The Founding of the Red Chamber

Frightened, Lin Jingchu was beaten, looking for business opportunities, Xiaosan returned home

Lin Jing's school schedule followed the imperial court's schedule, one bath every ten days.

The Lin family is rich and powerful, and when the children grow up, they will have their own births.Lin Jing knew these things well, and even Lin Jing studied, most of them used it as a way to dispel condemnation.He did well in reading because he was talented and intelligent. If he said he was hardworking, it was far from being able to talk about it.

Today's Lin Jing has not yet realized the most profound benefits of books.

Therefore, Lin Jing rarely came to Shu Jingyun's place on rest days.

Shu Jingyun did not expect Lin Jing to come, he was practicing swordsmanship in the courtyard.

The dog days have passed, and it is still summer after all. Shu Jingyun's green shirt has been stripped off, and her upper body is naked. There are countless sweat stains along that elegant face, slender neck, and solid chest, leaving behind slightly reflective sweat stains.

Shu Jingyun has no concubines and maids beside her, only a book boy who has been with her for many years, so there is no one guarding outside the courtyard, Lin Jing did not let anyone know, pushed open the gate of Shu Jingyun, and saw such a scene, standing at the gate of the courtyard , momentarily forgot to respond.

Lin Jing used to practice boxing and kicking when he met Lin Yimu in the past. The Lin family started out with military exploits. What's more, the Yilin family is now rich and noble, and the children are also both civil and martial arts. Lin Jing, who cannot practice martial arts due to physical reasons, is completely an exception. .Even Lin Jing, seeing Lin Yi's majestic and majestic boxing, is not envious.In Lin Jing's mind, his elder brother is already a rare talent.However, seeing Shu Jingyun practicing sword at this time was another kind of shock.

Shu Jingyun has always been handsome and peaceful. He has never seen Shu Jingyun so wild and flying with a sword in hand. Thinking of Lin Yi's saying that Shu Jingyun is both literary and military, Lin Jing still didn't believe it. Now... Lin Jing was stunned for a while, but Shu Jingyun was Noticing his arrival early, seeing Lin Jing standing stupidly at the door, Shu Jingyun became playful for a moment, he touched the ground with his toes, his tall body rose into the air, and stabbed Lin Jing straight with his sword.

The little servant Qingyun standing behind Lin Jing was bloodless, and wanted to rush forward to the savior, but found that there was no strength between his legs. on the ground.Lin Jing, on the other hand, stood calmly and calmly at the door with no expression on his face, even Lin Jing didn't even blink his eyes.The sword stopped suddenly at Lin Jing's throat, Shu Jingyun laughed, retracted the sword and praised, "You are indeed my disciple of Shu Jingyun, so brave."

Lin Jing rolled his eyes and glanced at Shu Jingyun, his cold body gradually warmed up, and his heart started beating wildly.How dare he be so brave, he was almost scared to death by Shu Jingyun, okay?However, Shu Jingyun didn't realize that he was completely immobilized in fright, and thought that he was very courageous. Lin Jing has always had a big face, so naturally she would not correct this with Shu Jingyun.On the contrary, Lin Jing froze with a small face, and looked back at Qingyun. Seeing Qingyun's face pale and sitting on the ground, Lin Jing's lips curled up, and he scolded, "Look at this little courage, useless things, you will have them in the future." Dangerous, how can you count on your savior." Lifting his foot into Shu Jingyun's yard, Lin Jing asked, "Sir, you know swordsmanship?"

Shu Jingyun wanted to hold Lin Jing's hand, but Lin Jing avoided it, tilted his head, wrinkled the tip of his nose, and said critically, "It stinks, Mr. is full of sweat." Just kidding, he is still hands and feet Cold, Mr. Shu is proficient in medical skills, so he can definitely detect his strangeness.It was so easy for Lin Jing to show her superhuman courage, how could Lin Jing let Shu Jingyun find out the flaw.

Shu Jingyun knew that Lin Jing always liked cleanliness and was very particular about cleanliness, so she didn't take it seriously, she asked Lin Jing to play by herself, and she called the book boy to fetch water, wash up first, and then come back to talk to Lin Jing.

Lin Jing had already returned to his former color at this time, and Qing Yun also came in to serve, but his complexion was not very good, just now Lin Jing scolded him for being timid, Qing Yun was afraid that Lin Jing would get tired of him, so he became more respectful and careful.

Shu Jingyun even washed her hair, and now it's half-dry, and she scattered it behind her back. Fortunately, she changed into a long gown, and she has regained her former elegance and leisurely, and asked with a smile, "Why are you here when you have time?"

