Red Mansions: My Book is Cool

With this in mind, Jia Zheng quickly ordered someone to call Jia Baoyu.Although my own son is a bit playful, he is very spiritual, and his poetry is much better than his own. Besides, Baoyu's appearance is outstanding, and he can handle it very well.When Lin Ruhai saw him, he was also happy to see him, and looked at him differently.At that time, relying on the relative relationship between each other, I begged, and I must accept Baoyu as a disciple, and that would be my wish.

Poor parents all over the world!On weekdays, Jia Zheng hated Jia Baoyu, scolding him frequently, but he also tried his best to find a way out for him.However, Jia Baoyu let him down again.

When Lin Ruhai casually asked about the articles in the Four Books, Jia Baoyu couldn't answer more than half of them, which surprised Lin Ruhai a lot.Knowing Lin Daiyu's study progress, even Lin Chenxi, who is still young, seems to have learned more than Jia Baoyu. You must know that his previous education conditions were very poor, and he only started to study seriously when he was at home.Jia Baoyu was born in the Duke's Mansion, so Lin Ruhai shook his head silently in such a superior environment.

Talking about poetry, Jia Baoyu was very interested. He also wanted to show off some poems he was proud of and asked Lin Ruhai for advice.After listening, Lin Ruhai sighed silently in his heart again, he felt sorry for Jia Baoyu.

Jia Baoyu is not the kind of ignorant playboy, he has literary talents.It is indeed spiritual and personable, and with the rigid and mediocre Jia Zheng as the backdrop, it will make people feel brighter.It's just that, what's worse, his literary talent is inconsistent with the requirements of the imperial examination.

Originally, there is no conflict between passing the imperial examination and reciting poems and prose. For example, the famous "Eight Great Masters of Tang and Song Dynasties" all wrote amazing and brilliant articles, but they are also officials from the imperial examination. The name is even more icing on the cake for them.However, there was another talented poet in the Northern Song Dynasty, but he was looked down upon by the emperor, and he was poor all his life. In the end, even the funeral was funded by kabukis. That is Liu Yong who "written lyrics according to the order".Lin Ruhai felt that Jia Baoyu seemed to follow Liu Yong's path, but his literary talent was far from Liu Yong's.

Furthermore, from what I have heard, Jia Baoyu hates official career and economics, and only wants to be happy with his sisters in the inner house.Lin Ruhai felt that his way was different and his aspirations were different.He also came from a family with five generations of princes, but by his generation, he was already a Baiding.Since he was young, he knew that the Lin family had nothing to rely on. If his family did not live up to expectations and could not be born in the imperial examination, the Lin family would become a rich man with no status in one or two generations.Therefore, he studied very hard, and coupled with his outstanding talent, he passed the Tanhua exam when he was still young. It can be said that he was young and promising, and even the Rongguo Mansion, which was still very prominent at the time, proposed marriage on his own initiative.His adopted Lin Chenxi is also a hard-working, sensible and responsible young man.

Jia Baoyu has outstanding talents, but he has no sense of self-motivation at all, Lin Ruhai sighs for it.Lin Ruhai looked at Jia Zheng, he was able to have an official position thanks to his old father-in-law's testament before his death, and the Supreme Emperor thought of his old love and gave him a idle position.But as far as he knew, Jia Zheng was also secretly excluded because of his lack of fame in the Ministry of Industry.Jia Zheng was the second wife, and he was not destined for a title, let alone be able to seek an official for Jia Baoyu.And if the Jia family splits up in the future, the property that the second room can obtain according to the rules is also limited. Jia Baoyu, as the second son, will only have less than [-]% because he has a younger brother, Jia Huan.

Therefore, Jia Baoyu seems to be blooming like a brocade now, but his prospects may not be bright, but he has never thought about his future life at all. Mencius said: Born in sorrow and died in peace!On this point, Lin Ruhai couldn't fancy him.What's more, the rumor that he was born with jade in his mouth is not a good thing.Lin Ruhai managed to get the acceptance and trust of today, how could he cause such trouble again!

Therefore, Lin Ruhai slightly praised Jia Baoyu, but did not respond to Jia Zheng's insinuations.Jia Zheng heard the perfunctory meaning in Lin Ruhai's words, and felt a little astringent in his heart, but he always had a good face, and he was ashamed to stalk him.Jia Zheng decided that it was because Jia Baoyu's performance today disappointed Lin Ruhai. He secretly hated Jia Baoyu for not being able to live up to expectations. Seeing Jia Baoyu's face became serious, Jia Baoyu bowed his head and his heart beat wildly. Uneasy.

