Flowers on the other side [Comprehensive Red House]

This year, the snow in Gyeonggi was heavy and the snowfall was frequent. Daiyu's birthday was passed without any surprise in the ice and snow in the north.

After Daiyu's birthday, Mr. Zhou moved into the Lin Mansion, and Daiyu and Yingchun began to study at two hours in the morning and two hours in the afternoon every day.Still, Lin Hai couldn't bear it, and didn't want the little girl to work too hard, so he discussed with Mr. Zhou and took a bath every five days.The dormitory student Yingchun can also go back to Rongguo Mansion to reunite with his father and younger brother for a day when he is resting.

After a few days of class, Lin Hai asked Daiyu carefully when he was resting, "What did Mr. Zhou say? How did you say it?"

"Mr. Zhou gave each of Yanyan and Cousin Ying a booklet, saying that she used to teach girls over 12 years old, and we were too young, so we chose to learn first." Daiyu took the booklet given by Mr. Zhou to Lin Hai.

A thick stack, hairpin flowers in lower case, beautiful and neat.

"Is this written by your husband?"

"It was written by the master. But I don't know which senior sister copied it. Every time the master teaches a student, he must copy a copy and leave it to the master and the younger sisters after graduation."

Lin Hai nodded, opened it for a closer look, and saw that it was divided into more than a dozen major categories according to clothing, food, housing, transportation, sacrifices, banquets, and medicine. Looking back, there were rough chapters under each category, but nothing specific content.Understand that this is the outline of Mr. Zhou's teaching plan.

"Did Yan Yan take any notes?"

"Yes." Daiyu took her notes and showed them to Lin Hai.

Daiyu has quite a lot of notebooks, "Mr. Zhou said that one notebook should be used for each topic, and similar books will be ordered together in the future."

Lin Hai took the sacrificial book first, and saw that it specifically talked about men's dresses and matters that should be paid attention to during the sacrificial ceremony.There is also the handwriting corrected by Mr. Zhou.And the "Food" book records the respective effects of several mutually restraining foods, and the combined harm.And "thinking" is very strange, it is actually a few daily picky words, how to avoid, how to fight back, how to resolve.

Lin Hai looked at them one by one, and said to Daiyu: "Learn from the master, these things will be used in the future."

Daiyu nodded, "Mr. also said the same. Mr. said that you need to learn the piano, chess, calligraphy, painting, poetry, and hops, and you must be proficient in these, so that you can live a better life in the future."

Lin Hai silently praised Mr. Zhou, no wonder all the girls Mr. Zhou taught were able to marry well and live well.Although there are many requirements such as full board and lodging, a separate small courtyard, etc., there are hundreds of taels of tuition fees every year, and clothes for all seasons, it is really not for nothing.

Jia She often came to see her daughter.This day brought the news of Jia Rong's marriage.After the two took their daughter to dinner, Jia She sent the two children back to play after receiving a small gift.

Jia Amnesty handed Jia Zhen's invitation to Lin Hai, and Lin Hai opened the post in April, so he arranged for a servant to tell Lin Cheng to prepare the gift, and reminded himself when the time came.

"Ru Hai, I'm afraid Brother Jing is going to be on the edge of his head and insists on marrying that girl from the Qin family." Jia She drove all the servants out, approached Lin Hai, and said mysteriously, "Do you know? That girl from the Qin family may It belonged to the first prince."

Lin Hai let out an "oh" and looked at Jia She.

"I persuaded him, but he still didn't listen. Tell me about how many lives our family paid for being the first prince. Am I willing? What if I'm not? Why can't we let our children and grandchildren become the offspring of criminal ministers? My respectful elder brother Thinking that if you marry that girl, you will be able to return to the glory of Ningguo Mansion. Hmph."

Lin Hai nodded in agreement, "Even if you marry the princess, it's impossible. The beauty of Ningguo Mansion is what men killed on the battlefield."

"Yeah. I don't know what they think. They don't do what they should do. If their father and son are really doing it for the child's good, fine, find her a good home, or it's an unwitting exhaustion As long as the talent is good, and the Ningguo Mansion is the support, the child will not be wronged. I can add a lot of dowry to the child. But you see, what kind of idea does my elder brother come up with! I would rather divide the clan with me than marry her Be a clan wife. Are you a fool today? When you know his plans for the Ning Mansion, hum, hum... Let me tell you, the Ning and Rong prefectures have always been the Ning Mansion, regardless of military achievements, status, or property. , Those two fathers and sons actually planned to lie to the royal family. How do you think it is possible? If it is true that whose son came up, he would be even more short of money."

"Yes, those who stand up must be rewarded. But, didn't Rong'er go to study with Brother Jing?"

"Yes. I asked Zhen'er, and he said that after Rong'er got married, she went back to study with Brother Jing, and the daughter-in-law stayed at home."

"Brother, this matter..." Lin Hai hesitated for a while, quite embarrassed: "Brother, there is a saying that I have to tell you bluntly: I heard that Jia Zhen is not taboo about meat and vegetables. Let Jia Rong go to study?"

Jia Amnesty's eyes widened in disbelief, "No way?" Then he narrowed his eyes and looked at Lin Hai unkindly, "Ru Hai, this is you, if I were someone else, I would have punched you down."

