I go to the ancient imperial examinations

Chapter 81
But in just one day, the second house of Zhan's family has become a sweet pastry in the village. There are endless people who come to the door with eggs or cakes, all of whom want to sell their vegetables to the second child of Zhan.

"Mother, don't go out these two days." Zhan Feiyu, who was going to the private school after breakfast, said crisply.

She didn't blame the villagers for turning the rudder into a wall. After all, it's not easy for farmers to make money, but there's no need for her to go out and listen to those gossips.

"Silly girl, even if the second room is turned over, it doesn't have much to do with us." Mr. Li, who was ironing in his heart, touched Zhan Feiyu's head. After eating well in the past few months, the little girl has finally grown.

Zhan Feiyu is right when he thinks about it, he can make money by cursing with the second house, but he also has a certain position in the village. Unless he has no eyes, he will not step on his mother to please the second house.

Zhan Feiyu laughed embarrassedly, he was concerned and messed up.

Li escorted Zhan Feiyu out of the courtyard, and out of the corner of the eye, he saw Boss Zhan standing in the corner with a hoe, and his body subconsciously moved two steps to the left, blocking Zhan Feiyu's sight.

Pretending to see nothing, Zhan Feiyu widened his eyes, "Mother?"

"By the way, Xiaoyu, can your mother's niece be in trouble for you?" Mrs. Li changed the subject bluntly, and gestured for Boss Zhan to leave first with her hand behind her back.

"I just said a couple of bitter words when I met her. I read with the Master, and Miss Wang rarely comes to the study." Zhan Feiyu laughed, "Mother, I'm going to a private school."

When Zhan Feiyu was far away, Boss Zhan hurriedly came out of the dark, "I thought Xiaoyu was gone."

The time for Zhan Feiyu to go to the private school is fixed, and he just talked a few more words with Mrs. Li, and then it was delayed.

"I don't have much to live in the field, so you can take care of the family farm." Li shi suppressed the smile on his face and looked at the man who was stubbornly following behind him with a hoe, but he was not chasing anyone.

Since Boss Zhan refused to return to the clan, Li's attitude towards him has softened day by day. Although the two have never reconciled, Li has not refused Boss Zhan's help.

The girl named Wang in Zhan Feiyu's mouth was the sixth daughter of Wang Gui, the clan brother of Wang's five-served family.

Wang Gui is a wealthy businessman. The Wang family's business is in Huai County, which is adjacent to Nanxuan Prefecture. Because the Wang family is rich, even though they have five clothes, they have close contacts with the Wang family.

In February, Miss Wang, accompanied by the grandmother Lu Shi, went to the Wang family to avoid trouble, but it was Wang Linlang's face that caused the trouble.

The 12-year-old girl is a beauty embryo, as demure as a delicate flower shining in the water, acting like a weak willow supporting the wind, with a fair and delicate melon-seeded face, two curved willow-leaf eyebrows, cut-cut eyes, a beautiful nose and cherry lips with small dimples.

At first, Zhan Feiyu didn't understand why Wang Linlang was hostile towards her, until she spoke softly and softly to Lin Xiuyuan, and when a thunderbolt struck Zhan Feiyu on a sunny day, the inside of the fish was tender and the outside was scorched. The 12-year-old girl regarded her eight-year-old self as a rival in love!
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"When the plum is yellow, it's sunny every day, but the stream is full, but the mountains travel. The green shade does not diminish when the road comes, and the oriole is added four or five times." Zhan Feiyu recited the poems in order to improve his poetic talent.

"Sister Zhan is really diligent, she even recites poetry when she walks." The soft voice sounded delicately, and Wang Linlang walked over in the early morning sunshine.

The 12-year-old girl is combing a double bun, with a shining butterfly hairpin on her head, and pearl earrings dangling.

Matching it with a light green satin embroidered Qi Ru skirt, Wang Linlang is holding a bamboo basket in her right hand, which contains wild flowers just picked from the fields and hillsides. If she is a few years older, she will definitely be a beauty that can be drawn into the picture.

"Miss Wang." Zhan Feiyu nodded slightly, his expression cold and distant.

Wang Linlang's smile didn't change, but there was a bit of disdain in her eyes, and she didn't know what her aunt was interested in this fat girl?Is it because she can read?

But Zhan Feiyu spends all day reading and writing in the same room with a foreigner. My aunt pays the most attention to etiquette, so why did she choose her as her daughter-in-law, and even gave up herself!
The moment they passed by, Wang Linlang suddenly stumbled. The moment Zhan Feiyu supported her arm, Wang Linlang's nails grabbed Zhan Feiyu's hand. fell.

