Chapter 183 Happy as a God
Lin Shiqi looked at Ruan, this time her complexion was rosy and her face was full of shame.
It is indeed completely different from last time.
Mrs. Zhou was afraid of causing trouble and still didn't quite believe it, so she asked her son to invite the doctor over.
I gave Mr. Ruan a serious follow-up examination.
The old doctor said, "It is indeed a happy pulse."
Mrs. Zhou finally believed it and said, "That's good, that's good."
The old doctor looked entangled. "But Madam Ruan's body has just been poisoned. I don't know if the toxins in her body have been completely cleared. The baby she is pregnant with may not be able to be kept..."
Lin Shiqi also had doubts.
Even if the baby is born, we don’t know whether it is healthy or not.
But the old doctor didn't dare to say anything, and she, an outsider, couldn't interrupt.
Ruan said anxiously, "Please ask the doctor to prescribe some medicine to protect the fetus. I am old and it is difficult for me to get pregnant. Please save this baby, mother, I beg you..."
Mrs. Zhou scolded Ruan for wasting money.
At the same time, he asked the old doctor to give her medicine to preserve the pregnancy. "Since you are pregnant, our family must do our best. You can prescribe medicine to preserve the pregnancy..."
Everyone congratulated Ruan this time.
When Zhou Laoer came back and confirmed again and again that Ruan was really pregnant, he was naturally happy again.
Mrs. Zhou was happy and asked Liu to prepare two more meat dishes in the evening.
The whole family congratulated Ruan.
Lin Shiqi also sincerely congratulated her and hoped that the baby would be born healthy.
Zhou Lang did not come back at night.
Lin Shiqi explained to Lao Zhou's family that he had gone to the county town to study and would not be back for a few days.
Zhou Lang was the top scorer in the examination for Tongsheng (a scholar who passed the imperial examination). Many people wanted to make friends with him. He even went to the county school and listened to lectures by great scholars. Some people invited him to go out and study. This was a very normal thing.
Mrs. Zhou didn't ask any more questions.
Wang said, "Our Zhou family is so blessed with so many things. We are going to have another scholar soon, and we are going to have another baby. God is really blessing our family!"
Old man Zhou loves to hear such words.
Nodded with satisfaction.
At night, only Lin Shiqi and Xiao Mianiang were left playing in the house.
Lin Shiqi took out a deck of playing cards, and the mother and son played cards.
While playing cards and chatting, the mute girl said, "Mother, I seemed to hear Wang and Ruan whispering..."
"What?"
The mute girl said, "It seems that Wang asked Ruan for money, twenty taels of silver or something..."
"Huh? Why is that?"
"I don't know."
Lin Shiqi was too lazy to meddle in other people's affairs. She didn't know what shameful transactions the first and second wives were doing, and it had nothing to do with her.
The mother and son played poker with great interest.
The little mute girl is a very smart kid. As soon as Lin Shiqi gave him the rules, he learned them after one game.
Lin Shiqi is also an expert at poker, and the two of them played back and forth.
While fighting, Lin Shiqi touched it casually.
I took out chocolate cookies, yogurt ice cream, fresh cream strawberries, cherry tomatoes and other snacks and fruits.
The two of them ate and played cards, as happy as gods.
The little mute girl didn't even ask where it came from.
Anyway, as long as I follow Lin Shiqi, I can have delicious food.
Many of them were things he had never seen before, and once you tasted them, you would be left with an unforgettable aftertaste.
His mother is the mountain goddess!
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The scholar examination lasts for three days.
Every morning when he wakes up, Old Man Zhou burns incense to his ancestors.
The day after Ruan's pregnancy was confirmed, Zhou Laoer went to the county town to deliver goods and brought back a lot of food for Ruan.
When Mrs. Zhou saw this, she started to curse, saying that she was pregnant and it wasn't like she was carrying Nezha the Third Prince, so it wasn't that precious. However, despite the curses, she never asked Ruan to do the chores at home again.
After the exam, Zhou Lang went home.
Zhou Qinan did not come back. He asked someone to say that he and his classmates would go out to the county town for a few days to relax and return home after the results were announced.
Old man Zhou's joy at welcoming his eldest grandson's triumphant return was greatly dampened.
But it’s okay. Just wait a few more days. When you return to the village with the title of scholar, people will be happier.
As soon as Zhou Lang came back, Lin Shiqi asked him if he had met Zhou Qinan?
"I didn't see him when I entered the exam room, but I did see him when we were assigned to the exam room. I told him the reason, and he probably didn't take me seriously. He just envied me for being so lucky to get such a recommendation from a noble person."
"How did you say you met the noble?"
"I said that Magistrate Cui particularly appreciated my examination paper and insisted on recommending me..."
Lin Shiqi wanted to laugh, "Great, you can lie without changing your expression anyway."
"Well, it's up to him whether he believes it or not."
Lin Shiqi asked again, "Zhou Qinan didn't go home after the exam. I'm afraid he went to look for his old subordinates? He couldn't concentrate on the exam before, but now that it's over, he has time to come."
"It's okay, I'll deal with it as it happens." Zhou Lang was quite stable.
The two hadn't seen each other for a few days, and Lin Shiqi thought he seemed even more handsome.
Since we traveled through time, we have been together day and night. Even if I don’t say anything after not seeing you for a few days, I still miss you a little.
What does the book say?
A day without seeing you feels like three years?
Not really, not really, that’s an exaggeration.
After entering the Concentric Lock Space, Lin Shiqi prepared a lot of delicious food for Zhou Lang without even touching the ground.
They also offer a free kiss on the cheek while Zhou Lang is surfing the Internet.
Chat with Assistant Li and chat with Mr. Zhou.
When she kissed him before, she just wanted to pin Zhou Lang down and beat him up, but when he kissed her cheek today, her face turned red involuntarily.
Something is running wild in my heart.
It reaches the apex of my heart.
Lin Shiqi tried hard to suppress this feeling, but she couldn't. She had to hold it in. Zhou Lang had someone in his heart, and she couldn't be attracted to him even if she was blind.
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The next day, at dinner time.
Wang Shidao,
"Mom and Dad, our Dalang has passed the exam now and should be a scholar. He can no longer study in Longquan School in the future. Longquan School can't teach him anything. It's best for him to go to the county town or the provincial capital to study. My mother's family helped our Dalang find out that there is a former fellow Jinshi in the county who is very knowledgeable and has a high salary. He can live in the old fellow Jinshi's home for food and accommodation, and the tuition is also guaranteed..."
Old man Zhou was somewhat tempted.
"How much does it cost to maintain the house each year?"
Wang replied, "Da Lang's uncle asked around and found out that it only costs about 100 taels a year. He only teaches a few students. If he only teaches Da Lang, the price might be a little higher..."
Mother Zhou snorted coldly, "Why don't you just skin your father and me alive and pay us a hundred taels of silver a year? We are not from a wealthy family, we are just country folk. I have heard people say that those who passed the imperial examinations studied at home by themselves, so why would they need to learn from famous teachers? If you are a good student, then study. If you are not a good student, don't play those fancy tricks and suck the blood of your family in the name of studying."
After these words were spoken, Wang's face turned red.
Mrs. Zhou's words were too impolite. She directly revealed what she was thinking.
She just feels like she's at a disadvantage if the eldest daughter-in-law doesn't get some benefits since her family makes a lot of money.
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