When the child is full moon, he is no longer as thin and small as when he was born, but becomes white and tender, and his little arms grow like lotus roots, not to mention how pleasing they are. In addition to Yan Niang, who is a mother, Haitang and Ling Sanniang come to the house to tease their little niece whenever they are free, and even Ling Jiming, who is indifferent to his own daughter, has a rare fatherly heart.

He named Manman Qingzhi, from Nanchao Jiangyan's "Lantern Night and Yin Changshi": "This heart can be relieved, Qingzhi is in Yuanxiang." "I hope to grow up to be a noble and beautiful girl. Yan Niang didn't understand poetry, she felt that Qingzhi was good to read and listened to, and she had a trace of expectation for Ling Jiming. Haitang looked down on Ling Jiming more and more, and only felt that such a man was not worthy of being a husband and a father.

Ling Jiming disappeared after his daughter's full moon, closed the door and studied at home to prepare for the spring of the second year, the Ling family did not dare to disturb him, and he tiptoed to do anything.

On the other side, Fan Jue didn't wait for Ling Jiming's reply, and at the urging of his daughter, he sent someone to invite him twice, but he refused, only saying that he wanted to concentrate on his studies at the moment and didn't want to be distracted by other things. When Fan Jin learned about it, he was so angry that he threw a room full of things. Fan Jue had no choice but to come to Ling's house to meet people in person.

When the magistrate stepped into the Ling family, Wen and Ling's father were taken aback, and it was at this time that they believed that Fan Jue really wanted to recruit his son as a fast son-in-law, and the two were surprised and delighted.

"His father, did you say that our son was transferred, and he was actually taken by the county magistrate, ouch, my heart and liver are beating non-stop, like a dream." Wen said as he stroked his chest.

Father Ling was also as pleasantly surprised as her, but he couldn't laugh anymore soon, "Damn, don't be happy too early, Erlang is a man with a wife, so he can't let the daughter of the county magistrate make our son a child." ”

Hearing this, Wen was anxious, "Then what should I do?" Our son should be worthy of the daughter of the county. As he spoke, he was about to go to Yan Niang's house, "I'll go to the Nie family and ask her to go back to the Nie family." ”

Father Ling hurriedly grabbed her, "I said how do you listen to the wind and rain, the county lord hasn't left yet, it's not too late to make a decision after he finishes talking to Erlang." ”

Wen thought about it, it seemed that this was the only way.

She didn't expect Ling Jiming to repeatedly reject Fan Jue's proposal to marry a daughter.

"Lord Fan, Nie is not at fault, and he just gave birth to a daughter for the student, the student can't abandon her for no reason, Ling Yan is the daughter of the county magistrate, and her character is valuable, and the student is not worthy of her, which disappoints Lord Fan."

Fan Jue stared at him a few times, and suddenly asked a question that was not related: "Does Jiming have a table?" ”

Ling Jiming said the word "nothing", and was very puzzled by his words. According to the custom of the feast, the father or teacher will take the words of the man when he is 20 years old and the crown square.

Fan Jue smiled, "The old man gave you the word reactive, what do you think?" ”

"Reactive?" Ling Jiming muttered twice, and suddenly looked up at Fan Jue, "What does Master Fan mean by this?" ”

Fan Jue stroked his beard and said meaningfully: "It depends on how you choose, you are a smart person, and you naturally know what is beneficial to you." ”

After speaking, he didn't look at Ling Jiming's face, and left the Ling family with a smile.

Wen and Father Ling had been waiting at the door, and when they saw Fan Jue coming out with a smile, they thought that he and his son had already negotiated. After respectfully sending Fan Jue away, Wen hurriedly went into the house.

"Erlang, does Lord Zhixian really want to marry his daughter to you?"

She was only happy, and she didn't see her son's face blue at all, Ling Jiming was impatient to deal with her and pushed her out. He locked himself up in his study overnight, and the next day he went to the county.

He didn't sleep all night last night, and he really couldn't think of a good way, so he went to find his mentor Zhang Yuanqing. Zhang Yuanqing was born as a Jinshi, but he was a Jinshi of the previous dynasty, after the current saint succeeded to the throne, a son of heaven and a courtier, Zhang Yuanqing was not reused by the new emperor, so he resigned and returned to Yucheng County to become a teacher.

He has been in the county school for more than 20 years, and it can be said that he is full of peach and plums, and the reason why Ling Jiming came to him is also to let him help him, and next spring to prevent Fan Jue from attacking him.

Zhang Yuanqing listened to the reason from the students, and immediately became so angry that he scolded Fan Jue for being powerful, and he asked Ling Jiming to stay in Yucheng County temporarily.

"Ji Ming, don't worry about everything now, just concentrate on studying, the teacher over there in the capital will bring a letter to Yongyi Hou, then Fan Jue will not dare to disobey Yongyi Hou no matter how rampant he is."

Ling Jiming nodded in response.

