The main events of Dr. Yu in The Scholars:
Dr. Yu entered school at the age of twenty-four, and then he worked as an old scholar for thirty years. He has been a scholar for thirty years. It seems that Dr. Yu is the same as Pu Songling, who has repeatedly failed to pass the examination. Pu Songling has been a scholar much longer than Dr. Yu. He has been a scholar for fifty years. Pu Songling never passed the imperial examination throughout his life. Could it be that Dr. Yu wants to follow the same path as Pu Songling?
In order to make a living, Dr. Yu became a teacher. Dr. Yu was lucky. The private school paid him a very high salary, thirty taels of silver per year. Although he was also a private school teacher, Pu Songling's salary was much lower, only eight taels of silver a year. The salary difference between the two is three to four times. Pu Songling, who was paid a low salary, often struggled for food and clothing. Dr. Yu, who was paid a relatively high salary, married his wife with about thirty taels of silver.
Dr. Yu, who is married to his wife, saved twenty or thirty taels of money in two years and bought four houses. When looking for a house, do you mean renting a house or buying a house? It's not like renting a house. The rent is twenty or thirty taels of silver a year, which is too expensive. To build a house, twenty or thirty taels of silver for four rooms may not be enough.
In this case, Dr. Yu should have bought a second-hand house. Otherwise, why is it called finding a house? According to the price ratio, Huang Da, who begged Du Shaoqing for fifty taels of silver to repair his house, was lying. Twenty or thirty taels of silver was enough to buy four houses, but Huang Daxi actually needed fifty taels to repair his house. He must have defrauded Du Shaoqing of his money.
When Dr. Yu was thirty-two years old, he lost his education, could not hold a private school, and was unemployed. Fortunately, Dr. Yu can also tell fortunes and read Feng Shui. He helped a family named Zheng read Feng Shui to bury the grave. After the burial, the Zheng family thanked him for twelve taels of silver.
I earned the equivalent of half a year’s salary in a studio at one time. This indicates that Feng Shui is a high-income industry. If Dr. Yu hadn't won the imperial examination later, he might have become a fortune teller and a Feng Shui master.
On the way home after showing people Feng Shui, Dr. Yu saved a man who committed suicide by drowning in the river. The rescued man threw himself into the river because he had no money to bury his father. Dr. Yu gave the man four taels of silver and suggested that he talk to his neighbors and relatives, and naturally everyone would help.
What Dr. Yu means is that you have to think openly about everything, death is not an option, and you should ask for help when you need it. Dr. Yu is kind-hearted. He not only helps people with money, but also gives them ideas and solutions.