Chen Xi was not very worried about what Su Tong said. He was in the pharmacy these days. Even if the palace exam was finished, he would still go back to school to attend classes. No matter how rude the angry candidates did not dare to go to the school where the sages taught the books of sages.

Because the final results of the government test will be released on the second day after the exam, Chen Xi got a small holiday.

During this period, Chen Xi didn't have to go to school to attend classes because he passed the palace examination. Zhou was very happy and specially allowed Lin Dai and Lu Xier to play with Chen Xi.

In the backyard of the pharmacy, Lu Xier's "giggle" laughter was crisp and pleasant. With Chen Xi there, she would always be like a child who never grew up. In comparison, Lin Dai seemed much more dignified and steady.

It is also because Lin Dai has become sensible and she has no choice in the future. As a child bride of the Shen family, as long as Chen Xi is older, she should marry, so she began to gradually find the feeling of being the daughter-in-law of the Shen family. But she always feels that she has more relatives, and with her age, she cannot distinguish between liking and love.

"Hey, are you going to study elsewhere after you pass the mansion test?" Chen Xi sat on a small bench and was about to teach two little loli's new words, Lin Dai suddenly looked up and asked.

Chen Xi asked strangely: "After passing the government examination, I am not studying at the Imperial College, why should I go to other places? Even if I have to take the college entrance examination, I will only be away for a while. My little wife, are you afraid that your husband will leave and you will be lonely?"

Lin Dai frowned: "I'm serious to you. I heard from Ning'er that she said that if you pass this exam, you won't be in the school and you will go to a larger school, but our Tingzhou Prefecture does not have such a big school. I just thought, you should go to a very far place."

Chen Xi thought for a little while. Ning'er said that it should be a county school and a prefecture school, or the Imperial College. However, Ning'er was not a scholar, and she had only a few understandings of the imperial examinations, and many of them were speculations. Unexpectedly, Lin Dai kept Ning'er's words in her heart, thinking that Chen Xi was going to study far away.

"It's nothing." Chen Xi said very surely. "Learn to learn these words quickly. I will take the exam in the afternoon and spank if I get the wrong answer."

Lu Xier stared at her big eyes: "Brother Chen Xi, can you pass the exam? You can just like you. In the future, you will be the scholar and the top scorer?"

Chen Xi smiled and touched Lu Xier's head and said, "You can't be a scholar or a top scholar, but Brother Chen Xi can give you the title of scholar and a top scholar and give you a big certificate. OK?"

Lu Xier cheered, "Okay, OK."

Lin Dai was a little disdainful: "What a girl, she is still like when she was a child. She knew that she was acting coquettish in front of your brother Chen Xi, and she was not ashamed."

Lu Xier is also smart. She knew that Lin Dai was unhappy with her, so she simply pretended that she didn't hear it and continued to bend down and write calligraphy.

The two little girls have different characters. Lin Dai's handwriting is beautiful, while Lu Xier's handwriting is like a dog crawling, writing some complicated characters. The strokes are basically cramped, like black ink traces.

Chen Xi urged Lu Xier more than once to let her practice writing more, but Lu Xier studied purely for fun, and also to pester Chen Xi, so she didn't care what she wrote. Lin Dai knew that if she didn't write well and Zhou was dissatisfied in her future mother-in-law's mind, it might affect her position in the minds of her future mother-in-law.

One is stressed, the other is without any psychological burden, and the mentality of reading is completely different.

At this moment, Hui Niang came in from the medicine shop.

In the past two days, she has been worrying about integrating the forces in the city.

Since the government vigorously cleared the halls of the "Drought Road Gang", the gangsters in the city have lost their backings and they have no power. They originally wanted to join the "Shuilu Gang", but because the people of the "Shuilu Gang" have never liked to meddle in other people's business, these gangsters have no restrictions and cause trouble everywhere.

Chen Xi had already asked Song Xiaocheng to bring people to establish a new gang called the "Car and Horse Gang". The main purpose of helping Hui Niang establish the car and horse behavior was to win over these "raisers" in the city, and at the same time, the "Drop Road Gang" gang members were recruited. After a few days, Song Xiaocheng had achieved some success.

But this time, Hui Niang did not talk about the carriage and horse gang.

"Xiaolang, I have discussed with your mother. You will take the exam next year. In the past 10 years, we will ask you a few gentlemen to come back to teach you alone. Don't go to school in the future. As for Mr. Feng, we will also ask him to come over to supervise your studies from time to time. What do you think?"

Of course, Chen Xi felt it was not good.

He went to school and was normal for classes. There were rest during class breaks. On weekdays, there were many students in class and the teacher couldn't control it. He could be lazy and he could be so stupid. But if he invited the teacher home, he would ask a few gentlemen to stare at him every time, he would not even have the chance to be lazy.

Chen Xi insisted: "Auntie, I think it's good to go to school to attend classes. I like to listen to the lessons taught by Mr. Feng, so my grades improve so quickly. I'm afraid I can't accept it if others teach me."

