Grandma Li sneered, looked at Lin Fufu and said, "I don't know if you went to the county these days, Dalang from your uncle's family was admitted as a scholar. I heard that his grades were very good, and he was qualified as a granary student. But you The uncle's family will be ruined!"
Ouch
Lin Dalang really passed the examination as a scholar, and his term is not bad, so he got the qualification of a granary student
The qualification of being a granary student is not so easy to get. Once he has the qualification of a granary student, Lin Dalang will have a public meal.
According to the regulations of the Great Wei Dynasty, the imperial court issued rice eight buckets per month to the students who had obtained the qualifications of granary students, and ten taels of granary silver every year.
It is equal to the modern meal ticket subsidy and scholarship subsidy.
A bucket of rice in Da Wei is about 30 catties of rice, which means that from then on, Lin Dalang can receive 240 catties of food subsidies from the imperial court every month, and a scholarship of 12 taels of silver a year.
This treatment is very good.
For Lao Lin, this is indeed worthwhile capital.
Lin Fufu didn't hate being a good person, so he smiled and said, "That's a good thing, and it's bringing glory to our old Lin family. Isn't this what my grandfather is looking forward to? It's very good!"
Grandma Li turned her back and said, "Who says it's not? But your aunt is really funny! After becoming a big man, a scholar, and the qualification of a granary student, her tail turned up to the sky! With two A little girl went from house to house in Hulu Village and said it was all right, and finally ran to our house and insisted on calling you out. I said you went to the county, but she still didn't believe it, saying that you were jealous of Da Lang's admission to the scholar, so I don't want to see her..."
Lin Fufu frowned deeply when he heard this, and was very speechless.
"That's not enough. I scolded a lot of nasty words, and finally threatened you to be honest, or she will let Lin Dalang want you to look good." Qin Nanny added, her eyes were full of sarcasm, " You can become like this if you get a scholar, but I don’t know if you can get a Juren in the future!"
When Mrs. Qin came to Lin Fufu's house for the first time, she was always cautious and rarely expressed her opinions. This time, she couldn't help but talk about Mrs. Zhao. It is estimated that Mrs. Zhao really said a lot at her house while she was not at home. if.
Lin Fufu sneered, she knew Zhao's character, this time Lin Dalang passed the examination as a scholar, and she was overwhelmed.
"Leave her alone, she can do whatever she likes." Lin Fufu comforted Grandma Li and Nanny Qin, rolled her almond-shaped eyes, and told Grandma Li and Nanny Qin, "As long as I'm not at home, my aunt is fine too. , or anyone in the old house, don’t open the door! Even if my grandfather comes, don’t open it, and don’t care what they are doing outside.”
Nanny Qin nodded, but Nanny Li knew how difficult the people in the old house of the Lin family were, so she just hummed.
Lin Fufu didn't pay attention to Grandma Li's face, so he went to his room to find a set of old clothes to change, and then went to wash up.
She rode in the carriage for half a day, and because the carriage was accompanied by men, even though she was an elder, she could not take a nap in the carriage. This half-day journey was all chatting with Mr. Ba from the Li family.
So at this moment, Lin Fufu felt very sleepy and exhausted, so he went to sleep after talking to Grandma Li.
She slept for most of the afternoon, and when she woke up, it was already dark.
He woke up only to hear voices outside.
After she got up, she went to the main room and saw that Lin Fen was sitting and chatting with Grandma Li and Nanny Qin. Seeing her sleepy-eyed walking over in her embroidered shoes, Lin Fen smiled and stood up, "Gospel is awake, Grandma Li was still saying just now, if you don't wake up, she will call you."
Lin Fufu laughed, "Sister Fen is here, take a seat. I've been in the carriage for half a day today, and I'm so tired, how could I know I've slept till now after I made up for it."
Lin Fen covered his lips and laughed, "We were exhausted from the town back to Calabash Village in a donkey cart, and you are naturally even more tired after riding in a carriage for a long time. I'll go and twist a hot handkerchief for you. Wipe your face and have dinner."
Lin Fufu nodded, and Lin Fen quickly went to the kitchen to fetch water. Lin Fufu took the hot handkerchief she twisted, wiped his face, and said, "Sister Fen hasn't eaten yet, call the second uncle Let's have a meal together."
