Patriarch, he doesn't want to take the imperial examinations

Meng Zhen felt a little uncomfortable. Although it was nothing to fail the exam once, he still wanted to pass the exam.

Just then Xu Jiaxing came to him and said to him: "Congratulations, Uncle Meng, you are on the list."

Meng Zhen immediately gave Meng Hong a glance, and Meng Hong bared his teeth and smiled: "Didn't Dad say that I have a good mentality, so I'll give it a try."

Meng Zhen couldn't help but cursed: "Get lost!"

Meng Hong couldn't help laughing: "I didn't expect that Dad would still scold people. If Dad doesn't like it, he can scold me as much as he wants."

Meng Zhen didn't want to pay attention to him, and walked past him.Meng Hong hurriedly followed and said, "Don't be angry, Dad. I'll cook something delicious for Dad tonight."

Meng Zhen: "Don't eat, I'll go home." After a pause, he said, "When you go back, copy the "Book of Filial Piety" ten times for me!"

"Ah..." Meng Hong has not yet reacted, "No, father, what are you asking me to copy the "Book of Filial Piety"?" Tell him to copy the "Book of Filial Piety".

Meng Zhencai didn't care how he reacted, and made fun of Lao Tzu with his test scores, which he had never heard of and seen, and told him to copy the "Book of Filial Piety" to learn how to honor his Lao Tzu.

Meng Hong kept complaining, seeing that his father had gone far away, he hurried to catch up again, "Father, can you not copy the "Book of Filial Piety", I haven't held a pen for a long time, I'm afraid I can't write well."

"Shut up, repeat the copy twenty times!" Meng Zhen had a serious face, not soft-spoken.

"Father..." Meng Hong felt bitter, as if he was about to cry, "Father, there is no such thing as you, I kindly pick you up for the exam, it's fine if you don't give me a compliment, how come..."

He didn't say anything later, because his father gave him a deadly look, and he was afraid that his father would punish him even more, so he quickly stopped his mouth, but he kept complaining in his heart, his father was really unreasonable, he was just opening a sentence Just kidding, as for punishing him like this!

While Meng Hong complained, he followed his father back to the residence. After tidying up, the father and son took a carriage back to their home in the county seat that night.

After dinner in the evening, Mengzhen tried the spiritual power on his body, and sure enough, as the system said, every time he advanced to a test, the spiritual power he possessed would increase by one point, so that the effect of using it on himself would be even better.

Meng was really satisfied, read a book under the lamp for a while, and went to bed early.

The next day when he came to the academy, the students gathered around to discuss the government examination, those who passed were happy, and those who didn't sighed.

As soon as Meng Zhen sat down in his seat, Deng Bowen walked over.

Deng Bowen made a salute: "Congratulations to Uncle Meng for passing the government examination. We agreed earlier that we will go to the examination together on bond during the college examination."

Meng Zhen smiled and said: "Okay, Uncle Meng, I can't ask for more."

They talked for a while, and soon Master Zheng walked in.Same as the last county exam, Mr. Zheng first praised the students who had passed the prefectural exam, and then comforted and encouraged those who hadn't passed the exam, saying that failing the exam this time doesn't mean anything. Exam day.

In the end, let’s get down to business, the students who have to pass the government examination should hurry up to review, and strive to achieve good results in the college examination in July, and become a scholar in one fell swoop.

The Academy Examination is the highest stage of the Tongsheng Examination. If you pass the exam, you will be awarded the title of scholar, which is the first step into the scholar-bureaucrat class.

A scholar who does not kneel before seeing an official, and who is exempt from taxation and labor at home is very respected locally.The students who have passed the government examination put all their energy into studying, and everyone wants to pass the exam, not only for themselves, but also for the glory of their families.

But he said that there was an event in this academy called the Seven-day Talk.The so-called seven-day talk is that every seven days in the afternoon, the students are divided into several groups, sit on the grass in the school, take out their articles and circulate them to other students, and after reading, they express their opinions and comment on what they have read one by one. article.