Lin Jing got up from the couch, and when Shu Jingyun sat down, he sat down with Shu Jingyun, and said with a smile, "If I don't come, I won't see you practicing sword. Sir, are you good at swordsmanship?"

Shu Jingyun glanced at Lin Jing with a smile, and said, "You don't know martial arts, so you don't know how good my swordsmanship is. Forget it, don't compliment me."

Lin Jing thought of Shu Jingyun's appearance when she was just practicing swordsmanship, so she was envious, sighed, and said, "Although I am a disciple of the master, but I am just a idiot who knows how to read, and the master's swordsmanship has not been improved. People know, it really has lost the reputation of Mr. Wenwu both civil and military."

Shu Jingyun could see through Lin Jing's thoughts at a glance, and smiled, "You can't practice martial arts yet, first get your body in order, and then learn two sets of boxing in the future to strengthen your body."

Lin Jing hurriedly asked, "When can I learn?"

"It depends on your health." Shu Jingyun always felt that Lin Jing came here for something, but Lin Jing was a big kid, with a tight mouth, and refused to say anything.Shu Jingyun had no choice but to go with him.

Lin Jing originally planned to have dinner at Shu Jingyun's place, but in the end, Lin Yi came and took him back.

In the end, Lin Jing earned a beating for his nonsense.

Lin Jingping was beaten for the first time in his life. He used to feel that he had a lot of backbone, at least he was a martyr who would rather die than submit. Besides, he didn't feel that he had done anything wrong.Lin Yi bullied him like this, he should die without begging for mercy, a man bleeds but not tears, but in the end... he was slapped twice on the buttocks, and Lin Jing immediately decided not to be a martyr. He dragged Lin Jing up from the couch.

Lin Jing moved his body up and down, wiping his eyes with thin fingers.

Lin Yi dragged him over, wiped Lin Jing's tears with a handkerchief, and said in a deep voice, "The reputation of a woman's family is more important than her life. If you talk nonsense like this, if people listen to it, Miss Chu can't argue with it. This life is over." As he spoke, he called for warm water.

Lin Jing raised his rabbit-like eyes, pouted and said, "I'm asking you, you won't tell me the truth. It's also said in the military book that soldiers never tire of cheating. If you tell me the truth, I won't cheat you either. It's you I was cheated out because I was careless and guilty. I did something bad and spanked my ass instead. It’s just unreasonable." Lin Jing was so wronged, sobbing and crying again.

Lin Yi was about to reprimand Lin Jing, when the maid's voice sounded outside, "My lord, the water is coming."

Lin Yi called the maid to come in, and Lin Jing jumped onto the couch with his little face facing inward, lying on his side as if nothing had happened.Lin Yi sighed helplessly, knowing that Lin Jing wanted face, so he sent the maid down, and tried the water temperature by himself, "Come here, wash your face."

Lin Jing twitched, Lin Yi wet the handkerchief, held the back of Lin Jing's head with one hand, and wiped his face clean with the other hand.

Lin Yi asked, "Are you aware of your mistake?"

Lin Jing twitched twice, shaking his small body, still unconvinced in his heart, and complained, "Beating is a trick."

Lin Yi wanted to hit him again right away, but seeing Lin Jing sobbing, thinking that he had only gotten better recently, and he couldn't beat him hard, Lin Yi scolded coldly, "I don't know how to repent yet!"

"Originally, I didn't go anywhere to talk about it." Lin Jing pondered, he had already been beaten, and he couldn't beat him back. This loss is for sure, but Lin Jing still didn't give up, raised his rabbit eyes and asked, "What's the relationship between you and Miss Chu?"

Lin Yi put on a cold face, Lin Jing went to grab Lin Yi's hand and said, "Brother, why don't you just tell me. If you tell me, I won't blame you for beating me."

Seeing that Lin Yi ignored him, Lin Jing took Lin Yi's hand, buried his face in Lin Yi's palm, and began to cry.

Lin Yi felt his palms were wet, and couldn't help feeling soft. He touched Lin Jing's head and said, "Why are you crying? A man should not shed tears easily."

Lin Jing took Lin Yi's hand to wipe away tears, and said with a flat mouth, "I'm afraid that big brother doesn't like me anymore."

Lin Yi said, "You are obedient, how could I not like you."

Lin Jing was very sad, and said, "Big brother wants me to be a fool, he must not like me anymore."

Lin Yi simply couldn't understand the structure of Lin Jing's head. If a child is not obedient, adults say one thing, but children don't.Lin Yi hadn't done anything yet, Lin Jing twitched and muttered in a very miserable voice, "I miss my mother, I miss my mother."

