The stepson of the Lin family of the Red Chamber

Lin Yao frowned when she heard this, if the inn kicked Guo Xiao out because the rich man gave too much money and did not refund the deposit, Lin Yao could come forward to help Guo Xiao, but the inn returned the money to Guo Xiao Well, this is money and goods, although the inn is not kind, but I really can't find anything to criticize.

"Looking at the innkeeper's attitude, I'm afraid he won't give you the room. What are you going to do now?" Lin Yao asked.

Guo Xiao sighed, "The time for the rural examination is approaching, and the inns in Jinling City are full."

He still came a few days in advance to book a room, but others paid several times more money, and he was about to be kicked out.

Deceiving too much.

"Since we have met, Yixiu might as well go home with me. Isn't my house more convenient than staying in an inn?" Lin Yao heard this, and invited him to live in the old Lin family's house. You also have to take the provincial examination, why don't you come to Jinling with me?"

"In order to prepare for the exam, you almost lived in Qin's house, and I didn't want to come to disturb you, so I had to come by myself." Guo Xiao explained.

They all know how much Lin Yao attaches importance to this township examination. Guo Xiao doesn't know when Lin Yao will leave, so he simply came to Jinling by himself. .

This was something he hadn't expected.

After listening to Guo Xiao's explanation, Lin Yao said, "Forget it, let's not talk about it, you can go with me, the township examination is only a few days away, you want to find a place to live at this time, not to mention wasting time, it will also delay you Wen Shu, why don't you go back to live with me, and you can study together."

Guo Xiao really couldn't refuse Lin Yao's invitation.

What Lin Yao said was true, he wanted to find a place to live now, and even if he could find it, he probably didn't have much time to study.

"Then I'll be bothered."

"Friends who have been friends for many years are still so heretical, and I will be angry if I talk about it."

"It's not mine."

Lin Yao came in a sedan chair, and the sedan chair couldn't accommodate two people, so Lin Yao asked someone to hire a sedan chair to carry Guo Xiao temporarily.

Guo Xiao didn't want to accept it, he just said that he could walk with the sedan chair, but they have been friends for many years, how could Lin Yao sit in the sedan chair by herself and let her friend follow the sedan chair?

what does that look likeThose who didn't know saw it, and thought it was a servant of their Lin family.

Lin Yao refused to say anything, and insisted on hiring a sedan chair, but Guo Xiao couldn't shirk it, so he had to follow him.

But the shopkeeper of the inn saw the words and deeds of the two, because Lin Yao's clothes were not like ordinary people, and he seemed to be afraid of offending others, so he quickly asked someone to inquire about Lin Yao's identity.

Knowing that Lin Yao is the son of Mr. Lin, the servant of the household department, and that the one who was kicked out by him was his classmate and friend, he was so scared that he couldn't stand still, and hurriedly prepared a gift and came to the door to apologize.

Here Lin Yao and Guo Xiao had just settled down, and the servants in the mansion came to ask for a visit.

Lin Yao recalled that the last time she took the hospital examination, there were many old relatives who came to make friends. After a long time of trouble, Lin Yao couldn't bear the disturbance, and even hid in Zhuangzi after the examination.

Thinking of this, Lin Yao asked someone to return directly, saying that it was inconvenient to see guests in the near future.

The innkeeper, who was refused to see him outside the door, was in a panic, thinking that he had offended Mr. Lin, and waited anxiously outside the door.

Seeing that he didn't leave, the porter had no choice but to go in and answer.

As soon as Lin Yao heard that someone was waiting at the door, she felt that something was wrong. When she asked carefully, it turned out that it was not the old in-laws he thought, but a strange man whom she had never seen before.

"Ye He, go out and see what's going on." Lin Yao pondered for a moment, then ordered Ye He to go outside to have a look.

Ye He took the order and came back after a while, saying, "It's the shopkeeper of the inn where Mr. Guo just stopped, and he said he came to make amends."

