That night, Lin Yixuan cleaned up a room next to the bedroom.
Li Yaonan expressed his pleasure, thinking that Lin Yixuan was moved by his sincerity, so he planned to shake hands and make peace.
No longer having to sleep on a soft couch and having the big bed to himself, Li Yaonan suddenly felt that Lin Yixuan was not that difficult to get along with. (Fog)
However, the good mood did not last long.
The next morning, Li Yaonan indeed extended the exercise time to one hour.
He was sweating all over and his hair was still wet after taking a shower. Li Yaonan was planning to go find Brother Youxin after breakfast. The adoption should be done sooner rather than later, but some people couldn't wait.
Before Li Yaonan even left the house, Ma Yulian sent an old maid, who walked into the gate of Jinglan Courtyard with a haughty look on her face, with her chin held high, her nose almost looking up into the air. She said a lot of nonsense, accusing him of being unfilial and saying that her new husband was unruly. In a nutshell, she asked them to pay their respects.
Well, Ma Yulian was right. It was customary for the newlyweds to pay their respects to their parents three days after the wedding. Unless the elders explicitly stated otherwise, it would be unfilial for them not to do so.
Li Yaonan was not surprised by this. Lin Yixuan had already returned home. It would be strange if the Li family could bear it. But he did not expect that those people would be so eager. They started to find trouble today after returning home yesterday. He himself did not care. He was only worried about Lin Yixuan. The ancient elders liked to set rules for their daughters-in-law. If Ma Yulian made trouble in various ways, he was afraid that Lin Yixuan would not be able to bear it. After all, the elders set rules for their daughters-in-law, and no one could say a word wrong.
The two of them came to the main courtyard together. One of them was as beautiful as a jade tree, and the other was as elegant as a lotus. At first glance, they really looked like a perfect match.
Ma Yulian was surrounded by maids and had a pair of daughters to take care of her. The main courtyard was very lively.
"Greetings to the lady."
"Greetings to the lady."
The two of them saluted politely.
Ma Yulian smiled and said, "Hurry up and get up. Did everything go smoothly when you returned home yesterday? You guys didn't even tell your parents you were back, and you made them worry."
"I see it's getting late, I don't dare to trouble my parents, please punish me, madam."
"What do you mean by punishment or not? You are just too polite, kid."
Li Yaonan pouted. If he didn't admit his mistake first, who knows what nonsense Ma Yulian would say. It turned out that he was also at fault for not reporting to the main courtyard when he came back last night, and his parents were worried about him. Nonsense, it was impossible for Ma Yulian to worry about him.
"Hello, second brother. Hello, second brother-in-law." Li Shuyun bowed with a clever smile.
Li Shuzhen snorted coldly, passed by Li Yaonan, and looked at Lin Yixuan: "Second brother-in-law, the jade Buddha you gave me is really beautiful. Do you have any other new things?"
Lin Yixuan frowned. This family was too rude. How could an unmarried woman ask for things from others like this? She said calmly, "I'm afraid I'll disappoint my sister."
Li Shuzhen frowned and turned around unhappily.
Ma Yulian scolded: "You are such an ignorant child. Your second brother-in-law is not a stingy person. He is just teasing you."
Li Yaonan felt disgusted from the bottom of his heart. What does it mean to be teasing you? What does it mean to be generous if you are not stingy? What is the difference between this and robbery
Lin Yixuan said, "Please forgive me, Madam. I am Shuang'er, and I don't have any women's things here."
Ma Yulian was speechless. No matter whether she believed it or not, she couldn't refute what Lin Yixuan said.
Ma Yulian was not in a hurry because she hadn't found out Lin Yixuan's background. She just smiled a little less. "The old lady must be getting impatient. Let's go and pay our respects to her. You guys are really stupid. You don't even know how to take the initiative to pay your respects to your elders. You have to ask me to send someone to do it."
Li Yaonan looked terrified and quickly apologized: "Madam, please don't say that. I am so ashamed. If I had known this, I would not have taken your words seriously. I just thought that you were considerate and wanted me to be close to my husband, so you didn't have to pay me respects."
Ma Yulian knew that he had a sharp tongue, so she didn't take it to heart when he blocked her words. She automatically forgot that it was she and the old lady who decided a few days ago that the young couple didn't need to pay their respects. She waved her hand and said, "Let's go!"
The group went to Yuming Hall, and after paying their respects to the old lady, Ma Yulian asked Li Yaonan to go first, leaving only Lin Yixuan behind, saying that she wanted to set rules for the new bride. As long as Lin Yixuan was scared, she would see if he dared to act arrogantly again, and his dowry would be easily obtained.
Li Yaonan was a little worried and glanced at Lin Yixuan with concern.
Lin Yixuan looked at Ma Yulian with an expressionless face and disapprovingly. He said something that turned everyone upside down: "Madam, please be careful with your words. I am Shuang'er, how can I live in the same room with you, Madam? My Lin family has been a marquis for five generations. Do you want to keep our reputation?"
Li Yaonan held back his laughter, his shoulders shaking. Lin Yixuan had done a good job of throwing a basin of dirty water on him. His words were really sharp. If the old lady and Ma Yulian wanted to set rules for him, they had better give up their reputation.
Li Yaonan was filled with regret. Why didn't he think of this happening
This world is fair. Women have the same functions as men, except that they can give birth to children themselves but cannot help women give birth to children. Over time, people will forget that women can also have sex with women.
