Tie Kui Extra Story (71)

The township examination takes nine days, and these nine days are a double test of knowledge and physical strength.

After the exam, Tie Honglin returned to the inn, collapsed on the bed and fell asleep. The servant beside him hurriedly took off his shoes and covered him with clothes.

When I woke up, it was already a day and a night. Next, is the anxious wait.

Three days later, the results of the provincial examination came out.

From the beginning to the end, and then from the end to the head. After reading it twice, Tie Honglin didn't see his name either.

Tie Honglin murmured to himself with blank eyes: "I failed the ranking, I failed the ranking." He had prepared for this day for so many years, but he did not expect that he would lose his name.

The boy Ah Zhong asked cautiously: "My lord, where shall we go now?" The reserved room expires today.

Thinking of boasting that he would definitely pass the exam, he felt ashamed to face his grandfather and parents who had high hopes for him. It's just that after going through so many things, Tie Honglin knows very well that running away won't solve the problem. On the contrary, if he avoids his relatives, he will be more worried.

Tie Honglin said dejectedly, "Go home!"

No need to ask, just looking at Tie Honglin's appearance, he knew that he had failed the ranking. Tie Hu said: "Hong Lin, when I asked your uncle to study, your uncle didn't want to. Look at him now, he has great promise." Even if there is no niece like the empress, his son is still a general of the third rank.

Hearing this, Hong Lin felt a little regretful, and said, "I knew it earlier, I should have practiced martial arts back then." After practicing martial arts, he could also join the army to gain a future in the army.

Chun Ni said: "It doesn't matter if you didn't pass the exam this time, we will take the exam in three years. Honglin, mother believes that you will pass the exam when the time comes."

Tie Hu disapproved of Hong Lin continuing to read. But seeing his little grandson's listless appearance, he restrained himself from saying anything. Let's have a good talk with Honglin in private.

"Don't talk so much for now, let Honglin take a bath, have a meal, and have a good rest." Of course he was happy that Honglin passed the exam, but it's okay if he didn't pass the exam. Hongbo is not even a scholar, and now the director is still doing well.

In fact, Hongbo knew that Tie Honglin had failed the ranking in the morning, although he was regretful. However, his thoughts were the same as Chunni's, if he failed the exam this time, he would continue to study. The exam will be taken after three years, anyway, their family can afford it.

After resting for two days, Tie Hu called Tie Honglin to his room and asked, "What are your future plans?"

Tie Honglin hesitated and said, "Grandfather,

I still want to continue the exam. "After reading for so many years, how can I give up easily.

Tie Hu was silent for a while and said: "Hong Lin, break off your fingers and count, how old are you this year?"

Tie Honglin lowered his head and did not speak.

"Honglin, you are twenty-four years old this year, and you haven't married a wife yet. Your parents and I can marry you a wife, but you can't ask us to raise a wife and children for you?" After finishing speaking, Tie Hu looked at He said: "Besides, we are old, and now we are still being raised by your elder brother. If you want to study, it means that the whole family has to be raised by your elder brother. Even if your elder brother is willing, I will not agree! "

Tie Honglin looked up at Tie Hu: "Grandfather..." He really didn't think so much, he just wanted to fight again.

"Hong Lin, three hundred and sixty lines to be the number one scholar, studying is not the only way out." Anyway, he does not support Hong Lin to continue studying.

Hong Lin was a little bit bitter: "Grandfather, what else can I do if I don't study? Now I'm going home to farm, and I don't know how to do it either!"

Hearing this, Tiehu's expression softened a lot, and he didn't insist on going his own way and said that it would be easy to continue studying: "I wrote to your uncle, begging him to find you a job as a clerk in the army. As long as you are not afraid of hardship Don't be afraid of getting tired and work hard, with your uncle here, you will not be worse than your elder brother in the future." Ning Hai is the top leader in Tongcheng, and He Chou can't get promoted with him.

Tie Honglin didn't refuse, but just said: "Grandfather, let me think about it."

"Think about it slowly!" Tie Hu was very clear about Tie Honglin's temperament, he was not afraid of suffering. As long as he is not persistent and continues to study, he is definitely willing to go to Tongcheng.

Tie Honglin locked himself in the house and could not come out. Chunni was afraid that he would be too anxious to think about it, and almost had someone knock the door open. However, they were all stopped by Tiehu.

Tie Hu said: "If you can't even stand such a setback, you will have nothing to do in this life."

The next morning, Tie Honglin walked out of the house. Those eyes were all red.

Chun Ni hugged him, cried and said, "Son, you miss him as soon as you miss him. Your father and I will pay for you."

The corner of Hongbo's mouth twitched.

Tie Honglin originally decided to give up studying, but felt very uncomfortable. But after hearing what Chunni said, she felt that it was right to give up studying. It's unfilial for him to make his elderly parents work hard at his age.

"Mom, I figured it out. I'm already this old, if I still rely on my parents and elder brother to support me, what's the difference between that and a waste." He made up his mind and went to Tongcheng. As long as you work hard, you will definitely be famous.

It is also because of the mountain of Ninghai, otherwise Tie Honglin would not have the confidence.

Tie Hu was very satisfied when he heard this: "It's good that you can figure it out. You are not too young, so it's time to talk about a marriage."

