Feudal scholar-bureaucrats reborn: marrying a husband and marrying a virtuous

If there is anyone who is the loneliest during this period, it is Lin Fangqi. He is thinking why his father didn't make himself better, so that he can do better in the college entrance examination. Good brothers who are inseparable.

Now I can only go to and from school by myself. I used to go to Brother Xu's house for dinner and play with Miki, but now I can't.

Not to mention that the relationship with the second cousin is not very good. The second cousin seems to be very busy. When he went there last time, he didn't know what to write in the study, his hair was disheveled, and he scratched his head.

When Lin Fangde took his mother to live in the county town for one night in early August, and when he returned to the village the next day, Lin Fangqi became active and quickly adapted to life in the county school.

It turned out that it was because his aunt told him that the marriage had been negotiated, and the decision was made during the Mid-Autumn Festival, and Lin's mother came to the county that day to buy the things that had been made.

His uncle was the county magistrate in Qinghe County, Huai'an Prefecture, and his future husband was the eldest brother of the head of Qinghe County. Lin's mother told him that according to his aunt, he was a calm and reasonable little brother.

Now Lin Fangqi's heart is full of his calm and reasonable brother, so he can't think of Lin Fangxu, a good brother who used to be inseparable.

But Lin Fangxu didn't know that his good brother had forgotten him more than friends, and he was drinking tea at the home of his master in the previous life and his senior in this life.

It is also fate, the courtyard that Shen Mao rented is not far from the one he rented, and the two of them have met several times when going to and from school, maybe Xueba has a unique temperament, a freshman leader, an old student chief, just We got acquainted naturally.

Lin Fangxu looked at Shen Mao's overly upright face, his eyebrows and eyes were somewhat similar to Shen Jing's, and the two were actually brothers of the same father.

At that time, the grandpa of the Shen family asked his eldest son to marry the granddaughter of Dong Ge's concubine in order to climb into the Dong family. The birth of the eldest son Shen Jing was considered to have completed this political marriage. The concubine went to another place to work, and the next year she and the concubine gave birth to Shen Mao.

The origins of the two brothers doomed them not to live in harmony. One was confident and arrogant, but not big-minded, and the other felt guilty towards his first brother because of his father's disregard, and tolerated everything.

Shen Mao knew all these things after he became his master in the previous life. At this time, Shen Mao said with an upright square face: "Brother Lin Xian, don't always be so polite in the future, just call me Biaozi Darong from now on. I don't know if my virtuous brother has a written name?"

Lin Fangxu regained his composure and said, "Before I took the county examination, my master took the name of me as Dongsheng."

After Lin Fangxu finished speaking, seeing his distorted expression, he said quietly, "Brother Da Rong, you can laugh if you want to."

Shen Rong couldn't help laughing and said: "The sun is rising, Mr. Xu thinks he has high expectations for Brother Dongsheng, hahaha..."

Lin Fangxu thought of Mr. Xu's joyful expression after picking up the name for him, and said helplessly: "Brother Darong, can you stop talking."

Influenced by many TV dramas and novels, modern people will have an illusion that after the ancients became a scholar, those who have money can go outing to participate in poetry fairs every day, and those who have no money can work as accountants at Tongfu Inn and fall in love.

But this is not the case. At least after Lin Fangxu entered the government school, he only had three days off every month. In addition to the four books and five classics that he had to continue studying, he also had to learn well in the four subjects of rites, archery, calligraphy, and mathematics. The homework was extremely heavy.

Of course, as long as you report every month, no one will care about skipping classes, but you must take the quiz on the first and fifteenth of each month, and there will be a major exam every quarter. At that time, you can only wait for the next county examination and start from the beginning. It is estimated that no student can afford to lose this person.

At the end of September, when Lin Fangxu took part in the first quarterly examination of the prefectural school in this life, and won the first place in the prefectural school, Lin Fangqin and his wife also entered the final stage of frying autumn tea.

When Lin Fangqin sent the fried tea to his father-in-law, his father-in-law and his mother-in-law seemed to be worrying about something.

After Lin Fangqin put away the tea leaves, he didn't see anyone outside, and asked directly, "What's wrong with father-in-law and mother-in-law?"

Shopkeeper Zhao and his wife were originally worried about his family, and they had to tell him about that matter, lest the son-in-law be unprepared.

"Master Liu suddenly invited me to drink alone today, during which time he actually asked about Brother Xu's marriage. He wanted to betroth his concubine daughter to Brother Xu."

Shopkeeper Zhao said this, patted the table angrily, and said angrily: "I can be regarded as watching Brother Xu grow up. Brother Xu followed you to pay New Year's greetings when he was young. He was smart and sensible since he was a child, and now he won a small triple at the age of 13. , how can his concubine be worthy of it!"

After Lin Fangqin listened, his face sank like water, and he asked: "Father-in-law should refuse."

Shopkeeper Zhao said: "Of course, I told him directly that Brother Xu is still young and won't think about getting married now. He still insists on saying that it's okay to get married first. It's really shameless."

