Heir of the Red Chamber

There is a saying that different people have different fates.

There are some people in this world who are afraid that they won't be able to wear red again in this life, so naturally there are also people who can show off the splendor of vermilion in an upright manner.

With the honor of the Lin family, the new clothes of Xianyunzhai, the most well-known and time-honored embroidery shop in the south of the Yangtze River, will naturally be delivered to Daiyu's door as soon as possible for Daiyu to choose.Daiyu herself didn't care much about these things, but she couldn't stand the fact that there was a father who loved his daughter eagerly and two elder brothers who cared about his younger sister, so she copied the list almost exactly according to the original booklet.

Lin Ya had learned a few strokes of Chinese painting in his previous life, and now his hands were itchy to look at the exquisitely framed clothes booklet. Although it was difficult to paint Daiyu's clothes due to his status, he finally persuaded the still young Lin Chong to draw a cat flutter Butterfly circling around a hundred flowers but not falling to the ground, vermilion handed over collar skirts, put them in the booklet and sent them back to Xianyunzhai together.

It is said that it was painted by Lin Chong, but in fact, who was serving in the study at that time didn't know that the uncle despised the second master's lack of work, and snatched it without drawing a few strokes?However, Lin Ya's paintings are really good, especially the cats on the skirts. Their eyes are so lively and cute. As soon as the clothes were brought back, Daiyu fell in love with them at a glance. Packed up, ready to wear when going out.

This day was the day that Lin Ruhai had agreed with his sons and daughters to go to the Buddhist temple outside the city to burn incense.

Daiyu has been sleepless since she was sensible, and although she has gotten better over the past year, she wakes up earlier than ordinary people, and today is a rare big day when the family goes out together, and she got up at dawn, walked to the makeup with her shoes on Sitting in front of the stage, the servant girls washed and changed clothes, and changed into the prepared scarlet clothes.

It's just that what jewelry should be matched with this clothes made the maids have a difficult time.

When Mrs. Jia was in good health, she made a lot of jewelry for Daiyu. But at that time, Daiyu was still young, and many ornaments were just for little girls to play with. It is not appropriate to wear them when she is older. Jewelry of filial piety It is too plain, and it is not very suitable for such a bright color as vermilion.

Speaking of which, this is because there is no seasoned hostess in the family.Lin Ruhai, Lin Ya and the others love Daiyu no matter how much they love Daiyu, after all, they are men, and the clothes and jewelry of the wives and girls are fragrant and pollen. I can't even match it up, how long has it been, and the head is not complete yet.

It's just that Daiyu didn't want to bother her father and elder brothers with these trivial matters, so no one said anything about it.

The maids changed a few sets of hairpins and came over. Daiyu frowned slightly after looking in the mirror. At this moment, the big girls seemed hesitant to speak, she understood after a little start , couldn't help smiling slightly: "This is a trivial matter, let's see how embarrassing you are. Forget it, bring the set of gold thread and rice beads, it's hard for them to make it so delicate."

As soon as Daiyu finished speaking, she heard the little girl guarding the door shouting that the second master had come, Daiyu got up quickly, ordered the girls to make tea, and went to welcome Lin Yalin Chong in person.

It's not that Daiyu intends to be polite to them, but Lin Ya, who has always been unruly, is very stubborn in this matter, insisting that there is no messenger in Daiyu's yard, and Daiyu will never enter the house if she speaks.After laughing, Daiyu also intentionally played tricks, so she went to the door to greet her every time, and today was no exception.

While smiling, Daiyu cast another glance at her two older brothers: "You are so arrogant, you have to ask someone to invite you every time, but you arrive so early, it hinders me from talking to the maids."

Lin Ya and Lin Chong were originally standing three feet outside the door with smiles on their faces, but now they were startled when they saw Daiyu come out.

When they arrived at Lin's house, Jia Min's health was already very bad, and after that he kept his filial piety again, and he had never seen Daiyu dressed so brightly and beautifully.

Mr. Cao compared Daiyu to a lotus fairy, and compared it to the concubine Xiaoxiang many times. Lin Ya's impression of Daiyu in his previous life was that she was dressed in plain clothes and looked like a fairy. She was outstanding, even the slightly pale faces of the other girls were set off by this red dress.