This time Tie Honglin didn't refuse again.

Chunni was so happy that she turned around and discussed the matter with her eldest daughter-in-law.

Tie Honglin has only one requirement for his wife, that the other party must be able to read and write. But in this small county, literate girls are really rare.

Ning Hai's reply letter has arrived, but Tie Honglin's marriage has not yet been finalized.

After reading the letter, Tie Honglin said: "Grandfather, uncle said that he can find me a position as a governor in the army."

"That's good."

The marriage is uncertain, and it is impossible for Tiehu and Chunni to let him go to Tongcheng.

That night, Chunni and Tie Honglin said: "The girl from the Yu family is beautiful, and she is gentle and kind. You will miss it, and you will not be able to find such a good girl in the future." standard. .

Miss Yu's father is the second daughter of Lifang Dianshi. Tie Honglin is twenty-four years old this year, and the Yu family girl is only sixteen years old this year. At such an advanced age, if it wasn't for an elder brother who was the chief bookkeeper, how could he marry a girl from another family's historian.

Tie Honglin didn't say anything.

Tie Hu said with a sullen face: "Marriage is a major matter, the order of the parents and the words of the matchmaker. Chunni, since you think this girl is good, you can set the date."

Chunni shook her head. If Hong Lin is not happy, being forced to marry back is not good for the girl. That is not marriage, but enmity. And she can't do such a tricky thing.

Tie Hu waited for Honglin and said: "You think the girl is illiterate, just teach her to read after you get married. If you don't get married now, do you still want to go to Tongcheng to marry a wife?" He didn't mind Tie Honglin going The problem with marrying wives in Tongcheng is that there are very few women there, and bachelors don't know how many there are. Tie Honglin is not particularly outstanding, and nine times out of ten he will not be able to marry a wife.

Having said all this, Tie Honglin could only let go: "Mother, let me meet!" If it's an elm lump, even if he wants to teach it, he won't be able to teach it.

After meeting, Tie Honglin agreed to this marriage.

Chunni was so happy that she immediately invited a matchmaker to propose marriage. Then, start to buy dowry gifts.

Tiehu called Chunni over and gave her two ingots of gold weighing ten taels: "You can use this money to buy Honglin a betrothal gift and handle the wedding."

"Father, I have money."

The last time they separated, Ning Hai gave Tie Hu another one thousand taels of silver. Children and grandchildren are filial, but they can buy whatever they want when they have money.

Tie Hu said: "You pretend I don't know, you have no money at all. Last time, to subsidize Hong Lang, you sold two pieces of jewelry." There is still pocket money, but there is definitely no money for Hong Lang to arrange the wedding.

Chunni was startled: "Father, how did you know about this?" She thought she did it very secretly, and only her husband knew about it. But he didn't expect that Tiehu, who didn't care about everything, knew about it.

"Not only I know, but Dabao's mother also knows. Dabao's mother is lenient. Otherwise, she would have started a fight. Nizi, you three sons, you have to have a bowl of water. If you don't get complained by your children and grandchildren, you don't want to enjoy it It's old age." Thinking back to when Kuizi bought gifts, he always bought gifts for one person and never favored one person over another.

After a while Chunni said: "After Honglin gets married, I will give them all the jewelry on hand." Those jewelry are too expensive, I didn't dare to wear them before, and now I don't want to wear them.

Tie Hu hummed and said, "You distribute the jewelry to your daughters-in-law, and you keep the money yourself. If you have money, you can buy whatever you want." Without money, it takes a long time to think about buying a gift for your great-grandson. But if you have money, you can buy it if you like it.

Seeing that Chunni managed Honglin's marriage without public account, Fu's persuasion failed, so she gave Chunni a silver box. Inside, put a hundred taels of silver.

Chun Ni held Mrs. Fu's hand and said, "Your third brother's marriage is the responsibility of me and your father. How can I ask for your money. Don't worry, mother still has money. If it's not enough, I'll talk to you later." borrow."

After hearing this, Mrs. Fu smiled and said, "Is it a loan or not? Mother's words are too outlandish. Mother, if you don't have enough money, tell me."

At the beginning of this year, Fu and Shao Wencheng jointly opened a restaurant. Because of the good cooking skills, the restaurant business is very good. Originally, she wanted to open an embroidery studio, but she put it on hold because she was pregnant again.

In fact, she was a little unhappy when she found out that Chunni had sold the jewelry to subsidize Honglang. But after thinking about it, her husband is now the bookkeeper and she has opened a shop to make money, so she still worries that she won't be able to buy a few expensive jewelry in the future. So, it was let go.

Chunni was very pleased, this daughter-in-law really married the right one.

Because Tie Honglin was going to Tongcheng, the marriage was scheduled for one month later. I was in a hurry, but there was a lot of etiquette that should be given.

It's really not suitable for the Tie family to be lively when the bride is married. After Tie Honglin accompanied the bride back home, he began to prepare for Tongcheng.

Two days before leaving, Chunni called Duan Honglang's family to have a reunion dinner together.

After eating, Chunni went into the room and came out with a jewelry box. The jewelry box is made of huanghuali wood, with simple patterns carved on it. This box is not ordinary at first glance.

Opening the box, everyone was dazzled by the radiant jewelry in the box.