Lu Chengyu was not admitted as a scholar, and the atmosphere at home was very gloomy.
The old man sat on the kang and smoked sullenly all day long, and Lu Tong didn't dare to take Joe like before.
Lu Tong has been really anxious recently. She knows very well that her family will never pay her taxes, so she will definitely marry her off before paying the taxes. Before, the conditions were just enough. She didn't It seems that they were all rejected. Recently, a matchmaker came to the door, and the people introduced were getting worse and worse.
When Lu Tong came back from washing his clothes, he heard someone talking in the hall. After listening carefully, he heard the voices of his mother and Matchmaker Wang.
"Matchmaker Wang, the Li family in Dafeng Village is really as good as you said. The family has more than 20 acres of land, and the young master of that family is still a scholar."
Matchmaker Wang smiled and said, "Can I still lie to you? Although the Li family is not as rich as the town's rich families, it is one of the few families in the countryside. Moreover, that Mr. Li is also a scholar. If she is in high school in the future, the young lady will be able to become an official's wife. I don't know why there is such a good family in Dafeng Village." Tang has been very concerned about Lu Tong's marriage recently, so he has often inquired about the outstanding people in the surrounding villages and towns. juvenile.
Tang suddenly thought of something, lowered his face, and said: "That Mr. Li, is it the one from Li Yuan's family? That Mr. Li died of his wife two years ago, and left behind a five-year-old son?"
Matchmaker Wang couldn't hide it anymore, she smiled embarrassingly, and said, "That's right, Mr. Li's ex-wife is unlucky, and she left early, but the conditions of the Li family are really good."
Mrs. Tang became angry all of a sudden. The conditions of Li Yuan's family are good. That old lady is not a good character. It is said that Mr. Li's first wife was tortured to death by that old godmother. Her daughter introduces a widower whose wife died.
Mr. Li's ex-wife left behind a boy, so if his daughter married, wouldn't she be a stepmother? Mr. Li's son is five years old, so he must not be too young.
"You bloody fat woman, you actually introduced this to my daughter, get the hell out of here." Tang's eyes turned red with anger.
Matchmaker Wang has facilitated many marriages and has always been respected. She suddenly became angry and showed a bitter and mean face, "You are almost the same. I really think your daughter is a golden branch and jade leaf. I don't like this one, that one I also despise it, it’s a money-losing product at seventeen, and you dare to dislike Mr. Li, asking for twenty taels of betrothal gift, that is, a generous family like the Li family is willing to trade for another family, who is willing to be taken advantage of by this!"
Hearing Matchmaker Wang's words, Tang shivered with anger.
Tang has always hoped that her daughter will become an official wife so that she can support each other with Lu Chengyu. However, since her son failed to pass the examination as a scholar, Lu Tong can no longer delay, so Tang will settle for the next best thing and want to find a richer family. , As a result, these people introduced some crooked melons and cracked dates.
Matchmaker Wang left cursing, and Lu Tong avoided before Matchmaker Wang came out.
Lu Tong hated Matchmaker Wang very much in his heart, but he also blamed his mother for rejecting a few good ones before, but now the one introduced is not as good as one.
Lu Tong saw that Matchmaker Wang had left before walking in the door.
Tang glanced at her daughter, forced a smile, and said, "Daughter, don't bother with that fat woman, mother will definitely find you a good home."
Lu Tong nodded, but he was a little uncertain.
The marriage couldn't be negotiated, and Matchmaker Wang didn't have anything good to say, so she ridiculed the Lu family when she came out. Said that the Lu family's vision is too high, I am afraid that only high-ranking officials can see it, and they don't look at their own conditions. Many people agree with Wang Matchmaker's words.
With Wang Matchmaker's publicity, the villagers felt that Lu Tong's vision was too high, and it was better not to humiliate himself if he had no wealth.
At the dinner table, the old man was smoking a cigarette, looked at Tang Shi, and said worriedly: "Girl, haven't you found a suitable family yet?"
The old man sighed and said, "If you can't find it, please lower your requirements."
Wang moved her buttocks, looked at Lu Tong with some disgust, and said sullenly: "Why is there no good family to propose marriage? Lu Tong didn't say anything. He could feel that the family has become more and more disgusted with her recently."
Lu Tong glanced at Lu Chengyu begging for help. Lu Chengyu had a gloomy face and did not speak. Lu Chengyu was bound to win the exam this time, and his failure to pass the exam had a great impact on him.
Lu Tong gritted his teeth, feeling a little wronged in his heart. Lu Tong admired his elder brother very much, and always felt that his elder brother was different from Lu Lin, who would be appointed as a marquis and prime minister in the future, but at this moment, Lu Tong felt that his elder brother was nothing more than that.
The Lu family's side is gloomy, but Chen Xiaomi's life is getting better and better.
Chen Xiaocai picked up the meal, "Brother Lin, the Lu family seems to be looking for a husband-in-law for Lu Tong. Everyone said that Lu Tong's vision is too high, and he can't find her husband's family."
Chen Xiaocai has become more cheerful recently, and his relationship with Lu Lin has also become closer. If he hears any news, he will tell Lu Lin.
Lu Lin glanced at Chen Xiaocai, and said, "Are you still talking about this?" The kids here are really precocious!
Chen Xiaocai said with some embarrassment: "I also heard from others."
