[Red Mansion] Mrs. Lin, the Buddhist family

Jia Shu hadn't figured out what was going on with this man named Feng Wen until he returned to the Lin family.

Knowing the name and age, gender, and even hometown, it's easy to find——

First find out the men with a Bashu accent in the capital, then exclude those who do not meet the age, and then check the names of the rest; or first find out the man named Feng Wen, then check the accent, and exclude the age.

How do you think it's not difficult?

But Jia Daishan's party searched for more than a year, but still couldn't find this person.

Jia Shu thinks it is unlikely to make a mistake about gender and age, so it can only be the name and hometown——

Names can be changed and accents can be changed.

Jia Daishan said that there is no problem with the name, so it could only be the accent.

"Why can't there be problems with both?" Lin Ruhai wondered.

The two children are almost five years old, and it's time to be enlightened, so Lin Ruhai will go home a little earlier during this period, just to cultivate a relationship with the children and enlighten the two children at the same time.

Jia Shu looked at Pippi, who was winking at her, but when Lin Ruhai turned his head, he immediately "seriously" painted red, with the corners of his mouth upturned: "Mr. Rong said it's okay..."

Lin Ruhai still had some doubts, Jia Shu said with a smile: "Rong Guogong sent people to find out this Feng Wen in the south of the Yangtze River. I believe that it is absolutely impossible for Rong Guogong's people to only investigate one person, but these people all say that person is called Feng Wen." Wen, it’s impossible to go wrong.”

You must know that those who can go to Jiangnan to be an official are all candidates for the confidants who are optimistic about the major forces. In two or three years, someone will definitely return to the capital. No matter what the crown prince's ability is, he can find people out of the population of these officials.

"But the fact is that Duke Rong didn't find anyone." Lin Ruhai smiled.

Jia Shu sighed: "Yeah, no one was found."

So, what's going on here...

"It's impossible for someone to hide him?"

Jia Shu looked up: "Hiding?"

Lin Ruhai thought for a while, and said: "When you arrive in the capital, you can stay in your own house as an aide, and stop walking under the name Feng Wen. As for the connection with other people, just hand it over to another person."

If you haven't touched it, you will naturally not leave any clues, and others will naturally not be able to find it.

It's not that Jia Shu hasn't thought about it this way, but Feng Wen's presence in Jiangnan is quite high, and it doesn't seem like he just retreated behind the scenes as an assistant.

Suddenly, Jia Shu's eyes lit up: "Tell me, could it be that the name Feng Wen didn't belong to only one person in the first place?"

Feng Wen is neither a pseudonym nor a real name, but just a code name that everyone can use.

As long as they are connected with the officials in Jiangnan, they are all called Feng Wen.Even in order to prevent people from discovering abnormalities, the appearance of these people does not need to have any distinctive features, but they can manipulate their age and accent——

For example, all of them have an age difference of less than five years, and they all deliberately learn the same local accent that is easier to distinguish.

Or height.

These people were selected to be in charge of one or several officials, because there was nothing special about their appearance. When they described these people, they could only start with their height, age, accent, etc. The key point was that these people still used the same name, and finally The resulting image naturally became the same person.

That being the case, this Feng Wen is useless.

Jia Shu was a little frustrated. It seemed that this trip to Rongguo Mansion was of no use.

When encountering such a thing, Lin Ruhai and Lin's mother didn't know how to comfort her.Lin Ruhai patted her hand: "The driver can definitely find it."

Jia Shu could only nod his head, otherwise what else could he do?

At this moment, Pippi, who had been immersed in painting red, suddenly raised his head and grinned at Jia Shu: "Cry, cry..."

"Huh?" Jia Shu turned to look at Pippi, "Pippi, what are you talking about?"

"Mama, why is he crying too?" Pippi pursed her lips, looking at Jia Shu unhappily.

Jia Shu was a little confused: "Who is crying?"

Mother Lin at the side was also a little dazed: "Pippi, when did you change your name?"

Pippi is a nickname, Lin Xian is a big name, what the hell is this cry?

Jia Shu suddenly turned his head to look at Lin Ruhai: "Ruhai?"

Except for the maids and a few nurses around Jia Shu, only Lin Ruhai knew the name of Crying Cry. The maids and nurses would not dare to whisper this nickname in Pippi's ears...

