This was probably an important reason why Zhu Youqi encouraged him to take part in the imperial examination. Zhu Si regarded Zhu Hao as his idol and mentioned it repeatedly in front of his family, which made Zhu Youqi feel that since he wanted to set an example for Zhu Hao, it was best to let him "become famous as a young man." , so that the son will feel the gap and work hard...
The ideal is very full.
Will reality be very skinny?
Zhu Hao is also thinking about this issue.
Isn't King Xing afraid that after his son discovered that the gap between him and Zhu Hao was getting bigger and bigger, he would develop a self-defeating mentality, give up catching up, and fall into mediocrity?
Perhaps when a father sets an example for "other people's children", he never considers the negative impact this will have on his own children. He ideally believes that such an example is positive.
In the end, it’s better not to hurt Zhu Si’s self-esteem.
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During this time, Zhu Niang was choosing a personal maid for her son.
I chose several.
After being brought back, they were sent back within an hour or a day.
Either Zhu Niang and Aunt Li were dissatisfied, or Zhu Hao expressed his dissatisfaction after returning home in the afternoon.
Zhu Hao was extremely picky when it came to choosing his maids.
There was no way, who told Madam Zhu to find a maid to take care of his daily life?
Since this maid is here to serve him, she must be well-behaved, smart, and most importantly... she must be beautiful. It is best if she has a little bit of playfulness and can play with him...
Later, Zhu Hao found that his sights were too high. After one after another, he rejected the maids that Zhu Niang found for him, and was scolded by Zhu Niang. Zhu Hao learned from the pain and decided to lower his requirements appropriately.
As long as she's pretty and obedient, that's fine.
That afternoon, Zhu Hao returned home from school and found that a new maid had arrived at home.
Zhu Hao was only seven years old and was not old enough to serve others. Zhu Hao looked at her and found that she was indeed pretty and lovely, but she seemed a bit introverted and timid, the type who was not good at communicating.
"Mom, can you give me another one?" Zhu Hao immediately began to give advice to Zhu Niang, "She is too young and doesn't seem to be good at taking care of others... Don't wait for me to take care of her, right?"
Zhu Niang was speechless.
Aunt Li said from the side: "Master Hao, you should be satisfied. Recently, your mother has been looking all over the city. She has even looked at the children of tenant farmers outside the city. She wants to be both cute and cute." Is it that easy to make people love you...?"
Zhu Niang said: "Xiao Hao, tell the truth, did you never plan to find a maid from the beginning? Are you talking so much just to trick Niang Niang?"
"No no……"
Zhu Hao quickly defended, "I was looking for it wholeheartedly, but I just didn't find the one I liked... Looking for a maid is not the same as looking for a wife. You have to pick and see more? Just find one and stuff it into my room. That's fine." What's going on?"
Aunt Li thought for a moment: "Why does this sound so awkward?"
Zhu Niang frowned: "Xiao Hao, you are young, why are you looking for a wife? Where did you learn this?"
"I saw it from the book... There is a golden house in the book, there is a beautiful face like jade in the book, a graceful lady and a gentleman..." Zhu Hao was talking nonsense.
"Pfft..."
Aunt Li couldn't help but laugh out loud, and then quickly covered her mouth.
Maybe Aunt Li saw that Zhu Hao was making fun of his mother.
Zhu Niang said with a straight face: "Now I am choosing a maid for you, not a child bride. If that one doesn't work, this one doesn't work either. How about you go find it yourself next time when you have a break?"
Zhu Hao looked into the yard. Because the conversation was in the house, the little girl outside could not hear it. I have to say... this little girl is quite cute. She looks sixty-seven times like the little Nezha from the previous life. She has this
It is a good thing for a lovely little girl to grow up with him.
"Mom...just settle for this, I won't change it!"
Zhu Hao finally agreed.
Zhu Niang glared at Zhu Hao without saying anything, as if to say, you have finally come to your senses, this is really embarrassing for your mother.
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Then Zhu Niang went out and said something to the little girl.
When the little girl heard that she had been admitted, she had a smile on her face, with two shallow dimples appearing at the corners of her mouth, making her look even more delicate and cute.
Zhu Hao, on the other hand, looked at the little girl and giggled like a bad man sizing up his prey.
The little girl met Zhu Hao's eyes, and when she noticed Zhu Hao's narrow gaze, she lowered her head instantly, looking very shy.
"Mom, what's her name?" Zhu Hao asked.
"Call Xiaoyuan."
Aunt Li grabs the white spot.
Zhu Hao looked at her carefully: "But her face is not round."
Zhu Niang said angrily: "Isn't that Yuan? Are you stupid in reading? It's just the same pronunciation. Xiaoyuan and Xiaobai are actually from the same clan. In terms of seniority, Xiaoyuan is still Xiaobai's aunt..."
Xiaoyuan is actually "Xiaobai"'s aunt?
As expected, seniority should not be looked at by age among wealthy people with the same surname.
Xiaobai happened to come out at this time. She knew that an aunt from her clan had been admitted. She seemed very happy and wanted to go back immediately to report the good news to her family.
"It's good to have a companion, so we can take care of each other...Mom, when will she start working as a maid for me?" Zhu Hao couldn't wait to test whether this Xiaoyuan really felt sorry for others.
