In the book, she became the daughter of a vicious villain who died early

"It's easy to get money but hard to keep it, you know? Without power and brains, the money in your pocket may become someone else's money in the next moment!"

Man: (? ? ?? )

It is uncomfortable to speak against your conscience. In fact, it is not easy to make money (.? ??)?.

Lin Boyu didn’t quite understand. He was still young and didn’t have much experience. He really couldn’t understand why it was so difficult to keep money.

Hide your money well and spend it slowly. Is it possible that the money will just fly away on its own?

Observation is the best teacher.

The next day, reality taught Lin Boyu a lesson. Did he understand why?

The soldiers and thugs came over following the smell.

The officers and soldiers did nothing, and the men who were working automatically donated part of the wealth they had just obtained.

Lin Boyu stared in fascination, his eyes following the figures of the group of officers and soldiers, and then he witnessed again that the money he had just received from the dock workers was in the hands of another person in the blink of an eye.

"See? That's our stupid inspector, a lowly official of the ninth rank."

The man who had eaten rice rolls at the stall yesterday had just paid, and then immediately came over to the stall to have lunch. Seeing that Lin Boyu's eyes were following the soldiers, he didn't bother to order, and immediately put on the manner of a teacher to explain to the child.

"From the ninth rank?!" Lin Boyu muttered to himself.

He did not receive formal education; his father took care of all his studies, so he did not know much about official positions.

All I know is that official positions are divided into nine grades and eighteen levels, and the ninth grade is the eighteenth level in the eighteen-level official system, and it is the lowest level.

"Yes, from the ninth rank." The man's tone was full of envy: "That can only be undertaken by people with great knowledge, not something that ordinary people like us can hope for."

Seeing Lin Boyu's confused look, the man's mentality of showing off his knowledge reached its peak:

"If you want to be an official, there are generally four ways to achieve it. The first is the imperial examination that we are all familiar with; the second is self-recommendation by scholars; the third is the subsidy implemented to take care of the children of high-ranking officials; and the last one is to buy it with money in special circumstances. Do you understand?"

Lin Boyu's eyes widened when he heard this. Apart from the imperial examination, he had never heard of the other three.

"Let's not talk about the first one. We are rough people who don't even know a few words. If we want to learn, we need money to support it, right? So we definitely don't have a chance, right?"

Ordinary people are lucky enough to fill their stomachs with the one and a half acres of land at home, so how can they have any extra income?

I usually don’t have enough money to buy something for my home.

Families like theirs that have strong male members and some connections can also do odd jobs at the dock to earn some extra income, which is the best thing in the eyes of most families.

"The second one is similar to the first one. In addition to knowledge or ability, you also need connections. Otherwise, you won't even know where to start if you want to recommend yourself."

Of course, most people who choose the second path do so because they are unable to start with the imperial examination.

They may have physical or physical defects; or they may have failed the imperial examinations; or they may have special talents but were unable to display them in the examinations, and so on.

But no matter what the reason is, it is a must.

"The third point is out of the question. If someone in our family was an official, we wouldn't be eating at a roadside stall here."

At this point, the man realized that the rice roll in front of him had gone cold, so he immediately picked up the rice roll, chewed it, and swallowed it.

I choked because I swallowed it too quickly.

Seeing how miserable he looked, Lin Boyu stood up, walked to the pot, scooped a bowl of rice soup and handed it to him.

The man took it and swallowed it with big gulps. When he put the bowl down, he said to Lin Boyu:

"There's not a grain of rice in this rice soup, you can't take my money!"

In addition to selling rice rolls, the stall also sells white porridge, and the rice soup is the water for the white porridge.

"I'll buy you a drink."

"Little brother, be brave." The man patted his shoulder and whispered.

The man knew that Lin Boyu was a relative of the stall owner, and thought that he was a dependent child. He was afraid that he would be scolded by the stall owner for giving away a bowl of rice porridge, so he spoke in a much lower voice.

Lin Boyu had no idea of ​​the man's "good intentions". After he finished drinking the rice porridge, he urged him to continue the topic he had not just finished.

The man was not impatient at all when being urged, he was even happy. This kind of being needed and the eyes focused on him were really fascinating, he wanted to tell the boy in front of him everything he had.

"Where did we just talk?"

"That's the third one."

"Oh, yes, let's talk about the fourth one." The man immediately recalled what he had just said and continued, "The fourth one is nothing more than having a lot of money, so you can buy it with money. But this situation is rare. If the court doesn't have any major actions, there is no shortage of officials, and the treasury is sufficient, it will basically not allow people to buy officials. And even if you can really buy it, no matter how knowledgeable you are, you have to know how to read."

Lin Boyu frowned: "But, does this have anything to do with 'it's easy to get money but hard to keep it'?"

"Of course it doesn't matter. It matters a lot!" the man shouted excitedly.

Lin Boyu still didn't understand.

"Just like the money in your family, no matter how much you earn, as long as you are not married and the family has not been divided, the money belongs to your parents. If you want to keep it, can you refuse to give it to them at the request of your parents?"

"No." Lin Boyu answered honestly.

Disobeying parents is a serious crime, unless he doesn't want to live with them anymore.

I just had a falling out with my parents, and because of this crime, I have almost no place to live in my hometown.

"That's it. No matter how much money you have, you still have to give it to your father, and your father has to give it to your grandfather. Isn't this very similar to the scene you just saw?!"

"Yeah, it looks like that." Lin Boyu said depressedly.

"Boy, a higher rank can crush a person. If you want to protect your own things, you must be strong enough. We are poor people with no money or property, so no one cares about us. But one day, when you become rich, more people will care about you. If you are still an ordinary person at this time, then in addition to dealing with the calculations of people in the same position as you, you will also have to face pressure from people in a higher position than you."

Then, he changed his tone and said, "But when you are in a high position, the people at the bottom dare not touch anything about you. Even if the people at the top want your things, they will think twice before taking action."

Lin Boyu was thoughtful after hearing this, and then said admiringly: "Uncle, you really know a lot."

"No, no." The man was very satisfied, but he explained modestly: "I have lived long enough, so I know a lot."

"The more you know, the more you want..."