This afternoon coincided with the seven-day talk time. The students were divided into five groups, with seven people in each group sitting around on the green grass, taking out the articles written in the morning and circulating them to each other.

Meng Zhen, Deng Bowen, Xu Jiaxing and others were in a group, and everyone read each other, and Deng Bowen began to comment on each article written by each.

Deng Bowen looked gentle and calm, but he was quite sharp when he commented on an article. In a few words, he hit the nail on the head and penetrated to the point.

Immediately after the second and third people commented, these two people also made concise comments, pointing out the shortcomings of an article in a few words.

When it came time for the fourth student to comment, this person was eloquent and talked for a longer time than the previous three people combined. Perhaps it was boring to listen to. At this time, Xu Jiaxing stretched out his hand and yawned, his eyes drifted away .

But Deng Bowen said, "Jiaxing, what are you looking at, listen carefully."

Just as he lost his mind, he was caught by Deng Bowen. This happened not once or twice, Xu Jiaxing was not interested, and this Deng Bowen was really, he was only distracted for a while, why did he bother? hold on.

"My eyes hurt a little, and I can see clearly when looking into the distance." As in the past, Xu Jiaxing found another lame excuse for himself.

Deng Bowen knew his little thoughts, and deliberately made it difficult: "Since your eyes hurt, you must have read a lot of books just now, why don't you comment on those articles for everyone."

Xu Jiaxing showed embarrassment, obviously embarrassed by him, and said unhappily: "Bowen, this classmate commented very well. I have the same opinion as him, so I have nothing to say."

Deng Bowen had nothing to do with him, he shook his head: "You, you, you can have some snacks."

Xu Jiaxing is 16 years old this year, one year younger than Deng Bowen. The two have completely opposite personalities. Deng Bowen is gentle and calm, while Xu Jiaxing is like a deer. He is curious about everything and is easily influenced by foreign objects. Easy to get distracted.

He also participated in the county examination last year, but unfortunately he was rejected in the government examination, and he was lucky enough to go ashore this year.Although Xu Jiaxing's mind is unstable, his head is bright, but with a little effort, he can basically pass the essays and classwork.

There are mostly young people in the school, and most of them have simple personalities, and they don't have any crooked minds. When discussing articles together, when they see who is slack, others will urge a few words.

After being told by Deng Bowen, Xu Jiaxing didn't dare to be distracted, and listened obediently to other students' comments on the article.

The last one is commented by Meng Zhen.Meng Zhen was usually a man of few words, and it was the same when he commented on articles. He first pointed out the shortcomings of everyone's articles, and then exaggerated the merits of the articles.

Although he is old, his voice is full of spirit, coupled with his serious facial expression, he is somewhat similar to the unsmiling Mr. Zheng, so all the students held their breaths and listened quietly to his comments. No one was distracted and wriggled around.

The purpose of holding such activities in the academy is to promote the interaction and communication between students in their studies. Sometimes, students are often fascinated by the authorities when they read their own articles. It is also a good way to improve yourself by absorbing the good things from others.

Anyway, Meng really likes this seven-day talk. Through the comments and explanations of different students, he finds his own shortcomings and corrects them, and absorbs the good points of others to use in his own articles. In this way, his articles are more comprehensive than before. Diligent.

After two seven-day talks in this way, the time has entered May.

This day, the fifth day of May, is the Dragon Boat Festival.

The sons of the Meng family were all in front of them. They were busy on the stove early in the morning, making rice dumplings with two flavors, sweet and salty. The sweet ones include bean paste rice dumplings, candied dates rice dumplings, purple rice rice dumplings, rose rice dumplings, miscellaneous grains and eight treasures rice dumplings, and salty ones. There are pork dumpling, beef dumpling, egg yolk dumpling, crab roe dumpling, sausage dumpling and so on.

Meng Che salivated greedily, but his father and brothers didn't move their chopsticks, so he couldn't move first, so he had to retract his hand that was about to move, and swallowed the mouthful of saliva that would not flow.

"Let's eat together." Meng Zhen said a word, Meng Che smiled and stretched out his hand to grab a candied date dumpling.