Zhu Niang said: "From today on, she will live at home, but she can't live in your house, so I will temporarily set up a couch for her in the room next to yours..."
Zhu Hao protested: "Then if I get up in the middle of the night, wouldn't it mean that I can't find anyone to serve me?"
"Pooh."
Aunt Li was scolding from the side, "You are so young, but you like to torment people. Why do you need someone to help you when you get up at night? Didn't you relieve yourself before? You don't grow up, so you learn bad things first."
Zhu Hao sighed: "She should have done the pouring of the chamber pot for me?"
Xiaoyuan looked confused, as if she didn't know what a chamber pot was.
When Xiaobai came to her side and Fu'er gave a rough explanation, Xiaoyuan's face turned even redder.
"Okay, now that we are here, let's not talk about the two families. Let's clean up and prepare for dinner. We will find two maids to come back later to share Xiaobai's hard work..."
Zhu Niang finally let go of her heavy heart and took out her mistress's majesty, "If I had known this, I would have asked Xiaobai to go home and explain the situation of our family. There is no need to bother people like this... I will look for the maid again, and I will be the girl from the Xiaobai clan.
Choose from among them, it’s easy to get things done if you know people well.”
Zhu Hao heard what Zhu Niang meant, was he planning to drag the little girl from the Xiaobai tribe into the yard to be a maid?
This posture...
Don't wait until the end, and the magpie's nest will be occupied by the dove. That won't be fun.
If the maids are familiar with each other, it is easy to form gangs...
etc.
What do I want these to do?
Zhu Hao suddenly felt bored, maybe because he really didn't have much to do recently.
Books were read, money was made, family and business were established, he was taught by "famous teachers", the palace placed high hopes on him, and Zhu Houcong thrived;
My family is in good health, the old lady is half-dead, and there is an uncle who likes to do things, but there is no threat for the time being... I have been in this time and space for more than a year, and it seems that I have never lived so comfortably as I do today.
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dinner.
Aunt Li helped Xiaobai prepare a table of delicious food.
Xiaobai and the newcomer Xiaoyuan were both invited to the table for dinner, but the aunt and nephew seemed very reserved, especially Xiaoyuan, who was very uncomfortable with the first day at Zhu's house.
"Mom, there's something I didn't tell you before. Prince Xing and Mr. Lu came to see me yesterday and discussed letting me take part in the county examination next year. This matter has been decided."
Zhu Hao took advantage of the meal to tell the bad news.
Zhu Niang had known for a long time that Tang Yin intended to let Zhu Hao take the county examination. She was very worried before. She felt that her son was young and had only been in school for two years. He was going to take off? Don't miss him until he fell down in the last flight without reaching the sky.
On the ground.
Aunt Li smiled and said: "This is a good thing. If Master Quanxia knows better, he will be very happy. Master Hao has finally made a difference..."
Zhu Niang took her job and said in a calm tone: "You should be more pragmatic in your life. Xiaohao, do you think you have a good chance of passing the Tongsheng Examination?"
"I think... that's about it. Mom, I need to take a shower after dinner. Can you ask Xiaoyuan to help me?"
Zhu Hao's words turned around a bit. Zhu Niang was still thinking about whether it would be too early for her son to take the imperial examination. When she heard what Zhu Hao said next, she immediately rolled her eyes at her son.
Aunt Li looked at her wife and said tentatively: "We are of the same age. Isn't the role of a personal maid in taking care of daily life? If it is to take care of bathing... it is also a reasonable thing. You are not a big girl, so you don't need to worry, right?"
This means...
If Xiaobai is waiting for Zhu Hao to take a bath, then the problem will be big. Although Xiaobai is not much older, she is still a girl who has "enlightened", while Xiaoyuan is one or two years younger than Zhu Hao. For men and women,
You should know nothing about it, even if you have skin-to-skin contact, it won't be a big problem.
Zhu Ting looked confused: "Didn't Sister Xiaoyuan come to our house to play? Why do you have to wait for your brother to take a bath?"
Aunt Li quickly gave her daughter a hand: "Good boy, you are young and don't understand this."
Zhu Ting looked at her eldest brother again, as if to say, he hasn't grown up either, so why does he understand?
Zhu Hao said with a smile: "I usually don't have much time at home, so wouldn't it be nice to have multiple Xiaoyuan play with Xiaoting? I have to be busy with the imperial examinations recently, and Mr. Lu said he would find some for me that I haven't seen before.
If you go home every day, you may not be able to study well...it may take four or five days to come back."
Zhu Niang said: "It's okay to live in the palace. Not to mention the hard work of running back and forth every day. I see you don't have the time to study at home... Why are you still going to take the imperial examination?"
Zhu Hao really wanted to say, you didn't see my state in the palace. I was still pretending to study at home, but I was too lazy to pretend in the palace. Anyway, everyone in the palace knew that I was a genius and a self-taught person.
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Even my husband left me alone.
Aunt Li smiled and said: "It's time to take a good wash, bring some extra clothes, and study with the prince in the palace. What does it mean to be dirty? Xiaobai, go boil water after dinner... Weather
It's getting colder. You can't always bathe with cold water, it will lead to the root cause of the disease...Xiaoyuan, this is your first test when you enter my Zhu family. Let's see if you can serve the young master well."
"Um."
Although Xiaoyuan didn't quite understand, she nodded heavily.