The Road to the Imperial Examination for a Poor Family Chapter 169

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Then, he saw the nods from Fang Zhangyuan and Qin Shilang.

Then, Mr. Yang held up a large bowl that was as big as his face and drank the wine resignedly.

Then, Gu Ping calmly picked up the bowl in front of him and poured half of the wine into the chicken soup.

I have to say that Gu Ping was the wisest tonight, because when he left the Lin Mansion, he was the only one who was still light on his feet and knew where he lived.

As for the others who were unconvinced and played a few extra rounds, they were eventually sent home one by one.

As for Lin Yuanfeng and Lin Yuansong, as well as Lin Yuanhuai and Lin Yuanbai, who were responsible for sending people home, although they were tired, they were still honored.

Huh, if I don't get you drunk, I'm afraid you won't remember that my fifth brother is the top pick!

After sending off the teacher and Fang Zhangyuan, Lin Yuanqiu finally breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, he only got married once in his life, otherwise he would be really tired.

When I returned to the new house, I saw Yurou still sitting on the edge of the bed, with Liu Ye by her side.

After seeing her uncle come back, Liu Ye hurriedly left and closed the door behind her.

Lin Yuanqiu was about to ask Yurou if she was tired, but he heard some rustling outside the window. He hurriedly motioned to his wife to silence, and then walked lightly to the window.

Outside the window, three sisters-in-law, the Zhou family, the Liu family and the Feng family, were sitting on a small bench.

Ms. Zhou whispered, "Third brothers and sisters, we won't be discovered by Yuan Qiu like this, right?"

Mrs. Liu nodded, indicating that it was the first time for her to listen to the orders of an imperial court official, and she felt really nervous.

Feng glared, "Sister-in-law, second sister-in-law, we have agreed in the past that I will help you listen to Yuan Feng Yuansong's bed, and you must also listen to Yuan Qiu's bed for me. You see, now your grandchildren They're all running around, and I don't have any younger siblings. Hey, hey, hey, I said what are you two doing when you get up, and you haven't even started to listen yet!"

Seeing her eldest sister-in-law and second sister-in-law carrying a small stool like a dog chasing her away, Ms. Feng wondered, what is going on?

But when she turned her head, she saw that her Yuan Qiu had arrived at the window at some point and was smiling at her.

Feng was a little embarrassed when she was caught red-handed eavesdropping on her son and daughter-in-law's bed.

It's just that as the number one scholar's mother, how could she not be clever?

Mrs. Feng looked helpless as if she was forced by her mother-in-law to eavesdrop, "Yuan Qiu, if your grandma asks me tomorrow, just say you didn't see me and leave early, otherwise your grandma will definitely scold me." ”

After saying that, Feng grabbed the small bench on the ground and left pretending to be cheerful.

Lin Yuanqiu: "..."

Wu, who was inexplicably carried a big pot, sneezed three times in a row. She tightened her tight clothes. It wasn't cold today, so why did she suddenly sneeze?

Zhong Yurou naturally knew why her mother-in-law was hiding outside the window, so her face suddenly turned red. Her skin was already fair, and now she looked like a ripe peach.

Lin Yuanqiu was also stunned.

They all talk about food, sex, and sex. It is human nature to like prosperous and beautiful things, not to mention the person in front of you.

The same goes for Zhong Yurou. From every conversation with Brother Lin, she can feel the care and respect that Brother Lin has for her. How could she not like such a person?

On this night, Lang was in love with his concubine, and the rest naturally fell into place.



Chapter 172 Slip and Fall

The next day, the genius dawned, and Lin Yuanqiu, whose biological clock was always on time, woke up.

But he didn't move because his wife was sleeping soundly in his arms. Lin Yuanqiu's chin was just touching Yurou's hair. The fluffy hair exuded a light fragrance, which was like fruit and flower. Lin Yuanqiu was not sure. He brought his nose closer and prepared to smell it again, but the result was... This small gesture wakes up the person in his arms.

Thinking of what happened last night, Zhong Yurou, who had opened her eyes, was too embarrassed to look up at her husband, and kept burying her head in Lin Yuanqiu's chest.

This cute move made Lin Yuanqiu couldn't help but chuckle.

He gently caressed the person in his arms, trying to get him to sleep a little longer. But Zhong Yurou suddenly remembered that she had to cook breakfast on the second day of her wedding.

Turning around to look at the window, I saw a faint light coming in, so I was afraid it would be too late if I didn't get up.

