After the whole family was swept away, I lay down flat

Chapter 1053 Encouragement to Learn
The teachers hope Jin Jiashu will work harder.

Originally, they didn't plan to assign him too much homework, hoping that he would first take care of his health. But he seemed to be too idle. He came to the Hai family to see the teacher every few days, but in fact, he was looking for an excuse to see his fiancée. How could a scholar be so sentimental? ! If his heart and eyes were full of love, how much attention could he put on his studies? ! Can he still pass the provincial examination next year? ! Since he has decided to achieve success in his official career, he can't just talk about it!

Xie Wenzai, Cao Gengyun and Lu Bainian discussed privately that they could not let Jin Jiashu idle any longer. He seemed to have recovered well and was in good spirits, so he could spend more time on his homework. Therefore, as the New Year was approaching, the three teachers assigned him homework, including how many books to memorize, how many articles to write, and how many strokes to practice. The three teachers had their own requirements. Cao Gengyun was not there, so Lu Bainian conveyed his requirements. Jin Jiashu looked at the amount of homework assigned by the teachers and was shocked.

He knew that he would not be able to have a leisurely New Year. Even if he was going to the palace for a banquet or to a hot spring resort to escape the cold, he had to bring his pen, ink, paper and inkstone and study hard day and night. Otherwise, he would have a hard time explaining his homework when the teachers asked about it after the New Year.

Jin Jiashu felt bitter, but he knew that the teachers were doing it for his own good, so he could only obey their orders. Now that he was in front of his fiancée and her grandmother, he couldn't help but act like a spoiled child and complain. Unexpectedly, before his fiancée Haitang could say anything, Grandma Haitang actually nodded and praised him: "That's right! Xiaojin, you will take the second provincial examination next year. I heard that the provincial examination in the capital is ten times more difficult than that in Chang'an! If you don't work hard, I'm afraid you will fail again. How can such a smart child like you fail again and again? You were unlucky in Chang'an, and the prefect deliberately demoted you. But now that you have entered the capital, the time, the place, and the people are all right for you. If you fail again, it will be unreasonable. I'm afraid that the Empress Dowager will be disappointed. Your teachers are also doing it for your own good. You just need to work hard for two years to get your name back first. After you pass the exam, you can become an official at any time. You can do whatever you want. With the Empress Dowager and the Emperor here, no one can do anything to you!"

Jin Jiashu was speechless. But what else could he say? He could only bow his head and nod, and the pressure in his heart suddenly increased tenfold.

Fortunately, his fiancée Haitang felt sorry for him and spoke to his rescue: "Grandma, don't scare Brother Jin. Even if he fails the provincial examination next year, there is still the provincial examination the year after. Brother Jin is still young. He will have one chance in the next three years. He will definitely pass. How many young students like him can pass the provincial examination? Don't force him."

Ma secretly glared at her granddaughter. She was not an ignorant woman, how could she not understand this truth? But among the scholars she was familiar with, Xie Wenzai was a young Jinshi, and he was already a Tanhua before he even reached adulthood. The others, Cao, Lu, Qiao, Chang, Zhuang, etc., were all famous for their talents in their early twenties, and they were either Jinshi or Juren, but in her eyes, they were all ordinary. For someone like Jin Jiashu, who was nearly eighteen years old and was only a scholar, he could not be considered very smart and outstanding. If he was in his twenties or thirties and still could not pass the Jinshi, wouldn't he be too mediocre with his background as the nephew of the empress dowager? !

