Daoist Lin sister [Red House]

It was daylight, the parrots on the porch were still sound asleep, but Sister Feng was already fully dressed, walking back and forth under the porch for an unknown number of steps.

The mansion has been besieged for more than half a month, and food and drink can no longer be provided.Although there are gardens in the mansion, there are also old farmers farming the land.But the field was only suitable for the scene, and some fruits and vegetables were planted. As for the fine rice flour that the family eats every day, even if you kill those farmers, they will not be able to change it.

If not, there are still many children in the mansion, and the deeds are all in the hands of the masters. Judging by the fluctuating state of people's hearts recently, something may have happened early.

Jia Zheng, who was supposed to be responsible for the incident, just sighed blindly, unable to utter a single word.Mrs. Wang was even more useless, she simply fell ill.Li Wan even closed the door, only guarding the Sanchun sisters and Jia Lan.The huge Rongguo Mansion is all supported by Sister Feng and Jia Lian.

What about Jia Mu?

On the first night of the siege, Jia's mother became ill from Jia Zheng's anger.Jia Amnesty was trapped in the east courtyard and couldn't get through, so he asked the servant to send a message over the wall.He said that he can still take care of his small courtyard, but only asks the old lady to take care of her own health, and the old mother has to decide everything.

Although I didn't come up with an idea, I still have a sense of filial piety.Jia Zheng was different. As the head of the family, when something happened, he would only blame others and ask him to go out and talk to others. He "mumbled" for a long time, sweating a lot, and didn't find any news. , On the contrary, it became the laughing stock of the guards after dinner.

Jia Zheng held his mouth even more, refusing to speak any more.However, in this way, he still dislikes Baoyu.When hiding in Jiamu's house, from time to time, Baoyu must be educated to vent his personal anger, which frightens Baoyu into a sieve for sifting chaff.

This made Jia Mu very angry, and she scolded him with a halberd and wanted to drive him away. Internal and external troubles made a mess.

In the end, Mother Jia didn't fall down in one breath, and passed out completely.

Later, it was the Sanchun sisters who rushed out of the door and waited on Jiamu's bed.Jia Zheng returned to Rongxi Hall, but he still didn't go to Mrs. Wang's room, and only played his master's prestige at Aunt Zhao's.

Seeing that she could not count on anyone, Jia's mother could only secretly let Yuanyang open the box at night when everyone was asleep, took out many things, and secretly asked Jia Lian to take them out.On the one hand, he handed over all the power in the mansion to Sister Feng.

Fortunately, Sister Feng has always had prestige, and Ping'er is loyal and profitable, and finally she didn't blow up the pot.

On this day, when it seemed that there would be no rice for cooking, Jia Lian got up in the middle of the night to pick up food at the back door.

It was the same Li Jie, who had received many benefits from Jia Lian, and there were people in his family. After getting the news, he knew that Lin Ruhai was in charge of the rebellion case, and he sold it to Jia Lian on purpose.When it was his turn to be on duty, he would open a small door and let the soldiers bring some fresh food and food into the house, and sell some news along the way.

In addition, when Jia Rong returned home, Dongfu became much calmer.Ning Rong and his family worked together and simply sent out the news together.

The person who entrusted him was also Li Jie.

Li Jie is not a fool, he accepts the money and does nothing.

It's just that one day I happened to meet Lin Ruhai who was going to the camp on the outskirts of Beijing to handle some errands, and whispered, "He led the troops to guard outside the Rongguo Mansion".

Lin Ruhai glanced at him at the time, but didn't speak.

Today is the day when Li Jie sent food and echoes.

Jia Lian huddled behind the door, talking to Li Jie with a smile all over his face.

"Brother Xie, please take your troubles!" Jia Lian said as he secretly stuffed a pair of jade unicorns into Li Jie's sleeve.

Li Jie accepted it without changing his face, and then he clasped his fists and said with a smile: "Congratulations, young master, the family is very sad!"

"What do you think?" Jia Lian hurriedly asked, overjoyed, as if listening to Lun's voice.

Li Jie accepted it as soon as he saw it, and he didn't give in. He sent the imperial order to the big camp in the suburbs of Beijing.

