[Comprehensive Wear] A good brother's life

Nanny Zhang stood guard at the door, and soon saw Xue Baochai staggering out with a pale face.

Taking a sip of Xue Baochai in her heart, Nanny Zhang walked in: "Ma'am, Miss Xue..."

"I made it clear, but she really impressed me a little bit." Mrs. Ye was very rude to Xue Baochai just now, but Xue Baochai did not do anything rude from the beginning to the end.If it were an ordinary person, if someone ruthlessly exposes their concerns and is unceremoniously laughed at, they might cry or make a fuss long ago, but Xue Baochai did not. "Pity."

Nanny Zhang asked suspiciously, "Ma'am, what's the pity?"

"It's a pity that she is from the Xue family, and her family background is not good."

"Why do you still think she is a pity?" Seeing Madam Ye sympathizing with Xue Baochai, Madam Zhang couldn't understand, "She has such scheming at a young age, what a pity."

"There is nothing wrong with being scheming, only people like her can survive in a big family." Mrs. Ye said very objectively, "With her ability and means, no matter which family she marries into, she can live well. However, she is not suitable for Brother Huai."

"She is not worthy of the young master." How could the Xue family, a royal merchant, be worthy of their Lin family.

"Go and call Daiyu back."

"Old slave, go here."

After a while, Xiao Daiyu came back. Seeing that Xue Baochai was not there, she asked with a puzzled face, "Mother-in-law, where is sister Xue, have you left?"

"She probably won't come to you again in the future."

"Why is this?"

Mrs. Ye beckoned to Xiao Daiyu, signaling her to sit beside her.

"My mother has something to tell you, and it will make you sad."

The clever little Daiyu immediately thought of Xue Baochai, "Does it have something to do with Sister Xue?"

Mrs. Ye held Xiao Daiyu's hands, and said softly, "Yes, she approached you, and she has no intention of making friends with you."

"Don't have any plans, what is she planning?" Just as Xiao Daiyu finished speaking, she immediately thought of someone, and said with a stunned expression, "For brother, right?"

Seeing that Xiao Daiyu guessed it so quickly, Mrs. Ye nodded slightly: "Yes, she approached you because of your brother."

After hearing this, Xiao Daiyu didn't speak for a while.

Mrs. Ye stretched out her hand to gently touch Xiao Daiyu's face, and asked softly, "Are you feeling uncomfortable?"

Xiao Daiyu nodded first, then shook her head.

"It's not hard, but it's kind of uncomfortable." Besides Xiang Ling, Sister Xue was the person she could talk to the most. "It's actually very comfortable to be friends with Sister Xue, she is very thoughtful and good at taking care of others."

"Aside from the fact that she approached you on purpose for Brother Huai's sake, she is indeed a nice girl, and she is very considerate in dealing with others."

"However, it's normal for her to approach me because of my brother." Xiao Daiyu smiled slightly, "My brother is good-looking and excellent. It's normal for her to like him. I always thought it was strange that she didn't like him. After all My brother is so good-looking and outstanding, why does Sister Xue have no reaction at all when she sees her brother?"

Mrs. Ye was amused by Xiao Daiyu's words, reached out and tapped her forehead lightly, "People don't like your brother, you are not reconciled."

"It's a bit reconciled, but I'm reconciled now." The depressed mood just now disappeared, and Xiao Daiyu said with a smile, "I just said how could anyone not like my brother."

Mrs. Ye was dumbfounded by Xiao Daiyu's words: "You child..." She and Brother Huai were worried that Daiyu would be sad, but the child didn't feel much sad. "Are you mad at her?"

"I was a little angry just now, but I am not angry now."

"Just because she likes your brother, why not be angry?"

Xiao Daiyu nodded: "En."

Madam Ye didn't know what to say for a while, "Your brother is still worried that you will be sad, and doesn't want to tell you about it."

"My brother underestimates me too much." Xiao Daiyu said with a puffy face, "Although I had a good time with Sister Xue, I shouldn't feel sad because of her. Besides, Sister Xue and I haven't arrived yet. As close as sisters."

Hearing what Xiao Daiyu said, Mrs. Ye was completely relieved.

"Then your brother can rest assured."

"Oh, my brother is just too worried about me." Xiao Daiyu was both happy and helpless at being so nervously worried by her brother.

"Daiyu, do you know why I insist on telling you this?"

"I know, you don't want me to be cheated in the future, because there will be people who will approach me deliberately because of my brother." Xiao Daiyu smiled sweetly at Mrs. Ye, "Mother, don't worry, I will be careful in the future of."

