Scholar and old attack

Tan Yushu never lied since she was a child. With such an obvious reaction, it seemed that there was something wrong. Tan Jingyuan took a deep breath and asked, "Where did you take the box?"

"I……"

Tan Yushu didn't know how to answer, she secretly stole the box to Lin Xuesong, she didn't want her brother's hard work to be buried in the shadow of darkness like this.

But she did this wrong, because her brother didn't want to bring hope to Xuesong brother in his heart, and wanted the two to forget each other in the world.

But she couldn't bear it, her big brother, the best big brother in the whole world, would have to live through this kind of pain that he couldn't wish for in the future, torturing himself every day.

"threw?"

Tan Jingyuan saw that Tan Yushu hesitated and couldn't speak, his heart sank, his brows were furrowed, and he asked with a slightly short breath.

Tan Yushu shook her head like a rattle, how could she throw away such an important thing, it was just given to its original owner...

"Send it away?"

Looking at Tan Yushu's pale face, Tan Jingyuan guessed something more or less, and asked step by step.

Tan Yushu hesitated for a moment, then nodded. Anyway, the eldest brother will know sooner or later, even if he can't hide it for long.

Tan Jingyuan raised his eyebrows, without any expression on his face, the two hands that were interlaced and tightly tightened unconsciously.

It is impossible for Tan Yushu to give the box to others. Others don't know the importance of the box, but she still doesn't know, so it goes without saying who owns the box now.

"When did you deliver it?"

Tan Jingyuan was a little nervous, obviously it was getting colder, but he still felt hot all over his body, his palms were sweating, and cold sweat was coming out of his back.

Fortunately, the dim candlelight in the room could not illuminate his face clearly, otherwise all the younger sisters in the room could see his flushed cheeks.

"When brother Xuesong left, I went outside the county to deliver it."

Seeing that her brother was calm, Tan Yushu felt relieved. She was afraid that his brother would lose control like that night.

Ever since she was sensible, she had never seen her brother so vulnerable. When she was a child, no matter how difficult it was, it was her brother who told them that even if life was hard, they had to smile through it, so that they would not be inferior to others.

But now the elder brother still has no way to deceive himself and others after all. Facing the elder brother Xuesong, he still feels that he is inferior after all, and he has no way to raise that fake smile again.

If possible, she would rather her brother be happy.

"You... hey..."

When Tan Jingyuan didn't know the result, he was still a little nervous and looking forward to it, but after knowing the result, he wanted to scold his sister again.

There shouldn't be too much fetters between them, people who are not in the same world, why bother to come, why bother to come.

But looking at his younger sister's immature face, he couldn't say anything too serious. She was still a little girl, and her original intention was also for herself.

What could he blame, complaining about the injustice of the world?Blaming heaven for having no eyes?They can't hide their cowardice and incompetence.

If he had Jiang Jingyuan's touch to turn a stone into gold, that kind of calculation, there would be no worries about the gold and silver in the world, but unfortunately he is just a cowardly and incompetent poor scholar who can't even find the way of the imperial examination, but can be brought to others what.

Seeing that Tan Jingyuan just shook his head and sighed, Tan Yushu didn't blame her or scold her, her heart felt like a knife was being twisted. At this moment, she hoped that her elder brother could scold her, even if he beat her, she would admit it.

How could Tan Jingyuan not know his sister's mood, thinking that he had hurt the other party so much before, the other party was afraid that he had broken up with him now, and the other party would not care about what his sister gave him.

"Forget it, it's okay to scold you, the past is over, give me two taels of silver in advance, and I'll go buy another box tomorrow."

As Tan Jingyuan said this, he choked up slightly, his heart ached beyond measure, but all of this was his own fault, and he could not blame others.

"Ten taels." Without further ado, Tan Yushu took out ten taels of silver and handed it to Tan Jingyuan, "Brother, let's buy a better box."

"Ah."

Tan Jingyuan's hands trembled a little, several cracks appeared on his tough face, his fingertips turned white, he tightly squeezed the silver in his hand, and remained silent for a long time.

Lin Xuesong didn't sleep for five days and five nights, and read the book written by Tan Jingyuan verbatim.

But for some reason, every time he saw the protagonists in pairs, he couldn't be happy. Instead, he cried uncontrollably. The previous sense of joy was gone.

"time to eat."