It is rare for a family to get together. The eldest, second, and third children are not often at home, and are busy with their own livelihoods outside. On weekdays, Meng Zhen eats alone. You can only feel it during the holidays.

Even the fifth child, Meng Zhen glanced sideways, Meng Yuan was sitting in the baby chair, his little body was wriggling, reaching out to ask for food on the table.

Meng Zhen took out a red bean paste dumpling, dug a small spoonful and stuffed it into his mouth. Meng Yuan is now over one year old and can walk on the ground by himself. Most children of this age are active, and Meng Yuan is restless sitting in a baby chair , After eating the spoonful of rice dumpling that Meng Zhen fed, it was enough to start.

Meng Zhen dug another spoonful and fed it to him, and he refused to give it when Meng Yuan asked for it for the third time.Glutinous rice is not easy to digest, and adults who eat too much will still have a stomachache, let alone a baby who has not been weaned and can only eat some soft food.

Meng Yuan ran out of food, so anxious to cry, Meng Zhen fed him the egg drop soup in front of him, Meng Yuan took a sip, and giggled at Meng Zhen twice.

Meng Zhen's old father's heart immediately melted, and he said with a smile: "This kid loves to laugh."

Meng Hong next to him continued: "That's right, I heard people say that children who love to laugh are smart, and the fifth brother is very smart at first glance."

Just after saying this, Wang Xinyu over there suddenly turned her back and retched twice, and everyone's eyes fell on her at the same time. Meng Qing quickly put down the bowls and chopsticks in his hands, and said, "Father, Xinyu is not feeling well, I will send her off." Go back home and rest."

Meng Zhen nodded: "Since you are not feeling well, let's find a doctor to take a look." Meng Qing smiled and said nothing, and dragged Wang Xinyu out.

After a while, he turned back again.When he entered the door, his face was full of spring breeze, as if he had eaten several buckets of honey.

"Brother, why are you so happy about such a happy event?" Meng Hong asked, probably because smiles are contagious, and he also chuckled along with his brother unconsciously.

Meng Qing returned to his seat, took a look at everyone, and said without hesitation: "There is indeed a happy event. I was going to talk about it last night, but it was too late to say it."

He paused for a moment, and couldn't hide the joy in his tone, "Xin Yu is pregnant."

Everyone at the table paused, Qi Qi looked at Meng Qing, Meng Qing was a little embarrassed to be looked at by so many eyes, so he said it again, "It's true, it's my Meng Qing's child."

Meng Hong took the lead to answer: "Congratulations brother, I'm going to be a father." Meng Qing glanced at him, because last time the two of Liu's family had an unpleasant quarrel, he wanted to take this opportunity to teach him a few more words, but he saw With a light smile on his face, he dismissed the idea.

Meng Hong is no longer a child. On the matter of marriage, he has preached to him more than once, but whether it is good or bad, Meng Hong basically listens to him with his left ear and pours it out with his right ear, and doesn't take his words seriously at all. .

He said it this time, it is estimated that Meng Hong still has that kind of virtue, he will not listen to persuasion or he will not listen to persuasion, if this is the case, why should he waste his words.

What's more, now that he has his own child, he will definitely focus on his own child in the future, since Meng Hong doesn't listen to persuasion, let him go.

When Meng Qing was thinking like this, his heart suddenly relaxed, and his tone of speech became much more tactful.

"Don't patronize to be happy for me, but also think about yourself."

Meng Hong knew that his brother had good intentions, his brother finally became a father, and he was in a good mood, he couldn't make him unhappy at this time, so he nodded slightly: "Understood, brother, I will work hard."

Meng Qing got a satisfactory answer, and felt even happier. He even asked his father with a lightness he had never had before, "Daddy is going to be a grandfather too, why don't you say a few words."

Meng Zhen then said: "Congratulations, I'm going to be a father. I'm going to be a grandfather too, and your younger brothers are going to be uncles." But I couldn't help thinking in my heart that the world is unpredictable, thinking that he was alone in his previous life, It's unbelievable to be both a father and a grandfather in this life.