Mrs. Ye held Xiao Daiyu in her arms, patted her head and said, "Why is our Daiyu so smart?"

Xiao Daiyu buried her small face in Madam Ye's arms, and rubbed her face coquettishly: "I've always been smart."

"Yes, yes, our Daiyu has always been very smart."

After talking to Mrs. Ye for a while, Xiao Daiyu went to her brother and made things clear to her brother.

"Brother, you are not allowed to underestimate me like this in the future."

Lin Huaiyu was defeated by her sister's logic, "My brother is wrong, and my brother will never underestimate you in the future."

Only then did Xiao Daiyu nodded in satisfaction: "Also, brother, I'm not as fragile as you imagined."

"Brother is wrong, brother will not think so in the future."

"That's right." Seeing that her brother admitted his mistakes with a good attitude, Xiao Daiyu decided not to bother with her brother, "Brother, don't worry, I will be careful in the future."

"My sister is so smart, I believe my sister will not be cheated in the future."

Xiao Daiyu raised her chin slightly, her small expression looked very smug: "That is."

Lin Huaiyu looked at Xiao Daiyu, hesitated for a while and asked, "Do you blame brother?" Lin Huaiyu didn't want to hurt Xiao Daiyu because of him.Although Xiao Daiyu was not very sad about this incident, it still left a bad impression on Xiao Daiyu.Besides, things like this might happen again in the future.

"Why do you blame brother?" Xiao Daiyu reached out and patted her brother's face lightly, her face suddenly became very serious, "Brother, you don't want to do this, why should I blame you? Besides, my brother is so Good-looking and excellent, it's normal to be liked."

"Then brother, don't worry." Lin Huaiyu was taken aback by her sister's strange and powerful logic.

"Brother, I will never blame you."

"My sister is so nice."

"My brother is fine too."

This matter was quickly forgotten by Lin Huaiyu and Xiao Daiyu.

However, a few days later, Xiao Daiyu received a letter from Xue Baochai.In the letter, Xue Baochai first apologized to Xiao Daiyu. After all, the purpose of her approaching Xiao Daiyu in the first place was indeed for Lin Huaiyu.However, later she really wanted to be friends with Xiao Daiyu.At the end of the letter, Xue Baochai told Xiao Daiyu that their family had set off for Jinling, and they might never see each other again in this life.

After Xiao Daiyu read the letter, she burned it.As Xue Baochai said, they will never meet again in this life, so there is no need to contact them again.

The departure of Xue Baochai and his family has no effect on Xiao Daiyu and the others.However, it has an impact on Mrs. Wang.

In the eyes of Mrs. Wang, Xue Baochai is her "money bag".Xue Baochai left, where did Jia Baoyu come back to marry a daughter-in-law with a money bag.Without the Xue family's money, the Rongguo Mansion wouldn't last long.

Mrs. Wang was reluctant to leave Xue Baochai, but Xue Baochai and the others still left, which made her very regretful.When she knew that Xue Baochai was there, she used some means to force Xue Baochai to marry Jia Baoyu.

Xue Baochai's daughter-in-law was gone, so Mrs. Wang had to look for her daughter-in-law again.

Not long after Xue Baochai and his family returned to Jinling, another major event happened in Jiangnan.This time, Lin Ruhai completely closed the net and wiped out Prince Li's influence in the south of the Yangtze River.

After eradicating Prince Li's influence in Jiangnan, Emperor Qinglong immediately arranged for his own people to go to Jiangnan. Now Jiangnan is completely in the hands of Emperor Qinglong.

Losing Jiangnan would be a fatal blow to Prince Li's faction.However, the people of Prince Li's group held their breath and did not make any noise in the capital.It's not that they don't want to, but that they don't dare for the time being.

When rectifying Jiangnan, Emperor Qinglong sent people to strictly guard the forces of Prince Li's faction in the capital.If they have trouble, they will be like those people in Jiangnan.

At this time, it was right for the people of Prince Li's faction to choose to forbear and dormant.Furthermore, without [-]|[-]% certainty, the people of Prince Li's faction dare not act recklessly in the capital.

After the incident in the south of the Yangtze River was over, the people from Prince Li's faction, who used to be very happy, became very well-behaved and honest, and they did not dare to provoke like in the past.However, Prince Li and his son directly complained of illness, and they could not go to court while recuperating in the mansion.

