Making money, taking exams, and raising a family in rural imperial examinations

After breakfast, there was no hurry to pack up the luggage in the house, so Lin Ze took Zhang Yu to the old house to clean it first.

When passing by the courtyard, Lin Sangui's angry voice and Chen Shuju's crying came from the bedroom in the east wing, and the word "separate money" was vaguely heard. It seemed that Chen Shuju was still struggling for the last time.

Although Lin Sangui doesn't like Chen Shuju, he has treated Chen Shuju well these years. The family's money and land deeds are all kept by his mother-in-law.

A couple living in another house like this must live in harmony, but it is a disaster for a woman like Chen Shuju, who will only fuel the other's arrogance and temper, and don't understand the way of husband and wife at all.

It was Lin Sangui's honesty that made the other party arrogant for so many years.

Lin Ze was not affected by the smog and noise, and he was in a good mood, leading his wife's little hand to the old house.

Although the memory of the original body allowed him to understand the world, but the feeling of seeing it with his own eyes is still different.

Heba Village can be regarded as a village with good conditions within a hundred miles, but the sights seen along the way are even more backward than the modern poor villages Lin Ze has seen.

There is not even a blue brick and tile house, the best is the mud brick and tile house, most of which are thatched houses with mud walls, which look like 'poor'.

Most of the villagers are dark and thin. They are obviously hard-working peasants, and their clothes are also patched. Fortunately, there have been no wars in the country in the past ten years.

On the road, I met a villager calling and teasing Lin Ze for holding Fu Lang, but he didn't let go, instead he sighed and responded to others,

"In the past, I was not good enough to suffer Ah Yu, you are an asshole, but now I know how good Ah Yu is, all uncles and aunts, if I bully Ah Yu again in the future, you have to clean up and teach me a lesson, don't hold back .”

"That's right, brother Xi is the most capable and obedient in the village, you have to treat him well, otherwise, if you say this to you, uncle and aunt will really teach you..."

Most people in the village are still simple, no matter what Lin Ze said is casual or what, they take it seriously.

Brother Xie had a bad life since he was a child, his father died early, the orphans and widows were driven back to their natal family and they were not well taken care of. Instead, they worked as cattle and horses for the Zhang family and had to be scolded all day long.

After finally growing up, the family changed relatives and married casually, and he was not liked by his husband-in-law. He continued to be beaten and scolded all day long, and no one in the village would feel sorry for him.

With a strong heart, Zhang Yu's mother and son are very popular in the village, so there are many people who help to talk.

Lin Ze knew in his memory that he couldn't stop him before he didn't come, but now that Zhang Yu is his wife, he won't let Ah Yu suffer anymore.

"Auntie is right, I will love Ah Yu well in the future."

No matter how much you say, it is better to do it seriously. He Xu smiled and greeted the villagers on the road. Lin Ze held Zhang Yu's hand and never let go.

He didn't feel that there was anything shy about it at all, instead he showed off his expression.

Zhang Yu followed him and peeked at him several times, her ears were a little red.

This kind of Chen Hu, Ah Yu, is too close, even holding hands in front of outsiders...

No matter how you act, there is no need to do it like this. The villagers are watching it. Even if it is a husband and wife relationship in name, it is not good. Lin Ze is not afraid that Zhang Yinzhu will not be able to explain it clearly in the future?

I don't know what Lin Ze is doing, so Zhang Yu can only follow obediently, staring at the hand he is holding, feeling a little uncomfortable.

The villagers behind were also secretly amazed.

"Hey, I think Lin Ze has really changed. You can see that he used to hate Brother Yu very much, but now he has figured it out, and he has to live a good life..."

"Can you not understand, just hearing the things about the Lin family this morning, anyone would have been shocked to have a big change in temperament, the only relatives in the family are his father and husband who will never leave him, if Lin Ze doesn't want to understand, how dare For disobeying Chen Shuju, Lin Ze used to be very filial."

"That's true, but after all, he has read the book and is sensible. Lin Ze wouldn't be able to do this if he hadn't been forced to a dead end. When the family was separated, he didn't ask for anything. He just thought that his father was still in the Lin family, and he was afraid of him. Dad is suffering..."

"Yeah, we used to think that Lin Zeqing was high-minded and had a bad temper. Hey, I understand in my heart that I will have to worry about my life in the future. When I split up, I still think about his father. If I change to another family, which group of sons don't want to argue more... ..."

"Not necessarily, I dare not say anything else. How long has Lin Ze liked Zhang Yinzhu? How could he figure it out overnight? I think it's probably just pretending. Maybe he sold the land he got allotted in return. The house elopes with Zhang Yinzhu!"

A certain aunt who knew better curled her lips and gossiped quietly,

"Let me tell you, it is absolutely true that Lin Ze wanted to elope with Zhang Yinzhu. I heard Lin Ze say that he was going to sell Zhang Yu for money..."

"Impossible, don't talk nonsense, Lin Ze is now a poor scholar with no future, can Zhang Yinzhu elope with him? Impossible."

"That's right, that girl from the Zhang family has a big heart."

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The old house of the Lin family is on the edge of the village, next to a small bamboo forest.

It is a mud-walled tile house, not as good as mud bricks, but it is definitely better than a roof covered with grass. A tile roof saves the trouble of regularly replacing straw.

Although in Lin Ze's view, the Lin family is very poor, but looking at the village, the Lin family is actually relatively rich.

There are not many sources of income for the villagers. Apart from farming, they go to the town to do part-time jobs. After a year of hard work, they can't save much except for food and drink. They live in poverty and hardship.

The few families in the village are relatively well-off, and they are basically craftsmen.

Like Lin Sangui, he was lucky when he was young. He learned some skills of frying rough tea from others, but he couldn't make a lot of money. With this skill, he was able to read two talented men and support his family.

