The son is dead, and with Jia Min's age and her current state, the possibility of having another one is very low. In this way, Lin Jin, the eldest son, has become very important.

Originally, Lin Ruhai wanted to send Lin Jin to the upper room to raise, not only to improve Lin Jin's identity, but also to comfort Jia Min, who was immersed in the pain of losing her son and couldn't get out.

Now, because Jia Min was worried that Daiyu would have no brothers to rely on in the future, he had the idea of marrying Daiyu back to his parents' family, which made him feel that he should send Lin Jin to the upper room.

In Lin Ruhai's eyes, Lin Jin and Brother Mao are both his sons. Although Brother Mao'er is a little more valuable because of his status as a concubine, Lin Jin is not an ordinary concubine, and he is the first son he has been looking forward to for many years. Although Lin Ruhai's attitude towards Lin Jin is average because of the existence of Jia Min and Brother Mao, and the need to maintain the majesty of being a father, in fact, in his heart, Lin Jin and Brother Mao are about the same weight, just because they are different, and they are afraid that Jia Min will be too attentive and the back house will be unstable, so they didn't show it.

In Jia Min's eyes, a hundred Lin Jin combined can't compare to her brother Mao. Besides, not long after her son died, Lin Ruhai wanted her to raise a concubine, which was tantamount to stabbing her in the heart, so no matter what reason Lin Ruhai gave, even if it was related to Daiyu, Jia Min still refused without hesitation.

"Master, Sister Yu'er's health is not good, I have to take care of her here, and I have to take care of family affairs, I have a short spirit for a while, and I really can't raise another child."

Knowing that Lin Ruhai would definitely persuade her again, she hurried before he spoke: "I know what the master wants to say, just raise children, but not just eat and drink, if that's the case, as long as there is a maid and a wife to serve, why bother us as parents." ”

Lin Jin was worried that she and Yang Wan were standing outside eavesdropping, and they would be seen badly by the maids and women in the courtyard who came back to serve them, so she pulled Yang Wan away and didn't continue to listen.

In the house, although Jia Min refused to raise Lin Jin, he listened to what Lin Ruhai said to let Lin Jin and Daiyu cultivate their relationship, and his heart turned with his thoughts, and said: "Although there is still Brother Lin, he has become the Yang family, so the burden of our house falls on Brother Jin."

I heard that Sister Wan has been teaching Brother Sumire to read and write a long time ago, so in this case, it is better to hire a good teacher for Brother Sumire and let him officially start reading. ”

Lin Ruhai thought for a while, nodded and said, "What Madame said is reasonable, I'll ask Mr. when I go back." "You have to hire a good and knowledgeable gentleman to teach.

Jia Min cautiously tentatively said: "Since you are going to let Brother Jin study, do you want him to move out of Sister Wan in the East Courtyard?" Even if he doesn't move to the front yard, he should be left alone in the yard, and there is no reason for him to be in the backyard. ”

"It's time to move out." Lin Ruhai agreed with her proposal, but hesitated when arranging accommodation, "Brother Sumire's age moved to the front yard, a little younger, but if you continue to live in the backyard, where do you think it is appropriate to live?" ”

Jia Min smiled and suggested, "Why don't you live in Yuhua Pavilion?" It was the closest place to the front yard, so he could ask the lord for advice. ”

"Well, that's fine." Lin Ruhai thought about it for a while and felt that it was very appropriate, so the matter was settled.

……

Although Yang Wan was reluctant to let Lin Jin move out of the East Courtyard, there was no room for her to object to this matter, so she could only helplessly pack up Lin Jin's things, and repeatedly told the people around her to serve Lin Jin well.

Lin Jin had no objection to moving to Yuhua Pavilion and living alone in a courtyard, but when she heard that Lin Ruhai chose a teacher for her, she had a little idea, because she thought of Jia Yucun, Daiyu's teacher.

Jia Yucun, in Lin Jin's opinion, in addition to showing a little bit of goodness in Jiao Xing, is selfish, hypocritical, greedy, ruthless, and ungrateful at other times,...... The great traitor.

Lin Jin didn't want to learn from him, not just because he was disdainful of him, but because in this era, the relationship between teachers and students is very close, not inferior to that of parents. When he becomes an adult, he will enter the officialdom, because of this teacher-student relationship, he will not want to be torn apart from Jia Yucun in this life.

According to the Confucian saying of "Heaven and Earth Monarch and Teacher", only the teacher does not recognize the disciple and expel him from the door, but few disciples dare to disown the teacher, because this behavior belongs to "deceiving the teacher and destroying the ancestors", the world not only does not agree, but once someone does this, whether the reason is in him or not, it means that he will be expelled to the mainstream society.

It's just that I don't want to return, if someone really introduces Jia Yucun to teach in the house, Lin Jin can't say that she doesn't learn from him.

In modern times, when people mention the fame of Xiucai, it seems that it is not worth anything at all, and whether it is the ancient scripts or the current film and television dramas, it is the champion and the examination of Tanhua, as if it is easier to take the imperial examination, but when Lin Jin came to this world, I knew that not to mention the champion and Tanhua, even if it is the fame of Xiucai, it is not so easy to obtain.

