"Indeed! That's why they say life is so hard for ordinary folks! It's just too difficult to support a scholar like that!" Chu Qingmeng went along with what he said.
"Ah, isn't that the truth? To make the trip to the Capital for the imperial examinations, most families pool together every single coin they can scrape and borrow whatever they can, just so they can finally reach the Capital. And now, it's been over three months, yet there's still no word on whether the exams will actually be held or not. Nearly all the money they brought has been spent! Most of them are just surviving on one meager meal a day, not even daring to eat their fill. Even so, I reckon many have spent almost everything they had. There are plenty of them sleeping on the streets or eating rotten vegetable leaves!" At this, the shopkeeper could only shake his head incessantly.
Could it really be that bad?! This time, it wasn't just Jiang Heng and the others—even Mo Liuyuan and the other two couldn't hide their shock. Mo Liuchen only now realized that what he had seen the other day still wasn't the worst of it!
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