He asked suspiciously: "Teacher, what is the relationship between this Yongyi Hou and Master Fan?" ”

Zhang Yuanqing said with a faint mockery: "Fan Jue married the concubine of the Marquis of Yongyi in order to be on the list of the Marquis of Yongyi, so Marquis Yongyi Liu Jinhui is Fan Jue's father-in-law. ”

Seeing that Ling Jiming's face was a little bad, he comforted: "You can rest assured, Yong Yihou is an upright person, and he will not shield Fan Jue just because he is his son-in-law." ”

Ling Jiming breathed a sigh of relief, and since then, he stayed in Yucheng County, rented a room near the county school, closed the door and studied weekdays, and went to the county school to consult Zhang Yuanqing if he had any questions.

On Fan's side, Fan Jin learned that Ling Jiming was unwilling to marry him, so he wanted to go to Xiaohe Village to find Ling Jiming to ask him clearly, and when he was about to go out, he was stopped by Fan Jue and brought to the study.

He advised his daughter: "Jin'er, that Ling Jiming doesn't know what to do, so don't worry about him anymore." ”

Fan Jin refused, at first she fell in love with Ling Jiming's appearance, and then Ling Jiming refused to marry her again and again, but she was aroused, no one dared to treat her like this when she was so old, she must take this Ling Jiming.

Seeing that his daughter didn't listen to persuasion, Fan Jue motioned to Mei Zhi to invite Fan Liu's family, and after Fan Liu's family came, he mocked: "That Ling Jiming is so arrogant, the master can actually endure this breath." ”

Fan Jue's face changed, but he didn't dare to talk back to her, and said kindly: "Madame doesn't know, that Ling Jiming is Zhang Yuanqing's beloved apprentice, I used my fame to blackmail Ling Jiming before, and Zhang Yuanqing wrote a letter to tell my father-in-law, and his old man just wrote to reprimand me, so I can't embarrass Ling Jiming." ”

As he spoke, he handed over the handwritten letter of Yongyi Hou to Fan Liu's hands.

After reading the letter, Fan Liu's face was really ugly, and he said hatefully: "Why did my father turn his elbow out? ”

After listening to her father's conversation, Fan Jin was not as angry as before, she smiled: "That Zhang Yuanqing has many students, and there are many officials in the court. If I marry Ling Jiming, his students will also promote Ling Jiming more in terms of friendship. If Ling Jiming has a future, wouldn't it be beneficial for his father to be his father-in-law? At that time, even if we don't rely on my grandfather, our family will get better and better. ”

Fan Jin's youngest daughter's words made Fan Jue moved, he married the concubine of the Marquis of Yongyi for the future, and he thought that relying on the Marquis of Yongyi's mansion, it would never be too bad. Who knew that Yongyi Hou didn't care about Fan Liu's daughter at all, and let Mrs. Hou use means to drive them to Yucheng County, and he stayed in the position of Yucheng County for more than ten years.

Fan Jue thought for a while, and said to her daughter: "Jin'er, do you really think that your grandfather will be a father?" ”

Fan Jin said: "Of course, if the official position of the father-in-law is not as good as that of the son-in-law in the future, not only will the father be ridiculed, but the grandfather will have no face." ”

Hearing her say so bluntly, Fan Jue coughed twice uncomfortably.

Fan Liushi also said: "I think what Jin'er said makes sense. She looked at Fan Jue and couldn't help complaining, "It's all because you don't have the ability, so that I can't hold my head up among the sisters. ”

was bluntly said by his wife, Fan Jue's face was almost unbearable, Fan Liu's family accepted it when he saw it, "Master, we only have one child Jin'er, and we don't have a brother to support us, I don't want her to marry into a high-ranking family, and now that she has a crush on Ling Jiming, I think it's good." ”

She said: "Ling Jiming's family can't compare to our Jin'er in the world, if you marry her, you won't dare to mess around, after all, Jin'er is the granddaughter of Yongyi Hou, so if Ling Jihe is smart, he won't treat Jin'er badly." ”

Fan Jue has been pressed by Fan Liu's family all these years, there is no concubine and aunt, and Fan Liu's family only gave birth to Fan Jin, and the couple treat Fan Jin as an eyeball and spoil her as a brutal and arrogant character. Both of them felt that Fan Jin could only live well if she married low.

As soon as the husband and wife put it together, they decided to let Fan Jin start with Ling Jiming, change the previous coercion and temptation, and let Ling Jiming willingly ask to marry Fan Jin.

Fan Liu's family sent someone to inquire about the place where Ling Jiming lived, and spent money to buy the house next door, and asked Fan Jin to move in with someone, and Fan Jin personally delivered three meals a day. At first, Ling Jiming resolutely refused to entangle with her and ate the food she sent, but Fan Jin changed his arrogant style in the past and cooked for him himself.

Ling Jiming couldn't help but soften his attitude a little when he saw her putting down her identity to cook for herself, and even took the initiative to persuade her not to waste time on herself. Fan Jin still refused to give up, Ling Jiming was helpless, so he didn't say more, but went to the county school more frequently every day.

