[Red Mansion] Mrs. Lin, the Buddhist family

Finally, the thrush was taken away by Zhuzhu.

Jia Shu originally thought that Pippi would cry, but to his surprise, he just circled around Zhuzhu enviously, and when he returned to the place where the toys were kept, he hugged the barking puppy more cherishingly: " One for sister and one for Pippi, let's play together."

When Lin Ruhai came back, he was unavoidably surprised to see the toys the two children were playing with.

Hearing that the wooden bird and the robot dog were both made of yellow shoes, he vaguely realized why Jia Shu respected yellow shoes so much.

Jia Shu's thinking has always been different from theirs, but the final result also shows that her thinking is more correct.

Lin Ruhai was half joking, half serious and said, "I'm a little interested in this Mr. Huang Luhuang. If I have time, I must go and meet him."

Jia Shu shot him an angry look: "When Mr. Huang finishes his work, even if you don't want to see him, I have to let you see him."

And this opportunity will come soon.

Half a month later, Jia Shu asked Huang Lu to help design and manufacture a machine that could display pictures at the same frequency. At the same time, Huang Lu also made a machine that was interested in making some finer parts. A rough skeleton was made.

The day Steward Lin spread the word happened to be Lin Ruhai's holiday.

Curious about Huang Lu, Lin Ruhai followed Jia Shu without hesitation, and went to the yard where he bought machines for Huang Lu and others to make machines.

When he got off the carriage at the door, Lin Ruhai looked at the bare door and couldn't help frowning: "Why didn't you hang a plaque?"

Jia Shu was stunned for a moment: "It's easy to hang a plaque, what words should I write?"

Generally, the plaques on the gates hang such-and-such houses, such-and-such mansions, such-and-such courtyards, and so on. If it is an imperial-given mansion like Rongguo Mansion, the plaque says that such-and-such mansion was built by imperial edict.Jia Shu didn't mind hanging a plaque for this courtyard, but what was written on it?Lin house?

Lin Ruhai didn't seem to expect Jia Shu to ask, "Didn't Ruosang give this yard a name?"

"Why did you choose a name?" Jia Shu was puzzled.

Isn't it just a house, who would give their house a name in modern times?

Lin Ruhai raised his forehead: "Didn't you buy this yard to let Huang Lu and others concentrate on researching and making what you want?"

Seeing that Jia Shu still didn't care, he sighed, "I'll give this yard a name for my husband."

Jia Shu didn't care: "You get up."

Lin Ruhai pondered for a moment, then smiled and said, "Didn't Ruosang say that the yellow shoes are outstanding in craftsmanship, and that no one in the world can match them? Even the other four masters in the courtyard are first-class craftsmen who are respected by others outside? They all He is a craftsman, and his craftsmanship is superb, which can be called uncanny craftsmanship. This yard is where several masters work, so it is called 'Ghost Workyard'."

Jia Shu was stunned: "The name is quite appropriate."

At least worthy of yellow shoes.

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It was the first time for the five craftsmen to see the male master of the Lin family after being in Lin's mansion for so long, and Lin Ruhai's halo was a bit heavy, so they all looked at Lin Ruhai at the end with a little eagerness.

Cai Kan's mind is relatively active, and he is also young and aggressive. After seeing someone, he walked up to Lin Ruhai and said, "Caomin Cai Kan pays tribute to Lord Lin."

Lin Ruhai was stunned for a moment: "Are you also a carpenter hired by your wife?"

Cai Kan nodded: "The grassroots are not good at learning, and now they are studying with Mr. Huang, and hope that they can contribute better to the Lin family in the future."

Lin Ruhai couldn't help looking at Jia Shu, but she raised her eyebrows: "Mr. Huang agrees?"

Cai Kan looked at Lin Ruhai, and looked at Jia Shu, feeling a little strange in his heart, but he still answered her seriously: "Mrs. Hui, Mr. Huang is kind. If we encounter difficulties in making utensils, Mr. Huang will never be stingy." for teaching."

Jia Shu was somewhat dissatisfied: "Since Mr. Huang didn't preach to you, if it's not a real problem, don't bother Mr. Huang."

