[Red House] Raiders of life

In the study, Xue Pan had a bitter face, sweating profusely, writing like flying.Shake your wrist while copying, grit your teeth and rub it, and then continue.

Ping An couldn't stand it any longer, and persuaded: "Master, let's take a rest."

Xue Pan almost didn't cry, rest?He also wants to rest!However, the emperor's imperial decree came and gave him a mansion, so he couldn't live there.Now it's just that the Xue family still has a lot of business in the south of the Yangtze River, so Lin Ning will have to spend more time looking into it, but it's only this month that he will go to Beijing, how much has he copied?It's still a hundred and eight thousand miles away, how can you rest!

Ping An sighed, and quietly retreated out. Not long after, Xue Baochai came over with freshly squeezed fruit juice, "Brother, this is what Dad bought just now, it's so sweet. Try it."

Xue Pan kept writing, hummed twice, took it over without looking at it, raised his head and drank it, and continued with his work.

Xue Baochai frowned as she looked at the messy handwriting in his pen, which was almost unclear, "Brother thinks you can show daddy to see your handwriting, what will happen to daddy?"

Xue Pan was stunned, looking at the "cursive script", his face collapsed, and he scratched his head anxiously, "My hand is almost broken, how can I write well."

Xue Baochai looked at it, only to find that Xue Pan's right hand holding the pen was trembling a little, so she ran over and took his hand to check, but when she touched it, Xue Pan let out a ouch, and seeing Xue Baochai's worried expression, she hurriedly turned her mouth and pretended to be As if nothing had happened, "It's okay, sister, don't worry. Let the spring equinox press it for me at night, and then apply hot water to it."

"I'm going to find my father." Xue Baochai stomped her feet, turned around and ran out.

When Lin Ning came over, Xue Pan had already destroyed the scribbled and readable papers, and the stack on the desk was not satisfactory.

Lin Ning looked at Xue Pan, who looked a little depressed, and said, "I know I'm wrong?"

Xue Pan lowered his head, "I know I was wrong."

Lin Ning glanced at him, picked up the "Book of Songs" casually, and took Xue Pan's original seat, Xue Pan could only obediently stand aside.Lin Ning checked a few places, and saw that he had recited them well, so he selected several places in "The Doctrine of the Mean" and "Mencius". .”

Xue Pan kept his head down, not daring to say a word that was unnecessary.

"I will start to do the previous paper again tomorrow. If you still dare to play tricks this time..." Lin Ning glared at him, "Then let you copy as much as you want in the future!"

Xue Pan was stunned for a moment, his face was turning into a bitter melon, "Father, it turns out that you are because I secretly copied the second brother's test paper... You should have said it earlier!"

Lin Ning threw a book directly on his face, "Didn't you say you knew you were wrong? You dare to answer quickly, but you don't even know where you are wrong!"

Xue Pan took the book head-on, afraid that what he said would make more mistakes, so he stopped talking.

Lin Ning then asked again: "That Xiangling, what are you going to do?"

Xiangling is pretty, and Xue Pan quite likes it.But it's just an ordinary person's love of beauty, he really doesn't have the intention of taking it into the room, if he dares to have it, as long as he says this, Lin Ning will hold him down and beat him so hard that he can't get out of bed.

Xue Pan sneaked a glance at Lin Ning, and found that he didn't seem to be angry, and felt a little more at ease.You know, his father said earlier that whether it is a hero outside to save the beauty, or selling his body to bury his father, these are not allowed, and such women are not allowed to be brought in.Ninety-nine out of ten are bureaus.How can there be so many people who sell their bodies to bury their fathers, and heroes save the beauty.But when he saw Xiangling being forced to sell to a wretched old man, he felt it was a waste, and seeing how suspicious the kidnapper looked, he forced Xue Biao to meddle in his own business.Later, being stimulated and run on by the kidnapper, he paid silver to buy it.

Xue Pan thought back at this time, his head was about to grow big.Why didn't you think about the consequences at the time.When he was in the prison, Xue Pan thought that this time he might be punished again.But when he came back, his father didn't beat him.It's just this copy...

