Old Lintou has already negotiated with the masons to build a total of four rooms, all of which are light and dark, which will be most suitable for use as new houses.
The eldest grandson and the second grandson are going to get married next year, so now is the time to build a new house.
My grandson is now seven years old. It’s definitely not a problem for him and his two younger sisters to always be squeezed into the same room. The three-bedroom house originally allocated to him was smaller than the eldest and second son’s, so he had to get another one for his grandson. Just a room.
When they learned that Lao Lintou was going to build a new house, the villagers were definitely lying if they said they were not surprised. No, someone calculated the total money it would cost to build the house, plus the money for buying the foundation and re-building the fence. At the very least, It's more than thirty taels. It's really not something I don't know. I'm shocked when I calculate it.
Everyone was wondering, where did their family get so much money?
Stop talking about relying on your in-laws. Who would believe it? No matter how generous a family is, it is impossible for them to spend so much money at once to build a house for their son-in-law.
What's more, his daughter hasn't been married yet. When the house is built, it will be a ghost if he regrets that he doesn't want his daughter.
Besides, which adult would give all his money to his daughter? He still has sons and grandsons at home, so he wouldn't live in a miserable life just for the sake of his daughter.
Therefore, the money used to build the house must belong to Lao Lintou's own family.
At this time, someone mentioned that they often saw Lin Sanzhu carrying a big package to the town, so there must be something in the package.
After hearing this, many people recalled, yes, it seems that such a thing happened, and the package on Lin Sanzhu's back was not small.
Yes, yes, sometimes the third son of the Lin family and his eldest nephew would carry each other on their backs.
The more I think about it, the more frightened I am. No wonder I often see Lin Sanzhu coming back with meat. This is because he has earned enough money to eat it.
Thinking of this, several women who had originally intended to tell Lin Yuanfeng or Lin Yuansong about their nieces and nephews began to regret it. If they had known that this would be the case, they should not have listened to the rumors.
Now that I think about it, Qin is the smartest person.
Not the smartest, even Qin herself thought so. When she proposed marriage to her grandniece, she never thought of this at all.
I just thought that when my grandniece gets married in the future, the Wu family will do the same thing as most people and let the few kids who haven't got their turn to get married squeeze in first, so that the room can be used as a new house for the older children. , and then slowly wait until all the granddaughters in the family are married off, and then the room that becomes more spacious can be used for the other grandsons to find wives.
This is basically how the people in the village came. They really didn't expect that the old Lintou family would actually build a new house directly.
When Qin's brother and sister-in-law knew about this, they praised Qin to the heavens. Fortunately, her sister-in-law had good vision, otherwise she would have missed out on such a good in-law.
The Gao family was naturally happy to learn that the Lin family had built a new house. It was said that the better off the in-laws' life was, the more blessings they would be able to enjoy after their daughter got married.
So, can you be unhappy?
Seeing the changes in his new house every day, Lin Yuanqiu seemed to have returned to the scene in his previous life when he often went to the construction site to look at the house after buying it off-plan. Just like now, he was full of longing, thinking about what to do after the new house was obtained. How to decorate your room.
At this time, Lin Yuanbai and Lin Yuanhuai had the same idea as Lin Yuanqiu. They also hoped that the new house would be built soon, so that after their brother moved to the new house, they could sleep alone. room.
Hum, you can do whatever you want by then. Even if you raise a bunch of grasshoppers in the room, no one will care about them. It makes me happy just thinking about it.
Chunyan and Chuncao also had the same idea. The two little girls also looked forward to the master mason building their brother's room quickly. In this case, they could also follow the example of Chunxiu and carry the little rabbit into the room. went.
If Lin Yuanqiu knew that his two sisters wanted to drive him out because of the rabbit, he didn't know what he would think in his heart.
But at this time, he may not have time to be distracted by these things, because since April, Master Wang has led everyone to become familiar with the "Five Classics" among the Four Books and Five Classics.
The Five Classics, as the name suggests, are five books, namely the Book of Songs, the Book of Documents, the Book of Rites, the Book of Changes, and the Spring and Autumn Annals.
