Liu didn't prepare other things because Lin Shiyu had already prepared everything that needed to be prepared.
The two elders of the Lin family went home and looked around, but found that nothing in the house was suitable to be taken to San'er.
The main reason is that the journey is too long and the food and drinks are not suitable.
Old Mrs. Lin wanted to get some new clothes and shoes, but in the end she didn't.
It’s not because it’s too troublesome, but because she doesn’t know how to do it.
She doesn't know how to make the style of clothes that Lin Anru is wearing now. She only knows how to wear the shorts that everyone else is wearing.
After making several sets of shorts, Lin Anru still had no chance to wear the right ones.
Even if you study at the last minute now, you won’t be able to learn that quickly.
In the end, the two elders sold most of the grain in their home, and added it to their recent savings to exchange for small silver notes.
They thought it was always good to have more money with them when they were away from home.
The news that someone had sent something to Lin Anru was not disclosed to the public. Only a few people in the Lin family prepared some things and asked someone to take them away.
Once the letter and items are sent away, I don’t know when I will receive the next letter.
Life returned to normal.
I don’t know if it’s because there were too many natural disasters before, but this year the weather has been good and the harvest has been good.
At the autumn harvest time, the harvest from the fields was much more than in previous years.
Even herbs had a bumper harvest this year.
The villagers always had smiles on their faces and were cheerful whenever they met anyone.
The New Year comes shortly after the autumn harvest.
After this year, Lin Shiyu was eight years old in real age and nine years old in lunar age.
Lin Boyu is thirteen years old in real life and fourteen in lunar age. He is a serious young man.
It seemed that she knew that her son was going to take the imperial examination, so Lin Anru asked someone to deliver a letter after the beginning of the year.
Along with the letters came a bunch of reference books he had written himself.
Lin Boyu read the letter again and again, and finally went back to his room happily to study the new book his father gave him.
End of January.
"Don't cause trouble when you go out. Talk less and watch more, okay?" Liu told her son reluctantly.
Lin Boyu, who was already a grown-up, did not have the impetuous look that befitted his age. He listened to Liu's chattering with a calm expression.
"You've never been far away, so don't be alone out there. If you have any problems, ask your uncle to help you solve them, okay?"
Lin Boyu nodded.
No matter how reluctant Liu was, she finally sent him onto the ox cart with her own hands.
The ox cart went farther and farther away until it was out of sight, and then Liu turned around and went home.
She watched her husband go to the imperial examination hall, and now she watched her son go to the examination hall.
I hope my son can achieve good grades like his father.
Even though one person is missing from the family, it doesn't seem like much has changed.
The main reason is that on weekdays, Lin Boyu almost always studies in the house and has little time to meet with his family.
So it feels the same whether he is not home or at home.
Lin Boyu was gone for three months.
Three months later, he returned to Yamada Village with a tired look on his face.
He was so strong when he left, but when he came back he was so thin that he seemed like he would fall down if blown by the wind.
Liu, whose eyes had not turned red for a long time, had swollen eyes that day.
"Don't cry, your brother just came back, let him eat first."
Upon hearing this, Liu immediately wiped away her tears and pulled her son towards the house.
The food at home was prepared early, so Lin Boyu could eat it as soon as he got home.
Liu kept putting food into his bowl with her chopsticks, urging him to eat more.
Lin Boyu accepted all the dishes in the bowl without saying a word during the whole process.
The silence made Liu feel uneasy.
During the meal time, Lin Shiyu prepared a soup to relieve fatigue and asked the maid to boil it for Lin Boyu to take a bath in.
"Are you asleep?"
"Asleep."
Liu stood in front of her son's door, looking at the sleeping person through the crack in the door, her eyes full of worry.
After looking for a long time, she closed the door.
"I don't know what your brother has been through. He's so lifeless."
When her husband was not at home, the task of educating the children fell on her. She was at a loss and had to confide her distress to her daughter.
"Wait until brother wakes up and ask him. What he needs now is rest." Lin Shiyu pulled him away directly.
She asked Lin Boyu's servant, and he didn't see any scars or anything like that when Lin Boyu was taking a bath, so it was likely that he didn't do well in the exam and was hit hard.
"Don't wait until tomorrow, I'll ask my uncle what happened..."
Before Liu finished speaking, Lin Shiyu immediately interrupted her and persuaded her:
"Hey, mother, my dear mother. Don't you see what time it is now? You went to my aunt's house in the middle of the night. People thought something happened to our family. My uncle-in-law just came back from the exam. You have to give him some time to reunite with his family..."
Under her daughter's persuasion, Liu finally gave up the idea of going to Chang's house tonight.
However, she thought that if her son was still in this state tomorrow, she would have to go to the Chang family to disturb him.
Sleepless nights are the most difficult to endure.
Mrs. Liu almost didn't sleep the whole night because she was worried about her son.
After finally waiting until dawn, she stood quietly in front of Lin Boyu's door waiting for him to wake up.
Lin Shiyu got up and walked out of the room, almost bumping into Liu:
"I was scared to death, Mom."
"Shh!" Liu immediately covered her mouth: "Your brother hasn't woken up yet, don't wake him up."
Lin Shiyu looked at her speechlessly.
Mrs. Liu wanted her son to wake up so that she would know that he was fine, but she also didn't want her son to wake up so soon so that she could sleep a little longer.
"Brother won't wake up so early. Do you want to go have breakfast first?"
Yesterday's bath water was added with the medicine she prepared. Lin Boyu slept so comfortably that he didn't know how he would wake up so quickly.
"You go eat first. I'll wait for your brother to wake up and eat with him." Liu refused.
Seeing that she was looking inside the room while speaking and her mind was completely on Lin Boyu, Lin Shiyu finally stopped trying to persuade her.
It is perfectly normal for a mother to worry about her son.
No matter how others comfort you, it will be in vain.
Unless something happens to Liu's other child, Lin Shiyu, she might shift her attention away from her son.
Lin Shiyu finished her breakfast and then strolled to the old house.
"Have you eaten yet? Do you want something else?"
Old Mrs. Lin noticed her and invited her over for breakfast.
"I've already eaten." Lin Shiyu told the truth, but she still accompanied the old lady to drink half a bowl of porridge.
"Where is my grandpa?"
"Where else can it go? It's either in the fields or in the fields." Old Mrs. Lin answered without thinking.
Everyone thought that with a son who was an official, Mr. Lin must be living a comfortable and happy life.
In fact, it is the other way around.
I don’t know where the old man heard all this nonsense, saying that officials have no money to bribe and live a life worse than pigs and dogs.
Mr. Lin, who originally thought of planting a few acres of land to feed himself, now goes out to open up wasteland almost every day.
He's old, but he still thinks he's a young man. He works all day long under the sun, and no one can persuade him.
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