After dressing as a superb old woman, I am bound to the power system

Yu Zhao came here to thank me for saving my life.

"I was poisoned by medicine in a restaurant earlier, so I couldn't thank all my benefactors. Now that I have left that place, the medicine on my body has faded a lot, so I just want to pay tribute to all my benefactors. Don't refuse, benefactors, the life-saving grace is worth it.

." Yu Zhao said in a long tone.

After saying this, he took the whole family and started kowtowing. Everyone knelt on the ground and kowtowed three times. After kowtowing, the Duan family walked over to Chen Shu and others, and kowtowed three times again.

Standing up completely and neatly.

Yu Zhao still had tears in his eyes: "It's getting late, so I won't disturb your benefactors' rest. If you can use my place, just say so."

Yu Zhao and his family retreated very neatly. Qiao Lan couldn't help but take a few more glances. He was a very capable person.

After dinner, the Duan family sat around the fire, and Qiao Lan started talking.

"This journey has not been easy!" Qiao Lan started.

Duan Mingjing had been staying close to Qiao Lan. Hearing Qiao Lan's words, he couldn't help but feel sad, "Mom, it's all my fault that my son is useless!"

…

It's really useless. I can't do any work, but my food and drink are top-notch.

However, Qiao Lan still spoke patiently, "Don't be impatient, let me finish."

"Okay, mother, tell me."

Qiao Lan felt that the fists hidden under her sleeves were a little hard. She was annoyed the most by insisting on responding to such interruptions.

"You have also seen that there are many evil people out there, who seek wealth and murder, and who plunder people's money. Our family is a common people, and it is too difficult to protect ourselves. I am old and of no use. In the future

It’s up to you.”

"My family used to be rich, and you didn't have to worry about food and drink. It's different now... You can see how much money my old lady has in her hand. She has spent a lot along the way. She is going back to her hometown soon, and there are many places to use her money.

, you can’t just rely on the little money you have.”

"My family can't support your studies as usual. The capital is in chaos, and the imperial examination may not be possible in the past few years. Even if the capital becomes more stable, my family can't afford your studies. You all have children, so I think.

I want to find something to do to support my family when I go back..." Qiao Lan gave everyone a heads up in advance to wake them up.

It was considered that she had finished speaking.

Duan Mingjing felt uncomfortable after hearing this, and lowered his head sadly. He turned to his sons and said, "Dad has no ability and knows nothing. He only hopes that you guys will study hard and become adults, and gain fame and glory.

"

Qiao Lan:......

The originally solemn atmosphere became very clever under Duan Mingjing's intervention.

Duan Yutao was full of confidence: "Dad, don't worry, I will work hard! I will definitely practice boxing and kicking in the future. If there are bad people who bully us, I will go out to protect you."

Duan Yutao clenched his fists as he spoke. His serious look made his brothers laugh.

Duan Yujin couldn't help but pulled his younger brother and whispered: "You're stupid, dad is calling you to study hard and get fame, not to practice martial arts!"

Duan Yutao was confused, "Can martial arts practice lead to a test of merit?"

"Yes, I heard that you can also become a general!" Duan Yuxing said as he geared up.

Compared to the excitement of the grandchildren at home, the sons and daughters of the Duan family were silent and lowered their heads.

Duan Mingqing and Duan Mingchen knew clearly in their hearts that the reason why they were able to make it this way safely was because Mr. He was watching over them and taking care of their family.

What if there is no Mr. He?

I'm afraid they are no better than the Yu family.

The Yu family are at least imperial merchants, and they will be protected by their family members after returning to Jinchang Mansion.

What about them? They are nothing, and they don’t know what the situation is like in their hometown.

The only promising member of the Duan family was Duan Yuexiu, who was in the fourth rank of official residence in the capital, but that is all in the past. After Duan Yuexiu died, the Duan family was ransacked.

Now the news has not reached my hometown, but it makes no difference.

The reason why my mother took them back to Tongzhou after all the hard work was firstly because she hoped that they could stand up again and revive the Duan family's reputation. Secondly, because the Duan family still had part of their property in Tongzhou.

After Duan Yuexiu became an official, in addition to the house he bought in the capital, he also bought hundreds of acres of farmland in his hometown. The farmland was recorded in Duan Yuexiu's name. When Duan Yuexiu was gone, it was naturally distributed to his descendants.

Today, the children and grandchildren of the Duan family have no money, but they still have some fields in their hometown, so they can still make ends meet.

But this journey made them understand one thing, this world is not just about having money.

No matter how rich you are, you can bully them to death if you meet a corrupt official, not to mention those thieves with sinister intentions who have to hold their fists in their hands to protect themselves.

So you still have to take the imperial examination and become an official.

Duan Mingqing looked at his wife and daughter, and then at the whole family.

After his eldest brother's accident, he was the only scholar in the family. He managed to survive the filial piety period of his eldest brother. When he was about to take the examination for candidates, his father died of illness again. The examination was postponed again and again, and now he has been deprived of his honor.

Although he was deprived of his fame, it was not deprived of the qualifications of the Duan family's descendants to take the imperial examination. Duan Mingjing prepared silently for several years, and it was not difficult for him to take the scholar examination again.

Recalling what the old lady had just said, Duan Mingqing secretly guessed that the old lady was hoping that he would revitalize the Duan family?

But the old lady never urged him to study, nor did she say anything about her hope that he would be an examiner.

The old lady was not his biological mother. Although she was too harsh on him, her upbringing was still there. Thinking of the changes in the old lady after the Duan family was ruined, Duan Mingqing felt very complicated.

Duan Mingchen's thinking was much simpler. It was not easy to pass the imperial examination. If he passed the examination, he would have to study for several years.

My hometown has land, but I don’t have the resources to farm it.

His second brother cannot be counted on at all. The third brother is strong at studying, so he should be allowed to continue studying.

You can go back to your hometown and sell land to collect rent, and your family will not starve to death.

He can't just do nothing, he will have to find a way to make money when the time comes.

But all this will have to wait until we return to our hometown.

There are many ways for a person to get ahead, but the surest way is to study and become an official.

Regardless of those who are registered as businessmen, as long as their families have some money, they will usually send their children and grandchildren to study in academies, hoping that their children will succeed in their studies.

Common people have to perform corvee every year. If you are admitted as a scholar, you will have immunity. After you are admitted as a juren, you will get money every month and you can directly become an official. It is not the same level at all.

If Duan Yuexiu was still here, even if his children and grandchildren were no longer useful, as long as they were admitted to the Juren Examination, he would be able to work hard so that the children of the family could enter the officialdom and serve as iron rice bowls in this era.

So when the sons of the family were still young, they were sent to study in academies and hired famous teachers so that they could quickly embark on the road of imperial examinations.

This is true not only of the Duan family, but also of prominent families in the capital.