Lin Piao silently took a sip of tea, and looked at Shen Hong, who was like thin jade, his eyes were half-lowered, and his eyelashes were full of serious expressions under the dark and translucent pupils, the pupils of those eyes were like glass, like black jade, a pool of water without a trace of dust, and the straight nose bridge was raised, until the tip of the nose was convergent and like a natural arrogance, and the thin light red lips were pursed, looking serious and serious, a tenacious and humble student, and he couldn't explain his temperament, but the whole body was like a carving and pecking is a sentence, and this son will become a great tool.

Shen Hong noticed his gaze, glanced sideways, and with some inquiry, Lin Piao signaled that it was okay and smiled faintly.

Before, he always felt that the ancient career was difficult, not that a smart and well-informed mind could do everything, and it was already the greatest possibility to get a good job in a county or state capital or other place to become the middle class of this world.

However, judging from Shen Hong's current performance, he was not born to be subordinate to others, and he was unable to carry out it because of his young age, environmental suppression, and the lack of help from his relatives.

After a few people finished speaking, Lin Piao thanked the county lord again and again, and then returned to the guest room where they lived, and the two pillar gods flew along the way, and it took a long time to cry in the corridor and say to Lin Piao with a face: "Little sister-in-law, what should I do......

"What to do, you just take the exam, and you are not required to be admitted, you have only studied for such a young period of less than half a year What are you afraid of, is to let you have multiple opportunities to experience the experience."

When Erzhu heard this, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief: "That's good...... I didn't expect him to be admitted, but it was too difficult for him to get in, and he was scared when he thought about it.

When they were almost at the door of their respective rooms, Lin Piao looked at Shen Hong and asked, "By the way, you didn't take the children's exam a few years ago, did you?" Why don't you take the test? ”

"Mr. Wang said that I still need to accumulate more, and I should not be in a hurry to seek fame, so let him study for a few more years before taking the exam."

"This old thing is quite good at planning, didn't you talk to your eldest brother?"

"Big brother listens to the ancestors, I don't want big brother to worry too much."

Lin Piao was surprised, and sighed in his heart, smart, precocious, but a little dead-eyed, for the sake of his relatives, he could endure any unfortunate things, but his relatives still left him one by one, and there was no one left.

Even if the eldest brother in his mouth does not know how to take care of him at all, this family affection with a weak sense of existence is still very important to him.

Lin Piao looked at Shen Hong and remembered that when he saw him after the funeral, he had never cried and lost in front of people, and he still behaved appropriately when facing him who was still a stranger.

Lin Piao touched Shen Hong's head: "It's right for the closest people to worry about you, you don't have to be afraid of letting others worry about it." ”

Shen Hong nodded: "I know, sister-in-law is good to Hong." ”

The next day, because he slept on an unfamiliar bed, he woke up very early, and in the morning the pen, ink, paper, and inkstone sent by the wealthy merchant Chen had already been delivered, and Shen Hong went to the living room outside to dock things.

Lin Piao's side was given some dishes, such as snacks wrapped in oiled paper, sauce elbows and the like.

The lady came to see him off: "These are all made today, and you can also take some back to taste, they are all the craftsmanship of the cooks at home, and the ones you have studied at home are different from those outside, so you can take them and taste them." ”

Lin Piao thought about the rules raised by Madame's family background, poor relatives have to send a bunch of money when they come to the door, not to mention that they are half friends, these things are considered to be a return gift, and if you don't accept Mrs., you will probably have to take it She has been persuading.

"That's too much."

"Don't shirk, I'll let you go out later, and I won't ask you to carry it yourself, otherwise you will be able to lift it with both hands." Madame walked forward: "By the way, there is this, the day before yesterday someone gave it to the adult, I have a bad appetite and can't eat, the cook at home made it I ate a chopstick, the body is weak and can't stand the fire, the adult eats a little bit and gets dry and doesn't like it, you have a lot of children over there, I thought it would be better to give it to you, you take it to cook for the children to eat, but it is very nourishing the body, strong muscles and bones." ”

Lin Piao came up to see that it was a simple raw meat, like most of a sheep.

"Although the mutton is on fire, it is not so hot, and the lady and the lord have also eaten other things."

Madam shook her head: "This is venison, Yu Niang heard that it is a deer, she has not seen it, and she feels scared and dare not eat it." ”

"It's too precious." Lin Piao thought to himself, Mrs. This is the precious gift in the house that has been transferred to him.

"It's nothing valuable, and it doesn't cost anything to hunt in the mountains, but it takes some effort to send it here, and we don't spend any money, it's for the children to eat, so you can take it." Although Madame couldn't eat for the past two days, she still had to take care of the affairs of the family, and if they couldn't eat such a big deer leg, it would not be good for them to give it to other heads and faces in the county government as favors, and it was not a way to put it in this way, she thought of ordering her to go down and let her subordinates share the food, but it happened that Lin Piao came and brought good food, and she thought of this when she wanted to return the gift, and it was not a waste.

