Lin Ruhai listened to Jia Zheng complain about his bad luck.
If only he hadn't fallen ill this time. In the end, Lin Ruhai couldn't hold it in anymore after listening to Jia Zheng's complaints.
He interrupted Jia Zheng's complaints and said, "Second Brother-in-law, haven't you already participated in one test? What's the question of the first test? "Lin Ruhai asked.
Jia Zheng was stunned for a moment, then he told him the question of the first test. The first question of the classics was "New Day and New Day".
Lin Ruhai thought for a moment and immediately thought of the source of the question. It was from the third chapter of "Da Xue".
"Tang Zhi's" Pan Ming "said," Be new every day.
New every day. "Kang Gao" said, "Be a new citizen."
"How did Second Brother-in-law answer?"
Jia Zheng felt very confident about this question. The questions of the classics in this test were all cut-and-match questions. Jia Zheng had solved them for a long time, but this was the only question he was confident about.
He translated this question and then told him his thoughts. It was about letting people get rid of the old and welcome the new, so that they could continue to improve.
Lin Ruhai listened to Jia Zheng's words.
He frowned.
He said, "Second Brother-in-law,
"You're wrong about this question. There's another sentence after this question. 'The poem says," Although Zhou is an old country, it is destined to be renewed. "Therefore, a gentleman will do anything.' "You should also write from the perspective of the country, from the people to the country, and then sublimate. Second Brother-in-law, you only talked about the people. You went astray in this classic."
Jia Zheng was stunned. He had gone astray in the question he was most confident about. What about the other questions?
"So, Second Brother-in-law, you don't have to think that you're unlucky. You can continue next time." Because the question had gone astray, if he hadn't fallen ill this time, he wouldn't have been able to pass the exam. Lin Ruhai hinted.
Jia Zheng felt a little uncomfortable. He couldn't hear Lin Ruhai's words clearly. This time, it seemed to have been a big blow to him. At this time, a servant came in and said, "Young master, Great Aunt wants you to go to the East Palace with her to see Young Master Biao."
Lin Ruhai stood up, bowed to Jia Zheng, and said, "Second Brother-in-law, take care of yourself. Madam and I will go to the East House." Then, seeing that Jia Zheng still did not respond, he shrugged helplessly and turned to leave.
Lin Ruhai went out and saw Jia Min waiting outside. He smiled and walked over to Jia Min.
"What did you and Second Brother talk about? Why were you inside for so long?" Jia Min didn't think that her second brother would have anything to say to her husband. At most, he would complain about himself, about how fate was unfair to him, and that he couldn't inherit the title because he wasn't the eldest son. Furthermore, she didn't know what her mother was thinking. She doted on her second brother so much. After all, when they separated from the family in the future, her mother would have to follow her eldest brother. If she didn't treat her eldest brother well now, how would she be able to make a living in her eldest brother's hands in the future?
"I discussed the first imperial examination with Second Brother-in-law. Second Brother-in-law seemed to have gone astray, so I advised him not to feel that he was unlucky this time and to work harder next time," said Lin Ruhai.
"Pfft." Jia Min laughed. "Then Second Brother will be angry to death." Jia Min was overjoyed. She had the urge to go see her mother again and tell her that even if Second Brother wasn't sick, he wouldn't be able to pass the imperial examination. Jia Min was proud, but she thought that she had spoken too harshly today. Her mother was also old, and it wouldn't be good if she provoked her.
Lin Ruhai smiled and said, "Are we going to the East House now?"
"Okay, since it's still early, we can spend more time with Jinyu." Jia Min smiled gently. As expected, she was right to ask Zheng 'er's wife to help raise the child. Although Jinyu's health wasn't as good as Lian' er's and Yao 'er's, he was much better than before when he was on the verge of death. His body was much chubbier, and he could run and jump around with Lian' er and Yao 'er. His personality had also become more cheerful. Jia Min didn't know how to thank Xia Lu. During the New Year, the gifts he gave to the East House were almost the same as those given to Xi Province.
When Jia Min and Lin Ruhai went to Ningguo Province, they were reminded by the servants of Ningguo Province that they were now in the pavilion in the courtyard. Jia Min and Lin Ruhai could only follow the servants to the pavilion in the courtyard.
As it was already the beginning of summer, Xia Lu didn't let the three little ones run up and down in the residence to play. Children didn't know much and didn't know how to control themselves when they played. If they weren't careful, they would play too much and might even get a heatstroke.
However, the house wasn't particularly cool. Xia Lu felt that it wasn't appropriate to put ice in the house in the beginning of summer, so he brought the three little ones to the pavilion. There was wind blowing in and there was a place to shade them from the sun. It was a good place to avoid the heat. However, the children couldn't sit still in the pavilion all the time. Xia Lu gave each of them a piece of paper and a pen so that they could draw. The person who taught them how to draw was naturally Jia Zhen.