Lin Ruhai smiled, and took a step back silently: "Ruosang, when my husband was only teaching the child how to read, when I saw this word, I mentioned it by the way, and he almost called 'crying'..." Who knew that this kid Such a good memory, just remember it?

Mother Lin: "...crying?"

Jia Shu felt his body stiffen, and he dared not turn his head to look at Mother Lin.

"It's a good thing you changed your nickname." Lin's mother smiled, but Jia Shu and Lin Ruhai listened, and they always felt that these words brought a chill down the spine.

Jia Shu silently sat next to Zhuzhu, and directly hugged her into his arms: Every time at this time, I feel that I have given birth to two big babies.

Seeing Jia Shu's actions, Lin's mother couldn't laugh or cry.

She turned her head and gave Lin Ruhai a hard look: "How old are you, you don't even have a clue!"

Jia Shu echoed: "No way!"

Lin Ruhai turned to look at Jia Shu in disbelief, "Ruosang..."

Pippi suddenly said: "That's it!"

Lin Ruhai lowered his head abruptly, looked at Shangpipi's blinking eyes, and moved his hands, only feeling that there were insects biting him, and it was extremely itchy.

Zhuzhu, who had been sitting quietly next to her, found it interesting and repeated, "That's right!"

Lin Ruhai: "..." If it wasn't for the mother sitting next to him, he would definitely give the two children a meal of fried buttocks with bamboo shoots!

After the family laughed for a while, Jia Shu calmed down, and then remembered the "crying" in Pipi's mouth: she didn't mention the word crying just now, but the person who came into contact with the wealthy businessman and Hu Yao's loyal servant's family was called Ku temperature.

After a while, there was good news from Butler Lin: "Madam, we found the groom at Wen's in the south of the city."

"Chengnan Wenjia?" Jia Shu raised his eyebrows, "What do you do?"

Butler Lin shook his head: "I don't know. I heard from the neighbors of the Wen family that there are two brothers in this family, but the second brother Wen Kuo said that he would go to Jiangnan to do business a few years ago, but he never came back; the boss Wen Feng didn't know what he was doing. , there is no fixed time to go out every day, and there is no regular business.”

"By the way, this Wen's house is next to Cui Yan's house, and they are neighbors."

Jia Shu narrowed his eyes: "Neighbor?"

"Yes!"

It seems that this Wenfeng is the one who assigned Cui Yan.If it wasn't for the groom this time, maybe they wouldn't doubt Wenfeng at all. After all, they have been neighbors all along. Even if Wenfeng visited Cui's house from time to time, no one would find it strange. What is the relationship between Feng and the prince.

But the status of this Wenfeng still needs careful investigation...

"Madam, this Wenfeng seems to belong to the sixth prince."

"Seems to be?"

Butler Lin was a little embarrassed: "Because the people below have seen this Wenfeng, passing news to the maid next to the eldest princess."

Jia Shu blinked: "Princess?"

Steward Lin looked up at Jia Shu, then quickly lowered his head: "The eldest princess and the sixth prince are born of the same mother, and the biological mother is Xianfei."

Jia Shu: "Ah..."

She remembered that the sixth prince seemed to be a sick child who couldn't survive?

Jia Shu suddenly realized that the name Wenfeng was reversed, isn't it just Feng Wen?Then Kuwen's name is reversed, isn't it Wen Ku?It seems that this person really found the right one!

But all this was really done by the sixth prince?Jia Shu always felt a little strange.

A few days later, the eldest princess came to visit.

Jia Shu raised his eyebrows. It seems that the Lin family's unannounced visits during this period of time have finally been discovered.

It's just that they haven't confirmed whether this Wenfeng belongs to the sixth prince or the eldest princess. The eldest princess came to claim it so impatiently, which inevitably makes people wonder whether the eldest princess is trying to cover up something real.

When the princess came to the Lin family this time, she was as approachable as ever, and as always, she only wanted to chat with Jia Shu.

Mother Lin took the two children to the toy room without waiting for the eldest princess to speak.

Jia Shu was a little amused: "I don't know what the eldest princess is doing?"

The eldest princess sits in a dignified posture, but her smile is very provocative, and her every move is full of style: "Mrs. Lin, don't worry, I just want to catch up with you this time."

Jia Shu looked at her, rolling his eyes silently in his heart.