Lin Piao saw that Mrs. was not polite, but really wanted to get rid of this big deer leg, so he nodded: "Then Lin Piao will accept it." ”

They packed up their things, and this time Lin Piao went to Yu Niang's small courtyard to say goodbye to Yu Niang before leaving.

Yu Niang quietly stuffed a small box in his hand, Lin Piao opened it and took a look, it was a pearl hairpin: "What do you do and give me a hairpin?" ”

"Why do you always wear this wooden hairpin, didn't you give you a pair of silver hairpins last time you came, when you wear silver hairpins, they look good, silver and white shiny, and you can line your face and neck when you wear them, I think you must look good when you wear pearl hairpins, I have a pair of hairpins, give you one to wear."

"I don't wear hairpins because I don't wear them well in the countryside, it's not that I don't like the hairpins you and my wife gave me, you can keep this, how can I accept your things again."

Yu Niang hesitated for a moment, and seemed to be a little angry: "You really don't want it?" ”

"I accepted your kindness, and you keep the hairpin to wear it."

"Okay...... Then next time you come, you'll bring me a rabbit ......."

It turned out that it was for this.

"Well, I can't forget that if there are other delicious foods, how about bringing them to you."

"Okay!" Yu Niang was happy all of a sudden.

The three of them packed up their things, and with the help of the servants of the county lord's house, they placed all their things on the ox cart, and the three of them set out on the return journey.

The trip to the county government solved a lot of things, and Lin Piao felt relieved: "Let's prepare almost everything that should be prepared, and we can have a relaxed New Year." ”

"Yes." Shen Hong responded.

Erzhu was also very happy when he looked at the cart full of things, among these things were two large boxes of pen and ink inkstones received by Shen Xiansheng, packed in brocade cloth boxes, and another large box of paper, packed in a painted square box, a full box, and there were also books sent by the county lord, saying that he wanted Shen Xiansheng to look in this direction again, he didn't know what direction, anyway, it seemed to be some very powerful books.

The three of them sat slowly on the ox cart all the way back to the village, and as soon as they entered the village, they watched them come back with a full cart one by one, and they almost turned red-eyed.

"Oh my God! Did they go to the county government to rob or do something, pretending so much that they were not afraid of tired cows! ”

"I don't think it's sent by Lord County Cheng again, Lord County Cheng is such a treasure Shen Hong?"

"What if the baby is Lin Piao?"

The man laughed: "you, do you dare to say this in front of Lin Piao, see if he doesn't tear your mouth apart." ”

Some people also sighed: "It's been a really lively day, every day, Wang Tongsheng next door has a lot of fame and fame on him, and he doesn't have a lively time, right?" ”

"That's different, there are a lot of them, and it's always lively."

"Wang Tongsheng, there are fewer people there? In the past, Shen Hong studied with him, and he couldn't come back twice a year, and every time he came back, his face was cold. ”

"That's right."

They sighed that Lin Piao had already arrived at the door of the house, and the second aunt and Uncle Qiu greeted them, and they discussed giving the students a holiday, but for some reason, there was still a faint sound of reading coming from the courtyard.

"Why are the children still there?"

"They said that they were idle at home and were thinking about endorsements, so they made an appointment to come here and endorse together, and there were seven or eight of them!"

"So diligent? That's got something good for them to eat. ”

"What's the good stuff you're spending lavishly out there? It's better to save some money. ”

"I didn't spend any money, Mrs. County Cheng sent a lot of food, and I just fried two vegetarian dishes on the table."

After the second aunt finished talking to him about this, she lowered her voice: "Let's talk about an unfortunate matter, there is another person in your family." ”

"Still coming?"

"Your eldest brother has been embarrassed by you a few times and has not come, but your sister-in-law is not in a hurry."

"What is she doing here?"

"I don't know, I'm sitting in the room and waiting, so I said I'm going to wait for you to come back."

As soon as Lin Piao entered the courtyard, he saw seven or eight students sitting together reading and reciting quietly.

When she arrived at the hall, Wu Lin'er was sitting upright on top of the hall, and when she saw Lin Piao coming in, she looked Lin Piao up and down and stood up: "You're back." ”

"This is my home, it's not unusual for me to come back, but it's strange for you to stand here, what are you doing here?" Lin Piao was not polite to her, after all, as soon as he came in, people didn't give him a good face.

Wu Lin'er's eyes fell on him, but he didn't see anything, and when he opened the door and said something, he was not polite, and suddenly snorted coldly: "Are you going to the county government again?" ”

"That's right."

Although the two villages were far away, it happened that in the past two days, because of the last place in the autumn harvest, after helping to collect things, they would invite them to dinner, give thank-you gifts, and return grain, and the exchanges were much more intensive than before, so she heard the news that Lin Piao had gone to the county government again, and she guessed in her heart that he would have to stay in the county government for one more day, and if she stayed for one more day, she would have to take a lot of things.

"What did you take from Lord and Mrs. this time?"

"Do you think it has anything to do with you?"

"Divide me in half."