Lu Lin smiled and said, "It seems to have offended the matchmaker." Gossip can kill people in this era, and the three aunts and six women in the village can ruin a person's reputation by spreading specious rumors, and the strength of the matchmaker is even more powerful. One of the best.
Chen Xiaomi shook her head and said, "Those matchmakers are hard to deal with!"
Chen Xiaomi doesn't have a good impression of Tang, nor does she have a good impression of the matchmaker.
"I heard that Mrs. Tang seems to be in a hurry."
There were some people in the village who wanted to marry Lu Tong before, but Tang's words were too deadly, telling the toads not to want to eat swan meat, so although some boys in the village wanted to marry, the family members did not agree. Right now, there seems to be no suitable person in the village, and it may not be easy to find someone from the next village.
After dinner, Chen Xiaocai took Mai Mai to bed.
Lu Lin sighed, and said, "The matter of Xiaocai is really not good!"
Chen Xiaomi shook his head, "No."
Lu Lin and Chen Xiaomi have made a lot of money recently, and they are not short of money, so other things are on the agenda, for example, Chen Xiaomi wants to send Chen Xiaocai to study. However, people here pay great attention to reputation, and Chen Xiaomi's reputation is too bad, which has also brought Chen Xiaocai down. Although the two of them are willing to send Shuxiu, the masters in the town will not accept it.
"That master is really pedantic." Lu Lin said dissatisfied.
Chen Xiaomi bit her lip and said, "If you can't read it, you can't read it. In Xiaocai's case, even if you are admitted as a scholar, you might be deleted."
If you want to be an official here, you have to conduct an assessment of your character. Even if Xiaocai is admitted as a scholar, at that time, if grandma makes a fuss, it is very likely that her honor will be revoked. How difficult it is to be a scholar! Tang bragged all day long that Lu Chengyu was a Wenqu star who came down to earth, didn't he still fail the exam
Lu Lin sighed and said, "Then think of a way later."
Even if Xiaocai is forced into the college, it is not a good thing if he is excluded in the college. Campus violence is terrifying.
Chen Xiaomi paused for a moment, and said, "There's nothing good about studying." Chen Jing also studied, but he didn't seem to be promising much. Most of the income of the Chen family was given to his cousin. Grandma almost praised Chen Jing to the sky. Chen Jing said that he wanted to buy pens, ink, paper and inkstones, and asked grandma for money.
In contrast, their family was exhausted, and all the money they earned had to be handed over.
Chen Xiaomi always felt that Chen Jing always had a powdery smell on his body, maybe he didn't study at all when he went to the town, but went to the place of fireworks to fool around.
Many rich families in the town seem to regard going to the flower house as an elegant thing. Those young masters are not short of money, but if Chen Jing wants to pay for the flower house, it may be a bit reluctant.
Lu Lin thought for a while, and said, "Wait a little longer. When the conditions are better, just hire a teacher." Lu Lin didn't expect Chen Xiaocai to be rich and rich, thinking that he only needed to be able to read and write.
Another half a month has passed silently, and the half month has to be busy with spring planting and finding someone for Lu Chengyu and Lu Tong. It can be said that the Lu family is in turmoil.
Someone from the Lu family came again and asked Lu Lin to go back to work, this time it was the old man.
"Boy Lin, come back to work with me." The old man is used to giving orders at home, but when he meets Lu Lin, he doesn't know what it means to be polite. "You brat, don't you even listen to grandpa's words?"
"Grandpa, I'm still chopping firewood. I can't finish chopping today, and I have nothing to eat tonight."
"I just know how to hide and make excuses." Mr. Lu was vaguely irritated by Lu Lin.
If Lu Lin said at the beginning that Chen Xiaomi treated him so badly, Mr. Lu would have believed it. After all, everyone in the village knew about Chen Xiaomi's temper. However, during this period of time, Lu Lin and Chen Xiaomi have been acting together, talking and laughing, Lu Lin has gained a lot of weight, anyone with eyes can see that Lu Lin and Chen Xiaomi get along well.
"You brat, you are ungrateful when you marry a daughter-in-law, and you forget who raised you up like this." The old man said angrily.
Lu Lin sighed, and said, "Of course I won't forget that the Lu family raised me, but I'm afraid that I'll be hurt when I go back! I dreamed about my father two days ago, and he said, he died well." Miserable, a lot of big knives were coming at him, he was in so much pain, and he would not be peaceful after death, he died in a desolate way outside, and he couldn't enter the ancestral grave."
When the old man heard Lu Lin's words, his complexion suddenly changed. Back then, the old man hesitated to let his second son go to the battlefield. However, the old woman said that the second son is a hard-fated man, and it will definitely be fine if he goes there. Earn some military merits, the old man will be moved.
"Grandpa, my father is the most filial and misses you the most. Did he entrust you with a dream? Did he say anything to you?"
The old man gave Lu Lin a vicious look, and walked away dejectedly.
Seeing the old man leaving, Lu Lin smiled coldly.
Chen Xiaomi came out of the room, looked at Lu Lin, and said worriedly: "I know it's nonsense."
Lu Lin shrugged, and thought to himself: People in this era are still in awe of ghosts and gods. Chen Xiaomi knows that he is not the original Lu Lin, so he may be a little worried about pulling out the original owner's dead father as a cover .
Chen Xiaomi grasped Lu Lin's arm subconsciously.
"It's okay." Lu Lin patted Chen Xiaomi's hand to comfort him.