As soon as spring comes, the person who has rested for the winter is busy again.
The students are busy with the imperial examinations, and the peasants are busy serving the fields.
Tang urged Li Fangyue every day to ask how things were going, but Li Fangyue never dared to promise.
The life at home is getting tighter and tighter, and Tang desperately hopes that Lu Chengyu can pass the exam and give her a face.
How could Li Fangyue dare to guarantee that, at the beginning of the new year, the Master Registrar took in another concubine. North, my sister is at the master's side, and I can't say anything
My sister is in a state of desperation, and there is nothing she can do about her affairs.
Seeing Li Fangyue's faltering, Mrs. Tang never gave a letter of approval, and quarreled with Li Fangyue. Now that the assessment was getting closer, Mrs. Tang asked whether it was because her sister was a concubine, so she couldn't speak at all.
How could Li Fangyue admit that she could only make a coat out of tiger skins. Her sister was very favored, and she would be able to straighten her body when she gave birth to a son.
The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were out of control, and Lin Xiuer, who was passing by, was dizzy when she heard the content of the quarrel between Tang Shi and Li Fangyue. It took Lin Xiuer a while to recover and walked into the house.
"What's wrong with you?" Lu An couldn't help asking, seeing Lin Xiu'er's expression was wrong.
It took Lin Xiuer a while to calm down, and said, "Li Fangyue's sister is a concubine."
Lu An froze for a moment, shocked by Lin Xiuer's words, "What did you say?"
Lin Xiu'er calmed down, and said word by word: "Li Fangyue's sister is a concubine, sister-in-law said it herself."
Lu An widened his eyes and said, "How is it possible, if Li Ru is just a concubine, why would Cheng Yu marry her?"
Lin Xiu'er thought for a while, and thought to herself: Yes! If Li Ru was just a concubine, why would Lu Chengyu marry Li Fangyue? "
"Perhaps, Cheng Yu didn't know that Li Fangyue was a concubine at first."
Lin Xiuer suddenly remembered that at the beginning, Tang Shi was kind to Li Fangyue, but after a while, her attitude towards Li Fangyue suddenly dropped. Lin Xiuer felt that Tang Shi might have known about it at that time, but maybe she was afraid of losing face , That's why I kept hiding it from the old lady and the villagers.
Lu An's face was dark, and he said with resentment: "After a long time, the family spent so much money, and they only married a concubine's younger sister." Thanks to him, he still let such a niece and daughter-in-law. ... It turned out to be the case.
In the eyes of many villagers, the concubines of the rich are a special existence. The villagers not only envy the concubines of the rich, but also feel that these people are willing to degenerate.
Lu An thought of the betrothal gifts that Lu Chengyu sent to Li's family when he got married, and thought of the family's arguing for a tael of money, and suddenly became a little angry. After the anger passed, Lu An finally calmed down gradually.
Lin Xiu'er looked at Lu An, and said in a puzzled way, "You've been in the town before, don't you know about this?"
"I've heard people say that the daughter of the Li family is the chief secretary's wife." Who would have thought that she was just a concubine.
Lin Xiuer was full of anger. Li Fangyue had recently given birth to a daughter, and her arrogance had dropped a little. However, when she first entered the door, it was not like this. She used her sister as a cover and wanted to manipulate her. At the beginning, she couldn't understand Li Fangyue He didn't dare to offend her even if he didn't know the details. After arguing for a long time, it turned out to be like this.
"Master, do you want to let the old lady know about this?" Lin Xiuer asked.
There was a hint of ruthlessness in Lu An's eyes, he pondered for a moment, and said, "Let's talk about it after Lu Cheng Yuchong has tried it."
If Lu Chengyu passed the exam, then they would offend people for no reason by revealing about Li Fangyue. If Lu Chengyu failed the exam, then the boss's family should talk about how they treated their family like monkeys.
Lin Xiu'er nodded and said, "Then wait until the spring test is over, there are only a few days left."
The annual spring examination is a matter of life and death for many students, and many students fainted in the examination room due to excessive nervousness.
On the day of the spring exam, Lu Lin couldn't help curling his lips when he looked at the students who were nervously taking the exam.
Chen Xiaomi took a look at Lu Lin and asked, "What makes you so happy!"
Lu Lin smiled and said, "It's nothing, it's a pleasure to watch people take exams."
When Lu Lin had just finished the first day of the college entrance examination, he felt that he did not do well in the exam, and he did not fall asleep all night. As soon as he closed his eyes, he regretted that he hadn't been more careful when doing the questions. When I watched the college entrance examination in the second year, my mentality suddenly changed.
Chen Xiaomi took a look at Lu Lin, and felt that Lu Lin had some bad taste.
"I heard that after someone bought our chicken doll, it was placed on the incense table and offered up." Lu Lin rubbed his nose, and he really didn't understand this world.
Chen Xiaomi sighed, and said, "We sell our dolls, so what the customer wants to do with the dolls is not our business."
Lu Lin nodded and said, "That's right!"
Taking advantage of the wind of the spring test, several dolls related to the spring test in Lu Lin's store were sold out.
Chen Xiaocai is sorting out the dolls in the store. The dolls sold in the store recently have a bit more literary flavor. For example, this bear doll is holding a heart in its hand, with the word "No. "No. 2" and "Top Flower".
