Soul of reincarnation

After practicing calligraphy for several years, I barely got a "pretty neat" evaluation from the master.The master was worried when he saw my handwriting, and told me to leave aside all running script and cursive script, and concentrate on practicing only the pavilion style.

"Cong'er, you are smart enough to study. In the future, if you take the imperial examination, Jinshi dare not think about it, but if you can pass the exam, the land can be exempted from tax. In the future, the majority of our family business will belong to your brother, and his wife will belong to the Wang family. , Even if you have nothing to do for the rest of your life, you can count on it. You can go out and buy some land. With fame, I can marry you a good wife. You can live on. You can still learn to teach at home, and you can live and work. I am worthy of you. But in this imperial examination, not only must you study well, but your handwriting must also be pleasing to the eye. What you write now The handwriting is neat and has no character at all. It is okay to use this handwriting to test children's students. People think you are a child and don't care about you. But it will be difficult when you go to the upper entrance examination. The examiner doesn't like it, you can still do it. Is it right? Then practice calligraphy, just write Guange style, when the handwriting is pleasing to my eyes, when will I send you to take the exam. "

What can I say, I can only nod my head.He asked him again, "Don't the master expect me to be a Jinshi and become an official?"

"It's hard to be a Jinshi. In addition to learning well, you also need to be lucky. It's just that you were lucky enough to win a Jinshi, but our relatives and friends are all noble military officers, and there are no connections with civil servants. Your Uncle Jing also passed the Jinshi exam. It’s not that this official is squeezed out, and your second uncle, Wailang, a member of the Ministry of Industry, is just a breathless decoration in the Ministry of Industry. Your Uncle Lin’s position can only be a lone minister, and you don’t know what will happen in the future .You are also an honest person, not as tactful as your brother, and not as good at making money as that Jia Yucun." He said and shook his head, "It's too early to think about this. You are an official, but you can only rely on yourself. If you can’t do it, you can resign and go home. It’s better to have a Jinshi’s fame than a Juren.”

He casually took a toy from the desk to reward me, and then sent me away.I asked for food and wine to eat, drink and have fun again.

I also understood the master's thinking, Lian's second brother will have a noble family property in the future, marry a girl from the Wang family, and have the help of the Wang family in case of trouble.When a son is born again, the whole life will be over.

As for me, I will not have much family property in the future, and because I am a concubine, I will not be able to make any noble relatives.In the future, I will get a good reputation, separate my family and not be bullied by local hooligans, and if he gives me a private house, it will be considered as his duty to me.

I think so, the master has two sons and one daughter, Lian's second elder brother has everything, and there is nothing for the master to worry about except the inheritance of the heirs.The second sister was brought up by an old lady, so she will be a dowry in the future.That is to say, if I have no fame, I will be the same as those Pangzhi people who live in the Rongguo Mansion if they split up in the future.If you have fame, you will be able to marry a good wife in the future, have relatives to help you, and even have the opportunity to become an official.

At the beginning, the grandfather gave the title to the master, and asked the second uncle for an official position.Now the master has followed suit and given the title to my second elder brother. Although he can't apply for an official position for me, he can also urge me to take the imperial examination for merit.Although he himself ate, drank and had fun every day, he was not completely confused.

The master often rewards me to write valuable things and asks me to keep them, but because they are all written with pens, ink, paper and inkstones, or books, no one in the big house knows the goods, and I feel that the master is keeping my private house for me.

I seldom go to pay respects to the old lady except for New Year's Day, and I usually do activities in the east courtyard.But Lian's second brother and his wife don't live in the east courtyard, and they usually flatter the old lady, not to mention they also have housekeepers.Because I rarely see him, my relationship with Lian's second brother is mediocre, neither good nor bad.It's similar to Bao's second brother.Although they are real brothers and cousins, they are indifferent to each other like distant relatives that are not common.On the contrary, he and Huan Ge'er and Lan'er are closer because they often go in and out together.

Because I am getting older, it is not suitable to live in the yard of a wife who is not my mother.And in the master's yard there is a girl who is actually a concubine, and the master often drinks and listens to the theater in the yard, it is really not a place for me to live.So the master chose another small courtyard for me in the east courtyard, surrounded by only four rooms, one for the bedroom, one for the study, one for the warehouse, and one for the servants.The small yard is only enough to cool clothes and bedding, or put a few pots of flowers.

Although it's not big, I'm satisfied, at least it's my own yard.Unlike Brother Huan and Lan'er, who have been studying for several years, they still live with their mother, and their every move is under their noses.

Because the living place is not big enough, the nanny also went home, and I am getting old anyway.The master took her son to be my servant, and only followed me when I was studying, and he went home as soon as I returned to the yard.The girl who was originally given by the wife was also released to marry. The new big girl, Li Xiang, was taught by the nanny. Speaking, the sense of presence in front of the master is very low.

The outstanding girls of Jia's family are all the ones who can talk, know how to deal with things, and are good at worrying about their master.I don't like a girl like that, I just want someone who is obedient and doesn't matter much.

