Red Mansions Circle of Friends

"Five?" Nan Sheng took the five personal information that Lin Ruhai handed over, blinked his eyes and tilted his head to look at Lin Ruhai, where are the ten handsome men that were agreed upon?

How did Lin Ruhai know what Nan Sheng was slandering, and when Nan Sheng received the information, he told Nan Sheng his plans one by one.

When he planned to accept ten male disciples, he never thought that ten of them would be unmarried students.

Not only did he never think that ten of them were all unmarried, but Lin Ruhai also focused on their ancestral home and where they live now.

After he left, Daiyu would follow Jia Lian back to Rongguo Mansion, and would live in Kyoto for several years.If Nan Sheng married in the south of the Yangtze River, there are two places separated by thousands of miles, and if there is anything that is far away, she will not be able to quench her thirst, and she will be beyond her reach.

Therefore, when he chooses a husband-in-law for Nansheng, he must choose someone from the capital or near the capital.

After he left, Daiyu could rely on Rongguo Mansion, but Nansheng had no natal family to rely on.Therefore, it is best for these ten male disciples to be older and married.

His female relatives can take care of Nan Sheng, and can also teach Nan Sheng the experience of being a wife and daughter-in-law to a certain extent.And older male disciples can also support the newly emerging realistic painting school.

The choice of a married male disciple depends not only on his own ability, comprehension and conduct, but also on the character and background of his wife.And one is not enough, at least three are needed.

There is a proverb that goes like this: "One monk carries water to drink, two monks carry water, and three monks have no water to drink." "Lin Ruhai has been an official for many years, and he has seen the world and people's hearts, so it is not surprising to think about it.

Besides these three, for the remaining seven, Lin Ruhai chose two more children from prominent local families in the south of the Yangtze River.These two people are well connected, temperament and savvy are the best choices.It's just that there is no difference in age from Daiyu.

One is to leave a way out for Daiyu, and the other is that these two are from the south of the Yangtze River, and the Lin family is originally from Gusu.

Not to mention, the cold food during the Qingming Festival every year will not make his tomb lonely and no one will worship and clean it.

Furthermore, these two people are extremely talented in reading, so they may not be able to become officials and enter the cabinet in the future.It is also a blessing for Yu Nansheng and Daiyu to have such a promising fellow apprentice.

The most important thing is that if these two are good, Nan Sheng and Dai Yu will get help.If something bad happens in the future, no one can affect Nan Sheng and Dai Yu.

After all, he has died of illness, and Nan Sheng and Dai Yu are boudoir women, so the so-called senior brothers are not within the scope of Jiuzuhe's involvement

The remaining five people, some came from farming and studying families, some came from sidelines of the family, some came from commoner families, some came from three-generation merchant families, and some came from humble official families.

Some of them are talented in painting, some are mentally flexible and clever, some are steady and generous in speech, some are excellent in poetry, calligraphy and painting, and have a scholarly loyalty, and some are world-savvy but unsophisticated.

These five people all have one advantage, that is, they are all about the same age as Nan Sheng, and they live in the capital city or near the capital city.In terms of character, no flaws have been found so far.

Lin Ruhai decided to choose one of the five disciples to be Nan Sheng's son-in-law. If Nan Sheng didn't choose the last one, one of the five would be replaced.

In fact, Lin Ruhai is very satisfied with these five people. Of course, if he hadn't been selected, he wouldn't have asked Nan Sheng to choose.But marriage is not a child's play, and Nan Sheng has a big idea, if he really decides blindly, maybe it will make Nan Sheng resist.

Alas, to put it bluntly, this old man still thinks that others dote on his children, but at the same time he wishes to dote on his own children even more.

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Lin Ruhai's way of thinking about problems has always amazed Nan Sheng.The sons of officials and eunuchs from such aristocratic families, it is estimated that the biggest failure in this life is to form a terrible marriage.

At present, Lin Ruhai either took the initiative or acquiesced to keep Baodai's marriage secret, because Lin Ruhai himself was not satisfied with this marriage, and he didn't publicize it in order not to damage Daiyu's reputation when there is another way out in the future.Daiyu marrying Baoyu is a choice that guarantees a good harvest.

In the original book, Lin Ruhai sent Daiyu to Rongguo Mansion for education. Daiyu had no one available around her, so she couldn’t communicate with Lin Ruhai all the time. what's the situation.

