A Complete Explanation of the Negative Textbooks for the Imperial Examination

The missing father was made a marquis?

In the 12th year of the great cause, the spring is cold and the whole northern part of the country is still shrouded in depression.
It was a time of chaos, and there was chaos everywhere. Perhaps today I heard that a certain general led his troops to occupy the county seat. And soon there was news that the general was beheaded by his subordinates, and the whole Zhuo County was panicked. Many people have closed their doors, trying not to go out if they can.
In Tongmu Village, an eight-year-old boy was carefully feeding water to his mother.
There was a middle-aged beautiful woman in her thirties leaning on the couch. She had fair skin and a beautiful face. She was very different from the peasant women in Tongmu Village. However, this beautiful woman had a sick face, and from time to time she tilted her head and coughed.
“Mother, you’ve been sick for five days, and you can’t drag it on any longer. Should I go and beg my grandmother to ask her to find a doctor for you?”
“No need.” Zhao Xiu Lan put down the water and said in a hoarse voice, “It’s just a normal cold. It’s fine. Your grandmother never likes me. Don’t bother her. It’ll be bad if she gets mad at you.”
Before she could finish speaking, her throat tickled for a while, and then a piercing cough.
Zhao Xiu Lan was the eldest daughter-in-law of the Xiao family. But unfortunately, she was not favored by her mother-in-law, and even her son Xiao Jing Duo is not favored. Zhao Xiu Lan felt bitter in her heart. Her son was obviously the eldest grandson of the eldest house. But in front of her mother-in-law, he was not as good as that rascal of the second house. She blamed her and made Duo er tired.
Xiao Jing Duo quickly patted his mother on the back. Zhao Xiu Lan coughed for a long time before stopping, and even her voice was hoarse. The boy frowned, stood up directly, and walked out of the house: “How can I do this, I’ll go find my grandmother.”
“Duo er, come back quickly!” Zhao Xiu Lan shouted from behind.
However, Xiao Jing Duo looks delicate and delicate, but his personality is completely opposite to his appearance and tough. He closed the door for his mother, and then quickly ran towards old lady Xiao’s main house.
Old lady Xiao was furious in the kitchen at the moment. She pointed to the broken pieces of porcelain on the ground and asked fiercely, “Tell me, who did it?”
The Xiao family is an ordinary farming family in Tongmu Village, Zhuo County, living together for three generations. After Grandpa Xiao passed away, Grandma Xiao was the oldest, and the whole family had to look at her face to live. The old lady has a total of three sons and a daughter, all of whom have married. Now only three sons live with the old lady. The old lady favored her second son since he was a child, so the second room was the most domineering in the family. The second house has two daughters and one son, Xiao Yu Fang, Xiao Yu Li, and Xiao Jing Hu according to age. The third house has a daughter and a son, Xiao Yu Mang and Xiao Jing Wu. Although Xiao Yu Mang is the eldest of the third room, firstly Xiao Yu Mang is younger than the two girls in the second room and ranks third in the family, and secondly, her younger brother Xiao Jing Wu has just been able to walk, so Xiao Yu Mang is always bullied by the second room’s people.
At this moment, Erniang Xiao Yu Li and Sanniang Xiao Yu Mang stood in front of the old lady with their heads down and dejected, not even daring to breathe. Old Lady Xiao holds the family’s money in her hand. She has a strong desire to control, and she prefers sons over daughters. She is extremely stingy. Now she sees her two granddaughters cooking in the kitchen. Of course, the old lady was furious. She wished to give the culprit a good kick and lock her up for three days and three nights.
Xiao Yu Li glanced at the old lady quietly. She shrank from her grandmother’s face. She said as delicately as a mosquito, “It was broken by Sanniang…”
The old lady’s knife-like gaze immediately turned to Xiao Yu Mang. Xiao Yu Mang trembled and waved his hand quickly: “I don’t have it, grandmother. Xiao Yu Li, you are so nasty. Obviously, I was walking with a bowl in my hand, but you suddenly bumped into me and caused me to throw the bowl. You still dare to be wicked now. Complain first!”