How stupid would she have to be to believe such a lie that didn't distract her heart at all?

The eldest princess acted as if she hadn't noticed Jia Shu's attitude, she was still pulling some unimportant things here and there, and at the end, she suddenly said: "Lao Qi is going to get married next month. .”

Jia Shu was surprised: "I wish the Seventh Princess and her son-in-law a happy life together, and give birth to a son soon..."

As soon as he finished speaking, Jia Shu realized that it was not good.

Sure enough, the Eldest Princess' expression immediately became depressed, and a sad aura lingered in her whole body.

Although Jia Shu could tell at a glance that she was acting, the people around her didn't know it, and the maid He and the maid beside the princess didn't know it.Especially the latter two, they felt sorry for the eldest princess, and the knives kept flying towards Jia Shu as if they didn't want money.

Jia Shu: "..."

This play is not as good as Pippi.At least Pippi was sad, that was real crying!Even if the tears stopped after he achieved his goal, he still shed tears.

I had no choice but to comfort the eldest princess against my conscience. After a while, she returned to normal.

"Seventh Sister and Sixth Brother have a very good relationship, they have cooperated before."

The corners of Jia Shu's mouth twitched: "..." Cooperate, do you want to demolish the Makeup Pavilion for the sake of cooperation?

"Seventh sister is fine, she is about to get married, and in the future, no matter how bad she is, she can only harm other people's homes." The eldest princess was a little depressed, "But the sixth son can only stay in the royal family, and has been rushing to the royal family."

Jia Shu: "..." Is it really good to complain about your younger brothers and sisters like this in front of me, a courtier?

"I heard that Mrs. Lin is investigating my sixth younger brother's subordinates recently?" The eldest princess's eyelids drooped, making it hard to see the expression in her eyes, "My sixth younger brother has been in poor health since he was a child, so he is very naughty, but he is definitely not harmful. Sincerely, Madam Lin, please don't worry about it."

Jia Shu's pupils shrank slightly. What do these words mean, that all the scapegoats were directly pinned on the sixth prince?This sister, do you want to be so ruthless?Fortunately, she thought that the eldest princess was here to take all the responsibilities on herself!

The eldest princess seemed a little wronged: "The sixth younger brother has suffered a lot of grievances these years, but he just went astray for a while, and he will definitely not fight against the Lin family again in the future. I also ask Mrs. Lin not to argue with him."

Jia Shu: "..."

What she said made her wonder if the sixth prince was really the one who had been hiding behind his back all this time.

Who told the eldest princess and the sixth prince to be siblings, so they should protect each other?

Hehe, Jia Shu, who has seen so many brothers turning against each other and sisters becoming enemies in modern times, how could he believe the princess' one-sided words?

What's more, there are rumors in the market that the Eldest Princess and her younger brother and mother have already broken up because of the matter of the son-in-law. It is really hard to believe what the Eldest Princess said.

Would the eldest princess herself not know what effect these words would have?

Jia Shu felt that she must know.After all, Gongdou grew up from a young age, and was deeply liked by Emperor Qisheng. Jia Shu didn't believe that the eldest princess would be an idiot who knew nothing.So in theory, with the eldest princess' ability to control people's hearts, it is absolutely impossible for her to do such a reckless thing.

But she just did it!

Jia Shu sized up the eldest princess: "Your Highness, do you have enmity with the sixth prince?"

The eldest princess smiled: "How could it be? My sixth brother and I are the closest blood relatives. How could I have any enmity with him? At most, I'm just a little worried."

Jia Shu twitched the corner of his mouth: "His Royal Highness is kind."

"Of course I'm kind." The eldest princess didn't feel ashamed at all, and directly admitted Jia Shu's compliment.But she smiled and shook her head again, "But I'm not the kindest."

Jia Shu thought it was boring at first, so what does it matter to her whether others are kind or not?But "the kindest" made her pay attention.

"Let me tell you, my younger brothers, who have not yet grown up, are all kind enough to make people want to call out Amitabha, and make people love them."

Jia Shu looked at the eldest princess: "In the royal family, is kindness really a good word?"

The eldest princess was stunned for a moment, raised her eyebrows and laughed: "You are really, you are not afraid that I will punish you for speaking so bluntly?"