Lin Yao understood immediately when he heard the words, he chatted with Guo Xiao outside the inn for a while, he was different from Guo Xiao, his clothes were not ordinary things, ordinary wealthy sons couldn't wear those clothes, the shopkeeper of the inn I think he is well-informed and has seen Lin Yao's extraordinary background. He has inquired about Lin Yao's identity and knows that he is the son of the Lin family. How can he not be afraid?

Although Lin Yao didn't help Guo Xiao come to question him, what if?

These low-status merchants couldn't afford to offend the children of officials and eunuchs. They didn't dare to bet against the one in ten thousand possibility. Naturally, they hurriedly prepared an apology as an apology.

He didn't mean to anger the innkeeper. It's normal for these merchants in the market to favor the high and trample the low. The innkeeper dared not offend the rich man, so he could only let Guo Xiao give up the room, but the shopkeeper didn't expect that Guo Xiao would recognize him. he.

Compared to the wealthy young master, Lin Yao couldn't afford to offend him, and the shopkeeper was also afraid that he would turn his anger on him because of Guo Xiao, and his inn might not be able to open at that time.

"I won't accept this compensation. If you ask him to take it back, just say that I'm not angry." Lin Yao said.

Ye He didn't move, he hesitated for a while and said, "If the uncle doesn't accept it, I'm afraid the shopkeeper won't feel at ease."

"Why can't he care about me at ease? He should be taught a lesson. Today is me, and I won't argue with him. Even if Yixiu gets angry, he won't use any means to retaliate against him. But if it's someone else, he can just Not necessarily, it would be better to let him be afraid, and if he doesn’t do such bullying and fearful things in the future, he might be able to avoid some disasters.” Lin Yao said lightly.

Ye He was startled when he heard the words, and said no more, "Yes."

As soon as Ye He left, Lin Yao put down the book to find Guo Xiao, told him about the innkeeper's apology, and told him his solution.

Guo Xiao sighed, "Ayao, you are kind."

Although Guo Xiao is not a person who cares about everything, but when he encounters such a bad thing, he will inevitably get angry in his heart. When people are angry, it is difficult to keep calm and rational.

But since the innkeeper can come to apologize, it's not too bad.

"You don't blame me for letting him go easily." Lin Yao joked with a smile.

He was just joking, friends for many years, Lin Yao still doesn't know Guo Xiao's character?

Even if he was angry, he would calm down quickly after the shopkeeper came to apologize.

On the other side, Ye He went out, asked the shopkeeper to take the compensation away, and said that Lin Yao was not angry.

How could the shopkeeper believe it?Knowing that Ye He was the person in front of Lin Yao, she wanted to ask Ye He for help before begging for mercy.

"Shopkeeper, listen to my advice and go back with your things. My son is not a stingy person," Ye He said after a pause, "My son is coming back to Beijing this time to take the provincial examination. You are blocking the door like this. When outsiders see it, they will think that my son is bullying others, and it will affect the reputation of my Lin family. Even if my son is not angry, he will be angry at that time."

The shopkeeper's face turned pale when he heard the words, "Little man, I'm leaving now, I'm leaving now."

Ye He's words were soft and hard, and the shopkeeper didn't dare to block the door of Lin's house anymore, and left with his things worried.

Not to mention that the shopkeeper had trouble sleeping day and night, Lin Yao and Guo Xiao were in a good mood.

In a blink of an eye, it was time for the provincial examination, and Lin Yao and Guo Xiao entered the examination room together.

After finishing the provincial examination, Lin Yao took Guo Xiao to go to Zhuangzi to hide for peace.

"Your family's Zhuangzi has an excellent view, and it's a good place to rest." Guo Xiao praised.

Lin Yao laughed when she heard the words, "It's just Zhuangzi, how could it be as good as you said?"

Guo Xiao smiled, but did not speak.

In mid-September, before the results of the township examination were released, Lin Yao counted the time and went back to the city with Guo Xiao.

On the day when the list was released, Lin Yao asked the boy to watch the list, but he himself did not leave the house.

Lin Yao had studied hard for more than a year in order to prepare for this provincial examination, and today is the time to accept the results.