Lin's mother stepped into her son's house countless times every day, and the food in the room was cold and then hot, hot and cold again, but there was nothing missing.

For five whole days, Lin Xuesong couldn't eat anything, no matter how delicious food was put in front of him, it made him sick to his stomach, he couldn't eat anything, and he didn't want to eat anything.

I just want to finish reading these books quickly.

But the more he read it, the more he wanted to rub the words in the book into his head, and he couldn't speed up.

It wasn't until the last page was finished that Lin Xuesong breathed a sigh of relief. He shook his head with a pale face when he heard what A Niang said, and said weakly, "A Niang, I have no appetite."

"Eat a little if you don't have an appetite, you can't drag your body down," Mother Lin frowned, looking at her son's thinning figure, feeling extremely distressed.

Lin's father slapped the table and was very angry, "Why do you make yourself like this for a man, he gave birth to you, or raised you."

"Father, I just feel so sad that I can't eat any more, so just let me be quiet for two days. After two days, I will definitely obey your words and get married."

Lin Xuesong's heart was throbbing with pain, the engagement was settled, and it was impossible for him to return the goods to Yiran.

Moreover, he also felt in his heart that he was not good enough for Tan Jingyuan. Apart from being a little poor, he had a lot of ambition and worked hard to live a positive life.

"Just figure it out."

Seeing that Lin Xuesong agreed so readily, Father Lin couldn't express the scolding that came out of his mouth, but in the end he could only say a few prevarications.

Lin's mother frowned and looked at the two disgusting father and son, who were obviously the closest relatives, but now because of a marriage contract, the father and son acted like strangers.

She could understand Father Lin. After all, they had raised her son pampered for decades. Knowing his temperament, he was lazy and tired, and she was afraid that he would marry into a poor family and suffer hardships.

That's why I want to find someone who is powerful and well-informed. No matter how he looks at him, he won't bully his son.

The son is also stubborn, he didn't say he won't get married, he just couldn't swallow the marriage that his father arranged for him privately, and arranged it so urgently that he didn't give him a buffer time.

But she is not at ease in her heart, it is better to marry someone she likes than to marry someone she doesn't know or like, what's wrong with being poor, whose ancestors have never been poor for three generations.

The son's lazy temper was abolished by them. After finally meeting someone who treats him sincerely, let him try it for the time being.

If it doesn't work, the worst thing is to bring the child back by force. Their Lin family has a great career, and they are afraid that Tan Jingyuan will fail.

But now that Lin's father is angry, she can't say anything more, some things can only be figured out slowly.

"These days, you should take a good rest and look good. When you don't get married, you still have a face that is dying. I didn't send it to others to explain."

Father Lin originally wanted to say a few words of comfort, but seeing his son's appearance of being so emaciated for a poor boy, he couldn't hold back and said something harsh again.

Knowing that his tone was a little harsh, and he couldn't bear to apologize to his son, he just flicked his sleeves, turned around and walked out the door.

"woo woo woo woo……"

As soon as Lin's father left, Lin Xuesong couldn't hold back his sobs. He didn't know why he was crying, but he just couldn't help it.

Lin's mother was also very distressed, but this time she was not comforting Lin Xuesong, and turned around and walked out, whispering a few instructions to her maid.

The servant girl was so shocked that she couldn't speak, but she had been with Mrs. Lin for many years anyway, and knew that once Mrs. Lin made a decision, she must do it.

Go down and get ready.

Lin Xuesong thought of Jiang Jingyuan and the others, and they had been good friends for more than a year, and after he got married this time, he didn't know if he would be able to come back again.

The consignor brought them wedding stickers, but this time he did not invite Tan Jingyuan again.

But Tan Jingyuan still knew, and drank alone in hiding, even Yushu couldn't help but look serious when he looked at the wine jars all over the floor.

Just when Tan Jingyuan was drunk, Jiang Jingyuan took Xu Shuizhou and kicked open the door of Tan Jingyuan's house. Seeing him lying and rolling in the wine jar, he almost laughed angrily.

Greet him as soon as you step up.

Xu Shuizhou was so frightened that he hugged him hard.

"If you have the ability to drink here, but if you don't have the ability to go find someone, what kind of man is he?"

Jiang Jingyuan kicked Tan Jingyuan's waist. Before, he respected Tan Jingyuan as a person who could afford to let go, but it turned out that he was just a coward who secretly hid and licked his wounds.

