Chapter 1: Nongmen Tianjiao【08】

Chapter 1: Nongmen Tianjiao【08】

Yang Dazhu went to the horns and took the death of his father on himself, thinking it was his fault.

Yang Sanzhu didn't know how to comfort him, so he had to accompany him to calm down.

The dead are gone, the important thing is the living.

After Yang Dazhu cried a lot to vent his emotions, he became much more awake, and he forcibly endured his grief and went back with Yang Sanzhu.

When they came back, they found that the atmosphere at home was very solemn, Li was crying, and the expressions of others were very ugly, and the eyes that looked at Li were also full of displeasure.

The two thought of Li's accusations against Grandpa Yang and Father Yang after they went out, and vaguely guessed something.

Yuan Jia put incense on Uncle Yang, then turned around and went out. He found the villagers in Yangjia Village who went up the mountain to find Uncle Yang's body to ask about the situation.

The ins and outs of the matter are similar to what Yang Erzhu said on the way back, but some people expressed their dissatisfaction with the Li family: "Your uncle's death is to blame for your uncle, if she hadn't always urged your uncle to make money, he would not have She went into the mountains desperately. Which family in the village does not have such conditions? She was born with high demands!"

Yuan Jia was silent for a while, after all, Mrs. Li was his elder no matter what.

Li was greedy, she wanted to take advantage of her parents-in-law and brother-in-law's house, and she naturally complained that she couldn't take advantage of it.

Uncle Yang died unexpectedly in order to make money to build a new house for his son. This kind of logic is also speechless.

Not to mention that the Yang family's eldest room and the second room are separated, even if Grandpa Yang and Grandma Yang are Uncle Yang's biological parents, they can't demand too much from them.

After Yuan Jia inquired about the cause of Uncle Yang's death, he returned to the house where Grandpa Yang lived.

Uncle Yang's family was too small to live there. Yuanjia's family lived with Grandpa Yang and Grandma Yang when they returned to Yangjia Village.

After Yuan Jia went back, he saw Grandpa Yang and Grandma Yang sitting there with a gloomy expression and the death of their eldest son who was sad and silent.

Father Yang didn't know how to comfort him, and there was a sad expression on his face.

Mother Yang was in the kitchen, Yuan Jia walked into the kitchen, saw Mother Yang making a note, and asked, "Mother, it's so late, are you still cooking?"

Mother Yang said in a low voice, "Your father probably won't be able to sleep tonight, and your grandmother is too tired. I'll order some noodles for them to make a late-night snack. You can eat some too!"

Yuan Jia didn't feel very hungry, but Mother Yang did his share, so she nodded and said, "Okay."

The noodles were cooked very quickly, and Mother Yang didn't put any more. She quickly put the noodles in several large bowls and brought them outside: "Everyone, let's eat something!"

Grandma Yang wiped her tears and said, "I have no appetite, I don't want to eat it, you can eat it!"

Grandpa Yang was also very uncomfortable, but he saw his wife's sad expression and pale face, and persuaded: "Old lady, let's eat together! The boss hasn't been buried yet, and things are still busy, so he can't treat himself badly. "

Father Yang also held Grandma Yang's hand tightly and persuaded: "Mother, the eldest brother is gone, and the son is with you! You must take care of your body, even if the eldest brother is in the spirit of the sky, I don't want to see you like this... "

Grandma Yang took the noodle bowl handed by Mother Yang with tears in her eyes, shook her hands and ate it, tears fell into the noodle soup, she ate and ate, she finally couldn't help crying: "My son !"

Grandma Yang's emotions couldn't help collapsing, Grandpa Yang hurriedly helped people into the back room...

Yuan Jia sat outside and listened to Grandma Yang's wailing cry and the faint sound of Grandpa Yang's choked consolation, and sighed deeply in her heart.

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Uncle Yang's funeral was very big with the help of his father Yang, and it is the only scene in Yangjia Village. But the deceased is dead, and no matter how beautiful the funeral is after death, it will not change the fact that people cannot be resurrected.