Looking at the face of the little girl in front of me who can already see the beauty of the city in the future, looking at her carefree, playful and charming smile, if no one tells it, who can believe that it is said that seeing relatives and friends with a different surname will shed tears? Sister Lin who died and had no one to rely on?

Light makeup and heavy makeup are always suitable, Xue Baochai boasted with this sentence, whether she is worthy of such a good poem, Lin Ya doesn't know, but Daiyu really deserves this sentence.

"It's my stupidity. I hope my sister will not remember the villain's mistakes. For the sake of mere gifts, how about I forgive my brother this time? Anyway, give us a bit of face and enjoy a cup of tea." Lin When Ya regained consciousness, she pretended to cry, and took from the girl a two-foot-square box covered with a rosin and lotus-patterned Orowe bundle. Seeing the girl's careful appearance, there should be some valuables inside.

Daiyu turned her bright eyes, and without looking at Lin Ya, she just smiled at Lin Chong and said, "Second elder brother, follow me in quickly to have a drink of hot soup and warm yourself up. As for those poor-tongued people, they are just outside. Just stand."

As she said that, Daiyu pursed her lips in joy, turned around and left, Lin Ya smiled, and followed step by step with the box in her arms. With Daiyu's curious eyes, she put the box firmly on the dressing table, and then walked slowly Unpacked.

The girl in the room gasped immediately.

It is actually a pure white ivory box carved with the scenery of Huaiyang in four seasons. Just a casual glance, you can see the extraordinaryness of this box from the exquisite craftsmanship.

This was picked by Lin Chong with the company of his stewards a few days ago. Seeing the expression of love on Daiyu's face at this moment, he was also proud of it, but he wanted to pretend to be old-fashioned and show off: "Just look at it this way, this box is nothing. It's strange, I still have to use a small mirror like that of Westerners to magnify it, and the craftsmen have carved out even the strands of hair."

Daiyu blinked, but didn't speak, just looked at Lin Ya, urging him to finish speaking quickly with her eyes, Lin Ya squinted at his younger brother Lin Chong, then gently pressed the button on the box, and took out the squirrel hug inside with both hands. The fruit red hosta was sent to Daiyu.

"The master is busy with official duties, and the brothers are careless, almost neglecting the younger sister. After searching for a long time, the master has also seen it. He thinks this hairpin is lively and generous. It is most suitable for the age of the younger sister. It just so happens that the color matches it. Baba's early morning delivery."

Lin Ruhai's health was very bad after his serious illness, and the official duties of the court could not be delayed for too long, and all the big and small affairs of the family were left to Lin Ya.Lin Ya had to study hard and deal with difficult teachers, and at the same time he had to take care of ordinary things. He wished he could split them into eight petals by himself. Before that, he only thought about making clothes for changing seasons. He really forgot that Daiyu's age is indispensable It was only when the stewards reminded me to make some jewelry that I remembered this incident.

In a hurry, Lin Ruhai also heard about it, so he spread the word, and he didn't need to go outside to do it, he directly opened the warehouse, and picked out this charming hairpin from the dowry of Lin Ruhai's grandmother and the princess of the clan. He fried the tail of the hairpin again and brought it back yesterday, and he ordered Lin Ya to give it to Daiyu himself.

High-quality jade jewelry is not so rare in the Lin family, but a squirrel hairpin with such a naive expression is really rare. As expected, Daiyu immediately fell in love with it, and asked the girl to help her insert it in her hair.The maids were dexterous and didn't need to tell them, so they pinned two small bead flowers loosely to the side.

When her makeup was ready, Daiyu couldn't help looking at the mirror again and again. In a blink of an eye, she found that Lin Ya was still standing aside and looking at her with a smile on her face. Bring the goat's milk quickly.

Because Daiyu suffered from physical weakness brought out in the womb, she was the only one who had a small kitchen here among the younger masters in the family, where there was hot goat's milk and various soups at twelve hours a day, Lin Ya Lin Chong often came over for some food and drink.

Lin Ya put it away when he saw it was good, and immediately sat down on the sandalwood table with embedded water and rocks, and talked with Daiyu Lin Chong about today's itinerary.

This time I went to the temple to pray for the master Lin Ruhai.Lin Ruhai didn't really believe in this at first, but this time it was too dangerous, he almost lost his life, and he felt a lot of being able to come back to life in the end, so he couldn't help thinking of giving.