"A Yuan, if you don't say a few words, Brother Tan will feel uncomfortable."

Xu Shuizhou was taken aback when he saw Jiang Jingyuan get angry. Jiang Jingyuan really rarely gets angry, but every time he gets angry, someone will suffer.

Jiang Jingyuan winked at Xu Shuizhou, Xu Shuizhou quickly signaled, and tugged at the corner of Tan Jingyuan's clothes, "Brother Tan, even if Xuesong is going to get married, we will happily see him off."

Jiang Jingyuan said angrily on the side, "Lin Xuesong like him is blind if he can see him. He is also a book writer after all. He has written so many books, but when he encounters this problem, he shrinks back. I see. It was right for Lin Xuesong to marry to the Northwest."

Xu Shuizhou suppressed a smile, and said beside him, "You can't say that, I've asked someone about it, this young master guarding the northwest is good everywhere, but he likes the new and dislikes the old, otherwise he wouldn't ask His Majesty for a flat wife title."

"Normal people can't do this. If it was me, I would ask my husband or mother to come back. He would be thinking about himself, but that's okay, it's better than letting Lin Xuesong marry Tan Jingyuan, who is a genius." Alcoholics are good, as long as Lin Xuesong marries in and pleases her husband more, life will not be so ugly."

Jiang Jingyuan's tone was extremely contemptuous of Tan Jingyuan, saying that Tan Jingyuan was useless, and at the same time, he was saying that Lin Xuesong would not be better off marrying.

Xu Shuizhou pinched his thigh to keep himself from laughing out loud, and sang with a bad face, "A Yuan, you're right, it's not true that Brother Tan can write stories anyway, that eldest son leads soldiers to fight all day long Yes, he died accidentally, leaving the entire backyard widowed."

Tan Jingyuan listened to the young couple's conversation, got up from the ground in a jerk, grabbed the threshold, looked at Xu Shuizhou and asked in a trembling voice, "What did you just say?"

Xu Shuizhou's whole body was chilled by Tan Jingyuan's bloodthirsty and icy eyes, but he stuttered and asked, "Widow?"

Tan Jingyuan bit his lip hard, the thin lip was bitten by him, blood flowed down the corner of his mouth, he squeezed it slightly, swallowed the blood like his own mouth, felt the fishy smell in his mouth, fisted hard He slammed the door panel.

Then Jiang Jingyuan and Xu Shuizhou saw Tan Jingyuan running out of the gate with lightning speed.

Both of them couldn't understand Tan Jingyuan's operation, so they could only ask, "What are you going to do?"

"Come to the door to propose marriage."

When the voice came, Tan Jingyuan's people had already walked away.

"I won't use too much force, I just made up what I said just now." Xu Shuizhou was a little uneasy, he didn't know what kind of virtue the young man guarding the mansion was, so he just wanted to fight to the death anyway.

Jiang Jingyuan gave Xu Shuizhou a consoling wink, then ran out after him, and hurriedly shouted, "You haven't paid the betrothal gift yet."

----

At the end of September, Father Lin went to discuss the marriage with the people in the Northwest Town Guard's Mansion. After all, she was the Jiaojiao who grew up in his hands, so he couldn't just let him marry off so easily.

It's a big deal, that's for sure.

Even Grandma Lin, who hadn't been out of the mountain for a long time, came out to have a look. Although she looked down on the weak and weak Mother Lin, she still recognized the grandson Lin Xuesong.

"I heard that you are willing to die or live for a poor boy." Grandma Lin sat dignifiedly on the hall, drinking tea leisurely, but what she said made Lin Xuesong's heart shudder.

He trembled his eyelashes slightly, lowered his head, and said nothing. He knew that grandma had always been strong, and if he disobeyed her, neither he nor his parents would be able to please him.

"Confused." Seeing that Lin Xuesong still looked like this until now, Grandma Lin put the teacup heavily on the table, spilling the tea everywhere.

A few servant girls tremblingly came up to wipe the table with their hands and feet, and stood next to Grandma Lin, not even daring to breathe.

"You and your father have the same virtues, one is for women, the other is for men. It is right that your mother did not have any children. If you inherit his temperament again, I don't think this family will let it go. It's better to live and die for men and women."

What Grandma Lin despises the most is this kind of people who are dying for love. Could it be that they will not live in this life if they don't finally get married with their lover.