"Sister Zhan, why did you push me?" Wang Linlang, who was sitting on the ground, said in a daze.

Raising her hand, her delicate palm scraped the skin and seeped blood on the ground, which made Wang Linlang feel a little more aggrieved in her crying face.

Zhan Feiyu blinked and looked at the right hand that he stretched out. It was originally meant to help people, but because of Wang Linlang's posture of falling backwards, it became that he pushed her down.

"Xiaoyu, Linlang, who are you?" Lin Xiuyuan, who was walking from the path on the right, stepped forward in three or two steps and bent down to help Wang Linlang, who had fallen.

"Brother Xiuyuan, it's me who didn't stand firm, it wasn't Sister Zhan who pushed..." Wang Linlang said halfway, as if she had noticed something, and shook her head with a strong smile at Lin Xiuyuan, "It's a pity for my flower."

Wang Linlang reached out and wanted to pick up the bamboo basket and flowers on the ground, but he sighed again in pain, and blew against the blood soaked palm, as if the pain was terrible.

Lin Xiuyuan frowned, "Why is it still bleeding?"

The Wang family was rich and noble, and Wang Linlang naturally grew up pampered. Her palms were white and delicate, and she didn't have a single callus. At this time, six or seven bloodstains were wiped off.

Zhan Feiyu looked at Wang Linlang with red eyes, and it was a little white lotus!This is only 12 years old, and if he practiced for a few more years, wouldn't he be a master of house fighting?
If you can't play the house fight, you should study the imperial examination!Zhan Feiyu suddenly felt that Zhiyiwen was so amiable and cute!He ignored Wang Linlang and entered the private school.

"Brother Xiuyuan, is Sister Zhan angry?" Wang Linlang grabbed Lin Xiuyuan's arm uneasily, biting her cherry lips with her teeth, and she wanted to cry, "I don't blame Sister Zhan, she accidentally pushed me when she was young. It wasn't intentional."

"Xiaoyu definitely didn't do it on purpose." Lin Xiuyuan's voice affirmed, only accidentally bumped into the two when they passed by.

Wang Linlang almost clenched a mouthful of silver teeth!
In the private school, Zhan Feiyu's crisp reading sound came.

Lin Xiuyuan looked at Wang Linlang, who seemed to be unable to withstand the pain and changed his face, pulled him up and hurriedly said, "Linlang, go to the backyard to find my mother, and the wound should be cleaned before applying ointment."

Without waiting for Wang Linlang to speak, Lin Xiuyuan hurriedly returned to the private school. His craftsmanship and literature were far behind Xiaoyu. If he didn't hurry up to study, would he really want to be an old boy for a lifetime?
After a while, because there was one more person, the reading sound became even louder.

Wang Linlang stared blankly at the open courtyard door of the private school, Zhan Feiyu was nothing, but brother Xiu Yuan just left himself alone like this?
Are those who care more important than his wounded sister?Wang Linlang clenched her hands angrily, her palms aching, and her originally twisted face was twisted into a ball!
In the backyard, after seeing the Wang family, Wang Linlang walked over quickly, but the wild flowers in the bamboo basket were no longer the same.

"Auntie, just now, sister Zhan accidentally pushed me, and the basket fell to the ground. I wrapped my hand around and went to pick some flowers and put them in the bottle."

Wang is Lin Xiuyuan's only son, and he likes this beautiful and well-behaved niece very much. In particular, Wang Linlang is good at piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and she is also good at cooking. This is the daughter in Wang's mind.

"How can you be hurt like this? Come and get the medicine with Auntie." Wang shi held Wang Linlang's wrist distressedly, looking at the corners of her eyes that were red with pain, her steps quickened a bit.

After cleaning the wound and applying medicine, Wang Linlang's hand was bandaged, and the Wang family let her go back to her room to rest.

After a long while, she closed the bedroom door, Wang Linlang twisted her face angrily, and her delicate voice became sharp, "Auntie said how much she hurt me, but she didn't even say a word of reproach, and Zhan Feiyu didn't know either. What ecstasy has been poured into the aunt's family!"

"Sixth Miss, be careful with your hands, don't hurt them again." Madam Lu held Wang Linlang's arm distressedly, pressed her to the chair, and persuaded her gently, "Scholars, peasants, businessmen, merchants come last, Mrs. She's a talented lady again, and it's normal to despise our Wang family."

Wang Linlang's eyes were red with anger, her teeth were rattling, and her face was both angry and unwilling.

Madam Lu poured a glass of water and put it on the table. After Wang Linlang calmed down, she continued, "The reason why Zhao San dares to insult the young lady is not because the Wang family is a businessman."

