The Eldest Daughter of a Rural Family
Chapter 832 - 178: Exhaling in Triumph_4

Chapter 832: Chapter 178: Exhaling in Triumph_4

"It’s too far from home," laughed Pei Qin. Those three little rascals!

While everyone else is scrambling to get there, they don’t want to go. With Shen Songming around, how powerful the Shen family is! Fang Liuming also held an official position in Capital Jingcheng and would have looked after them.

Originally, Li Baoxiang had thought that if even one of the three, Wendong or the others, went, Pei Qin and Mo Heng would certainly have found ways to send that person into the Imperial College. Then it would have been only natural for him to follow suit and get in as well. Now that none of them is going, the subject became difficult to bring up, "...I’ll also ask Liuming for a recommendation. Even if there’s an assessment, getting in shouldn’t be difficult, right?"

Pei Qin nodded, "Well then, you go and try, see if you can get in. If you really can’t, then we’ll think of other strategies."

Li Baoxiang wanted her to write a letter to Shen Songming. It must have been Shen Songming who pulled some strings when Fang Liuming and Fang Fu entered the Imperial College. This year, wasn’t Shen Songming back in the capital? He could go and ask Shen Songming for help, if only Pei Qin would put in a word with Shen Songming for him.

Pei Qin pondered, "When are you leaving? I’ll send a letter with him to see if he’s still in Capital Jingcheng, shall I?"

Li Baoxiang quickly thanked her with clasped hands, "Or perhaps you could write a letter for me to take with me?" This way seemed more assured.

"I’ll send a letter first to see if he’s still in Capital Jingcheng. If he is there, I’ll ask him about it for you," said Pei Qin, and then summoned Zhang Gengshan, "Prepare the writing materials, I need to send a letter and find out."

Zhang Gengshan responded, "I understand. I’ll wait for your return."

"Mm," Pei Qin sipped her tea.

Although the matter was agreed upon, it was not agreed in a manner they had hoped for. Li Baoxiang couldn’t shake off a feeling of frustration and annoyance, which made his mood even worse.

Pei Qin looked as if she was in a good mood to talk.

Yu Qingxiu also seemed somewhat uneasy. Cousin from the Pei family... too agreeable?

After the agreement, Li Baoxiang wanted to say more but found he couldn’t, so he had no choice but to take his leave, "We are busy at home, and we are putting on a feast tomorrow, so we’ll be heading back now."

Pei Qin did not insist on keeping them, "You’re busy, so I won’t keep you here for dinner."

Once the two had left, Pei Qian curled her lip in disdain, "It’s already March. Brother Songming is probably about to depart. Who’s going to wait around to run errands for him to get into the Imperial College?"

The Imperial College wasn’t such a great place anyway. If he really wanted to go, then let him try his luck.

Pei Qin wrote a letter to Shen Songming, asking if he was still in Capital Jingcheng.

After celebrating with a feast, Li Baoxiang took gifts to the Fang family and said that Pei Qin had already agreed to recommend him for the Imperial College and all he had to do was to go find Fang Liuming, and he would be sent there.

Old Scholar Fang’s eyes flickered. Dalang had already been sent on an assignment, so how could he send him to the Imperial College? Nevertheless, he agreed and wrote a letter for Li Baoxiang to take with him to seek out Fang Liuming in the capital.

With everything arranged, Li Baoxiang prepared his luggage at home and set the date for his departure to Capital Jingcheng. Even if he couldn’t make it into the Imperial College, he could still find a great teacher to study under in the capital.

Grandma Li wanted Yu Qingxiu to accompany him, "If she goes with you, she can look after you. While you study at the Imperial College, she can open a noodle shop. That way, she’ll have an income in the capital, and we won’t need to provide you with too much silver from home."

Living in Capital Jingcheng meant spending silver for food, accommodation, and transportation; otherwise, Grandma Li wouldn’t have considered letting Yu Qingxiu go to the capital with him.

"This... doesn’t seem quite right?" They had already relied on their help to pave the way to the Imperial College; bringing up a noodle shop now, Yu Qingxiu felt a bit embarrassed to mention it.

"What’s not right about it! If we open the shop, it’s certainly better than if Kong’s did it! Isn’t it because of this, we don’t even know if Kong’s is pregnant or not, yet they caused such a fuss claiming she got pregnant during the mourning period!? Since we don’t like them, and after sending them so much, why couldn’t we do it? Who else to teach if not us! In the future, once Baoxiang passes the exams, he’ll also take care of them!" Grandma Li urged Yu Qingxiu to go.

Yu Qingxiu’s face showed her discomfort; wasn’t this asking for too much?