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

As long as it is not emotional, Lin Ze is relatively calm, and always likes to think more, because the world is far darker than imagined, and it is always good to have multiple minds.

He didn't want to be suspicious of the Jia family, but whenever Chen Shuju was involved, he would rather think a little more than relax his vigilance.

Besides, the matter of marriage should be cautious. If the Jia family really wanted to get married, they wouldn't be angry and they would ask a few more questions.

"Since my uncle and aunt have said it, then I will not be polite. Our Lin family doesn't care much about the dowry. It doesn't matter how much it is, as long as we are good to our little sister. Just now, my uncle and aunt said that they want to get married next month. Wouldn't that be too much?" rushed?"

Lin Ze asked with a faint smile, resting his fingers on the table and moving them lightly and regularly.

This small action is a method of psychological suggestion. A small action during the negotiation will bring a kind of panic pressure to the opponent, and thus obtain unexpected results.

Of course, this is just a small auxiliary method, mainly relying on the control of the momentum.

The matchmaker said so many good things, but she just praised her in terms of dowry, but to be honest, people who really love their daughters don't care about the amount of dowry.

Because when dowry, most of the dowry will be doubled according to the dowry given by the man, to support the daughter and save face, or else it has been said since ancient times that the daughter is a loser.

So all the nonsense that the matchmaker said can be ignored. When the other party said that they would get married early, Lin Ze wanted to ask.

Lin Xiaolian is not an older girl, how can the marriage be carried out in a hurry, the time to get married next month is too rushed, right?

"Don't rush, don't rush, our Dongsheng is 21 this year. In the past, this kid always said that he didn't meet someone he likes and refused to get married. I was really anxious for the two of us. Now that he is willing to get married, we naturally have to bring in our daughter-in-law early. Come home, things for getting married have already been prepared..."

The Jia family couple smiled, but their words were quite nice.

"No, my daughter is the most beautiful girl in the village. When you talk about my daughter, that's your luck."

Chen Shuju was overjoyed by the praise.

Although she used to say that Lin Xiaolian was a loser and a dead girl, but now her daughter said that she met a good family, and she naturally asked the old lady to sell melons for the bride price, and boasted about herself.

Lin Sangui couldn't bear to hear it. It's one thing to be proud, but it's annoying to be too proud. How can someone talk to others like this, so take the lead.

"Jia's family, I also think it's a bit rushed to get married next month. The marriage was announced so suddenly that we don't have time to prepare the dowry..."

"It's okay, we are the ones to marry Xiaolian, and we don't care about her dowry, you can prepare whatever you want."

The members of Jia's family seemed very tolerant and generous, and their words were very pleasant.

But Lin Ze felt that this was complete nonsense.

Who would take this kind of polite words seriously? No one who really cares about their daughters will prepare a dowry casually. If the dowry is not prepared in time, it will be made up in silver in a while, and they will definitely not let their daughter marry poorly.

Lin Ze remained calm and continued,

"Uncle and Aunt Jia's words are wrong. Although you don't care about my little sister's dowry, how can we let my little sister marry poorly? As an elder brother, I should also prepare a dowry for her, otherwise my Lin family's dowry will be spread. What is your face..."

"This... Xiucai Lang doesn't mind. It's all because we two old people are in a hurry to hug our grandson. We are in a hurry. What suggestion does Xiucai have?"

The Jia family and his wife looked at each other and smiled apologetically, not daring to show any emotion to Lin Ze's words.

Lin Ze's words are not wrong. Although the Lin family is still a villager, their face is not the same as in the past.

Not to mention Lin Ze's popularity and face in the town now, just because the second child of the Lin family just finished the exam, before the exam results are released, it is enough to let him go away temporarily.

They are outsiders and have no relatives in Nanyang Town, so they are not surprised by their attitude.

Since the Jia family made such a statement, Lin Ze was not polite and said directly,

"Since Uncle and Aunt Jia Jia are so sincere, I will be more polite. Our family is quite satisfied with this marriage. It's just that your family has only settled in Nanyang Town for less than half a year, and there are no relatives around. We know very little about you. My brother is really distressed when my sister gets married, so..."