After the nanny left, the financial power in the house was in my hands. Except for the things the master rewarded, I kept them in the warehouse as souvenirs, and threw other unnecessary things on the shelves for sale.Because the plane trader uses the common currency of a plane, such as gold, silver and copper, as the currency, there is a special space in the trader to store gold and silver and count them, so I don’t need to exchange large-value silver bills at all. I have gold, silver and copper plates and throw them directly. Just go into the trader.

My daily life, sitting and sleeping, clothes, shoes and socks, and even reading pen and ink are all taken care of by chestnut fragrance.She was in charge of a little girl who ran errands to pass on orders to get regular meals, a poor woman who did laundry, cleaned the door, and some rough men.Just the three of us manage the affairs in my room in an orderly manner, and even do some sewing for me in my spare time, and teach the little girl.

Because he is not in power, Dafang's situation in Jia's mansion is not very good, except for the master who is a bastard and never dares to be treated lightly by the steward, everyone else has been treated with contempt to some extent.

But in the East Courtyard, there is no servant who will show me face.Because everyone around the master understands that in the eyes of the master, the second brother Lian and I are sons who can carry on the family line.Others, such as the second sister, the daughter who will marry sooner or later, and even the wife, the wife who has not given birth to him, have not really been taken into consideration by him.Maybe the second brother Bao and his nephews who are still close by blood are more important to him than his daughter.

Patriarchy is very straightforward, and anyone who is a little close can understand it.Perhaps because of this, the second sister who is also a concubine does not have the confidence of the second sister and the third sister.

Sometimes I don't understand the master very well. If you don't consider feelings and only talk about interests, you will also consider that girls who are well married will be useful to the family.I think that's what the old lady and the second uncle and aunt thought, that's why they brought up such a third sister.

But that didn't seem to be the case for the master.

For example, the second sister-in-law of Lian who married back may have considered Wang Ziteng's official position when the master proposed to marry him, but after marrying back, the master only considered the question of when the second sister-in-law would give birth to a son.It's not because he became in-laws with Wang's family, so he walked around with Prince Teng a lot to get closer, or helped Lian's second brother to seek a future or something.

Because the second sister-in-law didn't have a son and didn't care about the power of the Wang family, she would show her face.The niece born to the second sister-in-law is the only grandchild of the master at present. It stands to reason that relatives from the next generation should be loved and closer, but the master does not seem to have this granddaughter in his eyes.She is also a girl from the Jia family, but she is still a descendant, and she is still not valued by the master.

When I understood these things, I was sincerely glad that I was born as a man, otherwise it would be so miserable to be born as the heir of the Jia family.

The master and I talked about taking the exam. For the convenience of the elder brother Zhu of the second room, although his ancestral home was in Jinling, the Rongguo Mansion had moved his household registration to the capital.Jinling is far away in the south of the Yangtze River. Not only is the distance far inconvenient, but also because there are so many talents in the south of the Yangtze River, it is really much more difficult to get ahead in the imperial examination in the south of the Yangtze River than in other places.

The exam in Beijing is much easier than in Jinling. In the final analysis, this exam is not a test of how much talent you have, but a test of whether you are among the best among the candidates.How difficult it is to select the elite from the elite, but it is much easier to select the general from the dwarf.

Therefore, I will also have this convenience in the future, directly registering for the exam in the capital.

It's just that the master plans to let me take the exam after a few years when I can say goodbye.

First, because of the old lady's love for Second Brother Bao, no one in the family dared to steal the limelight from Second Brother Bao.He always has to pass the exam first, or he is sure that he will not be promoted by the imperial examination in this life, so that other brothers can take the exam.

Secondly, I am still young, so I have to continue to practice calligraphy.Now, if you are a child student, you can gain a bit of limelight, but in reality there is no benefit.If you are very confident in reading and reading, you will be able to be a child in the future, and the scholar will take the exam together.

For the master, his enjoyment is collecting antiques and fine wine and sex.He can be regarded as a typical dandy in the world.

My enjoyment is food and reading, I like to linger in words.Reading poetry, those magnificent words make me intoxicated.Read history books, start to explore from the origin of human civilization, and watch those struggles, swords, swords, and picturesque mountains and rivers.

A few years have passed in this kind of non-stop reading. I don't have a famous teacher to guide me. It is convenient to buy books on the trader, so I just buy what I buy.

I thought life would go on like this, but one day, a eunuch in the palace suddenly came to pass the decree, and sister Yuanchun of the second room was conferred the title of concubine.Then there is a family home to be built.

The Jia family is happy from the masters to the slaves.Having a concubine of the Jia family in the palace is a great boost to the power of the Jia family.

Even the master, who disliked the second bedroom, had no objection to Xiu Yuanzi, probably because if sister Yuanchun was favored in the palace, it would be good for the entire Jia family, which was gradually sinking into the sky.Not to mention that if she can give birth to a royal heir, it will be a guarantee for our generation and even the next generation of the Jia family.