After Li San Lang's visit, Lou Xiaoyi's happy and grounded life finally returned to peace. He finally had the time to search for traces of cultivation in the sea of books. Perhaps the people of this world could not understand his dedication to cultivation, but to the people from his previous world, this was almost everything.
Transmigrating without cultivation, the chrysanthemum electric drill!
But the limited few days were not enough for him to find anything of value. It was easy to capture a trace of cultivation in these ordinary biographies of mountains, rivers, geography, and people, but it was basically impossible to find the truth from them. All the documents were shrouded in fog, ambiguous and specious. This was not a problem that could be solved by summarizing.
After ten days, Lou Xiaoyi was summoned to the inner courtyard again to be tortured by the two old ladies.
"I heard that you've been living very comfortably these days. You've been calling your friends all day, enjoying wine and meat. The best restaurants in Pu City have sent you food, haven't they?
There are also musicians, acrobatic entertainers, chatting and laughing with the richest man, and drunkards everywhere!
Such days are over, aren't you a little reluctant?
Since Xiao Yi likes it, as your mother, I don't want to disturb your mood. Why don't you be grounded for another month? "
Lou Xiaoyi listened to his mother's sarcastic words and laughed in his heart, but he had to be sincere now.
Thus, he said in fear and trepidation, "Mother, what are you saying? Your son also wants to reflect on his mistakes and repent, but there's no point in rejecting the kindness of others!
As the saying goes, wine and meat pass through the intestines, but remorse stays in the heart. Your son is very clear about your kind intentions, and I'm not deliberately ignoring them. "
Aunt Cai Huan laughed, "Xiao Yi, your mouth is getting better and better at talking!"
Lou Xiaoyi said with a straight face, "There's a time when a person is born, and there's a time when a person is born. The heavens create people equally. I didn't speak much when I was young, but now I've made up for it. Some people talk a lot when they're young, but when they grow up, silence is golden. It's the same principle."
Lou Yaoshi put on a straight face, "Xiao Yi, you've grown up. It's not good for me to meddle in your affairs, but what's up with that Li San Lang? I've never heard of you hooking up with him."
Lou Xiaoyi laughed, "Mother, what are you saying? How is this hooking up? It's like this … "
He told her about Li San Lang's performance and reaction at the spring outing.
"Li San Jue and I have a common enemy, and his son helped him vent his anger. That's why he gave me a toast to thank me. Actually, this is the first time we've spoken.
His son felt that there was no need to persist in some unnecessary conflicts. The Li family had quite a bit of influence in Pu City. They were the real local tyrants. It would be good to ease the relationship between the two families a little!
Li San Lang is a smart man. His purpose for coming to our Lou Province is not pure. That is why I took the initiative to receive him. In my opinion, even if the conflict from back then is not easy to resolve, just the fact that I am close to him in this generation is enough to ease some things … "
Lou Yaoshi sighed. As the matriarch of Lou Province, how could she not know that the current Sima Residence was no longer as glorious? It was not suitable for them to have any conflicts with a local tyrant like the Li family. However, there were some things that could not be regretted and were hard to turn around. A few days ago, her son's brick had coincidentally brought Li San Lang over. It was an unexpected surprise.
Seeing his mother sigh, Lou Xiaoyi guessed her thoughts, "Mother, this is an inevitable choice between families. He's in the business world, and I'm in the government. There is no direct conflict of interest. It's best for us to coexist.
As for Li San Lang, a shrewd person like him is not so easy to make friends. He's different from Qi Er and his gang. Your son understands this. He won't easily fall into the trap of others. In the end, we're just using each other. "
Lou Yaoshi stared at her son. At this moment, she was certain. It was as if overnight, that ignorant child had truly grown up. He had his own thoughts and his own judgment. Her heart, which had been in suspense for eighteen years, could finally be at ease.
Her son had grown up. She had to care less about the outside world. After all, this residence belonged to the Lou family.
"I don't care about what you do outside! But now that Xiao Yi is so understanding, then tell me, when do you plan to give me an explanation for that literary examination? "
This time, it was Lou Xiaoyi's turn to sigh. He knew that he could not avoid this matter that concerned the reputation of his family in Lou Province.
When he first came to this body, he did not take it seriously at all. Who would transmigrate for no reason? Why would he go to another world to continue his exam-oriented education? Would he be looking for trouble for himself?
But now, he no longer thought that way. Because of the relationship he had cultivated with the two old women, he knew that in the future, he would definitely do many things that would exceed the expectations of the two old women. It would also be very difficult to satisfy the wishes of the two old women, such as getting married and having children.
He could not disappoint the two old women in all aspects! In that case, he shouldn't reject the relatively easy title of a scholar.
"There are still three months before the summer's imperial examinations. The two old ladies need not worry. Xiao Yi will obtain this title this year as a present for mother's fiftieth birthday!"
Lou Yaoshi broke into a smile, "Really?"
Lou Xiaoyi gritted his teeth, "Really!"
Lou Yaoshi confirmed again, "If you obtain scholarly honors, I will not force you to get married for three years! It is also up to you to choose!
But if you do not succeed, the day you fail will be the day you get married! "
This old woman, every step she took, she was really watertight!
"Mother, getting married is not like recruiting servants. How can it be so fast …"
Aunt Cai Huan stepped in at the right time, "You don't have to worry about this! Leave everything to your Aunt Cai, I promise not to be perfunctory! "
Lou Xiaoyi retreated in defeat …
He was confident that he could pass the Wen Zhuan exam because his original consciousness had been reading books for more than ten years and had a deep accumulation of knowledge. The Wen Zhuan exam was just the most basic level in this world, just like the ancient scholars in his previous life. There were still several levels above that: Wen Yuan, Wen Dian, and Wen Kui.
His mother's request was that he must complete the literary examination to prove his identity as a scholarly family in Lou Province. As for the next level, if he passed the literary examination, he could be an official. This was not what the old madam wanted.
It sounded easy, and it was easy to think about, but to do it …
Lou Xiaoyi was still a responsible person. Since he wanted to take the imperial examinations, he had to make preparations in advance. Originally, his consciousness was very resistant to taking the examinations, so he did not make any preparations. However, he was different. As someone who had experienced it before, he knew very well that the expectations of the elders were for the younger generation. The younger generation would always start to regret not doing more things to make them happy when their parents were still alive.
He would not. At the very least, he would try his best to do what he could.
Although he had never experienced such an occasion in his previous life, there were still many books about the General Examination in the Lou Residence. The whole process was very clear. When he roughly looked through the selected articles over the years and the articles he had written in the past two years, he found two problems after comparing them one by one.
The good news was that with his current level, he could definitely pass this kind of preliminary examination.
The bad news was that his current consciousness could no longer write the essays that his original consciousness had written!
He forgot that he was no longer the original him!
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