No matter how curious Yuanjia was in his heart, how the cause of death of the original owner Yang Yuanjia in the original plot was related to Uncle Yang, he could only wait for this task to be submitted.

For the dead, time stops at the moment of death, but the living continue to live.

Uncle Yang's death not only affected the big house of the Yang family, but also had an impact on Yuan Jia. After all, he was the uncle of his direct relative. When he died, Yuan Jia was going to decline together, that is, to keep filial piety for one year.

This year has been delayed, and it is impossible for him to leave the township examination today. He can only wait for the next one, which will be another three years. Fortunately, he is still very young, only sixteen years later in three years, so he can afford to wait.

Yang Sanzhu went home from Li Xiucai's private school. After all, he had to observe filial piety, and no one else in the family could resist.

After Li became a widow, the whole person became disheartened. She stayed in the house every day and didn't go out, and did nothing.

Yang Dazhu wholeheartedly felt that his father's death was all his fault, and he was full of guilt, and only devoted himself to work.

Yang Erzhu has a lot of thoughts, but his thoughts are not in the right place. After he found Yang Dazhu's guilt, he deliberately increased Yang Dazhu's guilt, morally kidnapped Yang Dazhu, and let this dumb big brother be a bull and a horse for him.

Yang Sanzhu found that the family was in a mess. He could not read anything in the private school, and he gave up the road to the imperial examination. He returned to Yangjia Village and planned to support the whole family.

Yuan Jia also persuaded Yang Sanzhu when he knew that he planned to give up reading: "In this world, only reading can lead to a way out. You can't continue to go to school if you have something to do at home. You can go to a private school to study after the work is over, and don't relax yourself at home. These books Take it back, take a look when you have time, and don't lose your life."

Yang Sanzhu looked at the large stack of books Yuan Jia gave him, and was very moved to ask him: Are you a devil?

So many books are not a small amount of wealth. If they are sold, they will be worth more than all the property of the Yang family's big house, which makes Yang Sanzhu very moved.

But no matter how touched it is, it can't change the fact that Yuan Jia is giving him vacation homework!

Yang Sanzhu reached out and took the stack of books, "Thank you, Brother Yuanjia! I will work hard!"

Yuan Jia patted him on the shoulder and said, "If you encounter any difficulties, write to me. I'm in Fucheng, and you know the address."

Yang Sanzhu nodded, his throat rolled, trying to keep his voice from choking: "Thank you, brother!"

Yang Sanzhu said goodbye to Father Yang and Mother Yang again: "Second Uncle, Second Aunt, take care!"

He was brought to the county town by his second uncle when he was eight years old, and it has been more than three years now. Although from the very beginning, he traded soap recipes with his second uncle. Later, the second uncle and the second aunt's family lived in Fucheng, but they did not treat him well. It's really nothing to say, Yuan Jia will prepare a copy of everything for him, and he is still very grateful to his second uncle and second aunt.

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Yuan Jia went back to Fucheng to study again, but this time Father Yang and Mother Yang didn't go with them. In the past, he was a ten-year-old son who was worried about accompanying him to study. Now he is thirteen years old and he is half an adult. They were very stable in life, and they had nothing to worry about, so they stayed in the county seat.

Yuan Jia returned to the house rented to him by the Lu family in Fucheng, where Lu Jing still lived.

When he came back, Lu Jing came to him excitedly: "Yuan Jia, I asked my father to buy you the exam questions for the previous township exams!"

Yuan Jia smiled tiredly at Lu Jing: "Thank you Brother Lu, and thank Uncle Lu on my behalf."

Lu Jing inherited his father's ability to observe words and expressions, so he saw at a glance that Yuan Jia was not in a good mood, and asked, "Brother Yuan Jia, what's wrong with you?"

Yuan Jia sighed: "My uncle passed away unexpectedly."

Lu Jing: "My condolences!"

Yuan Jia lowered his eyes slightly and said in a low voice, "Alas, things are impermanent! My parents are also very sad, they have stayed in Ping'an County. I can only wait for the next one for my township exam, but I still want to thank Uncle Lu for the test set. !"