Lin Fen shook his head with a smile, and said with an impolite smile: "When I came here, I made a meal for my father at home, and I want to eat it with you."
Lin Fufu didn't force it, the family was full of female relatives, and Nanny Qin was still young, so she was afraid of embarrassment without the second aunt to accompany the second uncle.
Soon the food was on the table, and Grandma Li really cooked a large table of dishes, including four meat dishes. There are so few vegetables in this season, it is not easy for Grandma Li to scrape together four or five vegetarian dishes.
As soon as Lin Fufu finished eating, Grandma Li rushed to wash the dishes, leaving her to talk to Lin Fen.
"Sister Fen, are you okay if I'm not here for a few days? How's the prank business?" Lin Fufu asked.
Lin Fen narrowed his eyes when she heard her asking about the egg-changing business, and first said: "Everything is fine at home, my mother asked Uncle Liu to bring a letter, and she and Fang'er are also fine. She also said that your business in the town was blocked by someone Mr. Duanmu took care of it. The uncle was still not convinced the first time he saw him, saying that he was your uncle. Since you and Mr. Liu are not here, he is naturally in charge. That Mr. Duanmu asked him Can you settle accounts, can you go to the bank to exchange big money for silver? My uncle was asked, haha... "
Lin Fen was overjoyed, obviously happy to see the uncle's jokes.
Lin Fufu also nodded with a smile. Others don't know about Duanmucheng's abilities and means, but she still knows a little bit about them. Not to mention the ignorant Lin Dashan, the ten bosses Liu are no match for him.
Isn't Lin Dashan and Duanmu looking for death in a pair, and they are too overconfident.
Lin Fufu also wanted to laugh but she held back.
Lin Fen thought of another thing, she blinked first, and after thinking about it, she started to talk to Lin Fufu, "Fufu, Grandma Li has already told you about Brother Dalang being admitted as a scholar."
Seeing Lin Fufu nodding, she frowned and said, "I went back to collect eggs near Mr. Lin's old scholar. When I passed by the small river, I saw Brother Dalang squatting on the bank with a man in rich and expensive clothes. Let's talk later."
Lin Fufu didn't think much about it, and said, "I'm afraid it's his classmate?"
Lin Fen shook his head, and said with some contempt: "Gospel, you don't know, Dalang is not a hardworking person, and his studies are not good, otherwise he would have been admitted as a scholar. His classmates have similar personalities to him. However, there are a few who are close to him, if it is said that they are dressed richly like the one I saw that day, then there are none."
Lin Fufu suddenly remembered, that's right, Lin Dalang's studies were not good, and he was not a hard worker. After so many years of examinations, he failed to pass the worst epiphyte, that is, the worst class of scholar.
Why are you so lucky this year? All of a sudden, he passed the examination to be a scholar or was he born
Then I heard Lin Fen continue: "I saw him arguing with that man, and then he took something out of his arms, with a look of reluctance on his face, and after thinking about it for a long time, he handed the thing to the man Man. Then the man picked it up and looked at it, he looked very happy, at that time I didn’t know what Brother Da Lang gave to the man, but after downloading it and thinking about it carefully, it looked like a piece of paper or something.”
"A piece of paper?" Lin Fufu murmured, and suddenly asked in his heart, "Could it be a bank note?"
As soon as Lin Fufu reminded her, Lin Fen thought about it again. She followed Lin Fufu and saw the banknotes before, and what Lin Dalang gave to the man might really be the banknotes!
"I'm afraid it's a bank note..." Lin Fen said, "But where did Brother Dalang get the bank note? The old scholar Lin taught and took in a few enlightened children, so it is impossible to have a bank note. The grandma of the old house also It is impossible to have bank notes, and it is even more impossible for uncle and uncle mother. Where did he come from?"
Lin Fufu couldn't figure this out either.
The only thing I'm doubting is that Lin Dalang's reading of the show has something to do with the man who asked him to get something
However, these were none of her business, and the reason why she and Lin Fen talked about these things was just out of curiosity.
