The whole family travels through the book, the plot is broken but the characters are not

Han Qingshan was stunned.

This sharp-tongued boy is his always intelligent son?

How could he speak to his elders like that?

"Xi Gu, are you crazy? How dare you talk to your second uncle? Apologize now!"

"Am I wrong? Second Uncle can now stand on the moral high ground and accuse us, isn't it because he has a good Yue family and is not short of money?

He has no idea why we would risk exposing the pearl and keep looking for things from the mountain..."

Han Qingshan wanted to hit Han Xigu, but was stopped by Han Qingyun.

"Are you done? If not, keep going."

“After the first division, we were driven out and didn’t have a single grain of rice. If it weren’t for the villagers, we would have starved to death.

But even if the villagers gave us food, how many days could we eat it?

Yes, you later gave us thirty taels of silver, but what can you do with thirty taels?

Without Mingzhu's system, we would still be country folk working in the fields our whole lives."

Han Xigu's last few words were filled with reluctance.

Yes, he really regretted exposing Mingzhu, but he just couldn't accept Han Qingyun's accusations against them.

After Han Xigu finished speaking, he lowered his head and didn't look at other people's eyes.

Han Qingyun sneered.

"What can you do with thirty taels? Are you really getting carried away?

Thirty taels of silver was enough for an average farmer's family to live on for ten years. Most farmers could not save thirty taels of silver in their entire lives.

I know you want to study. But in Fengxi Town, the annual tuition is only three taels of silver. Your family also has forty acres of land, so supporting your studies is not a problem at all.

Even after arriving here, you sold most of your food before fleeing, earning over thirty taels of silver. Adding the silver you shared along the way, your family would have at least seventy taels of silver.

The house was built by the Yan family, so you don't have to spend any money. These seventy taels of silver are more than enough for your schooling and for your family's food and drink.

If you are a capable person and go to study at Nancheng Academy, the annual tuition fee is only five taels, and even with the accommodation fee, it is only ten taels.

Nancheng College also offers scholarships. If you excel in your studies, you might even get your tuition and accommodation waived for your second year.

We have land here, and there are game, fruit, and wild vegetables in the mountains. As long as you are diligent and don't waste your time, you will have a good life.

But what you want is to reach the sky in one step. You look down on digging for food in the soil and just want to use the least amount of labor to exchange for the most wealth. How greedy!

If you really earned it through your own ability, I would really look up to you. But you are just using Mingzhu's system to make a small profit."

Han Qingyun wanted to continue speaking, but saw Han Xigu's lips trembling as he wanted to say something.

He stopped and looked at Han Xigu coldly.

"Nancheng Academy? Did you take Han Huaijin out that day to Nancheng Academy? Did he pass the entrance exam?"

Han Xigu's expression was ugly and weird, and it was unclear whether he was happy or angry.

He had asked around in the village these days, and his father and second brother had also asked around in the town.

Nancheng Academy is a school that specializes in recruiting students from poor families. Not only are the tuition fees and room and board fees the lowest in the entire Luocheng, but the teachers there are also very prestigious gentlemen.

Nancheng Academy ranks fourth among the top ten academies in Los Angeles.

Ever since he heard this, he wanted to study at Nancheng Academy.

But others say that the entrance examination of Nancheng Academy is extremely strict.

The Admissions Office alone has prepared hundreds of sets of entrance exam questions, so there is no need to worry about the questions being leaked.

Ordinary students simply cannot get in. Those who can get in are all extremely talented.

Han Qingyun looked at his expression that was hard to tell whether he was happy or sad, recalled the memory of his original body, and spoke in a cold voice.

"Yes. Huai Jin is very talented. Mr. Wang from the Admissions Office likes him very much. Huai Jin can directly enter the inner dormitory to study."

"Neishe? How is that possible?"

Han Xigu staggered.

"How is it impossible? Do you think Huaijin is inferior to you in everything?"

Han Qingyun took a step forward.

Han Xigu took two steps back.

His eyes were filled with panic. No, how could his second uncle know what he was thinking?

"Han Xigu, you are arrogant and narrow-minded. Huaijin treats you sincerely, but how do you treat him?

At that time, you were forced to drop out of school, and I understand why you hated your grandmother. But you hated Huaijin even more, Han Huaijin, the person who treated you best in the family.

You just said thirty taels of silver is nothing. But when your grandfather passed away, the entire Han family couldn't even come up with one tael of silver, and they still owed Doctor Liu three taels of silver. You can ask Doctor Liu to verify this matter.

Yes, the Lu family is rich, and Yanyan is rich. But is it honorable for a man to ask his wife or his wife's family for money?

You felt wronged for dropping out of school, feeling that my second wife and her family were mistreating you. You know, at the time, I was so deeply in mourning that I couldn't even work as a teacher or an accountant. I could only copy books to earn a few cents to support my family.

That year, the Han family really didn't have the money to send you and Han Beiwang to school. You must be asking why Han Huaijin was able to go to school, right?

When your grandfather was teaching at the academy, he often took Huai Jin to the academy. You will never forget this.

You think your grandfather is biased. Let me tell you now, not only your grandfather is biased, but the dean and teacher of Fengxi College are also biased.

Huaijin was six years old that year, just about the time to go to school. At that time, I was saddened by the death of your grandfather and worried about the financial difficulties at home.

Dean Chen and Master Chang personally came to me and told me not to delay Huaijin. Not only did they waive Huaijin's tuition, they also allowed me to teach at the academy after the mourning period.

Han Xigu, you're so conceited. But you've been studying at Fengxi College for four years, and have you ever been treated like Huaijin?

Huai Jin knew you were depressed because you couldn't study, so he borrowed books from the college for you. But what did you think of him? You thought he was showing off in front of you!

To protect your self-esteem, he asked you to learn from him, pretending to be asking for your advice. But how did you discourage him?

You said he was 'dumb and unfit for great things' and that your grandfather 'mixed pearls with fakes and couldn't distinguish between good and bad.' You're quite capable of making such sarcastic remarks to a six-year-old child!"

Han Qingyun became angrier and angrier as he spoke. He didn't want to give Han Xigu, this self-righteous and sarcastic young man, any face at all today.

"Yes, you are indeed a person with good talent, but you are far behind Huai Jin.

You studied at the academy for four years and dropped out at the age of ten. But the greatest compliment your teacher ever gave you was simply "good talent."

When it comes to studying, you can't even compare to me. I'm just unlucky in exams, not lacking in ability.

You can ask your father what books I read and what articles I wrote when I was ten years old.

In terms of academics, you are far inferior to me, and I am also inferior to Huai Jin. In terms of personality and character, you and Huai Jin are even more different as worlds apart."

Han Xigu had already retreated to the wall, leaning his back against it to barely keep himself from falling.

He didn't dare look up, for he was afraid of seeing his second uncle's cold and contemptuous gaze.

He felt as if he had been stripped naked, being stared at, ridiculed, and tortured over and over again.

But is Second Uncle wrong?

No, it was precisely because he hadn't said anything wrong that he felt so embarrassed...