Lin Dazhu raised his arm and wiped the sweat from his forehead, "Dad, after the New Year, my son will make two more rolling pins."
Old Lintou nodded and agreed with his eldest son's idea.
In the future, the number of people in the family will increase, and two rolling pins will definitely not be enough.
On the kang in the east room, Xiao Qing'er, who was dressed in a big red envelope, kicked her legs happily. The two youngest aunts, Chun Yan and Chun Cao, were teasing her. At this moment, the two little girls were tasked with taking care of the baby.
"Sister, are we going to give Qing'er some lucky money today?"
Chun Cao touched her little niece's chubby face and asked Chun Yan who was standing aside.
"I definitely want it, we are little aunts."
"Well, let's ask Nai for the red paper later!"
Chuncao was a little excited. Her grandparents used to give her red envelopes, but she didn't expect that she could be an adult today.
Chuncao planned to put six cents into a red envelope later. There are a lot of copper coins in her money jar, which are all pocket money given by her brother on weekdays.
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After the New Year’s Eve dinner, the next step is to watch the New Year’s Eve. As before, the whole family gathered at Lao Lintou and Wu's place. Twenty people were not a small number. If several of the younger ones had not sat on the kang, it would have been inconvenient to turn around.
"Dad, after the Chinese New Year, we might as well demolish this old house and rebuild it again."
Lin Sanzhu had already had this idea in his mind. It would be hard for the juniors to live in houses made of blue bricks and large tiles, while the elders in the family would still live in clay houses.
Lin Dazhu and Lin Erzhu thought the same way. When it snowed heavily a few days ago, the three brothers, as well as Yuan Feng and Yuan Song, got up in the middle of the night and swept away the snow many times, for fear that the heavy snow would collapse several old houses.
"Okay, okay, when spring comes, we will build a new house!"
Old Lintou's voice was loud. He never thought that one day he would demolish these old houses and rebuild them again.
These days are really getting better and better.
Wu took out the money box, which contained the money she had prepared last night.
According to the originally agreed share, first the three sons will be given one tael for each room, then Yuan Feng and Yuan Song, the two young couples will receive 500 taels each.
Naturally, all the money was handed over to the hands of her daughter-in-law and grandson-in-law. In Wu's words, there is no reason for a man to take care of money.
Holding a large bunch of copper coins, Qin Hehua was a little stunned and couldn't understand why there were so many coins.
Seeing this, Lin Yuansong explained with a smile, "This is the pocket money distributed to each room in the middle school. It is given once a year."
After understanding, Qin Hehua's hand holding the money trembled slightly. This was because she was excited, because she always felt like she had fallen into a nest of blessings.
Lin Yuanbai on the side, after seeing the string of copper coins in the hands of his elder sister-in-law and second sister-in-law, couldn't help it, "Mom, I will be eleven years old after the Chinese New Year, it's time to get a wife!"
Lin Yuanqiu, who was peeling peanuts, couldn't help but let out a puff when he heard these words, and a piece of peanut meat was sprayed far away.
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After the Lantern Festival, students returned to school one after another.
The same goes for Lin Yuanqiu. Although he has no plans to take the provincial examination for the time being, he still cannot leave behind the knowledge he needs to learn. After the college examination, in addition to the Four Books and Five Classics, Lin Yuanqiu focused most of his study on policy theory. From the past examination papers of the rural examination, Lin Yuanqiu discovered that policy analysis is the key point.
This is not difficult to understand. After all, if you pass the examination, you will be qualified to be an official.
Most of the policy theory is related to current affairs and governance suggestions, which can be said to be directly related to officialdom and government.
Therefore, if you want to pass the provincial examination well, you must have good strategies.
Chunmei's wedding is in March.
On the day when the dowry was delivered, the entire small mountain village almost exploded.
Who will tell them what happened to these six acres of dowry land? How could there be such a way to marry a granddaughter? Lin Dagui and Wu must be old and confused.
Also, how old is their Chunxiu this year? Have you reached the age to talk about marriage?
"Oh, I have to make some inquiries for my nephew quickly."
