Going through the Red Mansions quickly means going against the system.

Jia Min's body was completely ruined, so after taking the medicinal porridge, she fell into a coma again.

She was in a dream and didn't know what was going on, but Lin Ruhai and his daughter each had their own worries.

Lin Ruhai sent Xiao Daiyu to the side room of the study in the front yard to wait for Jia Yucun to come to teach. He then started a busy day with official duties.

It has been more than half a year since they came to Yangzhou to take office, but here they experienced one of the most painful things in his life - the pain of losing a son.

Originally, he was already in his mid-thirties when he had Daiyu. In some families, he could be a grandfather at this age. The reason why he had such a late childbearing was that he was in compliance with the saying that good things come soon.

Their family has been passed down from generation to generation, but when it came to him, they could no longer be favored.

Therefore, his only way out is to pass the scientific examination, so as not to fall into the trap of their family.

But his road to the imperial examination was too difficult, not that he had dull qualifications, but that his experience was too bumpy.

Originally, with his talent of entering school at the age of 14, it would not have been too late to pass the exam, but... first his great-grandmother passed away, then his grandmother passed away, then his father passed away, then his grandfather passed away, and so on. Before he could reach adulthood, people in his family began to die. Gone.

The girl's family who was married to him saw that his family was like this and didn't want their girl to suffer through the years, so they came to ask for an annulment of the marriage. He didn't want to drag others down, so he agreed.

After that, he studied and supported his mother, and his life became peaceful and warm. Somehow, word got out that he was a gentleman, a man of beauty in the forest, and suddenly he became a popular match that everyone wanted to snatch from the matchmaker.

Lin's mother was very happy, so she thought about finding a good match for her son again, and when she was choosing from thousands of people, Lin Ruhai met Jia Daishan, the Duke of Rongguo, through her mentor.

Duke Rong Guo said that they were old friends in the family and happened to have an unmarried daughter, so he discussed with Lin's mother and arranged an engagement for them.

It was only after the exchange of invitations that he realized that his new wife was so many years younger than him.

It turned out that Rong Guogong did not want his youngest legitimate daughter to enter the palace, so he had chosen Lin Ruhai, who was ten years older than her, as his son-in-law.

Lin Ruhai was grateful to Duke Rong for his regard and sincerely cherished his little fiancée. He was thinking about whether he would be able to live happily ever after. Although Lin's mother felt very sorry, he was sincerely willing to wait for little Jia Min to grow up.

It's a pity that fate plays tricks on people. Jia Min finally grew up and when they were about to get married, Jia Daishan left again.

When Jia Min came to marry after observing the family filial piety, Lin's mother could not help but give birth to a baby every day and was anxious to hold her grandson.

Because the Lin family, counting from Lin Ruhai upwards, does have a single descendant in the third or fourth generation, and the incense in the family is indeed too little now.

Even so, Mother Lin still didn't see a single grandchild before her death.

Jia Min felt ashamed of the Lin family and her mother-in-law, but the Lin family also had a rule that a man over 40 could not take a concubine, so after finally observing her filial piety, she desperately took tonics to get the Daiyu siblings.

This hardship not only made their daughter Daiyu and son Xiaoyu unhealthy, but also Jia Min's own health was severely damaged.

Lin Ruhai felt that it was his own fault that caused his family to be like this. When I saw that I already had a son, I gave up my desire to cultivate myself and focused on my work.

It's a pity that he was too busy studying and neglected his wife and children when he was busy with government affairs. When he was tricked and lost his son, and his wife also lost her body due to his poisoning, he finally understood what is most precious.

So even though I was working at my desk, my mind had already wandered to my wife. If it hadn't been for years of studying, the spirit of loyalty to the emperor and love for the people had been engraved in his bones, and he would never want to leave his wife for a moment.

While I was lost in thought, the sound of Xiao Daiyu's reading could be heard next to me.

He couldn't help but laugh when he heard it. Now his soul relied on them, mother and daughter.

Xiao Daiyu didn't know what her father was thinking, and was carrying the book painfully.

It's not that she doesn't like endorsements, it's not difficult for her. She is naturally intelligent and can read ten lines at a glance. She can recite them all just by reading them once.

But her teacher Jia Yucun was always lazy. On the pretext that Xiao Daiyu didn't need to take the scientific examination, she couldn't explain the text in detail.

Usually I always arrange two tasks: memorization and writing, and then I sit aside and don’t know what to study.

The reason why Xiao Daiyu knew that the teacher was absent-minded was because she recited the wrong sentence when she was distracted by thinking about her mother. When she looked up at the teacher in surprise, she found that he had not noticed at all.

She couldn't help but secretly observe the teacher.

After meeting Jia Yucun, she realized that officials are really different. Let's not talk about how to do things, just this temperament... Her father is handsome and elegant, and he often feels worried about the country and the people when he is working. But the teacher?

It is said that he was cruel and greedy when he was an official. Although he was honest in speech and handsome in appearance, his aura was very turbid.

She doesn't like this teacher very much. She prefers her father to teach her how to read.

But Lin Ruhai had his own job and a daughter-in-law to worry about, so during this time, he neglected Xiao Daiyu.

Xiao Daiyu thought about her father's teachings and knew that she should not be disturbed by foreign affairs, so the teacher relaxed her interest in studying.

She was usually at ease, but she had been feeling very happy and sad these past two days. Today, seeing that her mother seemed to be getting healthier, she became a little picky about her teacher Jia Yucun's attitude.

If he can't teach her, but still wants her to do some small homework that she can do by herself, then he might as well let her take a book and go to her mother's bed to read it!

This way she can study and take care of her mother at the same time.

Her head was raised and lowered. Jia Yucun didn't feel anything yet, but the two maids who were always paying attention to the young lady gradually relaxed.

One person recited it wrong, and the other one also read it wrong. The three of them memorized it in three different ways. No matter how focused Jia Yucun was, he suddenly woke up.

"Ok?"

He looked up at the three students and touched the ruler.

As soon as he raised his head, the three students spontaneously started reciting it again. When he lowered his head to study his own affairs again, Xiao Daiyu couldn't sit still.

"teacher!"

"what's up?"

Jia Yucun is still very concerned about the daughter of his benefactor. Since he lost his official position, he has been working as a teacher in several houses in order to regain a good career.

Lin Ruhai's family is a descendant of an honorable family, a well-educated family, and has a wide network of contacts, which fits his requirements very well. How could he not be very considerate when he came to seek friendship?

It's a pity that there is only one student in this family, who is still a little girl. Now she is six years old, and in a little while, he will not be able to teach her.

But his way forward is not clear yet. He will have to find another way out of the Lin Mansion, which will cost him time to calculate. Moreover, he has already worked hard in the Jinling and Yangzhou areas.

Therefore, in the past two days, he read the Lin Mansion's newspaper and discussed it with several fellow students who had lost their official positions at the same time. In the end, there was still no way out, and he was even less dedicated to teaching.

Now he is thinking that if it fails, he will resign and go to the capital, where there are many dignitaries and there may be more prospects.

But here in Daiyu...he also has to behave well. Lin Ruhai's wife is a wealthy family in the capital. If she can help him publicize it, it will be easier for him to find a good family when he comes to Beijing.

So when he saw Daiyu calling him, he couldn't help but smile, and he stood up and walked to Daiyu.

"But if you have any questions, why don't you ask the teacher?"