Jia Shu glanced at her: "Please punish Her Highness the Princess!"

Somehow, she was very relaxed in front of the eldest princess.Although it was not as good as being in front of Lin Ruhai, this level of relaxation was already very rare for her.

The eldest princess stared wide-eyed, then burst out laughing.

The eldest princess asked some other trivial matters, and left soon.

But Jia Shu already had a clear understanding of the princess's intentions.

After some time, Jia Daishan sent someone to the door.

"Why does Rong Guogong want me?" Jia Shu raised his eyebrows.

The visitor bowed his head, with a respectful attitude: "Return to Auntie, Grandpa Guo just asked the servant to pass a message to you."

"What?"

"The prince who wants to attack the Lin family is the eldest princess' younger brother, the sixth prince."

Jia Shu twitched the corner of his mouth and waved his hand: "Understood. But there are other things? If there is nothing else, then step back."

The visitor was a little hesitant, and after a long time, he finally said, "Second Grandma Zheng asked the slave to tell my aunt that I hope you can come to Rongguo Mansion for a drink on the day of the Hundred Days Banquet in Yuanchun."

Jia opened his mouth a few times, a little dumbfounded: "What did your second grandma say?"

The visitor nodded: "Return to Auntie, yes."

"Does Second Master Zheng know?"

"Forehead……"

Jia Shu raised his eyebrows: "What's the matter?"

"Second Master Zheng was thrown into the military camp by the master half a year ago. Whether he can come back for Miss Yuan Chun's hundred-day banquet is still uncertain."

Jia Shu: "Pfft... are you serious?" Then Jia Daishan really threw Jia Zheng, who only read stereotyped essays, and even considered poetry and poetry to be unworthy, into the barracks. up?

The visitor nodded: "Grandma Hui, that's true."

After thinking for a while, he added, "Even though Second Master Zheng offended a lot of people in the barracks because of his mouth and pedantic temperament, he is a good fighter himself. Now he has been promoted twice. With the face of the Duke of the State, maybe the Second Master of Zheng can also get a title."

Of course, this title can only be the last rank of Enqiwei.

Jia Shu just felt a little confused. In the original book, he was praised as a good reader. If it weren't for Jia Daishan, a scholar on his deathbed, Jia Zheng, a scholar who might have been promoted in the imperial examination, would have become a martial artist in this life, and he seems to be doing well?

——At least compared to the original book, the position in the Ministry of Industry has not changed for decades.

"What about Uncle She?" Jia Shu was curious.

"Under the urging of Grandma She, Uncle Xi has already started to study. Hearing what Uncle Ningfu said, he seems to be studying well."

In fact, Jia Jing's original words were, "I didn't expect Brother She, who is so stubborn, has a higher reading talent than Brother Zheng."

Jia Shu: Well, it’s very confusing.Hearing this, it seems that Jia Daishan's eyes are not very good, and he actually buried the real talents of the two brothers Jia She and Jia Zheng, and instead let them strive for their future in a field where they have no talent at all. Isn't this funny?

But thinking about Jia Zheng’s constant beating of Jia Baoyu with a big stick in the Dream of the Red Chamber, it is obvious that he has a good body and good strength; while in the Dream of the Red Chamber, Jia She’s greatest hobby is the extremely elegant fan...

Jia Shu hesitated for a moment, thinking that Yuan Chun was one of the twelve beauties in the Dream of Red Mansions, and with a curious mind, she nodded and agreed: "You go back to the Second Grandma Zheng and say that I will definitely be there."

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On the [-]th day of Yuanchun, Lin Ruhai deliberately asked for leave, and rushed back to the Lin family in advance to accompany Jia Shu to Rongguo Mansion.

Lin Ruhai went to the front yard, while Jia Shu went to the Rongguo Mansion and was led to the back yard.

Now that Jia Daishan is still alive, Jia Amnesty, as the heir of the Rongguo Mansion, naturally lives in the heir's residence.

It is the yard next to the stable in the original book.

But Mrs. Wang's residence is much smaller than Jia She's yard.

Jia Shu entered the backyard, and went to Mrs. Wang's yard first.

Mrs. Wang was greeting the guests. As soon as she saw Jia Shu, Mrs. Wang's eyes lit up. She immediately apologized to the other guests, and then came up to greet her: "Sister, you are here. I still think you are talking to me. Today It’s not the same as before.”