"There is always an adaptation process. Mr. Feng is a good teacher. He can teach the juren. You will definitely have a future in the future. However, there are so many students in the school, so it is not okay to ask Mr. Feng to teach you more."

Hui Niang was worried that Chen Xi would not receive the best education, but Chen Xi was afraid that she would be too strict. He was already in his thirties, so it would be boring to let him sit down and read books to death.

"I really want to go to school, aunt, tell me, and treat it as I beg you for a while." Chen Xi begged.

Hui Niang shook her head with a wry smile, turned around and went to the main hall of the pharmacy shop, probably discussing the matter with Zhou.

During dinner in the evening, Zhou talked about this topic seriously: "Who knows what kind of fortune you have encountered when you pass the palace test? The people who have come to get medicine these two days are spreading gossip, saying that the reason why you can pass is because the prefect has no intention of placing the papers, so he lets the people below deal with it casually. As a result, you were selected, not because you are really talented and learned."

Chen Xi curled his lips and said, "Mom, if you can pass the county and government tests in a great fortune, how lucky will I be?"

Zhou said coldly: "Silly, you don't know that everyone has luck? I heard from people that some people have passed the county and prefecture exams like you, but no matter how they take the exam, they can't get a pen or a scholar until they are old. That's because he has used up all his energy. I just want to find two more gentlemen to come back to teach you. Anyway, our family is better now, and three or two gentlemen can still afford it."

Seeing that Zhou was so persistent, Chen Xi knew that no matter how much he said, it would be useless, so he had to look at Hui Niang with help. This time, even Hui Niang shook her head helplessly, as if she was saying that you were born to your mother, and she could only decide.

Zhou continued: "When your house test results are announced tomorrow, my mother will ask your father to find you a teacher. I will definitely invite the best teacher in the city to teach you all the knowledge in their stomachs. In this way, my mother will have hope."

Chen Xi said with a bitter face without saying anything. Thinking that he might be bombarded by two or three gentlemen in the next year, he didn't even have time to eat and go to the toilet except studying, so he felt that his life was particularly dark.

On the morning of the second day of May, Chen Xi followed Shen Mingjun to the government office. It was still early, so Chen Xi asked the cheap father to go back first, and he went to the teahouse he had made an appointment with Su Tong and sat down to talk.

"Brother Shen, your complexion doesn't look very good. If you are a few years older, you would think that you are a poisonous person. But you shouldn't have too many worries at such a young age, right?"

Su Tong noticed that Chen Xi was listless and couldn't help asking.

Chen Xi sighed, "Brother Su started a family and was free and easy. How could he know the suffering of a child like me? I hope my son will become a success at home, and I am going to find three or five gentlemen to take turns teaching me knowledge. Brother Su thinks I will be happy?"

Su Tong knew the whole story and couldn't help laughing: "Brother, you are in a blessing and don't know how to be blessed, but you don't know that it is the strict discipline at home that makes me famous in the imperial examination early. You should be grateful."

Chen Xi sighed, the truth was that, but the problem was that he was no longer the kind of child who was ignorant and had to take care of his family. This kind of education method was not suitable for him at all.

Su Tong has a wide range of friendship. Even if the people who had not passed the mansion examination before, he soon met new friends. These people were all candidates admitted to this mansion examination and had met each other. However, they were very respectful to Su Tong, but they had a "stay away from Chen Xi". Even if Su Tong introduced, those individuals just bowed politely and didn't even say polite words.

"The time is almost the same. It's time for you to report a long case. How about we go with each other?" Su Tong greeted warmly.

Among those scholars, a tall and thin young scholar waved his hand: "No need, Brother Su, we made an appointment to get drunk after seeing the crime. This young master Chen is young and has many inconveniences. If Brother Su is willing to come, we will welcome him."

After saying that, the group of people left first.

Su Tong forced a smile and said, "Brother Shen, don't mind. They probably think you can't talk about wine and love with them, so they deliberately alienated. Oh, look at me, how could I say this to you? I'm not thinking about my brother. When you get older, you will naturally understand a lot of things."

Chen Xi smiled, but thought to himself, are you bullying me and not understanding the romance? Or do you bully me and not understanding the world? He had long seen that these people were kept away from him because of rumors outside that Chen Xi spent money to pass the palace trial, and it was not impossible to "taste wine and discuss romance".

Chen Xi did not reveal it. Since Su Tong regarded him as a young man who only knew how to learn but didn't understand other people's faces, he learned to play this role well.

When Su Tong and he walked out of the teahouse together, the government office had already reported a long case because only fifty people saw the case, and everyone's names were clearly listed on it, so it was not necessary to find it hard. Some people had already returned after reading it.

"snort."

When a candidate saw Su Tong and Shen Xi getting up, he snorted coldly, expressing his strong dissatisfaction.
Chapter completed!