“You are talking nonsense!” Xiao Yuli also responded eloquently. She swept a figure out of the corner of her eye. When she rolled her eyes, she suddenly had an idea, “Grandmother, the bowl was broken by Sanniang, if you don’t believe me, ask the second brother!”
Xiao Yu Li pulled Xiao Jing Hu over, pinched him quietly, and asked, “Hu Er. You also think Xiao Yu Meng broke the cup, don’t she?”
The old lady dotes on her second son. And Xiao Jing Hu, the only grandson of the second room, is also favored. Xiao Jing Hu was accustomed to being lawless. Like his name, he was simply the little bully in the family. Second Aunt Xiao is the niece of the old lady’s family. She was very high-spirited but after she entered the house, she gave birth to two daughters in a row. Second Aunt Xiao refused to let her sister-in-law see a joke. Just after confinement, she became pregnant again, and finally gave birth to her son Xiao Jing Hu. Second Aunt Xiao immediately raised her eyebrows, and Xiao Jing Hu became the untouchable treasure of the family. Not only Second Aunt Xiao protected the calf, but even the old lady regarded Xiao Jing Hu as the lifeblood. At this moment, Xiao Jing Hu just nodded casually, and at first glance he knew that he didn’t take it to heart. But Xiao Old Lady Xiao believed it immediately, and turned back to stare at Xiao Yu Mang, already gnashing her teeth: “You can do it, little one. If you don’t learn well at your age, you will learn to lie!”
“I didn’t!” Xiao Yu Mang cried. Xiao Yu Li bullied her brother when she was still young and couldn’t support her, so she bullied her hard.
The noise also disturbed the adults. Third Aunt Xiao ran out and heard her daughter cry, and she cried too: “Mother, how can you be so biased! Our third house is a cow and a horse. Can’t we even compare a finger to the second house?”
Second Aunt Xiao heard this sentence as soon as she entered the door. And she was not happy: “Third aunt, what are you talking about? Our second room goes to the ground every day. And we have been running back and forth to serve our mother all these years. It’s not like a big brother. The house only enjoys happiness and not farming. How can we be slaughtered by you like this?”
Second Aunt Xiao has always been aggressive. Plus, she was the niece of the old lady’s family. The aunt and niece became mother-in-law and daughter-in-law. So she was very domineering at home. When Second Aunt Xiao and Third Aunt Xiao came, there was a lot of noise in the kitchen. It immediately turned into a pot of porridge. Old lady Xiao had a headache from the noise. When she was about to lose her temper, she heard a clear voice behind her. It was obviously not loud. But it was able to suppress the loud voice of Second Aunt Xiao, and could clearly reach to the old lady’s ears: ” Grandma, forget it. It’s just a bowl. It’s not worth hurting the family.”
Xiao Jing Duo stood at the door, frowning at the noisy family.
The Xiao family has a total of three sons and six grandchildren. Xiao Jing Duo is the only child of the first room and the eldest of the family. Next are the three girls Xiao Yu Fang, Xiao Yu Li and Xiao Yu Mang, and then the second room’s Xiao Jing Hu and the third room. Xiao Jing Wu. Xiao Jing Duo is the eldest grandson of the eldest house. Although the eldest house is weak, as the government decree is placed, Xiao Jing Duo is the legitimate heir of the Xiao family’s ancestral estate. Even if the old lady loves Xiao Jing Hu in the second room again, she can’t go past Xiao Jingduo. So when Xiao Jingduo came in, the noisy female family members in the kitchen all stopped.
Old lady Xiao knew that she would have to rely on Xiao Jing Duo to support her in the future. Since Xiao Jingduo said so, she also gave Xiao Jingduo this face. She waved her hand and said, “It’s alright, don’t make trouble, let others see jokes for nothing. It’s all gone.” However, the old lady saw Xiao Jing Duo’s footsteps still not moving. She asked: “Duo er, do you have something to call me?”