Lu Jing said: "I can't take the exam this year, and I have to wait three years to take the exam. You will definitely need this exam question!"

After he finished speaking, Lu Jing couldn't bother him any more, and he left after giving the test set to Yuan Jia.

Yuan Jia didn't feel disappointed that he had to postpone the imperial examination for three years, so he went to the school as usual.

After this year's township examination, Yuan Jia got the freshly released questions for this session, and did it silently, and found that the questions were not difficult, and they were all within the scope of his knowledge.

However, it is easy to get admitted, but it is not easy to rank high. After all, you can tell whether the article is good or not, but how good the article is depends on the subjective opinion of the examiner.

After Yuanjia finished this year's rural exam questions, a classmate suddenly came to inform him: "Yang Yuanjia, someone outside the school is looking for you!"

Yuan Jia thought it was Lu Jing, so he walked out quickly, stood at the gate of the school and looked around, but he didn't see Lu Jing's iconic fat figure.

"Yang Yuanjia! I'm looking for you!"

A young man wearing a blue brocade walked over.

Yuan Jia quickly searched for the information that matched this face from his memory: three years ago, the hospital examination, the second place, Zheng Chi.

This person is Zheng Chi who came to declare war with him after the results of the three-year pre-court exam.

Three years have passed, and Zheng Chi has grown a lot taller, but his appearance has not changed much, especially the familiar arrogant expression.

Yuan Jia smiled slightly: "It turned out to be brother Zheng Chi, may I ask what you are doing here?"

Zheng Chi stared at Yuan Jia and asked in a bad tone, "Why didn't you take the township exam this year?" As if he was questioning a deserter who was running away. "Aren't you afraid of me? Run away! Coward!"

Yuan Jia was slightly startled, the polite smile on his face disappeared, and he said in a cold tone: "When I take the township exam, it seems that it has nothing to do with Brother Zheng."

Zheng Chi snorted coldly: "You accepted my challenge, how could you not participate in the township exam?!"

Yuan Jia said indifferently: "I will keep my filial piety for a year. If Brother Zheng can allow me to take part in the township examination during my filial piety, then I might as well compete with Brother Zheng on the same stage again."

Zheng Chi was speechless. After a long silence, he said loudly, "Yes, I'm sorry, I don't know... Also, please forgive me!"

Seeing that Zheng Chi was really guilty and sorry, Yuan Jia's expression softened a little, and he said in a light tone, "Thank you, Brother Zheng, for your understanding! I'll take my leave!"

After speaking, Yuan Jia ignored Zheng Chi and turned back to the school.

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Zheng Chi's second interruption caused Yuan Jia to put this person on the waiting list.

So he set out to investigate Zheng Chi's identity, and found that this person is really not a simple identity, he is considered a scholar from generation to generation, his grandfather also served as the emperor's grandfather, and his father is currently in a high position.

Zheng Chi has a special teacher to teach one-on-one, and now he just returned to his hometown to take the imperial examination, so he never went to the county school or the prefectural school to study.

Yuan Jia naturally couldn't see Zheng Chi in the school.

But Zheng Chi's reputation is not small, and his identity is high, and many people know his origin. Therefore, Yuan Jia knew his identity by inquiring a little.

Yuan Jia fell into contemplation after learning about Zheng Chi's origin...

After the results of the township test came out, Yuan Jia paid special attention to the rankings, and found that Zheng Chi only ranked eighth, not even the top three...

Zheng Chi never bothered Yuan Jia again. Yuan Jia guessed that he was hit hard and went back to the capital in despair.

Zheng Chi would care about him so much because he grew up being touted as a child of the heavens.

In the county exam, he did win the case as he wished, but the hospital exam failed him and only got second place in the exam. He must be very unconvinced. .

Then, after the township examination, Zheng Chi found out that the opponent he identified had avoided the battle and did not participate in this township examination at all, so he approached the door to question Yuan Jia, the deserter.