Now that Nan Sheng recorded life in Rongguo Mansion as realistically as her super-realistic painting, even if Lin Ruhai hadn't seen Daiyu's life in the capital, he still knew everything about Lin Ruhai's people and houses.

Then Lin Ruhai did not report any hope to the Ningrong and Rongfu.

Sooner or later this home will come to an end.

It's either that I killed myself, or that I fell into despair at the end of the day.

But with Lin Ruhai's vision and experience, the current state of Rongguo Mansion should last for more than ten years.

In other words, if it hadn't been for Yuanchun Shengqin who had exhausted all the property and luck of Jia's family in advance, maybe the ending of Rongguo Mansion would really be as "Jia persisted" as Lin Ruhai thought.

It's a pity, but I just made a concubine, saving my relatives

"Uncle, I don't want to get married yet." After a pause, Nan Sheng pursed her lips, and then told Lin Ruhai what she thought, "I asked Dr. Zhang yesterday, and he said that as long as my uncle cooperates with the care, I can always support you." Until the end of the year. There is no unparalleled road, and maybe there will be another turning point in this year. I don’t know.” Both the doctor from the south of the Yangtze River and Zhang Shiyou who followed all the way from the capital are Chinese medicine practitioners.If Chinese medicine can't cure it, why not try western medicine, maybe there is a way to cure Lin Ruhai in western medicine?

"That's the case, you can't delay your age. If you delay it, you will miss the flowering period." The most important thing is that a good man will be picked away by others.

"I believe in destiny. I will never miss what is destined. On the other hand, if Uncle and Uncle choose a person with me, wouldn't they cancel the marriage for various reasons afterwards? To take a step back, even if the family agrees to this marriage, they have to agree on a date and set a date. If there is no one of the three matchmakers and six hires, it will not be a ceremony. It will be next year at the earliest."

Speaking of this, Nan Sheng lowered her eyes and changed the subject lightly, "What's going on in the mansion, I've mentioned it to my uncle more than once earlier. There's a pair of powerful eyes from top to bottom, and there's no good match Yes. Yu'er is only nine years old this year. She is not too old, she is not young. She has a simple temperament, her heart is as pure as glass, and there is no trace of dirt. How do you know that people's hearts are dangerous, and how can they deal with the wolves in that house?

She is naturally sensitive, has a delicate temper, and shows all her emotions and anger on her face. In addition, she will live a "noble" life in the future. When her uncle is away and I am not here, her life alone will not be as comfortable as before. .

Besides, if I get married, I won't see her a few times throughout the year, and the old lady loves her, so how can I go over my own grandchildren?Wouldn't the situation be more difficult if it was crossed?She is carrying a rare treasure and hiding a big secret, so my uncle can rest assured that she lives there alone?Getting married now may not be a good way out for Yu'er and me.I'm worried that Yu'er won't be able to keep the secret, and in the end it will kill her own life. "

As for herself, Nan Sheng is not worried about this.

Nan Sheng's words really touched Lin Ruhai's heart.It was not that he was not worried about Daiyu's situation living alone in Rongguo Mansion.But thinking about one third of the Lin family's property was brought by Jia Lian to the Lin family, in view of those properties, the Rongguo Mansion shouldn't treat Daiyu too badly for a while.

As long as Daiyu is given a time to grow up, Lin Ruhai believes that his daughter will not let him down.Of course, Lin Ruhai's determination can be seen from Nan Sheng.

One must know that when Nan Sheng came to the Lin family, she was only about ten years old.

At that time, Nan Sheng could send people thousands of miles to Yangzhou to ask for help when she lost her mother.It is not because Lin Ruhai boasted that when she came to Yangzhou, she was able to hide it for many years while she was pregnant with a rare treasure. Although Daiyu was not as stable as Nansheng, she was much better than Nansheng in terms of intelligence.

Nan Sheng could fight a way out in such a situation, how could Lin Ruhai not trust her daughter.

"That's different. The Qiao family has a lot of troubles, and I have experienced it. There are only two elders in the Lin family, you and your aunt. When I first came, Yu'er was only four years old, like a glutinous rice dumpling. I love her like a sister, She respects me like an elder sister. Don't mention how my uncle treats me. My aunt is generous and virtuous. She treats me politely and kindly. She never cares about food and clothing expenses. Don't mention my responsibility for upbringing, as long as there is a chance to leave the house , and will try every means to take me out to see the world.

