Making money, taking exams, and raising a family in rural imperial examinations

Just after moving house, it will be Lin Dongdong's full moon wine within two days.

Now that the status of the Lin family is different, there are naturally many guests, not to mention that basically all the village came to congratulate, and a lot of people came from the town.

Duan Wensai even abused his power to send government servants to deliver things, which gave the Lin family a lot of face and won Lin Ze's heart.

On the day of the [-]-day banquet, no accident, the Lin family was surrounded by people, and it was impossible to calculate how many guests would come. Lin Ze arranged a buffet like a western banquet.

The people in the town are richer and more elegant, and in front of so many "nobles", the villagers are ashamed to "rob" like they used to eat at banquets, and they are more restrained, and nothing happens directly. An empty prank.

Of course, this is also the result of Lin Ze asking Li Laofu to greet the villagers. He really doesn't believe the villagers' self-control in the face of food...

To be honest, there is no such thing as a full moon wine in the village. It is mainly a matter of economic conditions. Whoever has the most children will just let the eggs turn red and let it be lively. Such things as wine arrangements will only appear during weddings and happy events.

What's more, the child of Lin Ze's family is still a little brother, what kind of full moon wine does the little brother put, what a waste.

But Lin Ze doesn't care about these things. His joy of being a father now swells his entire atrium. He can't wait to announce to the whole world that he has a child. Of course, the child he and Ah Yu will have is specially celebrated. It must be done!

This kind of attitude made the people in the village who disliked him look down on him very much. Lin Ze was just a fool after thinking about it. He had never seen a child. What is so rare about having a younger brother?

Brother Yu also didn't know what kind of luck he had, or what tricks he used to make Lin Ze dazed.

If it were another daughter-in-law, if Lang Ruo gave birth to a little brother, I don’t know how he would be disgusted, but Lin Ze is lucky, he likes this little brother like something, and even bought a servant girl and a mother-in-law to serve her .

Doesn't this guy know that the little brother has a low chance of getting pregnant and having a son, and if the first child doesn't give birth to a son, he won't know when the next pregnancy will be?

Let others mention it, Lin Ze is not happy,

"If God bestows a son, let him have it, and let it be if he can't. How can you cut off your children and grandchildren if you give birth to a little brother? If you don't have my last name, then it won't be my blood?"

"How can you lose money when you give birth to a little brother and a girl? It's just that the boy has been careless and mischievous since he was a child. When he grows up, you still have to prepare a house for him to marry a bride. Brother and girl will marry someone else when she grows up, not to mention earning a dowry for you, but she will send you something back during the holidays, so that you can enjoy the blessings comfortably, how can you lose money?"

"Don't tell me that when you marry a girl, you need a dowry. It's all for your daughter's self-supporting money. Otherwise, do you marry your daughter or sell your daughter? Why do people take the risk of being bullied by their parents-in-law to subsidize their mother's family? You just treat your children better when you get married, and then your children will respect you for the rest of your life."

"Of course, it's not bad to have a son. I'll teach you how to take care of you until the end of your life. After marrying a daughter-in-law, you'll be treated well when you come back. They're not willing to stay in your house and follow your son for the rest of their lives? The in-laws feel comfortable and don't carry things around during the holidays. ? If you walk around a lot, it’s a good relationship. If there’s something you don’t want to help in the future? On the other hand, if you’re torturing others now, when you can’t walk anymore, it’s time for them to take revenge.”

"So, don't engage in gender discrimination, and say that everything is happy at home, right..."

Everyone was dumbfounded by what was said, and felt that this guy was really embarrassed, and it seemed to make sense.

Indeed, girls with a lot of dowry seem to bring a lot of things when they return to their natal home, and the in-laws have a harmonious relationship; girls with a small dowry don’t even say that they bring things back to their natal home, and they don’t see anyone all year round, so they go to visit their in-laws. There was no hot water to drink.

The problem of the daughter-in-law here is even more indescribable. Since ancient times, the mother-in-law squeezed the daughter-in-law to build prestige, and wanted to wait for the day when she couldn't move before she could hold her and serve her. There are so many.

So when other mother-in-laws saw this, they wanted to hold their daughter-in-law even more, a vicious circle...