During this period of time, the court hall was completely clear, which put Emperor Qinglong in a very good mood.

Seeing that the emperor was in a good mood, the ministers breathed a sigh of relief.Some time ago, because of the incident in the south of the Yangtze River, the atmosphere in the court was very dangerous. The ministers were frightened one by one, fearing that they would be the next one to be unlucky.

Not long after the incident in Jiangnan ended, Lin Ruhai was transferred to Fujian by Emperor Qinglong.

When the other ministers saw that Lin Ruhai had gone to Fujian, they knew that the emperor wanted to fix Haiyan.Before, the ministers who had contacts or dealings with Fujian officials all stopped, not daring to get too close to Fujian.

This incident in the south of the Yangtze River allowed the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty to see Lin Ruhai's methods and know that he is not easy to mess with.Seeing that he is going to Fujian, how dare they be like before, otherwise they will end up miserable like those officials in Jiangnan.

Lin Ruhai went to Fujian to take up his post at the end of the year. He set off for Fujian directly from Yangzhou and did not come to the capital.

It was difficult for Lin Huaiyu and Xiao Daiyu to see him.They can only meet again when Lin Ruhai is transferred back to the capital.This wait may take several years.

Although they couldn't meet Lin Ruhai, Lin Huaiyu and Xiao Daiyu were much more at ease knowing that he was safe and sound.

After the new year, the new county examination, government examination, and hospital examination began again.However, it has nothing to do with Lin Huaiyu who has already passed the exam.However, the township examination in August has something to do with him.

After celebrating the Duanyang Festival in the capital, Lin Huaiyu was about to leave for Jinling.

The Lin family had a house in Jinling, and Lin Ruhai arranged for people to live in the Jinling house before going to Fujian.In this way, Lin Huaiyu will be taken care of when he goes to Jinling.

Although Lin Ruhai arranged for someone to take care of Lin Huaiyu in Jinling, Mrs. Ye was still worried. She planned to take Xiao Daiyu to Jinling with him.As for Ye Wenfu, she was naturally "abandoned" by Mrs. Ye.

Before Lin Huaiyu went to Jinling, he was recruited into the palace by Emperor Qinglong to take care of him.

Emperor Qinglong first encouraged Lin Huaiyu to take the provincial examination well.Then reward a lot of things to their brothers and sisters.Lin Ruhai made a lot of contributions to the Jiangnan incident. Before Emperor Qinglong rewarded him, he first rewarded his two children with something.

When Lin Ruhai finishes solving the Fujian side, Emperor Qinglong will reward him heavily.

Emperor Qinglong also specially arranged for some people to protect Lin Huaiyu and the others to Jinling.Although the matter in the south of the Yangtze River has been resolved, there is no guarantee that Prince Li's people will not kill Lin Huaiyu and the others.

After the Dragon Boat Festival, Lin Huaiyu and the others took a boat to Jinling.

The journey to Jinling was very smooth and safe, without any accidents or assassinations.

Arrived in Jinling in half a month.Not long after arriving in Jinling, the weather became hot.Lin Huaiyu was too lazy to go out, so she stayed at home every day to read and study.

The ninth day of August is the day of the first provincial examination.

The examination room was in Jinling Gongyuan, not very far from where Lin Huaiyu and the others lived.

On the ninth day of August, before dawn, Lin Huaiyu went out to the Gongyuan.

This time he was going to live in the examination room, so Lin Huaiyu brought a lot of things, such as food, clothes, quilts, medicines and so on.

Before going out, Mrs. Ye carefully checked Lin Huaiyu's luggage again, and she was relieved to make sure that he hadn't missed anything.

Mrs. Ye and Xiao Daiyu accompanied Lin Huaiyu to the Gongyuan.On the way to the Gongyuan, Mrs. Ye repeatedly told Lin Huaiyu to pay attention to her body during the exam.Although the rural examination is very important, it is not as important as Lin Huaiyu's body.

The reason why she gave this order was mainly because many students would fall ill every time they took the provincial examination.Some candidates even died of illness.

"Mother, don't worry, I will take care of myself."

"This exam will last for nine days." Mrs. Ye was really worried, "It's still so hot, this..." She didn't expect that August in Jinling was as hot as summer.There were no ice cubes during the provincial examination, and she was really worried that Lin Huaiyu would be heated up during the examination and something would go wrong.

