I took the imperial examination in the red building

A group of children played for more than half an hour. Except for Lin Huan's awkwardness, they all thought the game was very fresh. Two of the children volunteered to put on girls' clothes and pretend to be Lin Huan's maids.

In the end, the two children were still puzzled: "I feel that we are no different from the girl's family, except that we wear different clothes. Why do people always whisper in my ears that I am different from my sisters at home?"

Yu Zhi then said: "That's not what Zhen Baoyu from the Zhen family said, that men and women are different, and my sister and sister will coax me when I get beaten. My sister will not coax me. She has no time to go to the shop every day. "

The merchant family does not have the traditional patriarchal views of the aristocratic family. Both children are pampered, which is different from those families who blindly abuse their daughters.

Lin Huan interfaced: "That Zhen Baoyu may not be her own sister if she wants to be coaxed by her sisters. She wants to come to their house and call her maids sisters."

He also wore a funny round blush on his face, and when he opened his mouth to speak, his two eyebrows moved up and down, and his eyebrows were dancing.

Zhen Yinglian walked towards him and was attracted by his face: "Huanbao, what is that thing on your face, it's so ugly, hurry up and wash it!"

Lin Huan froze, covered his face subconsciously, and realized after a while that he had been seen, so he could only put down his hands with a wrinkled face: "Oh, I won't play this again next time."

"Still playing! This is fun."

"That's right, I want to be a small landlord next time, and my father is a small landlord."

"What's the fun of being a landlord, it's more fun to be a scholar and raise people."

Lin Huan put his hands on his hips, but he was barely supported by his round body and his hands slid down: "What are you playing! You are not allowed to play, if you want to play, find someone else, I will never be a girl again! You still want to be a scholar, I ask you , Can you memorize the Three Character Classic?"

There are children of all ages in this group, from two or three years old to eleven or twelve years old, some have already opened the door, and some are still illiterate, half of them immediately shook their heads: "No."

Lin Huan was proud: "Hey, let me tell you, I've already memorized most of the Three Character Classic."

Yu Zhi raised his eyebrows: "What is the Three Character Classic? I have already started to study the Four Books."

[Sweetheart: Laughing to death, Huan Bao's smug expression instantly froze. 】

[I don't agree with each other: I just like to see Huanbao's embarrassed look hhh, that tsundere expression just now really deserves a beating. 】

Lin Huan looked Yu Zhi up and down, and snorted, "How old are you? I'm only three years old. What were you doing when you were three years old?"

Yu Zhi murmured: "Okay, okay, you are the smartest, I was late at school, what's wrong with being late, now I am more knowledgeable than you, the ancients said that three people must have my teacher, I am enough to be your teacher. "

Lin Huan didn't believe him, so he turned to talk to those radish heads who hadn't started school yet: "A friend of mine said that reading is of great use. You are all at this age and still can't read well. Why don't you go home after you go home?" Tell the grown-ups to hire a gentleman to teach."

The little radishheads all suspected: "Huanbao, I'm afraid you are stupid in reading and want to trick us. Everyone hates reading. Why do you ask us to study?"

Lin Huan then shook his head: "Where is it cheating you, how can you read without reading? Like Yu Zhi's family, his family is considered the richest family in Gusu, I heard people say that his family's money is enough for several generations It can’t be used up while lying down, but isn’t he also reading? It can be seen that reading is useful!”

He winked at Yu Zhi.

Yu Zhi nodded solemnly: "Huan Bao is right, you should all study!"

Anyway, he doesn't know what Huanbao thinks. He is always in pain when he is studying, and he can't remember what he has memorized. Why not take the abductor to suffer together with him?

Jia Zhu also agreed.

Of the three of them, Lin Huan found out that the book was good after reading the book. He loves to read and really thinks it is good to read.As for Yu Zhi, he was forced to study, which is optional.Jia Jun is forced by the environment to study, and there is no way out if he does not read.

In short, three people with completely different ideas have reached the same goal.

Those little radishheads below were dubious, thinking that they should also try to study.

Lin Huan made a conclusion: "Since everyone is going to study, how about this, when we get together in the future, we can not just play, but also check what you have learned! No one is allowed to be lazy."

He remembered the bet he made with the little monsters, and added: "Just three months, okay?"

The little radish heads nodded like pounding garlic.

Lin Huan waved his hand: "Let's go, enough fun, let's go back and eat delicious food."

A group of children ran back to the banquet.

The ladies in the backyard were already a little drunk, and they didn't stop their children from squeezing in.

Qin Wan ordered someone to serve hangover tea and some hot vegetables, soup and rice, and went to change clothes by herself.

Lin Huan followed.

Lou is taking a nap in the back.

She felt a little uncomfortable when she got up in the morning, but she didn't take it to heart. Who knew that she was not very happy just after getting off the carriage, so she didn't go out to meet the guests, and she was lying on the couch right now.

Qin Wan changed her clothes and sat down and said a few words to her.

Lou was a little worried: "I wrote a letter earlier and asked someone to take it to the capital. I don't know if my family has received it. No one has replied."