I don't know how many scholars have wasted their time in the field to become a talent, from a young man to a dying old man. Take the first step in the examination of Xiucai, the quota of the children's examination, the quota of each county and government is only twenty or thirty, and its tragedy makes Lin Jin think of the modern examination of Qing University and Peking University.

Although the enrollment of universities in later generations has expanded, how many of the students from various provinces, counties and cities who can be admitted to Tsinghua University and Peking University can enter these two highest universities in the country every year? There are still a handful of people.

Even if you pass the children's examination early, you may not be able to pass the township examination, the admission rate of the township examination is even lower, and the number of places in each province is uncertain. For example, in the Ming Dynasty, the two capitals and 13 provinces, except for the two capitals and the township test, the quota was maintained at more than 100 people, and the other provinces were less than 100. For example, in Nanzhili, where Nanjing is located, there are more than 20,000 students who take the township examination in each subject, and it is so tragic to compete for the admission quota of those 100 or so people.

The Jinshi exam is held every three years, and about 300 people are admitted each time, with an average of 300 people in three years, that is, 100 people a year.

Based on a population of 60 million, there are 30 million males. Even if there was one in a hundred ancient scholars, it would be 300,000 people competing for 300 places. According to the admission rate, it is one in 1,000, which is much more difficult than when we took the most stringent college entrance examination, that is, in the sixties and seventies.

In this case, Lin Ruhai invited a jinshi to be her teacher of Mengxue, where is Lin Jin unwilling? But she can't say anything about Jia Yucun's bad conduct. Therefore, Lin Jin could only hope for the ethereal gods and Buddhas, and secretly prayed in his heart, hoping that his teacher would never be that guy from Jia Yu Village.

But the power of the plot is too strong, after Lin Ruhai's long entourage invited her to the study, saying that the teacher she invited came, Lin Jin went to the study, and after listening to Lin Ruhai's introduction, she only felt that her eyes were dark, her prayers didn't work, and the person in front of her was Jia Yucun.

But fortunately, although Lin Ruhai invited Jia Yucun to teach her, he did not let her apprentice, and Jia Yucun did not set the status of teacher and student. This situation is similar to the Jia family's ethnology, although Jia Daishan is in charge of it, and he teaches the students in the clan, and these people also call him a teacher, but he is not his disciple.

Lin Jin later figured out why Lin Ruhai didn't let her apprentice, as a man, she was going to be a man. As a member of the Confucian disciples, how could Lin Ruhai not understand how important the teacher-student relationship is in this era, and how could she let her apprentice casually without fully understanding Jia Yucun?

After knowing that Lin Ruhai invited the teacher back, Jia Min discussed with him: "I know that the master has high hopes for Brother Jin'er, so he specially invited Mr. Jia, who was born as a Jinshi, to come over to teach."

It stands to reason that you should choose a few companions to read with Brother Sumire, everyone urges each other, you chase me, this book is interesting to read. ”

Lin Ruhai sighed: "What you said makes sense, it's just that my Lin family is not prosperous, and the number of people is limited. And I have just arrived in office, and I am not familiar with the officialdom here, so I don't dare to let his children go to school. ”

Jia Min said with a smile: "Since this is the case, then let Sister Yu study with Brother Jian'er." Although a woman is virtuous if she is not talented, she can't be blind in the end, otherwise, in the future, she will be the director of the house, and she won't even be able to understand the account book, what should she do if she is fooled by her subordinates? ”

Lin Ruhai actually didn't agree with the saying that a woman is virtuous if she was talentless, and he knew that Jia Min also scoffed at this sentence, so it was a little strange for her to use this sentence as a reason for Daiyu to study.

Seeing Jia Min looking at him nervously, he figured out her true intentions, but it was just to let Daiyu and Lin Jin cultivate a relationship. He pondered for a moment, weighing the pros and cons, and finally nodded in agreement.

……

Knowing that Daiyu would study with Jia Yucun with her, Lin Jin couldn't help but be a little nervous, because she knew that her talent was not as good as Daiyu's. So in order not to be compared to nothing by Daiyu, she is very diligent in private.

In this regard, Lin Ruhai was very satisfied, and felt that he had done nothing wrong in agreeing to let Daiyu and Lin Jin study together.

Lin Jin, who was immersed in her homework, couldn't help but ignore the collection of news, and still learned from Daiyu about the two major events that had happened in Rongning and Ningfu recently: one was that Grandma Jing of Ningguo Mansion struggled to give birth to a girl, named Xichun, and passed away after entrusting her daughter to Jia's mother on the day of washing; One is that Yuan Chun of Rongguo Mansion went to the palace after losing the general election.

Regarding the previous incident, Lin Jin had no other feelings except for lamenting the impermanence of life and cherishing the hard life of spring. But for the latter thing, she was very curious, curious about how Jia Min, who was protecting her short, was round in front of Lin Ruhai. It's a pity that Daiyu doesn't know, and it's not good for her to ask Lin Ruhai and Jia Min, so this matter has become a mystery to her.