Xiao Jing Duo said: “Grandma, Let’s go inside the house”. Second Aunt Xiao rolled her eyes and said, “Hey, why do you have to avoid us? Who knows if you are secretly asking mother for money.”
Third Aunt Xiao sneered. Obviously, most of her mother-in-law’s money went into the second room’s pocket. But Second Aunt Xiao shouted to catch the thief, always feeling that others were making money behind their backs.
The Xiao family’s situation was not good, everyone in the family had to eat. But the young and strong labor force was only second uncle Xiao and third uncle Xiao. So the daughters-in-law of the Xiao family had to worry about even a copper coin. Second Aunt Xiao still insisted to stay. She shouted: “Stop, what are you going to say? Say it in front of the whole family!”
Xiao Jingduo paused, turning half-sideways unbearably.
Seeing Xiao Jingduo stop, Second Aunt Xiao was quite proud. She was about to speak, but unexpectedly bumped into a pair of cold star-like eyes. The pair of eyes were beautiful in shape. With extremely black pupils against the background of the whites of the eyes, they looked like obsidian immersed in water. And they became more and more distinct in black and white, it’s too exquisite, not like a man’s eyes. However, on Xiao Jing Duo’s face, it did not show any femininity. But it was extremely clear, giving the person being watched a feeling of being invisible. Faced with such a pair of eyes, Second Aunt Xiao was startled, and immediately forgot what she was going to say.
When Second Aunt Xiao recovered, Xiao Jing Duo had already walked away from the old lady. She stamped her feet angrily, feeling that she had lost face. Seeing this, Third Aunt Xiao sneered: “Yo, isn’t the second sister-in-law’s mouth very powerful, why can’t you even say anything now? It turns out that you only dare to confront our third room. With the big room, I don’t even dare to let go of a fart.”
Second Aunt Xiao glared at her sister-in-law angrily. Third Aunt Xiao looked back not to be outdone. Second Aunt Xiao’s heart was full of fire. She looked at Xiao Jing Duo’s back, spit angrily, and scolded: “An orphan with a dead father dares to compete with me, bah!”
After entering the house, Xiao Jing Duo didn’t have time to explain. He said immediately and eagerly: “Grandmother, can my grandson borrow a few copper coins from you? I have to go and invite the doctor.” Looking at Xiao Jing Duo, “Duo er, are you sick?”
“No, it’s my mother who has been suffering from a cold these days. She is lying in the bed now and can’t even get up. I want to invite a doctor for my mother to recover.”
Old lady Xiao was obviously relieved. The look on her face suddenly became loose: “She, why is she so squeamish? The family has been busy with planting these days without touching the ground. She hides at home and never goes to the ground. Even if she wants to get money to see a doctor, our family is not a wealthy family. We can’t afford her kind of young lady’s problems. It’s just typhoid fever. It’ll be fine after two days. Everyone in the village all lives like that. ”
“Grandmother!” Xiao Jing Duo increased his voice. He earnestly said, “Mother is really ill and can’t be delayed. Then we don’t need a doctor. Just grab two medicines. Grandmother, just medicine. It won’t cost you a lot!”
Xiao Jing Duo had grown so big. This is the first time he came to her. Old Lady Xiao hesitated. But when she thought of the money needed to get the medicine, her heart immediately hardened. Old Lady Xiao raised her face and said, “Duo er, it’s not that your grandmother doesn’t care for you. It’s that our family’s situation is not good. It’s not easy to just eat enough food. How can we have spare money to see her doctor? You can’t do this anymore. You’re ignorant. The ancestral house and fields of the Xiao family will be yours in the future. If you always waste money on unrelated people, you will not be able to keep your ancestral property in the future. Then how can I meet your grandfather under Jiuquan?”
