Because of Ge Hongbu's worry, Han Shubo did not read at home the next day, but he restrained himself a little and did not go out to play with his father again.
The day soon arrived at the eighth day of the second lunar month. Ge Hongbu tossed and turned like a pancake and couldn't sleep the whole night. He was worried that Shubo didn't sleep well in the examination room. He was worried that he wasn't warm enough and would be cold. He was also worried that he didn't eat well. In short, he was worried and nervous.
Han Ze and his son Han Shubo slept well all night. One had confidence in his son, and the other had confidence in his own knowledge. Since they had confidence, why were they still nervous
At daybreak, Han Ze woke Han Shubo up. When the father and son came out of the house, Ge Hongbu had already placed breakfast on the dining table.
Han Ze raised his eyebrows, and Han Shubo asked, "Mom, why is it so early?"
Although she hadn't slept all night, Ge Hongbu was in good spirits. She smiled and said, "Come and eat. Mother prepared all your favorite dishes."
After breakfast, the father and son went to the examination room. As expected, they met two teachers from the town’s private school and other candidates. Of course, Han Chengming and his son were among them.
Han Ze and his son got off the carriage and first greeted the teacher in the cram school, and then greeted their classmates and their families.
Han Chengming curled his lips slightly. He hadn't seen Han Ze and his son at first, so he thought Han Shubo didn't participate in the scientific expedition this time. He asked for conversation, "Brother, where do you live? Why aren't you with us?"
Han Ze glanced at him indifferently. If he wasn't in public, he really didn't want to pay attention to him. He said, "Last year, I bought a yard in the county town, and I went to live there with Shubo for a few days to get familiar with the environment."
"You bought a yard? Where did you get so much money?"
Han Chengming's eyes were filled with jealousy and resentment. In the past two years, Han Ze had bought a house in the town, land in the village, and a dowry of six or seven hundred taels of silver for his sister. The total amount of money he had spent should have been several thousand taels of silver. Did Uncle Han Ze have that much money at the time? If not, where did he get the money
Han Ze glanced at him, ignored him, and turned back to continue talking to Shu Bo's husband.
Han Chengming clenched his fist. What did Han Ze mean by that look? Did he look down on him
Han Jixue and Han Jiwen, who were standing behind them, saw Han Ze and his son, but their eyes were filled with hatred. What kind of uncle was Han Ze? He was unwilling to recommend them, and even tested them, causing them to be beaten and scolded by their father when they returned home. If they became high officials in the future, they would see what would happen to such an uncle.
Han Shubo stood behind his father and inadvertently saw their looks. The thick brows on his little face furrowed tightly.
The door to the examination room opened, and the officials began to check the candidates one by one. Han Ze patted his son on the shoulder and said, "Don't worry, Dad will pick you up after the exam."
Han Shubo glanced at his father and felt relieved. Although Han Jixue and Han Jiwen started school two years earlier than him, he believed that he was more knowledgeable than both of them. This was recognized by the whole academy and it was because of his solid knowledge.
Since their brothers hate their family so much and will surely take revenge on them when they gain power in the future, then let them not gain power and let them pass the examinations to become scholars and juren before their brothers... ...so that they have no chance to take revenge on their family, let alone the chance to bully their father.
Protect your own father.
These five days are extremely difficult for both the candidates and their accompanying family members. Although it is difficult, they still have to go to the examination venue to pick up the candidates every day and send the children to the examination venue before dawn the next day.
No one asked the twelve candidates how they did in the past few days, fearing that it would add pressure to them. Even Han Chengming was patient and didn't ask Han Jixue and Han Jiwen how they did in the exam, and whether they had any hope of passing.
Soon it was the fifth day. On this day, Han Ze arrived at the examination room an hour early. When the time came, the door of the examination room was opened by the officials with a creaking sound, and at this time, the candidates came out of the examination room.
Han Ze looked up and saw his son, carrying the exam basket, being the first to come out of the examination room. He raised his hand and waved. Han Shubo's face was suddenly filled with smiles when he saw his father. He stretched out his legs and ran towards Han Ze, smiling and calling him "Dad".
Han Ze touched his head and said, "There are boiled cakes in the carriage. Go and have some. We'll wait for your classmates to come out and then we can go together."
Han Shubo nodded obediently.
Han Chengming pouted beside him and couldn't help but said sourly: "You come out so early every day, can't it be that you don't know how to do it, or haven't finished it?"
Han Ze was too lazy to pay attention to him. Han Shubo stuck out his tongue at him before climbing onto the carriage.
Han Chengming glared at him and said, "What kind of kid is this? He's a scholar, but he doesn't know how to respect his elders?"
Han Ze watched Han Shubo get on the carriage, then turned to look at Han Chengming: "You don't act like an uncle, why should the children respect you? Have some shame."
Han Chengming choked, his face instantly turned the color of liver, he snorted, turned his head away and said, "I won't argue with ignorant children."
Han Ze didn't even bother to pay attention to him, and he had the nerve to say that he had fallen to the same level as a child.
When all twelve students came out, they greeted each other, agreed on a time to look at the list, and left together.
After returning home and resting for two days, some classmates from the school came to visit him at home. Han Ze asked Ge Hongbu to prepare a sumptuous meal to entertain them. They were all very grateful and said that they had not eaten such a sumptuous meal for a long time. After leaving Han's house and returning to the inn, they sighed with emotion with other classmates.