"Sister Fen, don't care about him, anyway, it's a good thing for us that he got the quota of nannies. At least he has rice and money for himself, so he won't continue to be raised by grandma in the future? Then our troubles will also come. Will it be less?"
Lin Fen laughed when he heard Lin Fufu's words, shook his head helplessly, pointed in the direction of the old house of the Lin family, and said, "Gospel, you really oversimplified the people in the old house, they are the stuffed ones. A bottomless pit of dissatisfaction! Look at it, Lin Dalang's passing the examination as a scholar is just the beginning, and there will be many places to ask for money in the future. Grandma's blood, it's nothing more than being sucked clean by him."
Hearing Lin Fen's words, Lin Fufu couldn't help shaking, but he couldn't refute.
If it is true as Lin Fen said, Lin Dalang's admission to a scholar would really be the beginning of the Lin family's nightmare...
She didn't want to think about these bad things, and quickly changed the subject, "Let's not talk about him, what happened to the few acres of cabbage that my second uncle planted for me?"
Seeing her asking this, Lin Fen was also happy, and said with crooked eyebrows: "Don't tell me, the cabbage not only survived the frost, but also grew more vigorously. It's all wrapped up now, and we villagers Ah, I'm all amazed."
Hearing what she said, Lin Fufu felt relieved.
The two sisters talked again, and Lin Fen got up to leave. She knew that Lin Fufu would go to town in a donkey cart tomorrow morning, and she wanted her to go to bed early.
On the second day, Lin Fufu took the bullock cart to the town, and then went directly to the shop where Sanlang lived.
As soon as I entered the shop, there was a rush of heating, and the hired people were helping to soak broad beans in warm water.
After Lin Fufu came in, the first person who saw her was Da Ya, who was pouring a basket of dried broad beans into a large vat.
Seeing Lin Fufu coming, he immediately threw the basket on the ground, jumped up and said, "Oh, Gospel, you are here. Why are you here now? Aunt Lin said you went to the county seat, is it true?"
Lin Fufu smiled and patted her on the shoulder, nodded and said, "Yes, I went to Qinglian County."
"Wow, you really went to the county town, the county town must be very lively, right?"
Lin Fufu smiled and nodded again.
Seeing her talking to Lin Fufu and not doing any work, the eldest girl called her, "Dear girl, don't just be lazy, hurry up and work!" Then she smiled apologetically at Lin Fufu and greeted her Said: "The gospel has come."
Lin Fufu also greeted her with a smile, and then asked about the second aunt Feng Shi and Lin Fang.
The eldest girl told her that Feng Shi and Lin Fang were boiling water in the kitchen in the back hall. After Lin Fufu thanked her, she went to see Feng Shi and Lin Fang.
When Lin Fufu came, Lin Dashan was sitting behind a big vat for a while, Lin Fufu didn't see him, now the first thing Lin Dashan wanted to look for after seeing Lin Fufu came was not his uncle, but Feng Shi He felt very unhappy about that woman, and his face sank.
The boss of the Qian family was passing by the big vat where Lin Dashan was squatting with a dustpan in his hand. Seeing him standing there with an ugly face, he asked curiously, "Brother Lin, what's wrong with you? You look so ugly?"
Lin Dashan glanced at him impatiently, "It's nothing, have you finished your work yet?"
The eldest of the Qian family smiled and said, "This is the last mung bean in my dustpan. By the way, Brother Lin, you still have more than twenty dustpans left over there. May I help you?"
The work Duanmucheng arranged for several young and middle-aged men was the work of soaking bean sprouts with more procedures.
Because the amount of soaked bean sprouts arranged by Lin Fufu was larger, Lin Dashan, the Qian family brothers and the few five-guarantee households began to prepare for soaking bean sprouts three days ago.
The first is to scald the seeds, that is, soak the dried mung beans and dried soybeans in water of about 80 degrees overnight, wait for the mung beans and soybeans to swell, and then pick them up and drain them in the morning.
This is called hot seeds.
The work of hot seedlings is handed over to the older five-guarantee households, because it is relatively easy.
The second step is to put the soaked beans on the soaked gauze, control the gap, then put the gauze full of beans into the large water tank, and cover it with a layer of soaked gauze.