Having said that, Lin Ze paused for a moment before continuing, staring at the three members of Jia's family with deep and probing eyes, smiling,

"So I want to settle this marriage first, and it won't be too late to get married next year, it's just a few more months."

The conditions and character of the Jia family are indeed good so far, the only disadvantage is that they are outsiders.

But this happens to be the most important point, that is, the modern age with perfect population management dare not casually marry their daughters to people who don't know the details, and they have to be even more careful in ancient times.

After only half a year of settlement, people have to put on a show, and the neighbors can't see it. What if there is a problem with nature?It would not be a problem to drag it out for a few months to observe clearly with his current contacts in Nanyang Town.

It's better to be careful about the important matters of marriage. It's better to be troublesome than to have accidents. Otherwise, no matter when the time comes, it will be the woman who loses no matter if she divorces or divorces her wife.

Hearing what Lin Ze said, Chen Shuju breathed a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, Lin Ze only let the marriage be postponed for a few months. She was really afraid that Lin Ze would directly reject the marriage for him because of revenge. Lin Sangui listened to Lin Ze very much, and it would be over by then.

"This……"

It was the members of the Jia family who finally showed a hesitant expression.

Lin Ze smiled lightly, "Does my aunt have any questions about this? Is there another reason for being so anxious to get married?"

"Hey, to be honest, our family is so anxious, there is indeed a reason..."

The Jia family and his wife showed an expression that they couldn't hide.

"The thing is like this. Our family is originally from Shepherd County on the border. We have been farming for generations. Although our family is poor, we can get by. But more than a year ago, we met a wandering monk."

"The eminent monk said that our family's fate is incompatible with the feng shui of Muyang County, we have to move here to settle here, and we must get married before the Chinese New Year this year, otherwise it will bring disaster."

"At that time, our family didn't believe it. We only thought that the eminent monk was talking nonsense, but who knew that soon after, our family experienced troubles one after another, so we had to be afraid of selling the land, and moved here to settle here."

"After we came here, we also wanted to find a girl for Dongsheng to marry as soon as possible, but Dongsheng has such a temper, and if he just doesn't like it, he won't marry. It's not easy to meet your Xiaolian. It's really fate."

"So our family still hopes to complete this wedding as soon as possible. If you are not at ease, our family can add another ten taels. This counts as our own money..."

"Our family has no other intentions, except that we can't think of any other way to make our in-laws feel at ease. The money will not need to be brought over as a dowry, and the in-laws will make some new clothes for Xiaolian and buy some new jewelry. family's heart."

What the Jia family said was very sincere, and the question of fate and feng shui is indeed very convincing in this era.

In many cases, a word from a sorceress is more effective than an imperial decree in the hearts of ignorant people.

Lin Sangui suddenly realized the color, so he said that Jia's parents saw that his girl was so anxious to get married.

Chen Shuju also showed a strange expression, and said to herself: If I had known the reason for this Jia family, I should have made the dowry more expensive.

It's really a loss now. Although I added ten taels of silver, it's still... Anyway, it's a big loss!

Thinking of this, Chen Shuju suddenly changed her face, her expression was angry, but the purpose was to ask for money, said,

"Then you guys are happy, that's not okay, our little lotus is precious, our boss is right, this wedding is really too late, and my little lotus is too wronged, we don't know the details of your family too , don’t worry, what if your family has any problems?”

"How about this, in addition to the 10 taels of dowry that you agreed at the beginning, you will give an additional 20 taels of silver in your hands, so that if your son treats our family Xiao Lian badly, my daughter will be guaranteed in the future..."

This thick-skinned is also to the limit, in order to hire more money, Chen Shuju put aside her gnashing of teeth at Lin Ze, and even kindly said that she was the boss of our family instead of a bastard.

The high-sounding is for the daughter, but the result is not for more money.

Lin Sangui felt ashamed, and immediately kicked Chen Shuju,

"What nonsense are you bastard!"

Lin Jianwen also looked a little embarrassed, but he didn't refute his mother's request for money.

Lin Ze was also speechless about this. I knew that there were some parents in this world who cared more about money than their daughter's happiness, but it was hard to describe what they really saw when they saw Chen Shuju.

But sometimes there are occasions where a messy person like Chen Shuju is needed.

