The Founding of the Red Chamber

Lin Jing has his own views at a young age, no matter whether this view is right or wrong, it bothers Lin Yi a lot.Especially Lin Jing loves to express his opinions on the important affairs of the court. Lin Yi really wants to tell Lin Jing to shut up, but even if Lin Yi is strict, Lin Jing can't control his mouth, so he loves to express his opinions , what can I do.Lin Yi said to Lin Jing, "Look at how worried you are, without you, the sky would have collapsed or something?" It was useless to ridicule Lin Jing's worrying.

Lin Jing looked like a big brother who doesn't know good people, "I'm not worried about you, big brother."

Lin Yi said, "No need."

Lin Jing has shown an extraordinary talent for being thick-skinned since he was a child. Even though his eldest brother refused to appreciate it, Lin Jing still said, "Brother, you are ruthless, I can't be unjust."

Lin Yi forced himself to laugh at such unreasonable words, and said, "Where did I learn such nonsense!" Originally, he thought that Lin Jing was getting older every day, and this habit of meddling in things must be changed. , but, after thinking about it again, it seems to be years. Although Lin Yi has three younger brothers, only Lin Jing is the younger brother of the same mother. What's more, Lin Jing is still young, and his mother entrusted him to take care of him before she died. At that time, his parents had just died, and the family was in a hurry. Lin Yi was still young at that time, and Lin Jing was finally brought up by the Queen Mother Lin.Lin Yi loves this younger brother, but also feels a little guilty, especially Lin Jing is weak, and Lin Yi is worried that if he makes Lin Jing unhappy, it will be bad for his body.Furthermore, those who celebrate the New Year will not train their younger brothers.

With Lin Jing's temperament, he knows how to judge people's colors the most. Seeing that his elder brother is in a good mood, Lin Jing happily talks about the New Year with his elder brother.

The New Year is busy, not only Lin Yi has to be busy with the yamen, but also Lin Jing, the big idler in the family, is also busy.

One homework with Mr. Shu Jingyun, Mr. Shu's temperament, he will never reduce his homework because of the Chinese New Year, let alone the holiday.Unless it is a big day, for example, there is a day off on the first day of the new year, and there is a day off like Qingming and Zhongyuan. Under normal circumstances, there are at most five days off a year.Therefore, even if it is a New Year's Eve, Lin Jing will do his homework.But there are many things in the family, and the three elder brothers all have their own errands. The annual ceremony in this family, the walking between relatives, etc., are all Lin Jing's errands.At first, sister-in-law Yue Shi was a little worried that her brother-in-law's homework would be delayed, or that his brother-in-law would be tired.As a result, Lin Jing assured his sister-in-law that he would never miss his homework, and his health has also improved a lot in recent years.In fact, even if the sister-in-law doesn't send him, he really wants to do something, okay?

This is my father's temper. If you don't ask him to do something, he will feel uncomfortable all over.

There is no doubt that Lin Jing has such a temperament.

Others are tired, tired, and haggard when they are busy. Lin Jing is different. He is in high spirits when he is busy, and his complexion is getting better day by day.When the Yue family asked about his uncle's daily diet, Mammy Zhang said with joy, "The rice has been used very well recently, and each meal is more than half a bowl of rice. I even ate two pieces of the stewed mutton yesterday. I said that the stewed mutton Good. I went to bed at night and woke up less, so I slept soundly yesterday, and it was dawn."

The Yue clan was also very happy to hear that, and while ordering the cook to prepare the mutton, he said with a smile, "Nurse takes good care of the fourth uncle, and I think the fourth uncle is in good spirits recently."

Grandma Zhang smiled, "I dare not take credit for it, my servant is watching, the young master has returned home, he has been taught by the Duke of the country, the lady is so meticulous, the young master has become an uncle again, and I feel that I am a grown-up. No matter what he reads or does, he is extraordinarily energetic."

Thinking about his brother-in-law's temper, Yue couldn't help but smile.

Lin Jing didn't know that his elder sister-in-law and Nanny Zhang were laughing at him behind his back. He was very successful in diplomacy, because he was an inquisitive person, so he came back after inquiring about some gossip.

Don't look at Lin Jing always receiving criticism from his elder brother Lin Yi, but Lin Jing is willing to tell his elder brother if there is something wrong.Therefore, the matter is of great importance, Lin Jing dragged his eldest brother to his courtyard and said, Lin Yi also said, "What is it, so mysterious."

