Early the next morning, Lin Mo had breakfast with everyone and took Zhao Heng to Mafu together, Lin Mo originally wanted to take Liu Xin'er over, but Liu Xin'er shook his head and didn't want to go, so Lin Mo had no choice but to give up.

When the two of them came to Mafu, Lin Mo knocked on the door, and it was Zheng Wu who opened the door, Zheng Wu looked at Lin Mo's face with surprise and panic, and asked with some hesitation: "Watch...... Young Master Lin, what are you doing here today?" When Lin Mo heard this, he smiled faintly and said, "I came here today to meet the horseman, and by the way, I will say something." ”

When Zheng Wuyi heard this, he was a little entangled in his heart, so many things that happened in the house were related to Lin Mo, and he was almost implicated by Lin Mo last time, should he let Lin Mo in this time? At this time, a voice came, "Zheng Wu, what are you doing?" Who's outside the door? I saw a familiar figure gradually approaching, "Yo! It turned out to be a cousin young master? Zheng Wu was stunned, why was he doing? Hurry up and let Master Cousin in. Zheng Wuyi breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, and quickly got out of the way and invited Lin Mo and Zhao Heng into the mansion.

Lin Mo was immediately embarrassed when he heard Steward Zhang call himself "Young Master Cousin". At the beginning, Lin Mo became the cousin of the second lady Liu Siqing in order to avoid suspicion, and became the cousin of Ma Fu, but now Liu Siqing is dead, and it can be said that he was forced to die by himself, Ma Fu should not admit Liu Siqing, let alone admit that he is a "cousin young master" who is "from an unknown source".

Steward Zhang didn't care what Lin Mo thought and hurriedly beckoned Xiao Heng to go to the home school, Xiao Heng said goodbye to a few people and hurriedly ran towards the home school. Steward Zhang asked, "I don't know why Young Master Cousin came here today?" When Lin Mo heard this, he hurriedly said: "Today, I made a special trip to meet the horsemen, one to visit and the other to thank you." I wonder if the horsemen are free?" When Steward Zhang heard this, he smiled, didn't speak, and led Lin Mo to the study, Steward Zhang knocked on the door, and Ma Zhiyuan's voice came from inside the house.

"Who?"

"Master, Lin Gongzi came to see you and waited outside the door." Butler Zhang entered the house to report.

Ma Zhiyuan let out a faint "um", and Steward Zhang went out to tell Lin Mo that he could go in. After Lin Mo entered, he saw that Ma Zhiyuan was looking at a book, and Lin Mo glanced at it, it should be a collection of poems. Lin Mo said respectfully: "In the next time, I made a special trip to thank Ma Yuanwai for his righteous action that day, and transfused blood to save Xin'er, which was the five hundred taels of silver promised at that time, and asked the staff to smile." As he spoke, he put the small box he had brought with him to the side of the desk, and then retreated to his original position, waiting for the horseman to speak.

Ma Zhiyuan glanced at the box, and then moved his eyes back to the book. Time passed little by little, and Lin Mo was a little tormented, which reminded Lin Mo that the first time he saw Ma Zhiyuan was in this room, and he had waited for a long time, and finally before Lin Mo couldn't help but speak, Ma Zhiyuan finally spoke: "That's all?" Have you forgotten something? ”

Lin Mo was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and finally asked helplessly after thinking for a long time: "This, there have been a lot of things these days, and some things I can't remember clearly, so I asked the horse staff to make it clear." ”

Ma Zhiyuan glanced at Lin Mo, and a smile appeared in his eyes: "You still owe me hundreds of jars of spirits, when will they be delivered?" When Lin Mo heard this, he immediately remembered that he used a bowl of wine from Ma Zhiyuan when he was drinking Xin'er, and he said that he would give Ma Zhiyuan hundreds of jars of spirits.

Lin Mo hurriedly replied: "Don't worry, since you have agreed, you will definitely honor it in the future, but you can't brew it and send it now, but you will definitely try your best to brew it and send it early." Ma Zhiyuan smiled: "Don't worry, as long as you can send it over, but don't wait until I'm seventy or eighty years old to send it, then I will be weak." Lin Mo hurriedly nodded and promised that it would be brewed as soon as possible.

"And you should call it uncle, I don't feel comfortable being so restrained." Lin Mo had no choice but to nod his head in agreement, "Uncle, this time, I did something impulsive, I failed to explain it to you in advance, it has caused a lot of bad effects on the Ma family, and I am the only one who is at fault, and I am willing to accept how my uncle punishes me." As he spoke, he bent down to Ma Zhiyuan and asked Ma Zhiyuan to punish him. Ma Zhiyuan shook his head and said: "You handled this matter very well, not only exposing the true face of Liu Siqing, his criminal deeds, but also avenging the wrongful deceased, and also stopping his poisoning of the eldest lady in time, in addition, exposing it at the right time also protects the face of the Ma family, which you have done very well." ”

Lin Mo nodded in agreement when he heard this, but then said: "But because of this incident, the eldest young master has not been seen so far, and I am very ashamed." ”

"You can't be blamed for this, if it weren't for Liu Siqing's woman, who seduced Ruowen and instructed Ruowen to do so many hurtful things, Ruowen would not have suffered this catastrophe, this is his fate, and he can't blame anyone." Ma Zhiyuan said lightly, Lin Mo was a little uncomfortable, after all, Ma Zhiyuan put all the fault on Liu Siqing, but deliberately ignored that it was Ma Fu who caused Liu Siqing to be like this, Lin Mo wanted to defend himself, but after calming down, he had to look at Ma Zhiyuan by default, after all, he couldn't get into trouble with Ma Fu for Liu Siqing now, and Ma Ruowen's life and death are also unknown now, which can be regarded as a cycle of cause and effect, and there is no need to continue arguing.