Since it is to pray for the bodhisattva to bless Lin Ruhai with good health, Lin Ya, Lin Chong and Daiyu will naturally go, and even Chen Xiao who is sitting in the Lin's house will go together after hearing this, saying that she wants to ask Mrs. Chen for blessings from eminent monks Buddha beads and other things.

Lin Ruhai was mentally weak, this trip was almost arranged by Lin Ya, and now he talked about these trivial matters to his two siblings who were eagerly waiting to go out, and he really knew everything.

Just as they were talking lively, a woman came to call the door again. The little girls went over to see, but it was Mama Liu, who was in charge, who came to look for Lin Ya, saying that it was the master who invited the uncle to come over.

The three people in the room were startled, Daiyu looked at the sky outside, and couldn't help but straighten her face: "Why did the master get up so early? But what's the important thing to find big brother?"

Since Lin Ruhai got sick, she changed her routine of waking up early and going to bed late to cook oil. She woke up very late. She should have not gotten up at this hour. People have already been sent to her today. It is really abnormal and people have to worry about it.

Liu's mother closed her eyes with a smile when she heard the words, and her voice was full of joy: "Don't worry, big girl, it's a happy event, uncle's happy event."

Lin Yaren sits at home and counts the days. Although Mama Liu didn't point out which happy event it is, he already knows it. It should be someone from the Zeng family in the capital who wants to set him up with the Zeng family. The girl's wedding.

That day when they rode back home, the father and son talked about the two marriages proposed by Chu Ronghua, and Lin Ruhai attached great importance to the Zeng family.After a few days, when the doctor vaguely indicated that Lin Ruhai's life was indeed saved, Lin Ruhai wrote a letter and talked about the marriage of the children with the Zeng family.

Zeng Shilang didn't take Joe either, after several letters, Lin Ya learned from Lin Ruhai that the Zeng family promised to marry the eldest daughter of the big house, that is, Zeng Shilang's eldest granddaughter.The eldest son matched the eldest son, and Lin Ya was still a half-way adopter, and the Zeng family valued the Lin family very much.

The Zeng family expressed their sincerity, and Lin Ruhai naturally valued it more. In addition, there was a saying that he would marry a woman with his head up and marry a woman with his head down. That's why when the Zeng family arrived, they asked Lin Ya to go over.

Lin Ya also understands that marriage is a good idea to have two surnames, so he should show more face to the Yue family at this moment, so that everyone can meet and support each other in the future, so he quickly straightened his clothes and prepared to tell Lin Chong Daiyu After that, I went out with Liu's mother.

As a result, when he raised his eyes, he saw Lin Chong and Daiyu both holding cups and looking at him with a smile, and Daiyu even got up and performed a blessing ceremony, obviously she understood already.

This is also normal.Although most people would not say anything about marriage in front of their young children, the Lin family has only four masters in total, and there is just one missing mistress who takes care of the inner courtyard, so many rigid rules are not so strict.Besides, once Lin Ya got married, the eldest grandma of the Lin family would welcome back. The news spread in the backyard early in the morning, and the servants around him knew it, and the master naturally knew it too.

Lin Ya coughed lightly. She really didn't know how to tell her siblings who were less than ten years old. She could only walk away with a calm face, but the pace was a little faster than usual. In the eyes of Lin Chong and Daiyu, it was no different from their big brother who ran away.

Until Lin Ya walked a few feet away, he could still hear the laughter in the room, vaguely mixed with clapping, which made his heart very soft.

Born from his heart, when Lin Ya walked into Lin Ruhai's study, it made people feel that he was indeed a handsome young master Pianpian, with gentle and modest eyes.

Lin Ruhai was at the head of the house, and he couldn't help but be pleased to see the second master of the Zeng family's big house showing envy. This is the rough jade he picked up with his discerning eyes, and now it's just the beginning of brilliance.

Lin Ruhai remained calm on the surface, but in his heart, Lin Ya had already thought about how to mourn his ancestors after he became famous in the future, and he didn't feel that he was thinking too much.After all, for a man to start a family and start a career, the matter of starting a family is already in sight, and starting a career is not so far away.