Cai Kan panicked, and after realizing it, he said yes again and again.

After the other three carpenters looked at each other in blank dismay, they also agreed that they would first figure out problems by themselves in the future, and only ask Huang Lu when they really don't understand.

Because of Jia Shu's attitude, Lin Ruhai became even more curious about this Huang Lu: "Where is this Mr. Huang now? Why don't you take us there?"

The servant steward who was assigned by the Lin family to the yard to take care of the daily life of several craftsmen stood up and said, "Master and wife please."

Huang Lu was sitting in a room with windows inlaid with glass at this time. There were a lot of miscellaneous things inside, but there were only two big things, one of which was still a semi-finished product, with only a frame and no details. .

When several people entered the room, Huang Lu was writing and drawing on the straw paper, and looked up at the huge frame from time to time.

The steward glanced at Huang Lu and explained in a low voice: "Mr. Huang said that this wooden frame is just a model. He will perfect it first. After the machine is tested and it is really feasible, he will start looking for suitable materials."

Jia Shu looked at the frame that was as tall as an adult man, and his eyes were full of admiration: "Mr. Huang, can you give this machine a name?"

The steward shook his head: "Not yet."

He turned his head and looked at the more delicate machine, which was not as big as a wooden frame, "This is the machine designed by Mrs. Huang. Mr. Huang named it Ziyinghua. Mr. Huang studied and drew the picture. And steps, and then the machine made by Master Cai himself."

Lin Ruhai asked strangely: "Self-screening?"

"Mr. Huang said, it's easy to remember." The steward lowered his head, "It means that the pictures will be played automatically."

Lin Ruhai was a little speechless. The level of naming was almost as good as Jia Shu.

He turned his head to look at Jia Shu, and sure enough, he saw her agreeing: "Mr. Huang's name is very good. If you let me name it, it should be called Projector."

Lin Ruhai resolutely abandoned the name projector after comparing the self-image with the projector.

Without him, although Ziyinghua is straightforward, it still sounds poetic, but the name projector is only plain and straightforward, and people will lose interest in understanding after listening to it once.

Jia Shuhou didn't know Lin Ruhai complained about her naming ability, so she walked up to Zi Ying Hua: "What is the method of using Zi Ying Hua?"

The steward opened his mouth, wanting to introduce more content to show his face in front of Lin Ruhai and Jia Shu, but soon ran out of words——

Everyone in the yard knew that Jia Shu wanted this machine, so Mr. Huang designed it and asked Cai Kan to make it.But after Mr. Huang wrote down the production method and materials of the self-image to Cai Kan, he directly invested in the research and production of the new machine, without telling them what it does, let alone how to use it.

He blamed Huang Lu a little in his heart, but he knew Jia Shu's attitude towards Huang Lu, so he didn't dare to reveal anything, he just said: "Mr. Huang didn't tell me how to use the self-image, so this old servant will go and call Mr. Huang over. "

The steward turned around and walked to Huang Lu's side, and patted him on the shoulder lightly: "Mr. Huang, the master and wife are here to watch the self-screening, please come quickly and introduce."

Huang Lu was immersed in the production of the new machine, so he didn't hear the steward's words at all. He even waved his hand impatiently as if chasing away mosquitoes because the steward's voice was too loud: "I'm thinking about something, don't disturb me!"

After saying this, he was immersed in his own thoughts again.

The steward's eyes were about to burst into flames, and he was about to wake him up, but Jia Shu stopped him: "It's okay, it's the same for Mr. Huang to introduce after he finishes his work."

The steward lowered his head and didn't speak again, but his attitude towards Jia Shu became clearer in his heart.

In the future, even if he is dissatisfied from the bottom of his heart, he must not offend Huang Lu.

Huang Lu was clever and quickly overcame the difficult problem in the production process, but after he woke up, he didn't plan to take a rest first, but was immediately ready to solve another difficult problem.

Jia Shu quickly seized the opportunity and called Huang Lu: "Please also ask Mr. Huang to introduce the method of using Ziyinghua. I watched it for a long time, but I really don't understand."