Thinking of this, Zhong Yurou didn't waste any time and quickly sat up from the bed, "Mr., please sleep a little longer, Rou'er has to get up to make breakfast."

make breakfast? Yes, Lin Yuanqiu quickly remembered that there is a rule for a new wife to cook on the second day of her wedding.

How could he lie down now? He quickly got dressed and stood up, "I'll help you."

"Help me?" How? Zhong Yurou wondered, "Mr., can you cook?"

Lin Yuanqiu nodded, "Yes!"

Once you learn the skill of cooking, it is engraved in your bones. In his previous life, when he lived alone, he would often cook to reward himself. So even though he hasn't done much in these years, Lin Yuanqiu still remembers the basic operations.

Besides, it's not difficult to make breakfast. You just need to put rice and water into the pot and cook it into gruel.

If that doesn't work, you can help light the fire, right?

When Zhong Yurou heard this, she didn't stop her, thinking that she would let her husband light the fire later.

Liu Ye was already waiting outside the door. The lady was cooking, so she would definitely be there to help.

But when Liu Ye saw the two people coming out of the house one after another, she was wondering, what is my uncle doing up so early?

Before Liu Ye could figure it out, he saw his uncle walking forward, with his young lady following closely behind. Looking at the direction my uncle was going, it seemed that he was coming from the kitchen.

Don't ask Liuye why she knew it, because the lady had to cook this morning, so yesterday she asked the mother-in-law in the courtyard about the location of the kitchen.

When the three of them arrived in the kitchen, Zhang Ma and the other two cooks had already scooped out rice and noodles for breakfast.

Seeing the young master and young mistress coming, Zhang Ma knew that it was the new daughter-in-law who was cooking. She hurriedly greeted the other two cooks, and then the three of them were waiting outside the door, ready to listen to the young master and young mistress' orders at any time.

Seeing this, Zhong Yurou didn't waste any time, and quickly started washing the rice, thinking of cooking the porridge first.

In fact, Zhong Yurou only learned these things not long ago. Although her family is a small household, there are always cooks who cook.

Before getting married, Zhong Yurou learned how to cook rice, porridge, and a few simple pasta dishes from her family's cook, but not much else.

After putting the rice into the pot, Zhong Yurou began to scoop out water and mix it with the noodles. For the pasta this morning, she was going to make butterfly rolls. This was Zhong Yurou's favorite and best among several pasta dishes.

It is said to be a butterfly roll, but it actually means making the pasta into the shape of a butterfly. Except for adding some sugar, the taste is basically the same as that of steamed buns, so it is not difficult to make.

While Lin Yuanqiu was cooking porridge, he watched the master and servant roll the noodles into the shape of a butterfly. The body, wings, eyes, and even the tentacles were not left behind.

Zhang Ma kept an eye on what was going on in the kitchen. When she saw that the young lady had started to roll the pasta, she added water to another large pot, then set up a steamer, ready to help steam the butterfly rolls.

Lin Sanzhu and Feng were both concerned about their daughter-in-law's cooking this morning. Both husband and wife had the same idea. They felt that their daughter-in-law must have never cooked at her parents' house, and they didn't know if they could successfully make breakfast today.

So at dawn, Lin Sanzhu urged Mrs. Feng to go to the kitchen and have a look, "If it doesn't work, you can help my daughter-in-law!"

Mrs. Feng thought the same way. Although her cooking skills were not as good as those of her elder sister-in-law and her second sister-in-law, she could definitely make breakfast.

But after a while, Mrs. Feng came back with a smile on her face.

Lin Sanzhu was about to ask her what she enjoyed when she heard Mrs. Feng say, "Let me tell you, the men of the Lin family love their wives. They were the same with Yuan Feng before, and now Yuan Qiu is the same. When I went to the kitchen just now, I saw I was helping my daughter-in-law light the fire in the distant autumn. And our daughter-in-law seems to have a neat personality, so when it comes to kneading dough, she can do it without any fuss."

In fact, what Feng wanted to say was that seeing her daughter-in-law's cheerfulness made most of her worries disappear.

Originally, Ms. Feng was a little worried. Her mother-in-law was born as a peasant woman, but her daughter-in-law was a lady from an official family. She was really worried about how the two would get along in the future.

Now it seems that I can feel a little more relieved.



On weekdays, except for Lin Yuanqiu who had to get up early because he had to go on duty, everyone else in the Lin family basically had breakfast at Chenchu.

