The Second Young Master of the Lin Family in the Red Chamber

Jia Baoyu bid farewell to Lin Ruhai after playing this game of chess, and rejected his offer to keep him for lunch. Lin Jin and Lin Yu felt a little surprised, but did not force him to stay.

Because no outsiders were there, the four of the Lin family, father and son, made a table together for this long-lost reunion dinner, and each talked about what happened in the past two years.

In ancient times, transportation was inconvenient, and few letters could be communicated throughout the year. Except for the report of safety, there was not much to say at all, and some things were not something that could be said casually in the letter. Therefore, the rule of "don't talk about food" was flamboyantly ignored. , everyone is talking happily.

Lin Jin may not have cared, but Lin Yu was consciously or unconsciously inquiring about Lin Ruhai and Daiyu's attitude towards Jia Baoyu.You know, sending charcoal in the snow is much easier to gain favorability than icing on the cake. Lin Yu was afraid that Jia Baoyu would brush it off, so he continued the "front edge of wood and stone".

Although the reborn Jia Baoyu is more reliable than the son and brother in the original book, the fateful tragic ending still makes Lin Yu feel lingering fear.

Fortunately, judging from Lin Daiyu's answer, such a possibility is almost non-existent, because in the past two years, she and Jia Baoyu have never met directly at all, and the necessary communication is through the servants of the mansion, and what they say is the same. For some affairs of the Lin family that she was inconvenient to show her face, she only had pure gratitude to him.

However, Lin Ruhai's regard for Jia Baoyu did not exceed the scope of his own nephew, and did not include him as a candidate for son-in-law. After all, the gap between the two families was even greater than before.

After lunch, Lin Ruhai called his two sons to the study.Before Daiyu was present, everyone was talking about family matters. Now there are only three fathers and sons left, so it's time to talk about the future, which is related to the future development direction of the Lin family.

Compared with Lin Yu, who was at the end of Youzhou, returned to Beijing and returned to his hometown after a short turn, Lin Jin, who has been with Tu Feng, obviously has more information. Therefore, most of the questions Lin Ruhai raised were answered by him. Lin Yu just played a supplementary role at the side, and sometimes he didn't even need to supplement.

It can be seen that Lin Ruhai is very satisfied with the performance of his sons in the past two years, nodding and smiling from time to time without saying a word, and plans to tutor them personally to prepare for the upcoming autumn.

Lin Yu agreed readily on the face, but he was muttering in his heart that Father Lin only cared about his sons' studies, and he would definitely be hit hard in the future.Leaving aside the entanglement between him and the little ghost Liu Xuan, even Lin Jin and Tu Feng may not be so innocent, otherwise Lin Jin's expression would be a little unnatural every time he mentioned Tu Feng.

After that day, Jia Baoyu never came to Lin's house again. Lin Yu thought it was a good idea. People who live an extra life have a different mentality. It seems that he is a careful person who saves the heart of a gentleman.

Lin Yu had inquired about Daiyu's marriage on the sidelines, but Lin Ruhai hadn't mentioned it at all in the past two years, which was consistent with his prior guess.After all, the chaos in the court after the death of the first emperor was not a good time to discuss marriage. If you have a bad eye and pick the wrong in-laws, you can put the whole family and even the whole clan in a trap. It is safer to wait.

Now that the overall situation in the world has been decided, Daiyu's age can't be delayed anymore. Lin Yu, with the attitude of helping others to the end, asked someone to bring a letter to Zhao Qing. As for the future, he doesn't have to intervene. Zhao Qing performed in front of Lin Ruhai.

Lin Yu did this kind of thing like studying hard behind closed doors once in her previous life, and that was for the college entrance examination.In their large province with a large population, if you want to be admitted to a good school and major in God’s City, you can’t do without impressive grades. A slightly lower score is linked to luck. It is impossible not to fight for character.

However, Lin Yu's luck has never been very good, so he can only work hard and work hard to make sure that his college entrance examination results are among the best in the province, and nothing will go wrong.

Fortunately, after the head-hanging beams and thorns in the third year of high school, Lin Yu finally stepped into the Imperial University, which he had longed for since he was a child, with a score of more than 100 points above the heavy-duty score line.

This time preparing for the rural examination, Lin Yu regained the feeling of the college entrance examination back then, and even surpassed it. However, it is true, the rural examination only admits one or two hundred people, and the majority of them fail. Unlike the college entrance examination, a low score means that the school is close, but you won't lose your reputation by accident.

In addition, Lin Yu has another reason that is not humane to work hard, that is, in his previous life, he was always the kind of "other people's child" who was good at everything, but in this life, he met a talented and intelligent Lin Yu. Jin.It may be the influence of a solidified way of thinking. Lin Yu, who is driving and hanging, can't play Lin Jin in the Four Books and Five Classics, let alone poetry and songs. So far, he can only fill in the poems and barely rhyme. , and Lin Jin, at his level, he is the younger brother of Sister Lin.

In a blink of an eye, it was August, and the triennial rural examination officially opened.The exam is divided into three sessions, each session lasts three days, and you need to enter the exam room one day in advance for all three sessions.

