[Red Mansion] I want to be the chief assistant

But when Lin Ruhai's family abandoned their boat and went ashore, Lin Yu had already brought old housekeeper Lin, Madam Qian and a group of servants to wait.

When Lin Ruhai was on the boat, he saw a handsome young man on the pier, his handsome figure was very different from the others, so he thought it was his family nephew that he had never met.Sure enough, seeing him coming up to meet him, Lin Ruhai hastily stretched out his hand to carry him, and they both rode back in the same carriage.

The Lin residences on both sides are very close, and Lin Ruhai's old house and Lin Yu's house are on the same street.Just like the Ningrong Second Mansion, Lin Yu's house went past, and not far westward, was Lin Ruhai's mansion.The two families occupy more than half of the street together, and they are notoriously few people, so the front of the street is clean, which is why Lin Yu feels relieved to go out with Baishu.

Lin Ruhai's old house was originally expanded several times during Lin Laohou's stay, and it was originally regulated by the Houfu.When Lin Ruhai arrived, the title was over, and the violations were demolished and put away, but the foundation was still there.

Not to mention how Jia Min admired him after he brought his young daughter Daiyu into the backyard, he turned around and admired Lin Ruhai.Just talking about the front, Lin Ruhai brought Lin Yu, uncle and nephew into the study to talk, and took the school exam, which complemented each other very well.

"Brother Yu is more knowledgeable, can you give it a try?" Lin Ruhai looked at the boy in front of him with satisfaction, and asked.

"The county exam and the government exam have passed, and we just have to wait for the college exam next year." The three exams in Lin Yu's mouth are the three rounds of the Tongsheng Examination. The Tongsheng Examination in the imperial examination is a watershed that separates ordinary people from scholars.Probably because of this, it is a little bit more painful.Nowadays, although elementary school students in Kaimeng can be called Tongsheng, in fact, they can only be regarded as serious if they have passed the second examination of the county and the government.However, no one really cares about such a title.After passing the second test, and after passing the college test, one can be called a scholar, and one can truly be regarded as a member of the group of scholars.

Therefore, this child's entrance exam looks simple, even if you pass the exam, you are only a scholar.However, I don't know how many people got stuck on this line and became old children all their lives.

Lin Yu didn't say that he won the first case in the second test, so it was nothing.What's more, he still had serious matters to ask, but just as he was about to open his mouth, Jia Min sent someone to ask if the meal was served, but he stopped talking with a straight face.

Just as Lin Ruhai was satisfied, he didn't notice Lin Yu's pause for a moment, and said with a smile, "Let's put it on." He asked again, and when he got the words, he smiled at Lin Yu, "They are all members of the same family. Come, let's enjoy a round table."

Lin Yu smiled and said yes.

The two stopped and went into the backyard.Lin Yu has good eyesight. She has practiced bow and arrow in the past few years and has become better and better.At a glance, he saw the shadowy figure in the Tingtao Pavilion in the distance. Originally, when he occasionally came to sit here a few days ago, he often stayed in that pavilion, so he was familiar with it.What's more, this pavilion is Lin Yu's style of the pavilion in his own house. The pavilion is surrounded from top to bottom by wooden frames inlaid with glass, which is bright and airtight.The original seats in the pavilion were replaced with hollow smoked cages carved out of white marble, and cushions were spread on them, which is really warm and elegant.

"It's hard for you to come here." Jia Min looked at the smiling young man in front of him, and compared Jia Zhu, who had gone to her natal family, and Jia Lian, who had forgotten her identity with the second room, and her heart was a little more off-putting.He took his hand, and smiled at Lin Ruhai, "This kid is honest, we can stay here for a few days, and come up with such things." Such a small pavilion probably costs a lot.Just talking about the glass shelves around the four sides, the wooden shelves are made in different styles, and then the glass is embedded.It's hard to wonder how he found so many transparent and impurity-free glass, it's really deliberate.

Lin Yu was pulled by the hand, shook his head and said, "It's not worth anything, it's something made in his own workshop, it just cost a little manpower." He originally wanted to make it into a single piece like the floor-to-ceiling windows in his previous life, but it's a pity that now His craftsmanship was not shatterproof for the time being, so he shelved this idea because it was too unsafe.

"My own workshop?" Lin Ruhai asked with a slight frown. "Nowadays, only the West has such transparent glass flowing into the mainland. If people know that you have such a way of making money in your hands, I'm afraid there will be no peace."

Jia Min nodded, and glanced at Qing Lan, the maid next to her. Qing Lan nodded knowingly, and turned down, probably giving a ban.

Seeing how solemn they were, Lin Yu didn't say that the rough envoys here were all transferred from their own Zhuangzi, and they couldn't do such things as leaking secrets. Their whole family is on Lin Yu's land, and seeing that the crossing is getting better, how can they self-destruct the Great Wall.

Of course, Lin Yu never blindly believed in people's hearts.His other hole card is the earthly branch, which is now gradually on the right track, and Huangshi is much easier to use than it was at the beginning.