Han Chengming tried to probe Han Ze several times, both overtly and covertly, and found out that the house Han Ze bought in the county town was very big, specially bought for Han Shubo to use for his future studies. The house had rockery and strange rocks, small bridges and flowing water, and the scenery was very pleasant.
After hearing this, Han Jixue and Han Jiwen felt envious and jealous. Han Shubo had been a fool and a mute in the village since he was young. Even his uncle didn't like him. All the good food and drinks were given to them. Whatever they wanted, even if Han Shubo already had it in his hand, his uncle would take it from him and give it to them. They brothers didn't take him seriously at all. Now, the little fool, who was looked down upon by them, had his own yard when he was less than ten years old. How could they be willing to accept this
They didn't know how rich their uncle's family was, but they had heard from their grandfather that their uncle had at least a thousand acres of land, a yard in the town, and now a yard in the county town...
Back in his room at the inn, Han Jixue had his first thoughts about what his uncle had. He looked at Han Chengming and asked, "Dad, why do you think my uncle has so much money?"
Han Chengming also wanted to know why Han Ze had so much money. He raised his head and thought for a while: "Back then, your uncle's great-uncle made a fortune outside, but he had no children. Your uncle took care of his uncle until his death, so he gave his property to your uncle. But as far as I know, he didn't have that much money..."
Han Jixue frowned: "He never reveals his wealth. How much property would he tell you? Maybe he kept it a secret from the beginning?"
Han Chengming clapped his hands fiercely: "It's possible. How treacherous! Too treacherous."
Han Jixue said again: "Dad, why don't you go and ask?"
Han Chengming's eyes lit up, and then he glared and said, "Why are you asking? Do you think he will give you money if he has it?"
Han Jixue's eyes flashed with greed, and his childish face was mixed with gloom that was not in line with his age: "Han Shubo should not have changed for the better."
The little fool was his nemesis. If he was not good, his uncle would not take back his kindness to them. In the future, all the silver, land, and the yard in the county town would be his.
Han Chengming had the same idea. It would be better if Han Ze's son continued to be stupid. "He's fine now. What else can we do? We can't kill him. Forget it."
Kill him? Han Jixue's eyes flashed. Killing is against the law, but if Han Shubo becomes stupid again, there will be no hope for his uncle...
Han Jixue suddenly said, "Dad, let's go visit uncle tomorrow."
Han Chengming snorted, "No."
Han Jixue gently advised: "Dad, if we go to Uncle's house, we don't have to eat at the inn. Not only can we save money on a meal, but we can also have a delicious meal at Uncle's house. Isn't it a win-win situation?"
Han Chengming thought about it and said, "Okay, let's go. We are guests here. Let them prepare a table of delicious food for us and we can eat as much as we want."
However, the father and son had good intentions. The Han Ze family would not sit at home waiting for them to come. They thought that since they had come to the county town, they must buy some things from the county and bring them back.
Han Shubo thought that the library in the town was too small and many books were not available, so he decided to go to the bookstore in the county.
Ge Hongbu didn't need to buy anything, but when her daughters came, she asked her to buy some hair flowers from the county for them to take back.
Han Ze felt that the girls in his family were getting old, and the eldest girl, Shu Xin, was getting old enough to marry into her husband's family, so it was time to prepare a dowry for her. In addition to the yard and fields, she also had to buy some jewelry, as the jewelry in the town was of poor quality.
In the morning, after they had breakfast, they went out early. First, they went to the bookstore with Shubo, and then went to the cloth shop, where they bought more than a dozen pieces of various cloths and asked the servants to take them back. Then they went to the silver shop.
Hairpins, earrings, bracelets... ... He bought two pairs for each daughter, and all in all he spent over a thousand taels of silver.
Ge Hongbu felt so distressed when he saw the man waving his hand and giving away thousands of taels of silver. Thousands of taels of silver could be used to buy land and a yard, but the jewelry could not be eaten or drunk. It was just for the sake of beauty. One just one would be enough. Why buy so much
However, no matter how many thoughts she had in her mind, she didn't dare to say them out loud, for fear of spoiling the man's fun, and could only worry about it herself.
Han Shubo saw his mother's expression and whispered in her ear, "Mom, don't worry, my father has money."
He knew how much money his father had earned from selling flowers in the past few years, otherwise he would not have been willing to buy so many things.
In recent years, through the influence of his father, he has gone from being reluctant to spend a penny to now being able to buy what he should buy. Of course, he will never spend a penny more on things that he shouldn't buy.
Ge Hongbu looked at his son in disapproval, thinking, "How could I not know that your father has money? But even if he has money, it can't be used like this, right?"
Han Ze turned around and saw the mother and son whispering to each other. He then thought that the girls had all bought jewelry, but Ge Hongbu hadn't bought any yet. He looked at Han Shubo and said, "Pick a piece of jewelry for your mother, your grandmother, and your aunt as well."
I bought it for the whole family, so it would be bad to leave anyone out.
Ge Hongbu hesitated, his cheeks flushed: "I, I'll just forget it."
Han Ze said, "Buy it. I'll pay for it."
Ge Hongbu wanted to persuade him, but Han Shubo grabbed her arm and said, "Mom, buy it. It's rare for Dad to be generous. You should buy as much as you can and spend all the money in Dad's pocket."
Han Ze: “…”
You little bastard, I love you in vain.
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