But if everyone has a good relationship from the beginning, and the relationship is getting deeper and deeper, let's talk about their own thoughts. As long as they are not the kind of people who have lost their conscience, they themselves will honor the parents-in-law who have been good to them for half their lives and leave peacefully.

It seems...it really makes sense.

A few unintentional words caused waves in the hearts of the villagers. Some women looked at their children who were about to get married and began to think carefully.

So for many years to come, Heba Village became the object of heated discussions in the surrounding villages about marriage.

Not only because the people in Heba Village are rich, but also because the mothers-in-laws in Heba Village don’t know if it’s because of Feng Shui. like...

I don't know that my few complaints have unintentionally changed Lin Ze of Heba Village's "feng shui". In short, if anyone says that his good son is wrong, he can tell you a lot of falsehoods, plus a contemptuous expression when you praise his son until.

Of course, his daughter-in-law can't say whether she is right or not, even the mother-in-law doesn't teach her a lesson.

Because it was her first time raising a baby and she had no experience, no matter how careful Zhang Yu was, sometimes she would inevitably have some problems when holding Lin Dongdong. Either the milk was not fed well, or the posture of holding the baby was not in place.

It really makes Zhang Liumei, who is a mother, can't stand it anymore. She used to be able to do everything quickly, why is she so clumsy now?

He can't even take care of a child well. How can he be a husband? After a long time, he will not be disgusted by his in-laws.

"It's okay, it's normal to be a father for the first time without experience. Besides, there are so many maids and slaves in the family and the mother-in-law bought them to take care of them. It's not Ah's turn to work. He just takes care of the business for me. , It’s inconvenient for me to be famous, the family has to rely on Ah Yu to make money, isn’t it..."

Lin Ze didn't want his wife to be taught a lesson, so he answered immediately, "If mother is worried, then move in here, and it will be more lively."

When building the house, Lin Ze considered his mother-in-law's room. After all, his mother-in-law was too deserted to live alone, and she was always worried about living alone.

But Zhang Liumei didn't want to come here. How can a mother-in-law live in a brother-in-law's house? It's okay when she can't walk. She got married early, and she is only in her late forties. She is not too old, so how can she bother her like this? Yu brother's husband's house.

The Lin family is willing to be kind to her mother-in-law, but she can't really say yes to Brother Yu and be said.

"Yeah, mother-in-law, don't be too demanding of brother Yu. It's the first time you take care of your child like this. We used to be in a hurry, and brother Yu doesn't know how to take care of him. I finally have a reason to hug him and go out to play." Now, you come here too, if you touch this child, you can't hold it down alone..."

Jiang Rongniang also helped to smooth things over, and she spoke the truth.

The Lin family doesn't have to worry about anything now, she has a lot of free time all day long, and it's not convenient to go to Brother Jun's place in the county town for a long time, and she finally waited for a grandson, so she pointed to play with him.

"Then I'll come here during the day when I have nothing to do. This kid is really noisy and lively, just like our Ah Yu was when he was a child."

I don't plan to live here, but I am very happy to come here during the day to help my grandson Zhang Liumei.

Not to mention, Dongdong, this child is really similar to her Ah Yu when she was a child, and her Ah Yu was also very lively when she was a child, but later...

Hey, but it's better now, Lin Ze likes brother Yu, Jiang Rong's mother Lin Sangui is easy to get along with, brother Yu's good days are still to come.

At the Full Moon Wine, Lin Dongdong was the protagonist.

When the guests were about to arrive, Zhang Yu, who was finally able to come out to get some air, came out with the baby in his arms for everyone to see.

The child who has been raised for three months has grown up, is white and fat, and is wearing a small red dress. The delicate and cute appearance makes people really like it. This child is very smart, and he picked up the advantages of his father and father when he was in the womb.

The exquisite facial features can be seen with a single eye, and the eyes are agile. I don't know what a handsome little brother he will be when he grows up. Everyone is so rare.

When it was time to catch the week, Lin Dongdong gave everyone another insight.

People's dolls pointed at the things around them, but Lin Dong didn't move, he didn't grab all kinds of beautiful things around him, and crawled out with his little buttocks twisted and twisted, and threw himself on Zhang Shidan, giggling. Let go.