"Okay, you're amazing. It's related to your Jia family. If you were someone else, you would think I would say such bland words and remind you? Am I free?" Lin Hai snorted. "Don't show off your fists all the time. If you can't beat me, you will lose your reputation as a general."

Jia She stared, Lin Hai held up his teacup, "Brother, I can afford to lose. What about you?"

Seeing Lin Hai's provocative look, Jia Amnesty felt his hands itch.Thinking about Lin Hai's unexpected marksmanship that day, he suppressed the idea of ​​immediately competing with Lin Hai.Thinking about finding a time to weigh Lin Hai, feel Lin Hai's bottom, and make a rash move, he belongs to the group who can't afford to lose.

"The royal family is the royal family. No matter which subject you are, you must always put the royal family on top of your head respectfully, and you must not desecrate it. Don't you think so, brother?"

Jia Amnesty nodded.Decided to go back and hint to Jia Zhen, but don't do anything out of the ordinary, no matter what, even if the royal family doesn't have a genealogy, disrespect and blasphemy cannot be tolerated.Otherwise, I would be too hungry and walk away.

"What's the matter with the Zhang family? It's time to go to Beijing, right? It's been almost a month."

"Well, counting the days, it should be about the same. When the time comes, will you show them the article?"

"Success. I'll check with the Hanlin Academy again. This year's exam may be more complicated. I see that the examiners of the circled rooms, the Ministry of Households, the Ministry of Officials, and the Ministry of Punishment have also selected people. In previous years, the chief examiner would be The cabinet or various ministers, the examiners are basically the Ministry of Rites and the Imperial Academy."

"Any news from the chief examiner?"

"No. I heard that Imakami and the cabinet have not reached an agreement."

"Are you going to be the chief examiner?"

"I asked Zhou Shangshu to resign for me."

"Ah, the examiner, are you willing to resign?"

"There is no lack of talented people in the imperial court. There are too many people who are better than me, Lin Hai, in the Spring Festival every three years. In terms of qualifications, they are not enough to be the chief examiner. Wait for another three years, and wait for Zhou Shangshu to retire. It's better to be safe. "

Jia She understood Lin Hai's meaning, and when Zhou Shangshu retired, he became a minister of the Ministry of Rites, and even entered the cabinet, and then he would be the chief examiner.

"Your Zhou Shangshu is almost seventy, right?"

"Yes. I'm 68. I guess it will be almost the same in the next year."

"At that time, you had been in the Ministry of Rites for three years, just right. Well, our Minister of the Ministry of War is not yet 60 years old."

"Are you in a hurry?"

"No. I just got the position of servant minister. I have to stay in this position for three years to straighten out the lower ranks of the Ministry of War." Jia Amnesty stroked his chin, "When will I get back Wang Ziteng's Jingying Jiedushi? , that position originally belonged to my uncle, and then it was in my father's hands for more than ten years. For a long time, Ningrong and Rongfu took turns."

"Enhou, how is Yuanchun?"

"It's still the same. It's not bad. It's cold this year, and there are many people who fall ill in the palace, and there are a lot of them. I heard that Prince Teng asked someone to take care of her."

"When the weather gets warmer in a few days, I'm afraid I won't be able to procrastinate. When the time comes, the chronic illness will be like a flying swallow, and it may be more in the heart of today."

Jia She rolled his eyes and nodded heavily for a long time, "Don't worry."

A few days later, Jia Amnesty sent someone to send an official visit post, which surprised the housekeeper Lin Cheng.What is this Rong Guohou going to do?Since the master returned to Beijing, my uncle's visit to the Lin Mansion was like going to another courtyard of Jia's family. The guest courtyard belonged to him alone, the west courtyard belonged to his son, and his daughter also occupied a courtyard, and she lived in the Lin Mansion to study every day.How about posting the official visit post, there is no specific content yet, what are you going to do?

Lin Cheng didn't dare to delay, as soon as Lin Hai returned to the mansion, he presented the post to Lin Hai.Lin Hai flipped through the pages, smiled and said to Lin Cheng, "It's Lian'er's cousin who has arrived in Beijing. My uncle took them to the residence on the holiday."

Lin Cheng was stunned for a while, and asked, "Master, are you from the Zhang family?"

"Yes, it should be the grandson of the old master, the son of Mr. Zhang. You should prepare well."

"Yes, don't worry, master." Lin Cheng has followed Lin Hai for decades, and Lin Hai has been taken care of by Zhang's family in Imperial Academy and Yushitai. "Do you want to tidy up the courtyard?"

"Let's prepare first. In addition, prepare a few more sets of test baskets for the exam. I don't know how many Zhang family will come to participate in Chunwei this time."

"The Zhang family's children are really calm, and the Ministry of Rites has started to sign up."

"I guess they signed up when they arrived in Beijing, and they will rest in the day after tomorrow. If they come, they will have to rest for two days before going out to visit."

"Master, I guess they arrived the day before yesterday. When the cousin came over, she didn't mention it."

Lin Hai nodded, yes, the people from the Zhang family have arrived, and Yingchun will talk about it when he comes over.