After it is done, put a cross-shaped wooden frame in the large water tank, then put a bamboo sieve on top, put a piece of wet gauze on top of the sieve, and put the scalded beans , and then spread a layer of wet gauze.
The next step is to repeat this action until the large water tank is full, and when it reaches the mouth of the water tank, then cover it with a large sheet of oiled paper, and tie the oiled paper with a thick rope.
Wait until the next morning to uncover the oiled paper, pour a small amount of water inside, and keep watering like this for seven consecutive days.
These things were done by Lin Dashan and the Qian family brothers. After all, they are younger and their minds are clearer. These steps cannot be missed or forgotten.
Now, Lin Dashan and the Qian family brothers have been doing the second process non-stop for the past few days. The Qian family brothers have almost done today's work, but Lin Dashan still has more than 20 dustpans to finish.
Therefore, the boss of the Qian family asked Lin Dashan if he wanted to help.
He was just asking for the sake of Lin Fufu's uncle, otherwise he would all be working and everyone would be tired, so who cares if you did it or not
But Lin Dashan not only didn't appreciate it, but snorted coldly, "Go and rest when you're done, is it interesting for a cat to cry about a mouse?"
The boss of the Qian family felt a little bad when he said such a sentence, and Qian Daya happened to hear it.
She was impulsive, and she was not happy at the moment. She threw away the work in her hand, ran to Lin Dashan in a few steps, and accused: "Uncle Lin, how can you say that about my father? My father kindly asked you Don't help you with something, it's fine if you don't appreciate it, and stabbing my father is a cat crying for a mouse, do you talk like that?"
After being pointed at her nose by a little girl, Lin Dashan felt even more annoyed. Looking at the aggressive girl of the Qian family, Lin Dashan felt that she was the same as that girl Lin Fufu.
Not willing to suffer at all.
He, an old man, is naturally not good at tearing up with a half-grown girl, so he had to say to the old Qian family: "Take care of your daughter, be sharp-tongued and relentless, be careful that you won't find your husband's family in the future!"
This was just heard by the big girl who came over, she immediately put the sieve in her hand on the ground heavily, wiped her hands from the apron a few times, and looked at Lin Dashan with displeasure, "Brother Lin , Why do you, a big man, talk so badly? Why can't my big girl find her husband's family? You also have a daughter, so you should worry about your two little girls!"
Lin Dashan was squeezed out one after another by his mother and daughter, and his nose was crooked.
He took off the old apron around his body, slammed it on the ground, and said angrily, "I don't want to do this job! This is a joint venture between my niece and niece, and they all climbed onto my head." , what is the reason for this?"
After Lin Fufu and Feng's mother and daughter finished talking, they went out. Before they reached the main room, they heard Lin Dashan's self-righteous words.
She stood by the threshold, without any fluctuation on her face, she just looked at Lin Dashan and asked, "Uncle, what kind of temper are you throwing?"
Seeing that it was her who came, Lin Dashan became even angrier.
He walked a few steps quickly, walked in front of Lin Fufu, pointed at her nose condescendingly and said, "Lin Fufu, you came just in time, I tell you that I can't do this anymore!"
Lin Fufu nodded without asking him the reason, "Okay, then I will pay you today's wages, and you can go home now."
Lin Dashan was taken aback for a moment, the girl asked him all the questions and asked him to leave
Hey, she told him to go, but he still refused to go!
"Is this what your niece did?" Lin Dashan asked sullenly, "You let me go without asking why I didn't do it?"
Lin Fufu thought his question was funny, and he was a little impatient, "Uncle, if you want to leave by yourself, you have your reasons, and I, as a junior, don't want to interfere with your decision, so I will pay you well and let you go I have the greatest respect for you."
Lin Dashan saw that she said it so easily, his heart was burning up, and he didn't care whether Lin Fufu asked or not, he said directly: "You said, you have been away for a few days, so you found a man named Duanmu Come and take care of us, do you think that my uncle is dead? Or do you not trust me and deliberately refuse to let me take care of you? Also, as soon as you come, you ask your second aunt, and you don’t even ask your uncle me, I am your uncle Why not be as good as your second aunt? Are you looking down on your uncle in your heart and disrespecting your uncle and me?"