Reform from Jia She

"It's all trivial, not worth mentioning," Lin Ruhai smiled, and then asked, "Lian'er is now a scholar, can he take the title?"

"I never took the characters." Jia Lian was stunned for a moment, and smiled wryly, "Uncle also knows what kind of person my father is, he never thought of taking the characters for me, second uncle... I will go home after I pass the exam. My brother is very ill and has no time to take care of me."

Lin Ruhai frowned slightly, "You are going to take the exam, but you can't do without words. Since you come to study with me, I can be half of your teacher. I will give you one of these words. What do you think?"

Jia Lian was surprised and delighted when he heard the words, and bowed deeply, "Thank you uncle for giving me the words."

Lin Ruhai is his uncle and his elder, so it's okay to give him calligraphy, but his father is still alive after all, it's still a little unruly for Lin Ruhai to pass Jia Lian's father to give him calligraphy. , that makes sense.

"It's okay, I have no children. You are Min'er's nephew, that is, my own nephew. The whole family doesn't need to be outsiders." Lin Ruhai still longed for a son who could inherit the incense, but unfortunately the youngest son died young, and his first wife also died. He was too sad to think about his death. Although he had several concubines, none of them could bear him a child. He knew that Jia Min was not a jealous person. None of the concubines gave birth, so it was not on Jia Min's fault.

The Lin family was not well off, and it has been like this for several generations. Could it be that the first wife is jealous?

Jia Lian also knew about the situation of the Lin family, so he couldn't help but said, "Why doesn't my uncle adopt a child from a side branch? Not to mention that my cousin needs a brother as a backer, my uncle's branch is the first branch, and if the first branch is broken, it will be extinct." As soon as the words came out, Jia Lian felt that he had made a slip of the tongue.

Lin Ruhai is not a fool, can Lin Ruhai not think of problems that he can think of?If he speaks out like this, he might offend others.

But Lin Ruhai didn't get angry when he heard Jia Lian's suggestion, instead he became closer to Jia Lian, "Of course, I've thought about the issue of adoption. There are also children of the right age in the side branches, but no one can guarantee the adopted children. What will he look like in the future, and whether he can become Yu'er's support, and secondly, my Lin family is not prosperous, and I can't bear to take other people's heirs."

Jia Lian hesitated to speak, hesitated again and again, and persuaded, "Uncle, have you asked the relatives of the side branch about it? If they are willing to adopt, uncle is not considered an heir."

"Even if Yu'er doesn't have real brothers, doesn't she still have cousins? Doesn't Lian'er want to be Yu'er's backer in the future?" Lin Ruhai asked with a smile.

Jia Lian hurriedly explained, "That's not what I mean," he was afraid of being misunderstood by Lin Ruhai, "Although I can be my sister's backer, after all, there is a layer of separation. Although the adoptive ones are not from the direct blood, they are from the Lin family after all. Think about it again."

Lin Ruhai saw Jia Lian risking his wrath to persuade him to adopt him, he couldn't help being startled, he thought for a while, but still didn't reject Jia Lian's kindness, "Then I'll think about it again."

Hearing this, Jia Lian breathed a sigh of relief.

"Can Lian'er tell me why you persuaded me to adopt a child?" Jia Lian's expression changed so obviously that Lin Ruhai didn't need to think about it carefully to see the change in Jia Lian's expression after he agreed to consider it.

Jia Lian hesitated for a moment, not knowing whether to say it or not.

"Don't have any worries, just tell me, I won't be angry." Lin Ruhai smiled.

After all, Jia Lian still couldn't get over the hurdle in his heart, and with Lin Ruhai's encouragement, he said it outright.

"To tell you the truth, uncle, I came to study this time, one is because of my second uncle's suggestion, and the other is because of my cousin."

This made Lin Ruhai a little puzzled, "Because of Yu'er?"

"My uncle probably didn't know that the news of my aunt's death reached Beijing Middle School, and my grandmother originally intended to take my cousin to Beijing Middle School for education."

Lin Ruhai frowned, originally on purpose, that is to say, he changed his mind later, who changed his mother-in-law's mind?

If the mother-in-law wants to take her daughter to be raised in Beijing, he will never refuse. The daughter is still young and needs to be raised by female elders, otherwise she will be accused of being uneducated when she gets married in the future.

The mother-in-law is the wife of the Duke, Yipin Gaoming's wife, if she educates Daiyu, no one will be picky about Daiyu's marriage in the future.

"Don't dare to lie to my uncle. My nephew heard that my grandmother wanted to take my cousin to be raised in Beijing, so I advised my grandmother to wait for my cousin to be filial piety before picking up my sister." After a while, "Grandmother wanted to send a few servants to pick her up at first. Thinking that Yangzhou is thousands of miles away from the capital, it is too unsafe to send only a few servants to pick them up. The second cousin has only one relative left, her uncle, and now she has just lost her mother and brother, and she was asked to leave her only relative at a young age. For my cousin, I'm afraid it's not a good thing."

"Uncle also knows that I was also a father just now, and a father loves his own child. Although I have never met my sister, I also know that a child, living alone in Beijing as a sojourner, feels really uncomfortable. Nice."

Speaking of living under the fence, Jia Lian's mood was also a little restless.

He has a deep understanding of these four words.

Even though his father lived in the same mansion with him, he felt that he was dependent on others since he was a child.

