Whether it is the people from Stone Bridge Academy, the people from Hongyan Academy, or even the people who came to persuade Stone Bridge Academy to expand, they should be satisfied with this solution.
The three of them discussed together how to respond to you, and then arranged for Shi Chongshan to go to Guiyan City in person tomorrow to talk to a few gentlemen about the matter.
It is said that Shiqiao Academy is willing to expand, but nothing can be done overnight. It must be done slowly, so it cannot recruit so many students at once. Except for students from nearby villages, it can only recruit a maximum of two hundred people. The recruitment method is determined by the academy. The test questions allow students to take the exam and select the students based on their merit.
After that, there will be a certain number of additions every year.
Let’s try this first to see if it is feasible. If it is feasible, the academy will be expanded again in five years without limiting the number of people.
After talking about these things, Dean Shi and Shi Chongshan took Li Lin to the patriarch's house to talk about the matter, and stayed to eat and drink.
Once this man got to the wine table, he started to talk a lot. He seemed to be able to talk about everything from heaven to earth. He could even talk about one thing back and forth, as if these words were the food on the plate, and he was talking about everything. Drinking wine makes you happy.
It was already dark when Li Lin came back, and he still smelled of alcohol, as if he had drunk a lot.
If he drinks with his peers, he has always avoided it. If he really wants to persuade him to drink, few people are his opponents, because others drink more. But if he drinks with his elders, he will be much more restrained, as if he is a gentle person. The younger generation drinks when it is time to drink.
Su Wan disliked his smell of alcohol and urged him to take a shower, and also planned to let him sleep in the study for the night.
Li Lin had no choice but to worry that she really disliked the smell of alcohol on his body, so he had to take a bath first and then coax her. After all, he didn't want to sleep alone, nor did he want to be kicked out.
Before they got married, they were both a dignified and upright young man and a dignified and gentle girl. They usually only talked about feelings and reasons, but once they got married and lived together, sometimes it seemed that there was no reason to talk about.
For example, if you want to live a better life at this time, you have to be thick-skinned and sacrifice your face. She will never really kick people out. At most, she will just snort twice.
"You go to sleep in the study tonight, and I'll have someone make your bed." She sat in front of the dressing table, combed her hair, yawned, and came over to take a sip from the teacup filled with warm water on the table. , and planned to go to sleep.
She was dressed in white soft silk pajamas, covering up the amorous feelings inside, which he had kissed inch by inch. Her long raven hair was scattered casually, and her bright face was white and rosy...
The wind blew slowly outside, and the light and shadow of the candle flickered slightly.
He was a little impulsive, but he also knew that he must not offend her at this time. If he had a drink, it would be okay, but if he drank too much and smelled like alcohol, if he offended her again, she would probably not want to talk to him for several days.
He sat aside, drinking hangover tea, suppressing the taste of wine in his mouth, and just looked at her, not moving or making a sound anyway.
His eyes were scorching, and when she looked at him like this, her face turned even redder: "What are you looking at?"
"Madam is beautiful."
The corners of Su Wan's mouth curled up slightly, but he didn't say anything. He turned around and climbed onto the bed to wrap himself up and go to sleep. He smiled, drank the hangover tea, and sat for a while, feeling that the smell of alcohol on his body had almost dissipated. , lifted the bed curtain and got into bed, stretched out his hand to take her out of the quilt and hugged her.
He would never sleep in the study.
Su Wan pushed him twice, smelled something not that strong, and twisted his waist angrily. It was a little itchy. He smiled and said, "Madam, please don't kick me out of bed after you finish twisting."
Su Wan snorted: "Why did you drink so much?"
Li Lindao: "Dean Shi and the others were very happy. They said they thanked me for my help and wanted to respect me. I can't shirk it. My uncle was also very happy. I drank some with him, just once. I won't do it next time. Knowing when it was time to drink with them again, Madam allowed me this time."
Dean Shi was getting older, and he seriously said that he wanted to thank him for his advice. He really couldn't shirk it. Shi Chongshan was also happy. Shi replied that he wanted to get married, and the girl he was marrying was a noble daughter of a third-rank official. He was happy in his heart. , I think the Shi family can change the lintel in the future.
Don't look at it now. Shi Huixin is just an eighth-rank official, the end of the ranking of officials, but the official position in the imperial city is a small official, which is a carrot and a pit. This is something that no one can grab. Location.
Those who are able to stay in the Imperial City are the luckiest or those with connections in their families. The rest are sent to various places, and the unlucky ones are arranged to go to remote places. There is no guarantee that they will not be able to come back for several years.
What's even more unlucky is that they can't even be accommodated in the arrangement, so they can only sit on the waiting list.
Like Shi Huixin, now the Imperial Academy will be in prison for two years, and then he can make other arrangements. He also has a family of wives like the Minister's Mansion. As long as he doesn't make mistakes, he is not a piece of mud that can't stand up to the wall. It's all about one step. Step by step upward.
Let’s look at him in ten or twenty years. Maybe there will be a place for him in the hall of Tai Chi Hall.
Could Shi Chongshan be unhappy?
These days, he is so happy that he almost wakes up laughing in his dreams.
It's just that he couldn't express his happiness too much. He was afraid that others would say that the Shi family was arrogant, so he could only talk to Li Lin. If he wanted to drink with him, Li Lin had to accompany him.
"I'll go back and ask someone to prepare a thousand taels of silver and two sets of jewelry for my cousin. Since he wants to marry a girl from the minister's house, he can't be too shabby when he hires her."
"I calculate that the Shi family's wealth is only about two thousand taels, which adds up to three thousand. When you hire someone, you will need at least one thousand taels of silver and two sets of jewelry. In addition, you need to prepare some cloth, clothes, and other items. , and only about a thousand and a half are left.”
"Then we'll have a decent banquet, and we'll spend enough money."
Su Wan didn't care about this. She didn't have to pay anyway. It was his uncle's house, and it was his cousin who was getting married. He could give as much as he wanted, but when they got married, the two of them had to give a gift. Congratulations.
She thought for a moment and said, "I remember your mother left a lot of jewelry?"
Li Lin hummed: "Quite a few."
Not long after they got married, Li Lin gave him a stack of gifts, saying that they were things his mother had left behind. Since his mother had no girls, he could only give her the daughter-in-law. However, the things were far away in Licheng, so she only had the gift list in her hand. That’s all.
Shi Qinsang didn't know how to run a business, he didn't have a shop, and all his things were unique jewelry and treasures.
Su Wan thought for a while and said, "Why don't you give them some of your mother's things? What do you think?"
