After picking up the daughter of the lucky star, the whole village prospered

Mr. Wu said nothing, picked up the paper written by Jiang Jiemo and read it carefully.

This child's handwriting might not be amazing if it were changed to an older person, but he is only four years old.

A four-year-old doll has such writing skills, stronger than his own son when he was young.

It would be a pity if such a workable material was buried in the countryside.

Mr. Wu stared down at Jiang Jie: "Would you like to be my student?"

Jiang Jie blinked, remembering her sister's advice, nodded: "Yes!"

My sister said that Grandpa Wu's son might be a Jinshi, and Grandpa Wu must also be a very capable scholar. If I am lucky enough to worship him as my teacher, it will not be a problem to be a scholar in the future.

If he is admitted as a scholar, his family's land can be exempted from tax. After he becomes a adult, he can wear colored clothes when walking outside. He doesn't have to wear black and white like the big brother, which is not good-looking at all.

Mr. Wu turned his head to look at Jiang Sanlang who was standing under the eaves of the corridor in the distance, and waved to him.

Jiang Sanlang hurried over and saluted Mr. Wu and Mrs. Wu.

Mr. Wu stroked his beard and said, "Jiang Cunzheng, I want to take your son as an apprentice, what do you think?"

Jiang Sanlang was taken aback for a moment, thinking he had heard wrong.But he quickly reacted, and bowed deeply to old Mr. Wu, "It's his honor that Mr. Wu is favored by the young boy. I'm so happy. There is no one in our family who is unwilling."

Mr. Wu nodded: "Well, Jiang Jie will be my disciple from now on."

Hearing Mr. Wu's words, Yingbao was very excited, and gently pushed his younger brother, motioning him to kowtow to pay homage to his teacher.

Jiang Jie instantly understood what his sister meant, plopped down on his knees in front of the old gentleman, kowtowed three times, and shouted: "Master, disciple Jiang Jie kowtows to you!"

At the beginning, because he was kneeling too fast, he fell to the ground all of a sudden, but fortunately, he quickly got up and knelt down, and finished kowtowing seriously.

Granny Wu covered her mouth and kept laughing, and quickly helped the little baby up. "Oh, slow down, your face is broken."

"No..." Jiang Jie touched his face, a little embarrassed.

Elder Wu: "Since you are my disciple, you will live here from now on. Would you like to?"

Jiang Jie hesitated, turned to look at his sister, then at his father, and saw that both of them nodded, so he nodded too: "Yes. Then, can I go home later?"

If you don't give him home, he will regret his reluctance.

"Of course I can go back, and I can give you a day off in ten and a half days." Mr. Wu said while stroking his beard.

Jiang Jie hesitated for a moment, but still nodded.

Coming out of the inner courtyard of the yamen, Jiang Jie hung his head and remained silent.

Jiang Sanlang carried him into the carriage, and asked the little girl to talk beside him.

But Jiang Jie didn't speak until he returned to Plum Blossom Lane.

Yingbao knew that her younger brother couldn't accept leaving home and leaving his parents to study, so he patted his head and said softly:

"If you want to take the exam and become a county magistrate, you must worship a good master. Did you see those students from the county school yesterday? Some of them are older than dad and still studying in the school. Do you know why? Is it?"

Jiang Jie said sullenly, "Because they didn't pass the exam."

"That's right. Guess why they always fail the exam?"

"Because there is no great master."

"Haha, Xiaojie is so smart, he even knows this." Yingbao clapped her hands and laughed, "It's because they didn't have a good teacher when they were young, so they are still studying when they are older than Dad."

Jiang Sanlang: ...How old am I that my children despise me?

I heard Ying Bao continue: "Do you want to study until you are old and fail to pass the exam, or do you want to be admitted to the scholar juren early with the guidance of the master?"

Xiaojie thought for a moment, and said, "I want to pass the exam early." He didn't want to study until he was older than his grandfather, and then he couldn't even walk.

Ying Bao patted his little brother on the shoulder and encouraged him: "Yes, I have ambition. In the previous dynasty, there was a child prodigy who passed the examination of scholar at the age of ten, passed the examination of Juren at the age of 13, and went to the capital to pass the entrance examination at the age of 16. I know how powerful Jinshi is." Well, each of them can be a high-ranking official."

Jiang Jie's eyes lit up when he heard this.

When he was a child, he often listened to his sister telling stories about students studying, and he especially yearned for the students in the stories who went to Beijing to rush for the exam.

The titles on the gold list and the number one scholar are not as attractive as the ghosts and ghosts he met on the way to the exam, so he has to go to the exam early.

Right now, it is his primary goal to take the exam first.

"Sister, when will I go to study with Grandpa Wu?"

After thinking about it, Jiang Jie couldn't wait to go to Grandpa Wu's house to learn from him.

Ying Bao smiled: "Father has already gone to prepare for the apprenticeship ceremony, we will go there early tomorrow morning."

Early the next morning, Jiang Jie put on brand-new plain clothes and pants, combed his hair neatly, put on a cloth bag, climbed into the carriage and sat upright, looking like a proper little scholar.

Jiang Sanlang also put on clean plain clothes, with Liuli and Shuxiu.

Yingbao didn't go this time, because that kind of occasion was not suitable for other people to watch besides the elders.

Jiang Sanlang didn't come back until noon.

He said to his daughter with a happy face: "Xiaojie has already worshiped as a teacher, Mr. Wu left him to live in the county yamen courtyard, and we will take Xiaojie home for a day on the first and fifteenth of every month."

Yingbao was also very happy. "Then on the first and fifteenth day of the new year, bring Auntie to the county seat."

Jiang Sanlang also meant the same thing, he smiled and said: "Let's go home now and tell your mother the good news."

For children of villagers like them, being able to worship Mr. Wu as their teacher is a blessing that has been cultivated for several lifetimes.

Although Jiang Sanlang didn't know what Mr. Wu was doing before, but he was able to teach a son like Wu county magistrate, he was a remarkable person.

But then again, if it wasn't for his little girl, he wouldn't even be able to cross the threshold of the county government, let alone get in touch with the county magistrate's family.

As soon as he heard that he was going back now, Jiang Quan hurriedly climbed into the carriage.

Jiang Cheng was unwilling to leave, saying that he would stay in Plum Blossom Lane to guard the house.Because carpenters come to the house every day to make furniture, someone must take care of it here.

In fact, there is another reason for him not to return to his hometown. The last marriage made Jiang Cheng feel that he could not hold his head up in the village, and he just wanted to stay in the county for the rest of his life and never go back.

Jiang Sanlang told Jiang Cheng a few words, and then drove the carriage out of the city.

Driving all the way, finally returned to the village before dark.

Two puppies ran over to meet their little master barking, their tails wagging like propellers.

"Father! Sister!"

Jiang Wu hadn't seen his sister for several days. Every evening, he would stand on the high fence and look at the road into the village. Today, he saw his carriage from a distance, quickly got off the fence, and galloped all the way out.

Yingbao jumped out of the carriage, first gave her second brother a bear hug, and then hugged the two dogs several times.

Chunniang also ran out, but she didn't see Jiang Jie and was stunned: "Where's Xiaojie?"

Jiang Sanlang laughed and said: "Xiaojie worshiped a master in the county, and will live in his master's house from now on. You can go to the county with me to see him on the 15th day of the new year."

Chunniang was at a loss for a moment, remembering the incident of the little girl taking Xiaojie to see the county magistrate's father, she asked incredulously, "Could it be that Xiaojie worshiped Mr. Wu as his teacher?"

Jiang Sanlang smiled and said in a low voice: "It's fine for the family to know about this, don't let outsiders know about it."

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