Shen Hong looked at him with a light smile: "It's easy to be your brother-in-law, but it's hard to be your man." ”

Lin Piao nodded: "That's not it, you picked up this bargain." ”

Shen Hong said that he was very honored, and the two chatted all the way back, the sky was already dark, and the moonlight was shrouded in the state capital, and when the two walked home, the second aunt and the second pillar lit the lamp and sat together, waiting for them.

"Where have you two been? Seeing that you haven't come back, I thought you two had gone to do something. ”

"Auntie, I asked Shen Hong to accompany me to see the lanterns." Lin Piao put the goldfish lantern on the table, and the second aunt and the second pillar immediately sat around and admired it: "I am busy every day, I have to forget that there is still this liveliness, and tomorrow it will be dark, so let's all go out and have a look." ”

"Cheng, let's go shopping together and be more lively."

They agreed to go and see the lanterns together tomorrow, but the next day things came to the door.

A businessman surnamed Yi came to visit.

Lin Piao heard a knock on the door in the courtyard, and called Erzhu to open the door, and when the door opened, he saw a rich and compelling man standing outside, the man looked in his thirties, dressed very richly, wearing a very well-carved jade pendant on his waist, one hand in front, the other hand behind his back, the hand in front, wearing a huge jade wrench on his thumb, and a crown inlaid with jade on his head.

"I haven't seen it, who are you looking for?" Lin Piao got up and looked at him.

This man walked into the door and politely bowed to Lin Piao: "But Shen Hong's sister-in-law has come to visit beforehand." ”

"Yes, please sit down first, Shen Hong is not at home now." Lin Piao observed this person's expression, and saw that he didn't seem to be in a hurry, and he didn't care if Shen Hong was not at home, but Shi Shiran sat down.

Erzhu went to bring tea and came up, and this person began to introduce himself: "My surname is Yi, my name is Win, I do some business in this area of the state capital to make a living, and I have barely accumulated some family assets, I heard that Young Master Shen and the Han family have dealings, so I want to come to visit, and I want to ask Young Master Shen for a recommendation." ”

Lin Piao: "......"

"Of course, what will not embarrass Young Master Shen is to ask him to build a bridge." Yi Ying took out a piece of paper from his arms and put it on the table: "Young Master Shen is a nobleman, how can he live in such a courtyard, I have a mansion in the state capital, which has all kinds of pavilions and pavilions, the courtyard of the house is spacious and pleasant, sitting in the north and facing south, the earth is nurturing, and I also ask my wife to help me say a good word." ”

Lin Piao was called a thriller by him, and in order to slap him, the title of Mrs. came out, and Lin Piao felt disgusted in his heart.

At the same time, I was a little surprised, Shen Hong was already so valuable outside now?

"This ...... If you say that you have something to discuss with Shen Hong, you can wait for him to come back. Lin Piao couldn't take this matter for sure, Shen Hong and the Han family did not have the marriage contract that these people imagined, and it was basically impossible to help them with the identity of a quasi-son-in-law, but the friendship between Shen Hong and Han Xiu could indeed do these things.

Lin Piao was only unsure whether Shen Hong would agree.

"I heard that Young Master Shen respects Madame very much, and what Madame says, Young Master Shen will listen to it."

Lin Piao thought about it and probably wouldn't agree.

This hasn't been sent out yet, how can I receive the gift first? The fact that the eight characters have not been skimmed is not in line with Shen Hong's rigorous style.

So he shook his head: "He's just a showman, how can he afford the love of Mr., Mr. should please go back first." ”

Yi Ying looked at him in some surprise, he didn't expect him to refuse, after all, they inquired a little and knew that Shen Hong's brother-in-law had only opened a small restaurant not long after he arrived in the state capital, and as soon as he heard about this stove, he knew that he was a brother who was always staring at making money and wanted to live a good life.

Shen Hong is a piece of material that is soaring, not to mention that he came from a poor background, but the relationship behind him is so hard, and if he does not grasp the relationship and make an investment, he may not have this opportunity in the future.

He glanced at Lin Piao's face, and said in his heart that this person likes to make money, but he is not greedy for money, such a person is the most difficult to deal with, and if he talks too much, it will cause people to be disgusted, so he can only say.

"It's presumptuous, Madame is not impressed by worldly things, but I really admire it." As he spoke, he put away the silver ticket and began to talk endlessly about his appreciation of Lin Piao and Shen Hong, recalling that when he was in his childhood, he admired people like them the most, and he wanted to get to know them the most.

"At that time, there was a big brother in my neighbor's house, I watched him study hard since I was a child, he was of high character, and he worked hard for ten years, and I admired this kind of person the most, and then he really won the examination and became a common official, which was really the greatest honor in our small place, and then he really rose steadily, and when I saw Young Master Shen, it was like seeing my eldest brother, and he was really the same character."

said that he wanted to recognize the eldest brother so fresh and refined, Lin Piao was the first time he had seen it.