It is also sending people away, but there are few Lin family members, there are few right and wrong, and the servants abide by the rules. It is a rare and quiet place.But Rongguo Mansion is a place of right and wrong.In the past two years, I have watched with cold eyes. Although the intrigue in the mansion does not seem to be killing each other, it is still full of gunpowder.

The old lady controlled the Rongguo Mansion, pulling one and hitting another, playing the balance of power in court.The old and the young in that mansion are disorderly, the eldest and the second house are fighting openly and secretly, although the brothers have not fallen out, there is already a faint danger of brothers fighting against each other.The three girls in the family are all about the same age as Yu'er, and there is also a cousin girl from Xue's family who also lives there."

In short, don't use her as a standard for Daiyu, that's the rhythm of killing people.

Lin Ruhai: ""

Starting from reality, Nan Sheng told Lin Ruhai how unreliable it is for her to marry now. Lin Ruhai was vigilant, but felt that Nan Sheng was a bit alarmist.

Lin Ruhai is also a person who has gone through court debates, communicated with various people, and talked meaningfully. Nan Sheng started from practical difficulties, while Lin Ruhai started from looking forward to the future.

From Lin Ruhai's point of view, there may be certain uncertainties in getting married now, but it cannot be delayed until Daiyu becomes an adult.Although he is Daiyu's biological father, he can't delay Nan Sheng's flowering for Daiyu's good.

Another one, only if Nansheng marries well can Daiyu's life be more assured.So Lin Ruhai, after fully considering what Nan Sheng said, still hoped that Nan Sheng would pick out a marriage partner first.After that, Lin Ruhai already had a mind about how to operate it.

In fact, to put it bluntly, what can Lin Ruhai care about.He just wanted to help Nan Sheng get married first, and then ask Nan Sheng to stay with Daiyu in Rongguo Mansion for a year or two in the name of keeping his filial piety.The period of filial piety for uncle and nephew was not long, and when Nansheng was out of filial piety, Daiyu was a year or two older, so one of them could live alone, and the other could get married without worry.

Two do not delay.

As for the selected scholar, Nan Sheng is not only your junior sister, but also your master's niece, and she still obeys the filial piety of your tutor. Is it a matter of waiting two years for the marriage?

That's okay.

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Nan Sheng couldn't say no to Lin Ruhai, and felt that there was room for change in this matter.So she looked carefully at the five 'marriage resumes' Lin Ruhai gave her just now, picked the oldest one from them, and told Lin Ruhai.

In fact, she doesn't need to know how good that person is, she just needs to know that he is older than her.

In this era, there are three kinds of unfilial piety, not to mention having no offspring, and it is an era that advocates early marriage and early childbearing.

The family is getting older, Lin Ruhai's uncle is gone, she is still a filial piety, and she can't wait to get divorced.Retiring the engagement for this reason will not hurt each other's face too much.

Nan Sheng still thought of this matter too simply.

Unless the best interests come first, Nan Sheng will not be dismissed because of filial piety just because of Lin Ruhai's face.

Brothers and sisters from the same sect, if they did too ugly, they might get a reputation of being ungrateful.But if Nan Sheng behaved inappropriately or damaged his reputation, that would be another matter.

But these are all things to say later, although I know in my heart that the day when the coffin will be finalized, everything is inseparable from ten thousand and one case.

After the matter was temporarily settled, Nan Sheng returned to her yard.Lin Ruhai, on the other hand, was preparing to send out assignments to teach trivial matters, and at the same time was preparing to move and relocate to handover with the newly sent Xunyan Yushi from the court.

I don't know if it's because of the imminent death of a person, Lin Ruhai mostly only seeks to be safe, and doesn't dare to take chances anymore.

It's not that Lin Ruhai didn't think of dying in office at the beginning, but he left the tea to cool off. What he did would not help the girls, and might even harm them, so Lin Ruhai resigned early due to illness.

The patrol salt censor has a lot of power, but he is still a fat job.Among them are many unspeakable conventions and well-established rules.