A thin-faced woman was very excited. This was six acres of paddy field.
A woman with a clearer head couldn't help pouring cold water on her, "I say to the Lintian family, you'd better save your energy and don't think about it. Since Dagui is so willing to marry his granddaughter, do you think he will marry her to Are you going to live in poverty in the poor valley where your mother-in-law lives?"
Everyone shook their heads. Of course it was impossible. Not to mention whether they wanted to part with her or not, just because of Lin Yuanqiu's status as a scholar, it was impossible for him to marry his sister to a job. Didn't they realize that Chunmei's husband's family was a wealthy family in the town.
At this moment, the villagers truly realized the gap with Lin Dagui's family.
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After sending his eldest sister off to get married, Lin Yuanqiu returned to his studies.
Although Master Zhou was much more lenient with him because of his current status as a scholar, Lin Yuanqiu had his own consciousness. He had only taken a small step in his official career, and it was far from the time to relax.
As for selling paintings, it is naturally indispensable.
Almost every time after the ten-day holiday, Lin Yuanqiu would go to Shopkeeper Hu's calligraphy and painting shop with a new painting or a customized portrait of Bodhisattva.
Nowadays, the paintings of "Taoyuan Mountain Man" are famous in Hengxi Town and even the entire Zhoushan County. Especially for the portraits of Bodhisattvas, it is not an exaggeration to say that demand exceeds supply.
The more people buy, the more money they earn. Now Lin Yuanqiu's Analects book contains no less than twenty banknotes.
Time always flies by while busy, and three years have passed before I knew it.
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Chapter 82 Government Studies
It had just rained last night, and the moist air was mingled with the aroma of the laurel tree outside the window. If you smell it carefully, you will find that there is also the fragrance of earth, hazy, lingering on the tip of your nose, which completely wakes Lin Yuanqiu up from his sleep.
He looked towards the window out of habit and saw that no light had yet penetrated through the window paper. He thought it was still the right time.
Sure enough, once a person's biological clock is developed, it can become a habit of being on time every day.
After getting dressed and getting out of bed, Lin Yuanqiu quickly came to the basin. There was water in it that he had prepared last night. It was just right for washing at this moment.
The newly purchased boar-bristle toothbrush still had some scratches, but Lin Yuanqiu was used to it and knew that after using it a few times, the bristles would become softer.
There are roughly three types of toothbrushes in this dynasty, namely horsetail hair, boar bristles, and willow branches.
The former is much more expensive than a pig-bristle toothbrush because the materials are difficult to obtain. Ordinary small families are simply reluctant to pay for it.
Just like Lin Yuanqiu, he was not willing to spend hundreds of coins to buy one of these daily necessities that needed to be replaced every once in a while.
Except for horsetail hair and boar bristle toothbrushes, the rest are willow branches. There are many in the village without spending any money. After breaking off the branches, dip one end of the branches into the water. When you need to use them, bite them open with your teeth and wait until the fibers of the branches are obtained. After that, it is ready to use.
This is what Lin Yuanqiu used when he was in the village.
To be honest, if it weren't for the inconvenience of breaking willow branches in the city, he would definitely continue to use willow branches to brush his teeth. It's not that he doesn't want to spend more than 20 yuan to buy a bristle toothbrush, but compared to pig bristles, willow branches are softer. many.
After washing up, Lin Yuanqiu opened the door, then turned around and locked the door. Afraid of accidentally losing the key, Lin Yuanqiu specially strung the key with a piece of fine cloth and hung it around his neck.
Based on Lin Yuanqiu's life experience in two generations, he felt that this was the least likely way to lose the key. Anyway, after hanging it up and stuffing it into his clothes, others wouldn't be able to tell that he hung the key around his neck.
As for why he had to lock the door at all times, Lin Yuanqiu still didn't understand it. Everyone else did it anyway, so he followed suit.
What's more, even if others don't do this, Lin Yuanqiu is still prepared to do this. After all, you still have to be prepared when you go out.
This is what Lin Yuanqiu has been reminding himself of for nearly a year since he came to Fu Xue.