As soon as the results of the township examination came out, let alone the second place, Zheng Chi was not even in the top three. He only took the eighth test and almost fell out of the top ten.

Realizing that he is not that good, apart from Yuan Jia who beat him in the academy exam, there are many people in the rural exam who are better than him, and their mentality is probably going to collapse.

When Zheng Chi didn't show up, Yuan Jia was so happy to ignore this arrogant son and concentrate on preparing for the next township exam.

Time really passed quickly when he was only reading the sages and sages. Three years passed in a blink of an eye. Yuan Jia made full preparations for the new township examination.

In the school, the gentlemen are also very optimistic about Yuan Jia, thinking that with his level, as long as there are no unexpected situations that lead to abnormal performance, he will definitely be on the list.

A few days before the Yuanjia Township Exam, Father Yang came over from Ping'an County to take care of him.

The township examination process went very smoothly. Yuanjia did not encounter any unexpected situations during the examination process, and he felt confident in doing the questions, and he completed it in one go.

After the township exam was released, Yuan Jia was indeed on the list, but unfortunately he didn't get Jie Yuan, only a second place.

Yuan Jia felt a little lost in his heart. After all, he used to be a person of the first six yuan, but now in a different world, he couldn't get the solution in the township test, and he was still a little disappointed.

But he quickly adjusted his mood. The imperial examination was only a way to become an official, and the ranking was not particularly important.

However, Yuan Jia was disappointed in himself, but the people around him were ecstatic. No matter where he ranked in the township examination list, even if he was the last, as long as he was on the list, he was a genuine talent!

What's more, Yuan Jia is the second place!

Father Yang was about to go crazy with joy after receiving the good news.

After returning to the county, Father Yang ignored Yuanjia's obstruction and said that he would entertain guests at the best banquet table in the Lu family restaurant.

Even the magistrate of Ping'an County came to visit Yuan Jia in person, and his attitude towards Yuan Jia was also equal, and he didn't take the slightest bit of official pretensions.

After all, the county magistrate knows very well that he is a magistrate himself, because he can't be admitted to the jinshi exam to become an official directly. If he is a county magistrate in the remote county town of Ping'an County, it is estimated that he will not be promoted to an official position even if he retires.

However, Yang Yuanjia is different. He is a good candidate at a young age, and he still has a good result in the second place. It is very likely that he will be admitted to the jinshi. Now that he is acting like an official, is he not afraid that people will wear small shoes for him in the future?

The magistrate of Ping'an County has given Yuan Jia enough face, and Yuan Jia will naturally not be arrogant.

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In this Yuanjia exam, the threshold of the Yang family was really broken.

Not only the big families in Ping'an County gave all kinds of generous gifts, but even big families in several nearby counties came to hear the news and gave heavy gifts, and some even went to Yuanjia with their families.

In particular, Yuan Jia is young and promising. He is sixteen years old and has not yet married. Are those families with beautiful daughters eyeing this sweet pastry?

Fortunately, Father Yang is shrewd, those generous gifts that should be accepted are accepted, and in the future, the gifts that are too valuable and should not be accepted are returned.

When Mother Yang was eager to choose a daughter-in-law from the families of the women who said they were close, Father Yang dissuaded her rationally: "Our son is so prosperous, we can't just decide his marriage, and in the future, my son will be a jinshi If you are an official, you must marry a young lady as his daughter-in-law and help him take care of the back house."

Although Father Yang's vision is not high, he is shrewd and rational in his heart. He knows his son's future, and he will definitely not be limited to his current achievements in the future. And their Yang family has been stubborn for generations, reluctantly called a family of farming and reading, they can't help their son in the officialdom, but they have to find a way to get their son to marry a good wife who can help.

Mother Yang hesitated: "If my son marry a powerful wife, what should he do if he is held down?" Thinking about her future daughter-in-law's noble birth, she was a little frightened.

Father Yang said: "Yuanjia's marriage is up to him to decide. Our son can make a fortune without relying on his daughter-in-law, but we can't marry him a daughter from an ordinary family, otherwise our son will be an official in the future, and our daughter-in-law will not be able to do anything, no Did you embarrass our son?"