He'd rather get a board. Hey.At least one meal went by with a crackling of the boards.At most, I can just lie on the bed for a few days and feel the pain.But this copying, he has been copying for two months, his hands are about to break, and he is copying books even in his dreams every day.This feeling is really not for human beings.

Seeing that he didn't answer, Lin Ning said angrily, "Do you want to take her to Beijing?"

Xue Pan shook his head cleverly, "No, no, no! No, no! I...I really think she's pretty. But...but that's all, there is absolutely no other idea."

Everyone has a love of beauty, Lin Ning can understand this.

Seeing that Lin Ning's face softened, Xue Pan breathed a sigh of relief and continued: "Xiangling herself knew that she was abducted, but she was too young when she was abducted, and she didn't remember her parents' names or where she lived. However, I When I was in prison with my second brother, I heard a chat from a sect that Xiangling was probably the daughter of a gentry family of the Gusu generation. Later, I asked my second brother to go to the Zhen family mentioned by the sect. There was a fire a few years ago, and the house was long gone. Neighbors have inquired that the person is still alive, as if he went to Mrs. Zhen's natal family, but I don't know the details."

"I sent someone to look for it at Mrs. Zhen's natal home. I think there will be news in about two days whether I find it or not. If I find it, let her go to her house. If I can't find it, she has nowhere to go. , it’s better to let her follow her younger sister. During these days, she is also with her younger sister, and her younger sister likes her very much."

Lin Ning nodded, knowing how to deal with the aftermath.These days, he was so busy dealing with the property in Jiangnan that he didn't have time to pay attention to Xiangling's affairs, but now seeing that Xue Pan's handling was okay, he followed him.

Because the master of the Xue family has few children, and today is Xue Baoqin's birthday, the whole family, regardless of gender, sat at the same table and had a meal.During the banquet, Xue Pan trembled with his right hand and couldn't even hold the food firmly, which made Xue Wang feel distressed for a while, and complained to Lin Ning.

"Change the spoon for the uncle."

Lin Ning didn't think there was anything wrong with it, and the doctor also saw it, just rest for a few days and massage for a while.Giving a spoon is easier to use than chopsticks, and the spoon is also convenient for the left hand.But in this way, many dishes are not delicious.Xue Wangshi desperately had to pinch Xue Pan, and even picked out fishbone for him.Lin Ning felt a headache.Xue Pan is almost 13 years old, when he is still three years old!

As soon as Xue Biao's face turned ugly, Xue Biao found out, and hurriedly found a topic to distract Lin Ning, "I received a letter today, saying that I have found Xiangling's mother, and I will be there in a few days. It's just that his father was arrested. One monk flickered and went to become a monk."

Xue Pan was biting a piece of chicken leg, and said in surprise: "Could it be that monk again?"

Xue Biao smiled, "I think it's probably true."

Lin Ning was taken aback for a moment, and frowned, "What's a monk together?"

"Two years ago, a monk came to the mansion together and said a lot of things. This shouldn't be the fate of our Xue family. He said, father, you... ouch!"

Xue Pan got kicked on the leg, stared at Xue Biao, saw Xue Biao pouted towards Lin Ning, and then reacted.

Xue Biao coughed, then took Xue Pan's lead and said: "At that time they said some nonsensical things, and they also said that the elder sister had a heat poison brought from the womb, and they had a prescription to relieve it. Give us the shape of a golden lock, and let us follow this to bring it to the eldest sister."

Xue Pan scoffed, "My sister is in good health. Where did the heat and poison come from? It's just a scam, so my second brother and I kicked them out. I thought they were just two gangsters. Warlocks, who specialize in making up stories and defrauding people of money in the name of curing diseases and warding off disasters, why are they turning people into monks now? Could it be that they don’t have enough manpower in this thousand schools, and this is recruiting talents?”

Lin Ning understood, and wondered why he hadn't seen the so-called monk in recent years.It turned out that the two boys had already dealt with it.With his spiritual spring, not only all diseases can be cured, but also daily recuperation can be done. Everyone in the Xue family is in good health.Just hearing Xue Pan's Qianmen words, Lin Ning almost burst out laughing.I just don't know how this monk would feel if he heard it together.

