Chapter 678 Is this called poverty? This is a redefinition of poverty!

Chapter 678 Is this called poverty? This is a redefinition of poverty!

Sun Shan stayed in Sunjia Village for a few days, packed his luggage, and prepared to go to the provincial capital.

When Uncle Sun learned that Sun Shan was leaving for Beijing to take the imperial examination again, he hurried over and asked, "Shanzi, why are you leaving so early this time?"

Uncle Sun rolled his eyes and glanced at Sun Shan, suspecting that Sun Shan should leave for Nanjing early to make a fortune, and then continue north to the capital after making a fortune.

Sun Shan said in short: "This year, many candidates will go to Beijing to take the imperial examination. I am afraid that I will miss the boat, so I will go ahead."

Uncle Sun also wanted to go to Beijing with Sun Shan to take the imperial examination, in order to spy on Sun Shan's way of making a fortune.

I heard that because the number of admissions and opportunities has increased this year, some people who don't want to take the exam will also take it. The competition will be just as fierce, or even more fierce.

I couldn't help but ask nervously: "Shanzi, tell me the truth, do you have confidence this time?"

Whenever Uncle Sun meets his friends, he always brags that Sun Shan will pass the imperial examination. Wouldn’t it be embarrassing if he fails?

Three years ago, Uncle Sun boasted about it, but Sun Shan came back empty-handed and was laughed at by his friends who didn't know the truth.

He also said that his good nephew said he was sick and did not go to the capital because he was ashamed of failing the exam. In fact, he had already arrived in the capital and successfully took part in the examination, but his score was at the bottom and he was embarrassed to say it out.

Uncle Sun also believed this statement. Why was it that only Shanzi was poisoned and no one else was poisoned? If he told others about it, no one would believe it.

But later on, not only did my eldest brother's family buy a house in the capital, but the wedding banquet was also so lavish that it was obvious that they had become rich.

Uncle Sun believed that Sun Shan was indeed poisoned, and he turned a disaster into a blessing and became rich.

This time Sun Shan went to Beijing to take the exam again. If he failed again, it would be even more embarrassing.

Sun Shan spread his hands and said with a dead duck fearless of boiling water: "Uncle San, whether you have confidence or not, you will know it only after you take the exam. When the results come out, you will know it naturally."

Uncle Sun rolled his eyes at Sun Shan. His nephew was becoming more and more cunning. He kept saying all kinds of lies and not telling the truth.

Over the years, I gradually discovered that Sun Shan's dull and stupid appearance was very deceptive. Sun Shan was not honest at all, and did not look like the eldest brother at all, and certainly not like the eldest sister-in-law. I don't know who he resembles.

Could it be like my dead father?

But my father has a very good reputation among the older generation. He is a benevolent doctor who saves people and has good medical skills. How could he tell lies?

Uncle Sun patted Sun Shan's thin shoulders and said earnestly, "Shanzi, our Sun family depends on you. You must do your best in the exam. You are not old anymore. If you fail this time, it will be even harder to pass next time. There are more and more candidates every three years, and the competition is even greater. Shanzi, it is better to pass the exam while you are still young."

Sun Shan said helplessly, "Uncle, I want to pass the exam too. But I was poisoned last time and my brain is not very sharp. The doctor said it's ok and told me to take more precious herbs, maybe I can make up for it. Uncle, you know, our old house is poor and we can't afford precious herbs. Well, forget it, my brain is not sharp, there's nothing I can do. Whether I can pass the exam depends on God's will."

After saying this, Sun Shan looked at Uncle Sun in a sad manner, as if to say, I am poor, so I am stupid.

Uncle Sun glared.

Sun Shan, poor!

I would never believe it, but he bought a big mansion just like that and held a grand banquet with so much meat that the guests were drooling over it.

There was also a man who married a wife whose dowry filled so many rooms.

Is this also called poverty? This is a redefinition of poverty!

Uncle Sun was dissatisfied: "Shanzi, you are not a honest person. Poor? Humph, you can just lie to outsiders, but don't try to lie to me, your uncle."

