CHAPTER 53

Su Wan turned around and left. Wang Luosheng’s shameless intentions were obvious to her, and Su Wan didn’t want to say another word to Wang Luosheng.

Wang Luosheng stayed where he was. He didn’t expect that Su Wan would treat him like this. Logically speaking, since he took the initiative to come to Su Wan, Su Wan should have quickly tried to curry favor with him. However, he didn’t expect that she would show him such a face.

Wang Luosheng used to be jealous of Shen Lin. He was jealous of Shen Lin’s wealthy family and Shen Lin’s good academic performance. In the past, Wang Luosheng was an average student, while Shen Lin was already an outstanding one.

But what’s the use? Now Shen Lin doesn’t even have the qualifications to study, but I have passed the examination and become a scholar. Not to mention Qingshi Village; even in the entire Qingyun County, there are only a handful of scholars. I have a bright future, but Shen Lin is extremely poor.

Su Wan returned to the Shen family and sat down to think carefully. In the book, Shen Lin became a tycoon. Although he was not as rich as a country, he could still call the shots in a certain area. Shen Lin bought a luxurious house, and the carriage he used for traveling was also very luxurious.

However, in this world, agriculture is favored over commerce. Even if you have a lot of money, you still have to be courteous when you meet an official.

In her previous life, after Wang Luosheng passed the imperial examination, he became an official of the sixth rank, but he was also very prominent in Qingyun County and Qingzhou Prefecture.

Su Wan thought to herself that if Shen Lin also chose the path of studying and becoming an official, he would definitely be stronger than Wang Luosheng.

Su Wan didn’t want to compare herself with Wang Luosheng. After all, happiness is something you feel for yourself, not compared with others. She just remembered that in the book, even though Shen Lin was very rich and had a glorious life, he sometimes had to fight with corrupt officials. Although he always won, he still had a lot of trouble.

The book also mentioned that Shen Lin said in his later years that he did business just to make his sister and Su Wan live a better life. In fact, if he said what his favorite path was, it would still be to take the imperial examination, pursue a career in officialdom, and benefit the people.

Shen Lin is kind and generous and often helps the poor. In this process, Shen Lin understands that sometimes, no matter how much aid or help one gives to others, it is not as effective as the good advice from the government. However, many of the effective government officials are mediocre and useless, and their minds are only on squeezing the people’s money.

Sometimes Shen Lin would tell Su Wan that if he were an official, he would issue what kind of policies to make life better for the people.

Su Wan thought about everything in the book. She had always thought that Su Wan, who married Shen Lin in the book, lived a very happy life, so she planned to go back to her previous path, but she inadvertently ignored Shen Lin’s preferences.

If you think about it carefully, using classics to help the world is what Shen Lin aspires to do.

Su Wan changed her mind. The Su Wan in the book lived a comfortable life under the protection of Shen Lin, but she liked doing business. She was also a person who could not sit still. Moreover, her family in the 21st century was in the timber business, and she also studied business and had originally planned to follow this path. In this case, it would be better to let Shen Lin study and pursue a career in officialdom while she did some business. In this way, with an official in the family, she would not be looked down upon when she did business in the future.

Su Wan immediately went over to discuss the matter with Shen Lin and told Shen Lin that she wanted Shen Lin to study and pursue a career in politics and start her own business.

Shen Lin originally planned to rest at home for a day or two before going out to sea with the merchant ship to earn money.

When Su Wan asked him to go to school, Shen Lin refused. Shen Lin said, “I am a man. I should earn money to support the family and let you, mother, and Yaya live a good life. There is no reason for you to show up in public.”

Su Wan said, “You are going there to earn money, but going out to sea is so dangerous. If anything happens to you, you won’t earn any money, and you won’t be able to protect the three of us in the future. We are all women; how can we survive?”

Shen Lin was silent. What Su Wan said was what he was most worried about. In recent years, merchant ships have become bigger and better. Unlike in previous years, there were always people dying in the sea, but there were still four or five unfortunate incidents heard every year. It was indeed dangerous to go out to sea.

Shen Lin spoke with difficulty, “But besides going out to sea, there is no other way to make money right now. And if I don’t go out to sea, my grandparents will definitely call me over to work for them every day. There is a reason not to pay them, but I can’t escape from working.”

“Are they going to take us to court? Even if they find me not unfilial, I can’t distance myself from them. They will definitely ask me to work for them often.”

Su Wan smiled and said, “That’s why you want to study and take the imperial examination. Who would let a scholar at home work? Think about it: in the surrounding villages, every scholar is so focused on reading the books of sages that he doesn’t care about anything at home.”

Su Wan continued, “Besides, you can’t leave. I want to do some small business in the winter. If I don’t have a man around, I will definitely be bullied.”

“The emperor is granting special privileges. There will be a college entrance examination in spring. If the spring one is too rushed, there will be an autumn examination this year. You studied so well before, you will definitely pass the autumn examination.”

Since the day his father passed away, Shen Lin dropped out of school and completely gave up the idea of continuing his studies. However, after listening to Su Wan’s words today, Shen Lin felt that he still needed to study.

Su Wan looked at Shen Lin with expectant eyes. She knew that she wanted to study. After all, the ancient society believed that everything else was inferior except for studying, which was no joke. Shen Lin must be a person who believed in this.

Su Wan had already thought it through. She knew how to make money anyway. Even if she didn’t, she could use the money she earned from selling the recipe to support Shen Lin’s studies.

Shen Lin pondered for a long time and looked at Su Wan, “Under the current situation, I can’t do this.”

Su Wan knew what Shen Lin was worried about and hurriedly said, “I have money, so I can easily support your studies.”

Shen Lin smiled and said, “I have already spent a lot of your money. How can I spend your money again in the future?”

Su Wan looked at Shen Lin seriously and said, “I have a way. Let me know if it works.”

“We can rent out the land, and the rent can cover our daily expenses. In addition, we can sell this house and buy a smaller one in the county town. The remaining money can be used as your tuition for the next two years.”

Shen Lin’s house is a brick and tile house, which is large and spacious and is worth ten taels. In today’s world, houses in the county are not expensive. Houses in the central area cost thirty or forty taels, but houses in remote areas can be bought for six or seven taels, but they are not brick and tile houses.

Houses in the county town are not expensive, but the reason why not all the people in the village move to the county town is that they have no place to settle down and make a living in the county town, so it is better to farm in the countryside.

After Su Wan finished speaking, Shen Lin shook his head and said, “This house and land are yours. In the final analysis, I am still spending your money.”

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