"During the exam, you won't notice the heat." Lin Huaiyu was not worried about the heat, but worried that people would go bad.Staying in the examination room for nine days, not being able to take a bath for nine days, and it is still so hot, it will definitely be rotten.Thinking of the sour taste, Lin Huaiyu's stomach began to churn. "Mother-in-law, after the exam is over, you and your sister don't come to pick me up."

"Why is this?"

"I'm afraid I'll smoke you to death." After the exam, his whole body is probably rotten, and staying with him will definitely get smoked. "Mother-in-law, you should prepare more water for me at home. After the exam, I will take a bath at least four or five times."

Mrs. Ye laughed at Lin Huaiyu's words: "Okay, I will prepare more water for you then, so that you can take a good bath."

Two quarters of an hour later, the carriage arrived at the gate of the Gongyuan.

After Lin Huaiyu greeted Mrs. Ye and the others, she went to line up with two oversized packages on her back.

The square at the gate of the Tribute Academy was full of candidates, and they were carrying packages on their backs and holding packages in their hands.Everyone has a big bag and a small bag. This situation is not like going to an exam, but like fleeing from disaster.

At the beginning of Mao, the gate of the Gongyuan opened, and candidates entered in an orderly manner.

Walking into the courtyard of the Tribute Academy, candidates stood in five teams.Then, one after another, they were searched before the exam.

Since the examinees brought a lot of things, there were also many people who searched.There were only four people who searched the luggage, and two people checked the information of the candidates one by one.

The searches in the rural examinations are more stringent than those in the college examinations, especially when checking candidates' information.In order to prevent someone from taking the exam, the candidates are very strict in assessing their age and appearance.If a candidate was thin when taking the college entrance examination, but suddenly gained weight when taking the provincial examination, he would have to be censored for a long time.

The brother in front of Lin Huaiyu was very fat during the exam, but now he is very thin, and his appearance has changed a lot. The examiner pulled him to cross-examine him again and again, and checked him again and again before letting him in after confirming that he was correct.

This brother should not be very courageous. He was frightened and cried when he was interrogated harshly by the examiner, but fortunately he passed in the end.

When it was Lin Huaiyu's turn, the examiner saw that he was Xiao Sanyuan from Yangzhou two years ago, and couldn't help but look at him a few more times.Lin Huaiyu's appearance was not much different from that of two years ago, so he was not severely interrogated like the previous brother.

After passing the search, Lin Huaiyu was led by the yamen servants to the examination room.

The examination room he was in was also the No. [-] examination room. With his previous experience, he guessed that the candidates in the No. [-] examination room should be the top candidates in the entire Jiangnan examination.His seat is actually in the first place again. Could it be that he was the first in the entire Jiangnan in the previous college examination?

The "small house" for the rural examination is, to be precise, larger than the one for the courtyard examination, but not much larger.Visual inspection, there is no two square meters.

There was a toilet on the left corner of the room, and the toilet was still smelling bad. Lin Huaiyu hated it, but it was useless. Lazard would rely on it for the next nine days.The thought of eating, drinking, and drinking in this small room for the next nine days made his stomach feel uncomfortable.

Lin Huaiyu quickly retracted her scattered thoughts and put away the things she brought.He made the bed first, and when he was tired from writing, he could lie on the bed and rest for a while.

People came in one after another, and everyone was busy arranging the things they brought.When Lin Huaiyu was about to tidy up, the examiner came in with the yamen servants.

The rural examination is different from the college examination before the examination. The chief examiner will lead the examinees to worship Confucius and Mencius.After worshiping Confucius and Mencius, the candidates returned to their rooms.At this time, the examiner will give a speech, first explain the rules of the examination room to the candidates, and then encourage the candidates.

After the bell of the Gongyuan rang four times, the servants began to distribute the examination papers, and the township examination officially began.

Although I stayed in the numbered room for nine days, the exam was divided into three sessions, which meant that the government servants did not distribute all the test papers of the three exams to the candidates at once, but distributed the test papers one by one.

Each test in the township examination is time-limited and lasts for three days.The first exam is from the morning of the ninth day to the twelfth day.On the morning of the twelfth, the yamen servants will collect the test papers from the candidates, and then distribute the test papers for the second exam.The second session runs from [-] am to [-] am.The third is from the fifteenth morning to the eighteenth morning.

After Lin Huaiyu got the exam papers, she counted more than a dozen.Check the test paper first to see if there are any omissions or ambiguities. If not, write your name as soon as possible.

After writing the name, start to look at all the test questions in general.

The test questions of the township examination were indeed difficult, but this difficulty was expected by Lin Huaiyu.