"I'm not boasting, if it wasn't for that news, no, no, if it wasn't for Mrs. Lin counting this—" Li explained, slapping his chest and giving a thumbs up, "How dare you plead in front of the Holy Master for such a big matter, this man in the mansion I'm afraid Guan is sad. I didn't tell the family until dawn, because of our relationship..."

"That's right, that's right, brother Jie's life-saving grace, Lian Er will never forget it! It's only for the future!" Jia Lian was ecstatic in his heart, forced himself to calm down, and said with a long bow.

Li Jie nodded secretly.If he hadn't looked at Jia Lian in a certain way, and hadn't been that hopeless playboy, even if Lin Ruhai came in person, he wouldn't take such a big shame.

"Second Master Lian, hurry up and report to the old lady! You and my brother will have a bright future." Li Jie said.

Jia Lian bowed again and again, seeing that Li Jie was sincerely chasing him away, he hurriedly turned around and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

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The words are divided into two parts, but they are said to be in the small courtyard to the west of Lin's mansion.

Ever since Daiyu told the story of Dabao by side-talking, she was always uneasy.Counting the days, her father was still seriously ill at this time in the previous life, and even Qin Keqing of the East Mansion was on the verge of dying, and he was dying of anger.

But looking at it now, his father is in good health and his official career is prosperous, which seems to be in full swing.And Qin Keqing passed the big hurdle of the rebellious case, and the siege of the two governments was also relieved, presumably the knot was broken.

Everything is developing in a good direction, but, as the saying goes, one hair will affect the whole body.The matter of Dabao is definitely not about the success or failure of a family. It is related to the world. She predicted the ending in advance and told her father that if something happened because of it...

Whether it is a blessing or a curse, it is actually expected.

Daiyu was so preoccupied that she lost her mind while practicing sword.

Yang Yi stood under the crabapple tree directly opposite her.I only felt that among the colorful flowers and shadows, a bright sword tip pierced the void and stabbed straight at his chest.

"Ah!" Sun Shi led Feng Shi and Ying Lian to come in, the three of them stood at the door, happened to see this scene clearly.

And from where Feng Shi was standing, he couldn't see Daiyu's face clearly, nor did Yang Yi respond. He just felt that the short-eyed sharp blade was about to pierce Mr.'s chest...

Feng Shi had never seen such a battle before, "Ahhh!"

Only then did Daiyu wake up suddenly, but she was too late to stop.

Recently, she has made great progress in dancing, and she no longer holds wooden swords, willow branches, etc., but a real sword.

Daiyu panicked immediately, her wrists straightened, and her footwork became chaotic, but the sword seemed to have life, no longer under her control, it automatically and spontaneously searched for Yang Yi's fatal spot.

At the critical moment, Sun and Yinglian did not rush.Yinglian was afraid that Feng Shi would be shocked, so she gently patted her on the back to comfort her, "Mother, don't worry, sir is very skilled in martial arts."

Sure enough, the tip of the sword was coming towards him, but Yang Yi didn't move. He only stretched out two fingers, and with a light swipe, Daiyu's seemingly thunderous stab deflected and passed under Yang Yi's waist.

Fearing that Daiyu would use too much force and stand unsteadily, Yang Yi lightly pushed Daiyu's back when the two passed each other.

Then she turned around in a circle, her embroidered shoes were pointy, her skirt fluttered, exhausting all the rest of the sword dance.

"Good!" Sun and Yinglian praised in unison.

But Daiyu was startled, blushed, lowered her head and apologized to Yang Yi, "Master, my apprentice is wrong. You shouldn't be doing two things at once, let alone..."

"It's nothing. It's because I shouldn't force you to practice dancing today." Yang Yi patted Daiyu's head dotingly and said.

He just found that Daiyu was out of her mind and worried recently, and deliberately made her sweat and dance to show her love, but he didn't want to be self-defeating, which almost made Daiyu feel ill.

On this side, Mrs. Sun and others are approaching, Yang Yi said in a long and short way: "Soldiers come to block, water comes to cover up. At that critical moment just now, if the teacher is as flustered as you are, what will happen? Remember, follow the trend Instead, let nature take its course. Don't do those worrying things. Besides, when the sky falls, you will have a tall man to support you. Now you have a father, a princess, or even a half-baked master like me to help you, so be afraid! "

When Daiyu heard this, her brows relaxed a little.

