Jia Lu through the Red Chamber

Lin Rui said, "I'm sure I can't finish this, but I have mastered all the four books and five classics that are required for the imperial examination. If you don't believe me, just take the exam."

Daiyu asked a few questions in confidence, and sure enough, he answered word for word, and sometimes even more thoughtful than she thought.

Zicuckoo refilled the hot tea for the two of them, looked surprised, and asked,

"Didn't the girl send Uncle Lin to the academy because she had nothing to teach at the beginning? Why did she take the exam instead?"

That's right, Daiyu is not as good as Lin Rui in the Four Books and Five Classics. If you come to test him by yourself, isn't it just the little monk who came to test the old abbot!

Daiyu was originally an extremely smart and handsome girl, and she was brought up by Lin Ruhai as a boy since she was a child. When she reads books, even a hundred men may not be able to compare with her, but she is such a girl. Lin Rui couldn't teach him when he was very young.

Daiyu is not self-effacing, she is well aware of her abilities, and it can be seen that Lin Rui is smart, based on this, she also believes two points, but she does not believe it, Lin Rui is still young now, and it will not be too late to take the exam again in two years ,only......

"Our household registration is all in Huaiyang. You have achieved the grades, but you must first obtain the status of a scholar. Is it possible that you have to travel thousands of miles back to the south to take the children's examination?"

Lin Ruifang said,

"You don't need to bother about this, I have already found out. There are two ways in this dynasty that you don't have to take the children's test. One is that the students of the Imperial College don't have to take it. For example, Jia Rong from the East Mansion next door doesn't take it. The other is that you don't have to take it There are two guarantors, one is a court official with a rank above three, and the other is a well-known Confucian master in various places."

In fact, these two methods are for this wealthy clan. In the former Guozijian, the second generation of dignitaries gathers, and the family can only have one quota. The Rongfu is Jia Zhu back then. He also married the daughter of Guozijian Jijiu.

As for the other one, it seems to be a lot more relaxed, but it is not simple. How can ordinary people recognize the senior officials of the third rank and above, and there are also Confucian masters. Which master is not arrogant, thinking about his own reputation? , I won’t recommend it in a while, it will ruin his reputation.

Daiyu then asked, "The Guozijian method is impossible for you. Could it be that you have an idea of ​​the second method?"

Lin Rui replied, "It's half done, and the head of the mountain agreed to be my guarantor, but there is still a lack of a senior member of the third rank or above to be the guarantor. The head of the mountain plans to ask someone to find me a guarantor."

Wenjing Academy is also quite famous in the Zhili area, and his mountain chief is enough. As for the senior officials above the third rank, Daiyu smiled and said,

"You are also dark under the lights. The senior officials above the third rank are not necessarily the masters with real power, so how many of us have here? The master is a first-class general. Is he enough to guarantee you?"

Lin Rui came to a sudden, and said, "Yes, yes, there are people in my family, and I went to find others!"

Daiyu Fang said, "Since this matter is settled, why don't you try next year?"

"Yes, the township examination is held every three years. The last time was the year before Jia Rong's examination, that is, the second year of Zhenqian, and the fifth year of Zhenqian next year. It happens to be one season. If it is delayed, then you have to go Eight years." Lin Rui replied.

"Even in eight years, you are only 16 years old, and you are still young, so don't be in a hurry!" Daiyu thought that he was anxious to take the imperial examination for the sake of honoring the Lin family, so she said a few words of relief.

But Lin Rui said something, which moved Daiyu very much.

"I'm not in a hurry, but my sister has only been here for eight years. At that time, whether it's for Brother Bao or others, my sister should have some confidence."

Back then, Lin Ruhai went there without making any arrangements for Daiyu's marriage. Daiyu's future depended on the old lady.

The old Taoist in the Qingxu Temple introduced a girl from a good family, but the old lady would not necessarily refuse, Shi Xiangyun was kept by her again, asked about Xue Baoqin's marriage, and often praised Baochai, no one could feel at ease like this.

The old lady regarded Daiyu as a spare tire, and Lin Rui couldn't hold back his thighs. He only hoped that he could have a choice when Daiyu saw each other.

In times of tenderness and tenderness, time always flies very fast. After turning the year, it will be the fifth year of Zhenqian, and everyone in the Grand View Garden is one year older. Baoyu is now 16 years old, and Daiyu has reached the end of Jiji. One year, Baochai, the eldest of the sisters, also reached her age.

As Baochai got older, Aunt Xue seemed to be unable to sit still. Since the beginning of the new year, she went to Mrs. Wang's place several times. She didn't know what to discuss with Mrs. Wang. The hotly discussed golden and jade marriage has passed It was passed out again.

Only this time, the old lady seemed to be completely blindfolded, she didn't pay attention, and she didn't know that she was old and was blinded by Mrs. Wang. She had never heard of the rumors, or she pretended not to know. Let gossip go.

For a while, there was an undercurrent in the Rongguo Mansion, and it even spread to the Grand View Garden. Many smart people went to Hengwu Garden to hold Baochai.

The most lively places in the Grand View Garden are Yihong Courtyard and Nuanxiangwu. It’s just that in Nuanxiangwu, the fourth girl went there first, and then this happened again. It seemed to be left out all of a sudden. Daiyu was very cautious, but Daiyu didn't care at all. Whether others came to be close and flattering, or neglected and alienated, it was a consistent life, but Baoqin and other foreign sisters admired her and got close to her. a lot.

No matter how many rumors spread, but without the old lady's words, whoever dares to take Baoyu's marriage on the stage to talk about it is just spreading the word.

The Grand View Garden is just a public house in Kyoto. Although it is famous in the whole of Kyoto, it is nothing. No one cares about the rumors of their family. Everyone is spreading the rumor that the navy is coming back!

Since the end of last year, there have been rumors that both the Qianxiang Kingdom and the remnants of the King of Nan'an were suppressed by Master Wang, and they were supposed to return to Beijing, but in winter, the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal was frozen, so it was difficult to go out, so they stayed longer. I spent the winter in the south, and it wasn't until the spring of this year that the army returned to the court.

It's the day, it's April, the weather is starting to get warmer, and Mrs. Zhang has to prepare summer clothes for her family. Mrs. Shen follows suit, and because the master of the house will make clothes every season in Fugui Embroidery, so , Jia Lu also followed and listened.

"Different from previous years, our family is in both family filial piety and national filial piety, so we have to be more cautious. For example, the bright colors commonly used in summer clothes in previous years will not be touched at all.

The big maids and the big managers can use some lighter and lighter colors. They don’t have to do rough work anyway, and they don’t get dirty on their clothes, but the clothes of the thick and solid maids, women, and servants are from the color that is durable and dirt-resistant, you know? ? "

Mrs. Zhang pointed to Mrs. Shen, and when she saw that Mrs. Chen had written it down, Mrs. Zhang stopped and Mrs. Shen asked again,

"Ma'am, all the clothes made by our servants are made by the embroidery workshop at home?"

"Exactly, if you have to go outside to buy clothes, wouldn't the hundred or so embroiderers raised by our family live on nothing?"