Lin Jing said, "A major event among major events."

After the maid in the house was dismissed, Lin Jingfang told the elder brother, "This time, the fourth son of Rong has made military exploits in Muzhou, and the imperial court awarded him a title. I heard that the Rong family wanted to impress Concubine Rong." Move your seat."

"Don't talk nonsense." Lin Yi's heart sank when he heard this, and after thinking about it, he knew that although his younger brother liked to inquire about things, he was not a person who didn't know the importance, so he asked, "Where did you hear it? "

Lin Jingdao, "I know Lao Qi, the chief steward of the House of Internal Affairs, and I heard from Li Jia Qilang that His Majesty asked the House of Internal Affairs to prepare the gold seal and gold book for the imperial concubine. It was busy at the beginning of the new year, but now I have to prepare for the imperial concubine With a set of things, Director Li of the House of Internal Affairs is so busy that he doesn’t have time to go home and sleep. Brother, think about it, besides Concubine Rong, who in this palace is worthy of the position of Concubine Huang?”

Lin Yi remained silent.

Lin Jingdao, "I don't know who gave this idea to the Rong family. Someone asked the Rong family to be the empress, and took the lead of His Majesty, and the Rong family was ashamed. If I want to come to the Rong family, I understand. If his family directly seeks The latter position, I am afraid that some people in the court cannot sit and watch. Now take a step back and seek the position of imperial concubine first. After all, it is the position of concubine. When I was a prince, the Rong family was in prosperity, and even if the ministers of the court talked too much about this matter, I am afraid that they would not be able to please them. I think the matter of the imperial concubine is almost inseparable. Brother, I haven't entered the palace for a long time to pay my aunt's peace. I'm going to give my aunt a New Year's gift next year, do you want me to ask my aunt?"

Lin Jing can tell the importance of the imperial concubine, Lin Yi only understands better than Lin Jing, Lin Yi said, "You and I can both think about this matter, only my aunt is more transparent than us. No need to ask, if His Majesty wants to establish an imperial concubine, he will discuss it with Auntie in advance no matter what. If my prediction is correct, Auntie will only know about this earlier. Auntie will definitely agree to this matter."

Lin Yi said to his younger brother, "You accompany your sister-in-law into the palace to present the New Year's gift, and it's fine to accompany your aunt to talk. You don't need to mention these things, my aunt must know it well."

Lin Jing reluctantly agreed.

Lin Yi told Lin Jing not to mention it, but Lin Jing had a temper of not mentioning it.

Lin Jing grew up under the Empress Dowager Lin's lap. It is not an exaggeration to say that the Empress Dowager Lin is his mother.Lin Jing felt that there was nothing to mention, not to mention that the Rong family sought the position of imperial concubine, even if the Rong family became queen one day, they would still come to the Palace of Mercy to pay respects to Queen Mother Lin.

Although whoever becomes the queen may change the structure of the harem, for the Lin family, this effect is not great.

Lin Jing would inquire about this matter in front of Queen Mother Lin, not because of the family situation or anything, he just wanted to gossip.Lin Jing asked her aunt quietly, and Empress Dowager Lin said, "Little man, what are you doing asking about this?"

"I'm just asking, is it true or not?"

Since it was not a secret, Empress Dowager Lin said, "The gold seal and gold book have been ordered to be produced by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, so naturally it cannot be a fake."

Lin Jing caught the word "catch up" very cleverly, and said, "It seems that we are going to add joy to this big day in the next year."

Empress Dowager Lin smiled without saying a word.

Although Lin Jing had always disliked Rong's family, seeing that Concubine Rong was going to be promoted to Imperial Concubine, which was admitted by her aunt, Lin Jing would not say much.However, it was inevitable that Lin Jing felt some sympathy for Empress Xian Xie and the late prince.

This sense of kinship was reflected when the Lin family gave the Xie family a new year gift. The Yue family prepared according to the routine of previous years. Lin Jing reminded the Yue family and said, "Now everyone is going to burn the Rong family. I feel that after the Rong family is promoted to the imperial concubine, the posthumous position is guaranteed. How can our family be like those snobbish families? The friendship between our family and the Xie family has a long history, and now the Xie family will inevitably be frustrated. When our two families are getting close." Discussing with the Yue family, they added half of the annual ceremony.

