To get rich quickly, you need to be simple and rough

Aunt Zhao and Mrs. Wang were in an extreme tug of war, and either the east wind would prevail over the west wind or the west wind would prevail over the east wind.

However, the crying child gets the milk. Under Aunt Zhao's propaganda, Grandmother Jia also began to pay attention to Tanchun's dowry. After all, it was her son-in-law who acted as the matchmaker.

A dowry that is too small will make people laugh at her. This time, Sanlang of the Yang family also took part in the imperial examination. Grandmother Jia decided to see if Sanlang of the Yang family would pass the examination and it would not be a problem if her own dowry was a little thicker.

But in the end, Grandmother Jia made the final decision and decided to use the furniture and fabrics at home, and make a hat that fits the size of the head.

Mrs. Wang had no choice but to let it go, but she was filled with hatred. She was now a little bit unable to control the freed Aunt Zhao.

Ever since Tanchun's marriage was finalized, Aunt Zhao's fighting power has been fully increased. She doesn't care about Lady Wang's torture of her, and she goes to Jia Zheng to complain every now and then.

Jia Huan had also become a disciple. He had reported the incident of Baoyu drinking with Prince Zhongshun's young opera singer to Jia Zheng, who then gave Baoyu over ten lashes.

You are torturing and hurting each other like this. Aunt Zhao thinks you are bullying my child, and I will never let you off easily!

While the Jia Mansion was in chaos, good news came from the Lin Mansion: Lin Jinyu had achieved the second place in the county examination and had become a proper scholar.

Lin Ruhai drank two cups happily. His son was going to take the provincial examination, which was a good thing to bring honor to the family. It was too early to celebrate now, otherwise people would say he was arrogant.

In fact, Lin Ruhai felt that Jinyu's achievements would definitely have earned her admission to a key university in the future. He felt that any celebration would be appropriate, yet now he was being so low-key. This was truly outrageous!

While Lin Ruhai was anxiously waiting, the Jia family gave a betrothal gift to the Xue family. According to the old custom, the public price for Jia Baoyu's marriage was 12,000 taels of silver.

No more than a tael of silver. No matter what you were born with, you will be treated the same by Master Jia She.

Lady Wang went to Lady Jia to complain about this several times. Lady Jia also felt sorry for Baoyu, but Jia She was always in trouble whenever money was involved.

Not only was he unyielding but he was also becoming increasingly difficult to deal with. However, Grandmother Jia still favored Baoyu and gave him an additional 50,000 taels of silver.

Mrs. Wang felt a little relieved now. Fortunately, this was marrying a daughter-in-law, not a daughter. Mrs. Wang was now looking forward to Xue Baochai's dowry.

With Lin Daiyu's wealth as an example, Mrs. Wang felt that the Xue family was not much worse. Sometimes she even imagined that Lin Daiyu's dowry would fly to her home.

Tanchun was also very happy to hear the news from her future husband's family that he had passed the imperial examination and ranked fifth among the real scholars.

From now on, she can wear red skirts. In ancient times, there was a strict social class division. Why did Xue Baochai always wear clothes of neutral colors, while Lin Daiyu always wore clothes of solid colors?

This is the clear hierarchy. White, green, black, red and yellow are the five primary colors, corresponding to gold, wood, water, fire and earth.

Noble people wear red dresses, while those of lower rank wear red dresses. The women of the successful scholar family can wear red dresses, and you can try wearing one.

Therefore, it was easy to divide people into different classes on the streets in ancient times.

Tanchun prayed every day for her husband to pass the imperial examination successfully. Now Tanchun and Aunt Zhao no longer played the game of Infernal Affairs.

When Aunt Zhao had nothing to do, she would stay in Tanchun's room. She had endless things to say to her parents. Tanchun looked at Jia Huan beside her and said, "Mother, Huan'er can't stay at home and study anymore.

If you want to stand out, you must take the imperial examination. I have thought it through and we don't have any other conditions. My father's retainers are well-educated.

We are close to the water and have the advantage of being the first to get what we want. Let Huan'er go to ask for advice every day. They will definitely do their best to help Huan'er while eating our food.

Father will definitely treat us differently when he sees Huan'er's hard work."

Aunt Zhao agreed with this and, pulling Jia Huan's ear, she began to say, "You little bastard, you must listen to your sister. We are your own flesh and blood, and only your own people wish you the best.

"If you want to succeed in the future, you have to support me! Did you hear me? If you dare not obey, I will skin you alive!"

Jia Huan's face was wrinkled into a bun, he couldn't afford to offend anyone!

The days passed like flowing water. Three months later, news came from his hometown in Suzhou that Lin Jinyu had won the first place in the provincial examination and had secured the title of Jieyuan.

Yang Jiasanlang also performed well and ranked sixth. After hearing the news, Jia Mu decisively added a lot of dowry to Tanchun.

The original subsidy was 10,000 taels of silver, but this time another 20,000 taels was added, making it the same as Yuanchun's, at 30,000 taels.

Together with the contributions from relatives and friends, Tanchun's dowry could amount to 50,000 taels of silver, which is still far from Lin Daiyu's ten-mile red wedding dress.

Even Yuanchun and Yingchun couldn't compare, but it was already very respectable. Fifty thousand taels to marry off a girl is considered a generous dowry no matter where you go.

Aunt Zhao asked Jia Zheng to take out 10,000 taels of silver to buy two small farms of about 100 acres and two houses in good locations.

In this way, Tanchun's dowry will include adobe bricks and tiles, and this industry is something that can make money.

All those who took the imperial examinations returned at the end of the year, and the palace examination, also known as the spring examination, was held on the first day of March of the following year.

After returning home, Lin Jinyu began to prepare for the exam intensively. The Jia family also took advantage of the end of the year to choose the sixth day of the twelfth lunar month to hold the wedding of Xue Baochai and Jia Baoyu.

Although the Xue family had done their best to prepare the dowry, Mrs. Wang never looked happy.

There is no comparison. Xue Baochai's dowry is inferior to Yuanchun's, and only slightly more than Yingchun's.

When Lady Jia saw Xue Baochai's dowry, she couldn't help but look at Lady Wang, her eyes as sharp as a knife.

Last month, Shi Xiangyun got married, and her dowry was no less than Xue Baochai's. Grandmother Jia thought bitterly, "Wang is so stupid! How can Xiangyun not be better than a merchant's daughter?"

Jia Baoyu was very happy. Whether he married Sister Bao or Sister Xiangyun, they were both people he could talk to.

I just don’t know why when Jia Baoyu lifted the red veil and saw Baochai’s face.

But what came to his mind was the beautiful face of Lin Daiyu. Baoyu shook his head hastily, as if that could shake the image of Lin Daiyu out of his mind.

The flower is not a flower, the fog is not a fog, the fate of the previous life has ended, and I am just a passer-by in this life.

In the spring examination of the following year, Lin Jinyu ranked fourth. When the emperor was selecting the top candidates, he found that the third one was too unsatisfactory, so he directly demoted the third one to the position of announcing the names of the candidates.

The emperor also cares about his reputation, and he has to take some care of Lin Ruhai's son.

Lin Jinyu is a good writer and is worthy of the title of Tanhua Lang.

This would also create a good reputation for both father and son to be the top three scholars, so Lin Jinyu was delighted to be named the top three scholar, and the Lin family had another plaque for being a successful Jinshi.

Yang Sanlang also scored a good result, ranking 13th on the second list, which made Tanchun's marriage more respectable.

Tanchun's son-in-law passed the imperial examination and became a Jinshi, so the dowries from relatives and friends were much more generous.