When Ma Shangyi was in Chang'an, she would report to the capital every few months, and she would always boast about Jin Jiashu's intelligence in the letters. If such a smart child could not pass the imperial examination in Beijing, would the palace think that Ma Shangyi was deceiving the emperor? Moreover, Jin Jiashu was not an outsider. He was already the fiancé of Haitang, the granddaughter of the Hai family, and they would be married in a few months. If after he got engaged to Haitang, his road to the imperial examination was not as smooth as before in Chang'an, would the palace vent its anger on Haitang? Would they blame her for not being able to assist her husband well, or would they blame her for delaying his studies?
Ma thought of Jin Jiashu often coming to her house to see her granddaughter, and she felt that this matter was not a bad thing. She had never seen the empress in the palace, but she thought that the elders of the man's family had similar ideas. If the children and grandchildren were not doing well in their studies, it must be because the daughter-in-law did not take good care of them and distracted him! Ma did not want her granddaughter to bear this blame. She would rather urge Jin Jiashu to study hard, learn his lessons well, pass the imperial examination, and become an official, so that her granddaughter could enjoy the happiness with him!

Ma said many words to encourage him to study, and Jin Jiashu could only agree with them with a wry smile. He glanced at his fiancée from time to time, hoping that she could help him.

Haitang sat and listened to her grandmother's chatter for a while. She estimated that it was about time, so she said, "Okay, grandma, Brother Jin knows his limits, so please stop nagging. Uncle and Grandpa Lu have assigned him a lot of homework, so let him go home and review it. Otherwise, when he goes to the palace to attend the palace banquet, how can he find time to read?"

Ma thought about it and agreed. If Jin Jiashu entered the palace, even if he wanted to take time to review, he would have to ask the Empress Dowager and the new emperor to give him time to read. The palace had strict rules, and he couldn't be as comfortable as he was at home.

So she showed mercy and let Jin Jiashu go: "Okay, Grandma Hai won't stop you, you can go home and study. The kitchen has made some cakes today, all of which are new. You can take some back and eat them when you are hungry. If they are delicious, I will send someone to send them to you in a few days." Jin Jiashu quickly stood up and said goodbye. After paying his respects, he looked at Haitang again. Haitang stood up very naturally: "Grandma, I will see Brother Jin off."

Ma was about to speak but stopped herself, but finally relented and waved her hand, saying, "Go ahead, go ahead. Remember to remind the kitchen to pack a box of cakes and bring it back to Xiao Jin."

Haitang responded, turned around and glanced at Jin Jiashu, who quickly understood and bowed to Ma again, then retreated respectfully.

After leaving the upper room, Jin Jiashu said to Haitang impatiently: "Sister Hai, I am dying of suffocation today!"

Haitang smiled secretly and said, "Grandma is really grateful for your help in my cousin's matter, so she specially asked you to come to the upper room to talk."

Jin Jiashu smiled bitterly. He knew what Grandma Hai meant, and it wasn't that he didn't like talking to her. But the time he could stay at the Hai family was limited. If he stayed in the upper room for a long time, he would have less time to spend with Sister Hai. He was really anxious!

Haitang knew what he was thinking, but she didn't say much. She had already told Xiangcao to wait at the gate of the courtyard. When she saw someone, she waved and called him over, telling him to go to the kitchen to pass on the message. While she was in the kitchen getting the order and putting the cakes into the food boxes, she could chat with Jin Jiashu.

Haitang walked forward slowly and whispered, "I only mentioned Cousin Fang to you before, hoping that you could show up at my cousin and brother's wedding banquet to shock the clan members so that they wouldn't bully Cousin. I didn't expect you to mention her in front of the Empress Dowager. Now that she has received the calligraphy of the Grand Empress Dowager and the reward from the Empress Dowager, the clan members dare not do anything rash and are smiling to welcome her back to her hometown to worship the ancestors. She is now in a different spirit and has confidence in the future. This is all thanks to you, Brother Jin. Not only does my grandmother want to thank you, but I... and my brother also want to thank you."

Jin Jiashu smiled: "It's really a piece of cake. It's also a coincidence..." He paused, "It's a coincidence. The Queen Mother is facing a troublesome matter, so she wants to use Cousin Fang's matter to warn some people. Now that the matter is done, maybe someone will feel resentful. Sister Hai, remember to remind Cousin Fang to be careful."

Haitang was stunned: "Who is it?!"