Thinking of this, Lin Ruhai stroked his well-maintained beard, and asked Lin Ya to meet Zeng Erye. Several accompanying stewards of Zeng's family also saluted Lin Ya respectfully and said hello.

Lin Ya didn't dare to be negligent, and tried his best to talk to Zeng Erye, and he was just right with the stewards. Everyone asked a few questions, and the rewards they gave were all top-notch. It seemed to Lin Ruhai's heart Nodding again.

Second Master Zeng was quite satisfied with Lin Ya, his sister-in-law.

Among the three girls in the big house, only the eldest girl is the direct sister of Zeng Erye's same mother. She has been educated and educated with her two direct brothers since she was a child, and the brother-sister relationship is very deep.This time, Mrs. Zeng intended to marry the Lin family, and promised the eldest girl to the Lin family. The female family members of the Zeng family, especially Mrs. Zeng and Mrs. Zeng's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were actually not happy in their hearts.

The ancestral home of the Lin family is Gusu and now lives in Yangzhou. Even if there are old masters Zeng, Eldest Master Zeng, and Third Master Zeng saying that the Lin family will return to Beijing in the future, the female family members of the Zeng family still think that this is to marry the eldest girl far away. Undoubtedly there is some worry.

The second Lin Ya is actually the adoptive heir, but it was Mrs. Lin who was virtuous before, and everyone knew what happened under her knees. The second wife of Mrs. Lin's natal Rongguo Gongfu was not happy with this cheap nephew when she went out to socialize. don't hide.Mrs. Zeng and Mrs. Zeng didn't pay much attention to the Rongguo Mansion, which corrupted Gangchang's descendants. What they didn't like was Lin Ya's background.So what about the name of the eldest son, after all, it's not Lin Tanhua's blood, he grew up in the countryside, and he heard people say that he even ran a business, and he was considered a businessman. Although he has a reputation as a scholar, he hasn't played since then .What kind of family background did the Zeng family have, how could Lin Ya be worthy of their eldest daughter who was well-bred by them?

Mrs. Zeng and Mrs. Zeng worked together, one was worried about Lin Ya's rudeness, the other was afraid that Lin Ya would have no hope in the imperial examination. The old man and the old man Zeng.

According to what Mrs. Zeng revealed to her children and grandchildren, based on Lin Ya's background, it's not that she can't be good for the daughter of the Zeng family. It is very suitable for the five girls to marry.In a word, Lin Ya was worthy of the first daughter of the Zeng family, but not the eldest daughter.The word "dichang" symbolizes too much.

This matter was refuted mercilessly by Mrs. Zeng.

The female relatives are trapped in the back house, and what they are looking at is the family background, background and appearance. Grandpa Zeng can't say that this is wrong, but a man stands in the world and has a long career, which is naturally different from what women think.

It's true that the eldest granddaughter of the Zeng family can't marry someone easily, but with Mrs. Zeng, she can't be promised to those families that Mrs. Zeng and the others like.I don't even look at the chaos in Beijing. Once the marriage of the noble eldest granddaughter is mistaken, how can the Zeng family have peace?

Mrs. Zeng could guess what the Fourth Highness was thinking, but this marriage was indeed a good thing for the Zeng family, and there was no harm in it, otherwise he would not have agreed easily.

However, he understands the danger of the battle for succession, and it is enough for the children and grandchildren to understand. The old master Zeng has no intention of talking about this with the female relatives. Only Miss Zeng is the one involved. The old master Zeng is afraid that she will be dissatisfied after listening to the words of her grandmother and mother. In the end, the marriage will not succeed. Against the enemy, he was specially called to the study to talk for a long time.Being able to enter the study room of Mrs. Zeng was the first among female relatives. Miss Zeng was envied by her concubine sister for a long time for this honor.

The men of the Zeng family were very optimistic about this marriage.Second Master Zeng was dragged by his mother to talk several times before going to the south of the Yangtze River this time, but he didn't pay attention to it. Seeing Lin Ya now, the two tentatively said a few words. The meaning of seeing each other late.

In Zeng Erye's opinion, the phrase "young phoenix is ​​clearer than old phoenix" in his third uncle's letter is still too subtle. Uncle Guanlin, a gentleman like jade, Zhilan Yushu and other words, are not just handwritten ?Now I'm afraid that Uncle Lin will dislike the elder sister's beauty.