Huang Lu looked at Jia Shu, and his eyes quickly fell on Lin Ruhai who was beside Jia Shu: "Huang Lu, a grass-roots man, pays his respects to Master Lin."

With that said, Huang Lu was about to bend down and salute.

Lin Ruhai quickly helped him up: "Mr. Huang, you don't need to be too polite. Mr. Lin is a great talent, which is rare in Lin's life. If Mr. Lin salutes him, it will really discourage me."

Huang Lu subconsciously turned his gaze to Jia Shu, and smiled gratefully.

Jia Shu smiled, but didn't understand Huang Lu's smile.

Huang Lu didn't explain, but passed Lin Ruhai and Jia Shu to the front of the self-yinghua machine, then pointed to a folded place and said, "Madam, if you want to use the self-yinghua, you can pull this handle, and the faster you pull it, Faster, the faster the painting appears on the wooden board and disappears. If the wife is worried that the speed of pulling the handle is difficult to grasp, you can also link the self-reflecting painting with the water wheel through this place. The faster the water wheel rotates, the faster the picture will be. The faster the page turns."

"This place is where the drawings are placed."

"The place where self-screening pictures can be stretched, the longer it is stretched, the bigger the picture that can be played. If you don't like it, this groove made of transparent glass can also place the painted paintings, but it is relatively small and may not be able to Satisfy too big a picture."

Jia Shu touched the former with novelty, and then looked at the latter. Although he didn't understand the principle, the design of Huang Lu perfectly complemented the loopholes in Jia Shu's idea, and even made self-images become a whole in a disguised form. Items available for purchase—

Jia Shu originally thought that as long as the machine made by Huang Lu could meet her requirements and achieve the effect of cartoons, she would be able to make money by "telling stories" with pictures from her own pictures.

But in doing so, Ziyinghua, a machine that can only quickly play pictures to achieve the effect of "animation", will not be noticed, and no one will be willing to spend a lot of money to buy Ziyinghua.However, the second method of using the self-image painting invented by Huang Lu is to put the painting in a groove made of transparent glass, which gives the self-image machine a chance to become a commodity and enter the homes of the rich and powerful.

If it is said that the first projection function of Ziyinghua gave Jia Shu the idea of ​​building a movie theater, then the latter gave Jia Shu the idea of ​​installing a home theater in every household.

But it's too early to think about that.

Jia Shu touched the Ziyinghua machine fondly: "Is it difficult to make the Ziyinghua machine? Are the materials needed difficult to find?"

Huang Lu shook his head: "It's all wood and iron. Except for some small parts, self-images are actually very easy to make."

The thoughts in Jia Shu's heart suddenly became active: "If this is the case, Mr. Huang has helped me a lot."

Lin Ruhai listened to it, and couldn't help being curious: "Why does Madam want to show herself?"

Jia Shu never told Lin Ruhai that she was going to make an animation, so he didn't associate the self-image with the "growth picture" of the two children he had seen before. Hearing this, his first reaction was confusion.

Huang Lu knew the function of this machine, and he was very focused on making it. He liked it, but he was also a little curious. Why did Jia Shu want to make his own film?

Jia Shu turned to look at Shuang Ling behind him: "Bring up the painting."

Shuang Ling stepped forward, put the painting in the self-image, then walked to the side, grabbed the handle and began to push and pull.

Then, Lin Ruhai and Huang Lu, as well as other people in the house, were fortunate enough to watch Daxia's first "animated movie"——

The little tadpole is looking for its mother.

After reading it, Lin Ruhai felt a little embarrassed.

Although he has already understood what the self-image is used for, he also has a great affection for it because of the "growth process" of the two children that Jia Shu showed him before.

But what the hell is "Little Tadpole Looking for Mom"?How could Ruo Sang waste time to draw such a simple story?

The other people's attention was completely focused on the "moving" picture, and they didn't see what the story was telling at all. Even Huang Lu was stunned by the effect of the self-screening picture, and they didn't feel like Lin Ruhai at all.

Even Huang Lu, a well-informed person, was stunned by the effect of his self-image, so could others be spared?