The surrounding villagers couldn't help laughing, "Oh! This little brother is really clever, he knows how to catch a good guy at such a young age!"

Although I have never seen someone arresting someone, but catching a boy means that he will marry a good family in the future, and the villagers laughed at the happy news.

The private school children who came to join in the fun also laughed, pointing at Zhang Shidan and jokingly, "Shidan, you have a wife, you have a wife..."

Half-year-old children know a lot.

Although Zhang Shidan is only seven years old, he has a precocious heart, and Grandma Zhang always talks about saving money for him to marry a wife, but Lin Dongdong hugs her neck and refuses to let go, and is laughed at by her schoolmates, no matter how much he likes Lin Dongdong. I couldn't help but blushed.

As for Lin Ze, his complexion was as dark as possible, seeing the envy, jealousy and hatred of his second apprentice, who had won the "great favor" alone...

"Catch again, this doesn't count!"

So Lin Ze, who couldn't restrain his father's heartache, played tricks, and took his son back and put him in the middle to let him be caught again.

Lin Dongdong stared at his ferocious father, pursed his mouth, and dropped a few drops of golden beans. Seeing that his father and father who loved him usually ignored him, he could only choose a piece of golden silver and silver among all the dazzling things. A crude mechanical wooden man made by the students of a private school.

Only then did Lin Ze show a smile, picked up his son and kissed him hard, praising him happily and being extremely proud,

"Okay, okay, he really is Dad's good son, capable of both civil and military skills!"

Wen Neng learns through business and makes money, and Wu Neng goes all over the world through physicalization, he is indeed his kind.

Of course, this is Lin Ze's understanding.

But in this day and age, if the younger brother catches the money, he will be a prodigal!In addition, there is a 'toy', how dandy will this little brother of the Lin family be in the future?

Seeing Lin Ze still very proud, everyone felt the corners of their mouths twitching: This guy is hopeless, really...

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Lin Dongdong's unusual child's grasping week made everyone laugh out loud.

Because the child was still young, there were so many people outside that he was afraid of bumping into each other. After catching Zhou Zhangyu, he carried the child back to the house, while Lin Ze greeted the guests outside.

Lin Dae and others also greeted outside, mainly because Lin Ze was not familiar with the relatives of the Lin family's seven aunts and eight aunts, and he had other members of the town to greet them, and the village could only rely on Lin Dae and others.

Even Lin Xiaolian had to come out to show her face to help, but there are not many rules in the village, and it doesn't matter if Lin Xiaolian greets all the female relatives.

And Lin Xiaolian herself likes to be lively, she would rather run out to work if she is asked to sit in the house, what a lively day, eating, drinking and chatting with everyone is better than staying in the house.

Besides, Lin Ze told her to exercise more, don't want to stay at home and take care of the children after getting married, learn more things, so that she can manage her dowry in the future, and only with financial income can she really gain a foothold in her husband's family.

It’s not that all men in the world are bad, but it’s better to be prepared for some things. Only when you are good enough can you be able to meet any accidents that happen in the future.

Lin Xiaolian felt that what her elder brother said made sense, so she thought about it a lot in private.

In the past, her mother didn't teach her much. She only told her that she could live a comfortable life by dressing up beautifully so that her husband likes it. When she went to her in-law's house, she would deduct some private money to save it. She backed up.

But no matter how supportive her natal family is, it is impossible to take care of her all the time, and the longest is to be self-reliant.

Therefore, these days, Lin Xiaolian went to the private school and worked hard to learn how to read and write. She couldn't stop thinking about using the dowry to start a small business with a stable income in the future, so that she would always have confidence in her husband's family.

In the end, she really figured out a small business, which was to open a rouge and gouache shop.

Anyway, she likes to dress up herself, and she is very familiar with this aspect. With the help of her elder brother to open a shop, no one will dare to cause trouble. The small shop does not cost much capital, and the dowry money promised to her by her elder brother, father, and Aunt Rong is completely enough .

Lin Xiaolian is a very rational and realistic girl, she does what she thinks, and asks Zhang Yu for advice on business experience when she has nothing to do, because Lin Ze is good at home, but she is a little afraid of her elder brother.

