On the other side, the village chief and his family were staying up late.

“Do you really want to say it? What if Uncle Liao Ming doesn’t agree?” Liao Qing lowered his head and whispered.

“Liao Ming is not that kind of person. We are brothers who grew up together and went on to have a good time together. He will remember the old relationship. Dad is not afraid of embarrassment. The only thing Dad wants is for you to have a way out,” the village chief said.

Liao Qing knew how much he wasted his parents’ efforts. He studied earlier than Liao Tingyu. It could be said that he inspired Liao Tingyu. However, when Liao Tingyu was admitted to the Tongsheng Examination, he was already taking the fourth Tongsheng Examination. When he passed the exam and became a scholar, his reputation had long been lost.

Perhaps because he was unwilling to admit the reality, he took the exam again, but unfortunately, he still failed. Everyone, including the teacher, was trying to persuade him, saying that he didn’t have the talent, so he could just teach and educate people in the school to earn a living.

No one knew the pain in his heart. The school in the village was built by Liao Tingyu. Now he still had to rely on Liao Tingyu if he wanted to develop his ambitions.

Why were the gaps between people so big?

The village chief looked at his son’s depressed face and patted his son on the shoulder. He couldn’t feel his son’s pain and couldn’t share it. The only thing he could do was to give him strength so that he wouldn’t fall down when he stood up.

“You are my son. If I, as a father, don’t think about my son, then who will care about you?”

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Early the next morning, the village chief found Liao Ming: “You woke up so early. I thought you would sleep a little longer?”

Liao Ming looked at the village chief at the door and quickly invited him into the house.

“You said that, but you still woken up earlier than me. What’s wrong?” Liao Ming asked.

“Hey!” The village chief sighed and said, “You know, no matter how big my worries are, my son is the only one I have in my life. Brother, you really have to help me.”

Liao Ming hesitated. He was promoted by his own son. If he did it on his own, he was afraid…

Beside his youngest son’s term was coming to an end.

“Brother, let me tell you this, I can’t make the decision in this matter, and the youngest son’s term is coming soon, and there will be an assessment from above. Whether he is still in Linxian or not is another problem. Otherwise, I will go back and ask him, whether it is possible or not, I will give you a copy of the revised book.” Liao Ming thought for a while and spoke.

The village chief had no idea that his brother would help him without hesitation.

“Thank you so much.”

“Why do we brothers need to say thank you? It’s all about fishing in the same river,” Liao Ming said.

“To be honest, I’m afraid that you will remember what happened back then because my wife was ignorant,” the village chief said with shame.

“What happened back then was normal. Besides, didn’t you lend us a couple of silver later? Otherwise, I wouldn’t have had the money to buy the pen for my son. Without your money, how could my son achieve his post? It was all your goodness.”

“How could you have gotten the money if you hadn’t lowered your head like an old man? I just feel guilty.” The village chief shook his head and said he was not that great.

“Okay, okay, let’s not think about this anymore. I have a few bottles of wine here, which were made by my son. This boy inherited his mother’s craftsmanship, but it is much stronger than the wine his mother made. My brother, let’s drink a little.”

“Okay, I’ve benefited from you today. Let me taste the difference in the wine brewed by the county magistrate.”

“You just make fun of me like this.”

The two brothers just sat there on the steps, drinking it down one sip at a time. People passing by saw it and helped the two of them back home.

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The village chief’s wife was still waiting anxiously at the door for news. As a result, this man had been gone for three hours, so she was not in the mood to make lunch.

When she saw someone coming back supporting her husband, she quickly went over to pick him up.

“You went there to talk about something. Why are you so drunk?” She quickly asked her daughter-in-law to cook a bowl of sobering soup, give it to the person, and then pat him awake.

“Old man, wake up, wake up, what’s going on? Don’t sleep!”

The village chief opened his hazy eyes and watched his wife’s blurry face turn into one, two, and three, and he knew he was drunk.

He tried to speak clearly, but what he heard was vague: “His youngest son is going to take the assessment. He can’t give us the answer now, so we have to wait.”

After receiving this news, it meant that Liao Ming was willing to help, but she didn’t know what would happen next.

Well! The village chief’s wife sighed, then asked the old man to lie down and let him sleep by himself, while she looked at the green mountains and blue sky outside.

If this matter was not settled today, she would not be able to feel at ease.