Lin Xuesong's grandfather was not careless back then, and his concubines married one after another. As the mistress of the house, she just turned a blind eye to it, and she didn't feel any pain in her heart.

Because what she wants is the whole Lin family and not those loves and loves. Can these things be enough to eat? The only way to keep the position of the mistress, keep the son-in-law, and make Grandpa Lin die. She has the final say on this family.

Sure enough, because of her deliberate connivance, Grandpa Lin died on the belly of a woman at the age of 40. Didn't the huge Lin family fall on her, a person with a foreign surname?

The Lin family has completely become her voice, and those concubines who used to be arrogant now have to bow their heads to the ground to confess their mistakes to her.

It's just a pity that her son is worthless and has to die for a woman. If she doesn't want to marry, then marry him, and marry a sick son and go home. If she has a brother, she will be as virtuous as him. How can she not be angry.

Lin Xuesong remained silent, allowing Grandma Lin to scold her.

"Now the marriage your father told you about is the best. You, a brother, have to recognize the reality. It is extremely difficult for you to marry into such a good family and be an ordinary wife."

After all, Grandma Lin softened her words a bit.

"I know you are an ambitious child and want to be able to marry someone who will marry you as his wife, but it's too difficult. Of course, the kind of commoner boy you like is naturally willing, just in case they are not targeting you. People came."

Grandma Lin said with a cold snort, how many men in the world are sincere, the Lin family has a big business, who doesn't care about two points, Lin Xuesong is not yet thirteen, people who come to propose marriage can line up from the capital to the border go.

What are these artificial?

Didn't they come here for their family's money, the Lin family only had one child, Lin Xuesong, and marrying him would mean marrying a golden mountain back home.

Wishful thinking jingled.

"Grandma, he's not that kind of person..."

Although Lin Xuesong has been in contact with Tan Jingyuan not long ago, he is very clear about his nature. Even if he spends an extra penny on him, he will return it. How could he come for his money.

Grandma Lin saw that Lin Xuesong did not give up, and she looked calm, "You are still too young, with a simple mind, you can't see the dangers of people's hearts, and you can't see the malice of others. This is also normal. When you mature a bit, you will understand."

Lin Xuesong's head drooped even lower, he was indeed too stupid, he didn't even know if people really liked him, he was as stupid as a pig.

Standing outside the door, Lin's mother was relieved to see that Lin Xuesong hadn't done anything stupid to contradict his grandma, the child was sensible after all.

"Ma'am, there is a person who looks like a scholar outside, saying, saying that he is here to propose marriage..."

Before she could be relieved for a few moments, the servant girl came to report in a hurry, which made her heart ache again.

Lin's mother has been the mistress of the Lin family for so many years. It is absolutely impossible to say that she has no wrists. After thinking about it for a while, she understood that Tan Jingyuan probably came to the door.

"Invite people to the side hall."

Mother Lin glanced at Grandma Lin who was still preaching in the room, and ordered softly.

Today, she wants to take a look at the charm of the person her son is looking for.

As soon as she stepped into the house, Mother Lin noticed him. She saw him with delicate features, black hair and black hair hanging straight down.

She nodded with satisfaction, this appearance can also fascinate his son three points, and the rest has to be observed.

Jiang Jingyuan was a little uncomfortable. The weak and noble lady stared at him vigorously as soon as she entered the door. The eyes of a mother-in-law looking at her son-in-law made him feel horrified.

This Mrs. Lin probably mistook him for Tan Jingyuan...

Very likely.

Jiang Jingyuan raised his eyebrows, took a step back unconsciously, held their family's A Zhou's hand, and smiled like a star.

Xu Shuizhou wondered why Jiang Jingyuan would do this suddenly, but seeing that he was smiling, he also gave his A Yuan a smile as bright as a galaxy.

Of course, the actions of these two people did not escape Mother Lin's eyes. She was slightly startled for a while, and then shifted her gaze to Tan Jingyuan without embarrassment.

There were only three people in the room, and two of them had already formed a pair, so it goes without saying that the remaining person was Tan Jingyuan.

Compared with the one she was looking at just now, it is indeed a bit ordinary, but fortunately, she has a certain tenacity, so she is not the worst.

Tan Jingyuan was very nervous when he saw Lin's mother, and he didn't dare to look straight in the face, that kind of humbleness suddenly appeared again.

"Hehe, Tan Jingyuan, right?"

In the end, Mother Lin spoke first.