Seven days later, she saw Feng's arrival in Jinling, holding Xiangling and crying bitterly.Because Zhen Shiyin has disappeared, Feng's natal family doesn't like her very much now.Besides, everyone knew that her daughter was abducted, and now that she was brought back, it might hurt her reputation.After all, in the eyes of everyone, whether the doll who was brought up by a kidnapper was guilty of some crime or innocent is anyone's guess.Gossip can kill people.Even if they don't care what outsiders say, Xiangling's marriage may be difficult in the future.

Feng Shi could see clearly, seeing this scene, he begged Xue Baochai and Xue Wangshi to stay at Xue's house.For one thing, if you follow the Xue family to Beijing, as long as the Xue family doesn't tell you, no one will know about Xiangling's past.Secondly, the Xue family is also a good shelter.

Xue Wang's heart is soft, and Feng's doesn't mind signing the contract of selling himself.After all, the mother and daughter now have nothing to live on. If they leave the protection, the orphans and widows will hardly survive.Besides, it would be better if the girl from a rich family is released in the future than if she takes Xiangling alone.Of course, the premise is also because she looks good at the Xue family.Moreover, the Xue family is also willing to only enter into a five-year contract, and they will leave after five years.

Lin Ning has nothing to do with such trivial matters.Follow Xue Wang to get it.He has already packed everything up and is ready to go to Beijing.

After arriving in the capital, it was already September, and the construction of the family-speaking villa was in full swing. Because of this, when Lin Ning was in the south of the Yangtze River, he ran into several houses that went south to buy, and made a fortune.

The Hou's mansion given by the emperor is very good, with a wide area, good scenery, rockery and jagged rocks.After tidying up, Lin Ning went into the palace to thank her the next day.Because the Wang family is not in Beijing now, Xue Wang took the child to visit relatives in Jia's mansion.

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Baochai pulled Lin Daiyu and said with a smile: "I haven't seen you in the past two years, and I have grown more and more iconic. I don't dare to recognize her."

Lin Daiyu laughed, "We sisters haven't seen each other for a long time, we should be close, but you laughed at me as soon as you came, see if I don't tear your mouth."

Baochai turned her head away and begged for mercy with a smile.After all, it's in Jia Mu's house, even if they play around, they can't go too far.Baochai pulled Daiyu quietly and whispered, "I left you a set of diamond jewelry. It doesn't add red or green. You can wear it even in filial piety."

Daiyu didn't act coquettishly, she responded directly.It made Sanchun always have Tanchun to laugh and said: "This is great, here comes Sister Bao, and Sister Lin will ignore us."

Only Baoyu clapped his hands and applauded: "This is good. There is a fairy-like sister Lin, and today there is a fairy-like sister Bao. In the future, there will be more sisters in our house. It should be so affectionate." .”

Xue Baochai frowned again and again, and before she could speak, she only heard Lin Nuo say, "Cousin Baoyu is talking nonsense again. Sister Xue's surname is Xue, and our surname is Lin, so why are they all in your house? Don't say that Sister Xue is just I am here as a guest, and I have to go home later. Even my sister and I are only staying temporarily. We will always go home in the future."

As soon as Baoyu heard the word "return home", Baoyu became unhappy.Turning around to the old lady, "Old lady, don't let Sister Lin go to her house, okay? What's wrong with our house, I will live in our house from now on, for a long time, the sisters will be together, don't you?" Not lively? You can leave Sister Bao too. "

Xue Baochai was also taught by Wei Mama for several years, and she is no longer the Xue Baochai in the original book. Hearing this, she felt annoyed, but she still smiled on her face: "You should pay attention to what my cousin said. I know that my cousin is just a With the heart of a child, I can't see the separation of the sisters. Those who don't know may hear other meanings."

"What other meaning?" Baoyu was at a loss.But Jia Mu and Wang Shi understood.Before they could speak, they heard the sound outside. It turned out that Xue Pan and Xue Bian had gone to see Jia Zheng.Because the two of them entered the door, this stubble was exposed.

Xue Pan and Xue Bian didn't expect Baoyu to be there, even Sanchun Daiyu was there.But if he wanted to avoid it, it was too late, so he could only turn his face away and not look at Sanchun and Daiyu.After meeting the old lady, he went straight to business.

