Bao Tingxi's wife, Mrs. Wang, died in childbirth. Was promoted to Fujian Daotai by the magistrate. Bao returned to his hometown of Nanjing because of his advanced age, and died of serious illness shortly after returning home.

Jin Cifu, a troupe teacher, came to propose to Bao Tingxi. Mrs. Bao asked my uncle to inquire about the details of the woman, and my uncle found the matchmaker's husband Shen Tianfu. Shen Tianfu told him that the woman is a provocative person, but she has a little savings, so let her uncle tell her about it. The woman, Mrs. Wang, was vain. The matchmaker greatly exaggerated Bao Tingxi's net worth, and Mrs. Wang agreed.

Brief introduction of scholars;

The Scholars is a novel of Wu in Qing Dynasty. Written in the 14th year of Qianlong (1749) or earlier, it was handed down from generation to generation as a manuscript. It was first carved in the eighth year of Jiaqing (1803).

The fifty-six chapters of the book depict different expressions of "fame and fortune" by various people in a realistic way. On the one hand, it truly reveals the process and causes of human nature erosion, thus profoundly criticizing and mocking the corruption of bureaucracy, the drawbacks of imperial examinations and the hypocrisy of ethics at that time; On the one hand, it enthusiastically praised the protection of human nature by a few characters in a self-centered way, thus embodying the author's ideal.

The use of vernacular Chinese in the novel is becoming more and more skillful, and the characterization of characters is also quite in-depth and delicate, especially the superb satirical techniques, which makes this book a masterpiece of China's classical satirical literature.