Chapter 134:

Hong'er is almost two years old now, quite like a little adult.
At this time, the child liked to ask questions the most. When he saw his father telling him to sleep, he asked back.
"Why should Hong'er sleep on his own, I want to sleep with my mother."
"Hong'er has grown up, and when he grows up, he can't sleep with his mother." Xue Tingyan tempted.
Hong'er thought for a moment and then compromised: "Then I can't sleep with my mother, so I will sleep with my father." He said, he also looked at Xue Tingyan with small eyes, quite a bit.
Xue Tingyan's face stiffened: "You can't sleep with your father anymore. You need to sleep when you grow up."
Wen Yan, Honger's little bun face wrinkled immediately, looked at his father, and then went to see his mother.
Zhaoer tried to maintain a serious look, pretending not to see his son's help.
Seeing no help, Hong'er started to use his brain. The expression on his small face was very rich, frowning for a while, and pursing his mouth for a while, it seemed very worried.
"Dad, you can't do this." He tried to persuade Xue Tingyan.
Daddy came to Xingzhi and looked at him seriously: "Daddy is actually for you."
"How can you do it for me? Although Hong'er is already very big, he is still a child. Which child does not sleep with his father and mother."
"Whose child do you see sleeping with father and mother?"
"Big hair and second hair of the next door are sleeping with his mother. There is also the big girl next door, sleeping with the mother."
These are the little friends that Hong'er hasn't known for a long time. Among the few Mao children, he is the youngest, but it is his most popular because Da Nier likes to play with Hong'er.
Da Nier is the little granddaughter of the Huang family next door, only four years old this year.
Because of the relationship between Da Ni'er, the big hair of the Liu family next door also naturally likes to play with Hong'er, otherwise Da Ni'er will ignore them.
"A few of them are older than me, they still sleep with their mothers."
Xue Tingyan suffocated, and the child took it seriously, but he was very serious. He was speechless for a while. But he did not intend to give up, but continued to persuade: "But Da Nier is a female doll, you are a male doll, can not be compared. As for Da Mao and Er Mao, do you like playing with them?
Hong'er shook his head, he didn't like to play with Mao Mao Ermao, they runny noses did not wipe, dirty.
Xue Tingyan knew what his son wanted, because Hong'er had told him more than once, and had also told Zhao'er that he had runny nose and no rubbing his nose.
"You know why they always like to runny nose? Just because they are so big they still sleep with their mother."
Hong'er was terrified and looked at Xue Tingyan suspiciously: "Really."
"Of course." Xue Tingyan nodded.
Zhaoer hadn't seen it. She could only pretend to organize the bedding and turn around to get busy.
"What can I do? I don't want to be a slug."
"So you will sleep on your own tonight."
Hong'er was deceived, and a look of frustration was obviously struggling.
Xue Tingyan continued to persuade: "Look, it doesn't mean that you are not allowed to sleep with your mother, or you don't sleep on a bed. You are small and sleep on your own bed."
"What about you?" Hong'er asked suddenly.
"I naturally sleep with your mother on a bed."
"But why can you sleep on a bed with your mother, but Hong'er can't? Isn't dad afraid to become a slug?"
This question is very difficult to answer. Xue Tingyan can only say daringly: "You are different from your father, you grow up. When you grow up, you can sleep on the bed with your wife."
"It was a bed with my mother," Honger corrected.
"It's not a mother, but a daughter-in-law. When Honger grows up, he will also have a daughter-in-law. Then you can sleep on the bed with her wife."
"It's obviously the mother!"
Zhao'er couldn't help but laugh into the quilt, Xue Tingyan angrily shoved Hong'er into the quilt, and then went to blow the lamp on the Kang cabinet before entering the quilt.
In the darkness, Hong'er's eyes glowed.
"Go to sleep."
"Dad, why don't you tell me a story to listen to." This so-called story, in fact, is to split the four books and five classics into a story. These are the weapons that Xue Tingwan coaxes his son to sleep in these days.
"Then close your eyes."
That being said, when Xue Tingyan told the story, Hong'er still opened his eyes from time to time, looking across the quilt. Speaking of the back, Hong'er was not asleep yet, Xue Tingyan was already sleepy.
Finally, the little boy fell asleep, and Xue Tingyan was also very tired.
Zhao'er laughed again in the bed. He rubbed her waist resentfully and whispered: "This little rabbit is definitely intentional."
"Who calls you ..." The following words, Zhao'er said too vaguely, and could not hear it clearly.
"what did you say?"