No accident, everyone is good.Once something goes wrong, someone has to take the blame.Worried that all kinds of scapegoats would appear after his death, so that he, a dead person, would not be able to defend himself, Lin Ruhai made the handover seriously, and properly kept the handover documents signed by several parties during the handover.

Except for the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of Households, Yangzhou Xunyan Yushi Mansion and Yangzhou Government Office have left handover documents in necessary places. Just in case, he also kept a copy in his hand.

Moving is not a small project, but fortunately, the Lin family's current property is only one-third of the original.With the help of the housekeeper and others, Nan Sheng and Dai Yu quickly packed everything and transported it to the Lin family's private residence in Yangzhou City.

The house was well tidied up, not smaller than the inner house of Xunyan Yushi's Mansion.

When they moved, Nansheng and Daiyu stayed inside, while Jia Lian took people outside.It doesn't matter what is in the house, how can Jia Lian, who is making money in the frying pan, have no idea.

As long as he has the numbers.

These days in Yangzhou, Lin Ruhai has a little understanding of Jia Lian.

Short-sighted, with the dandy habits of the children of aristocratic families.She is lustful and greedy for money, but she is not a fool who acts recklessly and willfully.There is still a bit of kindness in his heart, and he also has the ambition to achieve success, but he is not very talented, and he is not willing to endure hardships to make a living.

After tentatively introducing Jia Lian's contacts a few times, Lin Ruhai discovered some advantages and disadvantages of Jia Lian.

The advantage is that he is good at dancing with long sleeves, and he has a great style of socializing and entertaining.But the disadvantage is that he holds his own identity and has high eyes but low hands.

In the end, Lin Ruhai realized that this was a mediocre person who was guarding the old glory of his ancestors and refused to make progress. He only wanted to rely on his ancestors but did not want his descendants to rely on them.

Thinking that this is the eldest grandson of the head of the Rongguo Mansion, and thinking of Baoyu and others that Nansheng mentioned, Lin Ruhai couldn't help wondering whether the Jia family only focused on raising their daughters?

Thinking of his dead wife, and then thinking of his two uncles, Lin Ruhai, fell silent.

Forget it, with such a person in Yangzhou, he can save a lot of worry.Just, let's do it first.

Daiyu and Nansheng lived in the backyard of Lin's private house.Lin Ruhai and Jia Lian lived in the middle courtyard, and the front courtyard became a place for hospitality and teaching of realistic painting.

At this time, men and women are heavily guarded against each other. For the sake of Nan Sheng, Dai Yu, and a few girls from good backgrounds who came to learn painting, Lin Ruhai specially asked people to renovate the place where the students study.

A very large wing room is separated from the middle by a thin wall made of bamboo mats. The bamboo wall is as tall as an adult man's body, and the upper part is hollow for ventilation.

The curtains are not completely plain, and the printed and dyed ink landscape is full of Analects

Lin Ruhai's case is at the front of the wing. He is old, he can be considered a dying person, and he is also a mentor, so there is no need to shy away from men and women.He sits at the front, where both boys and girls can see him.

Male students sit and listen to lectures in the outer part, while female students listen to lectures in the inner half.After class, the female students left the front yard directly through a specially opened door over there, and entered and exited through the side door of the female relatives in the back yard.Male students can only stay in the front yard, and can only go through the side door in and out of the front yard.

So even Nan Sheng's prospective fiancé, who was valued by Lin Ruhai and hinted at it, and wrote a letter to ask the elders in the family to come to say goodbye, was separated from Nan Sheng by a bamboo mat wall, and had never seen Nan Sheng.

The man was still a little curious, but Nan Sheng didn't take that senior brother seriously.Recently, all her attention has been on finding Doctor Xiyang and the junior sisters who accompanied Daiyu to get acquainted.

In the choice of male disciple, Lin Ruhai used great patience and considered all aspects before making a decision.As for the female students, although Lin Ruhai also used his thoughts, most of his thoughts were spent on the family life of these female students' father and brother.

There are very few girls in this world who have the opportunity to learn painting, so the girl sent by her father and brother is also the daughter of a local gentry.

Lin Ruhai chose female students because he didn't want Nansheng and Daiyu to stand out too much, and he also wanted to protect Nansheng thoroughly.

If Nan Sheng is not the only girl who can draw, then Nan Sheng is not the rafter.The risk is greatly reduced.

