His son was going to school and lived in the Imperial College. If he and Feng were to go there, they would have to rent a house. Renting a house in the capital would definitely be expensive. Besides, what's the point of the couple just staying in the capital? It would be unrealistic not to do it, and the embroidery stall at home cannot do without them.
Naturally, Lin Yuanqiu would not let his father and mother follow him. He usually stayed in the Imperial Palace. In such a huge capital, his father and mother were not familiar with each other, so he would inevitably worry about them all the time.
"Mom, it's better not to do it. My son has room and board in the Imperial College, and he studies a lot on weekdays. Even if you and your father go to the capital, you may not be able to see your son all the time. Besides, you two are not familiar with each other in the capital. Son If I have too much to worry about, it will be hard to feel at ease while studying in school."
Lin Sanzhu knew that his son was right, but the child suddenly had to run such a long distance, so he couldn't stop worrying.
No, after lying down on the kang, Lin Sanzhu couldn't fall asleep for any reason. He tossed and turned for most of the night, and then sat up again with a "swish".
Alas, Lin Sanzhu sighed, there's no reason why a bird can't fly when it's grown up. As a father, he has to learn to adapt earlier. His own dog is at the most critical time, so he can't let him delay his career.
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November 27th is the day when the woman brings her dowry. There are boxes and baskets of clothes and buckets of cloth, which are fully filled with four dowry loads.
What Wu didn't expect was that her fourth grandson's daughter-in-law actually had eight taels of silver in the box. It seemed that all the bride price sent here was used as a dowry for her daughter.
The reason why Mrs. Wu was surprised was because her fourth grandson's daughter-in-law's natal family was not in a very good situation, so she was willing to give up all the bride price as a dowry, which shows that her parents loved her daughter very much.
This time, Liu's parents also came with her to see her off. It was the first time the couple had returned to their daughter's house since they returned home from the disaster that year.
In the past few years, Mrs. Liu wrote letters about how good her life was. Without witnessing it with her own eyes, how could the old couple believe it?
But what I saw today was just as my daughter said, everything was fine. You can imagine how happy the old couple were at this moment.
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By the time Lin Yuanqiu returned to school again, it was already the twelfth lunar month.
Thinking that he had not told shopkeeper Xiao Hu that he would not cooperate next year, Lin Yuanqiu took the paintings to the calligraphy and painting shop.
Shopkeeper Xiao Hu, who was originally happy when he saw Lin Yuanqiu coming, was like a thunderbolt on a sunny day when he heard Lin Yuanqiu said that he would not come to Fucheng next year and asked him not to take orders in the future.
Shopkeeper Xiao Hu was anxious, "My friend, can you tell me where you and everyone in Taoyuan will travel next year?"
At this time, shopkeeper Xiao Hu thought that if they were not far away, the three brothers could still take care of it. After all, they really didn't want to let go of such a money-making business.
"Capital."
Lin Yuanqiu did not hide it. He also held a glimmer of hope in his heart, just in case Shopkeeper Hu and others had a branch in the capital.
But when Lin Yuanqiu saw that the look on the other side turned from expectation to frustration, he knew that it was a certainty that he would find a new partner next year.
When leaving the shop, Lin Yuanqiu took away a box of paints, pens and ink. He really didn't expect that after just over half a month, so many customers would come over and place orders.
In more than twenty days, Fu School will be on annual vacation, so Lin Yuanqiu plans to speed up the completion of the last batch of orders. Don't worry, Fu School will already be on holiday, and he is still rushing to work.
However, no matter how tight the time was, Lin Yuanqiu still did not stop going to the dock tea house with Zhou Zixu.
These days, many merchants in the tea house are discussing the affairs of Shanrong in the north. They are listening with great interest, and they are reluctant to leave.
On the day before the holiday, Lin Yuanqiu finally completed all the orders, and then sent them and a dozen inkstones to shopkeeper Xiao Hu. He also gave him a Bodhisattva picture of Baifu Qizhen for a collaboration. It can be regarded as fate in the journey of life, and it is easy to get together and part ways.
Shopkeeper Xiao Hu, who had been depressed for more than half a month, finally got some comfort after seeing the lifelike and exquisitely painted picture of Guanyin riding a turtle.
"My little friend, when you come back to Fucheng one day, you must remember that we can work together again."
Lin Yuanqiu nodded, "That's natural."
Although he said this, he knew that this possibility was not high.
Back in the dormitory, Lin Yuanqiu put the banknotes collected this time into the Analects of Confucius book.