Even if the servants of Lin Ruhai's family said that they slipped up, it didn't matter, they didn't stay in Gusu for a long time, and later Lin Ruhai would go to Weiyang to take up the post.Not to mention that this kind of glass shelf is custom-made according to the size, and it is easy to break, he will definitely not bring it with him when he takes office.Since it will be collected in the warehouse here, isn't it still under Lin Yu's nose?

As long as Lin Yu doesn't have the heart to take out such a thing, even if there are rumors on the street, he is confident that no one will be able to find out how to make glass.

"Over the years, I've only made it here, and I have one at home." Lin Yu blinked, and smiled humbly, "It's just a thing, who would take it as a serious business?"

"You can't say that." Lin Ruhai took the serving chopsticks with his own hands, and spread a chopsticks of biyingying green vegetables for this nephew who looked pleasing to the eye, and said, "When you are admitted to Juren, you can do a little bit of work You have the ability, wouldn't it be a pity to let it go for nothing?" As he spoke, he said something about a gentleman who loves money and obtains it in a proper way, without Lin Yu's impression of the contempt that nobles in this era have for merchants.

Lin Yu was surprised, so he asked, "I often hear about scholars, farmers, businessmen, and businessmen, and I also think that merchants are rejected by others. Doesn't it sound like it?"

Hearing his question, Lin Ruhai smiled and said, "Yes, and no." He pointed to the elegantly decorated pavilion and said, "You know how much money you spent to arrange such a place?"

Lin Yu reported a number without hesitation, which was calculated after counting the labor costs of these glass shelves.Then he said: "That's it, it's enough for ordinary farmers to use it richly for several years."

"It can be seen that you often run to the farm." Lin Ruhai laughed and teased him, and saw his jade-white face slightly flushed, and then said, "Then do you think people like us only rely on the farmer's harvest? Is it enough?"

Lin Yu instantly went through the family's expenses for the past four years, and then said, "Not enough." Far from enough, especially for Lin Yu.Needless to say, the hundred or so servants who are raised are all simplified numbers, and his expenses in this regard are relatively small compared to other families of the same class.But he also kept dozens of guards in the open and in the dark. These people don't have to do production, but they spend a lot on food and clothing on weekdays.

"I see." These days, there are two ways to increase income, one is land, and the other is business.In addition, such as Wang Xifeng making profits and taking lawsuits, people like Rongguo Mansion can't do it, and if they do it, they will have the disaster of ransacking the family and exterminating the family.

Lin Ruhai nodded in satisfaction, and said, "It would be good for a family like ours to have the opportunity to buy some land, but there is no need to force it." He remembered the official family that was involved in the storm before, ransacked their families and even lost their ancestral properties , sighing in their hearts, they look at the scenery like this, but they are actually startled every step of the way, and if they are not careful, the whole family will be destroyed.After calming down, he continued, "The circulation of goods is a matter of course. It's just that there is a kind of sour Confucian who is clamoring for the rule of three generations every day, and wishes to return to the time of Duke Zhou. I can’t get used to it, let alone doing business? But they’re all hiding their ears and telling their servants to do it!”

Lin Yu thought to himself, so he had read in the literature that in the late Ming Dynasty, the economically developed areas around Gusu did not change their business without a target, as can be seen from what Lin Ruhai said today.

"Okay, okay, you two have nothing to say after dinner." Seeing that Lin Ruhai was in high spirits, Jia Min quickly interrupted.Just in time, Qing Lan walked over with a ball-like child wrapped in a big fur cloak in her hands, she hurriedly reached out to take it in her arms, touched her face, and pinched the clothes, she felt relieved when she saw that they were all warm and thick.

"This is my little girl, whose baby name is Daiyu." Seeing her, Lin Ruhai immediately forgot what she was about to say, and pointed at Lin Yu to coax her, "This is your cousin."

Lin Yu took a look, and found that the famous concubine Xiaoxiang was just a little child of short stature, with two bags on her hair, and a delicate and delicate face.When she saw this strange brother, she said softly, "I've seen my cousin." Then she shyly hid in her mother's arms and peeked at him.

Lin Yu bent slightly and said with a smile, "Hi sister, do you like the white rabbit my cousin gave you?"

Little Lin Daiyu looked at the smiling face of her cousin in front of her, and she didn't have any complicated adjectives in her mind: "My cousin is so beautiful..."

Listening to Lin Daiyu's childish words, Lin Yu thought that when she grows up, she will probably regard today as black history, and replied seriously: "I know, Daiyu is also good-looking."

The two adults beside him couldn't help laughing, and the servants on the side covered their mouths with veils and laughed softly.For a moment, the pavilion was filled with laughter and laughter, which added a lot of popularity to the house that had been empty for a long time.

After dinner, Jia Min took Daiyu to have a lunch break.Lin Yu was supposed to leave, but he had an important matter to ask, so he and Lin Ruhai went back to the study outside.

After serving the tea, the servants withdrew one by one. Lin Ruhai sighed slightly when he saw Lin Yu's description that he didn't need it before. He was afraid that he had come here for a reason, so he asked the housekeeper outside to drive out the idlers and others immediately.

Lin Yu drank tea in silence, and after the butler promised to leave, he put the teacup aside and asked, "Uncle Tang, do you know how my father died back then?"