The Daily Life of a Rich Peasant's Boy in the Imperial Examination

Sun Shan wrote back to his second sister Lixia and fourth sister Hanlu respectively.

The two of them lived a normal life, and their children did not grow up and learned to read and write step by step.

What worries Lixia is that the boy at home is just average at studying. Although he is not as good as Xiao Guangzai and Xiao Qiangzai who are college dropouts, he is not much better as a little crybaby, which makes Zheng Tong very angry.

He had no choice but to urge his grandson to work harder every day, following Sun Shan's example, otherwise he would let down such good conditions.

Hanlu's Xiatou is actually a diligent and hardworking boy. He goes to school regardless of the weather. He is not only a top student in college, but also a top student in elementary school. At least he seems to be a "rising star".

Sun Shan couldn't help laughing when he thought of this. Xia Tou's father, Zeng Jiajun, was obviously a poor student in college, but he gave birth to a top student in elementary school. It seems that the heritability of IQ genes is very uncertain.

Sun Shan thought that if his son turned out to be stupid, no matter how hard he worked or how many resources he was given, he would end up being a loser in college.

That really makes me want to cry but I have no tears.

He quickly shook his head and began to write word by word.

Of course, the letter had to encourage the boy. In Sun Shan's eyes, as long as the students studied hard, they were all good students. Even if they were not good at studying, as long as they tried their best and had a clear conscience, it would be fine.

Studying requires not only hard work and perseverance, but also talent. Without it, it's impossible to study well.

The great Chinese scientist Qian Xuesen once wrote to the Ministry of Education: "No matter how dumb a person is, can he not learn calculus at the age of 14?"

In fact, Sun Shan really wanted to say that some people cannot learn it even if they study until they are 94 years old, let alone 14 years old.

Sun Shan never forces children without talent.

After Sun Shan encouraged the boy, he also encouraged Lixia and Hanlu to let the girls in their families study. Whether it was useful or not, they should keep learning. In case it was useful in the future, they would have a reserve of knowledge.

Sun Shan believed that Lixia had such vision, but he could not guarantee it for Hanlu. In his mind, the fourth sister lived the most comfortable and laziest life. Maybe because she was lazy and found it troublesome, she did not allow girls to go to school.

After finishing writing, he wrote back to Xiaoman.

Speaking of his third sister, Sun Shan couldn't help but sigh.

Still no son, still only three daughters.

Sun Shan could sense bitterness in Xiaoman's letter.

Sun Boming and Su said that it was impossible for Xiaoman and her third brother-in-law to divorce, never in this lifetime, unless the Sun family suffered great misfortune and became prisoners.

Given the current situation, no matter how dissatisfied the Hong family is, they will not allow the two to divorce.

The parents of both sides discussed it and gave two options: one was to wait a few years and adopt a boy from the clan to raise as their own son.

The second option is to let my third brother-in-law "pawn his wife" to have a baby.

The so-called pawning of a wife is also called "hanging a bill", "helping legs", "renting a belly", "renting a wife" and "pawning a wife".

This form of marriage is that a man pays a certain fee to rent someone else's wife as a temporary wife, hoping that she will give birth to children for him to continue the family bloodline.

Daqian's behavior of "renting a wife" (i.e. pawning his wife) is illegal and falls within the scope of what is expressly prohibited by law.

According to the Daqian Law, pawning wives and concubines to others is an illegal act, and both parties involved in pawning the wife will be punished.

However, "if the people don't report it, the officials won't investigate it", so the situation of pawning wives among the people is very common.

Some men, out of poverty, would temporarily rent a wife to bear children and continue the family line. Others, whose original wives were unable to bear sons, often needed their husbands to "borrow a surrogate mother" to bear children.

If the third brother-in-law Hong Chenglin really pawned his wife, the children born from her would still have to regard his original wife as their mother, which means that the children born from his pawned wife would have to call Xiaoman mother.