In the quilt, Zhao'er blushed and pushed him: "Go to sleep, don't wake him up again."
"Are you eager to wake him up?"
"How can there be."
"Since I don't want it, I must have thought ..."
The quilt was covered, only to see what was moving inside, but nothing. Even if it is moving, the amplitude is very small.
I don't know how long it has passed, Zhao Er can't bear it anymore, and lifted the quilt to breathe. But as soon as he breathed out, he choked off.
"You, tap ..."
"Who made me focus just now?"
The next moment the person was sealed, the moon was thick, and the night was still long.
The closer to the New Year, the more lively the capital.
Not only the celebration of the New Year, but also many foreign scholars rushed to Beijing.
The exam is in February, but the taxis who can go to the exam are looking for a place to settle in advance, so many people will arrive early. One is to be afraid of delays on the road. It is better to arrive early than late. Second, I want to inquire about the situation in Beijing earlier.
At this time, the scholars who go to the exam are particularly active. In addition to being in the clubs and communicating with local governments and asking for news, they naturally have to visit all the senior officials to show their friendship.
About who the CEO is this time, some people have guessed it in private. Some people even published a tabloid newspaper that listed the officials who might become the president of the DPRK and China, and even the test takers who took part in the test also listed some people who are in the limelight.
These people are naturally in this meeting, there is a great possibility of those who will get Jinshi.
The tabloids are unnamed, and they are distributed every three days. They are only circulated in private, and almost every man has one copy.
Xue Tingyan is not on the list.
Without him, the reason is that every time the interview is a gathering of talents, Dachang is very rich, not to mention that Xue Tingyan can get Jie Yuan in Shanxi, and can also be counted as the number one person, but out of Shanxi, no one knows he is Who. Especially Shanxi is not a place where the style of writing is heyday, and the Jiangsu and Zhejiang areas are the richest places in the dynasties. There are many.
There was a saying that the talented Jiangnan general in Shandong and the loess in the northwest buried the emperor.
It can be seen!
Jiangsu and Zhejiang have always been major provinces in imperial examinations, and Jiangnan is known for its many talents. So Xue Tingyan will be on the list and understandable.
As for the other point, it is because Xue Tingyan doesn't like going out very much.
The other taxis communicated everywhere. The tea party, poetry party, cocktail party, and fellow villagers were all in one place. Even Mao Badou and Li Datian inevitably went to the Shanxi Guild Hall to get acquainted, but he was indifferent.
The so-called assembly hall is a place where people from the same hometown stay in the same place.
At first, there was only one kind of meeting hall, which was aimed at people who came to Beijing to take the exam. These people are either poor because of their families or discriminated against because of their hometown voices. In addition, they have come a long way to avoid being bullied by the locals. As a result, some fellow citizens who worked as officials or business in Beijing Middle School established a clubhouse for the students who came to Beijing to take the exam.
Of course, excluding those sentiments in the same country, since you can come to Beijing to take the exam, it is considered a dragon and phoenix among people. You know more about each individual and have more ways to help each other. A good guy and three gangs, whether it is to be an official or a business, this principle is still understood, it can also be regarded as an invisible investment.
Afterwards, this kind of hall gradually reproduced commercial halls and gangs, not to mention here. The Shanxi Guild Hall where they went to Mao Badou was aimed at the people who went to the test.
There are many kinds of gossip in this kind of club, and Mao Badou has always liked to join in the fun. Especially bored for a whole winter, and really panicked, naturally like a cat smelling fishy, ​​very excited.
Of course, it is not without benefits, at least I heard a lot of gossip from his mouth.
For example, XX had a private visit to a high-ranking official, but was accidentally hit by someone; for example, who has a very poor moral character and is well-known; and for example, who has a way to visit this president ’s official hot One of the candidates.
Especially the third point, in fact, the reason why these scholars jump up and down everywhere, a large part of it is for this reason.
The imperial examination is difficult, it is difficult to go to the blue sky.
Some people start to learn from the linguistic language, and when they get into the white hair, they can't even pass the show. Some youngsters became famous, but fell to the jinshi level. Once every three years, they did not come back again. It took decades for a test. Not only manpower and material resources, but also a lot of mental and energy investment.
There are thousands of candidates in each subject for the examination, but only three hundred. Those who are not selected have to go home and come back after three years.
So difficult, why are so many people so happy? As soon as all of them got involved in the Jinshi, it was really the carp that jumped over the Dragon Gate. From then on, it was not difficult for Guangzong Yaozu to change the gate.