Yi Ying was lyrical, looking at Lin Piao's indifferent expression, while expressing understanding and support, and agreeing with him, but on the other hand, he did not say any substantive promises and promises, and did not even hint at what gifts he should receive next time.

Basically, it can be said that there is no big reaction except for perfunctory him, and his heart is even more frightened, he knows that Shen Hong is a character, but he did not expect that this sister-in-law in Shen Hong's family has such insight and determination at a young age, no wonder he can cultivate Shen Hong like this, and he feels that this is a network worth befriending, no matter how Shen Hong goes in the future, such a person will never be too bad.

He took a timely greeting, retracted his gushing emotions, said that he would come back another day, and retreated decisively after saying what he had to say, without continuing to leave annoyance, maintaining great respect for him, and trying to leave a good impression on Lin Piao.

When Shen Hong came back in the evening, Lin Piao told Shen Hong about it, but Shen Hong's expression was not very surprised, but asked lightly.

"Is it easy to win?"

"It's him, I think he talks and does things very well, but I didn't answer, told him that we won't accept it, and he didn't do much, but he still left with a good voice and interest." Lin Piao said, looking at Shen Hong's expression, although there were no major mood swings, Lin Piao looked at his side face and always felt that he was a little unhappy.

"You don't like that easy win?"

"He's a bit rude."

You shouldn't have come to his house.

Shen Hong doesn't like this kind of behavior, he likes to talk about things outside, rather than having a man bother his sister-in-law.

"He is in a hurry to give gifts, so naturally he can't give them openly and honestly, probably because he is afraid that you will not accept it, so he wants your family to accept it first, which is a common method, but I don't know what he wants to do with the Han family?"

"Maybe I want to do business in Beijing."

Lin Piao nodded, they have been living in the state capital and have not gone back because they want to manage the relationship with the state capital, so as not to be here, and a careless fame will be topped by others, which shows the importance of connections in this era.

In the evening, someone invited Shen Hong to a banquet, saying that it was some students from the state capital, and such an invitation was more difficult to refuse than the banquet of some wealthy businessmen.

Next to the moat, Lin Piao and the second aunt each bought a lantern and carried it in their hands, and the second aunt was amazed: "This is really exquisite, where have we seen such a thing in the county government, go back and add wax to it, and hang it in our yard, it should be beautiful at night." ”

Lin Piao nodded yes, and then told the story of the Sansheng matchmaker to the second aunt, who heard the second aunt call it evil.

The two pillars walked behind them to protect them from people touching their money bags.

The three of them walked around for a while, but in fact there was nothing else but looking at the lights, and these bustles belonged to those young people who were in love, and they were out of place when they walked for a while, and then went home.

Back at home, the two began to carefully hang the lanterns under the eaves and light up the goldfish lanterns from earlier.

"Piao'er, do you think it's appropriate to hang here?" The second aunt asked.

Lin Piao stood in the courtyard and observed, the second aunt was working as a military advisor under the table, and the second pillar was standing on the table, holding a lantern in the middle.

"This way." Lin Piao gestured.

"Over here?"

"Yes, a little bit, about the same distance from the other two over there, it looks good."

Under the constant command of the two men, the two pillars of the tool man moved left and right, and finally hung the lantern in a definite position.

Three bright lanterns floated under the eaves in the dark night, and the three of them looked in the courtyard.

"It's so pretty." The second aunt exclaimed: "I hope the wind won't blow and I can hang for a while longer." ”

The three of them looked at the lanterns for a while, and then waited for Shen Hong in the courtyard for a while.

"Why hasn't Shen Hong come back yet? Do you want Erzhu to pick him up? ”

"It should be fine, he won't be out there to have fun, this point should be back, I'll go to the door and have a look." Lin Piao stood up and looked out at the gate of the courtyard, the cool moonlight sprinkled on the stone slabs of the alley, and there was no Shen Hong on the road.

The second aunt followed: "Can you see people?" ”

"Nope."

"I think it's better to let Erzhu pick it up."

"Okay."

The two of them turned their heads and looked at Erzhu in unison, and Erzhu naturally heard their words, and immediately stood up: "I'll pick it up!" ”

Lin Piao went to get him a lantern and looked at his back as he walked out of the door with the lantern: "Be careful on the road, just take Shen Hong back, don't stay there." ”

Erzhu turned around: "Don't worry, how can they keep me!" ”

Lin Piao and the second aunt nodded, watched him go away and returned to the courtyard together, sitting under the eaves while chatting and watching the lanterns.