Another girl has a good family background, as long as there are no accidents, they will be daughters-in-law of famous families in the future.Make more contacts, Yu Daiyu and Nansheng will benefit and do no harm.

After all, most of Nansheng's marriage has been settled, Daiyu anyway, Lin Ruhai is very dissatisfied with Baoyu.

Jia Lian has been staying in Yangzhou, the purpose of his stay, well, the main purpose is to wait for Lin Ruhai's funeral.

So every time they see Jia Lian, Daiyu and Nansheng feel very complicated.

Nan Sheng has already received the letter from the capital, and also read the news in Shi Jiu's letter.

The Qingwen Taoist from Qiao's family has two talents, and with Jingxu's help, he has successfully made a name for Sister Feng.

After knowing the progress of Qing Wen's side, Nan Sheng thought about whether to use Qin Keqing's dream before she died to regain her sense of existence.

Finally, seeing that Jia Lian greeted Lin Ruhai on time and helped Lin Ruhai do some chores, Nan Sheng wrote another letter to Shi Jiu.

The contents of the letter reproduced the few words Qin Keqing entrusted to her dream on her deathbed.

Of course, it is impossible for Taoist Qingwen to call Sister Feng's son and aunt.So the tone and wording have been slightly changed.

There was Qin Keqing's dream before, and then Qing Wen's similar warning. After listening to Qing Wen's words, Sister Feng's face became serious.

Buying a sacrificial field, I understand this.

But what kind of happy event did Ke Qing and Qing Wen talk about about the family's upcoming happy event?

By the way, 'After the three springs, all the fragrances will be exhausted, and each of them must find his own door. 'What does that mean?

Looking up at Qing Wen who was wearing a Taoist robe, Sister Feng turned her head and gave Ping'er a wink, and Ping'er went to pick up a purse and handed it to Wen Qing with a tacit understanding.

"Second Grandma is kind, but she is ashamed of being poor and dare not accept it. Because there was an unresolved karma with grandma in the previous life, I came here to repay you in this life." Qingwen didn't take the purse, and just shook her head at Sister Feng with a profound look, "A few days ago Occasionally, I got a hexagram, but I didn't know what it was, and I was afraid that grandma would hinder me, so I rushed to tell you. The reason for it will take a few days to comprehend, maybe this kind of secret will have to wait for a better time, and I don't know."

Seeing that Qingwen confiscated the purse, Sister Feng turned her head to look at Ping'er again, and told her to pack up some things that people outside Fang would use and take them away with Qingwen later.

"Our master has been to the south for less than half a year," Ping'er went out, and when Sister Feng saw that there was no one else in the room, she said such a sentence without thinking.

Qingwen had been instructed before he came, and seeing Sister Feng taking the initiative to talk about it, he said with a smile, "This is indeed a good thing. When Pindao traveled to Yangzhou in the old year, he was lucky enough to meet a girl from the Lin family Duan's good looks are due to fate, that Miss Lin is actually a rare noble person."

"Your Excellency?" Thinking of Daiyu's situation and background, Sister Feng couldn't help raising her eyebrows in surprise.

"Family and everything is prosperous, grandma will figure it out just by thinking about it." Qing Wen stood up and smiled lightly, "Grandma and her complement each other."

Complement each other?

Hearing this, Sister Feng somehow thought of the old lady wanting to get closer.Could it be

Looking up at Qingwen, there seemed to be a questioning look in his eyes.The Qingwen Shiwai expert shook his head, "Don't say it, don't say it."

Sister Feng, who was fooled, nodded with a vague understanding, and then sent away Qingwen who didn't ask for anything in return.

Seeing the back of Qing Wen walking out of the yard, Sister Feng didn't want to feel that she had done good deeds in her previous life to meet such a good man who didn't expect anything in return.

How can a young couple not miss them after being apart for several months.But when Qingwen was sent away, when Sister Feng thought of Jia Lian again, her thoughts were emptied a lot.

Although the young couple separated from each other because of the Lin family's affairs, for the sake of "complementing each other" for a long time, it's nothing.so--

Lian Er, come on!

It was just like this, on a very ordinary day in their respective busy days, the old emperor announced his abdication in public early in the morning.

This news was like a drop of water falling into a pan of oil, and it exploded in the hearts of the people in the capital.

Lying on the grass, the dark horse is out of the circle~