The stepson of the Lin family of the Red Chamber

Lin Yao ignored him. In the past two years, he was busy with the imperial examinations. Since Gu Fulan met twice when she was nine years old, Gu Fulan went to Beijing with her parents. After that, she never met again. After four years, the Gu Fulan in Lin Yao's impression , is a tomboy crying with red eyes.

Just pulling this memory out of memory gave Lin Yao a little heartache.

To be honest, he still couldn't feel any love for such a little girl.

But the world is like this, he has indeed reached the age to get married, if Lin Ruhai hadn't learned from Ruan Yiran that the emperor intended to marry the princess to him, Lin Yao would rather delay the marriage for another two years.

Anyway, his reasons are ready-made, he wants to get a champion and then get married, if the master and wife refuse, he will go to Yangzhou to join the teacher, and he can always delay it.

But this is the era of imperial rule, the emperor had the heart to marry the princess to him, and when a decree of marriage came down, he had no place to cry.

As a result, his options are limited.

Marrying Gu Fulan was just his choice out of desperation, he couldn't help but feel guilty because he didn't have the slightest affection for Gu Fulan, and he agreed to marry her only because of the situation.

"Why do you look unhappy?" Seeing that Lin Yao was not in high spirits, Gu Zhen couldn't help frowning, and lowered his voice, "You still don't want to marry my sister? If that's the case, you can refuse this marriage."

Lin Yao rubbed her forehead, "It's not that I don't want to marry your sister, I'm not happy...it's not because of this."

He was in a bad mood because he felt ashamed of Gu Fulan.

After all, it was his selfish desire to marry her, not his affection for her. ,

It's not that Gu Fulan is mentally ill, once she finds out that he has no love for her, Lin Yao just thinks about the consequences and feels a headache.

"A happy event is coming, why are you unhappy?" Gu Zhen was very curious, "It's better to say that you are upset, it will make you feel better."

Lin Yao looked at him silently, without speaking for a while, but sighed in her heart.

If Gu Zhen wasn't Gu Fulan's real brother, it wouldn't matter if he said it, but Gu Zhen is Gu Fulan's direct brother, and the relationship between brother and sister is very good. If he told the reason for his depression, Gu Zhen would be angry immediately Flip.

No matter how good a friend is, if he knows the truth, he will be angry.

"It's useless to tell you," Lin Yao said while going to see Liang Cheng, "Why didn't you go to Yangzhou to study?"

Liang Cheng had been sitting beside him drinking tea, when he suddenly heard Lin Yao asking him, he was taken aback for a moment, and quickly realized, saying, "My wife is pregnant, I plan to go to Yangzhou later, I have already written to the dean. "

Lin Yao was taken aback when she heard the words, "So that's how it is."

And Gu Zhen had already seen that Lin Yao didn't want to talk too much, so he wisely didn't get to the bottom of it.

Lin Yao was talking to the two of them, and from time to time she had to take care of the other young masters who came to visit the Lin family. Although she wasn't too busy without touching the floor, she didn't have much free time.

In the afternoon, all the wives left, and all the princes and ladies went home together.

In the evening, the family had dinner in the main courtyard. After the meal, Jia Min talked about the marriage.

"Madam Gu also likes you very much. We have already discussed it. We have chosen an auspicious day and asked the official media to come to propose marriage. We can settle your marriage with Lan'er earlier so that we can feel at ease."

Lin Yao knew that Mrs. Gu liked him a long time ago, so she was not surprised.

In this regard, Lin Yao said that she always listened to his wife's arrangement.

"The Gu family will definitely agree. When you come to propose a marriage, you must prepare a gift. To show your importance, Yaoer, you go hunt a pair of live geese." Jia Min said.

The wild goose is a bird of loyalty, which means that it will be faithful to the end, and it is not aimed at the woman, which is very meaningful to both parties.

Lin Yao was already ashamed of Gu Fulan, so when Jia Min mentioned it, he agreed without saying a word. For him, hunting a pair of live geese was not difficult at all.

He has practiced martial arts for many years, plus the 50 years of internal strength gained from completing the main task last year, with his current strength, it is really easy to catch a pair of live geese.

The next day, Lin Yao took people to hunt in the suburbs of Beijing.

After the Lantern Festival, the weather has warmed up. Generally speaking, wild geese will fly north at this time, but it is not yet the time for migration, so I don’t know if I can meet wild geese.

On the first day, Lin Yao didn't meet wild geese.

And Jia Min has already invited the official media to go to Gu's mansion to propose a marriage, and the news has already spread.

Not long after, it became known that Lin Yao was hunting live geese.

For six or seven days in a row, Lin Yao didn't meet any live geese. Even Lin Yao felt that she was unlucky.

On the eighth day, Lin Yao wandered around for another day, and met a lot of other prey, but Lin Yao came to hunt live geese, so she didn't hunt other prey at all. She thought she would return empty-handed today, and didn't want to go back. On the way, I met a pair of swan geese.

Lin Yao is good at lightness and martial arts, and easily caught two live geese, and then put them into the prepared cage. The two wild geese seemed to be a pair, so Lin Yao simply locked them together.

After entering the city, on the way back, the servants following Lin Yao carried a cage in their hands, and inside the cage was a pair of live geese.

Those who noticed this were a little surprised. Lin Yao returned empty-handed for six or seven days in a row. People who watched the fun felt that Lin Yao was not that lucky to hunt live geese. Some people even said that Lin Yao and the girl from the Gu family had no fate. Otherwise, why can't Lin Yao hunt live geese for six or seven days?

But she didn't expect to be slapped in the face so soon. Lin Yao came back empty-handed for six or seven days, and returned with a pair of swan geese on the eighth day.

It is said that swan geese fly high, and Lin Yao hunted a pair of swan geese, which is an excellent omen.