Because Xue Pan was the elder, he was the one who said, "When we went to Beijing, Uncle Lin specially asked us to bring some things and people here. Some things are for Miss Lin and Mr. Lin, and some are for honoring the old lady. There is a gift list marked. Another uncle asked us to send the 1 taels of silver. He said it was for Miss Lin and Mr. Lin this year. It should have been delivered earlier, but unfortunately he was busy with business and forgot for a while. Later, when we saw that we were going to Beijing, we simply didn’t ask anyone else. We just asked us to bring them.”

As soon as these words came out, the audience was silent.The smile on Wang's face was a little stiff.Sanchun glanced at Daiyu and Lin Nuo at the same time.This is for this year, that is to say, it was also given last year.How much stuff does two kids this age need?It should be noted that the monthly allowance of these girls' families is only two taels.This shot is 1 taels, not counting other things.There are still some dubious rumors in the partial mansion.Sanchun lowered her head one after another, looking at her nose with her eyes and her heart with her nose.It's just that the servants serving in the room couldn't help being stunned.

Xue Pan scratched his head in a daze at this scene, "But what did I do wrong? No, my father repeatedly told me to blame me. Before coming to Beijing, he asked me to go to Yangzhou. These are what Uncle Lin's father said to me. Said."

Mother Jia cast a sidelong glance at Mrs. Wang, sniffed, happy to see the result, and said with a smile, "That's right, you're welcome, my lord."

Xue Pan breathed a sigh of relief, and then said: "The list of things is all there, and I will leave it to Miss Lin to deal with it later."

Daiyu got up and thanked her.

Xue Pan said again: "In addition, Uncle Lin brought a few people with him this time. Two of them were given to the girl when Mrs. Jia passed away. Uncle said that these two people also served Miss Lin for a while at that time. Uncle Lin naturally knew about Jia's family. There must be no shortage of people to order, and the old lady will definitely not lose her grandson and granddaughter, but after all, considering that it is the girl's habit, and secondly, it is from Mrs. Jia's side who went first, so she sent it to Miss Lin. The other two are foster nuns that Uncle Lin found."

Because he was talking about Daiyu, Xue Pan couldn't help turning his body half sideways, facing Jiamu and Daiyu.It's also a rule to keep your head down and not face Daiyu directly.

"Uncle Lin said that it's time for a young girl to ask a nanny to help her. It's just that this nanny is not easy to find. He only got these two, but he couldn't find one for all the girls in the mansion. I feel quite sorry.”

Sanchun even said he didn't dare.Mother Jia was startled, she and Wang looked very unhappy.It seems to say that they are neglected.

Xue Pan only felt that the atmosphere was getting weirder and weirder, so he turned his head and glanced at Xue Biao: What's going on?

Xue Biao suppressed a smile, he felt that because Lin Ruhai knew Xue Pan's temperament, he told him these things and asked him to do this.If it were any other shrewd person, I'm afraid they wouldn't do it under the watchful eyes of the public, and they would say it differently, or change the occasion.And Lin Ruhai obviously wanted Xue Pan to slap him in the face.

Xue Biao didn't answer, Xue Pan had no choice but to take out two more letters from his bosom to Lin Nuo. "One is from Uncle Lin to you and Miss Lin. The other is a recommendation letter to go to Yanshan Academy. Uncle Lin said that although he is not by your side, the Lin family is a scholarly family, and your studies must not be neglected. He also The dean of Yanshan Academy has informed you. But you have to go to the entrance examination yourself. And let me tell you that from today onwards, you will close your door and study hard, and let Miss Lin supervise you. If you fail the exam , I look good with you."

Having said that, Xue Pan silently wiped away tears for the young Lin Nuo.It looks good with you!Xue Pan couldn't help but think of the consequences that would come true every time his father said such words, he shivered unconsciously, and suddenly felt a sense of sympathy for Lin Nuo.However, he felt that this person with the same disease and sympathy had a happy face when he heard this.

