Zhulan's family received a lot of gifts when moving. The most expensive ones from the county magistrate, the embroidered screen ornaments, and the guests from other counties also gave gifts. Most of the cloth and ink for reading were given by the official, and the food, snacks, etc. sent by others. In the month of moving, Zhulan's family had never bought snacks.

It was the Chinese New Year, and when I moved, Zhulan's family naturally had to return the gift. In order to repay the gift, Zhulan's family bought a fool's robe and a sheep during the Chinese New Year. They killed each house and sent meat. They gave more to the county magistrate's family. The light-year gift cost more than thirty amounts of silver.

The New Year gifts I exchanged for are also objective. There is no shortage of meat at home, and there is enough fabric for the whole family to make four-piece clothes.

The most gifts were from the county magistrate's family, who returned some rare ingredients from the south. Because of the first New Year of engagement, Zhulan also specially gave Dong Chuchu jewelry gifts, and Dong Lin also returned a few exquisite jewelry from Xuehan and Yushuang and Yulu.

With more favors, more gifts will be given in a year. It consumes a lot of money. If you don’t have a family foundation, you don’t have money to communicate. If you don’t have money, you don’t have connections, and if you don’t have connections, you don’t have more ways out.

In the final analysis, it is about money. Zhou Shuren can make connections so quickly. On the one hand, his own abilities are also his own family. Zhou Shuren has the money to support him, so it is very different to invite someone to dinner and noodle stalls.

Whoever is unwilling to make friends with a lower family is a relationship of interest, so naturally he is more willing to make friends who can help in the future.

Of course, there were also gentlemen friends, and there were not many in ancient times when survival was difficult.

At least Zhulan and Zhou Shuren have been here for so long, and they have never met a gentleman who does not look at the background or the potential to make friends.

After the Chinese New Year, life passed faster. In a blink of an eye, the first lunar month came out. When the first lunar month came out, it was time to prepare for the Tongsheng trial in February. Zhulan Jia Changlian and Changzhi both participated.

Because Zhou Shuren is a student in the imperial examination, he can be a guarantee himself, which saves a lot of trouble.

Zhoujia Village also looked for Zhou Shuren as insurance. Whether it is a relative or not, Zhou Shuren has confiscated the insurance premium. On the one hand, on the other hand, a village is studying in the Zhou clan. Now, he will give him kindness and return it to Zhou clan. If he really has a gold list title in the future, it will be a good fate.

The closer the exam, Chang Lian was under the pressure, because he was the future son-in-law of the county magistrate. After the county exam, he got married again. Naturally, he hoped not only to pass the exam, but also to achieve good results.

Changzhi was very calm. At the same time, he was very confident in himself.

Zhulan and Zhou Shuren privately believed that Changzhi would be better than Chang Lian's exam, and his talent sometimes makes people jealous!

Two days before the exam, Changlian received a pencil bag from Dong Chuchu, and Changlian took it to the exam room.

This exam still lives in the family of the clan, and the two brothers can take care of each other when they live together.

On the first day of the exam, Zhulan was thinking, "I don't know that Changzhi can't take good care of herself."

Zhou Shuren was not worried about it, but because Zhulan was worried about it, he disliked the two bad boys. "Changzhi was not in common affairs and didn't care about money, but with enough money, this boy could take care of himself better than anyone else."

This is a master who is willing to spend money, and he is also a master who will not treat himself badly.

Bamboo orchid, “……….”

She was speechless. Changzhi didn't care about money. As long as he had money in his hand, he would definitely be willing to spend money. Instead, Changlian, this kid was stingy, and it seemed that the trend was getting worse and worse.

However, Chang Lian and Changzhi took the exam together and ate and lived together. Zhulan thought silently that she would not have any money left for Changzhi. As for Chang Lian, there must be a lot of leftovers. He would not be ashamed to take advantage of his younger brother. Changlian became more and more embarrassed.

This year, the county exam took five exams. Zhou Shuren was not worried about his grades and did not pick up the two brothers in person. Zhou Laoda and Zhou Laoer went to the county to pick up the people.

In the afternoon, the four brothers came back. Looking at Chang Lian's appearance, they knew that the ranking was not ideal.

Changzhi is also a child, and he is the youngest candidate this year. After getting good grades, he said excitedly: "Dad, I got the first place in the exam, I am the first place."

Zhou Shuren was very pleased and failed his expectations and encouraged him: "Don't be proud, keep working hard."

Changzhi also wants to be a young scholar. His family has improved and he has read more books. His father and his husband personally guided him. If he fails to pass the young scholar, he is sorry for his husband and his father's training. "Dad, I'll go back to read books first."

Zhou Shuren spent a lot of effort on Changzhi in his study. He also wanted to try it. Without the foundation of a big family, according to his cultivation, Changzhi had enough talent, could he make a sensation and become a young scholar this year?

Chang Lian felt even more upset when he saw his younger brother. He was very depressed. He didn't even rank second and ranked fifth. He was a little afraid of his father's disappointment and dared not mention his ranking, "Dad."

Zhou Shuren saw that the ranking was not up to expectations. Although this kid had no confidence in taking Changzhi, he was still very confident in the ranking. The kid worked hard enough and comforted him, "The scores of the first exam are nothing. Think about your father and me. I didn't get the first place in the county exam at the beginning, so the scores of the first exam do not represent the final score."

Chang Lian felt a little bit better when he heard this, and then he said the ranking, "Dad, I got the fifth place."

Zhou Shuren knew that there was something wrong with Chang Lian's ranking. Although Chang Lian was not as good as Chang Zhi, he worked very hard. He had some talent and his grades in his studies were only inferior to Chang Zhi. He also inquired about this year's candidates. There were not many people who were stronger than Chang Lian. Chang Lian was also cautious and would not be careless now. No matter how hard he was, he could not be fifth.

It seems that the county magistrate doesn’t want his son-in-law to take the exam to get the rankings too well, so he will win!

Zhou Shuren guessed the intention of the county magistrate. Not only did he hope that Changlian could take the subsequent exams harder, but he would not fail to pass the scholar. It would be a big blow to Changlian. The county magistrate, the father-in-law, was also very attentive to Changlian.

Since the county magistrate has suppressed the ranking, he can just encourage him. Don’t let Changlian get too badly. “The ranking is OK, Dad believes that your ranking will definitely be better next time.”

He thought his father would be dissatisfied, and he was nervous when he came back and didn't know how to face his father. Unexpectedly, his father not only didn't say anything about him, but also encouraged him, clenched his fists, "Dad, I will definitely get a good ranking next time."

This is really unsure. Zhou Shuren knows the candidates in this county and doesn’t know the candidates who participated in the college entrance examination. Don’t say too much, and finally gets hit. “The college entrance examination is in Pingzhou, and every class of candidates is not short of talented and hard-working people. Those who can participate in the college entrance examination have real skills. Dad hopes that you work hard seriously and the ranking is secondary. As long as you work hard and work hard, dad will be relieved.”

At least I have tried my best and there is no regret, but it is unlucky. Zhou Shuren didn't say this sentence.

Chang Lian felt that time was tight, and he was still content when he took the county exam. He thought that the exam would not be bad, but the results were not good. The college exam was more difficult than the county exam, so he had to work harder, "Dad, I'm going to read books, too."

Before Zhulan could speak, Changlian ran back to the yard to read a book.
Chapter completed!