Counting today's sixty-two taels, there are a total of more than one thousand four hundred taels of silver notes in his book. Lin Yuanqiu is going to take it to the bank to exchange for larger denominations. The saved books are bulging, which looks abnormal at first glance. look like.
When it was almost time to apply, Lin Sanzhu arrived, dusty and tired.
Also coming with them were Lin Yuanfeng and Lin Yuansong. Just like last time, they took turns driving the carriage. The road was difficult to walk in the snow, so they didn't dare to run too fast when driving the carriage.
Following closely behind was the Zhou family's carriage. This time the two families made a special appointment to go out together so that they could have someone to look after them on the way.
The group of people went to stay at the inn first. It was already late today and they would definitely have to wait until tomorrow morning before setting off again.
Since I am not going to study in my hometown next year, I have to pack all the things in the dormitory back this time. Fortunately, Lin Yuanqiu didn't have much luggage. Apart from a few quilts, the remaining large items were only two wooden boxes. As for the scattered small items, Lin Yuanqiu had packed them up the day before yesterday, so he just moved them into the car now. That’s it.
When he turned around to get on the carriage, Lin Yuanqiu looked back again at the large brown-red wooden door of the mansion.
It is said that all banquets in the world never come to an end, but there are no places in life where we don’t meet again.
I think that in the Imperial College in the near future, I will have a well-educated master and like-minded classmates.
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Chapter 106 Entering Beijing
The carriage ride back was the same as it was during the annual vacation in the previous two years. We first went to the county town. It's the end of the year again, and before going home, I have to go to the county government office to get back the subsidy given by the court.
The salary of a scholar is much higher than that of a scholar. Not only does he get four taels of silver per month, but his food is twice as much as that of a scholar.
It would be unrealistic to transport so much food home, so Lin Yuanqiu asked the scribe to directly convert it into silver for him.
He thought that he would leave for the capital in less than a month, and even if he came back, it would only be during the Chinese New Year. So Lin Yuanqiu, who got the money, was going to buy some things for his family in the county town.
Especially Chunyan and Chuncao, the two younger sisters are at their most pretty age. He, the older brother, wants to buy them some beautiful jewelry and some fashionable dresses.
Lin Sanzhu had no objection. This was money that Gouzi had earned through his own abilities. It was up to him to spend it how he wanted to spend it.
After hearing that Brother Lin wanted to buy something in the county, Zhou Zixu was ready to go back first.
As for the matter of going to the capital, the six of them will get together to discuss it after the New Year.
There is a guard post at the gate of the county government office. You don’t have to worry about losing the carriage if you tie it here. However, Lin Yuanqiu still handed a piece of broken silver to the gatekeeper beside him and told him that he would come back later to pick up the carriage and asked him to help watch it. some.
The officer thanked him profusely, saying that there was no need to keep an eye on Master Juren's carriage. No matter how brave the thief was, he would not dare to steal from Master Juren. However, even though he thought so, he would always help him. Pay attention.
The only things that her daughter's family likes are clothes, fabrics and jewelry. Lin Sanzhu is used to coming to the county town, so he naturally knows which street sells these things.
So Lin Sanzhu didn't waste any time and led the people directly to Changsheng Street, the most prosperous street in the county.
It's rare to see a grown man visiting a cosmetics shop, let alone four of them. The female shopkeeper just stood there and stared at them.
As for Lin Sanzhu, thinking that they would have to rush back to Xiaogaoshan Village later, and besides, in his opinion, there was nothing to choose from when wiping their face, he turned to Lin Yuansong and said:
"You just pick your own wife's choice, and I'll take care of the others."
After that, Lin Sanzhu counted the number of people on his hands. There was one mother, two elder sisters-in-law, two sisters-in-law, one Feng, and Yuanfeng's wife, Yuanhuai's wife, Yuanbai's wife, and Chunyan and Chuncao. Counting like this, There are nine in total.
After confirming that he had counted correctly, Lin Sanzhu asked the female shopkeeper to bring out nine boxes of powder. When he saw that there were also flowers for sale in the shop, he picked two for each person, red, pink, yellow, and so on. Purple, in various colors.
Seeing the customer's eagerness to buy things, the female shopkeeper was very happy and wiped off the change directly, and also gave two fine cotton handkerchiefs as a gift.
Lin Yuanqiu and Lin Yuanfeng were in the silver building opposite. They were in a hurry, so they acted separately.
Lin Yuanfeng did not expect that the fifth brother would directly ask the shopkeeper to bring out the gold hairpins, one tael of gold and ten taels of silver. Lin Yuanfeng took a closer look and found that each of the gold hairpins in the tray weighed more than four yuan, including the workmanship. , then one gold hairpin will cost four to five taels of silver. If you buy ten of them, you will get four to fifty taels of silver.