Taking advantage of the opportunity of Mother Lin's [-]th birthday, Jia Shu specially drew an animation of "Mountain Rescue Mother" and showed it at the banquet. The vivid characters, unique performance methods, and the simplicity and grounding that are completely different from opera The angry way of speaking is like a brand, deeply engraved in the minds of everyone at the banquet.

Self-screening paintings spread throughout the ruling class in a very short period of time, causing a great sensation among the top class in Daxia.

Similar to the propaganda method of the Makeup Pavilion back then, the promotion of Ziyinghua was also from top to bottom. In just two months, it spread all over the capital, and radiated the entire summer at the same time. In the end, even the distant Jiangnan heard of it. Self-film fame.

Of course, the name of the inventor of Huanglu was also heard.

If Huang Lu wants to take an official career, taking advantage of his presence in the powerful class during this period of time, he will not be able to get a real official position, but to take a position in the Ministry of Industry, not only is he a professional counterpart, but also no one talks about it.

Huang Lu has no interest in this.

However, Huang Lu was not interested, but Huang Zhuang, Huang Lu's son, was very interested.

The Lin family summoned the servants left in the old house in Gusu. Not long after, they sent someone to Yangzhou to inquire about Huang Zhuang, Huang Lu's son.At first, I thought it would be troublesome, but when Huang Lu's name was mentioned, someone led the Lin family to Huang Zhuang's house.

Huang's family now consists of nearly [-] people, including Huang Zhuang, Huang Lu's son, Liu Shi, his wife, three sons, his son's wife, and his son's children.Just looking at the number, it can be regarded as a big family.

But the room they live in now is very small, and it seems that they cannot move at all.

After the Lin family was brought to Huang's house, the first person they saw was Huang Zhuang.

Compared with his father, Huang Lu, Huang Zhuang has more simple and honest facial features, without the wantonness of Huang Lu, and his figure is also bigger.He also seems to be an honest and responsible person. It is hard to imagine that such a person would quarrel with his father, and finally forced Huang Lu to leave his hometown.

Huang Zhuang's three sons were not at home, they must have gone out to work, leaving only a few old and weak women and children.

"Who are you?" Huang Zhuang stopped in front of all the family members, looking warily at the group of people who came to the door suddenly.

The leading steward replied: "I am a servant of the Lin family in Gusu. A letter from the capital a few days ago said that the master's family hired a craftsman named Huang Lu. He was praised by the master's family for his good craftsmanship. The master sent someone to Yangzhou to look for you."

When Huang Zhuang heard Huang Lu's name, his expression relaxed slightly, but he was still full of vigilance: "You said they were sent by my father, do you have any tokens?"

The leading steward took out a seal from his pocket: "This is sent along with the letter from the capital, take a look, is it your father's seal?"

Huang Zhuang took the seal, checked it over and over again, and confirmed that the seal was indeed Huang Lu's, so he was completely relieved.

He hesitated for a while, but returned the seal to the steward: "I don't know if my father is looking for me, but what's the matter?"

When he had a falling out with Huang Lu back then, not only Huang Lu, but also Huang Zhuang felt uncomfortable after he calmed down.But when he came back to look for the yellow shoes, he found that the building was already empty, and there was nothing left in the room he lived in except for some utensils made before.

Over the years, he spent a lot of money to find yellow shoes, which made his whole family suffer and suffer without any complaints.But now that he really heard the news about Huang Lu, he became timid because of his hometown.

Huang Zhuang's tense body is really not like the state that a son who misses his father should have.

The steward of the Lin family noticed the details and inevitably frowned.

But thinking that this was the order of the master's family, he didn't make his own claim, but said all the master's account: "Master Huang was hired by the master's family because of his own craftsmanship, and now he has lived in the Lin family. It's just that the Lin family is kind. , after confirming the employment of those craftsmen for a lifetime, they promised to cover all the expenses of their children's education."

"The other masters' families are all in the capital, so it's easy to arrange. Only Master Huang is alone, and the master has asked him before we can find you."