Jia Shu smiled, found a chair and sat down casually: "Where's Yuan Chun?"

Yuan Chun was still born on the first day of the Lunar New Year according to the original book's birth time. Because she felt that she had a great fortune, she used the word "Yuan".

But this is not a good thing for Mrs. Wang.

Hearing Jia Shu's question, Mrs. Wang's eyes turned red immediately: "Sister Yuan was taken to the wife's yard."

Although there was already a Jia Zhu in front of her, Yuan Chun was also born in her October pregnancy, and she was her first daughter. Who knew that she gave birth to the child, but she slept all night, and when she woke up, she was told that Yuan Chun had already passed away. She was taken to her yard by Jia Shishi to be educated.

How can Mrs. Wang not be sad?How not to be angry?

However, Jia Shishi is Mrs. Wang's mother-in-law. If she suppresses the word filial piety, no matter how much she thinks about it, she can only watch the child being taken away. There is nothing she can do about it.

Jia Shu was a little surprised: "Jia, mother took Yuan Chun away?"

Mrs. Wang covered her face and wiped her tears: "Sister-in-law has been confinement for a month, but she didn't even see the child's face."

Jia Shu's lips twitched, and finally confirmed again that Mother Lin is really a good mother-in-law!

No matter how much Jia Shu hated Mrs. Wang in the Dream of Red Mansions, at this moment, she was just a mother who had difficulty meeting her child after the birth.Jia Shu felt a little sympathetic to her.

It's a pity that apart from Jia Daishan, Jia Shi's husband, no one else, including Jia Zheng who has not returned home, can stop this kind of thing.

Looking at Jia Shu, Wang found that she had no intention of meddling in her business, her eyes darkened.

Being looked at by her like this, Jia Shu was really embarrassed, so he could only leave Wang's yard with the reason of "going to pay my mother's peace", then turned around and walked towards Jia Shi's yard——

She chose to attend the banquet at Rongguo Mansion today, originally to see Yuanchun.Since Yuan Chun was in Jia Shishi's house, there was nothing strange about her past.

But on the way, she accidentally ran into Jia Min who also came to attend the Hundred Days Banquet.

Jia Min was accompanied by two children, one big and one small, a son and a daughter, but what made Jia Shu hesitate to go over was her towering belly.

Jia Min saw her at a glance, and greeted her with a smile: "Third sister, are you also going to pay your respects to your mother? Let's drop by, together."

Jia Shu looked at her stomach hesitantly, and carefully kept a distance of two meters: "Your stomach is five months old?"

Jia Min was amused by Jia Shu's reaction, and couldn't help but pursed her lips and laughed: "Sister San has good eyesight." She rubbed her belly with a smile on her face, "This child is five and a half months old, and will be born in a few months."

The older one is only about four years old, and the younger one is only a little over two years old.This is completely the rhythm of hugging the two for three years. In ancient words, this is a blessing.

But Jia Shu looked at Jia Min's stomach and felt that she was looking for death: "You are pregnant with another child before your body is well maintained. Don't you worry that it will be bad for your health?"

Jia Min paused, and looked down at her belly: "In this world, if a woman can't bear a son, life is too difficult. While I still have the opportunity, I will give birth to more."

"Besides, I always feel that I still have a daughter." She smiled, "This world is really unfair to girls, and I have no other choice but to add a few more brothers to her..."

Jia Shu was stunned for a moment before realizing that she was talking about Daiyu.

Before, Jia Min smiled happily, and there was no haze in her eyes, which always made Jia Shu forget that she was born again.But now it seems that Jia Min's previous life did not leave a little influence.

Jia Shu didn't want to be nosy, but since Jia Shu didn't take any contraceptive measures, she couldn't give Daiyu a bunch of calabash brothers?

Leaving aside the problem of easy childbirth in ancient times, even if Jia Min's childbirth has been very smooth, if she continues to give birth like this, when Daiyu is born, Jia Min's body will probably be hollowed out, and Daiyu's body will say It's even worse than in Dream of the Red Chamber.

Thinking of this, she also mentioned: "Frequent childbirth will not only have a great impact on your body, but also on your children."

Jia Min suddenly raised her head: "Third sister, what do you know..."

Jia Shu shook his head: "Generally speaking, the healthier the parents are, the healthier the children will be."