Sun Shan looked at Uncle Sun San with a depressed look, sighed and said, "Uncle Sun San, I'm going to tell you the truth."

It’s the truth again!

Uncle Sun was very alert, everything after this sentence was not the truth!

Sun Shan continued, "Uncle San, outsiders think our old house is beautiful and sleek, but it is just a facade. Do you think I want to buy a house in the city? I want to get married. I care about my reputation the most. If I don't have a house in the city, I can't even hold my head up in the He family. Uncle San, don't you think so?"

Uncle Sun looked at Sun Shan suspiciously, and what he said seemed to make some sense.

But Uncle Sun does not encourage such behavior of pretending to be rich.

Sun Shan added, "I did make a lot of money in Nanjing, but after buying souvenirs, buying a house, and hosting a banquet, I had no money left. Now I am not only annoyed by the imperial examination, but also the cost of going to Beijing to take the exam. After all, outsiders think that our Sun family is full of jewels and gems, but in fact it is just an empty shell."

Uncle Sun quickly calculated how much money Sun Shan had spent.

When you calculate it this way, it seems like a lot of money.

Uncle Sun Sanshu secretly asked Guangge, who worked in a mountain product shop, about the cloth that Sun Shan gave him. It seemed very expensive, worth at least ten or twenty taels in Guangnan.

Uncle Sun got two horses, as did Uncle Sun, and the He family also got a lot, as did my eldest brother's in-laws.

Oh, when you calculate this way, it’s incredible. Even if Sun Shan became rich, he would not be prohibited from spending, nor would he spend like this.

Uncle Sun said in reproach, "Shanzi, why are you buying silk and satin? Just buy some cheap cotton cloth. Oh, you're wasting too much money."

Sun Shan said helplessly, "Uncle, I just want to save face. I have high hopes but I let you down. I want to bring back some of the best specialties from Nanjing to make you look up to me. Uncle, you are my dear uncle. I let you down this time when I went to Beijing to take the exam, so I want to bring back some good things to make you happy."

Uncle Sun rolled his eyes at Sun Shan and said that instead of giving him those useless cloths, it would be better to give him forty taels and ensure that he would be happy.

Shanzi is still a little young and doesn't know how to do the math.

Uncle Sun seemed to have thought of something. He looked around furtively and whispered, "Shanzi, you don't have money, but your wife is rich. She's dressed in red. People in the surrounding area are jealous."

Sun Shan straightened his back, puffed out his chest, and spoke in a resolute and righteous voice: "Third Uncle, Yun Jie'er's dowry is hers, not mine. A good man should not peek at his wife's dowry. Third Uncle, don't mention this matter."

Uncle Sun was startled by Sun Shan's serious face.

Just now Shanzi was so serious, so great and bright, as if a ray of light was flashing on him.

I felt like I was blaspheming him by saying this.

However, this thought only lasted for three seconds, and Uncle Sun rolled his eyes at Sun Shan again.

Isn't what belongs to my wife my own? Why should I separate them so clearly?

Shanzi is not good like this, he is too upright, too rigid, and too old-fashioned.

Now it is a new dynasty and a new emperor has ascended the throne. Shanzi's thinking should have changed long ago.

Uncle Sun wanted to refute Sun Shan, but seeing how solemn and majestic Sun Shan was, he dared not say a word.

My nephew said that he is indeed cunning, but he is very principled in some aspects.

Sun Chunjiao wanted to register the land with Sun Shan and squeeze out a family that he didn't know well from Sunjia Village. A Niang was ready to agree, but Sun Shan refused and said that he would only accept the land of the Sun family and no one else, including his grandparents' land.

The people of Sunjiacun were grateful when they heard this, but Sun Chunjiao and Su's family were furious.

Uncle Sun didn't know why Sun Shan did this.

But judging from this incident, Sun Shan is quite upright in some aspects.

He said that he doesn't want his wife's dowry, and that means he really doesn't want it. Maybe he's afraid of being accused of being a gigolo and losing face.