When Meng Zhen said this, Meng Che was next to him, heard his words clearly, bit his chopsticks and said: "So I am the fourth uncle, it's just..." He turned his head to the baby chair Meng Yuan, "Fifth brother is so young, he wants to be an uncle."

"Yes!" Meng Hong took the words, "No matter how young you are, you were born by your father, where is your seniority?"

There was talking and laughing at the dinner table, and it was fun for a while.Only Mengze, sitting here is out of place, because he has not spoken more than five sentences since he was on the table.

Mengzhen noticed that he looked lonely, and couldn't help thinking of this time last year, he was taken by Menghong to the capital to meet Mengze, but Mengze ignored him, from meeting to parting, he even refused to call him father.

Now this year has passed, although Mengze has come back every year and holidays, and has gradually accepted him, but after all, the original owner's stick broke the relationship between father and son, and Mengze has never been able to get close to him.

Meng Zhen sighed to himself, took a candied date dumpling and handed it to Mengze's bowl, "You are not at home often, so come back after a long time, eat more."

Mengze's expression froze, apparently he didn't expect his father to give him food one day, he couldn't express his feelings, he just felt astringent and not quite used to it.

"Thank you, dad!" He lowered his head and said softly.

Meng Zhen nodded and said nothing.

The matter of Meng Qing becoming a father boiled on the dinner table for a while and slowly cooled down. After breakfast, the sons wanted to take Meng Zhen to Qingyu Lake to watch the dragon boat race. .

In the end, only Meng Hong and Meng Che went.

Meng Qing wants to take care of Wang Xinyu at home, Meng Zeyan said that he still has medical books to read, and he doesn't want to go because it's too hot and crowded.

In fact, Meng Hong didn't really want to go there, he only wanted those things every year, he just wanted to be lively and fresh when he was young, but now that he is so old, he gradually lost that interest.

However, Meng Che clung to him tightly, yelling that he must accompany him, but he had no choice but to accompany him.

After the sons had left, Meng Zhen turned around and went to the study.Unexpectedly, before the butt touched the stool, Meng Qing stepped in.

"Didn't you go with your daughter-in-law, why are you back?" Meng Zhen raised his head, somewhat puzzled.

Meng Qing came to sit beside him, and said: "Xin Yu is not feeling well, she has fallen asleep now, I have nothing to do, come to talk to Dad for a while."

Meng Zhen saw that his face was slightly sad, it was completely different from when he just reported that he was going to be a father, so he couldn't help asking: "What's the matter with you, why don't you tell Dad."

Meng Qing moved the corners of his lips and said: "It's nothing, by the way, I forgot to ask Dad, when will Dad take the college entrance examination?"

Meng Zhenyuan was thinking that he had something on his mind that he wanted to tell his father, but he didn't expect that he was asking himself, so he could only say: "In the past, the college exam is usually in late July, and in a few days, the college exam will be notified when you sign up, and it will be soon." gone."

Meng Qing said with a smile: "Father is a promising person in our family. Unexpectedly, in his later years, he passed the county examination and the government examination. After passing the hospital examination in the future, our Meng family will also be able to produce a scholar."

I think their Meng family used to be a family of farming and studying a few generations ago, but the children in the family have never been able to study well, and none of them, even scholars, can pass the exam.

It is precisely because of this that their family changed to do business. Who would have thought that this change would be successful. Through the unremitting efforts of several generations, their Meng family has become as rich as it is today.

In his Mengqing generation, the population was prosperous. His father, Mengzhen, let his brothers study for the imperial examination. He followed his grandfather to start a business, and started studying from the second child, Menghong. However, Menghong didn't like reading, so he studied for a few years He dropped out of the private school and couldn't go to school. The third child, Meng Ze, was injured in his right leg by his father, and he was bedridden to recuperate. Later, he went to the capital to follow an old doctor to practice medicine. far away.

Meng Qing thought that if their Meng family wanted to make a name for themselves in reading, they would have to wait at least a few years or more than ten years. Straight through.

In the next hospital examination, Meng Qing looked at his father, and always felt that his father was not the same as before, or that he lived a new life, and there was no reason for him to be reborn.