The Zhao San that Madam Lu spoke of was not an ordinary person, but the nephew of Zhao County Magistrate of Huai County. Zhao San was only 15 years old this year, and it was said that he took over the four maids in the room.

On the fifteenth day of the first month of the first month, Zhao San saw Wang Linlang when he was looking at the lanterns, and was shocked. At that time, he used the alcohol to tease Wang Linlang, so that she could follow the maid by her side, which saved her from trouble.

But who would have thought that Zhao San seemed to be bewitched by someone, and would be entangled with Wang Linlang in all kinds of ways. Even though she knew that she was only 12 years old, she begged the magistrate's wife to keep the matchmaker, saying that they would get married first and marry Wang Linlang. Lin Lang took her back to Zhao's house to live in, and consummated the house after she reached Ji's age.

If this is the son of the magistrate Zhao, no matter how absurd the matter is, the Wang family will agree to the marriage.

But Zhao San was only a nephew, and both of his parents had died. He went to the county magistrate Zhao with a shameless face. Zhao San was an ignorant and ignorant scumbag.

County magistrate Zhao was just showing respect to this nephew. After all, he was only 15 years old, and he couldn't drive him out of the house for the sake of fame. Therefore, the Wang family did not agree to the marriage, but in order not to offend County magistrate Zhao, Wang Linlang brought Madam Lu Mammy went to Wang's aunt.

"Mommy, my aunt has determined that Zhan Feiyu can read, and she didn't even think about me!" The complaints were full of resentment and unwillingness. If she was really a lady from You Bingtingxun, how could she talk about getting married and say it plainly? After all, the merchant's home lacks the rules.

When she was in the Wang family, Wang Linlang suppressed her elder sister and younger sister to death. She had to have good looks, talent and talent, and she had no shortage of means.

But Zhan Feiyu was different from the sisters of the Wang family. She read the Four Books and Five Classics, wrote the imperial examination articles, and Wang Linlin couldn't feel jealous when she read it. a level of people.

Madam Lu was also helpless and sighed: "Sixth Miss, don't blame Mrs. Gu, that little girl is a student of Master Gu and has been praised by the county magistrate. If she achieves fame in the future, even if she can't be a female official, With this reputation, who would dare to insult her in Shangsi County?"

Seeing Wang Linlang's jealous red eyes, Madam Lu continued to instigate and fuel the fire as if she hadn't seen it.

"The key is to have children in the future, and to be taught by a knowledgeable mother, the title of the gold list is inevitable, and this is what the aunt's most important thing!" Mother Lu is also true. It is indeed for the consideration of the children of the Lin family.

The Wang family is rich, but how much dowry can a married daughter Wang Linlang have?
She lives at home for six, and there are five sisters and cousins ​​above her. The dowry is fixed. How could the Wang family give up Zhan Feiyu and choose a merchant's niece for the yellow and white things?

"Mummy, you don't help my mother?" She complained coquettishly twice, and Wang Linlang's eyes became fierce. Since Zhan Feiyu can read, it will ruin her imperial examination road, so she has no capital and no money. Fight for yourself!
Wang Linlang knew how to plan for herself at a young age. She knew that if she returned to the Wang family, Zhao San would still pester her. The Wang family would definitely sacrifice her lifelong happiness to compromise for the sake of business.

And Lin Xiuyuan is the best candidate selected by Wang Linlang. He is the only son in the family, his father is gentle and elegant, and his mother Wang looks strong, but in Wang Linlang's opinion, this aunt is very fooled. As long as she has a son, she will stand in the Lin family. .

Moreover, Master Lin opened a private school. He was not considered a wealthy person, but he had no worries about food and clothing. Coupled with his dowry, Wang Linlang could be sure that he would live comfortably in the future.

Besides, Lin Xiuyuan is handsome and easy-going. The three of her husband's family are easy to handle. Wang Linlang feels that there is no one more suitable than the Lin family, but Zhan Feiyu is a variable. Marry Zhan Feiyu.

"Sixth Miss, in the end, this marriage requires your aunt to nod. You should be more filial and filial to your aunt, so that she can see your goodness." Madam Lu advised.

This is also what Wang Linlang is best at. She is loved by the elders in the Wang family, not just because of her sweet mouth.

Wang Linlang did not speak with a sullen face. She looked at a young girl who had not yet grown up, but her eyes were gloomy and gloomy, like a seven-year-old or eighty-year-old grandmother.

Her hand was so wounded that my aunt didn't even say a word of reproach. Ordinary filial piety was useless. My aunt only thought that she was well-behaved. Wang Linlang looked at the cabinet behind her.
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The old house of the Zhan family is really lively now, and people come and go to inquire about news.