At this time, Lin Fangqin said: "Father-in-law refuses, as long as he thinks about it, he knows it's impossible, so he didn't come to me directly. Brother Xu is still young, if he starts from his father, he can still leave room for the future. It's a pity ..., no matter when, I will never agree, I'm afraid it will affect my father at that time."

"Pfft..."

Sitting on the side, Mrs. Guan said with a smile: "Brother Qin, you are just worrying about it. Your father is in charge of your wife's dowry, not his Fatty Liu's property. He is not qualified to manage your father-in-law."

Lin Fangqin smiled and did not speak. Shopkeeper Zhao went on to say, "Now tell you, it's good that you have a good idea in your heart, and don't care about me. Just like your mother's father said, the Liu family is the wife's decision."

Speaking of which, this is also a strange event in Wuyi County. The Liu family is a merchant who runs tea hills and tea farms. Three generations of merchants have not been able to take the imperial examination. Mr. Liu is the fourth generation.

It's a pity that Mr. Liu only likes his cousin, but he is still a person who can't tell the difference between right and wrong.

Don't talk about the career of the imperial examination, I am afraid that even the family business may not be guaranteed, so Mrs. Liu simply trained his daughter-in-law to manage the business.

Even when he was in poor health in his later years, because his son brought his elders and relatives to make trouble, he simply put most of the family property in his daughter-in-law's dowry when he was dying, and left it to his grandson in the future. He is also a courageous and ruthless man. .

A few years ago, Mrs. Liu successively handed over the business to her eldest son, and she spent most of her time watching her younger son study.

Lin Fangqin's father-in-law was the shopkeeper hired by Mrs. Liu to manage the tea shop in the early years. Yue Mu and Mrs. Liu were on good terms, and said at this time: "I'd better go see Mrs. Liu tomorrow and tell her about it. Fatty Liu and him That cousin has been suppressed to the point where she has no scruples in doing things, so don't hurt brother Xu's reputation."

Lin Fangqin thanked Yue Mu, and when he got home, he told his husband about it. After hearing this, Zhao Shiyue was also very angry: "He really dared to think...! He didn't even look at himself, so he beat him up." Brother Xu has made up his mind."

"Maybe it was suppressed by Mrs. Liu, but you should pay attention to it at ordinary times. Brother Xu's marriage should at least wait until he wins the Juren."

After Lin Fangqin instructed Fu Lang, he squinted his eyes and said in a deep voice: "Before this, I will see who dares to ruin my brother's reputation...!"

On the third day, after Mrs. Liu personally sent Guan Shi out, she told her confidant maid to instruct the servants over there to pay more attention to the abnormality of the mother and daughter.

The eldest daughter-in-law standing by the side asked doubtfully: "If we seek a mediator in a serious manner, the Lin family may not agree. Is mother worried that they will use shady methods?"

Liu said with a smile: "If you think they can't do it, there will be no harm in being careful. Whether they succeed or not, it will do no harm to us."

At this moment, Master Liu's only daughter, Liu Mingzhu, was hugging her aunt and said injustice: "Mother, why did I marry the Lin family? I'm not a wealthy family. I just won the prize of a scholar. What's the big deal when I'm poor."

Aunt Xiao stroked her hair and said with a smile: "The 13-year-old chief of the case is not too poor. If there is no accident, he will probably be able to pass the exam. Don't be self-willed, just listen to your mother's arrangement obediently."

Liu Mingzhu curled her lips, unwilling to say: "But what my father said just now, they don't seem to think about marriage."

Aunt Xiao thought to herself, it was just an excuse, probably because she wanted to wait until she won the Juren before discussing the marriage, and secondly, she didn't like her daughter.

But it doesn't matter, Mr. Liu didn't think much of him back then, as long as he can handle the man, there is nothing wrong with it. There are many ways for a scholar to be famous.

Aunt Xiao was very proud of Mr. Liu's determination. If Mr. Liu hadn't taken care of her, Mrs. Liu wouldn't know how miserable she would be now.

Whenever she thinks that the old man will put most of the family's property into Liu's dowry when he dies, Aunt Xiao will gnash her teeth with hatred, the old man is so cruel..., so now the whole family has to live under that woman.

Liu's daring to ask for it back then was because he had a Juren father. It doesn't matter... She will return it one day. Aunt Xiao's eyes were stern, but her voice was soft and soft: "That Xiucai is still young, wait for him When I grow up, I will see the beauty of my daughter."

At this time, Lin Fangxu didn't know that his father-in-law in his previous life had missed him, let alone Aunt Xiao's thoughts. If he knew it, he would probably sigh again.

In his previous life, he was a scholar among others, and the Liu family plotted his marriage, but in this life, he was only 14 years old, why did he only focus on himself, what a crime...

It is estimated that the young people who heard from Mr. Shang want to communicate more. Lin Fangxu came back from Hangzhou, and within a few days he received a letter from Mr. Shang. After going back and forth, the two became pen pals.

Lin Fangxu also knew from his letter that the little brother that day was his cousin, and now he also knows from his letter that his cousin got engaged last month...

Lin Fangxu stared at the letter paper for a long time, thinking of the bright smile against the red dress, he felt inexplicable.