Xue Pan was stunned: This child, must he be stupid!Yanshan Academy, how difficult the exam is, if you fail the exam, you might be beaten to death.And even if you pass the exam, the severity of the academy is hell on earth.Xue Pan felt that Lin Nuojubi was out of his mind, or that he was too young to understand the meaning of this at all.In turn, he felt that he was the one who was stupid. He had to take the test for what Lin Ning had just posted yesterday!I can't even take care of myself, and I still have time to worry about others!

Seeing Xue Pan staying there like this, Xue Biao felt that he might not be able to recover for a while, so he could only step forward and pat Lin Nuo's head. "Don't worry. You are still young. Even if you take the exam, it is also an introductory class for the exam. The questions will not be too difficult. Uncle Lin asked someone to summarize all the exam questions over the years. As long as you can understand them thoroughly, you will not be too difficult." How big of a problem will there be. In the first month of next year, your brother Pan and I will also take the exam. If you don’t understand anything, you can come to Xue’s residence and ask us.”

Xue Pan touched his nose in embarrassment and smiled, just ask him something.

Lin Nuo's eyes lit up, and he should be cute.His heart is burning right now.Jia's family asked him to go to ethnology, but he still couldn't do it.But because of the way he learned from the family, he can only pretend to be sick and lazy every day, so he might as well learn from his sister at home.It's all right now, he can stay open and aboveboard and study at home.He could still take his sister with him, so that Baoyu had a ready-made excuse to come to her sister.After all, my sister wants to "supervise" him.Especially, if Jia's mansion cannot be avoided, he can still take his sister to Xue's mansion.He can ask about homework, sister?Anyway, my sister and Xue's sister are friends, so we can go play.

Well, such a happy decision.

However, Mother Jia frowned a little over there, "If you ask me, my uncle is too strict. Brother Nuo is not yet seven years old."

Xue Biao smiled faintly, "Each family has its own rules. The Lin family has been scholarly for generations, and Uncle Lin was born in Tanhua, so it is inevitable that he has stricter requirements on his heirs. Besides, it's not like we can't afford to study in a family like ours. Who doesn't Started at the age of three or four, and started school at the age of six? Uncle Lin also said before that it was his fault that he was in Yangzhou for not caring so much, otherwise he should have let Nuo go to school."

The corner of Lin Nuo's mouth curled up. He felt that he liked the two Xue brothers more now.

With this remark, Mother Jia couldn't say anything more.In particular, Xue Biao said that each family has its own rules. Even though Jia's mother has a high status in the Jia family, she can't control the Lin family's family rules.

Mrs. Wang was a little moved, and glanced at Baoyu, "Baoyu is also ten years old."

It was just such a sentence, but everyone could hear the implication.Xue Biao pushed Xue Pan, and Xue Pan hurriedly said: "Auntie, don't worry. Uncle Lin said it before. If Baoyu wants to, he can go. Not only Baoyu, but also cousin Huan and Cousin Cong in the house. Lan'er, you can go as long as you want. The Yanshan Academy's assessment in the first month of the year is tested according to different age levels. He has also sorted out the test papers. Let everyone have a look at that time."

This means that the materials are complete and can be given to you, but you need to test yourself.He will not contribute.Mrs. Wang hesitated, if she wanted to take the exam by herself, what would Lin Ruhai say!Don't they take the test themselves?Mrs. Wang didn't pay attention to the information compiled by Tan Hualang.In her opinion, this thing might be able to buy it with money.

Lin Nuo clapped his hands, "That's great. Cousin Baoyu and Cousin Huan are older than me, so of course they did differently from me in the exam. Lan'er is about the same age as me, and we can study together when the time comes." If you pass the exam, you can still go to school together."

This remark removed the saying of willingness or not, and made a direct decision.In this way, Lin Ruhai's words come first, and Lin Nuo's words follow.No one in the Jia family could say that Jia Huan and Jia Lan should not be allowed to take the exam.It's just that whether they can pass the exam depends on their abilities.

After the matter was finished, Xue Pan and Xue Biao were strangers, so it was not good to stay here, especially since there was a house full of children and dependents, so they got up and said goodbye.Mother Jia lost her interest, and let the girls go to play, and let the two sisters Wang and Aunt Xue go to whisper.Only then did he start to coax Baoyu, who was anxious because he heard that he was going to study for an exam.