Xiao Jingduo lowered his head. After hearing his grandmother say that his mother was an unimportant person, his fists are clenched but he knew that grandmother was the oldest person in the family. The whole family’s money was in grandmother’s hands. He must not confront his grandmother. If he offends his grandmother, he will not be punished as the only child of the big house, but his mother will suffer.
The old lady was still teaching her grandson incessantly. Xiao Jing Duo listened patiently. In the end, he still didn’t give up and asked tentatively, “Grandma, only twenty coins, is it okay?”
“Twenty coins!” Old lady Xiao was furious. “Do you think twenty copper coins are easy to earn? How much can our whole family earn by working hard in the fields for a year? How much money can you do? I definitely don’t agree to spend money on that mourner to see a doctor!”
“Grandmother!” Xiao Jing Dui voice rose suddenly, “Mother is not the evil star!”
“Ho.” The old lady was extremely angry and sneered. He said, “It’s not what I said about her life. Originally, your father stayed at home well. But as soon as she passed the door, your father was arrested by the court and sent to labor. There has been no news for nine years. There is such chaos outside this year, and there are wars everywhere, how can…” The old lady couldn’t continue, she lowered her head to wipe her tears with the back of her hands. Xiao Jingduo also fell silent.
Xiao Jingduo had not seen his father Xiao Ying since he was born. He heard that his father went out to serve nine years ago and never came back. Xiao Jingduo had no father since he was a child. Although he didn’t say it, he still yearned for father’s love in his heart. He thought about what his father looked like more than once also. He imagined that one day, his father suddenly pushed the door and came in, saying “I’m back” with a smile. It’s a pity that these are all illusions. His father had already died in the war.
While wiping tears, the old lady accused her eldest daughter-in-law: “Look at this mourning star, she killed A Ying first. Then she killed her father Zhao Lang Zhong. She was also delicate and weak. Farming, cooking, she can’t do anything at all. She hasn’t done anything for the family for so many years! If it wasn’t for her having given birth to you, I would have left her out of the house long ago after she gave birth to you.”
The conversation between Xiao Jing Duo and Old Lady Xiao was deadlocked. Old Lady Xiao did not agree to spend money on medical treatment anyway. Xiao Jingduo had no choice but to leave first, and then he would find a way.
When Xiao Jing Duo went out, he vaguely heard a slight knock on the door panel, as if something had knocked on the door. However, he didn’t think much about it. He just left quickly, and hurried back to take care of his sick mother.
Xiao Yu Li quickly ran back to her house, turned around and closed the door.
Second Aunt Xiao hurriedly asked, “Did you hear them? Tell me now, what did your grandmother and the scumbag in the big room say?”
Xiao Yu Li’s heart was still pounding when she sat down. She went to the main room to eavesdrop. It was almost discovered.
Second Aunt Xiao was already urging. Xiao Yu Li stopped dawdling. The second aunt tutted in disgust: “She’s precious. She doesn’t do anything for a day and still wants to spend money.” Second aunt Xiao and her eldest sister-in-law Zhao Xiu Lan have been at odds for a long time. The reason is all because of profit. After all, the man in the big room, Xiao Ying, is gone. The ancestral property and the ancestral house should belong to the second house. But there is a Xiao Jingduo in the middle, which makes Second Aunt Xiao unreconciled.
Xiao Yu Li rolled her eyes and said, “Mother, I also heard from my grandmother that she will leave the family property to the eldest brother in the future!”
“What!” Second Aunt Xiao patted the table again, “It’s unreasonable. Our second room has been home for all these years. How much effort has been put into it, why should the family business be handed over to a child? She also said that she loves Er Lang the most. I think the most important thing for her is the evil barrier in the big room.”
