"Let him come in."

"yes."

...

Not long after, Uncle Yao was invited in.

He came in alone. When he touched Gu Qingling's gaze, he seemed a little embarrassed and looked awkward.

Gu Qingling: “…”

It seems that it is even harder to guess.

Gu Qingling was not in a hurry, so she asked the maid to serve tea first, and did not urge her. She just drank slowly and waited patiently for Mr. Yao to speak first.

Mr. Yao, who was sitting in the lower head, looked like "love is in his chest, and he is hard to open his mouth". He held the cup for a long time and his eyes fell on Gu Qingling from time to time, but he just didn't speak.

Gu Qingling: “…”

It seems that this is not a small matter, but it seems that it makes him embarrassed.

So, what would be?

Gu Qingling recalled the recent situation of the Yao family. Although it was winter and the business of Baixiang Pavilion had sharply decreased, Mrs. Yao made a lot of money some time ago, and Mrs. Yao also made a lot of money, which should not be a matter of money.

At home, Aunt Chen and Aunt Zhang have been "sent-provoked" by her. Master Yao Liu, Miss Yao Qi, and Miss Yao Ba were also arranged to watch. The remaining ones were Yao Anxin, Yao Anhong, Yao Anyi and Yao Anling, but they just got the "first-term" in the homework assigned by her. It was the time to be happy, and it didn't seem like there was something wrong...

Could it be that the Yao Bookstore is about to open?

Apart from this, Gu Qingling couldn't think of anything else.

But, just a little thing, Mr. Yao is so nervous that he looks a little too... unable to afford it anymore?

It doesn't look like Mr. Yao's usual style.

"mother……"

Finally, when Gu Qingling was distracted, Mr. Yao shouted sadly.

"Hmm?" Gu Qingling turned her head and her eyes fell on him.

Uncle Yao couldn't help swallowing his saliva and said guiltily: "Mom, I have something I want to discuss with you."

"Oh, what's the matter?"

"That's..." Mr. Yao was vague, but Gu Qingling didn't hear it clearly.

"Hmm? You make it clear, I didn't hear it clearly."

"I said, I want to... participate in next year's Tongsheng Examination." After that, Mr. Yao didn't dare to look at Gu Qingling's expression. He quickly moved aside and defended himself, "I know that I have read so many books and are not materials for the imperial examination, but my son has not achieved any results when he grows up so old. I just want to fight while he is still young. I..."

Mr. Yao said many reasons. He seemed to be trying his best to convince Gu Qingling, hoping that Gu Qingling would agree to his imperial examination.

He is the uncle of the Yao family. He knows very well that he is already thirty years old. It would be forgot to take the Tongsheng exam at this time. If he fails to pass the exam, it will definitely be embarrassing.

But Mrs. Yao is right. Since he thinks that the previous years of exam questions he has sorted out can help Yao Anhong pass the Tongsheng exam, he is just in his thirties, why not try it?

If he passes, he can set a good example for the next generation of the Yao family; even if it is not, it is nothing if someone says a few words.

The Yao family is already like this. No matter how embarrassed he is, he will not let the Yao family fall further.

On the contrary, if he passed the Tongsheng exam, he might be able to...

Gu Qingling raised her eyebrows: "You have said so much, just want to tell me, do you want to participate in next year's Tongsheng Examination?"

"Yes, mom."

"Since you want to go, then you can go."

"Mom, have you agreed?!" Mr. Yao was surprised and quickly turned his head and looked at Gu Qingling.

Gu Qingling showed a puzzled expression and asked, "Why didn't I agree? My son is asking for progress. Isn't this a good thing?"

"No, I just didn't expect my mother to agree. I'm so old and I'm all a father. I'm afraid that if I go to the exam, if I fail, I will embarrass my mother..."

"If you can't pass the exam, you'll be embarrassed? Then there are quite a few people who are embarrassed every year," Gu Qingling said. "So many people take the Tongsheng exam, and there will always be only a few people who pass the exam. The rest of the exam will feel ashamed as you, and they don't have to come out to meet people."

"I'm different from them. They are relatively young and I've become my father..."

"So, if you become a father, you can't take the Tongsheng exam. Who stipulates it?"

Mr. Yao: “…No one stipulates.”

"That's all, then what else do you think is so embarrassing? I don't believe it. When you get off next year, you won't meet someone older than you?" Gu Qingling said, "That's the storyline, the seventies and eighties are still taking the exam. Could it be that they were made up to deceive people?"

Gu Qingling's words are true. From a child who is old to a young age, there are more and more people participating in the imperial examination.

Some people even die in the exam (old age) in the exam room. Although it is rare, there are not many people who are just in their thirties who want to go to the imperial examination.

What's more, in the exam room, you don't know me, and I don't know you. Who knows how many times Mr. Yao came to participate in the imperial examination?

If he really can pass the exam in one go, someone will probably envy him: I haven't passed the exam since I was a teenager, so why did you come to the exam at the age of thirty, but you passed the exam once?!

Uncle Yao originally thought that he would find a way to convince the old lady, but he didn't expect that the old lady not only supported him in the imperial examination, but even comforted him in turn.

He was a little moved and said on the spot that he would definitely suffer, work hard, and get a name for her to show her.

Gu Qingling said: "You are not a good exam for me, but for you to see yourself. What is important is not whether you can get a good score, but whether you have played your strength. If you have played your strength but still not passed, it means that you are not strong enough and you still need to continue studying. Then you will study hard. If you have not played your strength, it means that there is something wrong with your exam method. You need to reflect carefully and prepare before going to the exam..."

"Yes, mom, I understand."

"It's good if you know, go and prepare. Don't worry about other things, just prepare for the exam with peace of mind. Let's talk to me or your wife."

"yes."

...

After Uncle Yao left, Gu Qingling was still surprised because she really didn't expect Uncle Yao to take the initiative to mention this matter.

She might have mentioned it before, but at that time everyone thought she was just talking, but in fact, Gu Qingling really hoped that the men at home would study hard and then end up with the imperial examination.

In this era, everything is inferior, but only reading is high.

If the Yao family wants to find a way out, in addition to using some "coincidence" to create credit and attract the royal family's attention, the best way is to take the "Imperial Examination".

Only this path is the most down-to-earth and easy to make the Yao family clear and clear, and thus take root in the capital. Otherwise, no matter how much credit she will make to the Yao family in the future, people will only say: "If it weren't for those two brothers' coincidence, with such a mother, how could it be their turn to do such a thing?"

In that case, the reputation is too empty and will not be conducive to the growth of the younger generations of the Yao family.
Chapter completed!