city. I will go back Qingshui Village is farming and will send you some fruits and vegetables every now and then..."

Gu Zhao thought like this and actually started planning seriously: "I'll set aside an acre of land just for you to grow ginger. Then you won't have to spend money to buy it. My eldest brother likes to eat oranges, so I'll be there in front of and behind the house." Plant it and make sure he eats it until he vomits..."

"I can also build a small room specifically for raising bugs, and then marry a wife who loves bugs as much as I do. How wonderful my life will be!"

In his fantasy, Gu Zhao actually had the illusion that he did not need to study at all in his life.

After hearing this, Niuniu murmured in a low voice: "Chongzi... Third brother, you really like insects."

Gu Zhao smiled "hehe" and said, "They are my friends."

A flash of inspiration flashed in Niu Niu's mind: "I like reading poetry, so I am happier when I see poetry collections than those classics and meanings. I will also look for poetry collections everywhere by myself."

Gu Zhao was confused, but he still said grandly: "Don't worry, my dear, if I see a collection of poems when I go out, I will persuade my parents to buy them for you."

As for why he persuaded his parents to buy it instead of buying it for Niu Niu, of course it was because he had no money.

Niu Niu shook her head and said, "Brother, what I mean is that you can read books about insects and write big characters about them."

"For example, when you see the word 'worm', what do you think of? If you can't write what you like, will you feel uncomfortable?"

When Gu Zhao heard this, his face really showed a thoughtful expression.

People do tend to prefer things they like. When he thought about it carefully, he found that he really liked writing some words. When he first read about crickets in a miscellaneous journal, he read it over and over again several times.

"But dad is still looking forward to my imperial examination." Gu Zhao was crestfallen again. When he thought about having to study hard like his dad and Gu Yan, he felt that his future was gloomy.

Niuniu was not a person who only knew how to be depressed. She stood up and said, "I'll go ask daddy."

"Don't go, or daddy will beat you too!" Gu Zhao shouted behind him.

But Niu Niu had already run away with a "da da da" sound.

Gu Mingda was reading in the study room. When he saw his daughter running over, he couldn't stop smiling and hugged her in his arms.

"Dad, are you looking forward to my third brother taking the imperial examination?" Niu Niu asked crisply.

Gu Mingda was stunned when he heard this and said, "Two or three years ago, I still had this dream about him. Now I just hope he won't get angry to death."

Niu Niu looked at him blankly and couldn't help asking, "Then why does daddy still force my third brother to do his homework? He doesn't like to study."

Gu Mingda didn't hide anything from his daughter and said, "If he can recognize a few more words, he can find an easy job in the future, or work as a clerk in the government office, or work as an accountant for others, and he can be considered to be able to make a living."

"Can't my third brother farm?" Niu Niu was puzzled.

Gu Mingda shook his head: "Farming is too hard, he may not be able to bear this hardship."

"But the third brother likes insects, he wants to farm in the future." Niu Niu told Gu Zhao's idea.

Gu Mingda frowned and said: "He is too young. If he is really asked to farm every day, I am afraid he will make more trouble than anyone else."

Niu Niu thought that her father was the most powerful person in the world, so she asked: "Dad, is there any business that can let the third brother play with insects and earn money to support the family, and it is not tiring?"