When Jia Zhen was mourning in Jinling, she learned how to draw. Although she couldn't compare to those masters who had been drawing for more than ten years, her drawing was very good. In the eyes of a layman like Xia Lu, her drawing was very good. Xia Lu herself also learned how to draw from Jia Zhen. However, the teacher who taught them how to draw criticized Xia Lu for drawing too much craftsmanship.
Xia Lu said that craftsmanship was just craftsmanship. She didn't really want to learn how to draw.
Jia Zhen asked the three little ones to draw the lotus in the pond. Jia Zhen first explained the skills of drawing to the three little ones. Xia Lu watched from the side and felt that the atmosphere at this time was very good. She asked Ziyuan to grind the ink, spread out a piece of rice paper, and wrote a topic: The Travels of Mrs. Sun. Ever since Jia Zhen gave Xia Lu a nickname, Xia Lu had always wanted to write a novel. As a woman in the 21st century, the type of novel she wrote naturally had to be different from the stallion novels on the market.
No, it should be called a stallion novel. It was a combination of male phoenix novels, stallion novels, and Tom Su novels. Basically, they were all the same. There were many women, cousins, and young ladies of high officials who liked him. An ordinary scholar who finally became the top scorer in the imperial examination and was fancied by a young lady of a high official's family. Then, he married the young lady of a high official's family as his legal wife and his former childhood sweetheart as his concubine. He enjoyed a happy life. Xia Lu wanted to vomit when she saw it.
Madam Sun was Lord Sun's first wife, and he had married her before he had made a name for himself. Moreover, Madam Sun was a village girl. She was very good at farm work and was a virtuous person. Lord Sun had also respected Madam Sun very much in the early years. When he went out to study, Madam Sun had always taken care of the family. However, Lord Sun had passed the imperial examination step by step and entered the officialdom. Madam Sun was no longer worthy of him. Lord Sun had also begun to become impatient with Madam Sun.
Mrs. Sun was born a village girl, so she was naturally not a qualified official's wife. Moreover, Lord Sun did not help her become a qualified official's wife at this time. Mrs. Sun began to feel inferior and was no longer the cheerful and virtuous woman in the countryside.
Until one day, when Lord Sun and Madam Sun went back to worship their ancestors and returned to their hometown by boat, they suddenly encountered a storm. The boat was overturned by huge waves, and Lord Sun and Madam Sun were washed to an uninhabited island. Madam Sun quickly pulled herself together and found food and fresh water to feed herself and Lord Sun. She tried to find a way to leave the deserted island, but Lord Sun fell ill as soon as he arrived on the island. After he recovered from his illness, he began to complain about the heavens and the people. Madam Sun finally found herself again. She began to become cheerful and confident. She was no longer bothered by the chattering and complaining Lord Sun. One day, they were finally discovered by a boat and were rescued. Madam Sun began to travel around the country and the story of the entire country.
Xia Lu was immersed in her own thoughts and slowly wrote the story. After Jia Zhen explained the painting skills to the three little kids, he turned his gaze to Xia Lu. Seeing her serious look, Jia Zhen couldn't help but smile. He sat down, picked up a piece of rice paper, and began to write and draw on it. With just a few strokes, he outlined a shape. The background was the lotus in the pond, and the person in the background was Xia Lu, who was writing seriously.
Jia Min and Lin Ruhai came to the pond and looked at the group of people in the pavilion from a distance. They were all holding a piece of paper and writing and drawing. The two of them couldn't help but smile. The two of them looked at each other and wanted to join in.
Just as Jia Min and Lin Ruhai didn't know if they should disturb them, Xia Lu put down her pen and was about to change a piece of paper when she saw Jia Min and Lin Ruhai.
"Aunt Min, Son-in-law Lin, you're here?" Xia Lu said.
At this time, Jia Zhen also came back to his senses. Looking at the unfinished painting, he felt a little regretful. However, most of the painting was basically finished. Only a few details needed to be carefully sketched out. Jia Zhen put down the painting and stood up.
Lin Ruhai and Jia Min realized that Xia Lu and Jia Zhen had already seen them, so they could only walk over.
"Aunt Min, Son-in-law Lin." The two of them greeted Jia Min and Lin Ruhai. Then, they let the three little kids greet Jia Min and Lin Ruhai.
"What are you doing?" Jia Min bent down slightly and looked at the three children.
"Painting lotus flowers," the three children answered together.
"Painting lotus flowers? That's amazing. Can you show it to me?" Jia Min learned from Xia Lu's interactions with the children that children needed to be praised.
The three of them shook their heads together, indicating that they refused.
"Why don't you show it to me?" Jia Min pretended to be hurt, but there was a smile in her eyes.
"Because it's not finished yet," Jia Lian said.
"And we have to show it to my sister-in-law first," Jia Yao added.
"Yes." Lin Jinyu nodded firmly to show that he agreed.
"Alright, after you finish painting and show it to your sister-in-law, I'll see it then, okay?" Jia Min asked.
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