Second Aunt Xiao’s chest heaved up and down, obviously annoyed. Xiao Yu Li was nestled beside her mother, her eyes rolling. The eldest daughter of the second room, Xiao Yu Fang, cast a disapproving look. Xiao Yu Li always looked down on her sister’s cowardly appearance. She just couldn’t see it.
However, Second Aunt Xiao had been in power for so many years, and she had a lot of tricks in her stomach. She suddenly smiled and called back Xiao Jing Hu, who was playing outside the house, and whispered a few words in his ear.
Xiao Jing Hu rushed into the main room like a cannonball. He hugged Old Lady Xiao’s arm and acted like a spoiled child: “Grandma, I want to buy a rocking horse!”
“My baby” The Old Lady Xiao exclaimed, and quickly reached out to hug her grandson. There were many wrinkles on her face: “What’s about the rocking horse?”
“It’s the rocking horse sold by the village trader. I want to ride the rocking horse. Then I will grow stronger in the future. I will become the general and protect grandmother from being bullied by the officers and soldiers! Grandma, I want to buy it. I want it!”
Old Lady Xiao hesitated a little: “Go and buy it from the trader… How much is a rocking horse?”
“Twenty copper coins.”
“Twenty copper coins!” Old Lady Xiao felt a little pain. But just as she showed a hesitant look, Xiao Jing Hu started crying again, “I don’t care. I want it. I want it! ” .
“Okay. Okay. Grandma will give you. Grandma will give you whatever you want.”
After speaking, Old Lady Xiao took out a crumpled cloth bag from the bottom of her clothes. She opened it layer by layer, and carefully counted out twenty copper coins: “Hu er Ah, you have to take it well, but don’t drop it…”
Before Old Madam Xiao finished speaking, Xiao Jing Hu grabbed the copper coins from his grandmother and ran away without looking back.
“Hu er, run slowly!” The old lady shouted eagerly from behind.
When Xiao Jing Duo returned to the room, Zhao Xiu Lan was resting on the bed. Hearing the door opening, she raised her head in surprise: “Duo er, are you back?”
“Well.” Xiao Jing Duo sat down beside Zhao Xiu Lan glumly. He reached out to probe Zhao Xiu Lan’s forehead. As soon as he put his hand on it, Xiao Jing Duo was shocked that it was so hot.
Seeing Xiao Jing Duo’s expression, Zhao Xiu Lan knew that her mother-in-law did not agree to invite a doctor. Even if it was difficult to speak, Zhao Xiu Lan comforted Xiao Jing Duo softly: “Duo er, it’s alright. I’ll stay up all night and sweat. ”
My grandfather said that a persistent high fever is a dangerous omen, and it should not be sloppy.” Xiao Jingduo stood up with a frown and turned to get the medical book left by Zhao Lang Zhong, “I remember my grandfather said that there is a prescription that has a miraculous effect on reducing fever. I’ll see if I can borrow money from someone to gather the medicinal materials.”
Xiao Jing Duo carefully and quickly flipped through a horizontal scroll, apparently flipping it from time to time. Xiao Jing Duo’s maternal grandfather was a famous doctor who saved countless lives in his life. In his later years, he wrote his life’s hard work on paper, mounted it into this volume, and brought it to the Xiao family as Zhao Xiu Lan’s dowry. It was a pity that most of the Xiao family were illiterate and did not realize the value of this medical book. After so many years, only Xiao Jingduo had read it by himself. Zhao Lang Zhong benefited one party, and he had only one child, Zhao Xiu Lan. After Xiao Jing Duo was born, Zhao Lang Zhong also loved Xiao Jing Duo very much. He often took Xiao Jing Duo to live with him. Xiao Jing Duo never shied away from decoction and prescription. He has been dealing with prescriptions and medicinal materials since he was a child. He even studied words according to medical books.
