The road back(10)

In other words, these trivial matters can be done by just giving instructions. But some things cannot be done by just giving instructions.

For example, the recommender must be a fellow countryman and a scholar.

These trivial matters have to be handled by the fourth master himself. Of course, there are also scholars and other distinguished people who serve as guests of Jia Zheng. But if you can enter Jia Zheng's house and serve as a guest, the fourth master cannot trust him at first.

I don’t even want to have too much involvement with these people.

Later, Shan Ziye introduced several senior Hanlin officials who had become officials, and Lin Yutong prepared a large gift for them. Then the Fourth Master came to the house in person to complete the matter.

Lin Yutong recorded the family backgrounds of these Hanlin officials in a notebook, and asked others to inquire about them. There was no big problem, they were just listed as a group of people who wanted to interact with each other.

When Jia Jing's words were passed on, Jia Zhen expressed that she understood. All the things issued by the clan were sent to her, but she never took them seriously. Is the imperial examination so easy to pass? How many times did Jia Heng read it?

Year book, who doesn’t know this?

It's only taken a year for me to get started, and I haven't seen anyone better than me before.

So I just said I knew it and didn't even mention it to anyone else.

Lin Yutong waited for several days, thinking that the other side knew about it and would definitely ask questions. Now she also knew why Jia Mu and Mrs. Wang treated her differently from others. It was just the fourth master who found Zhang Daoshi.

, it’s just a lie made up by Taoist Zhang. But the other side admitted it was true.

So, there are advantages and disadvantages to this matter. It relieved the temporary difficulties at the time, but now the sequelae is that they obviously did not want to alienate themselves. Now if the fourth master comes forward, Lin Yutong is worried that the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law will

Are you worried that if you come here, you will bring good luck to this place?

She asked Fourth Master, who also nodded: "This possibility cannot be ruled out."

But in the situation at that time, it was impossible not to make this choice. Moreover, what this Zhang Taoist said was completely beyond his control. Therefore, the remedy that Fourth Master came up with was Jia Jing. No matter what Jia Mu, if Jia Jing is serious

Now, even if Jia Mu is an elder, she still has to avoid Jia Jing.

This is the restriction.

But sometimes it is better to seek help from others than to ask for yourself. The worry is just worry and it feels troublesome, but it cannot be said to be fear. It is just a way of blocking the way.

So, Zhenzhen was waiting for Jia Mu over there to call her over to ask questions. But after a few days, three groups of people arrived. The first group was Baoyu who sent people to ask if there was any sherbet here.

, he agreed to Qin Zhong, and if he had any, he would give him a bottle. Lin Yutong gave three bottles and sent them away. The second group was sent by Daiyu and Sanchun, begging her to bring some small bottles from outside.

When they went in, they thought the boy bought something inelegant. This was easy to handle, so they handed in the powder and other things they made themselves. They all said it was better than the jasmine powder and rose salt salt bought outside. The third group was Wang Xifeng.

She asked people to send a lot of flowers and seedlings, saying that they can make fresh flowers look like them. Don’t forget to send them to her. Lin Yutong also accepted them. If it weren’t for Wang Xifeng, she would have to find these flowers and trees now.

, it is also an indispensable expense. It was delivered just in time and will be used.

People were sent away one after another. The fourth master's exam was right in front of him. Not to mention being called over to ask, there was not even a polite question.

This is not their style of doing things. It can only be said that they don't know at all.

It’s good if you don’t know! If you don’t know Fourth Master and Lin Yutong, they won’t keep it public.

Therefore, only his family and Yu Liang knew about this matter. They resolutely kept their mouth shut and no one said anything.

When the day of the exam came, Yu Liang came to pick up the fourth master early in the morning and personally dropped him off and picked him up. There was Jia Xia at home, but Jia Xia was young and was not suitable for use yet.

The fourth master asked him about his errand, meaning that he had just gone and should not delay his business.

Yu Liang said: "We have arranged for a treasurer from the eighth grade. There are only nine treasurers like me in total. We don't have the chance to get rich jobs, so we don't dare to ask for them. The supervisor's warehouse only needs to store the old and worn-out old ones that have been retired.

Most of the armor and weapons are scrap metal that I dare not sell out, and they are not worth twenty taels of silver in total..."

This means that even if everything is lost, burned, or gone, it won't be a big deal. Firstly, you can afford to pay for it, and secondly, you are not afraid of being involved in disaster.

Lin Yutong looked at Yu Liang. Logically speaking, Wen Tianfang had come to visit him in person. Even if he came to test him, he shouldn't just arrange for such a position.

Yu Liang thought that Tongtong felt that this official was not respectable, so he laughed: "We don't rely on this to make money. We have our own way of making money. We just want to change the family and live in a place where we can live. So.

, I asked for this official position myself. I don’t need to be prominent, but I do need to be able to make no mistakes.”

Even if you can't be noble, you will never be involved in disaster.

For people who have no foundation now, this method is the safest method. Take it one step at a time, enter this circle, take a look slowly, study hard, and then want to start a business, it will be much easier.

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Lin Yutong really felt that there was something wrong with Yu Jian's brain. How good of a wife would he marry before he let such a smart eldest son go? Are some men really that other people's women are better than their own flesh and blood?

No matter how long I live, I still can't understand the weird brain circuits of some men.

She said, "I just think what my brother said is right. Everything must be safe. Don't take risks easily."

Of course, as an official, Yu Liang was naturally embarrassed to tell the Jia family. In their eyes, he was not as noble as the family at the door.

