Yoshida Mii

Chapter 350
On the [-]th day of the first lunar month, Lin Shi and his party set off for the capital. Along the way, they were received by Quanzi's staff in various places, and they took care of everything, whether it was accommodation or meals, except that Zhang Qian was studying hard all the way in the carriage. , Lin Shi and Dong Bao's family of three seemed to be on vacation.

When nothing happened in the car, Lin Shi told Dong Bao the story of Mrs. Liu. Dong Bao was taken aback for a moment, then smiled and said, "Even if he didn't become an official, I think Mrs. Liu is doing quite well now." Happiness." His goal has changed from showing great ambitions in the court to living in peace and contentment, and Madam Liu is with him.

"Why aren't you surprised at all?" Lin Shi asked.

Dong Bao smiled, "What's so surprising about that, Mr. Liu, he has a story at first glance." When she was free, she had imagined that Mr. Liu was a rich man from a poor family, or The latter is a bit of a martial artist, a person who bears blood and deep hatred, and hides his name from the rivers and lakes...

After arriving in the capital, Lin Shi and the others lived in a house that Quanzi had bought earlier, and it was only a month away from Chunwei. Now, Shang Dongbao urged Lin Shi to study hard.

Lin Shi asked amusedly: "Didn't you say that you don't expect me to win? Why did you remind me to study again?"

Dong Bao smiled a little embarrassedly: "I was thinking, what if you don't read the book for a long time, and your essays are too bad, and they won't let you take the exam in Beijing?" If that's the case, she and the child thought There is no excuse to come out and play.

Lin Shi was really speechless, and finally said softly: "Whenever you want to go out to play, I'll just take you out." When Dong Bao spoke, he still felt very distressed. Before Dong Bao married him, he didn't say anything. He often has the opportunity to go out, at least once a month. Now that he is married, he is at home with a husband and a child. It has been more than four years since they got married. This is the first time to go out.No matter how kind and open-minded his parents were to Dong Bao, they were his in-laws after all, separated by a floor, and they didn't like their daughter-in-law running around like before. It was precisely because Dong Bao knew this that he stayed at home with peace of mind.

Zhang Qian obediently followed Master Liu's suggestion and took Lin Shi to visit Master Liu's classmate Huang Yushi.Huang Yushi hadn't heard from his classmate friend for many years, and when he first heard the news from his friend, he couldn't help sighing: "It's been so many years, I thought I would never hear from him again in this life."

Huang Yushi treated Zhang Qian and Lin Shi fairly enthusiastically, and readily took over the important task of "matchmaker". However, his suggestion to Zhang Qian was to discuss marriage after Chunwei. With a wait-and-see attitude, even if they do get married, it won't be a good one.But it will be different after Chunwei, if Zhang Qian can pass the exam, there will naturally be someone with a high family status offering olive branches to Zhang Qian, even if he fails the exam, it will not be much different from getting engaged before Chunwei.

In fact, Zhang Qian didn't expect to marry a rich lady who is so powerful. He thought that since he decided to take the imperial examination, he should marry a girl from a scholarly family. It's okay if you don't become an official. A girl with a good character is worth 1.

However, before Lin Shi and Zhang Qian entered the examination room, something was wrong with Dong Bao. Her little day had been postponed for ten days, and she was probably pregnant.

"That's great, we can't go home until the baby is full moon." Lin Shi said while stroking Dong Bao's flat belly.

Ever since she found out that there was a baby in her mother's belly, Wan Wan has been very curious. Every day after waking up, she would lay down in front of Dong Bao's stomach and look at it carefully for a long time. Then she looked at Dong Bao disappointedly and said, "Mom, what do I think?" Not the little brother?"

"We'll have to wait ten months to see it!" Dong Bao coaxed her.In fact, she felt sorry for Wanwan. When Aunt Qiuxia hinted that they should have a child, she would hug Wanwan and ask her if she wanted a little brother or a little sister.

Wan Wan has always been an individual since she was a child, so she immediately pouted firmly and said, "Neither!" Her head shook like a rattle, no matter if it was a little brother or a little sister, they all came to rob her of their parents, so she just Don't!

Of course Dongbao didn't want to make Wanwan unhappy, but the reality is that she can't have only one child, and it's not impossible to have one. Just look at Li's experience in the Song family. If she really only gave birth to Lin Shi one Wanwan, Aunt Qiuxia and Lin Fu would be the first to jump out and get anxious with her, no matter how good the in-laws were, they didn't discuss this matter.

It would be great if this baby was a boy. In the future, Wanwan will have a younger brother to protect him so that he won't be bullied, Dong Bao thought to himself.

Taking the Chunwei exam is hard work. After entering the exam room, the candidates have to do the questions in the cramped and small room for seven days. After being "tortured" for seven days, they all came out looking like decadent reform-through-labour prisoners released after serving their sentences.

Dong Bao took Wanwan to pick up Lin Shi and Zhang Qian. Everyone was standing in front of her. She and Wanwan didn't realize that they were her husband and cousin. In the end, it was Lin Shi who called her before she responded. come over.

"My God!" Dong Bao covered his mouth and yelled in surprise, urging the two to get on the carriage quickly.