The wives and grandmas of the acquaintances all know that Miss Zeng has all corners, but her appearance is just like that of Master Zeng, which is a bit mediocre.If her husband and son-in-law had an ordinary life, Miss Zeng could still be called a beautiful woman, but Uncle Lin had such a good life, I am afraid that there are not many women in the world who can match his appearance.

This is also because Miss Zeng is the younger sister that Zeng Erye has always loved, so Zeng Erye came up with such an idea. After all, the attitude of men in this world towards love is always different from that of women. After thinking about it for a while, he dropped his hand and still had a good chat with Lin Ya.

Anyway, the Zeng family's daughter's reliance is not on her appearance.

The servants changed the tea three times before Second Master Zeng got up and complained to Lin Ruhai and Lin Ya.He traveled all the way here in a hurry, and last night he just took a rest at the inn outside the city, but now that people have seen it, a big rock has completely fallen in his heart, he can't help but feel tired, and he should take a rest before sending letters to his family.

Lin Ruhai stood up with a smile, intending to let Second Master Zeng and his party stay at home, but Second Master Zeng insisted on refusing, saying that the Zeng family still had an old relative in Yangzhou City, so Lin Ruhai knew that the Zeng family still wanted to visit Lin Ruhai nearby. Being a human being, Ya didn't force him, he just asked Lin Ya to send the Zeng family out for him.

When Lin Ya sent Second Master Zeng away, and went back to the study to ask Lin Ruhai about going out today, Mr. Chen Xiao, who made his scalp tingle just thinking about it, had already packed up, and was leisurely drinking in the seat where Second Master Zeng sat just now. Ming, chatted with Lin Ruhai without saying a word.

Lin Ya entered the door to salute, Chen Xiao just rolled his eyes slightly and continued talking to Lin Ruhai. Such an impolite gesture also carried a flirtatious and uninhibited manner in him, and Lin Ruhai didn't move at all. Just answer Chen Xiao's words.

Seeing that both the master and the father made up their minds to treat him as nothing, Lin Ya, who had been fighting with these two for three days, stopped looking for trouble, and simply took over the job of the servant next to Lin Ruhai, separated by the green jade. While making tea, Pingfeng listened to the two of them comment on the world.

Who would have thought that such a big living man would poke on the other side of the screen, Lin Ruhai and Chen Xiao would talk about him and Lin Chong from the worldly affairs, without any taboos.

"The two sons of the family, the future still rests on the eldest son." Listening to the sound, Chen Xiao seemed to have put down the teacup before opening her mouth, and the sound of the porcelain clashing was really crisp.It's just that Lin Ya hadn't had time to be surprised that this gentleman who didn't like every strand of his hair would even turn a corner and say something to him, when he heard Chen Xiao's last soft hum, he stopped breathing instantly.

Lin Ruhai on the other side of the screen smiled lightly: "Of course, Mr. Chen is aware of the abilities of Brother Ya and Brother Chong. But in terms of nature, is it true that Brother Chong is not as good as Brother Ya?"

Lin Ya had heard this comment a long time ago, but at any rate he was still staring at the tea for the two of them, Elder Lin was so outspoken about it.Lin Ya raised his eyebrows, and became a little curious about Chen Xiao's answer below.

I only hate that Chen Xiao seemed to have guessed what Lin Ya was thinking, and after a chuckle, he was silent for a moment, and said irrelevantly, "I'd rather have some tea today."

Lin Ya waited for a long time with his ears pricked up, and almost dropped the fan in his hand just for such a sentence. After taking a deep look at the blurred figure on the screen, he resigned himself to his fate and went out with the pot to refill Chen Xiao's tea. You must also abide by the etiquette of your son and nephew, and be respectful to Chen Xiao between advances and retreats.

Chen Xiao drank to his heart's content, and then opened his mouth again.

"Brother Ruhai is well-versed in the world, and there are many things that I don't need to repeat. I only have one question, brother Ruhai, is he willing to deal with fools?"

Since coming to Lin's house, Chen Xiao's favorite thing to do is to tease Lin Ya, a student.At the beginning, he was still a bit scruples about Lin Ruhai, but later he realized that Lin Ruhai also liked seeing him grind Lin Ya, so he let go of his hands and feet.For some reason, even though the student's appearance of being modest and gentleman had never changed, Chen Xiao could still imagine his appearance of gnashing his teeth in private, and had a very happy life.