Unfortunately, Xiao Jing Duo did not have time to learn advanced pharmacology. His grandfather Zhao Lang Zhong died. When he was seven years old, Zhao Lang Zhong died of illness. Since then, there has been no one in the Zhao family except Zhao Xiu Lan. Zhao Xiu Lan grieved so much that she got herself ill. Xiao Jingduo was busy taking care of his mother. His medical study was delayed. So although he could memorize hundreds of prescriptions, he did not dare to prescribe as a doctor lightly. .
However, this time there is really no other way. It costs a lot of money to hire a doctor, and just getting the medicine will save a lot of money. Zhao Xiu Lan’s illness is the most common type of typhoid fever. Xiao Jing Duo can only prescribe medicines according to medical books, and rely on his own mediocre medical skills to see a doctor for his mother. There is no way out.
After he checked the book to confirm, he planned to get up and go outside to look for medicine. In order to convince his grandmother, he deliberately stated that he did not need to invite a doctor, but only needed to get medicine. Unfortunately, even so, grandmother was still reluctant to bear the twenty copper coins.
Xiao Jing Duo could only sigh about this. Their family situation was not good, and their grandmother was careful, and it was barely understandable. Xiao Jing Duo could only find a way to raise money to buy medicine.
Xiao Jing Duo gently walked to the door and saw Xiao Jing Hu riding a wooden horse in the yard. He was stunned for a moment and asked, “Where did you find the rocking horse?”
Xiao Jing Hu said without raising his head, “Grandma gave me the money. I bought it.”
Xiao Jingduo showed an unbelievable look. He saw Second Aunt Xiao and a few sisters from the second room leaning against the door, and said sarcastically: “Mother-in-law really loves Hu er. A rocking horse of 20 copper coins, buy it if you say it. It’s done.”
Xiao Jing Duo clenched his fists tightly. How could grandmother be like this! His mother’s life is not as good as a child’s plaything?
Xiao Jing Duo was trembling with anger. Before he could rush to Old Lady Xiao to ask his guilt, he heard the sound of horse hooves coming from outside the house. Even the ground was shaking.
Xiao Jingduo was only stunned for a moment, and then immediately realized what happened. He turned his head immediately, hurried to the gate of the courtyard, and closed the latch forcefully. Through the crack of the door, Xiao Jing Duo saw a group of black cavalry rushing from the sky, about a thousand people, the black armor n black horse, from a distance, it looked like a black cloud forming a formation. It was thrilling.
“What’s the matter? What’s wrong? Someone coming again?”
The female family members of the Xiao family were stunned by this change. Xiao Jing Duo turned a deaf ear to the voice behind him. His eyes were firmly glued to the team of black iron cavalry.
In a piece of black armor, the big red flag was very bright, and a dragon and phoenix danced the word “Xuan” on it.
Duke Xuan of Taiyuan, the famous Rong family army.
Xiao Jingduo murmured to himself unconsciously: “Why did they come to Zhuo County…”
“Don’t worry about these people outside!” Old Lady Xiao ran out and saw Xiao Jing Duo still standing at the gate of the courtyard. She shouted at him angrily: “Don’t look at these officials outside. No matter who they are, anyway, these nobles fight back and forth, and the benefit will not come to us grass people. Hide in the house and put all the valuable things in the house. Hide it!”
In the afternoon of early spring, a group of iron cavalry descended from the sky, rushing past Tongmu Village with imposing momentum. Like the other families in the village, the entire Xiao family was in a panic of not knowing the way forward. At that time, the Xiao family didn’t know what kind of drastic changes the Rong’s raid would bring to their lives. Until spring and winter came, the whole world was covered with hoarfrost. The hurried knock on the door broke the peace of this ordinary farm family. fate also changed.
“Open the door, great joy! The man Xiao Ying from Xiao house has been enthroned! Ad now I want to pick you up to enjoy the happiness in the capital!”

The author has something to say: [Congratulations on entering the original son upgrade system, the character Xiao Jingduo has been activated]
[Current status: weak Teenager (crossed out); current progress: Novice Village]
[Please go to the village chief to pick up the task and start the next level.]
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