Feng Shi approached, and heard Yang Yi's self-effacing "half-handedness", couldn't help laughing and said: "Yo, sir, this is such a good skill, he is not chaotic in the face of danger, his patience and concentration are very human, how can he be so humble!"

Yang Yi flicked his right hand, changed the sword under his ribs into his hand, turned his wrist, and the sword obediently got into the scabbard around Daiyu's waist.

"Mrs. Feng is absurd. I'm nothing more than a trivial trick. This little trick is really walking in the rivers and lakes, long ago..." Yang Yi wanted to say "there is no body left", but he caught a glimpse of Mrs. Sun looking at him sideways, and hurriedly stopped talking.

"Mrs. Feng is here. I think it's an important event in the shop. Yu'er, go ahead!" Yang Yi said.

After Daiyu bowed and saluted, she followed Sun and others to the side room of Sun's daily cooking.

Several people sat down as guests and hosts.

Daiyu didn't say anything else, first took Yinglian's hand, looked it up and down, and blurted out praise: "Tsk tsk, everyone says that they have a big heart and a fat body, and sister Yinglian is the proof."

How timid and timid Yinglian used to be, now her face is like peaches and plums, with smiling eyebrows, her face has changed from a melon-seeded face to a silver moon.

Speaking of which, ever since Yinglian found her mother, the mother and daughter met each other, and after learning about their family background, after crying a lot, they wanted to go with the Feng family to find their father, Zhen Shiyin.However, Zhen Shiyin was born insane and wandered all over the world, where can I find him?I also remember Daiyu's kindness, and I have to repay it. It's a dilemma.

The mother and daughter lived in Lin's mansion for several days, seeing Daiyu dealing with people and doing housework, and knowing that she was busy with shipping matters recently, they secretly decided to sell themselves to Daiyu as slaves, to be a caring person for her, and follow Lin The government fleet can not only travel north and south, but also search for Zhen Shiyin, killing two birds with one stone.

Yinglian took the initiative to speak up and told about the prostitution.

Where is Daiyu willing to follow?

"My sister is the daughter of a serious official family, and we still have fellowship, how could my sister do such a thing of repaying her kindness?" Daiyu refused righteously.

"Besides, since you and I are sisters, Mrs. Feng is Daiyu's elder. Since the two of you are determined to visit Master Zhen, Daiyu is naturally duty-bound. However, shipping is just booming, and the sea is turbulent. Even on the Grand Canal, ships capsized , accidents are not uncommon. How could Daiyu have the heart to let the two of you suffer from the hardships of living in the open, living in the open, and being displaced." Daiyu said again.

Feng waved her hands again and again: "Miss Lin is kind-hearted and treats us as a rich family. I don't know that all these years, I have been living on sewing, mending, washing and washing for others, and almost wandering and begging for the lotus. I will suffer no matter what hardships." Yes, I just want to repay the girl's great kindness. If the sky can show mercy, it would be better to have a family reunion in my lifetime."

Yinglian also nodded incessantly.

Seeing that they had made up their minds, Daiyu couldn't force them to violate her, so she had to say, "So, it's better to be respectful than obedience. Mrs. Feng acts like a human being, so I don't have to worry about the younger generation. Right now, the Lin Mansion in the capital also has a few shops, and they are newcomers. I also need to trouble my wife and sister Yinglian to take care of it. As for the shipping, it is Lin Lida who is in charge. If my wife doesn’t mind it, I can go to the western goods shop he manages to be the shopkeeper for a while, and receive some female guests.”

In this way, after two clicks, it is settled.Feng's and Yinglian's assignments to the Lin family were actually just helping Daiyu to accumulate experience and prepare for the future canal walks and even sea trips.

Sure enough, Fengshi and Yinglian lived up to everyone's expectations, and cooperated with Lin Li to make the shop flourish.In just over a month, the profit has doubled.

Today is the day when Feng Shi and Ying Lian come to reconcile accounts.

Just kidding, Feng Shi handed the ledger to Daiyu to check.Daiyu flipped through it casually, she understood clearly, she analyzed everything in detail, she was serious about doing business, so she put the ledger aside.Just ask who is the most frequent receptionist in the shop?Are there any anecdotes?