Ma Zhiyuan looked at Lin Mo and suddenly asked, "Lin Mo, how old are you this year?" Lin Mo was stunned for a moment and replied, "Sixteen." Ma Zhiyuan stroked his beard and said with a smile: "Sixteen, it's time to participate in the scientific examination." I'm going to try it soon, what are your plans? ”

When Lin Mo heard this, he smiled bitterly: "I haven't even read a book for a few days, wouldn't it be a shame to participate in the scientific examination." Ma Zhiyuan shook his head: "Although the scientific examination is not easy, with your talent and learning, the county test and the government test can still be handled." Lin Mo heard it, this is to let himself take the Xiucai test, his participation in these few catties and taels is purely a waste of time and money, and besides, the county test will be taken in a month, and it will be too late for him to hold on to his feet temporarily, after all, there are too many books to read. This is like a person who didn't even go to high school in his previous life told him to take the college entrance examination in a month, and he is not a prodigy, how can he have that ability.

Lin Mo had to smile bitterly: "Uncle said that he was joking, the kid has never even been to a private school, how to participate in the county test, it is better to earn some money and silver with peace of mind, and live a good life." ”

Ma Zhiyuan was a little disappointed when he heard this, so he had to say: "What's the matter if you don't study in a private school, the exam is about learning, and you still have talent, and it is far beyond ordinary people, if you don't participate in the scientific examination, wouldn't it be a pity." ”

Ma Zhiyuan said earnestly, "Besides, even if you just want to run the restaurant well, if you are a backer, how do you gain a foothold, how do you make the restaurant bigger, and if you have a reputation, the average Xiaoxiao will not dare to provoke you." Listening to Ma Zhiyuan's words, Lin silently did not speak, Ma Zhiyuan was right, he is doing so well in the restaurant now, not because the Ma family has the prestige of those county orders and county officials, otherwise he can't be so smooth, but these are outsiders after all, once they don't want to pay attention to you one day and kick you, Lin Mo's restaurant may be collapsed by some people with ulterior motives at once, or he has to take out a large amount of money to make a relationship, but if he doesn't have these connections, he has no place to spend money even if he wants to.

Lin Mo didn't understand the truth of "relying on the mountains and mountains, relying on everyone to run, and everything can only rely on himself", but he felt that he hadn't reached that point before, and there was no need for the Ma family and those gentry to think about these problems. But after these things, especially the impact of the Ma family's change in attitude towards himself on the restaurant, Lin Mo realized that he had to find another way, and he only had a little bit of interest with these people, this relationship was as thin as paper, and it would be broken with a slight pull, and he couldn't always think about relying on these people. Therefore, Lin Mo wants to strengthen himself, and the most direct way is to gain fame, so that his business path can be much more convenient.

Seeing that Lin was silent, Ma Zhiyuan sighed and said, "If you figure it out and want to participate in the scientific examination, you can come to me, I can help you." Lin Mo had to thank Ma Zhiyuan first, and then leave.

After Lin Mo left, Ma Zhiyuan said, "I hope you don't disappoint me, you have such a talent, if you don't show it, wouldn't it be too wasteful." If not, I'll have to push you again. After speaking, he took out a piece of paper, which was the rubbings of the inscription written by Lin Mo to Liu Siqing, Ma Zhiyuan looked at the two poems written by Lin Mo and grinded them repeatedly, and his eyes were full of amazement and disbelief.

Lin Mo walked under the corridor, thinking about Ma Zhiyuan's words just now, and I had to say that Ma Zhiyuan's words moved him, he might want to try the scientific examination, even if he is not an official, it will be good for him in the future.

"Lin Mo, are you back?" Lin Mo turned around and saw that Ma Ruoyan and Cui'er were standing behind him and looking at him. Lin Mo hurriedly stepped forward to say hello, "I've seen Second Miss, I came back yesterday, and I made a special trip to see Ma Yuanwai today, and I said something by the way." ”

Ma Ruoyan nodded and asked, "Then Xin'er came with you?" Or is it in town?"

"Xin'er? She came with me, only now in a different form as a cover. ”

"Oh? Then I'm very curious, by the way, why didn't she come to Mafu with you?"

When Lin Mo heard this, he shook his head and said, "Now Xin'er is not suitable to come to Mafu, it is very inconvenient. Ma Ruoyan understood what Lin Mo meant, and her eyes showed sadness and reluctance.

"It's okay today, so I'll go to your restaurant and try the new dishes! Please also ask the proprietor to lead the way. Ma Ruoyan said with a smile. Lin Mo had no choice but to lead the two to the restaurant.

On the way, Ma Ruoya asked: "The county test will be held at the end of next month, do you have any plans?" ”

When Lin Mo heard this, he looked at Ma Ruoyan in surprise, and said with a smile: "Sure enough, it's not a family that doesn't enter the door." ”

"What? My dad asked too?" Ma Ruoyan asked curiously, Lin Mo nodded, "It's the same as what you asked." ”

"Oh? So what are you going to do? Lin Mo was a little entangled when he heard this, "Actually, you can try this county test, after all, scientific research is also a way to improve, and relatively speaking, scientific research is more suitable for you now than business." Even if you don't want to be an official, participating in the scientific examination and gaining fame will be of great benefit to your future business. Lin Mo nodded and agreed, in fact, Lin Mo already had a plan when he left the study, and now Ma Ruoyan's words also made Lin Mo more sure of his plan.

"Isn't it the imperial examination? Thousands of troops and horses came over for the college entrance examination that year, and they were still afraid that he would take a small county exam?"

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