Many people have come here recently, enough to buy the champion bear, the champion rabbit... just looking forward to being named on the gold list.
Liu Zhen also recently sold a treasure of the Xiongji Town Shop for sixty taels of silver.
Looking at the money in the cabinet, Chen Xiaocai was often frightened. In the past, he thought that all the money he earned would be given to the big boss above. Sometimes, Chen Xiaocai felt that there was a lot of money, but it was just that he had a lot of money. Now he knows, The money is all his own, so it's a little different.
There was a time when Chen Xiaocai's dream was to earn a little money, and then buy a few acres of land to live the life of ordinary people in the village. If he had land, his elder brother would not have to risk going into the mountains to hunt all the time. Now, as long as a big doll is sold, there will be dozens of taels of silver, enough to buy several acres of land.
Shen Chi cupped his face, and said: "The treasure of the store, it really makes money. However, Brother Lin won't let you do more."
Chen Xiaocai said sullenly: "Brother Lin said that rare things are more expensive, and if you make too many, you won't be able to sell them."
Shen Chi tilted his head, and said: "Although I don't quite understand, Brother Lin is really amazing! Brother Lin learns characters very quickly."
The old boy Lu Lin invited was very airy and often went on strike. However, as long as the old boy Lu Lin read the article through, he could memorize the pronunciation of all the characters in pinyin. It is not difficult to just learn to write. On weekdays, when the old boy was not around, it was Lu Lin who taught them how to read.
Chen Xiaocai nodded and said, "Brother Lin is very powerful." Chen Xiaocai admired Lu Lin in private, but he would never admit it in front of Lu Lin.
A group of students were suffering, and finally waited for the announcement of the results.
On the day when the list was released, many people went to join in the fun. Many villagers were obviously illiterate, but they watched the list with great interest. Lu Lin stood in the outer circle and looked at the crowds outside the list.
"I hit it, I hit it!" With a howl of excitement, a student fell to the side of the road.
Lu Lin thought to himself: So Fan Jinzhongju is real, but some people actually pass out because of excessive excitement.
A thirteen or fourteen-year-old boy by the side of the road cried "wow", "I didn't pass the exam, I didn't pass the exam, how can I have the face to go back to see my father?"
Looking at the young man's attire, Lu Lin suspected that the young man was born into a scholarly family, so he might have more confidence in this assessment, but he was disappointed in the result.
Lu Lin looked at the young man and thought to himself: He is only that young, so it is necessary to cry like this. If he fails the exam this time, there will be plenty of opportunities in the future. That old boy with a gray beard who has passed the exam for fifty or sixty years, Not discouraged yet, of course, the other party may have gotten used to it long ago.
Lu Lin looked at the list and found that Lu Chengyu's name was not there, so he couldn't help curling his lips.
After a winter of study, Lu Lin already knew a lot of characters. Lu Lin already knew Lu Chengyu's name.
Lu Lin shook his head, secretly suspecting that Lu Chengyu might not have a good mentality for the exam. There were some people in school who had good grades on weekdays, but when it came to major exams, they became flustered and short of breath, and performed abnormally.
Lu Chengyu failed the ranking again, causing rumors in the village to abound.
"It's still useless to marry a young lady!"
"The test of talent still depends on real materials, and it's useless to fix those messy things."
"It's too expensive to be a scholar. In my opinion, it's better to find a job and earn money."
"If you are admitted as a scholar, you will be able to become an official in the future. No matter how much money those businessmen earn, they are just low-level businessmen."
"It's good to be an official, but it's not so easy to be an official."
The Lu family has exploded. Lin Xiuer has known that Li Fangyue's sister is a concubine for a while. However, in order to wait for the results of Lu Chengyu's spring test, she has been patient. Lu Chengyu lost again this time, and Lin Xiuer couldn't help it. Living.
The old lady thought that this time the imperial examination was a sure thing, but unexpectedly, she failed the exam, and she was immediately disappointed.
The old lady Feng, who was expecting her grandson to be admitted as a scholar, was in a very bad mood. At this time, Lin Xiuer revealed that Li Fangyue's sister was a concubine, and the old lady was so angry that she wanted to beat Li Fangyue to death.
The old man was so out of breath that he fainted.
The old man fainted, and the house was in chaos. At first, Tang was a little guilty when Lin Xiuer revealed the inside story. Howling.
Lin Xiu'er was not easy to provoke, and Lu Chengyu didn't pass the exam as a scholar, so she didn't give up, and scolded Tang to the bottom.
Knowing that Lu Chengyu failed the exam again, Li Fangyue was immediately disappointed, and hid aside with her daughter in her arms.
The little girl in Li Fangyue's arms was frightened and began to cry. Li Fangyue covered the little girl's mouth anxiously.
Li Fangyue doesn't really like the daughter she gave birth to, but she still has a bit of pity for the daughter she gave birth to in the end. Tang's is different. She loses money and scolds her for losing money all day long. Li Fangyue's milk is not enough. , After the baby was born, he was always hungry, and he always cried at night.
Lu Chengyu didn't feel bad when she saw the little girl crying, on the contrary, she found the little girl very annoying.