Using Chen Shuju's words, Lin Ze continued,

"Forget the money. As I said, our family doesn't care about the dowry. I still hope that my little sister will marry with a dowry, so the wedding date should be next year..."

"As for the fate theory, it doesn't matter. We also have a temple of eminent monks in Nanyang Town. I will donate more incense money and ask the master to help me. It doesn't matter if I want to get married a few months later."

"How can we not get in the way? What a waste of incense money, let them pay more dowry, if you have money, you will have all kinds of security!"

It's not Chen Shuju's character to watch Yin Zi fly away.

The good impression he had just had for Lin Ze vanished immediately. This bastard was destined to be against her. Why should this bastard have the final say on her daughter's dowry? !

"If you are not satisfied, I will recruit a husband-in-law for Xiaolian. Anyway, I lack everything, except money. I am willing to spend money for my sister."

Lin Ze didn't even want to look at Chen Shuju, so he blocked him directly.

Immediately, Chen Shuju's face turned the color of an eggplant.

Ruthless, damn it, too ruthless!

She just expected to marry this daughter to earn a large dowry. Lin Ze said that bringing back a husband-in-law for her daughter was simply sucking her blood and gouging out her flesh.

I really recruited a husband-in-law for my daughter. Not only will she not be able to earn the dowry money, but there will be more people in the family to eat and drink in the future. More importantly, Lin Xiaolian does not listen to him and often fights against her. Staying at home is a disaster for her... …

Seeing Lin Ze drinking tea, Chen Shuju was so angry that she was about to vomit blood, she really wanted to pounce on him and scratch him a few times.

But she also knew that Lin Ze had a different temper than before. If she dared to pounce on her, she would give Lin Ze a chance to chop her off, so she could only grit her teeth and shut up.

But seeing the increased dowry that the Jia family had agreed to fly away, not only Chen Shuju was distressed, but Lin Jianwen also felt a little bloody in his heart.

It's not that he has no feelings for Lin Xiaolian, but compared to his own future, she has to stand aside.

Lin Jianwen mused, "It's too late to get married next month, but next year is too long. Why don't we set the wedding date for Chinese New Year, and keep everything else the same, and let no one delay."

Lin Sangui showed consideration.

Chen Shuju listened to his son's words, and the other thing remained the same, that is, the extra 10 body money was counted in, which is a good point.

His eyes lit up, and he nodded sharply, "This is fine!"

But if Lin Ze disagrees, it's useless for her to nod.

It is useless for the father to disagree with the marriage of the children, but it is useless for the mother to agree, but who does Lin Sangui listen to the most?Lin Ze.

So Lin Ze had to nod in the end.

Glancing at Lin Jianwen, Lin Ze knocked on the table with a firm attitude,

"It will be in the spring of next year. I will prepare a dowry for my sister, including furniture made of huanghuali wood, plus 50 taels of silver as a dowry. If you have any doubts, then the marriage will be dismissed. My sister will not be happy."

It's just money. If the Jia family can use money to attract Chen Shuju, he can also use money to attract the Jia family.

Besides, as the Jia family said, it was also under the guidance of the eminent monks that they had to get married before the Chinese New Year. No matter how they beautify the Jia family's kid who likes Lin Xiaolian, they are suspected of being happy.

Hearing this, the Jia family's eyelids twitched, feeling as if they were throwing a stone at their feet.

But if, as Lin Ze said, there is a set of huanghuali wood furniture and 50 taels of silver as a dowry, it is not impossible to be a few months late.

"Hey, well, then, as the in-laws and brothers said, let's get married again in the spring of next year. Let's go to the temple and ask the master to do it for you..."

The Jia family and his wife looked at each other with compromising and sad expressions.

The son of Jia's family didn't talk much except for the beginning. He looked at Lin Xiaolian sitting in the yard with a simple and honest demeanor.

Lin Xiaolian was extremely shy when he saw her.

Zhang Yu, who didn't say a word from the beginning to the end, has been paying attention to the movements of Jia's family of three.

Seeing this scene, Zhang Yu frowned, and then calmly, under the cover of the sleeves of his clothes, he used a finely ground charcoal pencil to draw a mark representing the record on the small book specially prepared for Lin Xiaolian's blind date today.