A few days later, Zhang Yuanqing called several proud protégés to the county school to test the results of their recent hard study. Ling Jiming can ask his husband for advice every day, and he has studied hard and practiced hard, so he naturally passed the test easily.

Jiang Yucheng has always been excellent, a "current affairs and political commentary" is the key point in every sentence, Zhang Yuanqing believes that as long as the examination room is clear, with Jiang Yucheng's talent, he will definitely be able to enter the top ten. The other students are also good, but they still need to work hard to succeed in the exam.

Jiang Yucheng's "Commentary on Current Affairs and Politics" was praised by Zhang Yuanqing, and Ling Jiming couldn't help but feel a little more jealous of this classmate who had a good relationship. He thought that this time he fell into disadvantage because he was not diligent enough, so after returning to his residence, in addition to eating, drinking, and Lazar, he devoted all his mind to studying.

Maybe he pushed himself too hard, and after a light rain, Ling Jiming fell ill.

This made Fan Jin anxious, and hurriedly sent someone to ask for a doctor, and the doctor took the pulse and said: "The old man is too worried, and in addition to the rain and cold, it looks more serious, and the old man prescribes a few medicines, and he can get better if he sweats after drinking it." ”

Fan Jin hurriedly urged: "Then you hurry up and prescribe a prescription." ”

Seeing this, the doctor immediately took up a pen and prescribed medicine, and Fan Jin instructed Mei Zhi to follow the doctor to the pharmacy to get the medicine, while he stayed behind to take care of Ling Jiming personally.

Ling Jiming's face was sallow, without a trace of blood, his lips were pale and chapped, which was very different from his previous handsome and elegant appearance, and he looked a little embarrassed, but he was like this, but he was more approachable than usual.

Fan Jin stared at him like this for a moment, she didn't know why she liked this man, obviously he always avoided herself, and he was not a prince and grandson, why did she fall into it so much?

Her thoughts flew to the first time she saw him, that day her father set up a banquet to invite Zhongju students, she hid behind the screen and peeked, Ling Jiming's handsome appearance stood out in a group of lifters, and she felt that such a good-looking man should belong to herself.

After the banquet, her father asked her who she fancied, she said his name, but her father was very opposed, just because he already had a wife, but Fan Jin didn't want to let go, she grew up, as long as she liked something, she had to get it with all her might.

She lives next door to him these days, and she knows a little bit about him. He is smart and talented, and he doesn't calculate or stammer with her, so Fan Jin loves him even more.

"Water... Water. A hoarse voice interrupted Fan Jin's contemplation, it turned out that Ling Jiming woke up and wanted to drink water.

She hurriedly poured a cup of hot water for him, and after drinking the water, Ling Jiming fell asleep again, feeling that someone was wiping her sweat in her sleep, and when she woke up again, she saw Fan Jin walking in with the medicine.

"Erlang, you're awake." She said softly, "It's time to drink the medicine." ”

As he spoke, he put the tray on the table, and he came to Ling Jiming's bed with the medicine. Ling Jiming stared at him for a moment, but there were thousands of thoughts in his heart.

"Miss Fan, you don't have to do this for me." He said in a hoarse voice: "How can Ling be virtuous, he actually learned that the county daughter served the decoction." ”

Fan Jin smiled, "That's because I like you, so I'm willing to be nice to you." If it was someone else, and it had anything to do with me? ”

As he spoke, he scooped a spoonful of medicine and handed it to his mouth, "Erlang, I boiled this medicine myself, and the wind chill can only be cured after drinking it." ”

Ling Jiming had no choice but to open his mouth to drink, and Fan Jin continued to feed him the medicine, and the bowl of medicine soon bottomed out. After drinking the medicine, Fan Jin helped him lie down, and tucked the corners of the quilt for him, and then went out with the tray.

For several days in a row, Fan Jin personally took care of Ling Jiming, boiling medicine and cooking porridge. Under her careful care, Ling Jiming quickly got better.

On this day, after Ling Jiming drank the last bowl of medicine, when handing the bowl, the edge of the bowl accidentally touched her wrist, only to hear her "ah", and then covered her wrist with a painful face.

Seeing this, Ling Jiming hurriedly asked, "Miss Fan, are you okay?" ”

Fan Jin bit her lip and shook her head, indicating that she was fine.

"Can you show me?" Ling Jiming then asked.

Fan Jin had no choice but to let go of his hand and gently lifted his sleeves to expose his wrists. When he saw the big and bright blister on her wrist, Ling Jiming was stunned, and after a long while, he asked, "What's going on?" ”

Fan Jin hurriedly retracted his hand, "It's okay, it's just that I accidentally burned it when I was boiling medicine." After speaking, he didn't give Ling Jiming a chance to speak, and hurriedly left the room.

Ling Jiming looked at her back, and his heart was upset at this moment.