Being rejected by a scholar? She is so rich, what is she afraid of?

The more Zhao Junyi thought about it, the more uneasy he felt. He had no money left and no way to make more. What should he do with the remaining two hundred taels from buying the yard?

The contract was clearly written that if the remaining silver could not be paid on time, the contract would be invalid. The silver given could not be fully refunded, but a portion would be deducted.

Deducting some silver is a small matter, but the real problem is that Zhao Junyi can't afford to lose face in front of this person.

The day before yesterday, he came up with a couplet in the teahouse that no one had matched for decades. He became famous, and everyone in the whole county knew him as Zhao Junyi, Zhao Xiucai. He received two hundred taels of silver from the teahouse.

The next day, he took the silver to buy the yard, but the teahouse cancelled the reward, so he had no money to pay the shortfall of 200 taels.

What does this make others think?

This doesn't mean to tell everyone that Zhao Junyi had originally counted on the reward from the teahouse to buy a yard, but in the end it was gone.

In this way, others would think that Zhao Junyi was unstable, immature, and unreliable, and that he acted without being 100% sure. His reputation would definitely be affected.

At the same time, they also revealed their family's financial situation to others. Apart from the two hundred taels from the teahouse, they had no extra money. The whole family depended on the teahouse for their livelihood.

Although not all of the two hundred taels were given by the teahouse, did they know that?

People don't know anything at all and only think what they see from the surface is the whole truth.

Zhao Junyi couldn't sit still, so he asked for leave from the teacher of the academy again.

The teacher frowned at him and said, "Although your knowledge is OK and you do have some talent for studying, you are not the best in our academy. If you want to take part in the provincial examination in three years, you must not be distracted or lazy, and you must not be proud and complacent."

Zhao Junyi could tell that the teacher was dissatisfied with him, and he thought he was just being proud and lazy because of his talent.

His face flushed as he bowed and saluted. "Teacher, what I am teaching you is that when I went out today, my mother had severe abdominal pain. I originally wanted to stay at home to take care of her, but my father was worried that I would miss my studies, so he urged me to go out. But after arriving at the academy, I was still worried about my mother's health and it was difficult for me to concentrate on my studies. That's why I wanted to take a leave to go back and see my mother. If I can't confirm with my own eyes that my mother is fine, I really can't sleep or eat well."

Filial piety is the most important thing in life, and the Daqian Dynasty also attaches great importance to filial piety. Even if an official in the court is not filial to his parents and elders, if he is reported, he may lose his official hat.

It is believed that if a person is not filial, don't expect him to have any other good qualities. Without a good quality, he will not be a good official.

Zhao Junyi used this as an excuse, and the teacher in the college would not say anything and would simply approve his leave.

That was indeed true. When the teacher heard that his mother was sick, he agreed to take leave without saying a word and urged him to go back to see his mother as soon as possible.

On the Zhao family's side, Zhao Pingxiu, Zhang, and Wang Yuyan also learned that the teahouse had cancelled the reward.

Today, everyone in the streets and alleys is talking about what happened in the teahouse yesterday, just because the two people who were making couplets kept coming back and forth non-stop, and all the couplets they came up with were good ones.

Another thing is that the two people are actually from the Seven Stars Tower. The mystery of the Seven Stars Tower is even more talked about.

In the morning, Zhang went out to buy groceries and Zhao Pingxiu went out for a walk. They both heard people talking about this matter. It was hard for them not to know about it.

At first, Zhang thought that Wang Yuyan had left them and found someone to go to the teahouse to earn money. However, when she returned home and questioned Wang Yuyan, she found that she was confused and surprised.

Knowing that she didn't do so, Zhang, Zhao Pingxiu and Wang Yuyan were all anxious like ants on a hot pan, pacing around in the yard.

Zhao Pingxiu and Zhang were worried about what to do with the remaining money from buying the yard, while Wang Yuyan was worried that the good days that had just passed were gone, and what to do in the future.

When Zhao Junyi hurried home, the three of them seemed to have found their backbone and asked him what to do.

How to do how to do?

Zhao Junyi is in a dilemma. If only he knew what to do.

Several people went to the main hall and sat down to talk, but Zhao Junyi's long silence made the three of them more and more anxious.

In the end, Zhang complained that Wang Yuyan was stingy and didn't give Zhao Junyi a few more pairs, otherwise she could have earned more money at one time.

Wang Yuyan was furious. Could she be blamed for this? Who knew something like this would happen?

She retorted a few words without giving in, but Zhang refused to reason with her and just kept complaining.

The two of them started arguing with each other.

Zhao Junyi was getting a headache from the noise. He pinched his brows in annoyance and shouted, "Shut up."

The two of them fell silent immediately and glared at each other.

Zhao Junyi said, "We need to find a way to solve the problem now. What's the point of arguing? Can it solve the problem?"

The few of them fell silent again. After a while, Zhao Pingxiu asked, "Jun Yi, do you still want to buy our yard? If so, where can we get another 200 taels?"

Zhao Junyi was also worried. This time, when he passed the exam to become a scholar, the rich families in the county had already given him everything they could. Even if they hadn't given him anything, he would be too embarrassed to ask for it.

After thinking for a while, he asked Wang Yuyan, "Do you have any other ways to make money?"

Wang Yuyan frowned. She knew a lot of ways to make money, but the key was that she didn't know any of them.

She said, “Let me think about it.”

Zhao Junyi nodded slightly, and then said to Zhao Pingxiu and Zhang, "Mom and Dad, we still have to buy the yard, otherwise people will laugh at us. The most urgent thing is to collect enough money to buy the yard, otherwise we can't miss it when the time comes."

Zhao Pingxiu thought the same thing. "I'll go back to the village and ask my tribesmen if I can borrow some."

Then he said to Zhang, "Go back to your parents' home and get back the 50 taels you lent them. We can lend them more money later when we make some money."

Zhang hesitated a few times, looked at her son, and finally gritted her teeth and agreed.

At this moment, she regretted lending the money to her parents' home, and she didn't know whether she could get it back.

As she was thinking, she turned her gaze to Wang Yuyan again, "Da, no, Yuyan, how much silver do you have left? Can you take it out first to help us out?"

Wang Yuyan's eyes widened in surprise and she refused outright, "You haven't given me the money you asked me to advance yesterday, and now you're asking me to pay for it again. I only have this much money, but it's not enough to fill the hole for you."

She was really pissed off by this shameless gossip. Yesterday she shamelessly asked her to advance the money for her and said she would give it back when she came back.

After returning, he said he would give it to Zhao's father and son after they came back. But when they came back, they only said that they had used the money to pay for the house and that they had nothing to give it to Zhao for the time being. They would have to wait a few days to earn money before giving it to Zhao.

She thought that she could go to the teahouse to earn money in a few days, so she agreed. However, she didn't know that this incident happened again today, and she couldn't go to the teahouse to earn money at all.

Instead, the Zhao family had to collect money from everywhere and even set their sights on her.

It is truly the best.