Lin Yu had heard about the rules of the ancient imperial examinations before he traveled, but when he experienced it himself, he still couldn't help complaining in his heart. This is an examination system invented by someone. How can it be so inhumane? Locked in a pigeon cage-like cell for nine days, it was a rhythm that could drive people crazy.

Complaints are nothing but complaints. Lin Yu's thinking in answering the questions has not been affected at all. He has already thought about it. It is precisely because the exam conditions are so difficult that he must try to pass the test once. Otherwise, he will do it again in three years. He didn't want to suffer like this again.

It was so easy to finish all three exams. Lin Yu didn't eat well and didn't sleep well for ten days. Seeing herself in the mirror, she didn't dare to recognize herself. Looking at Lin Jin again, it seemed that she was no better than herself Go, and it seems to be a little bit worse, and my heart is finally balanced.

No matter what exam, the first task after the exam is to wait for the results.The emperor paid off. Lin Yu's ranking in the provincial examination was quite good, ranking seventh in the province. He definitely did not lose Lin Tanhua's face, but compared with Lin Jin, it was not enough, because he was Xie Yuan, number one in the province.

Although such a result was expected by Lin Yu, as a member of the crossing army, he couldn't play with the original aboriginal people, Lin Yu's heart inevitably still had a little lump in his heart.What made him even more puzzled was that, compared to Xiaoyou's depressed self, Lin Jin's performance really didn't look very happy.

Could it be that there is some bad news coming from Beijing, for example, there is a newcomer in Tu Feng's harem?Lin Yu guessed wildly, and secretly asked Zhixuan to inquire, but the result was unexpected.

It turned out that after Lin Jin and Lin Yu's local examination results came out, the theory about their life experience somehow surfaced, which made Lin Yu very puzzled.At the beginning, Aunt Mu harmed others instead of herself. Didn't she get sent down by Jia Min, and everyone involved also dealt with it.He and Lin Jin are not from Jia Min, they are just recorded in her name. This is not a secret in the Lin family, but no one should find out about Aunt Mu's matter. Don't say that the relatives of the Mu family are behind the scenes. The Ninth Prince's grave has already grown grass.

Lin Yu didn't know how much Lin Jin knew about the past, so he didn't want to ask rashly, for fear that he would be self-defeating if he was not careful. No matter what, Lin Jin and Aunt Mu were always related by blood, and Aunt Mu wanted to harm him. , is also for Lin Jin's future considerations, but her actions now seem superfluous.

When it comes to Aunt Mu, it's hard for Lin Yu not to think of Aunt He. At the bottom of his suitcase, there are still clothes that Aunt He sewed by herself, but he can't remember her appearance.

Perhaps, he should ask someone to inquire about Aunt He's recent situation. If she is doing well, he will not bother her. Otherwise, the necessary help should be given.

Lin Ruhai was the late emperor's confidant and important minister, and he held such a tricky position as the inspector of salt and censors. He couldn't do without ruthless eyesight. Therefore, Lin Jin and Lin Yu's private tricks were all hidden from him.But he just watched coldly, as long as they didn't say anything out of line, he wouldn't try to stop anything.

Fortunately, Lin Jin and Lin Yu are both very measured people. Lin Jin wanted to find out the real reason why Aunt Mu was expelled, but the people who knew the truth were gone except Lin Ruhai and Lin Yu. He asked for a long time, but only asked Lin Jin hesitated again and again, and gave up the idea of ​​continuing to investigate.

Lin Yu only knew about Aunt He's recent situation, and knew that after she got married, her husband and wife would be harmonious and beautiful, and her children would be perfect. Well, it's better not to go than to go. If you really want to do something for Aunt He, you have to wait until he officially has an official position.

Lin Ruhai saw that his sons behaved decently, so he put all his thoughts back on his daughter, because as soon as Lin Jin and Lin Yu's results in the local examination came out, the people who proposed marriage to Daiyu came to the door one after another as if they had discussed it. , including the Zhao family who had been here before, but this move is not too surprising.

Zhao Qing also performed very well in the local examination this time, and Lin Yu and Lin Jin had bitten each other's ears. They will have a fierce opponent in Chunwei next year.

Lin Ruhai is also very optimistic about Zhao Qing. Back then, the Zhao family divorced the Lin family due to the pressure from Tu Hua. He did not hesitate to chase after him and promised Lin Ruhai that as long as Daiyu did not marry, he would never marry her. , and then went to Youzhou, and got along like a fish in water under Liu Ce, Marquis of Dingbei. It is no exaggeration to say that he is both civil and military.

But the Zhao family retired first, and then the situation was critical, and Lin Ruhai felt a little uncomfortable when he thought about it. It's not that his daughter can't get married, so she has to hang on the Zhao family's tree.If the families who proposed marriage to Daiyu had children with similar conditions to Zhao Qing, he would nod without even thinking about it.

But after picking and picking, Lin Ruhai found a problem, the family background is no worse than Zhao's, personal ability is not as good as Zhao Qing, the family background is not as good as Zhao's, and no one is worse than Zhao Qing.After all, what Zhao Qing did in Youzhou was beyond the reach of Lin Jin and Lin Yu, and his literary talents were also inferior to the two. If such a son-in-law is missed, it will not be easy to find again.