In addition to the five taels of money that the third uncle took away to buy hair flowers and powder, as well as the sheepskin jacket he just bought for his grandma, and several sets of clothes for the third sister and the fourth sister.
So, is Fifth Brother planning to spend all the subsidies from the Yamen?
Don't tell me, Lin Yuanqiu really thinks this way. In his opinion, since he wants to buy something, he might as well buy some good ones. It just so happens that my mother and the others don't have gold jewelry yet, so why not buy one for everyone.
As for Chunyan and Chuncao, after helping them pick out a golden hairpin each, Lin Yuanqiu bought a pair of golden-eared hairpins for each of them.
The shopkeeper separated the gold hairpins and packed them in exquisite wooden boxes. To be honest, it was the first time he had bought so many hairpins at one time.
After settling the money and leaving the silver building, a noodle seller happened to come over with a load. Lin Yuanqiu counted out a handful of copper coins left in his pocket and bought more than twenty noodle sellers in one go.
I have to say that no matter in the past life or now, the feeling of buying and buying is the same, that is, it is refreshing.
Snowflakes gradually began to fall from the sky. They were worried that the snow would fall heavily, so the four of them did not stay any longer. After picking up the carriage at the Yamen Gate, they hurried home.
When we returned to the village, it was already midnight, and the white snow accumulated on the ground reflected the light everywhere, so there was no need to worry about not being able to see clearly.
Wu didn't know how many times she had looked at the courtyard door. When she heard the sound of horse hooves, her heart suddenly relaxed.
In the entire small mountain village, only my family has a carriage, so it must be San'er and the others who are back.
Then Wu shouted loudly into the courtyard, "Dazhu and Erzhu, come quickly and move the threshold. They are back in Yuanqiu."
Lin Dazhu and Lin Erzhu had also been paying attention to the outside of the house. When they heard their mother calling them, they hurriedly walked out. When they looked at the courtyard gate, they saw that their carriage was approaching the door of their house.
The two hurriedly opened the courtyard door and then lowered the threshold so that the carriage could enter directly into the courtyard.
Mrs. Zhou and Mrs. Liu quickly went to the kitchen to cook and heat rice. It was already dark, so they thought they would be hungry in the distant autumn.
The two of them were also very fast. By the time Lin Yuanfeng and the others unloaded the carriage and rushed the horses to the stables to feed them, steaming meals were already on the table.
Because they had to hurry, Lin Yuanqiu and the others only ate a few snacks for lunch, so when they saw the delicious food, they swallowed involuntarily.
Lin Yuansong touched his growling stomach and couldn't help but smile, "It's better to be at home."
Lin Yuanfeng nodded, isn't it just home? It's winter, so you don't have to get up early, there's a warm kang, and hot meals.
Thinking of the frostbite on his fifth brother's hands and the dormitory without a heated kang, Lin Yuanfeng couldn't help but think that it was not easy for his fifth brother to survive all these years.
After dinner, Lin Yuanqiu brought over all the things he bought from the county town.
"Master, grandma, these are the sheepskin jackets that my grandson bought for you two. They are just right for you to wear now."
With that said, Lin Yuanqiu handed the coats to Lao Lintou and Wu respectively.
The two clothes are entirely made of satin, and wool is sewn in the middle. When you touch them, they are soft and soft, and you will definitely feel warm when you wear them.
Mrs. Wu grinned from the corner of her mouth to her ears, and she felt even more happy. She said that if she wore this dress, she would really become a landlord.
Lin Yuanqiu handed the bundle containing the small wooden box to Mrs. Wu, "Mistress, I bought this for you and my aunt, as well as my mother and sister-in-law. You give everyone a share."
With that said, Lin Yuanqiu handed the other two small wooden boxes to Chun Yanchuncao, "Here, I bought these for you two. See if you like them."
"Thank you, brother!" the two sisters said in unison.
The two of them thought it was the same beautiful hairpin as before, so they hurriedly opened it. When they saw the golden hairpin and earrings in the box, they couldn't help but exclaimed in surprise.
Qin Hehua and Wang Xiangyun who were sitting nearby also saw it, and they couldn't help but feel envious in their eyes. This hairpin is so beautiful.
Women are naturally in love with beautiful jewelry, not to mention that it is made of gold.
"Thank you bro!"
"Brother, you are so kind!"
Chunyan and Chuncao thanked their brother while picking up the gold hairpin and making gestures on their hair.