In the past two years, in addition to studying the Four Books and Five Classics from beginning to end, Lin Huaiyu often took mock exams.

The exam questions for the mock exam were written by Ye Wenfu and Song Xiuwen, and they were much more difficult than the exam questions for the rural exams in previous years.Lin Huaiyu has been tortured countless times in the past two years, and now he doesn't find it difficult to face the test questions of the township examination.

After reading the questions, Lin Huaiyu began to answer the questions with a pen.Although the weather is very hot, as he said, it doesn't matter whether it is hot or not during the exam.

During the day on the first day, the smell of the whole test room was okay, but at night, the smell of the whole test room was terrible.The smell of excrement, urine, the smell of food, the smell of sweat... All kinds of smells are mixed together, and the lethality is very powerful.

Fortunately, Mrs. Ye prepared scented tablets for Lin Huaiyu, which can not only repel odors, but also repel mosquitoes.

In Jinling in August, not only was the weather very hot, but there were also a lot of mosquitoes. For example, there were many mosquitoes in the examination room. Many candidates did not bring mosquito repellents. The mosquito bites were so unbearable that they could not sleep well at night.

Although he couldn't take a bath, Lin Huaiyu still boiled water, wiped himself briefly, and changed into clean clothes. Otherwise, if he was asked to wear a set of clothes for nine days, he would definitely be suffocated to death by the smell of sweat on his body.

It took Lin Huaiyu two days to finish the first exam, and the rest of the time was spent sleeping.

In the entire examination room, he was the only one who passed the exam easily, which made the examiner very impressed with him.

The difficulty of the second exam was still within Lin Huaiyu's acceptable range.Within his acceptable range, it is not difficult for him.

In the third exam, except for the last question which surprised Lin Huaiyu, the difficulty of the other exam questions was still expected.

On the morning of the [-]th, at the beginning of the hour, the examiner and the servants began to collect the examination papers.

After the examination papers are collected, the candidates leave the examination room one by one.

Lin Huaiyu was the first to rush out of the examination room, and as soon as he left the examination room, he hurriedly breathed fresh air vigorously.For the past nine days, he was surrounded by various unpleasant smells every day. He felt that the air in the examination room was stinky.

For the first time, I felt that the air outside the house was so fresh and fragrant.

Lin Huaiyu raised his hand and smelled it, and found that his clothes also had various smells.His clothes were just changed yesterday, and they were supposed to be clean and fragrant, but after a night of sleeping in the examination room, they were stained with various smells.

Maybe it was because he was used to smelling all kinds of smells after staying in the examination room for the past nine days, but he didn't feel sick at all, which was too scary.He has to go home quickly to take a shower and return to normal life.

Just as Lin Huaiyu was about to leave the tribute courtyard, he saw many candidates coming out staggeringly from behind.Apart from his good spirits, the other candidates were either pale or haggard.Some candidates even look like concubines, and some candidates are even pushed out by other people.

Taking the provincial examination is really "expensive". People who are not in good health will really suffer from illness and even die in the examination.

Lin Huaiyu is thankful that she usually exercises well, otherwise she may not be able to pass the provincial examination.

He should stop sympathizing with other people and go back to take a shower.

Lin Huaiyu walked out of the tribute courtyard and saw her own carriage from a distance.

After hearing his words, Mrs. Ye and Xiao Daiyu didn't come to pick him up, which made him feel relieved.When she got home, Lin Huaiyu couldn't wait to take a bath.From head to toe, he washed it six times and washed off a layer of skin before he felt clean.

After washing herself, Lin Huaiyu fell asleep before eating.

During the nine days of the provincial examination, Lin Huaiyu actually slept well, but was still tired.After sleeping for a whole day and night, he woke up.After waking up and having a full meal, he felt alive.

Next, wait for the results of the provincial examination.

The township examination list is released in September, when the sweet-scented osmanthus is in full bloom, so it is also called the sweet-scented osmanthus list.

On the day when the township examination results were released, Lin Huaiyu went to the Gongyuan early.Candidates must be present when the list is released in the township examination, which is different from the hospital examination.

The list has not yet been released, and all the candidates have arrived, and everyone has a look of nervousness and anticipation on their faces.

Lin Huaiyu thought that he would not be nervous, but at this moment his heart was beating very fast.

Boom, boom, he could clearly hear his own heartbeat.

He is confident that he will pass the Juren examination, but he cannot guarantee that he will pass the Jieyuan examination.

At the beginning of the morning, the rankings began.