That day, the attitude of the three members of the Lin family towards the Jia family was lukewarm, sparse and polite. After a meal, they said goodbye and went back.The members of the Jia family were very depressed. The Lin family had obviously separated from them, and the matter they wanted to bring up at first failed to be done.For example, Jia Zheng later couldn't help asking Jia Baoyu to go to Lin's mansion for advice, but Lin Ruhai didn't agree. He said that he was busy with affairs and didn't have time to study carefully. His knowledge had been abandoned for many years, and even Lin Chenxi was going to send him to How can he mislead the children of his relatives when he goes to school in the strict Qingsong Academy?He suggested that Jia Zheng find a scholar with real talents to teach Jia Baoyu well.Jia Zheng smiled wryly after hearing this, but couldn't say clearly that his purpose was not just to covet Lin Ruhai's knowledge, okay, alas!

Mother Jia and Mrs. Wang were even more dissatisfied. They originally wanted the Lin family to contribute to a major event. Today, they planned to gradually get closer to Lin Daiyu. To complain, little girls are always soft-hearted, how can they bear to look at their grandmother in embarrassment?Lin Daiyu begged Lin Ruhai for a few words, which was more effective than what they said.It's just that it's hard to speak when we meet for the first time, and I often take her to Jia's house in the future. It's best to live in Jia's house often, and get close to Jia's house, and it's okay to take her time.

Unexpectedly, Lin Daiyu was so indifferent to them. Her words, every sentence of which killed without blood, was aimed at their sore spots, making them feel aggrieved and annoyed, and they couldn't say anything to blame, because they were all reasonable.What a sharp-tongued, aggressive girl, just like her father, is ruthless and ruthless!

At this time, Jia's mother really missed Jia Min.Daughter, if you were still alive, your husband and daughter would definitely not treat our Jia family like this!Poor me, let the white-haired person give away the black-haired person, and worry about being angry alone!

Later, Mother Jia sent someone to pick up Lin Daiyu and her brother several times on the pretext of missing her granddaughter, but Lin Daiyu politely declined on the grounds that Lin Chenxi wanted to study and she was busy with family affairs and couldn't afford her birth.In this day and age, married daughters may not be able to go back to their natal home a few times. The granddaughter should be filial to her father and take care of her younger brother at home, which is countless times more legitimate than that of her grandmother Chenghuan.Even if the Jia family wanted to make use of this reason, it didn't make sense, and Lin Daiyu was not worried about it.Civil servants also don't want people in the scholarly forest to be bullied by nobles. If such a thing really happens, they will form a group to criticize.

Mother Jia was anxious and didn't want to wait any longer, so she sent Wang Xifeng directly to the door.Wang Xifeng knew that this job would be tricky, but at this time the arrow was on the string, so she had to do it, so she had to bite the bullet and go.

"Sister Lin, Eldest Elder Sister was canonized as Shangshu of Fengzao Palace, and conferred the title of Xiande Concubine. She has a noble status, and her relatives are all happy for her. Eldest Elder Sister entered the palace as a female historian for many years for the sake of the Jia family, and now she has finally come out. She At home, she is also one-legged, eight-legged Miss Qianjin, she is a female historian in the palace, but she also has to serve people with dignity, it is really not easy! Thinking of the grievances she has suffered, Not only old ladies and wives, but even us brothers and sisters below feel sorry for her." Wang Xifeng moved closer to Lin Daiyu and said in an eloquent voice, telling about Jia Yuanchun's contribution to the Jia family, and the Jia family's love for Jia Yuanchun. The heart of guilt and repayment.

Wang Xifeng's eloquence is very good, and it sounds touching.While she was talking, she paid attention to Lin Daiyu's reaction calmly, but she saw Lin Daiyu's face was calm, and she just listened calmly.

After Wang Xifeng's affectionate complaint finally ended, Lin Daiyu finally spoke.

"Second sister-in-law Lian, since she is so reluctant to part with elder sister Yuanchun, why did you send her into the palace in the first place? She was still a female official. As far as I know, this dynasty is more benevolent than the previous dynasty, and the selection of women from officials and eunuchs into the palace has always been voluntary. For example, my father never had such thoughts. So did many of his colleagues."

Wang Xifeng faltered: "Well, I don't know the situation back then."

Lin Daiyu suddenly realized, and said full of sympathy: "I understand, someone must have persecuted the Rongguo Mansion at that time! There is really no law, even if the grandfather is gone, the grandmother will still be ordered by the Duke, how dare they!"