After all, the Yue family had more experience, and said, "Since you want to add, you are always a favor, why not do it very well, so add [-]%." The uncle and sister-in-law considered the gift list again, and Lin Jingfang chose a day to send it to Xie's family.

Xie Guogong has always liked Lin Jing very much, every time Lin Jing passed by, as long as Xie Guogong was at home, he had to talk to him in person.Since Empress Xie passed away with Prince Xian Renhui, Xie Guogong has been sick at home to recuperate his body, Lin Jing went, Xie Guogong praised Lin Jing, "You are so capable at such a young age, you can walk around, right?"

"My brothers are all busy, and I'm free at home, so I just do some errands. One is to share the worries of the brothers, and the other is to take the opportunity to say hello to the elders and say hello to them. Wish an early New Year in advance." Lin Jing A quiet gentleman with a humble look said, "Now we are just starting to give New Year's gifts. The palace I went to gave New Year's gifts to my aunt. Yesterday I went to the Toffee Empress. I heard from the Toffee Empress that the old man Recently, I like to eat mutton, so I came here. There is a new batch of Muzhou sheep in the imperial capital. I bought a few at home. The taste of the mutton is indeed better than that of the imperial capital. Even if it is stewed, there is no smell Son. I specially sent a few here, the old man will try it, I think it’s not bad.”

Xie Guogong said with a smile, "Please think about it, let's taste the taste of this sheep at noon. If it's cold today, it's time to eat mutton. It happens that there are fresh vegetables from the village in the suburbs. We don't like it Wine, talking together is also good." Xie Guogong is such a seasoned person, he knew that Lin Jing came to his house before going to the Rong's house.Even though Xie Guogong thinks that the Rong family is not good enough, the Rong family is in the limelight right now, and many people in the imperial capital go to the Rong family to curry favor, but the Lin family is as usual, and it is indeed a famous family.As for the Rong family, which is in the limelight, no matter how popular it is, Xie Guogong still doesn't pay much attention to it.

Mrs. Xie Guogong wanted to stay with Lin Jing for dinner, and Mrs. Xie was very happy to know that she ordered his daughter-in-law to order the cook to prepare the first-class noodles. She also told her, "We and the Lin family have long been relatives. Ah Jing, this child, He is not very old, but he is very courteous and people like him." Ever since Empress Xian Xie and Prince Xian Renhui passed away, Xie's family has been neglected, and now that it is Chinese New Year, Mrs. Xie has already read the Lin family's list of annual gifts , thinking that it was actually thicker than in previous years.At this moment, how can it not make people feel emotional.In addition, Lin Jing has always been like a small bean, good-looking, and very likable. At this age, Madam Xie loves his quick-wittedness, and now Lin Jing personally comes to give the New Year's gift , Mrs. Xie will naturally treat her with hospitality.Therefore, I specially instructed my daughter-in-law.

Mrs. Xie is also a person who knows good and evil, she quickly responded with a smile, and said, "Today, the kitchen just happened to have a new pheasant, and mushrooms from the north, and the fresh vegetables from the village are still juicy. I'll go and have a look. , tell them to do it with heart.”

Mrs. Xie was very satisfied with her daughter-in-law's attitude and nodded slightly.Mrs. Xie went down to work.

When Lin Jing said goodbye to Xie's family, Xie's family gave away two baskets of fruit stored in their own cellar. What's rare is that there were two cold melons in it. I don't know how they have been preserved until now.On the day Lin Jing came home, the family cut one and ate it. Lin Jing really wanted to eat two more slices, but Lin Yi refused, so he only ate one slice.As a result, just this small piece of cold melon caused Lin Jing to have a stomachache for a long time, and he recovered after lying on the bed for half a day the next day.On the other hand, Lin Ze, who only ate a slice of cold melon, had nothing to do with it. Lin Jing said enviously, "Even though he is young, Ze is also fair and tender. In fact, he is as strong as iron."

Little Lin Ze didn't know that his uncle was jealous of him at all, and when he saw that his uncle had recovered from his illness, he happily ran over, and Xiaozhu and Xiaozhu asked him to play with him.

Lin Jing said to him, "You're really stupid, you're still a little pig, I think you are a little pig." Touching his belly, Xiao Lin Ze giggled.

Therefore, Lin Jing privately nicknamed Xiao Linze as, Little Pig.

This nickname, until Lin Ze became sensible, under Lin Ze's strong demands and dissatisfaction, Lin Jingfang stopped calling it.