Qin Wan comforted: "It will take ten and a half months from our place to the capital by taking the Grand Canal, maybe it's not necessarily on the way."

Lou sighed and lay down again.

And the letter she was thinking about was sent to Rongguo Mansion as expected.

When she sent the letter, she entered Beijing with Lin Fengqi's official documents, and followed the official ship to the north by water. The pier is separated.

It's just that the other person who brought it was a servant hired outside and didn't know that it was the grandma in the mansion who asked someone to bring the letter, so he thought it was from the Lin family.

It was the first time he came back to the capital, and he went around to Ningrong Street after asking someone to ask about it. He saw the cars and horses coming and going, and it was indeed more lively than other places. There were about a dozen concierge servants standing at the gate of Ningguo Mansion, and Rongguo Mansion was slightly less Some, there were nearly ten of them, and everyone was dressed brightly, with their heads held high and their bellies raised, their eyes casually scanning the passers-by at the door.

The servant went up to deliver the letter.

The gatekeeper looked him up and down, and said, "Where did it come from? Is there any post?"

The servant was startled by him, and hurriedly bent down: "From Gusu, send a letter, but there has never been a post."

The gatekeeper asked again: "Which house's letter?"

"It's from the Lin family in Gusu."

The gatekeepers began to chat: "Is there any relationship between our mansion and Gusu?"

"I heard that the young lady married to Gusu earlier. Could it be the Lin family?"

"Stay nonsense again, Mr. Lin is still in the capital right now, and there are no people in his hometown, so why did he send us a letter for no reason?"

One of them asked, "Which Lin family is in Gusu? But the family of Lin Ruhai, the ex-scientist inspector?"

The servant was stunned for a moment, and said, "No, it's the Lin family, the county magistrate of Gusu."

The gatekeeper smiled immediately: "They are not relatives of our family, so they must have come to seek connections. Posts like this cannot enter the door of our house. You should send them back!"

The servant was in a dilemma: "There is no reason to send the letter back..."

"If you don't want to send it back, then throw it there." He pointed to a bamboo basket by the door, which was filled with a lot of posts, which were not sorted by each family, but piled up randomly.

The servant could do nothing, he still had a lot of letters to deliver, so he could only throw the letter from the Lin family into the box and leave.

In the evening, this basket of posts was sent to the second wife of the mansion, Mrs. Wang.

She had just come down from the upper room and served Jia Mu for dinner. Her feet were sore and she was asking Jin Chuaner to pinch her feet. When she saw this basket of posts, she felt a headache: "From now on, don't send these posts to me. Here it is, just throw it in the warehouse after you file it."

Zhou Rui's family rushed over: "Miss, are you tired?"

Mrs. Wang closed her eyes: "In addition to serving my mother-in-law, I just take care of a lot of things in this mansion. The master only talks to those cleaners all day long, or stays with those little hooves in the backyard. , who doesn’t hear anything outside the window, these posts should have been sent to him, but now they are all thrown to me.”

Zhou Rui's family said: "Which cards are these people outside? Do you need my wife to worry about it? If you want me to say, my wife might as well ask the second grandma to take care of this matter. The second master Lian often walks outside, and he is more respectable than we women." There are many people to meet, and you can’t go wrong if you think about it.”

Wang said nothing.

Now, although she is the head of the house on the surface, it is the old lady who can really talk. She is at best a superficial person, and actually has to take care of everything.

It used to be better when she was younger, but now that she is older, she feels more and more tired.

It's better to let go of it.

She opened her eyes: "Go and ask Brother Feng if he has eaten. If he has, ask her to come over and say that our mother and I are talking."

Zhou Rui's family responded.

Not long after, Wang Xifeng brought Ping'er over.

Mrs. Wang held her hand and pointed to the basket of posts: "Brother Feng, don't say that I don't love you. You are getting older now, and it's time to learn how to be a housekeeper. Those posts are all favors from outsiders. All the connections in the mansion are there, and I will leave them to you in the future!"

Wang Xifeng was overjoyed, and immediately said: "Don't worry, Auntie, I will definitely get it right."

The aunt and nephew had another conversation, and Zhou Rui's family sent Sister Feng out of the house.

As soon as she left the sight of Zhou Rui's family, Sister Feng let out a yell.

Ping'er hurriedly asked: "Grandma, what's the matter? Are you still not happy when you get an errand?"

Sister Feng raised her eyebrows: "What can you say, you are always smart, can't you see what kind of job my good aunt gave you?"

She spat and spread her hands: "How can the real human relationship in the mansion really fall into my hands, this basket is mostly poor officials and relatives who want to cling to our family!"

Ping'er silently: "Then this basket of posts...?"

Sister Feng flipped through the pages, and saw that they were indeed greeting posts from petty officials, so she immediately said, "Don't worry about it, it might be useful to throw it into the big kitchen to light the fire."

She went back to the room, and Ping'er really threw the basket of posts into the kitchen to light the fire.

On the other side of Gusu, Lou waited and waited but did not get a reply, instead he fell ill with anger.