This is the rule set by Lao Lintou, and it also stipulates that if there are no other reasons, you must have breakfast in the dining room at this point.

Naturally, this rule only applies to the adults and older children in the family, and small children are not included.

But today is not an ordinary day. Thinking of having breakfast cooked by the pretty aunt today, Wanxue, Wanyu, and Mo Jun, who were originally too sleepy, got up early.

Sure enough, the little aunt did not disappoint them. The butterfly buns were so pretty.

Wanying, Wanxue, and Wanyu held it in their hands and looked around, reluctant to eat it.

After breakfast, it was time for the new daughter-in-law to serve tea. Needless to say, Lin Sanzhu and Feng, their daughter-in-law must be satisfied. No, after eating the tea served by their daughter-in-law, the red envelope was so refreshing.

Wu and Lao Lintou were naturally very satisfied. Not only did their granddaughter-in-law look upright, but she was also generous in temperament.

Not to mention the Zhou family, Liu family, Gao Cui, Qin Hehua and the others, their nephews and wives (fifth younger siblings) are good-natured at first glance, and I think they will all get along well with each other in the future.

In addition to giving Wu a rag embroidered with auspicious clouds, Zhong Yurou made cloth shoes for all the other elders in the family.

As for the children in the family, each girl has an exquisite silver hairpin. The boys each had a two-inch-long unedged small dagger. The dagger's shell was inlaid with small turquoise stones. It looked so exquisite that several boys couldn't put it down, and each one's mouth felt like it was coated with honey. Usually, I say thank you to my aunt again and again.

Back in the room, Lin Yuanqiu and his wife talked about many things at home, including Mo Linxuan and Lin Ji's business. Since we are husband and wife and still part of the family, we naturally need to know what is going on at home.

Zhong Yurou quickly became interested when she heard that the female family members all made embroidery work together and then sold it in the shop.

She has a chaperone to help run her two dowry shops, and she usually has a lot of free time. Instead of sitting idle like this, she might as well do embroidery work with her mother-in-law, aunt and sister-in-law, and besides, these The patterns were all drawn by Xianggong, and Zhong Yurou always felt that it was a great sense of accomplishment to embroider.

Just do whatever comes to mind. After Sanchao returned home, Zhong Yurou went to her mother-in-law and told her that she also wanted to do embroidery work with her.

Mrs. Feng was of course not dissatisfied. To be honest, every time she saw her elder sister-in-law and second sister-in-law doing embroidery work with her daughter-in-law, she would be extremely envious.

Thinking of this, Mrs. Feng immediately went to her room and took out the embroidery she had made, preparing to show her daughter-in-law a good look.

Because Mrs. Wu said she would save more and then sell them in the shop, Mrs. Feng has accumulated a lot of embroidery items in her room, including purses, fan covers, pencil cases, and book covers.

When Zhong Yurou saw the bookmark with a picture embroidered on it, she felt that her eyes were not strong enough, "These embroideries are so beautiful, mother, your hands are so skillful."

Being praised by her daughter-in-law, Mrs. Feng couldn't help but raise the corners of her mouth, "This is not my mother's skill. It's obviously Yuan Qiu who painted the patterns well. Yurou, mother, let me tell you, the embroidery in our shop is The reason why it sells so well is because Yuanqiu is a good painter."

Feng didn't lie. The embroidery samples in other shops were just embroidery samples, unlike the ones from Yuanqiu, which were just paintings.

Zhong Yurou felt that her mother-in-law was right, her husband was indeed a good painter, and it was the first time Zhong Yurou had seen this practice of embroidering the entire painting on embroidery.

She turned to Liu Ye and ordered, "Go to the room and get the sewing basket. I will learn to sew with my mother-in-law for a while."

Liu Ye nodded in agreement.

After a while, he came over holding a basket full of silk threads.

Later, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, one taught carefully and the other learned seriously, only half an hour later, Zhong Yurou was able to master it alone.



Lin Yuanqiu had a total of half a month of marriage leave. Taking advantage of these few days of free time, he directly started to decorate the large study room. In fact, this matter is not complicated. Just put in a few bookshelves and then put in tables and chairs for children to write and read.

Lin Yuanqiu called a few cousins, and they all went to the furniture store together. I plan to buy a set of tables and chairs for all the children in the family.

As for the younger ones like Wanxue and Wanyu, although they have not yet reached the age of enlightenment, Lin Yuanqiu also bought them tables and chairs this time.