"Piao'er, you see, the child has grown a lot, when you first got married, Erzhu was still playing in the mud in the village, and now he is also a big guy, we all ran from the village to the state capital, this is really something I couldn't think of before."

Lin Piao nodded: "Isn't this our hard work?" If we work hard, we will be able to have good returns, and no matter how big the place, no matter how good the life is, it is deserved. ”

The second aunt looked at Lin Piao quietly for a while, her expression was very soft, Lin Piao looked back at her, and heard her say, "Piao'er, thank you." ”

"Second aunt, why did you suddenly talk like this?"

"I just suddenly thought that in the past, everyone said that Erzhu would not be promising, and they thought that he was stupid and stupid and didn't understand anything, and I didn't know how to get it, if it weren't for you, how could Erzhu have today, I don't know where the people are, you don't know, I'm walking out now, everyone envies me, and I have raised a martial artist, and my waist is straight outside."

"It's Erzhu himself who has this fate, he has good talent, and he is originally the material for martial arts training, he shouldn't be a martial artist, who should be a martial artist."

Under these lanterns, the two chatted from the village to the county government, and from the county government to the state capital, they all felt a lot of emotion, after all, a lot of things happen every day, and for them, everything is not simple.

They chatted for a long time, and the second aunt was sleepy, the second aunt was able to sleep, and she was the one who had to sleep as soon as it got dark, not to mention that she was very hardworking, and basically had to go to Tongxi Lou every day to see a circle, unlike Lin Piao, who loved to be lazy, Lin Piao persuaded her: "Auntie, you go to sleep first, otherwise Ming'er, you are not in good spirits, and you can't do things." ”

The second aunt propped up her eyelids: "It's okay, it's okay, I'll sit with you, there's nothing I can't stand up." ”

After sitting for a while, the second aunt was already sleepy and yawning, and she was almost asleep when she sitted.

Lin Piao looked at her: "Auntie, go to sleep quickly, I'll just sit and wait, if I don't come back for a while, I'll sleep too, let's not stay up." ”

The second aunt nodded: "Okay, then I'll go to sleep first, and you don't have to wait too long." ”

Lin Piao nodded, lay on the table and continued to wait, I don't know how long it took, only to hear the sound of the door opening from the other side of the courtyard, Lin Piao turned his head to look over, and saw the lantern in the darkness swaying slightly, reflecting the figures of the two people behind him, the second pillar carrying the lamp, and Shen Hong walking beside him.

Shen Hong walked into the courtyard and saw the lanterns hanging under the eaves, the light falling in harmony, and Lin Piao was sitting at the table a little tired, looking back at them lazily, not knowing how long he had been waiting.

"Why did you come back now?"

"Is my sister-in-law waiting for me, and how long have you been waiting?" Shen Hong looked at him.

"It didn't take long." Lin Piao yawned and stood up, and when he saw them coming, he smelled a faint smell of wine.

"You've both been drinking?"

Erzhu didn't dare to answer at all, but Shen Hong was calm: "After a few drinks, sister-in-law don't worry, she is not drunk." ”

Lin Piao shook his head, he didn't know what to say about them, drinking is indeed a necessary social skill: "Anyway, don't get drunk outside, and don't think about drinking at home, otherwise you can be careful for me." ”

"Naturally, don't dare to be greedy."

Lin Piao saw that they were in good shape, and they didn't stagger or have vain steps, so he said, "Go and wash up, it's late at night, rest early." ”

The two responded, and Lin Piao turned around and went back to the house to rest.

After half a month, Shen Hong and Erzhu resumed the rhythm of life before the exam, often going out to meet friends and meet the relationships of all parties.

Until the day of the release of the list, Lin Piao and his second aunt got up early in the morning and took Shen Hong and Erzhu to watch the list together.

Lin Piao hurriedly ran out: "Hurry up, don't delay time." ”

The second aunt was also in a hurry to go out.

Lin Piao looked back at Shen Hong and Erzhu: "Don't bother with anyone you see on the road later, you know?" Let's go to see the rankings ourselves, we don't need to report people! Hurry up, hurry up, and we must not let the reporter catch up with us. ”

In Lin Piao's heart, although he didn't know how these two people did in the exam, at least Shen Hong should have won the promotion.

Taking this as a starting condition, Shen Hong did not need to gain the favor of the reporter in order to get any relationship, but the reporter would definitely want to slaughter them severely; according to the rules, if the reporter came to the door, especially if he was selected for lifting, it would be unreasonable for them not to give a large sum of money to send them away, and they would lose face.

Lin Piao had inquired before, and he had to send a few hundred dollars in the case again, and if he met a rich person, he could send tens of thousands of dollars to those who lived far away.

This is a sign of wealth in the family and the importance of the good news.