Chapter 96 County Examination (Part 2)

Holding that thin page of letter paper, he was silent for a long time and could not calm down. He thought Mr. Chen was a reckless scholar who was not so rude, but now he realized that he was a big mistake... It turned out that the gentleman did not enter Beijing angrily for a moment, but after careful consideration, he arranged everything, and then waved his sleeves and headed north resolutely!

Doing it without knowing it is impossible is not worthy of praise. Only by knowing it is impossible is the real conscience of people!

"I'm not as good as a sir!" Chen Si finally convinced. He always believed that the literati and officials' direct advice hidden the private purpose of seeking fame. Chen Lian's passion did not touch him. A letter full of pain and worry made Chen Si's eyes flushed.

"What's wrong?" Chen Jing asked with a smile, "What is it written in the letter?" Then he called back silence from his state of trance. He took a deep breath, shook his head and said, "It's nothing." Then he carefully put the letter in his arms and said softly, "Let's go."

Chen Jing knew that Chen Jing would not show it, and he would definitely have his own way. Without asking questions, he got up and went out to check the accounts. After he settled the accounts, he remembered something and said, "I almost forgot. Do you need to say to my father if you locked Chenzhuang in the dock to do coolies?" As he said, he was a little gloating and said, "It's not a big deal for others. It's just my aunt who always regards the third brother as a flesh in her heart. If she knows, she might just take a knife to your house."

He smiled silently and said, "It seems that I can't go to your house now, so please tell me something."

"What do you mean?" Chen Jing asked.

"You tell your father about the whole story first." Chen Si ordered softly, "Then he said to him like this: 'A person will always pass, and then he can change. How can he change? He must first suffer his mind and mind, exhaust his muscles and bones, starve his body, and be empty. Therefore, he has moved his heart and endured his nature and has made things difficult for him."

"I know, this is Mencius's words." Chen Jing said happily: "Since the saint said that, there is no problem."

"It's not easy." Chen Si smiled bitterly and said, "I still know it's Mencius." The two of them went home separately.

He said that Chen Jing would not say that he would return to his old house in silence and hand over the house deed and as a ticket to his father. Chen He was happy at first, but then he said with a bitter face: "The county will be tested in less than a month, but the upper peak will be asked to go to Nanjing for two months and not be back at the end of April."

Silent said in surprise: "What's the matter?"

"It should be taught me how to be the chief clerk." Chen He said depressedly: "You said that this appointment should not come sooner or later, but you have to go through the first two sessions of your Tongsheng trial," he said gritted his teeth and said, "Why should I ask for leave?"

"How can that be done?" said silently: "There has not been formally appointed yet, you have to go no matter what."

Chen Hewei said: "But what to do if you have a meal? What to do if you sign up? What to do if you take the exam?"

Chen Si had to comfort him, "This is not the first time the child has applied for the exam, and he still knows the process." He said with a confident smile: "As for the county exam, I have also seen Cheng Mo in the past years. It's really common. If you fail this exam, it's better to find a piece of tofu to kill him."

"Keep arrogance and impatience!" Chen He raised his face, but his heart was much more relaxed... He knew that his son had always been talking about seven out of ten, and never talked all over. Since he said that, it seemed that he was almost certain. He was worried and said, "What should you do if you eat these days?" After moving back to the old house, it happened to be during the New Year holiday. The father and son would have a meal, and I would have a meal, but I didn't realize that this was a problem. Now that Shen He was about to leave, he began to worry about whether his son would be too lazy to cook, hungry and full, hungry, and delay the exam.

"I moved back to the shop. I think Aunt Yao won't chase me away." After thinking for a while, he whispered quietly: "And our house is too dilapidated. The gables on the south side and the ear rooms in the west wing are about to collapse. We have to repair them... It's better to ask someone to renovate them from the inside to the outside while we are not at home. It's so comfortable to live there in the future."

Chen He had this idea for a long time, and nodded after hearing this, "Let's do it." The father and son didn't understand this very much, so they discussed finding a foreman from the county and contracting all the labor and materials out, and they didn't dare to ask for a price all over the sky.

Because he was about to leave the next day, Chen He wanted to go to discuss with someone today, but was stopped by Chen Si and said, "I'll ask the people in the yamen to do this kind of thing." After saying that, he explained softly: "Now only the people in the yamen know that you will become the chief clerk. The people outside don't know what you are doing. Instead of spending more time and getting idle, it's better to leave it to the people below to be clear-headed."

"I'm so embarrassed to bother others during the New Year." Chen He's thoughts were still at the stage of a minor official, and he didn't realize that he was already a second-rank officer in the county.

"Father's words are wrong." Chen Mo shook his head and smiled: "You give your private matters to your subordinates. In the eyes of his subordinates, you treat him as your own person. For them, this is something they cannot afford, so how can you feel troublesome?" Chen Mo tempted slowly.

Chen He thought for a long time, and suddenly said, "Then you have to find someone I can like." Only then did he realize that it was an honor for his subordinates to do private work for his superiors.

Silently nodded and smiled, "Father is wise."

The next morning, Chen Si appeared at the dock again and sent Chen He to Nanjing to take Chen He onto the passenger ship. Before leaving, my father told him to take the exam and take precautions. He still shouted until the ship drove: "Don't forget, your grandfather's name is Chen Yannian, your grandfather's name is Chen Lu, my father's name is... You will never forget this."

"I can't forget." He smiled bitterly and waved goodbye to his mother-in-law's father, but his heart was warm.

When the boat was gone, he turned around and walked back, passing by the team carrying the life, suddenly a dirty coolie threw down the sack, ran to the front of silence, knelt down with a thud, hugged his legs tightly and said, "Ancestor, I never dared to do it again, please spare me..." Then two beggar-like guys came over and said loudly, "Give me aside." While kowtowing him.

Chen Si was shocked, but fortunately, the supervisor rushed over and pressed the three guys to the ground, and the whip fell down. They all knew this Master Chen now, who was a person that the boss also wanted to flatter him. If he made him unhappy, he would be in trouble.

Thinking of this, the whip became heavier...
Chapter completed!