At first Lin Ruhai heard that Jia Lian dissuaded Jia's mother, he was really puzzled, and felt that Jia Lian was a little reckless, but after hearing Jia Lian's heart-to-heart explanation, he also felt that his thinking was a little simple.

If Mother Jia really arranges a boat to pick her up, considering Daiyu's upbringing, he will really send Daiyu to the capital. Even if Daiyu is unwilling, he will persuade her to go. Daiyu has always been filial, she will will listen.

Her own daughter knows that Yu'er has deficiencies and has always been heavy-hearted. After Jia Min left, she was even more so, and fell ill. She really let her go to the capital alone to live a life under the fence, regardless of Jia's mother's treatment of Dai. As good as Yu is, it is impossible to take care of all aspects. At most, it can only solve Daiyu's upbringing problem, and I am afraid that it will not be able to take care of others.

Lin Ruhai let out a deep breath, "Lian'er has a heart."

Seeing that Lin Ruhai showed no signs of anger, Jia Lian breathed a sigh of relief. He was really afraid that his uncle would blame him for meddling in his own business. In fact, he also knew that for a woman who lost her mother, the problem of parenting is very serious, otherwise he would not He would say that he just postponed Daiyu’s arrival to Beijing instead of not taking Daiyu to Beijing. He also knew in his heart that for Daiyu, unless Lin Ruhai continued to marry a step-wife, Daiyu must be raised by a suitable female elder. And the best choice is Jiamu.

Because Daiyu's pro-grandmother passed away early.

"Uncle don't blame me for meddling in my own business," Jia Lian said.

Lin Ruhai smiled and said, "If it's just this, you probably wouldn't have specifically mentioned to me that I should adopt a child. There must have been other things that happened before you came to persuade me, right?"

"I also heard that Feng'er is my wife. She is in charge of the family's affairs now. I heard from the servants with a bad mouth. Grandma seems to want to marry her cousin for Baoyu." This is not fabricated by Jia Lian, but it is true its matter.

However, Mother Jia wanted Baoyu to marry Daiyu because of Daiyu's consideration. On the one hand, she really thought that Baoyu would have great promise in the future; I will not be wronged.

But Jia Lian did not agree with this point of view. Baoyu was definitely not the lover of his cousin Lin Daiyu.

Lin Ruhai was a little confused when he heard Jia Lian's words. He asked in puzzlement, "But Cun Zhou's second son who was born with jade? Baoyu?"

"It's him." Seeing that Lin Ruhai didn't seem angry, Jia Lian couldn't help feeling a little worried. Uncle had never met Baoyu, so he might not know Baoyu's true temperament. This one will be wronged by Baoyu, Baoyu is really their family's devil incarnate, not fake at all.

But he couldn't speak ill of Baoyu in front of Lin Ruhai, after all, Baoyu was the second uncle's only son now.

He thought for a while, lowered his eyes, and said, "But the second aunt prefers the cousin of the Xue family. The second aunt's sister married to the Xue family in Jinling and gave birth to a son and a daughter. This cousin heard that she studied since she was a child, so she only learned to study. Very good, the master of the Xue family sighed that he gave birth to a girl by mistake, the emperor intends to choose companions for the princesses and princesses, at the worst this year, next year at the latest, the Xue family should go to Beijing."

Lin Ruhai frowned upon hearing this, "How do you know that your second aunt is interested in a girl from the Xue family?"

If he hadn't had contact with Jia Lian and could tell that Jia Lian was sincere, he would really think that Jia Lian was a solicitor.

"My wife is the niece of the second aunt's family, and she is close to the second aunt. Of course, I heard her say this." Jia Lian said.

He shouldn't have mentioned these words if it wasn't necessary, but since Jia Lian came to study, Lin Ruhai was also interested in him, so he should return a gift, and since he knew about the struggle, he didn't want his cousin Lin to get involved.

Lin Ruhai raised her head slightly, "Your grandmother prefers Yu'er, and your second aunt prefers her younger sister's niece. According to you, you don't want Yu'er to have anything to do with Baoyu? Why?"

He has also heard of the famous name of Baoyu who was born with jade, and those who were born with jade have not been ordinary people since ancient times. If Daiyu can have this fortune, he will naturally not give up this opportunity.

But looking at what Jia Lian meant, it seemed that Baoyu was not a good match for Daiyu.

Jia Lian didn't say it directly, but he talked about so many other things, obviously to make him dispel the idea of ​​marrying Yu'er to Baoyu.

Speaking of this, Jia Lian frowned, and smiled wryly, "Second Uncle is kind to me, I can't blame Baoyu for anything, if Uncle is interested, he can send someone to the capital to inquire, I believe you will understand after inquiring."

As for the other things, Jia Lian didn't want to mention more.

His reminders would stop here at most, if Lin Ruhai still wanted to let Daiyu jump into the fire pit, he would have nothing to say.

"I'll send someone to inquire about it." It's about his only daughter, why doesn't Lin Ruhai take it seriously?

After gossiping for so long, Jia Lian saw that Lin Ruhai was tired, so he proposed to go to the guest room to rest.

Lin Ruhai didn't stop him and let him go back to the guest house.

After sitting alone in the study for a while, he called the housekeeper and asked him to send a few people to the capital to inquire about Jia Baoyu in the Rongguo Mansion, the more detailed the better.

The next day, when Jia Lian got up in the morning to greet Lin Ruhai, she never expected to see a pale young girl outside the courtyard, maybe she was that cousin Lin at this age.