This time Lin Ya was anxious to know, so he wanted to speak slowly.

Lin Ruhai seemed to glance at Lin Ya, and seemed to only talk to Chen Xiao with a smile from the beginning to the end: "Of course I don't want to."

Chen Xiao clapped his hands: "That's it. If you are a foolish person, even if you have a kind heart, it will only cause trouble. If you are a smart person who understands the truth, even if your kindness is not enough, it will be much stronger. "

Thinking about these words together with the one just now, it actually meant that Lin Chong was confused.Not to mention Lin Ya, even Lin Ruhai was amazed.Lin Chong suffered a lot when he was a child, and even Lin Ya was notorious in the world where he fought against his stepmother, but he was praised by everyone. When he arrived in Yangzhou, he was kind, filial, and filial. But he never committed a single silliness.

Maybe it was the rare surprise of the Lin family father and son that pleased Chen Xiao, and the expression on his face was rarely solemn: "After all, he is a person who is protected by his elder brother, and his mind is a little weaker. Fei Xiao is alarmist, brother Chong His kindness is sometimes too much, and he thinks less about things. Everyone knows the lesson of Mr. Dong Guo. If there is no distinction between good and evil, it’s fine if you are harmed by the wicked, and you will hurt others. Saved the jackal , naturally have to bear a share of the injustice of those who were killed by wolves."

Lin Ya didn't like the fact that his younger brother, whom he had single-handedly raised, was criticized like this, and his face was very ugly, but Chen Ling raised his glass to him with a smile, and drank tea instead of wine.

"Brother Ya doesn't like to hear these words, but I'm relying on my old man to sell my old age." The handsome "old" Mr. Chen Xiao raised her eyebrows lightly, and her tone was very calm: "What is the original heart? If you do bad things with good intentions, you are a bad-hearted person. Even Such people are more hateful than ordinary bad people, because they harm those close to them."

In other words, love it to harm it.It is unavoidable for confused people to be unable to distinguish between good and bad.

It can be said that Lin Chong is a confused person, but Lin Ya can't accept it.The younger brother he raised by himself is a fool?It's probably because Chen Xiao woke up early today, talking nonsense.If it weren't for the way of the world that emphasizes being a teacher for one day and being a father for life, he wouldn't be disobedient, and he would have punched Chen Xiao in the face long ago.

Who is Chen Xiao?The Golden Palace responded with a degree of advance and retreat. He was so happy that today he wanted to betrothed by the noble daughter of the clan. He could see through Lin Ya's seven emotions at the moment, and he didn't think he was disobedient. He just asked with a smile: "Brother Ya Since you feel that what the teacher said is wrong, why don't you and I have a gamble?"

Lin Ya hadn't been so depressed like this for many days, and immediately didn't ask how to gamble, and simply bowed: "Students, but follow the teacher's orders."

"That's good." Knowing that Lin Ya's real fire was revealed today, Chen Xiao nodded slightly at the disciple who was actually very important in his heart: "It's better to hit the sun than to choose a date. Since we are going to go out together later, let's try it." Brother Chong once, if he doesn't use his kindness in an inappropriate way, I lose, if he shows kindness indiscriminately, then you lose. Those who lose, just listen to the other party's orders."

After finishing speaking, Chen Ling seemed to be a little dispirited. He gently closed the teacup, raised his palm, and waited there quietly.

Lin Ya was startled, and then stepped forward to high-five Chen Xiaosan, and the bet came true.

For a while, the room was quiet and needles could be heard, Lin Ya took three steps back respectfully, and stood and sat silently facing Chen Xiao, while Lin Ruhai just read the copy of the Buddhist scriptures on the table that he often read recently, and took a sip from time to time Xiang Ming turned a deaf ear to the tension between Chen Xiao and Lin Ya.

Or the stewards felt that it was almost time, so the head housekeeper, He Qi, dared to ask the men to show him outside the study.

Only then did Lin Ruhai order people to go to the backyard to pass the message with an expression that was still unfinished, to wait for the eldest girl and the second master to go out, and he himself invited Chen Xiao to go with him, and got on the sedan chair directly outside the door, Lin Ya rode a horse to follow the sedan chair, and Lin Chong and Daiyu The two boarded the two cars at the back with their personal attendants.

