Chapter 2 The Leaky Room Meets the Continuous Night Rain
"Officer, the slave family realizes their mistake."
As soon as Chen Mo sent Mrs. Wang away and returned to the house, Qin Xianglian knelt on the ground with a plop.
The house leaked and it rained all night!
Even if the money is not borrowed, you still have to compensate the other party for five taels of silver for the carriage fee, and you have to collect it before the county exam, otherwise you can only use your house to offset it.
Five taels of silver is almost what an ordinary family spends for half a year.
Qin Xianglian blamed herself extremely. With just one thought, the family was on the verge of collapse.
But she really couldn't think of any other way to solve the urgent need to rush for the exam without selling herself to borrow money.
"What are you doing? Get up quickly."
Chen Mo stepped forward to help her, and saw Qin Xianglian crying with pear blossoms in the rain, so he had to patiently persuade her.
"What I'm angry about is not that you borrowed money, but usury and deeds of betrayal. How can you sign those kinds of things casually? Don't you know who they are?"
"The slave family, the slave family just wants to help the officials share their worries."
Qin Xianglian raised her head, with tears shining in her eyes.
"After officials pass the county examination, they will go to the state academy to continue preparing for the state examination. After that, there will be the provincial examination and the palace examination. It will take three years to complete all examinations."
"Both left and right will be separated for a long time, so the slave family went to Wang Po privately and planned to lend her some silver and work hard to pay it back, and then reunite with the officials after three years."
Confused!
Chen Mo cursed in his heart, damn Chen Shimei, how much ecstasy soup did you pour into Qin Xianglian?
"It's already happened. There's no point in blaming yourself. Can you get up and talk first?"
"Officials are all useless slaves. If you have any anger, just let it out."
The harder Chen Mo pushed her, the harder Qin Xianglian fell, and for a while the two were in a stalemate.
"If you don't get up, you will never study again after you become a husband."
With nothing to do, Chen Mo could only bring out his trump card.
I have to say, this trick is really effective.
Qin Xianglian wiped away her tears and stood up in a hurry.
"My lord, I will listen to you in everything from now on. I will not dare to do anything ridiculous again. I just ask my lord not to say that I will give up studying again."
"Listen to everything?"
Chen Mo's heart softened and he swallowed back the words of blame.
"As long as the officials say it, the slave family will listen." Qin Xianglian nodded hurriedly and made a promise.
"Okay, let's go to bed. We'll talk about anything tomorrow."
Chen Mo originally wanted to take the opportunity to show off his cards and completely cut off the path to gaining fame, but seeing Qin Xianglian's dedication and dedication to this matter, he was worried that she wouldn't be able to bear it.
So I can only suppress it temporarily and find an opportunity to explain it later.
"Aren't the officials together with the slave family?"
Qin Xianglian blurted out, regaining her composure a little, her pretty face flushed.
At this time, her tears were still wet and she was deeply ashamed.
Like a flower bud waiting to bloom after the rain, Chen Mo couldn't move his eyes away from it.
After a moment of fighting between heaven and man in his heart, Chen Mocai turned around and walked towards the bookcase.
"You go to sleep first. I have a few questions that I need to think about."
"The slave family will go to bed first and help the officials warm their bedding."
After Qin Xianglian finished speaking, she opened the door curtain and entered the back room. There was a slight rustling sound, apparently they were making the bed and undressing.
What a sin...
Chen Mo's eyelids jumped when he heard that. He wanted to rush into the back room regardless, grab Qin Xianglian and destroy her perfect body.
When I thought about the situation in front of me, I could only suppress Xie Huo and sit in front of the desk to sort out the complicated and chaotic thoughts.
This is not the Song Dynasty, but the Chu Dynasty that has never appeared in history.
But both the territory and the various systems are very similar to those of the Northern Song Dynasty.
Even the current emperor, like Song Renzong, governs the world with two words of benevolence and love, and is highly admired and loved by the people.
The current dynasty is not the prosperous Song Dynasty, and the previous dynasty certainly did not have the prosperous Tang Dynasty.
This is a good thing for Chen Mo. Since the historical trajectory is different, he no longer has to worry about rushing for the exam.
But what a coincidence is that the deputy prime minister of this dynasty is also named Bao Zheng, and he is also a direct bachelor of Longtuge.
Because of his unselfishness and his courage to speak out for the people, he was honored as Bao Qingtian by the people.
"God, do you have to play to death before I'm willing to do it?"
While Chen Mo complained, he also became more determined not to rush for the exam.
As for how to appease Qin Xianglian, he had roughly thought about it.
Now that the stamps have been destroyed, 80% of them will not be able to take part in the county examination.
To take a step back, even if the town elders and the academy teachers interceded, and the county government could be accommodating, Chen Mo could still do some tricks during the exam.
In a word, I took the exam but failed!
Qin Xianglian could not say anything since she was able to withdraw calmly.
Moreover, the exam is in five days, so you can put it aside for now. On the contrary, the five taels of silver that you promised to pay for travel expenses must be collected as soon as possible.
Mrs. Wang’s dog-skin plasters must not stick to your body.
Chen Mo roughly estimated that the purchasing power of one tael of silver today is equivalent to a thousand yuan in the previous life.
Five thousand yuan is not a big amount, but the problem is that time is limited. Without doing anything illegal, it is really not easy to solve it within five days.
After much thought, Chen Mo finally figured out a way.
Cutting wood and burning charcoal!
First of all, it is halfway through late autumn and the beginning of winter is approaching, which is a good time to sell charcoal.
Secondly, given the current situation at home, the only thing that can be quickly realized is the three acres of peach orchard in the back mountain.
The most important thing is that Taoyuan is private property and can be completely controlled independently.
Speaking of this, I have to thank Chen Shimei’s grandfather.
When he was hit by a disaster and fled here, he responded to the official's call and worked diligently to open up wasteland and farmland. Only then was he able to become a good citizen under the policy of establishing households to equalize the people.
As for slave status and humble status, personal freedom is a luxury, let alone private property.
Chen Mo was a man of action, and he was afraid that he would not be able to control himself after entering the house, so he simply did what he said, picked up tools and oil lamps and went to the fields to cut wood and dig a kiln.
According to his original intention, he used modern retort technology to burn charcoal. It only takes a day and the quality of the charcoal produced is also of high quality.
However, the family was too poor and did not have such large iron tools to make a furnace, so they could only use the earth kiln method, and it would take three days at the earliest before it could be sold.
Slow is a little slow, but it is still the way to go.
Just like this, when the rooster crowed, Chen Mo not only dug the earth kiln, but also cut down most of the peach trees.
The whole person was almost dead from exhaustion, dirt and debris mixed with sweat covered his whole body, and there was no trace of the elegance of a scholar.
But there was a relieved and satisfied smile on his face.
Days like this don't seem too bad.
Tired and exhausted, Chen Mo lay on the ground with his back stretched out. Before closing his heavy eyelids, he vaguely saw Qin Xianglian running towards him in a hurry.
The slender waist twists, and the double peaks are ready to come out, like a goddess riding the wind into a dream.
Just the words he shouted made Chen Mo dumbfounded.
"My lord, why did you dig your own grave and commit suicide?"