Once you become a boy, marry a good man, and become rich together

Lin Jingchen's entry into officialdom was smooth sailing. Xiao Nanchi, who had entered the officialdom three years earlier, taught him wholeheartedly and by example, and he was appreciated by the emperor and the prince.

No one in the officialdom dares to deliberately trip him up, and this will filter out many villains who do not have enough wealth and background.

The emperor did not promote him quickly because of these relationships, but instead allowed him to gain more experience and climb up with his own abilities.

People in the court gradually got used to the two of them going to and from court together, and looking at their backs as they walked together they felt that they were a perfect match.

After two years in the officialdom, Lin Jingchen looked up from his busy official duties and saw a white jade display stand on the table that looked quite like the little white cat they both raised. He felt that it was time.

"Don't go home yet, go to Paifang Street."

"Ok."

Lin Jingchen went to a very quaint courtyard and came out in just half a minute with a mahogany box in his hand.

"go home."

Lin Jingchen now lives in the courtyard bestowed by the emperor to Jiang Ci. It's not that he has no place to live, but the house arranged for him by the government is far away from the official street and the Xiao Mansion. It takes them fifteen minutes to walk to see each other, so Lin Jingchen lives here.

In the evening, Xiao Nanchi came to have dinner with Lin Jingchen.

If the two of them didn't have any social engagements, they would have dinner together. Occasionally they would go to the Xiao residence to eat with Xiao's father and mother, but the rest of the time they would eat here.

The chef in this house was trained in a mortal restaurant for two months before being brought here.

Lin Jingchen and Xiao Nanchi were in for a treat.

In the early summer, you can feel that it is getting hotter day by day during the day, but it is still cool at night.

The sky was not completely dark yet, and the areas covered by the treetops were still covered with clouds dyed red by the sun.

But the lights were already on in Lin Jingchen's yard, and the two of them were sitting in the pavilion drinking tea and chatting.

"I have a gift for you."

Xiao Nanchi sat up straight, "Gift? What gift?"

"wait a second."

Lin Jingchen went to the room to get the mahogany box he had taken in the afternoon and placed it in front of Xiao Nanchi.

"open to take a look."

"White Jade Flute!"

Xiao Nanchi carefully took the jade flute out of the box. From his expression and actions, it was not difficult to tell that he liked it very much.

"Why did you suddenly think of giving me a gift?"

Xiao Nanchi stroked the patterns on the surface of the jade flute.

"You had a jade flute before, and I loved listening to you play it, but it's a pity it's broken. I'm just going to find you another one."

When Xiao Nanchi was a child, he was interested in and seriously learned to play the jade flute, but he did not grasp the essence of it. Up to now, he only knows how to play a few songs well, and the rest are half-baked.

But Lin Jingchen didn't mind and actually liked it very much.

Xiao Nanchi carefully observed the small piece of jade above the ear of corn.

"It has... one of our two names on it."

"Correct."

A slightly flat jade stone the size of a fingernail, with the words "Chi" and "Chen" written in small seal script on both sides.

From a distance, I thought there was some pattern carved on it.

"I love so much."

Xiao Nanchi immediately played a tune.

It was a song expressing love. After the song ended, Xiao Nanchi looked at Lin Jingchen with eyes full of love.

"It sounds good. I like it very much."

"Really? It's my pleasure."

"Xiao Nanchi."

"Ugh!"

"I feel like it's time to put our marriage on the agenda."

Xiao Nanchi answered first out of habit, "Okay."

Then he reacted and excitedly grabbed Lin Jingchen's hand, "What did you say?"

"Forget it if you didn't hear clearly."

"I heard you clearly. You said it's time to put our marriage on the agenda!"

Xiao Nanchi was so happy. He was so blessed today. Not only did he receive the gift from Lin Jingchen, but he also heard this good news.

The two families had a meal together when the couple was deciding on their wedding date and asked someone to calculate the date.

June was too close and I wasn’t fully prepared, so I chose a date at the end of August.

Fortunately, the weather was not very hot at that time, so the guests would not be unable to stay in the sun due to the scorching sun.

People who have lived in the village all their lives have a natural love for scholars and a natural awe for officials.

After calculating the date, the news was passed to Linjia Village, and there were many blessings coming in.

Many people also knew that the person with Lin Jingchen was Xiao Nanchi, who had been to their village several times.

Word spread like wildfire and everyone knew the person Lin Jingchen was going to form a bond with.

I didn't expect that the most discussed topic was...

"I heard that the man who made a pact with Lin Jingchen was the top scholar three years ago and has become a high-ranking official in the capital. So after this pact, doesn't that mean there will be two officials in his family?"

"That's right, one is the top scholar and the other is the third place!"

You can hear the deep envy in his tone.

“It’s incredible!”

They got married in the capital. After all, Xiao Nanchi's family's relatives and friends, and Xiao Nanchi and Lin Jingchen's colleagues were all in the capital. Even Lin Jingchen's household registration had been moved there after the palace examination.

After the bonding ceremony in the capital, they returned to Linjia Village and held another banquet there.

The road from the capital to Linjia Village has been turned into a cement road, making travel between the two places faster and less bumpy.

The banquet held in Linjia Village was attended not only by people from Linjia Village, but also by several representatives from each of the neighboring villages.

Everyone in the town who had any connection with their family came, and the banquet tables filled all four streets.

Linjia Village, and even Yong'an Town, were blessed by Qingyunfang, an imperial merchant, and two high-ranking officials in the capital, and thus enjoyed peace and stability for the next few decades.

Lin Jingchen's original wish to enter the official career was finally realized.

He could not and dared not hope for peace and stability in Dashun, but he hoped that his home town of Yong'an would be peaceful and stable in the next few decades.