Lin Yao didn't know what the people outside were talking about. Jia Min was very happy when he came back with a pair of swan geese. Recently, because Lin Yao always returned empty-handed, Jia Min was naturally angry because of the rumors outside. You can't stop other people's mouths at all, if you want to be serious, I'm afraid this picker will be more energetic.

Lin Yao hunted a pair of swan geese at the right time, which was the best counterattack.

"Good boy, you are exhausted these few days, go back and rest. It will be an auspicious day in a few days, and I will propose marriage to you then."

Lin Yao resigned and left the main courtyard, exhaling a sigh of relief.

In order to hunt live geese these days, he went out early and returned late, and he was indeed a little tired. This tiredness was not physical, but mental.

He has practiced martial arts since he was a child, and he has decades of internal energy at his side. He has been hunting for seven or eight days without being tired.

Because he has not hunted wild geese in the past six or seven days, he is not ignorant of the rumors outside.

Sometimes he really gets annoyed by these speculative and speculative people.

He obviously didn't know anything, but he was able to make unfounded speculation as if it really happened.

It's disgusting.

Fortunately, he hunted live geese and slapped these people in the mouth, making them talk nonsense and spread rumors outside all day long.

After Lin Yao hunted live geese, she stopped going out.

Until the day of courtship, Lin Yao and Daiyu went to the Gu Mansion with Lin Ruhai and his wife.

Gu Shiming and Lin Ruhai are the same age, and even friends who have known each other for more than 20 years. Now they can be married as sons and daughters, and both of them are very happy.

Sitting side by side in the room were Gu Zhen and Lin Yao, Gu Shiming was talking to Lin Ruhai, Gu Zhen was talking to Lin Yao, and the atmosphere was harmonious.

Lin Yao spent seven or eight days hunting a pair of swan geese, which has already shown how much he attaches importance to Gu Fulan. Gu Shiming and Mrs. Gu both saw it and were very satisfied. Naturally, they would not refuse the Lin family's marriage proposal.

Jia Min knew Gu Fulan well, so why didn't the Gu family know Lin Yao well?

Both parties were very happy with each other's children, and the marriage went well.

Na Cai, Wen Ming, Na Ji, Na Zheng, and asking for a date, all these procedures were completed within half a year. The wedding date was set after Gu Fulan and Ji. Gu Fulan's birthday was the sixth day of June, and the wedding date was set on the first day of August.

Lin Yao thinks it is too early, but his reason is too absurd to say in this era, and it is not justified at all. If he really wants to say it, he might be misunderstood.

Anyway, there is still a year or two to go, then... let's talk about it then.

After deciding on the wedding date, Lin Yao didn't go to Yangzhou, because in more than a month, it would be the day when Gu Zhen got married. Gu Zhen was his best friend, so how could Lin Yao be absent from his wedding?

The seventh day of September is the day of Gu Zhen's big wedding, and Lin Yao is a member of the wedding party.

First, he is Gu Zhen's friend for many years. From a friend's point of view, he should also come to help welcome the bride.Second, he is Gu Zhen's future brother-in-law. From this perspective, he has to come to help welcome the bride.

Although Lin Yao passed the Jieyuan examination, he did not have outstanding poetic talent. When it comes to poetic talent, his sister is more powerful.

The master sometimes sighed with emotion that Daiyu mistakenly cast herself as a daughter, if she were a man, she would be no worse than Lin Yao.

Lin Yao recognized this point, even Lin Yao felt that Daiyu was stronger than him.After all, most of his talent is due to his golden finger. If he doesn't have a golden finger, even if he can pass the exam, he doesn't know how much time will be wasted.

Lin Yao helped Gu Zhen welcome the bride, and helped him hold back the wine. Thanks to his inner strength, he drank all the other drinkers down, but Lin Yao also drank a lot. Putting down the wine glass, Lin Yao rubbed her forehead, feeling a little flustered.

Gu Zhen has already gone to the bridal chamber, Lin Yao got up slowly, and was about to say goodbye, but before she could take a step, someone came up, "Mr. Drink it before leaving."

Lin Yao felt that the girl in front of her looked familiar, "Are you... Yuya?"

Yuya is the big maid in front of Gu Fulan.

As if she didn't expect to be recognized by Lin Yao, Yu Ya was slightly startled, and immediately lowered her head, "It's a slave."

Lin Yao understood clearly when she heard this, the sobering tea was probably not prepared by Mrs. Gu, but by Gu Fulan, otherwise it would make no sense for Gu Fulan's big maid to invite him.

"I'm fine. I don't need the sobering tea. It's getting late. I should go back home." Lin Yao thought for a while, but still refused to go to the guest courtyard of the Gu Mansion to rest. Although no one would gossip when he stayed in the Gu Mansion, but Lin Yao was still not at ease.

Being rejected by Lin Yao, Yuya was a little astonished. She thought that Lin Yao recognized her as the maid next to the girl, and she should understand that the sobering tea was prepared by the girl, so she should not refuse, but the result was far beyond her expectations. What does it mean?

The surprise on Yu Ya's face was a little obvious. Lin Yao raised her brows when she saw her, and she immediately reacted, and added, "Don't worry about your girl, I'm fine."

These words confirmed that Lin Yao had understood everything.

Yu Ya didn't understand, but she was just a servant, so it was not easy to ask, Lin Yao insisted on returning home, could she stop her?

After Lin Yao left, Yuya went to the inner courtyard to answer the question. Gu Fulan was not disappointed when she heard this. She knew from Daiyu that Lin Yao regarded her as a child who didn't understand love, even a few years older than her. Daiyu, who was only six months old, was treated as a child by Lin Yao, let alone her?

Gu Fulan snorted in her heart, and sooner or later I will let you know that I am no longer a child.