These five books are much more difficult than the four books. However, Lin Yuanqiu's view of depth is only based on the reading time and level of understanding. After all, these five books are much thicker than the four books. .
As for the difficulty of the content in the book, it is a matter of benevolence and wisdom. In Lin Yuanqiu's view, there is basically no difference in difficulty between the four books and the five classics. Different articles have different contents. If you want to learn them well, you just need to invest more time.
However, wanting to learn well here is just Lin Yuanqiu's request for himself, because Master Wang has not taught in depth at all. Unlike the four books before, Master Wang only led the students to read through the articles in these five books a few times. , the purpose is just to give everyone an impression.
After all, Ethnic Studies only gives each student three years of study time. How can it be possible to learn all the contents in the book in three years.
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By the end of September, the family's new house was all built, with blue bricks and gray tiles, which was in stark contrast to the old mud house next to it.
This made Lin Yuanfeng, Lin Yuansong, and Lin Yuanqiu too embarrassed to move in. How could the grandparents still sleep in the old house, while their juniors lived in the new house.
However, there was no time for them to worry about this. Perhaps because of the hot weather this year, it was only the beginning of October, and the persimmons in the backyard were starting to turn yellow one after another.
So, it’s time to make persimmons again.
So, in addition to the three sisters-in-law and the eldest granddaughter Chunmei, the family began to get busy making persimmon cakes again.
This year, in addition to Lin Yuanfeng and Lin Yuansong, there was also Lin Erzhu who went to the mountains to pick wild persimmons. After all, compared to the persimmons at home, there were many more persimmons on the mountains, and most of the persimmon makers were here.
In order not to be known by the villagers, the three of them went to the mountains to pick persimmons, but they put a lot of thought into it.
No, every time they go down the mountain, in addition to covering their baskets with weeds, they also carry a bundle of firewood on their shoulders. This gives people the feeling of coming back from chopping firewood.
During this period, Lin Dazhu and Lin Erzhu would still carry their burdens to the town to sell fresh persimmons several times, so the villagers had nothing to think about.
This year, because there is a new house and the yard is much larger, it is much more convenient to dry the persimmons. No, there is room for seven or eight drying mats.
I have been busy until the end of October to finish all the persimmons. Looking at the palms of the men in the Lin family, they are all yellow. This is because they peeled a lot of persimmons and got stained.
It's not time to sell the persimmons yet, so Mrs. Wu put them all into large vats. Lin Dazhu specially bought these large vats from the town.
After it is installed, cover it with a straw curtain, and the persimmons inside can be stored for a long time without going bad.
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On this day, when Lin Yuanqiu went to school, he heard several classmates talking about their preparations to take the county examination in February next year.
Lin Yuanqiu was stunned. His ears were not broken, right?
What did you learn now? You can actually take the county exam?
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Chapter 38 People’s Thoughts
The reason why Lin Yuanqiu thinks this way is not unfounded. Although he has finished studying the Three Hundred Thousand and Four Books, "Mencius" among them is still at the primary stage, let alone the Five Classics, which he has only studied for more than six months, so what should he take? Take the exam.
Apparently Mrs. Wang thinks so too.
No, in class, they took good care of the few students who were particularly excited. They called on their names one after another and asked them to stand up and recite or answer questions. If they couldn't recite or answered the questions incorrectly, they would be punished It is definitely indispensable.
The reason why Master Wang did this was to let them see their current learning situation clearly, and not to think that the imperial examination was too simple, thinking that after studying for three or two years, they could easily take the county examination.
In fact, Master Wang knew the reason for what happened today.
Because by next year, Ethnic Studies will have been open for three years, which means that the first batch of students have also studied for three years.
Mrs. Wang was also aware of the clan's previous rules, which was that each student could only attend clan school for three years.
In this case, by next year, all the students in the clan school who have completed three years of study will have to leave. Then they will either go to a private school in the town to continue studying, or go home directly and stop their studies.
Among these students, there are several families who have decided that they will no longer send their children to study in private schools in the town.
It’s not like you’re a wealthy family, so how can you afford it?
In other words, the reason why they let their children go to a clan school in the first place was because they didn't have to do any self-cultivation. Secondly, Lin Youzhi's reputation had such a huge impact on them that they could only dream of such a day.