"......" Lin Piao looked at her in shock: "Do you want to hear what you are talking about?" ”

"Since you went to the county government, you should already know about me, don't you feel guilty at all for hurting me like this? Haven't you ever felt sorry for me at all? The county mansion is like my home, you have harmed me like this, and now I ask you to give me half of what you took out of the county mansion? ”

"It's mainly your brain."

"Hmph, I forgot that you are an iron rooster who does not pull out a hair, only take what others don't give to others, since you don't want to give it to me, I don't bother to entangle with you, just one point, I won't go to the county mansion to work in the future, you don't tell anyone."

Lin Piao thought to himself, "This is the purpose of your visit today."

"We're so far apart, I'm not in the mood to walk most of the day to your village and tear you down, everyone is going their own way, just don't come and bother me."

Wu Lin'er nodded: "Okay." The breath in my heart suddenly relaxed.

Now she is like a fish in water in the village, although the countryside is not as good as the county government, but she has been here for a long time, and has also found her own way of survival, although the events of the day of marriage made Lin Dazhuang sulk at her for a while, but Lin Dazhuang did not dare to really offend her, she was depressed for a while, although the people in the village talked about her domineering, but no one dared to come to her to give her no face, because she was a maid in the county lord's house, and the people around the neighborhood did not know how much she was coaxing her, which was better than when she was a maid in the county lord's mansionShe was much more respected, and no one called her back and forth, and asked her to make the bed and fold the quilt.

Lin Dazhuang also let her very much on weekdays, she said that he didn't dare to say two, now she and Lin Dazhuang are in charge of the matter, as long as she crosses the Lin Zhou clan and takes down the power of the family, she will still live happily in this village.

If Lin Piao could hear her heart, she would definitely sigh with emotion, sister, it's really amazing that you play with rural dramas as palace fights, and you will be played with flowers in a big place.

Sending Wu Lin'er away, when she arrived at the door, she glanced sideways at the things that were being unloaded on the ox cart, and left a few brocade boxes at the end, she knew that Lin Piao and they had received a good gift this time, and saw the two pillars holding the books with a small heart on the side, those finely bound books may be more expensive than those brocade boxes, and she couldn't help but feel a little jealous in her heart, but it got better in an instant, at least she was already much better than her father, and in a few days she also gave birth to a son, let him read and write, and teach Shen Hong to be like this, She will only be more beautiful in the future, maybe she can be like Lin Piao, because the children around her are appreciated by the county Cheng Mansion and can enter and exit the county Cheng Mansion again, after all, the county Cheng is the most talented, raising a son is better than raising a little uncle, she will always have a better life than Lin Piao.

After all the things in the yard were cleaned up, the second aunt and Uncle Qiu all gathered around the big deer leg and stared dryly: "This is venison?" How do you eat this? ”

Lin Piao thought for a while: "Let's just set the old three sets and cut it into thin slices of ginger and scallion wine to marinate it." ”

"And then?"

"Then go to the stove and eat roast venison, stick bone stew, said to replenish muscles and bones, should be able to replenish the body." Lin Piao thought about it in his heart, but he had never eaten venison, after all, it was not meat that he could eat casually if he wanted to.

The second aunt nodded: "Okay, just do as you say, I'll cut off the meat and cut it into thin slices." ”

"Don't rush to get it, let's eat the meal first, then take care of it after eating, and we'll eat this again for dinner."

"Okay, I'm going to fry two hot dishes, and by the way, I'll put those dishes in the pot."

A pot steamed the already cold dishes, a pot fried hot dishes, and soon a steaming table of dishes was set aside, and the students who came to school today did not expect such a good thing, looking at the big fish and meat on the table were dumbfounded, and one by one they ate with a round belly.

Because Erzhu had something on his mind, he moved his heart and eyes while eating, and he began to talk about his experience in the county government at the dinner table, and all the students praised him for his ability.

"They are all adults, let alone eighteen or nineteen, they all praise me for my strength, and I won't fall behind in wrestling with them."

The second aunt listened: "Why did you go out and fight with others?" ”

Erzhu was dumbfounded: "Mother! That's the martial arts training ground! It's not a fight! ”

"You still go to other people's martial arts training grounds to fight? You're not afraid that people will kill you?! ”

"Mother! The martial arts training ground is not a fight! Erzhu pleaded weakly and repeatedly, and kept looking at Lin Piao and Shen Hong with his eyes, and his eyes were full of words, "Little sister-in-law, you say something, ancestor, you say something!"

Lin Piao and Shen Hong glanced at each other and continued to eat silently.

Erzhu stammered for a while, seeing that Lin Piao and Shen Hong didn't mean to help him, he continued: "There really wasn't a fight, they still praised me for being awesome, and they still admired me!" As soon as his mouth leaked, he almost said that they had asked him to go to the martial arts training ground to practice martial arts, but fortunately, the words were on his lips and remembered his sister-in-law's instructions to him, and he stopped in time.

The second aunt heard him say this, and her reaction was a little better: "It's normal for them to like you when they see that you are strong, and men who practice martial arts only play with tall and strong people, but don't play with them, you will study in the future, you will be a scholar Not a martial artist heard." ”