"If you come to Beijing with the Lin family, you don't have to worry about the cost of housing and the capital. The Lin family will be responsible for all of these. It's just that Master Huang also said that all of this depends on your wishes. If you don't want to go to the capital, he will also People will bring you the monthly silver."

Huang Zhuang lowered his brows and eyes, his expression unpredictable.

After a long time, his wife Liu saw that he had been silent and did not agree, so she couldn't help but pushed his waist: "Master, agree quickly! The eldest grandson is now seven years old. If he didn't have money at home, he should have Enlightened. If they go to Beijing, the children will have the opportunity to study in the future, and they will no longer work for others like you father and son, and you have to look at people's faces."

Huang Zhuang frowned: "What nonsense are you talking about!"

Of course he knew that going to Beijing was the best choice, but the father and son had a lot of quarrels at the beginning, and now that they are having a bad time, it's only when he thinks of going to Beijing that he can't hold back his face.

"Everyone, please come back in three days, I have to think about it."

The manager of the Lin family raised his eyebrows, and nodded without paying much attention: "Then we will come back in three days, and hope that the decision made by Master Huang will not disappoint."

A mighty group of people came in awe-inspiring manner and walked away in a grand way. Huang Zhuang's answer didn't seem to affect their mood.

After the people left, Mrs. Liu became anxious immediately: "Master, why didn't you agree immediately? Father-in-law is old now, and he doesn't know how he got to the capital back then. No one can say for sure if the accident will be affected. If we don’t hurry there, if the father-in-law gets sick in the future, will someone be by his side to take care of him?”

Huang Zhuang clenched his fists tightly, his eyes struggling.

Mrs. Liu continued, "Besides, my father-in-law is over sixty years old, and his health is poor. If you don't pay attention, you may get sick, and if you get sick, it will be a serious illness. You don't know when..."

"Do you really have the heart to let your father-in-law never meet his grandson and great-grandson?"

Huang Zhuang and Liu Shi have been husband and wife for most of their lives, so why don't they know why she persuaded him to go to the capital?But he also had to admit that what Liu said to bluff people was indeed justified.

The biggest regret in this world is that "the child wants to support but does not want to be loved".

In the past, Huang Zhuang often regretted it, but now he has the opportunity to make up for it, how could he compete with Huang Lu because of the unimportant face?

Huang Zhuang figured it out, and turned to look at Liu Shi: "I will take you to the capital, but Liu Shi, you must control your mouth for me, and don't be perfunctory when facing your father, otherwise I will turn around Take people back to Yangzhou."

-

While Huang Zhuang's family was still on the road, the fame of self-screening spread to Yangzhou.

Sitting in the car, he occasionally heard people in the same company talking about self-image paintings and yellow shoes, because the person who said it was his father, he couldn't help eavesdropping.

But what he overheard made him a little flustered——

The inside story of the two people's quarrel back then was that Huang Lu was addicted to the strange and obscene skills that not only failed to make money, but also required him to invest the money he had saved.But now, the popularity of self-screening shows him that his persistence back then was wrong.

Huang Zhuang felt a little uncomfortable.

But the whole family was immersed in the beautiful longing for life in the capital, and no one noticed his little awkwardness and emotion.

-

On the day Huang Zhuang arrived in the capital, it happened to be in time for the opening of the first movie studio in the capital.

When they were heading to Lin's house in a carriage, they happened to pass by Yinghua building, and they were immediately startled by the grand occasion of the crowd.

"Steward, what happened to these people?"

The steward of the Lin family smiled and said, "Look at the inscription on the name of the shop."

Huang Zhuang turned his head to look at the plaque, and murmured, "Yinghua Building? The name sounds familiar."

"Hahaha... This movie building is naturally used to watch self-images," the steward laughed. "It just so happens that this self-image was researched by your father according to my wife's orders. It's very interesting."

Huang Zhuang looked at the crowd in front of the Yinghua building, and he couldn't help being curious: "I don't know what that self-yinghua is?"

The steward of the Lin family looked at Huang Zhuang: "You don't know how to show yourself?"

"I've heard the name of Ziyinghua, but I don't know what Ziyinghua is." He looked at the crowd and sighed, "I don't know why Ziyinghua is so popular."