When Sun Shan heard these two suggestions, he naturally chose the first one.

Pawning one's wife is such an absurd thing that it not only violates the law but also goes against human ethics. Sun Shan absolutely disagrees with it.

Sun Shan calmed himself down, the pen in his hand feeling incredibly heavy. Even though he wasn't involved in the matter, he felt despair and suffocation at the thought of this issue.

Perhaps my few words of comfort can only bring a ray of hope to Xiaoman, and for the rest, Xiaoman has to rely on herself to get out of it.

If you want to save and help someone, that person must be aware and desire to be saved.

Thinking of the farewell a year ago, Sun Shan didn't feel that Xiaoman had awakened, and was even digging deeper into the bull's horn.

If Sun Shan was Xiaoman, he would naturally choose to divorce, even though he had no son, but he still had three girls.

Obviously Xiaoman would not think so. She believes that it is absolutely unacceptable to live without a son, and she would not do something that goes against her "inner ethics" such as divorce.

Sun Shan sighed again and simply suggested that Xiaoman choose the first option.

After a few years, when she was older, she would adopt a boy from the clan and raise him well. She was also promised that when she had a younger brother, the boy would have the opportunity to study.

Sun Shan wrote this not only for Xiaoman to read, but also to let the Hong family know that Xiaoman has his younger brother Guan to take care of him.

The Hong family will definitely consider what to do.

Sun Shan also encouraged Shao Ting and the other two girls to study hard and learn to read and write, and to learn a skill to support themselves. No matter what skill they learned, they had to learn a technique.

Shaoting has already gone to Guangzhou Prefecture to study medicine as an apprentice, so I wrote a few more lines to encourage her.

Sun Shan admires and loves thoughtful girls like Shaoting.

After writing this letter, Sun Shan felt extremely heavy-hearted.

Among all the girls in the Sun family, Xiaoxue from my second uncle's family is the happiest.

Marrying in the capital, she has no worries about food and clothing, a son and a daughter, and a good relationship with her husband. More importantly, the son is a good student. According to Uncle Sun, she is the hope of the family.

Sun Shan recalled that during the Dragon Boat Festival one year, Xiaoxue brought him the rice dumplings she had made and asked him if they were delicious.

Sun Shan praised it as delicious, and Xiaoxue smiled happily.

In the blink of an eye, everyone got married and had children.

After writing letters to his sisters, Sun Shan wrote a letter back to Aunt Su.

When Su came to Yuanlu County, Aunt Su made several pairs of soles for him. The gift was small but the sentiment was great. Sun Shan wrote back not only to express his gratitude, but also to state his attitude, so that Aunt Su could work in the Sun family orchard with peace of mind.

Sun Shan also knew that if a divorced woman brought her daughter and live-in son-in-law to work in Sunjia Village, it would definitely cause gossip.

It's okay when Su is around, but when Su is not around, there will be more trouble.

Sun Shan wrote back to let the people in Sunjia Village know that Su Eryi was his second aunt, not just an ordinary helper, so as to reduce the rumors and cold words in Sunjia Village.

Sun Shan also encouraged his eldest sister and cousin's two children to study hard and not to worry about tuition fees.

Of course, if you study too poorly, you won’t be able to continue studying. It’s more cost-effective to start working as soon as possible.

The letter to Aunt Su also mentioned Grandpa Su and Grandma Su, sending greetings and expressing my concern.

Sun Shan would not reply to the two elders individually, for he was afraid that if he did so, the Su family would cause trouble again.

Especially my aunt-in-law, a little sunshine can brighten the whole Hulingshan Village.

If you show off the letter everywhere, you will be shooting yourself in the foot.

Compared with the Sun family who are managed by the village chief, the Su family is more difficult to deal with, so Sun Shan usually handles them coldly. He cannot let the Su family feel that he is close to them, and he cannot let them act arrogantly.

So Sun Shan recruited Second Aunt Su as a spy to keep an eye on the Su family for him.