In order to eat, I signed a contract with the system

Chapter 356 Dream of Red Mansions - Jia Yingchun 27

Jia Lang did not dare to slack off about the provincial examination. Coincidentally, Lin Ruhai also learned the news that Jia Lang had become a student, and sent him a batch of useful books. For this, Jia Lang became more grateful to Lin Ruhai. Although Lin Ruhai and she were not teacher and student in name, they were teacher and student in reality.

The circulation of books in ancient times was completely different from that in modern society. Many good books that were helpful for the imperial examinations were either kept by scholarly families or robbed and destroyed by nobles during wars. In terms of book collections, perhaps the emperor's collection was not as large as that of ordinary families.

The ancestors of the Lin family were of noble birth. They robbed a batch of books during the war. After several generations of transformation, they have now become a family of scholars. Originally, these books were intended for Lin Daiyu as a dowry to take to her in-laws.

But after hearing what the servants of Rongguo Mansion said, Lin Ruhai has deeply realized that in today's world, these books as a dowry of Lin Daiyu will not only not be highly regarded by her husband's family, but may even be considered shabby by those noble families.

For this reason, Lin Ruhai had to change his thinking and change his original plan. He added more gold, silver and jewelry to Lin Daiyu's dowry list, and used these books to build good relationships with people who knew what was good. Even if he died in the future, as long as there was one more person who appreciated his kindness, his daughter Lin Daiyu would have more protection.

Now Lin Ruhai's health has been in trouble. He can sense that something is wrong and has begun to make preparations.

Jia Lang was one of the people he had his eyes on, not only because of Jia Lang's talent, but also because of Jia Lang's identity. In any case, Jia Lang was Lin Daiyu's cousin, and in the future he could support Lin Daiyu as a member of her family. Unlike other people, if they wanted to give Lin Daiyu shelter, they needed to find a name, and without Jia Lang, they had the "legitimate name".

In his previous life, Lin Ruhai didn't realize there was something wrong with Jia Lian's behavior until Jia Lian sent Lin Daiyu back to Gusu when Lin Ruhai was seriously ill. But it was too late by then and it was too late to do anything.

In the end, one could only hope that Jia Lian would take better care of Lin Daiyu after receiving the money. In order to make the people in the Jia family pay more attention to Lin Daiyu, Lin Ruhai even regarded all the property of the Lin family as Lin Daiyu's dowry, hoping that the people in the Jia family would treat Lin Daiyu well for the sake of the dowry.

As for the matter of Lin Ruhai arranging the marriage between Lin Daiyu and Jia Baoyu, it actually did not happen. Without Lin Ruhai, Jia's mother was Lin Daiyu's greatest elder. Out of her own selfish desires, Jia's mother intended to pair Lin Daiyu and Jia Baoyu together.

After all, the Grand View Garden was built for Jia Yuanchun to visit her parents, and Lin Daiyu's dowry was used by the Jia family. Who would be willing to marry Lin Daiyu if she got married without a dowry?

It’s just that Grandmother Jia misjudged the conscience of the Second House. Needless to say, the Second Wife had never agreed with the relationship between Lin Daiyu and Jia Baoyu in the first place, so it’s not surprising that she would do such a thing.

But Jia Zheng is different. As a man, he is the real head of the family. Just like Jia She, as a father, directly mortgaged Jia Yingchun, and even Jia's mother could not change it, if Jia Zheng was determined, the Second Wife would not be able to persuade him.

But Jia Zheng was not interested. He stayed out of Jia Baoyu's marriage, as if everything had nothing to do with him. But it was obvious that he accepted this result because Lin Daiyu had lost her usefulness and Xue Baochai still had the Xue family's wealth.

At that time, the Jia family had already been running out of money. What they lacked was not fame or the need to help Lin Daiyu and Jia Baoyu. What they lacked was money, money that could help Jia Yuanchun in the palace and maintain the dignity of the Jia family.

The silver that had been used up naturally could not be returned, and Lin Daiyu, who had already reached the age of marriage, could not get married. After all, as soon as Lin Daiyu got married, the fact that the dowry list did not match would be discovered by outsiders, so she could only eventually wither away in the Jia Mansion as in the plot.

Grandmother Jia was aware of the result, and Jia Zheng naturally understood it as well. Many people in the Jia family understood it, but they all acquiesced to this result.

In Lin Ruhai's eyes, Jia Lang today is just like Jia Lian before his death in his previous life. Both are people that Lin Ruhai wants to win over in advance for the future of his daughter Lin Daiyu.

Fortunately, Jia Lang is different from Jia Lian, and she appreciates this favor.

Jia Lang doesn't care about the relationship between Lin Daiyu and Jia Baoyu, but he is still willing to save Lin Daiyu's life. Even if Jia Mu knew about it, she would be willing to help. If there was really no other way, how could Jia Mu be willing to give up Lin Daiyu?

But he had to give up. In this life, just for the imperial examination materials sent by Lin Ruhai, Jia Lang had to try to save Lin Daiyu no matter what.

It was a clear autumn day with a high sky and refreshing air. Jia Lang rented a courtyard in the capital city in advance. Accompanied by Aunt Li and others, he carefully finished reading all the books sent by Lin Ruhai. With the help of spiritual power, Jia Lang learned very quickly. The imperial examination system was different from the modern college entrance examination. There were not many computing subjects, but many comprehension, politics, literature, discussion and other liberal arts-related subjects.

This kind of exam has both advantages and disadvantages. The advantage is that there is no unified standard for grading, and it all depends on the personal opinion of the examiner. The disadvantage is that everyone's opinion is different, and if it fails to hit the general public's point of view, it will fail.

It was difficult for Jia Lang to predict the exam questions, but she secretly used her predictive skills to observe the personalities of several invigilators and examiners, and after careful analysis, she had some idea in her mind.

As for whether this counts as cheating, Jia Lang doesn't think so. After all, this is an information gap. Many candidates whose families have connections can also get it through their connections. The Jia family's connections can only ensure that Jia Lang will not encounter too much unfairness, but no more than that. It won't work. Jia Lang can only rely on himself.

Fortunately, Jia Lang's analysis was quite accurate, and the results of the provincial examination were the same as usual. Jia Xing's advance call of "first place" was an advance congratulations, and he well deserved the title.

Although Jia Xing failed the provincial examination, he was not sad. In Jia Xing's own words, he knew it. After the previous rankings were announced, he felt that he would not pass the provincial examination this time. The teacher also reminded him after reading his essay, so he was mentally prepared.

Jia Lang became the top candidate in the case and was qualified to study in the official school. Aunt Li wanted Jia Lang to stay in Jinling Mansion to study, because in Aunt Li's opinion, Rongguo Mansion was a place of corruption and she was afraid that Jia Lang would be affected after returning.

But when Lady Jia learned about this, she disagreed. After repeated persuasion, Aunt Li finally had to agree to let Jia Lang return to the capital and become a member of the Imperial College.

Regarding this matter, Jia Lang actually sided with Grandmother Jia. After all, he had not yet absorbed enough of the jade from Jia Baoyu's body, so he naturally couldn't just leave it there.

Who knows, a year later, when Xue Baochai enters the Rongguo Mansion and a new love emerges between Lin Daiyu and Jia Baoyu, the jade will be able to exude a lot of spiritual energy again.

Letters from the capital came again and again, forcing Jia Lang and Aunt Li to rush back to Rongguo Mansion in Beijing before the New Year. This time when he returned, Jia Lang had already become a scholar, and the servants in the Jia Mansion naturally had a different attitude when they saw Jia Lang.