A Concubine of Salted Fish in Qing Dynasty [Red House]

Not long after, Chen Yu also came back, and Lin Ruhai was sure that he would spend the New Year outside this year.

The news Gao said before was accurate, Lin Ruhai's trip this time was not smooth, and he was supposed to return to Beijing, but was caught by an unexpected situation.

So Chenyu came back first. He traveled all the way, and it was the twelfth lunar month. When he came back, his cloak was covered with snow. coat, and then a bowl of hot mutton soup to go cold.

She couldn't help but blame: "If I knew this, why didn't I come back earlier, and I don't have to suffer such a big crime."

Hearing his grandmother's concern, Chenyu smiled: "I wear thick clothes, so there won't be any problem." Knowing that he is old and has his own ideas, the old lady didn't say any more.

Yun Shuyao also looked at him carefully, and went out for a trip, the environment there was not so friendly, he seemed to have suffered a lot, Yun Shuyao also felt a little distressed, but she also knew that she should let go, otherwise the young bird would be Will not learn to fly independently.

When he washed his face and hands with warm water, what he saw was a table of his favorite dishes.

The old lady asked him to eat more: "Since you are back, don't go out again. After the new year, you have to go to Gusu to take good care of your body at home."

Chen Yu did not object to her grandmother's words.

He has no worries about the next exam, but he also has his own ambitions. He wants to get the first place in the exam, so he can't be negligent.

This year, Lin's residence was not very lively, because the head of the house was not at home, and there were several examinees, it was the time when quietness was needed.

The old lady turned away most of the human contacts, and she was the one to do the work, so that the grandson could concentrate on preparing for the exam, and the two granddaughters would not let them go out. The new year would be their draft year. She knew that some had "ambitious ambitions" "Yes, it will trip up those who may become their competitors.

If one is not watched, it will be too late to regret if something goes wrong.

The same is basically true for other families who want to participate in the draft.

The old lady has left a lot of relationships, and now she is gradually giving up. It is not that easy to be exempted.

She thought it was too simple before, but it's not that difficult to let the child fail after the draft.

Knowing that Chenyu was going to take the county examination next year, the Jia family was stunned for a long time. He was only 14 years old this year, and he was only [-] after the new year.

This made them easily think of Jia Zhu, who has passed away. He was admitted as a scholar at the age of 14, and made their family hold a three-day banquet. The family is going to glory, who would have expected him to go early.

Fortunately, they still have Baoyu, Baoyu is a promising person, he is born with extraordinary background, and he will definitely lead the Jia family to a higher mountain.

So Jia Baoyu, who had been relaxing for a while under the excuse of being sick, was targeted by his father again.

Jia Zheng went through the assessment with a dark face, seeing him stammering and unable to say anything, if the little maid hadn't tipped off the news quickly, Jia Baoyu's ass would have another meal of fried pork with bamboo shoots.

Tanchun and the others watched this scene quietly.

This is not the first time something like this has happened, and they are getting used to it, but sometimes it is unavoidable to regret, if only they could also take part in the imperial examinations to earn a future, they will not dislike the hard work of studying.

Even if they can't take the imperial examination, it's good to have another way that they can figure out by themselves, but it's a pity that this world is born to be harsh on their daughter's family.

Tanchun has a younger brother from the same mother. She knew that her aunt couldn't see her younger brother, but Tanchun didn't want him to grow up in a muddle.

The elder brother of the Lin family is also a son of a concubine, and now he can take the imperial examination at a young age. When he passes the exam, his future will be bright, and whether he is a concubine or a concubine is no longer so important.

Tanchun also hopes that her younger brother can have a bright future in the future. Even if he can't pass the exam, he can have the fame of Juren and Xiucai, and he can support himself.

When the family is separated in the future, they won't be reduced to living like those clansmen who need relief.

As soon as the new year was over and the freeze was thawed, Chenyu went south with others. Apart from Lin Ruhai's aide, Lin Yong, and Yun Guangyu, he also went south with him. He could accompany Chenyu to participate in the After finishing the county exam, he will go back to his ancestral home to take the college exam.

In addition, there are guards and bodyguards.

The old lady is not afraid of mobilizing people, as long as safety can be ensured, there will be more people.

The old lady has almost lived in the Buddhist hall since they set off.

I pray that their trip will go smoothly this time, and that they will get a good result in a natural way.

Yun Shuyao experienced what is called the mentality of a parent of a college entrance examination, and it was a long trip to take the college entrance examination.

Although this "college entrance examination" is not just one chance, but Chenyu is not yet in her third year of high school.

Generally speaking, college entrance examination candidates are sixteen or seventeen years old, but...there are not no college entrance examination candidates who are fourteen or fifteen years old, such as the young genius class.

The supreme enjoyment that only parents who gave birth to SSR can experience.

Thinking of this, she felt that she should have more confidence in him.

Yingyu will also worry about Chenyu. Although they were not born to the same aunt, there is only such a brother. They have grown up together for so many years. They have feelings. She also hopes that Chenyu will get better and better. The first one is even better.

So she also prayed for him, and even copied scriptures.