Meng Zhen's temperament is very different from his father in the previous life. In the previous life, Meng Zhen had a bit of vulgarity, but in this life, he is more righteous and unpredictable.

Let's take Meng Hong's marriage as an example, if his father in the previous life didn't need Meng Qing to urge and control him, his father would keep nagging in Meng Hong's ear that the marriage has already been settled for him, so it doesn't matter if he wants to or not. willing.

And Meng Zhen in this life is completely a hands-off shopkeeper for Meng Hong's marriage. The matchmaker even said that the kiss came to the house, so it's fine if Meng Zhen doesn't agree.Would you rather your son not get married and become a bachelor?Can a real father do this?

Rather than saying that his father was reborn, it was more like being possessed by something else. From the inside to the outside, his body and soul had undergone tremendous changes.

He thought about it for too long, and Mengzhen saw him staring at him without blinking, so he kicked his stool, "Don't talk about those useless things, just tell me if you have anything to say."

Only then did Meng Qing recollect his senses, and said embarrassingly: "It's nothing, it's about business. Our Meng family is in the grain business. Every year, we transport grain to the south of the Yangtze River to sell to local grain merchants, and then transport the grain over there to the local grain merchants. Local distribution and trading, in order to obtain huge profits. Last year I went to Jiangnan at the beginning of the year, and this year will be around the end of autumn. Only now that Xin Yu is pregnant, I am worried about going out. I want to take the business of going to Jiangnan It's been postponed for a year, but last year's trip, father also knows that people and money are empty, and all the hard work has been in vain. If we don't go this year, the business will stand still, and I'm afraid it will be bad for the future..."

Of course Meng Zhen knew what he was worried about. One side was his daughter-in-law, and the other side was business, and he was worried about both.There is a saying that a man’s ambition is everywhere, how can he be confined to his home, so he said: "You can rest assured, the family will help you take care of your wife, but you, take good care of yourself on the road, don't almost lose your life like last year. "

Meng Qing nodded: "Well, this year I will find a good bodyguard agency to escort the goods, and Dad must take care of his body at home..."

Eh, speaking of the body, Meng Qing seemed to have noticed at this time, he hadn't seen him for more than a month, why did his father look much younger than before, or that his eyes had problems, and he looked blurred.

In fact, it’s not that there is a problem with blindfolded eyes. After Mengzhen obtained spiritual power from the system, his body is full of vitality and tireless every day, and even his face has a healthy luster. People really look much younger.

Seeing that Meng Qing was staring at him in a daze, Meng Zhen kicked him twice again: "Don't worry, your father and I still have to work hard to take the Jinshi exam, so I have to take care of my body. If there's nothing wrong Just go back and don't get in the way of my reading."

Meng Qing didn't expect his father to chase him in such a hurry, so he answered twice: "Okay, what are I doing talking to my father right now, it makes me feel like I have to leave tomorrow."

He stood up and bowed to his father: "Father read the book carefully, my son will go now."

After walking a few steps away, Meng Qing couldn't help but look back, the door of the study room was open, he saw his father's back was straight, his expression was focused, he didn't have the slightest feeling of old people's twilight, as if he had taken some kind of elixir to rejuvenate his youth , radiant, refreshed, refreshed.

He suddenly had a strong feeling that with his father's confident appearance, the next college test would definitely pass in one fell swoop.

It is the future provincial examination, general examination, palace examination, Meng Qing thought about it, suddenly startled, maybe his father can really come back with a Jinshi examination.

If that's the case, it's even more inspiring than the fact that he's going to be a father.Meng Qing didn't know why he had such a feeling, in a trance, he left Mengzhen's courtyard.

The author says:

感谢在2022-04-0822:47:35~2022-04-0923:02:46期间为我投出霸王票或灌溉营养液的小天使哦~

Thanks to the little angel who threw the mine: 1 bergamot lemon;

Thanks to the little angels of the irrigation nutrient solution: 10 bottles of black eggs; 1 bottle of summer cloud and Lishui;

Thank you very much for your support, I will continue to work hard!