Lin Wan'er nodded and said, "She wishes I would marry an official! This way my two brothers can follow suit."
…
Zhao Linger was speechless.
"Two thousand taels is two thousand taels. As long as you marry Zhou You, from now on you will just live your life and ignore your mother and the others."
"But where do we have two thousand taels now!"
Zhao Ling'er thought about it and realized that she had one thousand taels. However, they needed more than just two thousand taels. In addition to the betrothal gift, they also needed weddings, furniture, and houses. It was estimated that based on her mother's character, she would need at least another one thousand taels.
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Instead of being stretched thin, it’s better to make money quickly!
Zhao Linger said: "This matter cannot be rushed. You put it off for now, and I will think about whether there is a way to make money. Instead of fighting with your mother, it is better to impress her. Let her believe that as long as you can marry Zhou You, she can too in the future.
Follow and enjoy the blessings.”
Lin Wan'er curled her lips and said, "I would rather not have this mother!"
Seeing Su Yining and Zhao Linger coming back, Li Heng, who was squatting at the door, stood up immediately.
"Li Heng? Why are you here?" Zhao Ling'er saw him and hurriedly stepped forward and asked.
"Go to the governor's house and have a look! Ruoxi and I went to set up a stall today, but she was taken away!"
"ah?"
Su Yining said: "I'll go take a look."
"I'll go too!" Li Heng followed him and got into the carriage.
Zhao Ling'er returned to the house, anxious.
She knew that this matter would not go away so easily. No matter how it was, the window paper would always be broken.
Seeing Mr. Wang, Su Yining and Li Heng immediately knelt down.
"Su Yi Ning, I handed my daughter over to you. Look, what did you do?"
Governor Wang pointed at Su Yining angrily.
Su Yining knelt down and kowtowed, and said, "I'm sorry, Governor, but it's because Ruoxi and I have our own hearts and we can't get married."
"nonsense!"
The governor knew that his daughter had to marry someone else, but Su Yining also fell in love with someone else, which made him feel guilty and angry.
"Governor, now that the matter has come to this, I think we should find a friendly solution and try to make both parties..."
"Stop talking! I make the decision about my daughter! I said I won't let her marry him, so she can't marry him!" The governor pointed at Li Heng.
"Li Heng, you are so brave! You don't have any orders from your parents or the words of the matchmaker! Do you think that marrying my daughter home is considered a marriage? Impossible! Not only are you not husband and wife, but I also want to treat you.
It's your crime! Someone is coming! Take him to prison and beat him with seventy boards first!"
"Father!" Wang Ruoxi burst out of the back room and cried, "Father, my daughter knows that you are doing it for my own good, but have you ever thought that you asked me to forcefully marry a man I don't love? This is not harming me.
?”
"At such a young age, no matter what love or not, love can be cultivated. Your mother and I have never even met before we got married. Haven't we spent our whole lives together!"
"But Li Heng and I are really in love. Why can't my father help us? Does my father care about money more than me?"
Governor Wang glanced at Wang Ruoxi, slapped her, sighed, sat down on the stool, and said: "I have really raised your daughter in vain all these years! Whether you are poor or not has nothing to do with me! You
Let's go! From now on, there will be him without me, and I without him. If you insist on marrying him, don't recognize me as your father anymore. Just go."
"Master..." Mrs. Wang cried and supported Governor Wang.
"Let's go." The governor waved his hand to Wang Ruoxi.
"Father!"
Li Heng pulled Wang Ruoxi to stand up.
Wang Ruoxi cried bitterly.
Su Yining said: "Governor Wang, I know there is still a gap between Li Heng and your ideal son-in-law, but Li Heng is by no means a mediocre person. You can give him some time, and he will definitely prove to you that if Ruoxi marries
He was the right choice."
The governor looked at Li Heng and said, "Li Heng, kneel down."
Li Heng hurriedly knelt down.
The governor said: "Let me ask you, are you willing to be responsible for Ruoxi?"
"I do." Li Heng replied firmly.
"Well, if you can pass the exam next year in Qiuwei, I will marry my daughter to you. If you fail the exam, Ruoxi will divorce you. Do you have any objections?"
Li Heng was stunned for a moment, shook his head and said, "I have no objection."
"You guys go, I want to be quiet."
Su Yining left with Li Heng and Wang Ruoxi.
When Su Yining returned home, Zhao Ling'er hurriedly asked: "How was it? Have you seen Ruoxi?"
Su Yi Ning told what happened just now.
Hey, is it so important to gain fame?
The next day, Zhao Ling'er copied the poems and songs she had written silently yesterday and gave a copy to Li Heng.
Wang Ruoxi was very happy to see it and said: "I heard from my father before that there was a poet who locked himself at home and wrote seventy-five policy questions. Later, he made a small collection of these questions and answers and gave them to him.
He is a good friend. In the imperial examination that year, he ranked first and his friend ranked second. If we can also find this little collection, then the hope of them passing the exam will be even greater!"
After hearing this, Zhao Linger felt that if she could get this small collection, it would definitely be able to help Su Yining.
Zhao Ling'er thought about it, why not go to the bookstore and ask about it.
"Shopkeeper, do you have any books on strategy?"
The shopkeeper took out a bunch of them and piled them on the table.
Zhao Ling'er looked through them all, but they were all wrong.
This clue is too slim. Did someone make it up?
Zhao Linger came home and asked Su Yining: "Where is the largest library here?"
"Of course it's in the capital. I heard that the emperor ordered the ministers to build a Spring and Autumn Tower. The ten floors above and below are all filled with books from past dynasties."
"Oh." Zhao Ling'er was a little disappointed. It would be great if there was Baidu.
Su Yining took the poems and songs written by Zhao Ling'er and asked, "Did you write all of these?"
Zhao Ling'er shook her head and said, "I didn't write it."
Su Yining asked: "Who wrote that?"
"Li Bai, Bai Juyi, Liu Zongyuan, Ouyang Xiu, Li Qingzhao, Su Shi..."
"Strange, I haven't heard of any of them."
"Have you heard of the Four Great Classics?"
"Four masterpieces?" Su Yining asked confusedly.
"Yes!" Zhao Ling'er suddenly thought of a good idea.
Still have to look for Zhou Yu first.
Seeing that it was already dark, if the old lady met me again at night, she would blame me again. Zhao Ling'er thought, forget it and let's talk about it tomorrow.
Zhou You has been very distressed since he came out of Lin Wan'er's house.
The betrothal gift suddenly increased from fifty taels to two thousand taels!
If her mother doesn't want Wan'er to marry me at all, no matter how much money I make, I can't meet her requirements.
What should I do?
Should you continue to work hard to make money or...
He shook his head, it was impossible for him to give up Lin Wan'er.
He can only continue to work hard to make money.
But two thousand taels!
Still missing a thousand taels!
I don’t know when I will earn one thousand taels of silver.
Zhao Linger!
It would be great if she was not married, she would still take me to make a fortune together, but now, she is not short of money, so she will definitely not think about getting rich anymore.
Thinking of this, Zhou You sighed and asked other inns if they wanted a shopkeeper tomorrow. I'll give it a try.