After arriving home, the two of them took a hot bath happily and then fell asleep. One slept until it was time to light the lamp, and the other slept until the next morning.

Lin Shi woke up near night. When he woke up, Wanwan was sitting on the bed and tilted his head to look at his face. Seeing that he woke up, he turned around and called his mother.

"Hey, baby, don't you recognize your father?" Lin Shi smiled and hugged his daughter into his arms, and used the long stubble that grew on his face to tie Wan Wan's tender face.

Wan Wan giggled and dodged it, and quickly said, "I know, I know!"

Dong Bao ran over, took Wan Wan, and asked with a smile, "Have you slept well? Get up and have something to eat, Wan Wan and I have eaten."

After Lin Shi finished his meal and fell asleep at night, the family of three lay on the bed, and Dong Bao asked, "How did you do in the exam? Are you sure?"

Lin Shi shook his head and smiled, "I'm afraid it won't work here, it depends on what happens to Zhang Qian."

Several people waited for a few more days, and when the list came out, both Zhang Qian and Lin Shi had lost their names. Lin Shi didn't have any hope for this, so naturally he didn't say he was disappointed, but Zhang Qian adjusted his mentality well this time, although he was a little disappointed , but not as sad and self-blaming as the first time he failed the exam.

"How can Jinshi be so easy? It must be much more difficult than Juren. Brother Qian will prepare for another three years, and he will definitely be able to pass the gold list high school." Dong Bao comforted Zhang Qian with a smile.

Zhang Qian arched his hands and nodded repeatedly. He is no longer the boy who failed to pass the Juren exam and cried bitterly to his family. He has grown up for so many years. If he can't even bear this blow, wouldn't he be living in vain? It has been years, besides, he has long realized that he is the hope and reliance of Li Hongqin and Zhang Xiuyu, no matter what happens, he cannot fail.

Huang Yushi didn't express too much about the failure of the two in the examination room, probably because he had seen too many failed candidates in the past few years, and he didn't feel much anymore. After comforting the two of them, he started to help Zhang Qian find a wife .

Because Dong Bao was pregnant, Lin Shi sent a letter home, and continued to live in the capital with Dong Bao, and Xu's sister-in-law took care of Dong Bao's daily life.

By mid-April, Zhang Qian had a clue about his marriage, and he fell in love with a young lady surnamed Hu.That Miss Hu's grandfather used to be an editor of the Imperial Academy, and was very famous when he was alive. Her father was a fifth-rank official servant. It's a pity that Grandpa Hu and Dad Hu didn't come early. Miss Hu was planning to get married when she was 12 years old. When Grandpa Hu passed away, she kept the filial piety for one year. When she was 13 years old, her father disappeared, and she kept the filial piety for another three years.

Although Ms. Hu is a young lady from a scholarly family, and her father was a fifth-rank official before his death, this is the capital, and the most indispensable thing is an official. The fifth-rank official is really nothing, and Ms. Hu's only brother is not very good at reading. Although he is honest and honest, but now in his early twenties, he is just a scholar.

There is Huang Yushi as the mediator, and Ms. Hu's age is there. Mrs. Hu is very enthusiastic about this marriage. Originally, Ms. Hu was not very happy. Zhang Qian is just a candidate, and more importantly, his family is too far away from the capital. Well, the little girl's family was afraid of marrying far away, and his condition was not attractive. Later, under the arrangement of Mrs. Hu, she secretly met Zhang Qian, and the little girl turned around with a shy look, claiming that "it's all up to the mother."

Miss Hu was in a hurry to get married, but Zhang Qian was not in a hurry to get married. After the two families agreed, Zhang Qian asked his whole son to go back to Yuanshui to pick up his mother according to the etiquette of getting married in Anzhou, and then went to the shop to win three golds and three silvers , ready to wait for the mother to come before getting engaged and getting married.

"This child is filial! His character is absolutely not bad. Although he is just a juren now, he will definitely have a prosperous day in the future!" Huang Yushi praised Zhang Qian from his hair to his heels to the Hu family.

Li Hongqin didn't come alone, Li Shi also came along, saying that she was here to serve Dongbao, and when the child was full moon, she followed Dongbao back to Tagouji.

"Mother, you are here, what about Dad, Xiaoxu and Xiaodong?" Lin Shi asked with a smile.

"Is it okay if I don't come?" Li Shi braided Wan Wan while scolding Dong Bao and Lin Shi, "It's such a big matter to have a baby, no elders are watching, just the two of you, how can I Can you rest assured? Dashi can take care of you, who will take care of you that night? Fanghua is also pregnant, and this is her first child. Although your mother misses you in her heart, it is not good to leave Fanghua here. Only I came here .”

When the maple leaves on the mountains in the suburbs of Beijing turned red, Dong Bao gave birth to a son who weighed six catties. He was born with a head of thick black fetal hair, red and wrinkled, and cried extremely loudly.

Lin Shi named his son Lin Zheng. When Mrs. Li went to a Buddhist temple in the suburbs of Beijing to burn incense, he asked someone to tell his grandson's fortune, saying that the five elements were short of gold, so he gave his grandson a slightly vulgar little name. The first name is Jin Geer.

(End of this chapter)