Aunt Mei watched coldly, but did not stop.

If you have a son, you can fight for it. If you don't have a son, even if you can't help, this brother seems to be able to bluff people, and it is good to make your daughter stand up in front of her future husband's family.

Luo Yu seemed to be the calmest one, and she also persuaded Yun Shuyao: "Auntie, although his teacher doesn't praise him bluntly in class, he understands the meaning of what he says, and his talent for reading is good. It’s just to test for talent once, so there’s no problem.”

The only possible suspense is his ranking.

But as long as he passed the exam, it would be a happy event at his age.

"It's true to say that, but the better the ranking, the more others will value him. He hasn't apprenticed to a teacher yet, so he's waiting to use his fame as a certificate of merit." There is another one, that is, it is better to say goodbye.

Yun Shuyao took a light breath.

She is against children getting married too early, but it doesn't matter if they get engaged.

At his age, these two years are the time to get engaged, the better he behaves, the higher the possibility that he can find a better partner.

Yun Shuyao didn't think about which family's daughter she wanted to climb, but since her own Chenyu was really good, she hoped that his other half would also be good enough to match him, which is human nature.

But in this era, it is not that there are no good women in poor families, but it is true that wealthy families, especially the descendants, are more likely to perform well, such as reading and writing, and then seeing the world, confident and generous, these are the characteristics of ordinary families in this era Daughters are hard to have.

Literacy alone can stump a large number of people.

In addition to remembering her grandson, the old lady did not forget her nephews, nor her two granddaughters. She invited a nanny from the palace to teach them the rules.

It's not that the family didn't have a nanny who came out of the palace before, but they had been out of the palace for a few years, and the nanny Fang invited here just came out of the palace not long ago.

Nanny Fang adopted a nephew, and for him, she was willing to come out and teach the daughters of wealthy families some rules. It was very popular, and the old lady took a lot of effort to invite him.

So Yun Shuyao and Aunt Mei and Aunt Chu also had an extra class to sit in on.

When she taught the rules to talk about some "nosy things" in Beijing, they also became students together.

Through these "nosy things", they can have a deeper understanding of these royal families in the capital.

For example, the crown prince, how many children does he have, what family is the crown prince's concubine, who is in the family, what official position she holds, and who is the side Fujin... Counting down, until the fourth elder brother, Yun Shuyao lifted her spirits.

This is the next emperor.

Yun Shuyao paid special attention to his situation at first, but through Nanny Fang's few "gossips", she only knew a little more about him, and they were still those "stern and selfless" words.

In counting the days, Chun Wei arrived.

There are three exams in Chunwei, each for three days, and these nine days are not easy to pass.

Every time there are candidates who fall ill and have accidents in it.

In addition to seasonal reasons, and can only wear unlined clothing, those who can survive will not be too poor in physical fitness.

But every time after the exam, there are many people who just get sick.

Nervously, he sent the person into the examination room, and counted the days to pick him up after the exam.

The Lin family sent three carriages to pick up the people, and the Yun family's side, Yun Guangyu and Chang Sui went to pick up the people.

As soon as the three of Xie Zimo and the others left the examination room, two of them passed out, and were hurriedly driven home by the servants on the back of the carriage, asking Doctor Zhou to take the pulse to see if there was any serious problem.

On the other end, the Yun's family has already made an appointment with a doctor in advance, and the doctor will see him after the person is picked up.

Although doctors are very expensive at this time, because Yun Heng has seen many people who did not survive the examination room, even if he is used to saving money, he will not save money at this time.

Fortunately, both Yun Chang and Yun Yan were in good health, but they were too tired, so they took a bath, drank a bowl of porridge, and then fell asleep.

When I woke up, I wanted to go to the latrine, but I was woken up.

On the Lin family's side, there were three people including Xie Zimo. Xie Zimo was the youngest. After sleeping for almost a day, he woke up by himself.

The other two people were in poor health, and one of them developed a high fever. Fortunately, they took medicine and recovered slowly.

Judging from the faces of the three of them, it was easy to tell whether they had passed the exam.

Xie Zimo is the most stable, from this we can judge that he did well in the exam.

The days of waiting for grades are undoubtedly difficult.

The old lady was almost sick.

But, after all, there was good news.

At that moment, the old lady disappeared from all illnesses and became full of energy.

Yun Yan had the best score, No.12, and Xie Zimo was 23.

Their rankings, if nothing unexpected happened, would be top two.

The older of the two Lin clansmen finally passed the exam this time. This is the last spring he decided to participate in, and he ranked last. He should be the top three Jinshi, but it also made his eyes red with excitement.

Yun Chang missed, he was disappointed, but it was also expected.

Originally, his ranking in juren was not high, and the hope of Chun Wei's success was slim, so he just wanted to fight.

He originally wanted to give up on Chunwei, but seeing that there were still so many of his peers still struggling, he was hesitant to try again in three years.

Even if you pass the examination as a Jinshi, your future is much better than that of Juren.

It's just that if he hasn't passed the exam, he will have to wait another three years. Is it worth it to spend three years trying to make a possibility?

