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Zhao Xiuquan was lost in thought all the way in the car. Even if he wants to become an official, he neither knows how to do it nor has the financial strength. So, what can he offer as a gift? Now, if you want to give someone a jin of biscuits or a jin of white sugar, why don’t they take them and smash them in the face? If a beggar doesn’t even want something, how dare you give it as a gift? Even if officials don’t require gifts, now they need diplomas, such as bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees. Does he have them? And he also has to take the civil service examination. Can he pass it?

So Zhao Xiuquan gave up, gi......