Since such a huge benefit is involved, some people may have moved their minds.
Not to mention all kinds of cheating tactics, these sidewalks are too dangerous after all, one accident is to be exiled or banned from going to the exam. So it is more popular nowadays to pass the joints, which is called the back door.
It ’s like trying this. The only people who can be elected as the president are those people. If you remove some of them according to some other factors, only a few will be left. If there is a relationship, there is a way, and there is a way to do it. If there is no way, there is a way to change.
If it doesn't work anymore, it hits the lucky players next to each other. If someone can get one or two, and that person is finally selected as the presidential officer, maybe this time he will be able to change his destiny.
There are also the most people in Beijing, naturally the most officials, these officials have relatives and heirs, there will always be some opportunities for people to seize.
Of course, there are still a small number of people who follow this side door, and more people are for communication.
Nowadays, there are three types of relationships that are the most intimate, the same township, the same year, and the same teacher.
The same town, the same teacher and not to mention, this same year refers to the same subjects who have been tested and won. Even if you take a step back, even if you can't make it, but since you have become a celebrity, your identity is naturally different from the past. You are destined to have a lot of communication with the officialdom. If there are friends who are close to each other in the exam, and then become officials in a certain place, these are the future capital.
During the Spring Festival of this year, Beijing was very lively, and this lively continued until the fifteenth day of the first month, and reached its peak. As more and more examples entered Beijing, the capital was overcrowded, and all kinds of gossip were overwhelming. There was a certain meaning that you sang me.
At the same time, a private gambling game called surname surname also spread in Beijing.
The so-called Wei surname is based on the surname of the scholar's surname as the object of guessing gambling.
Before the gambling, the bookmaker will set rules for guessing and buying. For example, the big surnames like Zhao Qiansun and Li will either not open. If they do, they will pay very little. The compensation of those surnames is naturally much higher.
This kind of gambling with surnames does not actually attract too many people's attention. The most interesting thing is to buy a certain person.
For example, the anonymous newspaper is aimed at this category. Those who can be famous on the list are all famous talents who went to the test this time. These people are all in the scope of guessing and buying. Of course, there are also some unnamed people on the list who will also gamble, and these people will pay more, and some may even reach one to two hundred. That is to say, if one or two of these people buy, if the person really hits the list, the bookmaker will pay two hundred and two.
This situation is really terrifying, it is very difficult to imagine that such a thing happened under the heel of the emperor.
As everyone knows, the imperial court has also been repeatedly banned, and since these bookmakers dare to gamble in Beijing Central, there must be a backstage, naturally popular.
This matter Xue Tingyan still heard from Mao Badou's mouth. This fellow did not resist loneliness. Someone who intersected with him took him to a place where he would gamble, and he took Li Datian with him.
It doesn't matter if I go, and I feel terribly sad when I come back.
Without him, he and Li Datian were not involved in the gambling this time. Xue Tingyan did, but unfortunately he was pressed at the bottom of the box, no one paid attention, and naturally no one bet.
The reason why Xue Tingyan was there was probably because of his name in Jieyuan, Shanxi. Unfortunately, this time Xieyuan failed in the last test, and he did n’t have any name. It is rarely known. Others do n’t care whether he is right or not. With filial piety in hand, he was naturally given a great odds.
The biggest payout is a payout of two hundred, Xue Tingyan pays a payout of one hundred. Just looking at his payout, you know that it is a big upset. The probability of being a jinjin is extremely low. Isn't this a curse!
"Why would they go to the test to give the name of the person, is this not only in the government?" Zhaoer questioned.
It is also necessary to ask this question. Naturally, these private gambling people have a way in the government house. In fact, I imagine that if there is no way, who dares to take a gambling in Beijing.
After listening to Mao Badou's explanation, Zhaoer sighed: "These people are too brave."
It's more than just being bold!
Xue Tingyan sneered.
Immediately, he rallied to comfort Mao Badou: "Actually, if you change your mind, the payout is high, and you only pay more when you are betting."
Mao Badou's brain turned faster, and immediately responded: "Ting Yan, do you want to play yourself?" As he said, he laughed: "Hey, how can I forget this, since you are off, you must be Yes. I will buy you now and let those dogs look down on the low-key people. "
Xue Tingyan hurriedly caught him: "How do you say that wind is rain, even if you buy, it is not your way of buying."
"What else is there?" Mao Badou asked curiously.
"One thing to gamble is something that should be avoided as much as possible, but these people--" Xue Tingdan paused before saying, "Or I'll go out and see with you."