Houmen Fenghua: Meet the best evil mother-in-law

Chapter 253 I want to take the imperial examination
"Let him in."

"Yes."

……

After a while, Uncle Yao was invited in.

He came in alone, and when he met Gu Qingling's gaze, he seemed a little embarrassed, with an awkward look on his face.

Gu Qingling: "..."

It seems that it is more difficult to guess.

Gu Qingling was not in a hurry, she let the servant girl serve the tea first, without urging her, she just drank it slowly, waiting patiently for Uncle Yao to speak first.

Uncle Yao, who was sitting at the bottom, looked like "love is in his chest, but his mouth is hard to open". He held the cup and drank it for a long time, and his eyes fell on Gu Qingling from time to time, but he just didn't speak.

Gu Qingling: "..."

It seems that this is not a small matter, look at him making things difficult.

So, what will happen?
Gu Qingling recalled the recent situation of the Yao family.Although it is winter, the business of Baixiang Pavilion has dropped sharply, but some time ago, Mrs. Yao made a lot of money, and Mrs. Yao also made a lot of money. It should not be a matter of money.

At home, Auntie Chen and Auntie Zhang have been "assigned" by her. Master Yao Liu, Miss Yao Qi, and Miss Yao Ba have also been assigned special personnel to watch over. The rest are Yao Anxin, Yao Anhong, Yao Anyi, There are four of Yao Anling, but they have just won the "first place" in the homework assigned by her. It is a time of joy, and it doesn't look like there is something wrong...

Could it be that Yao's Bookstore is about to open?

Apart from this, Gu Qingling couldn't think of anything else.

It's just that, for such a small matter, Mr. Yao is so nervous, isn't it a little too... Can't afford it?
It's not like Uncle Yao's usual style.

"mother……"

Finally, when Gu Qingling was distracted, Uncle Yao called out sadly.

"Huh?" Gu Qingling turned her head, and her eyes fell on him.

Uncle Yao swallowed involuntarily, and said with a guilty conscience: "Mother, I have something I want to discuss with you."

"Oh, what's the matter?"

"It's just..." Uncle Yao was vague, but Gu Qingling didn't hear clearly.

"Huh? Please speak clearly, I didn't hear clearly."

"I said, I want... to take part in next year's children's examination." After finishing speaking, Uncle Yao didn't dare to look at Gu Qingling's face, he quickly moved aside, and argued, "I know, I have read so many books, It's not the material of the imperial examination, but my son hasn't made any achievements when he grows up, so he just wants to fight hard while he's still young, I..."

Uncle Yao gave many reasons. He seemed to be trying his best to persuade Gu Qingling, hoping that Gu Qingling would agree with him to take the imperial examination.

He is the uncle of the Yao family, and he knows very well that he is already thirty years old, and it is fine to take the children's examination at this time, if he does not pass the examination, he will definitely be ashamed.

But Mrs. Yao is right, since he thinks that his mother's past examination questions can help Yao Anhong pass the childbirth examination, and he is only in his thirties, why not try it?

If he passes, he can set a good example for the next generation of the Yao family; even if he fails, it's nothing more than being said a few words.

The Yao family is already like this, no matter how embarrassing he is, he will not let the Yao family fall further.

On the contrary, if he passed the Tongsheng exam, maybe he could still...

Gu Qingling raised her eyebrows: "You said so much, just want to tell me that you want to take part in next year's children's examination?"

"Yes, mother."

"Since you want to go, then you can go."

"Mother, you agreed?!" Uncle Yao was pleasantly surprised, and quickly turned his head to look at Gu Qingling.

Gu Qingling showed a puzzled expression, and asked, "Why didn't I agree? Isn't it a good thing for my son to seek advancement?"

"No, I just didn't expect my mother to agree. I am so old and I am already a father. I am afraid that if I take the exam, if I fail the exam, I will embarrass my mother..."

"If you don't pass the exam, you lose face? Then there are quite a lot of people who lose face every year," Gu Qingling said, "There are so many people who take the children's exam, and there will always be only a certain number of people who pass the exam, and the rest will follow you. It seems ashamed that they don't have to come out to meet people."

"My situation is different from theirs. They are relatively young, and I am already a father..."

"So, if you become a father, you won't be able to take the childbirth test. Who made the rules?"

Uncle Yao: "...No one stipulates it."

"That's it, then why do you feel ashamed? I don't believe it. When you leave the stage next year, you won't meet anyone older than you?" Gu Qingling said, "That story was staged, People in their [-]s and [-]s are still taking the exam, could it be made up to deceive people?"

Gu Qingling's words are true, from children to old age, there are many people taking part in the imperial examination.

There are even some people who died in the examination (old age) in the examination room, like Uncle Yao who only thought about taking the imperial examination when he was in his thirties. Although it is relatively rare, it is not uncommon.

What's more, in the examination room, you don't know me, I don't know you, who knows how many times Uncle Yao came to take the imperial examination?
If he can really pass the exam once, someone will probably envy him: I haven't passed the exam since I was a teenager, why did you come to take the exam when you were thirty, but you passed the exam immediately? !

Uncle Yao originally thought that he would find a way to persuade the old matriarch, but he did not expect that the old matriarch not only supported him to take the imperial examination, but even comforted him in turn.

He was a little moved, and said on the spot that he would work hard, work hard, and show her a name in the exam.

Gu Qingling said: "You are not showing me a name in the exam, you are showing yourself. The important thing is not whether you can get a good grade in the exam, but whether you have displayed your strength. If you display your own If you still fail to pass the exam, it means that you are not strong enough and you need to continue studying. Then you just study hard; Reflect on yourself, and go to the examination room when you are ready..."

"Yes, mother, I understand."

"It's good if you know, you go to prepare. You don't need to worry about the rest, just prepare for the exam with peace of mind. If there is anything missing, tell me or your wife."

"Yes."

……

After Uncle Yao left, Gu Qingling was still surprised, because she really didn't expect Uncle Yao to take the initiative to mention this matter.

She may have mentioned it before, but at that time everyone thought she was just talking, but in fact, Gu Qingling very much hoped that the men in the family would study hard and then pass the imperial examination.

In this era, everything is inferior, only reading is high.

The Yao family wanted to find a way out, other than using some "coincidences" to create credit and get into the eyes of the royal family, the best way was to take the "imperial examination" route.

Only this way is the most reliable way, and it is also the easiest way to let the Yao family into the eyes of Qingliu, so as to take root in the capital.Otherwise, no matter how much she contributes to the Yao family in the future, they will just say: "If it wasn't for the coincidence of those two brothers, there is such a mother, how could such a thing happen to them?"

That way, the name is too empty, and it is not conducive to the growth of the younger generation of the Yao family.

In Gu Qingling's imagination, merits such as defending against smallpox can be achieved, but the descendants of the Yao family must also be able to "read books", relying on their own strength to rely on their ability, so that they can go further.

(End of this chapter)