Knowing that Wang Maozi had been a shopkeeper since she was a child, and was familiar with all kinds of places in Qingshan County to buy goods, she asked Wang Maozi again when she was free.

Of course, men and women are different, she definitely can't be alone, every time when there are many people in the private school, or with Liu Yanzi.

Liu Yanzi is the younger sister of the boy from the Liu family she is dating. Ever since Lin Xiaolian got to know the boy from the Liu family, the younger sister from the Liu family has often come to Heba Village to play with her.

Because Liu Yanzi was not familiar with Heba Village, Lin Xiaolian naturally took it with her wherever she went.

Lin Xiaolian was actually a little unhappy about this.

It's fine for the other party to come to her house to drink and drink. For Liu Xiaozi's sake, she treats her as a future relative, and Liu Yanzi is also very hardworking at home, knowing how to help with work.

However, Liu Yanzi has a lot of little problems that people don't like, let's not talk about many, let's just talk about two points.

One is that Liu Yanzi always likes to use her things indiscriminately, from clothes to rouge and gouache, and the other party always uses them casually like our sisters, which makes it hard to say, and even makes people feel stingy.

But obviously when Liu Yanzi came to their house as a guest, Jiang Rongniang treated her daughter very politely for the sake of her marriage, and made several new clothes for her. When there were shopkeepers in the village, she also asked her to pick things. She had never been stingy , treat them as their own juniors.

But Liu Yanzi wanted to use hers, but Lin Xiaolian was so distressed and depressed to death. Those clothes were made for her by Aunt Rong herself, and the rouge and gouache were even good things that she bought in the town with her own money.

Let’s just talk about the pearl powder. It’s something she’s longed for since she was a child. It can be called an obsession. This time, Lin Ze and Zhang gave her a big red envelope during the Chinese New Year, so she was willing to grit her teeth and buy it. It’s so precious. .

I have been reluctant to use it, every time I apply a little bit to satisfy my girl's vanity and beauty.

But Liu Yanzi was lucky. After coming to Lin's house to play a few times, she used it up and said "Thank you, sister-in-law" and sent her away!

Made Lin Xiaolian so angry.

There is also something that makes Lin Xiaolian dislike Liu Yanzi a bit, that is, when he comes to her house, he likes to look around and touch things, and the way his eyes light up when he sees good things is disliked.

And he always likes to drag her to the private school, to see her elder brother, and to inquire about her elder brother.

Lin Xiaolian is not a fool, so she doesn't understand what this little girl is thinking, she is like many girls in the village, she sees that her elder brother is promising and will make money, so she wants to marry him as a wife and concubine.

Hmph, this Liu Yanzi doesn't even look at what she looks like, except that she is a woman who likes to give birth, how can she compare to her sister-in-law and husband in terms of looks and abilities?

Even if elder brother really wanted to take a concubine and marry a common wife, it would not be Liu Yanzi's turn.

And Lin Xiaolian also didn't want Lin Ze to marry more daughters-in-law from the bottom of her heart, she thought it would be good for Zhang Yu to be his sister-in-law.

So every time I talk to Liu Yanzi, I will skip the topic directly, and then tell Liu these things in private, hoping that the other party will take care of his sister.

But what did Kid Liu say?

Lin Xiaolian is still full of anger when she thinks about it afterwards.

The Liu family boy said,

"Isn't it just a few boxes of rouge and gouache and a few pieces of clothes? The family in the village wears too much of one piece of clothing. My sister just rarely tries it on. What do you care about with her about such trivial matters? When we get married, she will In the future, it will be your sister, right? My mother said that my sister is going to get married, and if I love her for a few more years, I won't be able to hurt her anymore..."

"Besides, you can apply rouge and gouache if you like. Our family can afford it, but you don't need to use this pearl powder. What do people in the village do with such white and tender paint? You can't go out in the sun. You have to count it once or twice. How many taels of silver, how can we country people afford it..."

"Forget about my younger sister Tu. Treat her as your sister-in-law and love her. After she gets used to these expensive dresses, she will marry your eldest brother before she will look like a young mistress..."