This time in the township examination, Lin Yao felt that it went well when she answered the paper, but Lin Yao was not completely sure whether she could pass Jieyuan in the examination.

It wasn't until people from the government came to congratulate her that Lin Yao let go of her worries.

He passed the exam.

Jieyuan!

Lin Yao gave the reward silver that she had prepared early in the morning to the guard.

Although Guo Xiao also passed the exam this time, his ranking was far behind Lin Yao.

Guo Xiao's talent is actually not very high, but he is willing to work hard to make up for his weakness.But after all, the time is too short, and Lin Yao doesn't understand that Guo Xiao can accumulate a few more years before taking the exam, and his ranking will definitely be higher then, why is he in such a hurry to take the provincial exam?

But even though she was puzzled, Lin Yao didn't get to the bottom of it. After all, it was Guo Xiao's own private matter, so he naturally couldn't control it.

After returning to Yangzhou, within half a month, Lin Yao heard that Guo Xiao invited a matchmaker to Mr. Li's house to propose marriage.

Mr. Li is Li Xianqing, a real close friend and foster father of Zhen Yinglian.

Mr. Li's own daughters, not to mention married, his grandsons have already lost their wives, and now only Zhen Yinglian is unmarried under his knees. Guo Xiao's proposal of marriage is naturally asking to marry Zhen Yinglian.

Although Liang Cheng said at the beginning that Guo Xiao and Zhen Yinglian had some potential, but in the past few years, Lin Yao really didn't see any private communication between Guo Xiao and Zhen Yinglian, and never thought that Guo Xiao would invite a matchmaker if he was so quiet. Went to propose marriage.

Even more surprising.

Mr. Li agreed.

Although Zhen Yinglian is only Mr. Li's adoptive daughter and has a bad past, Zhen Yinglian has outstanding appearance and character. She went out with Mrs. Li's family several times to socialize, and no one disapproved of her.

Naturally, there are many people asking her to marry her, but Zhen Yinglian's marriage has not been finalized. To this day, when Guo Xiao proposed to marry her, Mr. Li unexpectedly agreed so quickly.

Anyone with a discerning eye immediately knew that it was not Mr. Li who responded, but Zhen Yinglian.

As for Zhao Lan who once begged Zhen Yinglian to marry him, he had been married for a year or two, and his wife was pregnant with Liujia and was about to give birth soon, so the love at the beginning had already been cut off.

And Lin Yao also understood why Guo Xiao was in such a hurry to take the township test.

Maybe it was Mr. Li's request, or maybe it was Guo Xiao who wanted Zhen Yinglian to marry him gracefully after he passed the Juren examination.

No matter what, Lin Yao was quite happy for him.

Zhen Yinglian and Guo Xiao are the same age, and they were married last year. The marriage has been delayed again and again, and now it can't be delayed any longer. The wedding date will be set soon, in mid-November.

This time is good, Lin Yao is still in Yangzhou and can attend their wedding.

Back then when Zhao Lan, Liang Cheng, and Yao Qi got married, Lin Yao prepared generous gifts, and Guo Xiao was also his friend, so naturally Lin Yao would not treat one more favorably than another, and also prepared a generous gift for Guo Xiao.

After Guo Xiao got married, he soon went to the academy for the year-end exam. After Lin Yao finished the exam, he returned to the capital together with Liang Cheng and Gu Zhen.

When I arrived in the capital, it was only a few days before New Year's Eve.

The imperial court had already sealed it on the fifteenth day of the twelfth lunar month, and Daiyu did not enter the palace to accompany her to study, but helped Jia Min with housework.

Two days after I came back, the family had dinner in the main courtyard.

After dinner, Jia Min asked Lin Yao what she thought about her future wife.

Lin Yao was taken aback by the question, "Why did Madam suddenly ask this?"

"After the Chinese New Year, you'll be fifteen, and you've reached the age to get engaged." Jia Min said.

Lin Yao was a little confused, calmed down a little, and asked in turn, "Does mother have a candidate?"