The old house used to be used by a large family, so the yard is quite big and there are many rooms, which is more than enough for them to live in now.

"Let's just clean out the main house, yard, miscellaneous rooms and the living room for the time being, and lock the rest, and build a new house when we make money."

Lin Ze is not picky either, and is currently satisfied with the old house.

Anyway, he won't live for long, and he will build a new house as soon as he earns money. After all, he has been in the social workplace for so long, so he won't be dumbfounded and become a waste if he changes his environment. He can always think of ways to make money to support his wife.

Others don't know, anyway, their old Lin family has passed it down like this from generation to generation, to make money and spoil their daughter-in-law, if you can't do it, don't call yourself a member of the old Lin family!

He probably has a plan in mind for his future life, the separation of the family is only the first step, and now he is organizing the new home.

Just do what you say, Lin Ze can arrange Zhang Yu to clean the yard, and he takes the initiative to cover all the things about carrying water and cleaning the house.

Although this body is not the one he had in modern times, Lin Ze found that with the passage of time, his strength, flexibility, agility, etc. became familiar, and he regained the feeling of himself in modern times.

While fetching water, Lin Ze took a picture of the water, and he found that the appearance of the original body was very similar to him, except that he was younger, and his facial features remained unchanged.

That's good, Lin Ze breathed a sigh of relief.

He can accept the reality of time-traveling, but he is still a little uncomfortable to live with an unfamiliar face. The most direct point is that when he has a child in the future, it is obviously his Lin Ze's, but he looks like someone else, how sad!

yard door.

"Bang bang bang."

"Brother Xi, brother, open the door quickly. It's me, Brother Luo, I just heard that your husband separated. I'll bring Brother Feng to help you clean up the house. Hurry up and get things. It's heavy and tiring. I'm dead..."

After cleaning for a while, there was a knock on the courtyard door, and a brisk boy's voice sounded.

From the familiar tone, one can guess that it must be the one with a particularly good relationship.

Lin Ze didn't know the voice very well, but Zhang Yu immediately showed a smile on his face. Seeing that there was nothing wrong with Lin Ze's expression, he trotted over to open the door.

The first time Zhang Yu laughed in so long was because of an outsider. Lin Ze felt very sad looking at the other party's cheerful back, and felt that his old Gong was ranked too low in his daughter-in-law's heart.

But his daughter-in-law looks really pretty when she smiles, and she sounds like a little brother outside the yard, so he can't help but feel jealous.

Putting down the things in his hands, Lin Ze looked around.

There were two people standing at the door, one of them had a cinnabar mole between his eyebrows, he was a younger brother about the same age as Zhang Yu, with a good-looking and sunny appearance.

The other is a tall, thick-browed young man with an upright appearance and bulging muscles in his limbs and chest. He looks like a strong practitioner.

Both of them were carrying things in their hands and carrying baskets on their backs. It seemed that they had brought a lot of things.

"Brother Luo, why are you here? Didn't you go to your grandma's house? And isn't Brother He hunting in the mountains? Why did you come together..."

Zhang Yu opened the door and was very happy to see that it was indeed his friend Zheng Xiaoluo who had played with him since he was a child.

There is also He Xiangfeng, a young man with thick eyebrows next to him, who is also their big brother who grew up. He has a very good relationship, and now He Xiangfeng is still Luo Geer's fiancé.

"I came back last night, Brother Feng picked me up."

Zheng Xiaoluo replied shyly, glanced at the person beside her who was smiling dotingly on her, and then continued to look at Zhang Yu,

"I just heard that the Lin family was in trouble. Your husband has separated. People in the village said that Lin Ze brought you to the old house to clean and prepare to move, so I brought Brother Feng over and brought you some things, otherwise How long will it take to get a house as big as yours alone? That bastard dragged you out, I'm afraid it was just a cover to find your cousin, who doesn't know his dirty mind..."

Zheng Xiaoluo said in an angry tone, Brother Yu is so nice, why did he marry that bastard Lin Ze and suffer.

But as an outsider, he can't get involved in other people's affairs. If he can help Brother Yu, he can help him in private, and by the way, he can slander and scold him to vent his anger on Brother Yu.

Because they were standing at the door and hadn't entered yet, they didn't see Lin Ze in the courtyard.

After all the words were spoken, it was too late for Zhang Yu to stop him. Zheng Xiaoluo was even more impatient.

Then he bumped into Lin Ze standing in the yard.

Zheng Xiaoluo took a step back in fright, her voice stuttered, "You you you..."

It's a bit frightening to run into the Lord when he speaks bad things behind someone's back. Although he didn't mention his name, any fool knows who the bastard he is talking about is.

Zhang Yu was also very nervous, because he was afraid that Lin Ze would get angry, and Zheng Xiaoluo had a good heart, so he would easily offend others by speaking.

In order to avoid conflict, he hurried over to block in the middle, then bit the bullet and shouted at Lin Ze, "Master..."

A little embarrassed, it was a gamble. He found that Lin Ze really liked hearing him call this title today. He had teased him several times before but he didn't call it out. Lin Ze's face was obviously disappointed.

Lin Ze's attitude towards him today is very different from usual. While the 'favor' is still there, it's okay for him to be a little bolder... right?

Zhang Yu held his breath to observe Lin Ze's expression.

Fortunately, God didn't play tricks on him. Lin Ze really made a mistake today. When he heard him call 'Sang Gong', a slightly excited smile appeared on his face.

"It turned out to be Luo Ge'er and Brother He. I heard Ah Yu mention you earlier. It's a pleasure to meet you."

The man who has been shunned doesn't remember the villain's mistakes, and happily goes up to say hello.