"By the way, I forgot to tell you about this matter. My mother told you to talk to your elder brother and let him hire Yanzi. Both wives and concubines are fine. Our two families will get married, and you will As Yanzi's sister-in-law, I have to think about her."

"Sister-in-law! Liu Zuyou, we haven't even decided on a relationship yet. I'll call her Liu Yanzi's sister-in-law!"

Lin Xiaolian immediately exploded with anger,

"Your sister's use of pearl powder is to adapt to the life of a young mistress in advance, and I use it to waste the village girls who don't need to dress up? You still want to marry Liu Yanzi to my elder brother. My elder brother doesn't even want a lady from the town. Why marry her! "

"Xiao Lian, don't be angry, my mother said that our two families will get closer..."

Boy Liu didn't understand why she lost her temper so much, so he quickly coaxed her.

But this coaxing really made Lin Xiaolian even more angry.

"Then go get married to your mother!"

This is not the first time that Lin Xiaolian has heard Liu Xiaozi say "my mother said...", which has almost become Niu Boy's catchphrase.

At the beginning, she thought Liu Xiaozi was filial and listened to his mother's words, but after listening to it too much, she no longer felt that way.

This boy from the Liu family is indeed honest and honest, and he listens to her very much, but he listens to his mother even more, almost to the point where Liu's mother asks Liu to do what the other party does, without thinking for himself at all.

When she first found it suspicious, Lin Xiaolian thought that Liu Xiaozi had such a personality. Before that, he would obey his mother if he didn't have a daughter-in-law. Maybe it will be different when he gets married. After all, she still likes the obedient appearance of the other party.

But she didn't expect that Boy Liu would be so limitless, and even say these words.

What do you mean by a few boxes of rouge powder and clothes? Don’t worry about small things. Everyone in the village wears the same clothes in turn?Then why don't the Liu family's own sisters take turns wearing clothes?

What does it mean that she is a villager who doesn't need to use pearl powder in vain, and Liu Yanzi just uses it to adapt to the expensive life of the young grandmother?

According to this statement, then when she married into the Liu family, she would work as a cow and a horse, and the sisters of the Liu family would enjoy dressing up beautifully and marrying to be young mistresses?Then she's still going to marry a fart, she would be happier staying at home as an old girl in such a marriage!

As a result, the young people who had been getting along well had a conflict.

Lin Xiaolian didn't want to be wronged and sacrificed herself to be a "good sister-in-law". Liu Xiaozi couldn't figure out why Lin Xiaolian was angry, so he could only blindly admit his mistake, but he couldn't recognize what was wrong, he only knew that he was wrong...

But I was angry in my heart, but after all, I got a little emotional after getting along for a few months. Apart from this, Boy Liu is indeed a good guy, hardworking, honest and hardworking, and he has no bad habits of drinking and gambling.

Lin Xiaolian feels that no one is perfect, so it is hard to find such a man, and she has no special advantages. Because of Chen Shuju, the villagers don't quite believe that Lin Ze can sincerely treat her as a girl, and there are not many people who can really let her choose .

So everyone doesn't know about these things, Lin Xiaolian is going to be calm and calm, and let's see if Liu Xiaozi has a chance to change it.

If Boy Liu can get rid of this, she can forget it, but if Boy Liu can't get rid of it, she thinks it's better to be an old girl.

And the Liu family boy has been admitting his mistakes to her all this time.

Maybe it was because she went home and told her family about it. When Liu's family came for the hundred-day banquet, although Liu Yanzi looked a little unhappy, she behaved a lot, and she didn't look around like before. The sisters embroidered and chatted together.

Lin Xiaolian felt a little satisfied, and felt that maybe she was too tempered, and it would be nice to just talk about some small things.

"Sister Qiao, I can't get away here, please send me a few plates of fruit and snacks to my house to entertain Yanzi and the others, okay? Tell them I'll go back and play with them when I'm done..."

There were still many sisters in Heba Village who hadn't finished greeting her. Lin Xiaolian couldn't leave, so she had to call her maid to help her.

"Yes, Miss Lian."

Xiao Qiao smiled and nodded, picked up the things and went upstairs, but the smile disappeared immediately when she turned around, very contemptuous.

Really, a country girl also ordered her to work, why not!