Chapter 245： Preparation

Zhulan’s family moved and received a lot of gifts. The most expensive gifts from the county magistrate were the embroidered screen ornaments. Guests from other counties also gave heavy gifts. The food, snacks, etc. sent by others, the Zhulan family did not buy any snacks for a month after moving.

It's New Year's Eve, and when they move around, the Zhulan family will naturally want to return the gift. In order to return the gift, the Zhulan family bought a silly robe and a sheep for the new year. They killed them and sent them meat to the county magistrate's family. That's more, the light year ceremony cost more than thirty silver coins.

The New Year's gift in exchange is also objective. There is no shortage of meat at home, and there are enough fabrics for the whole family to make four clothes.

The family that returned the most gifts came from the county magistrate’s family, who brought back some rare ingredients from the south. Because of the first New Year’s engagement, Zhulan also specially gave Dong Chuchu a gift of jewelry, and Dong Lin’s also returned Xuehan and Yushuang Yulu. A delicate little jewelry.

There are more favors, more favors and gifts in one year, and a lot of money is spent. There is no family to support. If you want to communicate, you have no money. If you don’t have money, you will have no connections.

In the final analysis, it is still about money. Zhou Shuren can make contacts so quickly. On the one hand, he has his own wealth. Zhou Shuren has money in his hand.

Whoever doesn't want to make friends with less family members is a relationship of interests, and naturally they are more willing to make friends who can help them in the future.

Of course, there are also friends of gentlemen. In the ancient times when survival was difficult, there were really not many.

At least Zhulan and Zhou Shuren have been here for so long, and they have never met a gentleman who does not look at the background or potential.

After the new year, the days go by faster. The first month will come out in a blink of an eye. When the first month comes, we will prepare for the Tongsheng test in February. Both Changlian and Changzhi of the Zhulan family will participate.

Because Zhou Shuren is a Linsheng, he can guarantee himself, which saves a lot of trouble.

Zhou Shuren also used Zhou Shuren as insurance for the reference of Zhoujia Village. Regardless of whether a village is a relative or not, Zhou Shuren does not charge the insurance premium. There is no shortage of money. , I will return it to the Zhou family tomorrow. If there is a gold list title in the future, it will also be a good fate.

As the exam approached, Chang Lian was under the greatest pressure. It was because he was the future son-in-law of the county magistrate.

Changzhi was very calm. On the one hand, he was young, and this kid was very confident in himself.

Zhulan and Zhou Shuren privately believed that Changzhi would be better than Chang Lian in the exam, and sometimes the talent really makes people jealous!

Two days before the exam, Chang Lian received a pencil case from Dong Chuchu, and Chang Lian took it to the exam room.

This time, I still lived in the family's family's house, and the two brothers lived together and could take care of each other.

On the first day of the exam, Zhulan thought, "I don't know that Changzhi can't take care of herself."

Zhou Shuren didn't care about it, but because of Zhulan's concern, he despised the two stinky boys in his heart, "Changzhi doesn't know how to do common affairs and doesn't care about money, but if he has enough money, this kid can take care of himself better than anyone else."

This is a master who is willing to spend money, and a master who will not treat himself badly.

Bamboo Orchid, "..."

She was speechless, Changzhi didn't care about money, as long as he had money in his hand, he would definitely be willing to spend it, but Chang Lian, this kid was stubborn, and it seemed that the trend was getting worse.

However, Chang Lian and Chang Zhi took the exam together, and shared food and lodging together. Zhu Lan thought silently, the money she gave to Chang Zhi must have nothing left. As for Chang Lian, there must be a lot left for this kid, and he will not take advantage of his younger brother at all. Feeling ashamed, Chang Lian's face became thicker.

This year, there were five county exams. Zhou Shuren didn't care about his grades, and he didn't pick up the two brothers in person. Mr. Zhou and Mr. Zhou went to pick up people from the county.

In the afternoon, the four brothers came back, and looking at Chang Lian's appearance, they knew that the ranking was not ideal.

Changzhi is also a child, and he is the youngest candidate this year. He got good grades and said excitedly, "Father, I took the first test, and I am the first."

Zhou Shuren was very pleased that he did not live up to his expectations, and encouraged: "Don't be proud, keep working hard."

Changzhi still wants to be a young scholar, the family conditions are good, he has read a lot of books, and his father and husband personally guide him. If he fails to pass the exam, he will be sorry for the training of his husband and father, "Father, I will go back and read first. "

Zhou Shuren put a lot of thought into Changzhi in terms of reading, and he also wanted to try, without the background of a big family, according to his training, Changzhi has enough talent, can he make a sensation and become this year's little boy? Talented.

Looking at his younger brother, Chang Lian became even more anxious and depressed. He didn't even rank second, but ranked fifth. He was a little afraid of his father's disappointment, so he didn't dare to say his ranking, "Father."

Zhou Shuren saw that the ranking did not meet expectations. Although this kid was not confident that he had passed the Changzhi test, he was still very confident in the ranking. This kid really worked hard enough and comforted, "The first test score is nothing. Think about your father and me, I didn't get the first place in the county exam, so the result of the first exam does not represent the final result."

Chang Lian felt a little better when he heard it, and then he said the ranking, "Father, I took the fifth place in the test."

Zhou Shuren knew in his heart that Chang Lian's ranking was tricky. Although Chang Lian was not as good as Chang Zhi, he worked very hard. With some talent, his ethnology grades were only below Chang Zhi's. There are not many strong Chang Lian, and Chang Lian has a cautious temperament.

It seems that this is because the county magistrate didn't want his son-in-law to take the exam too well, so he suppressed the ranking!

Zhou Shuren guessed the intention of the county magistrate, not only hoped that Chang Lian would work harder in the subsequent exams, but also lest he was not admitted as a scholar, which hit Chang Lian too hard.

Since the county magistrate has suppressed the ranking, it is enough for him to encourage him. Don't let Chang Lian suffer too much. "The ranking is okay. Dad believes that your ranking will be better next time."

He thought that his father would be dissatisfied When he came back, he was uneasy and didn't know how to face his father. He didn't expect that instead of talking about him, he encouraged him, clenching his fists, "Dad, next time I will definitely pass the test. ranking."

This is really not sure. Zhou Shuren knows the candidates in this county, but really does not know the candidates who take the college examination. Bie Changlian said too much, and finally he was hit again. There is a lack of talented and hard-working people, and those who can participate in the academy exam have real skills. Dad hopes that you will work hard, ranking is secondary, as long as you work hard, Dad will be happy."

At least I have tried my best, and I have no regrets, but it is not auspicious. Zhou Shuren didn't say this.

Chang Lian felt that the time was running out. He was still content when he took the county exam. He thought that the exam would not be bad, but the result was not good. The hospital exam was more difficult than the county exam. He had to work harder. I read a book."

Before Zhulan could speak, Chang Lian raced back to the yard to read a book.

Zhou Shuren asked, "Do you have something to tell Chang Lian?"