Heir of the Red Chamber

Lin Ruhai and the others were full of interest, and even the official duties in the yamen were left behind for the time being, but Lin Ya's side was miserable.

It was also a coincidence that the letter from Jia and Wang's family came not too early or too late. The day before was Lin Ya's 14th birthday.

Although he had already fulfilled his filial piety, Lin Ya originally planned to let the entire family eat a bowl of birthday noodles to show his respect for his stepmother, Mrs. Jia.Unexpectedly, Lin Ruhai, who always valued Lin Ya's filial piety the most, was uncharacteristic this time, and decided to hold a family banquet with his children.

Lin Ya and the others naturally couldn't resist Lin Ruhai as a father, so they simply respected rather than obeyed. The family of four sat around a table in Lin Ya's courtyard, ate a few mouthfuls of Huaiyang side dishes, and then Lin Ruhai, who was in high spirits, started the conversation. Start drinking to the moon and chant poems against the wind.

In the beginning, no matter how good they were, they could always follow orders and write poems one sentence at a time. Later, Lin Ruhai used wine to cover his face and used his status and knowledge to write an extra sentence before Lin Chong, which aroused Lin Chong's dissatisfaction and stole Dai Yu, everyone messed up the order, just to see who speaks quickly, and whoever can make one more sentence.

The four of them are all quick-witted people, and at the end of the quarrel, the two young Lin Chong and Daiyu talked to each other, regardless of the artistic conception, as long as the rhyme was neat and tidy, they continued down the line, and the fight made their faces blush. Li pretended to be old-fashioned, and looked extraordinarily playful and cute, which made Lin Ruhai smile and narrow his eyes.

But when the old man saw his eldest son Lin Ya watching the fun, he became unhappy again.

"When I was as old as you, what kind of wanton romance was that? Look at yourself, you don't even drink poetry, don't eat wine, how decent is it? And you deserve to be praised by others every day for your demeanor and youth? It's simply unreasonable! "

He stared at Lin Ya a few times hating iron and steel, Lin Ruhai personally took the warm wine pot from the stove, poured himself a glass, and called the servant: "Shousheng, come and fill it up for your uncle, and our father and son will also have a drink Come back, it's He Ya'er's birthday. He is fourteen years old, and he will be a serious adult in the future, and he will be in charge of a family property."

As he said that, Lin Ruhai actually clinked glasses with Lin Ya, Lin Ya was so shocked that he almost forgot to drink, and let Lin Ruhai grab his gaffe and pour him several glasses in a row.

Lin Ya didn't vaguely figure out why Lin Ruhai was so abnormal until he was a little dazed after drinking.

In Lin Ruhai's life, his fate in the early years was extremely rough. When he lost his father at the age of ten, he helped his spirit and returned home. He lived with his widowed mother. He had neither close brothers nor reliable elders. The world is hot and cold.

Men are considered adults when they perform the crowning ceremony at twenty, but how can the Lin family wait another six years.Back then, as soon as Lin Ruhai became a paternal filial piety, on his 14th birthday, he had a big fight with a group of powerful families named He Shoushi who took over the family, and took over the declining family business.

Now Lin Ya is 14 years old. Although he is not a parent, Lin Ruhai still has a special feeling in his heart.

Having figured out this verse, Lin Ya no longer refused. The father and son exchanged cups and cups, and after a while they both became a little stupefied. In the garden, looking for a quiet place.

It was the first time for Lin Ya to drink alcohol since he came to this other world, so he couldn't help thinking that he was still drunk after a thousand cups like in his previous life. The mellow Zhuangyuan Hong drank one cup after another very refreshingly, but in the end he was almost drunk after a while. Lin Ruhai, who was so drunk, couldn't laugh or cry, and wanted his servant to send Lin Ya back to the house, and also wanted to appease Lin Chong and Daiyu who were arguing about their father's elder brother leaving without saying goodbye.

When Lin Ya opened his eyes again, it was already noon on the second day, and he had a splitting headache because he was drunk last night, and Lin Ruhai even ordered him to go to the study to wait.

Pressing heavily on the forehead that seemed to be beaten by a heavy drum, Lin Ya took a sip of water from the hand of the big girl He Yin, and asked in a hoarse voice: "Do you know why the master is looking for me?"

You can't just scold him for drinking too much, right?Who would have known this earlier?Or did Lin Ruhai wake up early in the morning and feel that what happened yesterday really hurt Yan's father's dignity, and wanted to scold him to get back his face?It's not like Lin Ruhai is a human being either.

Both Mrs. Heyin and his wife are very respectable stewards of the Lin family, one is in charge of Lin Ruhai's study expenses, and the other is in charge of cloth purchases.At that time when Lin Ya first came to Lin's residence, Mrs. Jia appreciated Lianyin and Zhiyin, the first-class girls around her, and Lin Ruhai admired Heyin, so that it was convenient for Lin Ya to know the big things inside and outside the family.

Heyin also lived up to expectations, and has always acted appropriately.

Now when Lin Ya asked, Heyin laughed, and while handing the bowl to Zhuyin, who was his subordinate, he replied, "It's a letter from Beijing. Zhou Rui, the steward of my uncle's house, is also said to be the governor of the county. The proud person next to the second master of Wang's family in Beijing, the master will look for the master after reading it. But the master also loves the master very much, and won't let us call him up."

A few days ago, the news that Lin Ya stepped on and broke the leg of a short-sighted apprentice while riding a horse had spread as early as the day Lin Ya returned to the mansion.Leaving aside Fu Sheng who was ridiculed for shrinking before the battle, Shou Sheng, a courageous son of a family, often praised Lin Ya's courage among his acquainted servants, and they admired Lin Ya very much.