She looked at Jia Min's two children, the one named Zhou Zhuo was alright, but the little girl Jia Shu didn't know her baby name looked weaker than Zhou Zhuo.

But Jia Shu just mentioned it like this, and whether Jia Shu didn't care about it had no effect on her.

After saying this, she walked straight towards Jia Mu's yard.

Jia Min was in a trance. The little girl next to her was still young and her bones hadn't grown well. She was tired after walking for a while, so she turned around and hugged her calf: "Mother, it hurts..."

Jia Min regained consciousness and quickly asked the maid to pick up the girl.After comforting her for a while, she then turned around and quickened her pace towards Mother Jia's yard.

When she arrived, Jia Shu had already walked to Yuanchun's cradle, teasing the child curiously.

Seeing Jia Min entering the door, Jia Shishi greeted her with a smile: "It's just a hundred-day banquet for a girl, and you are still pregnant with a child, so why did you come here so fast? Send someone to give you some gifts Enough."

Jia Min smiled at Jia Shishi: "Mother, after all, she is the eldest granddaughter of the Duke's Mansion. As a married woman, she should come back and have a look."

Although Yuan Chun, the eldest granddaughter, is quite dehydrated, she won't be worth much after Jia pardons Jia Zheng and separates the family.But when Jia Daishan was still around, Yuan Chun's status could be regarded as honorable.

Jia Shu listened to the two people talking back and forth, and most of the words were concerned about each other, but just seeing that Jia Shishi didn't remember to let Jia Min, a pregnant woman, sit down and rest for so long, one could see that she had a lot of love for Jia Min. What is Min's attitude?

I don't know how the mother and daughter got here...

Jia Shu couldn't be bothered with them, so he picked up Yuan Chun and walked to the living room: "Aren't you tired when you stand and talk?"

Jia Shishi patted his head: "Look at my brain, I forgot that Min'er can't stand for a long time."

After saying this, she asked someone to help Jia Min to sit next to Jia Shu.

Jia Shu took a look and didn't care.

After a long time, someone came in suddenly and sent a message: "Madam, there are several princes and concubines outside the door."

Jia Shishi suddenly stood up from his chair, and was about to go out to greet guests immediately.

When her eyes touched Jia Shu, she inevitably hesitated, but finally said, "Why don't you come with me to welcome you?"

Jia Shu narrowed his eyes, thought for a while, and handed Yuan Chun over to her nanny, and then followed Jia Shishi to the backyard to welcome the guests.

I don't know what the reason is, except for the crown princess, none of the other princes and concubines arrived today, and all of them were smiling, looking very approachable.

Jia Shu couldn't help but think that during the hundred-day banquet of his two children, these princes and concubines were just given a gift, but they didn't show up at all.

The so-called approachability is just an appearance.

After Jia Shishi saluted, Jia Shu's eyes fell on the headed eldest princess, and quickly moved away to look at the sixth prince and concubine.

This is a gentle and charming girl with naturally smiling eyes. She is only in her early twenties now, but the sadness in her eyes makes her age ten years older.

Thinking of the sixth prince's extravagant, promiscuous and chaotic style, it is not difficult to understand why the sixth prince and concubine will become like this.

But she never felt that the sixth prince was a vixen who could endure for many years, plan every step of the way, and never show his feet.

Jia Shu's eyes turned to the next few who were adults but did not have a high sense of presence, the princes and concubines of the eleventh, twelfth, and thirteenth princes (fourteenth was engaged, but not yet married).

The eleventh concubine looked innocent and hot, with outstanding looks. Such a person should have been the focus of the crowd, but because she was still young, in front of several charming concubines, she seemed a little immature, very immature. It's hard to get people to focus on her.

The Twelve Prince Concubine is a dignified and beautiful woman who behaves according to the rules and does not make any mistakes. It is impossible to pick out the master who is wrong, but she is not rigid. If you meet her eyes, you can still see a little bit of liveliness in her eyes. shrewd.

The thirteenth concubine has a baby face, Xu is to make herself look not so young, she keeps her face tense from beginning to end, which makes people feel very difficult to get close to, but in Jia Shu's eyes, she only thinks it is cute .

Jia Shu lowered his eyes, rolled his eyes, and finally turned to the other princes and concubines.