Wang Xifeng was silent for a moment, her heart was very blocked, this sister Lin is really bitter, what is inside and outside of her words, isn't it just ridiculing the Jia family for selling their daughters for glory? !Heartbroken, he directly clarified the purpose of coming here: "Sister Lin, there is no need to delve into the past. A few days ago, the emperor issued a decree that any concubine in the palace who has a home in Chongyu other courtyard can stay in any place for defense. Please visit your relatives. Now the houses of nobleman Zhou and Concubine Wu in the palace are ready to start construction to build a family-sacrificing villa to welcome Luanjia, and our Jia family can’t let it go, it will lose the face of the empresses in the palace and the Duke’s residence.”

"Oh, very good." Lin Daiyu said indifferently, and didn't continue to ask, as if she had nothing to do with the Lin family and seemed uninterested, just listen to it.

Wang Xifeng had no choice but to open her mouth again, she just felt very suffocated today, when you punched him, there was no point of strength, and she slid to the side involuntarily.

"However, the cost of building a relative's villa is huge. The financial and material resources of our Rongguo Mansion alone are not enough. We can only ask our relatives and friends for help. For example, the Dong Mansion gave land and paid a lot of money. The Wang family, The Shi family and the Xue family also tried their best to help, but it was not enough. The old lady said that when her aunt was alive, she loved her eldest sister very much. Don't fall behind. I think my uncle and my sister are thinking of my aunt's love on weekdays, and they will definitely not stand by. Therefore, I have the cheek to ask my sister for help. I know that my sister is now in charge of the Lin family. It works, and my uncle is also willing to follow my sister's wishes. Sister, the Jia family is your natal family, and it must be the most solid support for my sister in the future. It's okay if my uncle doesn't renew his strings. If he does, then he may not treat his sister like he is now So-so. Brother Chen Xi is a good guy, but he has no blood relationship after all. Sister, you have to be careful and find a way out for yourself!" Wang Xifeng persuaded her heart-to-heart.

"Oh." Lin Daiyu took a sip of tea and asked slowly: "Has the Xue family paid out money? I heard that the head of the Xue family committed a crime and was exiled, leaving only his widowed mother and younger sister to support him at home." Family business."—Hmph, under such circumstances, are you going to ask for money?It's not lying, it's just too greedy!

"Well, the Xue family is an old relative. Although there are difficulties, I still want to do my best!" The Jia family really spoke to the Xue family, because the Xue family is the weakest family among the old relatives, and they have to rely on them every day. It's not easy to refuse the Jia family's place.But there were changes in the family, and they were far apart, so they only took out 1 taels of silver.Among the relatives, the Shi family was already in financial distress, and only paid 5000 taels of scenery; the Wang family, now Wang Ziteng is the support of the four major families, and the Jia family did not dare to ask him for money. In the end, the Wang family only gave one. Gifts and 3000 taels of silver are all that matters.The eyes of the old lady and the wife are all fixed on the Lin family, five generations of princes, three generations of single heirs, how much furniture will be accumulated!Not to mention that Uncle Lin has been the salt censor for many years, which is the fattest official position in the world.Even if Uncle Lin is not greedy, the annual ice and charcoal tributes, and the salt merchant's birthday ceremony, are quite impressive.Besides, that kid from the Lin family wasn't born to his aunt, so if it's cheaper for him to do anything, he might as well use it for his own family.Even without that kid, Wang Xifeng believes that the old lady would do the same. No matter how close Sister Lin is, she is not from the Jia family after all!

Wang Xifeng's words were firstly a cover-up, and secondly, they were meant for Lin Daiyu.You see, the Xue family is like this, and they are still willing to add bricks and tiles to the family-speaking villa, but what about the Lin family, don't they want to see the sages?

"Then how much money does the Jia family want to 'borrow'?" Lin Daiyu finally asked.

Naturally, the more the better, Wang Xifeng murmured in her heart, but she couldn't make it too obvious, she muttered: "The old lady wants to borrow 30 taels from my uncle." First, the Lin family won't agree so readily. That's fine if you're willing to pay 20 taels, that's the Jia family's bottom line.

As soon as these words came out, Wang Xifeng saw that Lin Daiyu suddenly laughed, and there seemed to be a sarcasm on her face.

She only heard her reply gently: "Second sister-in-law Lian, the Lin family doesn't have 30 taels of silver."

"If you don't dislike it, the Lin family will give you 1 taels of silver, and you don't have to pay it back!"

Immediately, Wang Xifeng's pupils shrank, startled and angry.