It's not that a first-class girl as pampered as Heyin hasn't murmured about the uncle's tricky hands in her heart, and there is a faint fear in her heart, and more admiration.After all, Lin Ya is a man, and in the future he will make contributions and protect his family, so how can he be as merciful as a daughter in a boudoir.

Heyin and the others didn't take it seriously when they got the news that the short-sighted Xiaoxiao was the uncle of Xue's family, the imperial merchant of Jinling.What kind of family is the Xue family, what kind of family is the Lin family, they thought they were some kind of tough people, and they dared to come to the Lin family.

Even now, the people from the Jia family and the Wang family all said they wanted to support the Xue family, and none of the servants around Lin Ya were afraid.Each family is in charge of their own affairs. I have never heard that people with foreign surnames can go to other people's houses to criticize others. What about the Lin family? What does it have to do with them?He Yin's words were in and out of the way, with a bit of indifference.

——Don't look at the family's children who have been slaves and servants for generations and are inferior to others. These people regard family names no less than their masters in their hearts, and are even more xenophobic.

Even without He Yin's soft voice to comfort him, Lin Ya didn't feel that Lin Ruhai wanted to punish him.

He wanted to punish Lin Ya as soon as he heard the news that day, instead of laughing at Lin Ya with an ambiguous expression for not being masculine enough to cause such a disaster, and hastily sent people to find the merchants and travelers around when the incident happened. Properly arrange witnesses.

Now that the Jia and Wang families are putting pressure on him, he is even safer.

You know, ever since the four families of Jinling produced some unworthy descendants, Lin Ruhai looked down on them very much, so how could he allow them to make irresponsible remarks about the eldest son of the Lin family?

only……

Lin Ya waved his hands and ordered Heyin to retreat, and while getting up and dressing, he thought deeply: It's fine for the Jia family to get involved, so why does Wang Ziteng bother with this meddling?Brother and sister?Not necessarily, in the book Xue Pan beat someone to death, and it was Madam Wang who took Rongguo Mansion's face to settle.

After thinking about it, it was mostly because of the power of the Lin family and Lin Ruhai's official position.

Taking a deep breath, Lin Ya ordered the maids to bring him a basin of cold water, washed his hands and feet quickly and dressed, then rushed to Lin Ruhai's study.

"My son got up late and delayed my morning and evening sleep, please punish me." Even though he was worried that he would cause trouble for Lin Ruhai, Lin Ya still greeted him sternly after entering the house.

Today he picked out a homemade emerald green silk blouse, with plain dark patterned pearls on his forehead to wipe his forehead, beautiful jade hanging from his waist, and brocade boots on his feet, making him look more and more like a strong bamboo, with a graceful and elegant appearance.

Lin Ruhai was sipping tea, but when he heard Lin Ya coming in, he just raised his eyelids, and quickly suppressed that satisfaction to the bottom of his heart, and casually snorted: "It's just a small drink, which makes your eyes dark and listless, I don't know what the people who praised your young phoenix as clearer than the old phoenix think about it."

Lin Ya almost twitched when he heard this.

People have always praised the young man with just a few words.Lin Ruhai is not only a weak crown, but he was Tanhua in high school, and his appearance and demeanor are still talked about after 20 years. If you want to praise Tanhualang's son, you can't begrudge a good sentence.In the end, I don't know if it touched Lin Ruhai's nerve, and if he got the chance, he would press him a few words, but if Lin Ruhai was very dissatisfied with Lin Ya, or said that he didn't like others to praise Lin Ya, that was absolutely nothing.

Lin Ya could only hold his nose and listen, occasionally stabbing Lin Ruhai a few words.

"The son is stupid, not as good as the old master."

The point is not just in case, but the day.No matter how great Tan Hua Lang is among men, and how many ladies he thinks about day and night, it can only be that day.

Lin Ruhai paused while pouring the tea, and without looking at Lin Ya, he spoke again after a while: "Sit down, wait for someone to invite you? Look at the good things you have caused, your second uncle and the second master of the Wang family have sent people here I'm asking you."

It's not that the Lin family and the Wang family are relatives, but Lin Ruhai has always been unwilling to deal with them, so he called him the second master of the Wang family.

Lin Ya obediently picked up the chair on Lin Ruhai's left and sat down. He just looked down at the toes of his boots, and didn't seem to answer the conversation at all.say what?Said that he has already paid money and goods with that fool Xue?This is really not the case. He spent 1000 taels of money to buy Xue Pan's leg. Xue Pan has not yet compensated him for being coveted by men, but he still feels a little bored when he thinks about it.

Lin Ruhai knew what Lin Ya was thinking as soon as he saw Lin Ya's face. Coincidentally, Lin Ruhai also felt that this matter was not over.

"It is true that the Xue family adopts a son who does not teach them, and they have such unworthy descendants," Lin Ruhai sneered, and set the tone for the Lin family's response: "Since relatives come to the door, it is not easy for us to take Joe, so we should help. Get out and help them teach and teach."

With that said, Lin Ruhai called Lin Ya to the desk, took out the written reply and handed it over: "Look at it too, it won't save your second cousin Lian from arriving in a few days, and you said something wrong."

Lin Ya hurriedly took it and read it carefully.After reading this, even a self-proclaimed venomous tongue like Lin Ya couldn't help but click his tongue: My master's writing style is indeed worthy of being a first-class Jinshi. There is not a single dirty word, and the elegant and reserved one has taken away his face. Clean, if he was from the Jia family, he probably thought of hanging himself.

Lin Ya's guess was not entirely correct.

At least the servants of the Jia family sent the letter back to Beijing quickly, and the masters of the Jia family could hold on, but the second wife, Mrs. Wang, didn't come up in one breath and passed out. ?