Ma Yulian was so angry that she fell backwards, cursing in her heart, "Bah! You eloped with someone, what reputation do you still have?"
The old lady was even more furious. She was already old, and yet someone was still throwing dirty water on her. If this got out, how would she face her ancestors
No matter how angry they were, Li Yaonan and Lin Yixuan passed this level safely. Not long after, the old lady let them go back.
Li Yaonan never looked down on women, nor did he think that the old lady and Ma Yulian would just give up. After returning, Li Yaonan told Lin Yixuan to transfer the valuables out as soon as possible. At this point, he had to thank Ma Yulian. Fortunately, she arranged the new house in Jinglan Courtyard, and there was a corner door facing the street on the side, which made it very convenient to transfer things out.
The two of them acted separately, and Li Yaonan went to the villa without stopping.
Li Youxin obviously didn't expect him to be so fast, but when he saw the letter of recommendation from the Imperial College, he was still very surprised and immediately patted his chest and promised that he would get the job done.
Li Yaonan analyzed the pros and cons of Mingwei Academy and Imperial College with him, and handed both letters to him. As for how to choose, it all depended on his decision.
Li Youxin considered freely in his mind that he would use both letters wisely. There were many educated children in Li family, so apart from the recommendation letter from the Imperial College left for himself, as for Mingwei Academy, Li Youxin planned to pick out a few people from the younger generation in the family to train. Since they were young and did not need to join party struggles, it would be just right for them to go to Mingwei Academy. If the children in the family had a promising future, there would be no need to worry about the rise of Li family.
Li Youxin originally thought that it was a great achievement for Li Yaonan to get a name card, but he did not expect such a big surprise. Although there was only one spot in the Imperial College, Mingwei Academy could recommend three people.
On that day, Li Youxin reported to his uncles and aunts that he wanted to go back to Suzhou. His second uncle was very curious, but Li Youxin kept his mouth shut. He could only wave his hand in dissatisfaction and approve Li Youxin's request, asking him to go and come back quickly.
They came to Yangzhou this time not only for Li Yaonan's wedding, but also for the old lady's fiftieth birthday. As the representative of the clan leader, Li Youxin certainly could not be absent.
The second uncle stroked his beard, knowing very well in his mind that Li Youxin had been trained as the clan leader since he was young, and he would definitely not do anything that was not beneficial. It just depended on how long they could keep it a secret. Presumably, when he returned home this time, the result of what Li Yaonan had asked for would be revealed.
On the other hand, after saying goodbye to Li Youxin, Li Yaonan did not go back to Li Mansion directly, but turned around and went to the pawnshop.
After Lin Yixuan's reminder, Li Yaonan remembered that if he left the Li Mansion, he would not even have a house to live in. He couldn't really live in the Lin Mansion with Lin Yixuan after being adopted. He didn't have the face to do that.
After being introduced by Wang Yazi, Li Yaonan took a tour around Yangzhou City and finally found a house with three courtyards. This house was originally the property of an official's wife. Now her husband has been transferred to the capital, and the whole family has to move out, so she thought of selling the house. The price is 10% higher than other houses, but the environment inside is really good, and the location is also good. It is a few streets away from Li's mansion. In such a big city like Yangzhou, if nothing unexpected happens, you may not see it for several years.
After some bargaining, Li Yaonan bought the courtyard for 2,500 taels of silver. Since the owner of the courtyard was the wife of an official, they went to the government office to complete the formalities that day without spending a penny extra. In a sense, Li Yaonan made a profit. Otherwise, he would have had to pay a hundred taels of silver to make arrangements and entertain guests, and he would have been embarrassed.
After a trip to the government office, Li Yaonan became more determined to take the imperial examination. The lives of ordinary people were simply...
When buying things with his own money, in addition to the necessary expenses, he would also be exploited by the government. Without an official position, Li Yaonan thought he could not endure this.
After returning to Jinglan Courtyard, Li Yaonan handed the house deed to Lin Yixuan and asked him to handle it.
Lin Yixuan remained silent and carefully put away the house deed. His impression of Li Yaonan changed a little. At least he was willing to hand over the newly acquired property to him without any doubt. No matter what Li Yaonan's plan was, whether to let him go free or to support him for the rest of his life, Li Yaonan's trust was rare.
However, even if it is rare, we cannot ignore the fact that Lai Yaonan is a scoundrel and a womanizer.
Lin Yixuan did not intend to reveal her inner thoughts. As long as Li Yaonan maintained his respect for him, he would be able to secure his position as the mistress of the house.
For the first time, the two of them sat down and chatted calmly for a while.
Lin Yixuan was very curious about how Li Yaonan could finish reading so many account books in one night.
Li Yaonan couldn't stand being praised by others, and his tail immediately stood up.
Lin Yixuan turned her head away, too lazy to look at him, and started discussing the adoption matters. According to Li Yaonan's idea, he should smuggle all the dowry out.
But Lin Yixuan didn't think so. The Li family would not let them adopt him easily if there was no certain benefit. He thought that instead of smuggling the things out, it would be better to get some fakes to confuse them. When the time came to adopt him out, with these things as a basis, the Li family would not object too much.
Li Yaonan applauded and praised Lin Yixuan for being full of bad intentions.
Lin Yixuan's face darkened. He felt that he couldn't be nice to Li Yaonan. Who would talk to him like that