She has an excellent talent for medicine, and her medical skills are top-notch in the medical world.
She has a good business mind. Just counting the money she earns from her business, she is already a wealthy woman.
But she had no talent for knitting. Her hands, which were deft in acupuncture, were clumsy at sewing. It took her two full days to make a thick velvet hat.
This hat is in a terrible state. The stitching is sparse, there are several loose threads, and the thick velvet joints are not aligned, with one long and one short.
The best female worker in Guanju Pavilion is Xianqiu. She is usually quiet and taciturn, and a little timid. She is very respectful to Hua Fushu. Looking at the hat in the embroidery basket, she showed for the first time that she didn't want to look at it. This craftsmanship is really not for people to see.
This hat is so ugly and obviously too small.
She didn't dare say it out loud. After all, this was the first time the young lady had taken the initiative to make something to wear for the young master, and she couldn't let her confidence be undermined.
Sanqiao and Hua Fushu grew up together and had a close relationship. When she saw her daughter's work, she felt disgusted. She bet that her son-in-law would definitely not take this hat to the Imperial Examination Hall, let alone wear it outside.
Sanqiao and the others didn't dare to tell Hua Fushu that her hat was so ugly.
Hua Fushu had no idea what the maids were thinking. She picked up the hat from the embroidery basket and went to the study.
The imperial examination was just a few days away, and Mr. Kong had stopped teaching his students. He asked them to relax and go home to prepare everything they needed for the examination.
Ye Zelin was not idle at home either, he was reviewing his lessons in the study.
Sanqiao thought that even they were disgusted with the girl's craftsmanship, so the young master, who had such high standards, might be even more disgusted than them. What if the young master accidentally said something that undermined the girl's confidence?
For the sake of the girl's confidence, she took the hat from Hua Fushu's hand and said, "Miss, I'll take it to my son-in-law. You've been sewing for a few days, and your eyes must be blurry. You should take a rest to heal your eyes."
Sanqiao turned and left, and Hua Fushu wanted to call out but couldn't.
She knew Sanqiao's good intentions for her, and she also knew that the hat was ugly and Ye Zelin would definitely not accept it.
After all, it took her two days of hard work to make it. Even if Ye Zelin didn't want to wear it, she had to show Ye Zelin her thoughts.
Hua Fushu followed.
Sanqiao brought the hat to Ye Zelin. When the handsome young man, who was well-dressed and elegant, saw the hat, he frowned and held his forehead and said to Sanqiao, "Tell your daughter not to sew anymore."
Sanqiao was at a loss for words. She knew her son-in-law would dislike her, but she didn't expect him to dislike her to the point of not allowing her to sew anymore.
"Sir, this is not good. The girl will be sad."
Ye Zelin said: "She doesn't have this talent. I can't afford to lose face if I wear this thing."
“…” Sanqiao didn’t know how to respond.
Outside the study, Hua Fushu heard what Ye Zelin said as soon as he arrived. He was immediately furious and his back teeth were grinding. "Ye Zelin!"
Sanqiao and Ye Zelin turned around and looked outside the door almost at the same time, only to see Hua Fushu standing at the door with her eyes wide open. Then she glared at Ye Zelin fiercely and turned away.
"Son-in-law, the young lady is angry. Why don't you go and comfort her?" Sanqiao said to her son-in-law as she looked at Hua Fushu's disappearing back.
"You go and coax her first, I'll coax her later." Ye Zelin ordered.
Sanqiao put down his hat, left the study and went after Hua Fushu.
Hua Fushu turned his head to look at Sanqiao, "What else did he say?"
Sanqiao told the truth, "The master told you not to sew anymore."
"Okay." Hua Fushu wanted to stomp a few times, but looking at the clean floor, which the maids had mopped for a long time, he didn't stomp. "If you don't want to move, then don't beg me to move next time."
"The young master said he would come over to coax you later." Sanqiao said.
Ye Zelin didn't come to comfort anyone in the end, he forgot.
Hua Fushu knew that she was not good at sewing, so she didn't make the hat or knee pads and gave them to Sanqiao and Xianqiu.
Sanqiao made knee pads and Xianqiu made hats.
Hua Fushu said to Sanqiao, who was making kneepads, "Embroider two osmanthus trees on it."
Embroidering osmanthus trees symbolizes winning the laurel in the imperial palace.
On the tenth day of the second lunar month, the whole family sent Ye Zelin to the Imperial Examination Hall. This "whole family" did not include the old general and Xu.
Ye Songyan didn't want to come originally, but Ruhuan dragged him here.
Ye Yunlu did not come.
Outside the Imperial Examination Hall, there were huge crowds of people, all of whom were students who were about to enter the hall and their family and friends who were accompanying them to take the exam.
Side got off the carriage first, followed by Ye Zelin and Hua Fushu. Ye Shiheng and his wife, Ruhuan and Ye Songyan were in the carriage at the back. As soon as the carriage stopped, they also got off.
"Brother, there are so many people here!" It was Ruhuan's first time going out since the incident in the palace. Seeing the people coming one after another, she couldn't help but feel excited.
Ye Zelin told his little sister, "There are so many people here, stay close to your parents and don't get lost."
Ruhuan responded to her brother obediently: "I won't."
"Lin'er." Ye Shiheng shouted.
Ye Zelin, "Dad."
Ye Shiheng patted his son's shoulder, straightened his hair, and said earnestly, "Son, I don't know why you want to take the imperial examination, and I don't really support you. Since you have chosen this path, then go on well. Just make sure you don't regret it in the future."
Ye Zelin said, "Dad, I have chosen this path myself. No matter how the situation changes in the future, I will not regret it."
"As long as you don't regret it." Ye Shiheng said.
Madam Ouyang also said, "Lin'er, you must take good care of yourself in the Imperial Examination Hall."
"I know, Mom." Ye Zelin said.
Several members of the Kong family also took the imperial examination this year. When they saw Ye Zelin from afar, they came over to say hello.
"When it rains, when it rains."
Ye Zelin took a few steps forward and said, "You're here too."
A Kong family student wearing a plain robe and carrying a bundle said, "My great-uncle is here too. He's here to escort us into the examination hall."
The 'great-uncle' he referred to was Mr. Confucius.
This man looked at Ye Shiheng's family with sharp eyes and asked Ye Zelin, "Didn't the general disapprove of your imperial examination? Why did your whole family come to see you off?"
Not long after, Mr. Kong came over, and the student from the Kong family immediately stepped aside. Ye Zelin did not respond to him.
"Teacher." Ye Zelin bowed.
Mr. Kong nodded seriously.
Mr. Kong was Ye Zelin's teacher. Ye Shiheng stepped forward to greet him, "Master Kong, how are you?"
Mr. Kong said, "Very good, very good."
Ye Shiheng looked at the group of young students behind Mr. Kong and said, "Oh, old master, these young talents in your family are all participating in the imperial examination. Look at them, they are all full of energy and look confident."
Mr. Kong said modestly, "General, you are too kind. These guys are not very talented, but they look good in spirit and energy."
"Enter the examination room, enter the examination room."
The students who took part in the imperial examination lined up and underwent inspection in an orderly manner before entering the Imperial Examination Hall.
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