Feng's family is also a lady of every family, and she chatted with Daiyu eloquently and answered her questions fluently.

"It's just that a few days ago, the limelight in Beijing was not right, there were no people moving around, and the shop was much deserted. However, other people are not as good as us." Speaking of the recent situation, Feng Shi said cautiously.

Daiyu nodded, turned to Yinglian, blinked and asked, "I don't know how Sister Yinglian and Mr. Zhao are in charge of 'Yashe' together?"

It was just an ordinary question, but Yinglian suddenly blushed, turned her head away, and spat lightly: "Miss is joking again. Yinglian is only responsible for cleaning the house, how dare you compare it with Mr. Zhao."

Who do you think Mr. Zhao is?

He is the poor scholar Zhao Xu whom Daiyu rescued on the way back home.

Knowing that Zhao Xu repayed his kindness, he cured the cold with the prescription and money given by Daiyu, and hurried back to his hometown, looking for Yang Yi to treat Lin Ruhai's illness. After that, he didn't hear from him.

Later, on the way to Beijing, Yang Yi met a scholar from his hometown.Coincidentally, Zhao Xu also traveled thousands of miles to Beijing and settled in the capital guild hall, intending to participate in the Spring Festival next year.After going around several times, they learned that Yang Yi had also arrived in the capital and lived in Lin Ruhai's mansion, so he boldly submitted a name card and was left to live with him in Lin's mansion.

It's just that Zhao Xu's face is tender, he won't be rewarded for nothing, and he doesn't want to live in Lin's residence for a long time, so he will move out no matter what.But he was so poor that he could only live in an ancient temple in the suburbs of Beijing.

Coincidentally, the elegant house opened by Daiyu lacked a shopkeeper, so Daiyu invited Zhao Xu to sit in the hall.

Speaking of the elegant house opened by Daiyu, it was all due to chance.Because Yang Yi was going to join Chunwei, Daiyu often studied articles with him, and heard Yang Yi lament that the Lin House had countless books, and the poor scholars were short of books, so they had no chance to get a peek. As soon as he moved, he had the idea of ​​opening a bookstore.

The so-called Shuge is to ask people to copy the rare books and famous volumes of the Lin family first, and then take them to the Shuge, let others copy and circulate, and charge some pen and ink fees, but it is a fun place for elegant gatherings.

And this book pavilion can have several floors. On the first floor, the Lin family will provide books for poor scholars to copy and learn; on the second floor, literati and inkmen can exchange their own collections; Ascot Appreciation.

As for the rare books that some wealthy people are interested in but are unwilling to copy by themselves, those scholars on the first floor came in handy.Or some talented people, or because of bad luck and fame, get this place to show their strengths, and they don't worry about Bole being hard to find, and they will spend their lives in poverty.

Among them, even if Daiyu just ordered someone to start a tea business, she would naturally make a lot of money.

What's more, her original intention was just that she couldn't bear to see the masterpieces of books, calligraphy and paintings being shelved, and the pain of never seeing each other with her confidant.

Having made up her mind, Daiyu went to find Lin Ruhai to discuss it.

After hearing this, Lin Ruhai's eyes lit up, and he agreed on the spot.Even Daiyu didn't need to bother, within half a month, he found a house of a civil servant who had been sent out, and hired skilled craftsmen to renovate the library, with a book pavilion in the front and a guest courtyard in the back.So far, Yashe was born.

When Yashe unveiled the plaque, Daiyu also went, because it was inconvenient to show her face, she just watched from a distance in the carriage.

On the opening day, Lin Ruhai was present to unveil the plaque in person, Zai Fu wrote inscriptions, and the book collection was full of hairs. The quality was excellent, and he also invited famous calligraphers and painters in the capital to splash ink on the spot. It was very lively.

Within ten days, Ya She's reputation spread throughout the capital.Not only did the scholars stay in it day and night, but Xiumu's civil servants and senior officials were a little addicted to it, and they also forgot to sleep and eat, and lingered.As a result, the family members in the mansion almost misunderstood that "Yashe" is a place of fireworks.

