The large-scale renovation made the new house lack beauty, but it was like a strong barrier, which made Rou Niang and Xiao Sui'er shake their heads.

They think that the house should have the appearance of a house, which makes it uncomfortable to live in like a prison, and besides, this is a new house for marriage, even Miss Yan will not like it when she sees it.

Su Jin turned around the house and found that it was indeed as they said, it really didn't look like a home, so he asked them how to remedy it.

Rou Niang Huanniang Xiao Suier discussed for a long time, and the only conclusion she came to was that now that the house has been built, it is impossible to rebuild it, so you can only make a fuss about the layout; For example, transplant more flowers and trees to cover the bare bluestone tower, only exposing the lookout from the top of the tower; Another example is to change the walls built after the second entrance of the backyard to be used as a barrier to block counterattacks, and so on.

Su Jin agreed one by one, as long as it didn't affect the overall defensive measures, anything could be done.

So everyone went out separately to purchase, and transported a large number of big trees that had grown into them to be transplanted in various parts of the courtyard by cart, and some even moved people's flower beds as a whole, and then cleaned up a garden in the backyard, cut down the original ugly jujube trees and locust trees, and planted some plants such as peach blossoms and bamboo grapevines......

There is a lot of strength in people, and in one day, the house has really changed greatly, and the barrier with a trace of harsh air looks much softer and more pleasing to the eye under the cover of green trees and red flowers. Although Xiao Sui'er and Rou Niang are still not satisfied, they can only do so under the current situation.

On May 16, Su Jin led people to do the final finishing work of the new house, in addition to cleaning up some waste soil and branches, he also had to quickly arrange it.

Although the wedding date is the eighteenth, but at this time, the red lanterns must be hung high, the red cloth and satin red carpet will be paved, the red double happiness will also be posted everywhere, all kinds of incense, candles, incense, furniture and utensils must all be purchased new, in short, there are too many trivial things.

In the afternoon, Su Jin woke up from a nap, and when he got up to wash, he heard the noise of gongs and drums outside; Su Jin also thought that the drummers invited by Xiao Sui'er arrived, and when he arrived at the house, he first advocated a sense of existence, so he didn't care.

Suddenly, I heard someone running in quickly, and as soon as he entered the door, he shouted breathlessly: "Son...... It's amazing...... Amazing. ”

Su Jin put the wrung out towel on the shelf, frowned and asked Zhao Hu, who ran in, "What's the fuss, what's wrong?" ”

Zhao Hu swallowed his saliva and said, "It's amazing." ”

Su Jin was frightened by him, could it be that Rou Niang Xiaosui and the others who went out to do errands and buy things had an accident again?

Su Jin became nervous and hurriedly asked, "Tell me quickly, what's going on." ”

Zhao Hu stammered: "...... Hit, you hit. ”

Su Jin said blankly: "What's wrong?" No head, no brain. ”

"You have won the Jinshi, I heard that you are still the first, a large group of officials outside came to congratulate, you listen to the sound of gongs and drums, they are all nested in front." Zhao Hu's speech suddenly became sharp.

Su Jin sighed, a stone fell to the ground in his heart, and he thought that something bad had happened, but it turned out that he had taken the provincial high school test.

Su Jin shouted: "Go and tell the old lady." After the second martial arts training ground, I listened to the noisy voices in front of me, and in the sound of gongs and drums, someone sang loudly: "Congratulations to the first member of the undergraduate provincial examination of your lord Su Jin High School, congratulations ......"

Su Jin slipped through the wooded path to the front hall, and as soon as he entered the door, the hot wind was blowing, but he saw that the house was bustling with people, and the dynasty and several maidservants were making tea and water and were busy entertaining guests, this is not counting, the courtyard outside was still full of people, lion dancers, drums, gongs and drums, shouting for rewards, and it was a mess.

As soon as Su Jin entered the door, several officials sitting in the hall immediately got up and saluted, and one of them said in a loud voice: "Hey, Huiyuan Gong is here, congratulations, congratulations, my Lao Lu is fortunate to come to Huiyuan Gong again to report the good news, but it can be regarded as not breaking his promise." Ha ha. ”

Su Jin hurriedly smiled and said, "Lu Yuanwai, it's hard for you to run again, it's really not a shame to go." ”

Lu Sui sat down far away, affectionately held Su Jin's arm, stretched out his thumb and said: "Cow, it's really a cow, I know that you live up to expectations, and sure enough, you will be the leader in the provincial test, and my old Lu admires the five-body throw." ”

Su Jin hurriedly said a few words of humility, and ordered to see the reward, and more than 100 people outside the door who came with the officials of the Ministry of Rites to report the good news all had a big red envelope, and thanked them again and again happily, and gradually dispersed.