With two sedan chairs and two cars, plus other servants and servants riding in large carts accompanied by maids and women who were waiting for them, the Lin family's team dragged out for more than a mile this time. Of course, being watched and discussed by people is indispensable.

Lin Ya was thinking about how Chen Xiao would test Lin Chong in such a situation of three floors inside and three floors outside. Chen Xiao's bookboy had already pulled up his horse and passed a message to him: "Master, please be safe and don't be impatient, Mr. Lin, before returning to the city We will see the difference in time."

This Tong'er mentioned a few years ago that Chen Xiao was always an old man. Although Chen Xiao is still unmarried, she has become the husband of the two young masters of the Lin family. I also made a joke by slipping the tongue, and now it's very smooth.

Cursing inwardly that thieves and scholars have many tricks, but Lin Ya's face is bright and bright, he rewarded Tong'er with a purse containing some broken silver, and asked a few words with a smile, before continuing to follow Lin Ruhai with shamelessness Next to the sedan chair.

As for the scenery along the way, Lin Ruhai made a wish to donate incense and fire money, etc. Lin Ya is not a child who has never been out of the house, and he doesn't believe in these things. When Lin Ruhai asked him to go to worship the Buddha as well, it was considered that he had received his soul, and sincerely prayed to the gods and Buddha to bless the family with safety and joy.

Lin Ruhai, as the censor of salt inspection, is a person who would shake the entire Jiangnan boundary three times. Although the Buddha is aloof, these monks still have to eat and dress, and they can't be extraordinary, so that is said to be very The famous abbot went out in person and accompanied the members of the Lin family all the way.

Seeing that the eldest son of the Lin family, who didn't speak much all the way, was kneeling with his eyes closed, he was very pious. The abbot who had been trying to persuade Lin Ruhai to add some more sesame oil and money, his eyes lit up, and he turned to Lin Ya, thinking about what he said. Let Lin Ya show his filial piety with real money.

Even though Lin Ya had something to worry about in his heart, his eyes, ears and spirit did not relax for a moment.As soon as the abbot started talking, Lin Ya noticed that the corners of Lin Ruhai's lips twitched slightly.

Thinking about it, even now that some believe in these karma and blessings, Lin Ruhai is still a little displeased with this so-called filial piety.Gods and Buddhas must be respected, of course, but whether these people who serve the Buddha can pass on the wishes of good men and women to the Buddha is another matter.

Since Lin Ruhai had no interest, Lin Ya was too lazy to talk nonsense to a so-called eminent monk full of money, but he hadn't said anything yet, but Lin Chong, who was silently following behind him, suddenly tugged at the sleeve of his robe quietly, taking advantage of Lin Ruhai's Inadvertently winked at him.

Since Lin Chong was a baby, Lin Ya fed him rice porridge soup mouthful by mouthful. Lin Ya understood the meaning of Lin Chong's eyes in just a moment.Lin Chong asked him to donate.

Laughing dumbly, Lin Ya shook his head slightly, and took Lin Chong's hand behind his back and shook it hard to reveal the matter. The two brothers followed Lin Ruhai, one on the left and one on the right, waiting silently for Lin Ruhai and Jia Min. Daiyu, who offered Buddhist scriptures, came out.

Not long after, Chen Xiao, who even bought a few pieces of Buddhist beads blessed by eminent monks with a lot of money, came out with the boy, and everyone didn't stay in the temple to eat, but got into the sedan chair one by one and went back to the house.

Unexpectedly, when they went outside the city, word came from Lin Ruhai suddenly, saying that they ordered Lin Ya and Lin Chong to accompany their husbands to do some errands, and they didn't need to hurry home, and he would take Daiyu back home first.After the servants finished delivering the message, the group was divided into two teams. Lin Ruhai's and Daiyu's sedan chairs got off and went out. Immediately, there were only two cars and a few horses left on Chen Xiaolin's and Lin Chong's side. Chen Xiao didn't think so. Insufficient, simply go to the car with Lin Chong, and his sedan chair will be directly carried back to Lin's house by the bearer.