Later, even Daiyu herself was eager to make a move, and wanted to go to Yashe to be aloof, but limited by her status, she couldn't do it for a long time.So simply, another courtyard was opened up in the inner courtyard, called the inner house, and another road was opened to open the door, and ladies from various famous families were invited to gather and be friends of the Haitang Poetry Society.

The first society in Neishe was founded by Ying Miaoyang.

Book pavilions are common, but the inner houses are hard to find, and they are even more popular, with crowns, fragrant cars, cloud maids and beautiful shadows, and elegant houses are also known as "inner houses" and "outer houses".Yiren is on the side of the water, which attracts more and more "guests come like clouds" outside the front door.

And Sun and Yinglian are the two chief and deputy supervisors of this house.

This is all gossip, let's not mention it for now.

Just talk about Mrs. Sun, apart from the affairs of the house, she was still helping Daiyu to take care of other shops. She has too many responsibilities and is busy, so she didn't interrupt. Seeing Yinglian's timid appearance, she couldn't help but joked: " You can't let my stubborn Brother Aran hear your words, otherwise you will have to be heartbroken!"

As soon as the words came out, everyone present laughed.

Yinglian became furious, and because Ri Zong and Sun were so affectionate, she threw herself on her, as if to tear her mouth.

"I only thought that the girls who came to Yashe were all eloquent, but I didn't expect that you are the one who is the most unforgiving!" Yinglian said in disbelief.

Sun dodged left and right, panting with a smile: "Don't be arrogant, sooner or later you will have to follow our family, Aran. Mrs. Feng, do you think so?"

Feng looked at them with a smile.Yinglian has suffered a lot, and now she has finally paid off her hardships. If she could meet her husband, she would not be in vain if she struggled to survive to this day.

"Mr. Zhao is a scholar of seriousness, and we, Yinglian, are highly respected—" Before Feng's words were finished, Yang Yi raised his voice outside: "Mrs. Feng's words are wrong. Brother Aran's character and temperament, I can vouch for you , is by no means a mediocre person who hates the poor and loves the rich, and has a family opinion. To marry a wife and a good man, as long as Mrs. Feng doesn't dislike Aran's family, has a straightforward personality, and has no strength to restrain the chicken."

Yang Yi and Zhao Xu have been brothers for a long time, now that they have married and married, naturally they are especially worried about their brothers.Seeing that Yinglian and Zhao Xu are in love with each other, I am afraid that the two of them will miss their marriage due to secular prejudice, so I can't help but interject.

Feng Shi didn't expect that a joke would attract Yang Yi's heartfelt words, he was stunned, and only fixed his eyes on Yinglian, meaning to ask Yinglian what she meant.

Yinglian just got out of the tiger's den, she only felt that the life was sweeter than honey, but she didn't dare to expect too much, so she made friends with Zhao Xu ignorantly.One is that she respects him for being self-loving, self-improving, poetic and scholarly, and the other is that she likes him for being upright, honest, polite and treats everyone equally, so she gets closer to him. She doesn't know if she has the other meaning.

Seeing that everyone's eyes were fixed on her face, Yinglian really panicked, she plunged into Feng's arms, and let everyone question her, she didn't speak no matter what.

Everyone roared with laughter again.

But they also tacitly agreed not to mention the matter between the two of them.Marriage is determined by nature, let's see later.

It was only after this trouble that Daiyu got down to business.

"Father asked me to go to Yashe in person, saying that he wanted to see some interesting anecdotes in the capital recently, and also asked my teacher and sister to lead the way."

Sun and Yinglian got up together and said: "It's the duty, how dare you take the trouble?"

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Behind Hubu Street and Tongren Lane, after folding Liutan, is Yashe.

This time, Daiyu didn't take the old way of the inner house, but took a carriage all the way, took the main road, and went straight to the gate of the outer house.

As the saying goes, no coincidence makes a book, and on this side, Daiyu hasn't gotten out of the car yet.In the lobby of the foreign house, it was supposed to be a place where the fragrance of books lingered, but it turned into a battlefield where the two armies clashed in the Chu River and Han borders.People and horses from all walks of life displayed their troops one after another, and their swords were at war.

The leading parties are all old acquaintances.

Among them, the person who is the least interesting, who Daiyu did not expect at all, and who should not be here the most, is Jia Baoyu.