Although Lin Yi didn't have a son yet, he was sure that Lin Jing was the most difficult child he had ever met.

Lin Yi sighed, hugged Lin Jing in his arms and said, "Don't think about it, I'm just a direct brother like you, I don't like who you like."

Lin Jing put his arms around his brother's neck and asked, "Big brother really likes me?"

"like?"

"Then big brother, tell me, what is your relationship with Miss Chu?"

Lin Yi really suspected that Lin Jing was the child of Wang Batou in his previous life, so why did he insist on one thing?Lin Yi hugged Lin Jinglin on the couch, and sighed, "Don't be so suspicious. It's not a big deal. Even in the past, when I was discussing marriage, Miss Chu seemed to want to marry... But, It's long gone." Lin Yi said vaguely.

Lin Jing stopped sobbing immediately, stared at Lin Yi with big wet eyes, and said in disbelief, "Brother is so strict and always has a dark face, yet there are girls who like you!"

Lin Yi's face sank, and Lin Jing had a good reason, "Isn't it? You still beat people."

Lin Jing looked sensible and caring again, "If you had told me earlier, I wouldn't have guessed. Sister Chu is also pretty good, but she is not as good as my sister-in-law. Look, the clothes my sister-in-law made for me are all It's crumpled for you." Then he was worried about his clothes, and then Lin Jing said, "Since it's already crumpled, big brother should hug me more as an apology."

Lin Yi rubbed Lin Jing's little butt for a while, Lin Jing immediately screamed, Lin Yi's lips curled up slightly, Lin Jing said loudly, "Don't touch my butt, it hurts."

Lin Yi looked at Lin Jing's crying cat face, and smiled, "Wash your face again."

"Big brother help me wash."

"Wash yourself."

"Big brother wash it for me." Lin Jing spoke softly to Lin Yi, "As long as big brother doesn't fool me, I won't talk nonsense anymore." My butt still hurts now.Lin Jing always wanted face, so he insisted on not saying anything.

Lin Yi simply ordered his servants to prepare water and gave Lin Jing a bath.

Lin Jingsheng was small and thin. He was raised in the palace when he was a child, and he didn't spend much time in the sun. He was fairer and tenderer than a girl, and he didn't have any flesh on his body, except for his small buttocks, which had two faint palm marks on them.

"Big brother, wipe it gently for me." Lin Jing muttered, "Use a soft handkerchief to wipe it for me, don't use your hands, big brother's hands are as thick as hell, and they are very worn."

"Shut up, I won't wash you anymore." There are so many things to do with small arms and legs.

Lin Jing also stretched out his small arms like firewood, and asked ostentatiously, "Big brother, am I in good shape?"

Lin Yi was really speechless. He pushed Lin Jing's arm back into the bathtub, and heard Lin Jing say, "A Teng is practicing martial arts now, and he is almost turning into a black iron head. He was dumb at first, and he was stupid. Now he is dark. In the future I don't know which girl likes him."

Hearing Lin Jing mumbling for a while, Lin Yi wiped him dry, took him out of the bathtub, wrapped him in the quilt, and said, "Don't move around, it's freezing."

Lin Jing stretched his neck to look at the clothes sent by the maid, and said, "How do you get this set? I like the lotus color one."

Lin Yi said, "What's not to wear? It's not a girl who picks and chooses." Pulling Lin Jing out of the bed to put on clothes, Lin Jing said to Lin Yi, "If you can have more beautiful clothes, why wear them? very beautiful."

"Okay, my brother Jing looks better than Pan An, and he looks good in anything." Lin Yi said perfunctorily.

Children, tempers come and go quickly, Lin Jing pursed his lips in joy, and said modestly, "It's okay."

Seeing him enjoying himself, Lin Yi pushed him down, took off his trousers and applied medicine to Lin Jing.Lin Jing yelled, and gritted his teeth to show his strength, "It doesn't hurt, it doesn't hurt."

Lin Yi rubbed it on for him in twos and threes, and rubbed it again, which made Lin Jing scream, and pouted at Lin Yi, "It didn't hurt at first, so I asked my elder brother to rub it, it hurts to death." He hurriedly put his pants on Lifting it up, dexterously tied a butterfly belt with thin fingers, straightened the clothes up and down again, and asked, "Big Brother, where is Mianzhi?"

"Stuff for girls."