After such a toss, Lin Ya and his party are really inconspicuous in the city of Yangzhou, where the world's wealth and wealth gather.

Chen Xiao seemed to be very satisfied with this. Although he was still sitting in the car, a precious folding fan in his hand stretched out from the car, lifted the curtain, and told the driver to turn around every now and then, vowing to leave The posture of Yangzhou City.

He vaguely guessed what Chen Xiao was looking for, apart from his eyes occasionally wandering to the sandalwood fan frame hanging the car curtain, Lin Ya really did it without saying anything, and he just went wherever Chen Xiao pointed.

After walking around like this for less than half an hour, Chen Xiao really found a place he wanted, so he yelled to stop.

Not to mention Lin Chong who went in without knowing it, even Lin Ya himself frowned at the miserable and weeping scene not far away.This is the back door of a commercial firm. For some reason, some clothes are made of decent clothes, and women and children who don't look like they come from poor families are covering their faces and weeping.

As soon as Lin Ya and the others reined in, the two accompanying boys squeezed into the crowd to find out what happened.It was originally a major event in the past few days, but after a short while, the boys learned the whole story from the neighbors who watched the excitement, and hurried back to report.

It's not a big deal, at least in Yangzhou City, which is known as the world's first-class rich and gentle town, they have to come here once every ten days, but they happened to be bumped into by Lin Ya and the others today.

It turned out that these women and children were all family members of the owner of a powder shop called Qingfengzhai.

It is true that there are many wealthy businessmen in Yangzhou City, and most of them are ordinary merchants like the owner of Qingfengzhai. There is only one shop with a bad location and a small storefront. Those who have spare money hire a buddy, and those who have no spare money can rely on themselves , small business, meager profit.It can be called rich, but it only stops there. It cannot withstand any big ups and downs, or even a mistake, and it loses the capital of turning around.

The owner of Qingfengzhai is like this.Their family has been selling rouge and powder here for at least [-] years. Somehow, they owed the money and were unable to repay. To the point of selling the shop at a discount and returning home.

It's just that it's not too bad, but the man in charge is a bit confused when it comes to women's sex. The original wife who was ordered by the parents of the first house in his hometown doesn't count. At that time, Xu was big at both ends.

When he had money, his wife endured it, and the second room was fine. Now that the family business is gone, the whole family has to drink northwest wind. Who can tolerate other women and the bunch of children she gave birth to who need to open their mouths to eat? The so-called children?

The few extravagances accumulated by the nobles have long been taken away by the house raiders hired by the bank, and now they can only kneel down and beg the mistress to let the past go, but she has been showing her power in the city for so many years, how can the old lady tolerate her?Anyway, now the whole family is counting on the old woman's dowry, and she doesn't need to give anyone face. If she says she denies it, the man will also deny it. He just asks the old wife to leave a little bit for the children of the second room.

It's a pity that the old woman is determined to do everything right. When the man begged, she simply wanted to find a place for those unsightly things. She simply called the toothmaid to come and sell all the brats to rich families. To be a slave.

The embassy's words were also resounding: Their family is about to be unable to eat, and the children are well-growth. If they can go to a rich family to receive errands, wear gold and silver, eat sweets and drink spicy food, wouldn't it be better than starving to death?

It just so happened that the bank had already found a buyer, and now the family had already prepared all the goods, and they were just waiting to take over the shop and open it.So today is the day when the bank takes over the house and the matriarch comes to lead the people.

The owner of Qingfengzhai had already boarded the oxcart next to her with the eldest son of his wife without embarrassment. Only Qingyuan was still holding her two sons and three daughters and weeping, holding the house that had lived for many years with one hand. door leaf.

No matter whether it is a money shop or a prostitute, although their business is dirty, they are all serious businessmen recorded in the government, and they never beat anyone or yell at them. They just look at the sun impatiently and only wait for the time to come before speaking .

On one side are a few rough and fierce men and a woman with a mean face, and on the other side is a soft-looking woman with five children who are only seven or eight years old. People's hearts are biased, not to mention the surrounding neighbors. Even Lin Chong, who had just heard the rumors, showed an unbearable face, and was about to open his mouth.

Lin Ya didn't feel that there was anything wrong with Lin Chong, but suddenly felt that Lin Chong's left arm was shaking slightly, which made him feel low.