Because he was an official who was free and free from responsibilities, Yu Liang spent half of his time running his family business, and half of his time using money to build a network of connections and drinking with his colleagues in the army to brag. Therefore, he said that accompanying Fourth Master would not delay things.

Then Lin Yutong was relieved.

Lin Yutong was only busy with the fourth master's exams, and he had to take care of his brother-in-law and sister-in-law at home. However, he didn't expect that today, just after taking care of the housework, the fifth sister-in-law came down the hall, and she was still out of breath when she came in.

"What's wrong?" Lin Yutong quickly helped someone in: "What happened? If anyone can help, sister-in-law, just ask."

The fifth sister-in-law picked up the herbal tea on the table and took a sip: "Well, my eldest sister, something happened. You don't know, right? The Jin family of the Huang brothers went to visit your mother-in-law yesterday. I don't know what to say.

Your mother-in-law moved her, so your mother-in-law begged her, saying she was going to Zhou Rui's house to ask for Brother Ying's marriage to Zhou Rui's niece."

ah!?

The young girl standing outside suddenly turned pale, ran in and said hurriedly: "How can this happen?"

If Jia Xia takes the imperial examination in the future, she will have to marry a servant, which will ruin Jia Xia's future. It is not certain that the fourth master will not be implicated.

"Is the person gone?" Lin Yutong asked.

"I'm going. I'm afraid it's almost here." The fifth sister-in-law said hurriedly: "Hurry up, go into the house and beg the old lady..."

beg?

Who can I turn to at this time?

It was just a joke.

Lin Yutong went out directly and called the people outside: "Lead the horse!"

The Fourth Master went to the exam without riding a horse, and the horse was left at home. She picked up the riding whip and got on the horse and left, frightening the Fifth Sister-in-law who was following behind: "This... something is going to happen... Hurry... Hurry...

…”

Without waiting for a quick warning, the other side slapped the horse on the butt, and then the horse walked away.

People in the streets and alleys are watching. Who has seen a woman riding a horse in the street? Such a person has not been seen in the capital for many years.

Lin Yutong knew where Zhou Rui was. When he passed by Jia's house, a rough lady recognized Lin Yutong and sat down on the ground. Lin Yutong rode his horse through the alley. There were children on the roadside, so she didn't dare to ride too hard.

Quickly, I saw a small blue-topped sedan in front of me, followed by the rough lady of the Jin family.

If she was not polite, she chased after her and kicked the old lady away. This old lady was the most arrogant, and she was the one who had the upper hand on the east and the short on the west. After being kicked, she was about to fall down before she could even shout out.

.Instinctively, I grabbed the sedan next to me.

The small sedan carried by the two people, the Jin family was not very light inside, and was pressed to one side by a fat woman. As soon as the sedan tilted, it immediately fell to the ground and fell to the side. Several "ouch" sounds were heard from inside.

, and then the person rolled out of the sedan, who was it if it wasn't Jin? Immediately after, she was heard yelling: "My eyes are on my butt, and I don't look at the road..."

This is right in front of Zhou Rui's house. Zhou Rui's family happens to be at home today.

I came out when I heard the noise, but when I came out and saw it, I wanted to shrink back.

Lin Yutong sneered, and hit Jin with a whip. Jin felt hurt, but she thought someone was blocking the way. He didn't expect it to be her.

Struggling to stand up and about to scold, Lin Yutong whipped him again, "Dare you open your mouth and try? The next whip will hit your mouth, and then I'll tell you to talk too much and gossip!"

Jin held his head and just rolled around.

Everyone in Zhou Rui's family felt sorry for Jin. She was still wearing cotton-padded clothes on such a day, and the beatings made her skin torn and bloody.

Lin Yutong didn't say anything else. He told his brother-in-law that the daughter of the slave was his wife, and he couldn't even mention it. He just cursed: "It's a shameful thing. I can just live my own life, and I'll be a good man."

My mother-in-law is used to being quiet. If you ask around among the Manchus, no one will know what kind of person she is. You are so kind, and you rushed to see her. I don’t know what nasty things you said, which hurt my mother-in-law.

You fell ill when you left, and now you don’t know who she is! If anything happens to my mother-in-law, I will take your life!"

In front of Zhou Rui's family, Jin was slapped more than ten times.

Then he took off the golden hairpin from his head: "What I said today is an oath. If it is not true, it will be like this golden hairpin..." After saying that, he threw the golden hairpin in the direction of Zhou Rui's house.

.The golden hairpin flew towards Zhou Rui's family with the sound of wind. Before Zhou Rui's family had any direction, the golden hairpin passed through her bun, taking out a large amount of hair, and then inserted it into Zhou Rui's family.

The door panel. Then the golden hairpin made a crisp sound and half fell to the ground.

Zhou Rui's hair was disheveled, and he covered his scalp and did not dare to speak.

If you didn't know that this was directed at you, you would have seen a ghost.

But this... I didn't bring this up on my own initiative. It was Jin who came over and said that Qian had this intention.

But I didn't expect that a girl who was usually so kind would have such an appearance. Just when I went up to talk, I saw that this girl didn't want to talk to them at all, turned the horse's head, and walked away.

This time he did not go anywhere else, but rode in through the side door of Jia's house. Regardless of the so-called servants, whoever reached out to stop the horse would be whipped.

When these people saw it, they realized that they were going to the inner courtyard on horseback.
To be continued...