Lin Jing said, "Brother is really ignorant. In the Wei and Jin Dynasties, men used to put on makeup. I only use a little facial fat because I am afraid that the wind will ruin my face." As he said, he ran to look through the things that the maid sent him. After opening it, he found the facial fat box, Lin Jing opened it by himself, dug out a piece of fragrant facial fat, spread it evenly on his face, and raised his face and asked Lin Yi, "Brother, do you smell it, does it smell good? "

Lin Yi immediately made a decision, "I'll teach you how to practice martial arts when you get better in the future."

Don't make your younger brother a sissy.

Lin Jing's eyes lit up, he forgot about the beating earlier, and started talking to his elder brother about Mr. Shu's sword practice.

Grace Palace.

Mrs. Zhen was holding a ready-made garment, with her chubby belly sticking out, and said softly, "I am so grateful for your mother's protection. This servant knows that his status is low, so he dare not ask to see the empress dowager. This servant did it for her." I want to entrust my father-in-law to pass on a middle coat to the empress dowager. If you can honor the empress dowager a little, it will be a blessing for a servant."

Zhang Jia is the servant of the Mercy Palace, and has been the chief eunuch under the Empress Dowager Lin since he was young, seeing Zhen's respectful and polite words, he asked the little eunuch beside him to pick him up.Zhang Jia's voice was a little shrill, but the meaning could not have been more polite, "The servant will report back to the Empress Dowager. If there is nothing wrong, the Zhen Gong people can go back. Take good care of your body so that you can live up to this blessing."

When Zhen came out from the Leng Palace, she put away her former arrogance, listened quietly to Zhang Jia's words, bowed her head in greeting, and then turned around and left with the help of the servants who served her.

Early in the morning, Situ San got up early and helped Xue's family servant carry water and chop firewood. After Xue Chongde woke up, he took his younger brother to thank Xue Chongde again and again, and prepared to leave and go home.

Xue's family is a small family with only two courtyards, and the master and servant live in one place.Xue Chongde has seen these two brothers helping the servants to tidy up the yard. Although he doesn't like Xiaosan and Xiaosi from the countryside, after all, they are common people, and they are not slaves of your Xue family. Xiaosan and Xiaosi are so diligent However, it made Xue Chongde feel a little sorry, he cursed at the servant, and invited the two brothers to come in for dinner.

Situ San smiled, "Boss, it's nothing, we're used to doing it at home. It's our initiative to help, and it's nothing to do with Brother Qing and Brother Lan." The two servants of Xue's family were both helping in the pharmacy. One is Ah Qing and the other is Ah Lan. Ah Qing can read a few words and helps with bookkeeping.Ah Lan does most of the work, but these two are led by Ah Qing.Seeing Xue Chongde yelling at Ahqing and Alan, Situ San spoke to each other, and said, "I am very grateful to the shopkeeper for your kindness. I just want to ask the shopkeeper, there are still a lot of medicinal herbs at home. Bring and sell it to you?"

Xue Chongde's intention to stay with the two brothers was here, so he naturally agreed.Then, Xue Chongde stayed for dinner, but Situ San resigned bitterly and left, took Situ Si to buy two biscuits to wrap his stomach at the corner of the street, and hurried home.

Situ Si bit the biscuits and said, "Brother, why don't we have breakfast at Shopkeeper Xue's house, and we can save a meal." When they came out, they had to walk for two days on the road, and it was very hard work.Fortunately, the two brothers grew up in the countryside and have strong bodies. As long as they can fill their stomachs, they don't feel anything.Life was difficult since he was a child, and Situ Situ grew up as he grew older, and he became more thoughtful.

After leaving Xue's house, Situ San had no more scruples, and said, "When I went out to pee last night, I saw the girl serving leftover rice from the main room, all of which were white rice and flour. Xiaosi, you have to remember, if shopkeeper Xue really thinks highly of you We, must have asked us to go to the main room for dinner. They stayed us overnight, of course it is kind. However, kindness and respect are two different things. And this time the herbs were sold for a little more money, except for the travel expenses, the expenses are enough. We I'd rather spend a few extra copper coins than take advantage of others." Situ San was young and arrogant.

Situ Si nodded his head half-understood, and then asked puzzled, "Brother, didn't our family bring out all the herbs this time, where are the herbs at home?"

A trace of gentleness flashed across Situ Sanbanban's face, and he said, "Our family doesn't have any. There are many people in the village who go to the mountains to collect medicinal herbs. There will always be some. We collect medicinal herbs from other people's homes, and then take them to Jinling City to sell them to shopkeeper Xue ,it's the same."

"Oh." Situ Sifang understood, and said, "Brother, when I get home, I'll collect the herbs for you."

"Ah."