In their view, now that money has been spent and they have gone to school, the next step must be the exam before leaving school. After looking forward to it for so long, it is definitely unjustifiable not to take the exam. Besides, the money spent on books cannot be wasted.
What's more, the kid has been studying for so long, and every time he memorizes the book, he shakes his head.
Therefore, if my child studies so well, he would not be willing to take a county exam.
If the Bodhisattva bless me and God opens his eyes, my family will make a lot of money.
The families became more and more excited as they thought about it, and they immediately decided to let their children take the county examination.
Being in the same clan, each family is close to each other. No, when several parents of students got together, they talked about this matter to each other, and by the way, they dreamed about the various scenery that their children would have if they were admitted to the imperial examination.
As a result, within two days, more and more families wanted their children to take the county examination next year.
As for these little kids, with their parents drawing a big cake ahead of them, and being just starting out, they would definitely not consider the difficulty of the county exam and just think they would just pass the exam as a child student.
Therefore, after seeing the expectations in their eyes, all of them straightened their backs and nodded without hesitation, agreeing to take part in the county examination.
Seeing their children look confident, their determination as parents naturally becomes stronger.
In this way, the parents misunderstood the children, and the children gave the parents the illusion. Both parties seemed to have a winning chance.
So today, Lin Yuanqiu heard his classmates talking about taking the county examination.
After class, one of the people who was slapped by Master Wang, Lin Youxing, covered his hands and walked quickly towards Lin Yuanqiu. Seeing the joy on his face, it seemed that he was not included in the people who were beaten just now.
Lin Yuanqiu was about to ask him if the beating hurt, but Lin Youxing spoke before him, "Yuanqiu, are you going to take part in next year's county examination?"
Lin Yuanqiu shook his head, "I won't go."
How stupid could he be to do something so uncertain?
It's not that Lin Yuanqiu is arrogant. He can be sure that among all his classmates in ethnic studies, he should be the one who learns the best.
The main reason is that he has the soul of an adult and is more self-disciplined than others. In addition, he has accumulated knowledge from previous lives.
But even so, Lin Yuanqiu was still not sure at all about taking the county examination.
How can we be sure? Although the county examination is the easiest step in the imperial examination, it is only for people with solid knowledge. Three-legged cats like them who have just finished reading the Five Classics should save it.
So he had better not go and embarrass himself. Besides, taking the county examination is not something that can be done casually. He has to find a scholar as a guarantor. Being a guarantor costs money. It is like throwing money into the water. He won't do it.
Lin Yuanqiu felt that after others figured this out, they would definitely not be in a hurry to put it on the shelves.
However, things did not go as Lin Yuanqiu expected, because several families couldn't wait to mention this matter to the clan leader.
As early as a few days ago, the clan leader heard about this matter. He didn't think much about it at that time because he had the same understanding as Lin Yuanqiu. He felt that it would be too early to take the county examination next year. He had only read a rough outline of the book and got it. What to take the exam for.
But seeing so many people coming over now, Chief Lin was about to express his opinion when he heard Lin Baozhong among them say, "By then, if any of the children in our clan pass the exam, it will bring shame to the clan. "
The words "earn face" made Patriarch Lin put back all the words he originally wanted to say.
Because he thought about the current situation of ethnology.
At the beginning of the year, there were twenty-six students in the family school. However, after the busy farm vacation this year, four children stopped coming. The reason is because the family thought it over and decided that it would be cost-effective to let the children help with the work at home.
Therefore, four people are missing from the twenty-six, leaving twenty-two.
Next year, the first batch of fifteen students who have completed three years will have to leave the clan school. In this case, the entire clan school will only have seven students.
Now Clan Leader Lin is worried about what will happen if no new students come in, or if a few more people leave along the way, how will the Lin Clan Academy continue to run.
Thinking of the twelve acres of paddy field, Lin Youzhi specially donated it to the clan in order to organize the clan school. If the clan school was gone, would they take the land back?
Therefore, Patriarch Lin suddenly felt that it was necessary for the children to take a county examination next year.
Regardless of whether you can pass the exam or not, as long as you take the exam, you will have a different impression on your tribe.