"Yes."

Tan Jingyuan was sweating in his palms, and he didn't feel relaxed when he heard Mother Lin's words that were so gentle to the bone. Instead, he lifted his robe, knelt down and said,

"Mrs. Lin, I really came to ask you to marry Xuesong. Although I, Tan Jingyuan, have no money, I swear that I will never let Xuesong suffer or suffer any grievances in this life."

Mother Lin smiled lightly and spoke softly, "But you are poor enough to wrong our Xuesong."

Tan Jingyuan slipped down unconsciously as if falling into an ice cellar, but still insisted, "Madam Lin, please give me another chance, wait for me for a year, and I will definitely meet the conditions Madam Lin wants after one year."

Mother Lin became interested, put her hands on the table, and said lightly, "Is it okay if I ask for a dowry gift of 10 taels of silver?"

Tan Jingyuan gritted his teeth, "No problem."

Lin's mother was still shocked by his words. They all inquired about Tan Jingyuan's family background clearly. Let alone 10 taels, even if he earns 1 taels a year, it is enough. How confident is he that he can do it in a year? Earn 10 taels.

Of course Tan Jingyuan knew that he agreed so readily, even though everyone knew that he was lying, he said carefully,

"I calculated carefully, and I can earn at least 500 taels of silver for a book, two hundred copies a year, 10 taels is no problem, as long as Mrs. Lin can give me a chance."

"Two hundred copies?"

Mother Lin exclaimed, it takes a lot of time to write a book of stories, can two hundred books be written in a year?

"I can do it. If Tan fails to do it after a year, I would like to let Mrs. Lin make it happen."

Tan Jingyuan knelt on the ground and swore to the sky that he didn't expect Mrs. Lin to give him an answer right now, he only expected a hope.

Mother Lin put away her playful thoughts and thought about it, "I can give you the opportunity, but there are three chapters in the contract, first, the money cannot be borrowed, it must be earned by yourself, and second, you can't do something for the sake of making money. As for the bottom line, third, if you do the first and second points, our cedar will not bring any dowry, would you be willing?"

Tan Jingyuan only heard Lin Mu's words that I can give you the opportunity, he doesn't care about the latter, even if it is a sea of ​​swords and fire, he is willing to go for it.

"Yes, I am willing."

Tan Jingyuan nodded repeatedly.

"Well, I'll give you this opportunity, one year as a deadline, we draw up a contract."

Lin's mother admired Tan Jingyuan very much. Although he was a bit ordinary, his vigor was admirable. No matter whether he succeeded or not in the end, she would support them to be together after a year.

"Thank you, thank you, thank you."

Tan Jingyuan got up to sign the contract, bent down repeatedly to thank him, and was so excited that he didn't want to add it.

"Okay, let's go, I will do what I promised you."

Mother Lin collected the contract, looked up at Grandma Lin's room, and served tea to see off the guests.

Walking out of Lin's house, Tan Jingyuan was still dreaming, and he couldn't believe that he got the consent of his future mother-in-law so easily.

Xu Shuizhou followed behind Jiang Jingyuan and secretly clicked his tongue, 10 taels of silver, earned in a year, Brother Tan is probably going to explode now.

"Can a year do it?"

Xu Shuizhou still looked at Jiang Jingyuan with some worry.

Jiang Jingyuan nodded affirmatively, "There is nothing difficult in this world if you put your heart into it, as long as you put your heart into it, you can always make money."

Xu Shuizhou nodded obediently, as long as A Yuan said he could earn it, he would definitely earn it.

At the beginning of October, the Lin family was making a big fuss about preparing for the wedding. Because Jiang Jingyuan had obtained permission from Lin's mother, no one attended.

But Tan Jingyuan is really naive, he really believes in the promise made by Lin's mother, and he is not worried at all.

As soon as Lin Xuesong put on the wedding dress with a pale face, Mother Lin called at the door, "Take off the wedding dress, hurry up."

"Mother?" Lin Xuesong was puzzled.

Mother Lin gave Lin Xuesong a small box, "This is the ticket stub that my mother kept in the bank. After going out, I can only rely on you. After stepping out of this door, the future will be bitter or sweet. Mother hopes that you will not regret it." .”

Lin Xuesong still didn't understand.

"mother--"

"Don't ink, the sedan chair to meet the bride is coming soon, mother doesn't have time to explain to you, you take off quickly."