He was in a tangle.

Yun Heng also couldn't help him make a decision, and only said that if he still wanted to take the exam again, he suggested not to go back to his hometown, but to stay in the capital or go to Jiangnan where the literary style is flourishing.

If he stayed in the capital, his two brothers could still give him a little treat.

After the tribute examination, there is another palace examination. When the results of the palace examination come out, there is not much difference from the previous ranking, that is to say, the Jinshi achievement has been obtained.

Hearing the good news, the old lady happily donated another sum of money for sesame oil to the temple.

Good thing!

The Xie family has successors, and the Yun family is also on the rise, and now they can only hope that there will be good news from their grandson soon.

Indeed, good news soon arrived.

Chenyu County won the first place in the test and was named the leader of the case.

Basically, the person who is designated as the head of the case is guaranteed to win in the hospital examination, but the ranking will be a little different.

In other words, his reputation as a scholar has been established.

The old lady almost said that she was going to throw a banquet to celebrate, but fortunately she was persuaded by Luo Yu, "He still has good news to come, so don't worry, grandma, it won't be too late for us to do it when the good news comes."

"You are right in what you said." After calming down a little, he agreed, but the smile on his face did not restrain at all, and wrinkled into a blooming chrysanthemum.

She didn't know that it wasn't all smooth sailing in Gusu this time. If it wasn't for the large number of people, an accident would have happened.

It's just that Chenyu was afraid that the family would worry about it, and it had already passed, so he kept it a secret for now.

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The atmosphere in Jia's mansion was not very good, Wang Xifeng leaned back on the couch after returning from the old ancestor's place, and couldn't help sighing.

What kind of life is she living?

Be careful with her everywhere, and at the same time endure her own sourness to persuade the master not to be too angry, life is flying around.

Wang Xifeng knew that it was just that everyone was not feeling well, and the reason was very simple. In the final analysis, it was the Lin family, and happy events happened one after another in their uncle's family.

It's just a happy event for the Lin family, but not necessarily for the Jia family.

Even Wang Xifeng felt that those people had worked so hard to get a small and insignificant official position, but he knew that they had the potential to grow. After a few years, they might become big officials or enter the cabinet.

This is the envy of civil servants. As long as they pass the exam, they can be officials honestly, and if they have some luck and some background and strength, they can be promoted step by step.

What about generals?

To make meritorious deeds, you have to risk your life. In peacetime, you can only stay at home and get rusty, so that the family members don't know whether it is better to think about their meritorious deeds or to stay at home safely.

As for the Yun family, the better they are, the more their Jia family will become a contrast, even if they occupy the position of the original wife and legal wife, it will become subtle.

Everyone in the world has a pair of rich eyes. When the Yun family rises, will the grandson of the Yun family recognize the Jia family or the Yun family?

In Wang Xifeng's view, there is no need to think about it at all, and it must be whoever is powerful and powerful.

But if this continues, their Jia family will not be very good.

So the ancestors were not happy.

They even tried to transfer favors to the Yun family, and those people were not willing to offend others. If they did, would their uncle just sit back and watch?Because of this concern, nothing came of it in the end.

And at the other end, the concubine of the Lin family passed the exam again, still the top one.

This ranking is even better than what Jia Zhu got in the test, they are about the same age, and he is in good health. If he didn't die halfway, he might not be another Uncle Lin in the future.

So Baoyu has suffered recently.

The master was stimulated and stared at him reading. If staring at him was useful, Wang Xifeng wanted the second master to be watched as well, so that she might be able to bring her back with an imperial order.

But that's just thinking about it.

Ping'er gave Wang Xifeng a massage: "Master is angry again, did you hit Baoyu?"

Wang Xifeng stretched out her wrist lazily: "No, my wife arrived in time."

Ping'er sighed: "That's good, otherwise Baoyu is weak and will have problems again. It is hard for him to force him to study now."

Painful Baoyu?

Wang Xifeng suddenly found it funny: "This suffering is what some people want but can't get."

When Wang Xifeng thought of the fact that Tanchun was secretly enlightening Jia Huan, he felt a little less interested.

People are different from person to person, and so are concubines.

But as a first wife, she would only protect the interests of the main family, not to mention that the second wife is her real aunt, pretending not to know, is already her greatest kindness.

Not long after, Chenyu participated in the hospital examination, and the result came out, winning three yuan in a row.

This is the little three yuan.

Happy event!

The old lady was very happy.

Although the grandson hasn't come back yet, he still held a banquet at home.

At this time, Xie Zimo had become a good man, bought a yard and moved out, and his family members were also on the way.

When I heard that there was going to be a banquet, I came back to help with it.

Lin Ruhai hasn't come back yet, and Chenyu is also on the way home, it's really inconvenient that there is no male in the house.

But when Chen Yu comes back, it will be fine.

When he wants to participate in Qiuwei, it will be 45 years of Kangxi, and there are still two years left.

As soon as Chen Yu set foot on the land of the capital, he only saw the two sisters, and they got into the carriage and headed for Shenwumen.

This year's draft has begun.