After dressing as a widow

Lin Zhen knew that Gu Lin was very suitable for wearing long robes. He was tall enough and had a good figure. He couldn't help thinking about what Gu Lin would look like if he had the opportunity to wear a scarlet official robe in the future.

A few words were written quickly, and the women who came to congratulate her and her husband were very satisfied. They took the words from Gu Lin and thanked them again and again. Before leaving, they invited Lin Zhen to their home as guests.

After sending them out, Lin Zhen and Gu Lin turned back to the house, and the atmosphere that was interrupted by them came back a little with their departure.

Lin Zhen touched his nose and said, "Go and clean up your pen and ink, I'll wash the cup."

As he said that, he walked into the house, poured the remaining tea in the cup under the roots of the trees in the corner of the yard, then rubbed the cup inside and out with tea dry, which has a cleansing effect, put it into a pot, and added water to boil.

He doesn't have cleanliness, but Gu Lin does, and he has noticed these details over time.

After tidying up the room, Gu Lin took the book to read, and Lin Zhen continued to enrich his plan in the booklet by the side, and wrote down some vague modern things on it.

This year is the eighth year he has been here, and he can clearly feel that some things in his memory are becoming blurred, so he can write them down while he can still remember, maybe he can use them in the future.

Lin Zhen was writing, but he could clearly feel Gu Lin's eyes on him.

He raised his head and looked at Gu Lin. Gu Lin seemed to have been caught doing something bad, and turned his gaze back to the book.

Not long after, Lin Zhen and Gu Lin heard a knock on the door after lunch. They thought they were neighbors who came to congratulate them just like before, but when they opened the door, they found that it was the servant of the government office.

The yamen servant respectfully saluted Gu Lin with his fists cupped: "I have seen Gu Juren, I was ordered to come here and inform Gu Juren of the news that Shen Yanfeng will hold a Luming Banquet tomorrow."

The Luming Banquet is a banquet organized by local officials who are invited by local officials to supervise and inspect after the provincial examination, because they want to sing "Yo Yo Luming, the apple of the wild food" in "The Book of Songs Xiaoya" at the banquet. Guests, play the zither and the sheng..." The poem got its name.

As famous as the Luming Banquet, there is also the Qionglin Banquet held for the new scholars after the palace examination.

Gu Lin thanked the yamen servant, and after the yamen servant left, Lin Zhen said, "Since you are attending the Luming Banquet, let's buy you some clothes, the clothes at home are all worn out."

The two of them don't have any requirements for clothing, they just need enough clothes for the four seasons, especially the current clothing materials are all natural fabrics, and they will look very old after washing twice.

Gu Lin nodded, turned around and locked the door, and the two walked down the street together.

Just out of the alley, Wang Qin, who didn't participate in the provincial examination, is still a scholar, holding Huang Yuwen on the left hand and Chen Xing on the right hand, and ran over here.

Seeing that the two of them hadn't come to the front, the voice came first: "Hahahaha Uncle Lin, Gu Lin, let me tell you that the two of them are so funny, they almost got married on the spot!"

Both Huang Yuwen and Chen Xing's family hadn't told them about their marriage yet. The first time they faced this Yuxituandui incident was surrounded by a bunch of little girls. At that time, they didn't know where to put their hands and feet.

Now being teased by Wang Qin, a bad friend, the two of them blushed as if they had put on rouge.

Lin Zhen, who had already seen the battle with Gu Lin, looked at them with a smile: "How about it, have you met your favorite girl?"

"Uncle Lin," Huang Yuwen said on his round face, with an expression on his round face that you are also coaxing with Wang Qin, kicking Wang Qin's calf like a big rabbit, "Why are you not done yet? Just wait, when you win the lift Chen Xing and I will also watch you be snatched away."

Wang Qin chuckled: "I can't wait, as long as I can win the exam, I'm willing to be robbed by a hundred or eighty girls."

Lin Zhen looked at the noisy three people, and said: "You didn't go home and came here directly, did you see the yamen servant going out from here?"

"I see." Chen Xing finally broke free from Wang Qin's grasp, and answered Lin Zhendao.

"I'm here to inform Zhongju students to go to Shen Yanfeng to attend the Luming Banquet tomorrow. The concierge at your house should know that Gu Lin and I are planning to go to the street to buy clothes. Do you want to go?" Before the township examination, The detailed information of all the students has been counted to the government, so the government officials can find out the house that Lin Zhen and the others rented so accurately.

Huang Yuwen and Chen Xing didn't expect that they missed the notice from the yamen servants, and they turned around and were about to run home.

Lin Zhen hurriedly called them back: "You are going to go to the yamen servants now, and you can go directly to Shen Yanfeng tomorrow."

"In order to celebrate that you have successfully passed the government examination and become a scholar, and those who have passed the provincial examination, I will pay for today's clothes, as a congratulatory gift for you."

Wang Qin and Huang Yuwen immediately cheered up: "Thank you, Uncle Lin!"

Chen Xing was a little cautious.

Lin Zhen walked in the front: "Hurry up, clothes are not so easy to shop for, and the ready-to-wear shops will close when it is late."

Only two hours had passed since the release of the rankings, and the sun was still hanging over everyone's heads, making everyone feel hot from the sun.

There are still many students and their families who come here to take the township examination. No matter whether they do well or not, they cannot be changed. They can only wait for three years to come again.

Before leaving Fucheng, anyone with a little spare money wanted to take back some of Fucheng's novelty gadgets, and there were voices of hawking and bargaining one after another.

Lin Zhen was familiar with these places, and took Gu Lin and the others straight to the familiar clothing store.

The beautiful woman in the shop, wearing a vermilion jacket and a dark green skirt, saw him, her eyebrows and eyes were filled with joy: "When did Boss Lin come to Fucheng? I haven't seen you for a long time."

This ready-to-wear store takes mid-range and high-end routes. There are many beautifully colored silks and satins in the spacious store, and there are even ready-made clothes on shelves.

Lin Zhen greeted the boss and said, "I came here two months ago, to accompany me...my nephew came to participate in this township examination, but he didn't come out often, so we didn't see each other."

"Your nephew?" The boss is familiar with Lin Zhen. In the past few years, Lin Zhen has bought ready-made clothes from him.

She looked at the young man behind Lin Zhen, and while lamenting his appearance, she couldn't help saying: "Why is it your nephew, isn't Gu Xiucai your stepson?"

"..." Good guy, as soon as the word "stepson" came out, Lin Zhen felt his skin burn.

This is simply reminding him of the relationship between him and Gu Lin before, and what is the relationship now.

The proprietress quickly realized that Lin Zhen was afraid that he had met someone who wanted to get married, so she broke up with Gu Lin's father, and Gu Lin naturally became his nephew.

Speaking of which, Lin Zhen has been a widow for Gu Lin's father for so many years, and no one dares to say anything when he remarries.

Who in Sitong Street doesn't know Boss Lin's famous name, just his appearance, his future one can't be an ordinary person.

The proprietress whispered close to Lin Zhen's ear: "Quickly tell me where the new one is from, what does he do, and what does he look like?"

"Let's sisters and brothers don't need to talk about those scenes. We must find someone of the same age and some family background. Besides, people can't be ugly."

"The most important thing," the boss squeezed Lin Zhenbai's skin narrowly, and said in a low voice, "You can't look for someone who is not good for you. Men can't do that job, and everything is useless!"