"Really? That's great!"
As soon as Lin Boyu got home, Liu sent him over to cook with Tian Ge'er. Only Lin Anru and his wife and Lin Shiyu were left in the lobby.
As soon as they sat down, Lin Anru told Lin Shiyu that he had sold the recipe to Mr. Hong.
"Of course it's true. I have received the first installment of money." Lin Anru said, shaking the banknote in his hand.
Lin Shiyu took it out of curiosity. It was two silver notes with a face value of one hundred yuan each.
After seeing the so-called silver note, she was no longer curious, but handed the silver note to Liu, who was equally curious.
The two light pieces of paper seemed to Liu as heavy as a ton of pounds, and her hands began to tremble as she held them.
At the beginning of the year, they were still worried about having a few more copper coins to buy eggs to nourish their children. At the end of the year, let alone eggs, they could even eat meat for several months in a row.
"Okay, great."
Wiping the tears from her eyes, Liu put the banknote back into Lin Shiyu's hand.
"Keep it safe and don't lose it."
Lin Anru had no objection to his wife's behavior, but asked his daughter one more question:
"What are you going to do with the money?"
Lin Shiyu handed the two banknotes to Lin Anru without hesitation:
"One hundred taels of this will be given to you first. Your education will cost a lot of money. Besides the writing brushes, ink, paper, and inkstone, you also need to keep up with the social interactions."
Being a lone wolf is not feasible in officialdom, at least not for Lin Anru.
Lin Anru frowned and put one hundred taels of silver into his purse. Suddenly, his pressure increased. He had invested so much upfront, what would he do if he failed the exam?
"Dad, you have to work hard. This money is not for nothing. Not to mention the long-term prospects, I hope your name will be on the list of candidates for next year's scholar program."
Lin Anru breathed a sigh of relief: "I'll try my best."
It's more stressful, but worth it.
More than ten years ago, there was nothing we could do if we didn’t have the conditions. Now the conditions are so good, it would be unacceptable if we did worse in the exam than before.
"The remaining one hundred taels should be exchanged for small change and copper coins at the bank. Use half to continue purchasing food, and the other half for normal household expenses."
Next year's summer harvest will be a failure, and then there will be various natural and man-made disasters, big and small.
The duration is unknown and the extent of the damage is unknown.
The textual descriptions in the book only serve to highlight the hardships of the heroine's life, paving the way for her to leave the Lin family.
There is too little description of the disaster, accounting for less than one-tenth of the heroine's emotional drama.
She had no way to stop the natural disaster and could only try her best to prepare the necessary supplies under limited conditions.
As for family expenses, apart from purchasing some precious medicinal materials needed for Liu's medicinal cuisine, their family has basically no expenses.
"We don't need that much at home, so you can save some for yourself." Liu objected.
"The share for home should be used at home. Take fifty taels from my one hundred taels and save it for you." Lin Anru also said.
The recipe belongs to Lin Shiyu, but she didn't get a penny of the money earned. How can this be ridiculous?
Their family has always earned money based on the principle of "the more you work, the more you earn." In addition, after they learned about Lin Shiyu's life in another dynasty, they didn't want to let their daughter down.
"No, that's all for now. You can give it to me next time. Anyway, there will be income from the prescription later. Let's focus on the family first."
Lin Anru and Liu wanted to talk more, but at this time Lin Boyu and Tian Ge'er came in with food, and the two of them tacitly stopped chatting.
Lin Boyu: …
I could hear the noise outside the door, but he stopped talking the moment he came in. Is it because I'm no longer part of the family? <(._.)>
Lin Boyu was depressed.
Lin Boyu is full of fighting spirit.
"Dad, are you planning to take the exam for the scholar next year?"
"I have this plan, what's wrong?"
Lin Anru didn't intend to hide it from her son and answered directly.
"Then you must do well in the exam." Lin Boyu reminded.
Lin Anru stared at him. Is this how you should talk to your old father?
He replied indifferently: "Of course I will do well in the exam."
Lin Boyu straightened himself up to give himself courage: "If you don't pass the exam next year, you will have to take the exam in the same room as me the year after next."
Why not the year after next? Because the academy examination is held twice every three years (to obtain the title of scholar), and the year after next is the provincial examination, which is held once every three years, which is the autumn examination time.
The people present looked at him in surprise. Has he changed his personality?
"Ha!" Lin Anru laughed, her eyes seeming to mock him for overestimating his abilities. "You're boasting before you've even learned all the characters. Wait until you get the qualification to become a Tongsheng before you say that."
Lin Boyu felt guilty, but immediately said confidently: "Just because I haven't fully learned it now doesn't mean I won't be able to do it next year. Starting tomorrow... no, starting tonight, I will study hard."
Lin Anru didn't comment on what he said and continued to eat.
Lin Boyu didn't get a response, so he turned his gaze to Liu and Lin Shiyu. The two pretended not to see anything and didn't even pause.
Only Tian Ge'er responded to him: "Cousin, you have such a good brain. As long as you spend more time, I believe you can recognize all the characters in less than three months, let alone the year after next."
"Of course." He still had this confidence.
In fact, he had already learned to recognize words, but the examination for becoming a scholar was not about literacy.
Moreover, because he was too playful at the time, he did not learn many characters seriously and had to relearn them.
"You believe everything your cousin says. You're not even as smart as he is. In just this month, he's already learned to count within 100 characters, and he knows quite a few characters, at least much more than you did in your first month."
Liu, who was originally eating quietly, couldn't help it anymore. She put down her chopsticks and said.
Lin Boyu's eyes widened as he looked at Liu and then at Tian Ge'er to confirm the truth of the matter.
"Hey, hey, hey, no, no."
After being praised, Tian Ge'er's dark face became even darker, and he kept waving his hands to deny it.
How could he compare with his cousin, but he felt really good when he was praised.
"My mother is right."
Lin Shiyu said casually after swallowing the rice in her mouth.
This time, Brother Tian didn't dare to wave his hand.
Lin Shiyu is his teacher, and everything she says is right.
Lin Boyu felt wronged.
Lin Boyu clenched his fist.
Lin Boyu decided to fight tonight until dawn.
The dinner ended with Lin Boyu feeling complicated.
As usual, Lin Boyu and Tian Ge'er were responsible for cleaning up the dishes, while Lin Anru and his wife and Lin Shiyu continued to chat in the lobby.
The topic of this conversation is the purchase of herbs. Lin Shiyu needs to communicate clearly with Lin Anru before proceeding to the next step.
"I understand the situation now. I will go to discuss it with the village chief tomorrow. You should get some rest early!"
Liu and Lin Shiyu got up to wash and rest, while Lin Anru lit the oil lamp and worked hard.
In another room, the oil lamp was also lit early.
Under the dark night sky, in the quiet house, two lights remained on until late at night and were not turned off.
Fortunately, my brother-in-law Chang Lin had sent over a lot of lamp oil before, otherwise it would not be enough for both father and son.
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