Su Jin ordered someone to seal more than a dozen cloth bags of silver taels and stuff them in the hands of Lu Suiyuan and the dozen or so officials of the Ministry of Rites who accompanied him.

Lu Suiyuan insisted on not accepting it this time, not only did he not accept it, but he made a look, and everyone in his entourage took out gifts or silver taels to give to Su Jin.

"What is this for?" Su Jin was a little confused.

"Congratulatory gifts, Master Su will be high school Huiyuan, how can we congratulate each other without gifts? It's a little interesting, and I ask my subordinates. ”

Su Jin hurriedly waved his hand to refuse, and Lu Suiyuan pretended to be angry and said: "If you can afford my old Lu, please accept it, if you don't like these things, you can take them and smash the beggar." ”

As soon as he said this, Su Jin had to accept it, Lu Suiyuan saw that Su Jin's face was a little embarrassed, and he leaned up and said in Su Jin's ear: "You deserve this gift, do you know?" Huang Shilang of the Ministry of Rites opened the handicap, my Lao Lu didn't bet on anyone, so he pressed you Lord Su, and he really won, one hundred taels bet, six hundred taels back, Huang Shilang almost took off his pants when he lost, haha, you said that you are not Lord Su, how can I win this money? It's reasonable to send some congratulatory gifts, don't take it to heart. ”

Su Jin rolled his eyes and said in his heart: It's strange to believe you, who is stupid enough to open such a handicap? The whole Song Dynasty has a test to solve the test, and there are many people who are full of economy, even if there are more than a dozen Xie Yuan, how to open the market? Besides, even if the handicap is opened, how can you tell me about the internal gambling in the Ministry of Rites? Most of the time it's because I'm going to be an official in the court after I get a high school jinshi, especially if I win the Huiyuan, and I'm even more in sight in the future, this gift is just a meeting gift. “

In any case, it is always a good thing for someone to give a gift, after receiving the gift, Su Jin sat down and chatted with Lu Suiyuan and others in detail, only then did he know that this time it was the emperor who appointed Huiyuan, and the result was only in the morning, and everyone in the Ministry of Rites waited outside the palace for a morning.

Su Jin once again said that he worked hard, Lu Suiyuan waved his hand and smiled: "It is our honor to run errands for Su Huiyuan, and many officials will come to congratulate me immediately, and I will leave first; In addition, Su Huiyuan was reminded that early tomorrow morning, the imperial court will send soldiers and horses to escort the new scholars into the palace to participate in the palace examination, and they should go to bed early tonight, so as not to lose their energy tomorrow. ”

Su Jin was shocked: "Do you still want to test the palace?" ”

Lu Suiyuan smiled and said: "Yes, the emperor personally asked the question, answered the question on the spot, and the first place he could win was the undergraduate champion, which was the envy of the Guangzong Yaozu, but the official thought that others would not have a chance, and it would be in vain to go." ”

Su Jin said: "What? ”

Lu Suiyuan glared and said, "Isn't this clear?" Tomorrow's palace trial champion is none other than Su Huiyuan, and the others are just a foil when they go, and Su Huiyuan's big three yuan is decided. Hey, I remembered, hurry back and open another gamble with Huang Shilang and them, this time I want to bet on a thousand taels, I have to win Huang Shilang to take off his pants. ”

After that, he laughed, gave his hand again and again, and took his leave.

Su Jin was overjoyed, and rushed to the back hall to report the good news to Mrs. Wang, but before the buttocks were hot, the officials who congratulated them outside arrived one after another; This time, there were more people than the last time Zhong Xie Yuan came, and many officials who didn't know each other at all also came to congratulate them, and the congratulatory gifts were also rich one by one.

Su Jin secretly sighed, he has done several major things such as food affairs, and he has not received such courtesy, now he is just a high school for scientific examinations, and there is an extra halo on his head, and he will immediately be treated like before, which shows that the imperial examination is really a benchmark for everyone to measure others, and what you pay attention to in these years is not what you do, but what status you have, how much courtesy you receive.

After a busy afternoon, they finally greeted the guests and sent them away, and the officials were obedient, knowing that tomorrow's palace test was due, and they all said that it was not appropriate for Su Jin to arrange an evening banquet.

After sending people away, Su Jin sat on the chair and gasped, only to realize that it was more tiring to usher in the politeness sent to the official than to do food affairs, and the difficulty was that he knew that what everyone said was a lie, but he still had to believe it and show sincerity.

Su Jin's mouth was a little sour, and the smirk that lasted too long was also a little hurtful, and he secretly sighed that his kung fu on this façade was still too far behind, and if he rolled in the officialdom in the future, he would need to exercise diligently to be able to play as easily as everyone at the table; It's also a kung fu, and it seems like a must-take.