The steward of the Lin family thought that Huang Zhuang's family was on the road these days. In order to get to the capital as soon as possible, although they didn't travel day and night, they still traveled all the way. There was no rest time except at night. If he said he didn't know, it was not impossible.

The manager of the Lin family told Huang Zhuang what the self-image painting was in detail.

After hearing this, Huang Zhuang didn't feel much.

The manager of the Lin family felt strange: "Why aren't you surprised?"

Huang Zhuang smiled wryly: "This self-image seems to be similar to some utensils made by my father in the past. It is not surprising."

The manager of the Lin family used to be in Gusu, and this time he returned to Beijing only to protect the Huang family.Gusu was very close to Yangzhou, and he had heard of Huang Lu's reputation in Yangzhou.

He nodded: "Master Huang is indeed capable."

Huang Zhuang smiled reluctantly, and didn't say that the family almost lost their residence because of Huang Lu's hobby.

-

Hearing that Huang Zhuang's family had arrived, Jia Shu hurriedly sent someone to call Huang Lu.

Unexpectedly, not long after, the boy who sent the message came back with only one sentence: "Mr. Huang said that there is a part of the machine he is making that cannot find suitable materials. He tried everything, but he didn’t have time to come see his son. He also said that he believed in his wife, and his family’s arrangements were all up to her.”

Jia Shu couldn't help but look back at Huang Zhuang, and found that his face was calm, as if he was used to it.

She nodded helplessly: "Steward Lin, take Mr. Huang's family to settle in the yard arranged for them, don't neglect."

Jia Shu was a little speechless. You said that in order to show the importance he attached to Huang Lu, even his family temporarily put aside their affairs when they arrived at the Lin family and came to meet them in person.Who knew that a stranger like her had arrived, but a family member like Huang Lu hadn't.

What do you think this is all about?

Steward Lin took Huang Zhuang and others out of Lin's mansion and went to a courtyard on the street behind Wen'anhou's mansion.

After the people were settled, Lin Butler said, "Will Mr. Huang go to see Mr. Huang?"

Huang Zhuang was stunned for a moment before realizing that the Mr. Huang that Butler Lin was talking about was his father, Huang Lu, and his mood became more and more complicated.After hesitating for a moment, he nodded: "Please ask Butler Lin to take me there."

-

To be honest, although the place of the ghost factory is bigger, when he walked into the room where Huang Lu usually worked, the sense of familiarity immediately awakened his memory.

Before their father and son separated, Huang's family also had such a room, which was specially reserved for Huang Lu to store the utensils and materials he made. He valued the things in it very much, because he was worried that the children would mess things up. Bad, Huang Lu didn't even allow some of his children to enter that house.

Huang Zhuang's gaze kept scanning the room, and suddenly, he stuck to the two little tuanzi beside Huang Lu.

Those are two children.

One is holding a puppy, and the other is holding a birdcage.

Whether it is a puppy or a wooden bird, Huang Zhuang is very impressed.Because these two toys were the source of his happiness when he was a child.

Pippi and Zhuzhu are both children. Even though they are curious about the process of making yellow shoes, they can't sit still and it is difficult to focus all their attention on Huanglu.

Hearing the sound of footsteps, the two children raised their heads one after another, and then met Huang Zhuang's face.

Pippi tore off the hem of the yellow shoes with her small hands: "Mr. Huang, Mr. Huang, there is an uncle who looks like you."

Huang Lu lowered his head blankly: "Pippi? What did you just say?"

Pippi pointed at Huang Zhuang: "Mr. Huang, look at that uncle, he looks just like you." He turned his head and thought for a while, "Just like Pippi and Daddy."

Huang Lu looked along Pippi's fingers and met Huang Zhuang's eyes.

He blinked and said, "Is Zhuang'er here? Come and sit down, I will close the tenon first, and then I will talk to you."

After Huang Lu said this, he lowered his head and continued to work on his work.

On the contrary, Pipi felt that Huang Zhuang was a little pitiful, patted the carpet next to her, and invited with a smile: "Uncle Zhuang, come and sit down."