Mother Yang was a little flustered: "Then, what should we do? We can't do anything!"

Father Yang said with a serious expression: "If you can't, then learn! We parents can't help our son, at least we can't hold back!"

So Yang's father and Yang's mother really learned the manners of those big family masters and wives.

After Yuan Jia found out, he felt a little warm in his heart. He knew that his parents didn't suddenly become rich and their status rose because of their behavior, but they didn't want to embarrass him by flinching.

Since the two are willing to learn, Yuan Jia is naturally willing to invite someone to teach.

After raising people in the Yuanjia examination, Lu Jing's father gave him the house rented in Yuanjia, the city of Fucheng, as a gift without a word.

At this time, for a Juren, a small house in Fucheng was not a heavy gift, so Yuan Jia accepted it.

After the house in Fucheng was given to Yuan Jia, Lu Jing took the initiative to move out, but he didn't move far, it was on the same street, because that old clever ghost Lu's father bought another house on the same street for Lu Jing to go. The purpose of living here is to not alienate the Yang family.

A plaque with 'Yang's House' was hung on the house in Fucheng. Because this was his own house, Yuan Jia brought his grandparents from the countryside to live in Fucheng.

Unfortunately, the second old man is not used to living in the city, and prefers to chat with the villagers in Yangjia Village, so he lived there for a few months and went back.

Father Yang also went back and rebuilt the blue brick house he had built earlier, built a big house for the second old man in Yangjia Village, and bought a servant girl to serve the second old man.

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One person attains the Tao and ascends to heaven.

Yang Yuanjia, as a person from Yangjia Village, has always been surnamed Yang. After he was awarded the Juren, his class quickly leapt, and even the people around him also benefited greatly.

Yang Sanzhu didn't go back to Li Xiucai's private school after his filial piety period, but started a small business.

With his flexible mind and various modern knowledge as background, he found some rare items and opened a shop in the county town, and he lived a prosperous life.

With Yuan Jia, his cousin, to support him, no one in Ping'an County would dare to attack him, no matter how prosperous his shop was.

Yang Sanzhu is also clever himself. He is not in a hurry to expand his business and open a branch. Instead, he wants to wait for his cousin to become an official. After he can become his umbrella, he will expand his business and expand it to all parts of the country. Become the richest businessman in the world!

With the money Yang Sanzhu made from doing business, the Yang family's big house had a better life.

When Mr. Li saw that his dreamed blue-brick house was built, he was not as happy as he imagined.

It's not because the big blue-brick house is a bit shabby compared to the luxurious mansion next to her in-laws, but because Uncle Yang's death also took her heart away.

Since she became a widow, her whole person has been silent, she has become taciturn and unhappy.

In fact, even though Li's accusations against Grandpa Yang and Father Yang were so righteous after Uncle Yang's death, in fact, Li was very clear in her heart that it was herself who killed her man indirectly.

If she hadn't always complained about this and that in her husband's ear, and always scolded him for not being able to make money, he wouldn't have risked his life in the mountains.

The sense of guilt in her heart made Mrs. Li unhappy, but Mrs. Li's guilt was hidden deep in her heart, and no one could see it, and they thought that she had changed her personality because she missed her deceased father.

Yang Dazhu's temperament is also dull. After three years of filial piety, he is old and has no intention of looking for a daughter-in-law. He is still a bachelor. If it weren't for the fact that the house was built, and the cousin was prosperous again, it would be really difficult to find a good girl as a daughter-in-law just like him.

It is Yang Erzhu who is most satisfied with the current life.

Yang Erzhu was originally jealous that his younger brother Yang Sanzhu could go to the county to study and live in his second uncle's house to eat and drink well. But after Yang Sanzhu dropped out of school three years ago and went home to start a small business to earn money to support his family, Yang Erzhu felt that his younger brother was still useful.

Now he is enjoying the support of his own younger brother, pulling on his cousin's tiger skin, and chatting everywhere every day, so unrestrained.