The Farmer who Became the Top Scorer in the Palace Examination 5
Translator: Kieshi
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Status: Unedited
Note: only footnote #5 reversed
Apart from the second branch family, no one knew what the family said that night in the house of Yan Changxi and his wife.
Anyway, they did not know whether it was the effect of their conversation that night or whether their son’s ability to study gave the couple confidence and motivation. Now when it was not a busy farming season, otherwise, they might not turn in all the money they accumulated from work.
For example, Li Qiuyue, Yan Meihua, and her sisters made three decorative knottings, from ten to eight. As a result, they have two decorative knottings more salaries. Yan Changxi took odd jobs and occasionally bought steamed buns on the pretext of being hungry. Every time, they deduct one or two coins. More times, the second branch finally had a little money on hand. Sometimes, if a daughter wanted to buy a trendy hair tie, she had to ask for money from elderly lady Yan for a silk headband.
In the past, encouraging their parents to do such a thing would never succeed.
Old Man Yan and Yan née Jiang might not be unaware of the second branch family’s action, but they both chose to turn one eye and close the other, passed it by mistake. Compared with the 500 coins that the main branch family could manage themselves, the second branch was already very wronged.
When they did not resist, the old couple did not mention this, and now the second branch would do so, which showed that they also had their own careful thinking. Excessive suppression would only cause the second branch to have a greater sense of resistance.
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Kieshi: I’m sorry for the inconsistency in title calling like oldest uncle etc. in the recent chapters, will correct them later after I can nail who is who for sure.
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[1] 秀才 [xiùcai]: a person who has passed the county-level imperial exam (historical); scholar; skillful writer; fine talent
[2] 童生 [tóngshēng]: candidate who has not yet passed the county-level imperial exam
[3] 举人 [jǔrén]: graduate; successful candidate in the imperial provincial examination
[4] 有鼻子有眼 [yǒubíziyǒuyǎn]: have eyes and nose; metaphor of speaking fictional things as if they are real
[5] 推波助澜 [tuī bō zhù lán]: to push the wave and add to the billows (idiom); to add momentum; to encourage something to get bigger; to add fuel to the fire
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