"Third brother and sister, put this pastry in my room." Xiao Yao held a cup to drink water, but instructed Ma to do things.

"This pastry..." Ma's unfinished words were swallowed back in Xiao Yao's warning eyes, and she could only obey orders like a little maid.

Seeing Xiao Yao's collection, Sister-in-law Osmanthus immediately showed a smile, "Sister, I'll have to rely on you to pull things in the future, and you know that I'm good at growing vegetables, why don't my brother-in-law go to the vegetable field to see it? Look?"

The aunts and daughters-in-law who didn't leave in the yard next to them also started talking. It's just that their own dishes are also delicious. I hope that the second son of Zhan can buy their dishes.

Enjoying everyone's flattery and adoration, Xiao Yao's grievances for the past six months finally came out, and he took the air and said: "I can't control the business, it depends on what I want to be in charge of. I went to Taifu Restaurant to talk about things, but I haven't come back yet."

"Brother-in-law is really capable, and you can't find such a person from ten miles and eight townships." Sister-in-law Osmanthus smiled flatteringly, and patted Xiao Yao's arm again, "Sister, you are really enjoying yourself, and the head of the family can After earning money, Dalang went to Zhang’s private school to study, and when Sanlang went to the private school in the future, the two brothers passed the exam and became officials, and you are the old lady.”

Both the man and the son were praised, and Xiao Yao opened his mouth and smiled, "I'm lucky too, sister-in-law, don't worry, I'll take care of your food, but the price is definitely cheaper than going to the county to sell it. After all, I have to make a lot of hard money to be in charge of my family.”

Sister-in-law Osmanthus's smile froze, but she immediately reacted, "That's right, we can't let my brother-in-law work in vain. It's also troublesome for us to go to the county to sell. If we delay all morning, we may not be able to sell it."

Ma's house was in the east wing. After the second-room house was burned down, Xiao Yao's and the others moved to the three-room house before the big house.

Ma glanced out the window, listened to Xiao Yao's smug laughter, pouted, then quickly tore open the paper package, took out a piece of cake, and devoured it.

The second sister-in-law is so proud now that she has no work at home, so she drinks water from a cup and talks to the villagers, but her parents don't care.

Originally only intended to steal a piece of cake, but in a fit of rage, he ate the whole packet, choked in the urgency of eating, and beat his chest desperately with his fist.

In the yard, Xiao Yao was showing off enough, so she took seven or eight women out, "Since everyone said so, then I'll go to the vegetable field to see, I'm going to say it before, if this dish is delicious If it's not good, I won't accept it."

"That's for sure, how can it make you embarrassed." The woman who spoke accompanied her smiling face, and the others also agreed.

In the vegetable field, Boss Zhan was weeding with a hoe.

Li Shi, who was bent over, shook off the soil on the grass roots, and then threw the grass into the basket. If it was left aside, the grass would come back to life when it rained.

"Yo, elder brother and elder sister-in-law are busy." Xiao Yaoshi laughed sarcastically and looked at Boss Zhan with contempt.

"Sister-in-law is still very powerful. My elder brother who has been invited three times and invited four times is unwilling to return to the clan. The elder sister-in-law doesn't need to say anything. The elder brother will help with weeding, and the elder sister-in-law also taught me how to manipulate people."

Xiao Yao's words were vicious, and she almost didn't point at Li to say that she was a fox. After all, what means can a country woman have, not just relying on the things between the bed and the bed.

The other women in the village couldn't say anything, they could only smile awkwardly.

They didn't dare to offend the little Yao family, but they also didn't dare to offend the Li family. Whoever made her have a powerful daughter, the county magistrate will give a New Year's gift. It's not the Dragon Boat Festival soon, and the Li family might still be able to eat it. The zongzi of the county magistrate's house.

Boss Zhan looked annoyed at the smugly smiling little Yao, and felt more and more that it was right not to go back to Zhan's house.

The second child couldn't control his daughter-in-law. In the past, the little Yao family was always rude and liked to be lazy and work less. Now that the second child is developed, the little Yao family will only go too far.

"Big brother is free to help sister-in-law, so why don't you go home to help? Dad is busy with so many vegetable fields at home." Ma also complained, dissatisfied with what Boss Zhan did.

The second son of Zhan is now busy with the vegetable business in Taifu Restaurant, and the third son of Zhan is still working at the wharf, so the work in the fields falls on the old man Zhan.

When they were busy, Mrs. Ma and Mrs. Yao also had to go out to the fields, which would not turn anger on Boss Zhan. In the past, he did all this alone.

(End of this chapter)