Because he is the only child in the village who can go to the county town to study, his sister is always proud of it. Unfortunately, his career was not going smoothly.

At the age of twelve, he first passed the imperial examination, but at a young age he won the provincial examination. Therefore, he became famous in Rongxian County and became a famous talent since then. Later, he stood out in the Binzhou examination, but in his first time in his life, he failed.

At first, he was young and didn't understand any tricks. He just thought that his talent was still very knowledgeable and had to make progress. He waited for the next year to try again. But later, this was the case for several years. God seemed to deliberately tease him, and always stopped him outside the palace examination.

Gradually, he no longer thought that he was not good at learning. When he saw those high school lists on the imperial list, which were as many noble children who were not as talented as his, he finally understood that the selection of officials in this dynasty not only looked at talents, but also wealthy families and backgrounds.

Year after year, he took the exam and failed, and then he reached his twentieth year. His parents grew older. In order to reduce the burden on them, he no longer went to the city to study, but stayed in the fishing village, while studying for himself while waiting for the annual imperial examination days. In his spare time, he would teach the children in the village to read some books and recognize some words. Occasionally, he would take care of the work of literati or sell calligraphy and paintings when his family went to the county town to sell fish, so as to earn some meager family income.

Although he is known as a scholar, he is a depressed and unsuccessful talent. He is inevitably discouraged because he failed many tests. However, he has not given up. He is still waiting for the day of fortune telling, and he will finally meet his destined nobleman, helping him escape from the difficulties of reality and reach the top of the world.

One evening, in order to relieve his depression, he went for a walk by the beach, and later sat on a reef. Not far away was a fishing ground surrounded by stone piers. There were many long fishing nets on rows of bamboo poles, which rose and fell and fell in the sea breeze, and there was a strong smell of fish coming from time to time. For him, who had lived here since he was a child, he had long been used to it.

He sat quietly on the stone, facing the sea, looking lonely and distantly. It was already setting sun, and a crystal clear light fell on the sea, and the water waves rippled, surging his boundless thoughts.

There was a faint sound of fishing songs coming from the sea from afar. Fishing boats were back. In such a good weather, young and middle-aged people in the village would go out to sea to fish, except him.

He saw groups of fishermen carrying fishing nets and fish baskets from the boat one after another and gathering on an open space on the beach. The still fresh fish were constantly rolling and jumping. The fishermen laughed and shared the joy of their return with a load.

He suddenly felt very envious when he looked at those simple smiling faces, but he couldn't get into it, so he could only watch from the other side of the river, and then unconsciously fell into a confusion.

"Brother!"

He was dazed when he suddenly heard someone calling him behind him. When he turned around, he found that it was his sister. She was climbing towards him along the reefs of all sizes. When he approached, he reached out and pulled her. He knew that his father had also come back with the fishing boats, and his mother and sister had already prepared supper at home, so he asked his sister to call him back.

"Are you watching the sunset again?"

My sister stood on the reef where he was sitting and asked him, and he nodded simply, which was considered a response.

Seeing that he was still moving and had no intention of getting up, she simply sat down next to him: "Okay, then I'll watch with the prince!"

The distant mountains are continuous, the sea breeze blows on the face, and the golden sunset dyes the world a gentle halo. Seagulls fly in groups, chirping and wandering. Du Li watches them flap their wings, swinging low across the water, and then flies into the distance with nostalgia, and his heart seems to have followed them.

My sister is not as quiet as him. Every time she stays with him, she always likes to talk to him about interesting things about her and her female companions of the same age. But he is not interested in these things, and most of them are responding to them indifferently. Because there is no one around him who truly understands him, he is becoming more and more restrained and more sad.

The sister raised her head and looked at him puzzledly. The handsome side face outlined by the slanting rays made people intoxicated: "Why don't your brother speak? What are you thinking?"

He still looked at the boundless sea from afar, and the wind whispered in his ears. He whispered as if he was: "I was wondering... Did I take the wrong path of studying? Maybe I should just rest as peaceful as them, just like them."

"Why!" The sister's heart tightened, and a smile suddenly disappeared on her face, "Don't the prince likes reading very much?"

"But I have been reading books for so many years, but I am still useless. Instead, I have been dragging my parents and you..." He felt sad that he had not met his talent for many years. His eyes were dark, and his voice was so light that it might be drowned in the sea breeze at any time.

"Who said that!" The sister was dissatisfied when she heard this, and said with a little annoyed look, "My brother is smart and the most knowledgeable person. He wants to be a high-ranking official in the future, and he will take me and my parents to live in a big house in the capital, so that we can enjoy endless blessings!"
Chapter completed!