Although my classmates all seem to be gentle and polite, they all say that we should not have the intention of harming others, we must have the intention of being on guard against others, and we still need to be cautious.
Besides, if it weren't for his cautious temperament, his family would definitely not be able to let him study in such a far away school.
Lin Yuanqiu felt bad when he thought of his father's eyes full of tears when he left a few days ago.
My love for my son is endless, and I am so happy to be home.
There are no parents in this world who don't care about their children, so just to make them feel at ease, Lin Yuanqiu has to take good care of himself.
Thinking that Coach Zheng must be waiting for him at the stables, Lin Yuanqiu didn't waste any time and walked quickly to the racecourse.
This is one thing he must do every morning except on rainy days, which is to go to the racecourse to practice riding horses.
It was only after Lin Yuanqiu arrived at Fu Xue that he learned that in addition to the Four Books and Five Classics, there are also elective courses such as etiquette, music, archery, charioteering, calligraphy, and mathematics. These are the six arts of a gentleman.
It was also at that time that Lin Yuanqiu understood why Master Wang and Master Zhou were both good at playing the piano. Emotion was an essential talent for a gentleman.
However, as far as Lin Yuanqiu knew, Master Wang and Master Zhou learned their piano playing skills by themselves by reading music scores, which was different from those in Fu Xue where the masters of the Eight Classics taught them the six arts.
Yes, this school was founded by the government, so it is naturally equipped with more complete facilities.
Lin Yuanqiu would definitely be happy to learn more skills, not to mention that among the six arts, calligraphy and archery are his favorites.
In his previous life, he worked at a desk at close range for a long time, which resulted in overuse of his eyes and severe vision loss.
Later, I heard someone say that learning archery can relieve eye fatigue and effectively improve vision.
So Lin Yuanqiu hurriedly signed up for the archery club.
I originally thought that after paying the tuition, I would definitely do three days of fishing and two days of drying out the net like I did before when I was working out.
Unexpectedly, after practicing a few times, Lin Yuanqiu quickly fell in love with this feeling that allowed him to focus on nothing else and always stay focused.
So he has been practicing for several years, including the day before he arrived here, he went to the archery club once. At that time, Lin Yuanqiu was already able to shoot at least six out of ten arrows to the ninth ring.
Now, given the opportunity to regain his hobby, Lin Yuanqiu would not miss it.
Besides, even for the sake of his own eyes, he should practice more, because archery is really helpful in restoring eyesight.
So when the teacher sent out the application form, Lin Yuanqiu filled in his favorite "shooting arts" and "calligraphy" without hesitation.
After registering, I naturally waited for the class to start. For this reason, Lin Yuanqiu even bought a pair of wrist guards, which were used to protect his wrists during archery.
I originally thought that everything was ready and I was just waiting for the classes to start, but I didn’t know that the teachings told everyone that starting from this year, "shooting art" and "imperial art" cannot be separated, so students who signed up for "archery art" must add "imperial art". art".
Several students who originally applied for "Archery" or "Royal Arts" hesitated after hearing the new regulations of the merger, because according to the regulations, each student can only take two electives. ” or “imperial arts” means that they can no longer learn piano, ritual music, calligraphy, etc.
In the end, all the students could only compare and choose their favorite subject.
Since it was a rule, Lin Yuanqiu had nothing to do. Who made him really not want to give up archery, so there would be no calligraphy classes.
As for the "imperial skill", Lin Yuanqiu also knew that it meant teaching you how to drive a carriage and horse. In fact, after learning it, it is quite useful. After all, in ancient times, carriages and horses were the main means of transportation. Learning it is the same as getting a driver's license in the previous life. Thinking about it, Lin Yuanqiu actually felt like he had done something unintentional. .
But who will tell him that learning to drive a carriage will turn into riding a horse.
Yes, when Lin Yuanqiu was excited about "taking the driver's license test" and was preparing to go to the racecourse to "learn to drive", he only saw two horses, one red and one brown, standing there. At that time, he was still confused about the frame of the car. Where is it, but the black-faced instructor told everyone that to ride is to ride, and to ride is to ride.
So learning to drive is the same as learning to ride a horse?
