[Red Mansion] Adopted daughter and child

It is impossible for Lin Ruhai to miss such an important day as Guiling's first day of school.

He asked his boss for leave early, and he accompanied his wife and children in the carriage early in the morning, and the whole family sent Lin Guiling to school together.

Because of the various regulations of Guozijian, many people have the impression that the best age to enroll in Guozijian is actually eight to fifteen.But in a scholarly family like the Lin family, each generation of children is enlightened early, and the age of enrollment is naturally advanced accordingly.

The Guozijian is not unreasonable. Considering that no matter how smart a five- or six-year-old child is, he cannot take care of himself in life, so he is allowed to bring a book boy or servant with him.

——Others do not have this kind of treatment, as long as they enroll in school, everything is self-sufficient.

But even so, there are still a small number of people who would send their children to the Imperial College to study at such a young age.

After thinking about it, Lin Ruhai decided to leave the careful Lin Da with Guiling to take care of her.

After the Lin family entered the Guozijian to register, they learned that among the students enrolled this year, there were only two students whose age was comparable to that of Guiling children.

One surnamed Zhou and the other surnamed Wu, both were the sons of ministers in the court.

It's just that Lin Ruhai has been in Yushitai Palace all year round, not only is he not familiar with these officials, but also has a little embarrassing relationship with other officials because of the frequent impeachment of officials.

But this year there are only three five or six-year-old children. Even if it is to prevent my son from having no playmates when he is in the Imperial College, he can only study alone. A father can still force a smile on this day. Enmity obliterated.

So several children were introduced to each other by their fathers and successfully played together.

After Lin Guiling and the two children got to know each other, as if offering treasures, she dragged the two little friends to her sister Lin Liu, pointed at her and said, "This is my sister, she is always good to me."

The two little friends glanced at Lin Liu, met her clear and lingling eyes, a little afraid to go forward.

Lin Guiling stretched out his hand and pulled him directly in front of Lin Liu: "Sister, they are my roommates who studied in the Imperial College, the tall one is called Zhou Xin, the thin one is called Wu Ming, and the fathers are our father's colleagues oh."

Lin Liu nodded: "Zhou Xin, Wu Ming, hello, I'm Guiling's sister, you can call me Sister Lin, and I will entrust the two of you to take care of him in the Imperial College from now on."

Although there is not much difference in age, Gui Ling is still the youngest of the three children.

The two children looked at each other, and immediately pursed their lips into a smile: "We will definitely take good care of Brother Guiling."

Guiling protested: "I am my sister's younger brother alone, not your younger brother!"

The two children ignored Guiling's protest at all, and cheerfully recognized Guiling's younger brother, and made up their minds to take good care of the youngest of the three, Guiling.

Lin Liu was very satisfied with this, and reached out his hand to take out three gold scorpions from his purse, and gave one to each of the three children: "This is for you as private money, after a month's vacation, you can use it to buy something you like. s things."

The three children are all young and haven't started receiving the moon silver yet, so naturally they don't have private houses.

The golden scorpion is not very rare, because it is small, and it is not worth much, but it is their own pocket money, and they can spend it however they want!

Not to mention Zhou Xin and Wu Ming, even Gui Ling, who has always been able to buy whatever he wants, got a pair of golden scorpions, his eyes became sparkling, as if he got some great treasure.

Then, Zhou Xin, a child who looked a bit naive because he was tall and fat, took the golden key in his hand and ran in front of Mr. Zhou, holding it up to show off: "Father, look, this is Sister Lin!" The golden pony you gave me. Last time you didn’t let me buy the little wooden horse, I can buy it myself, huh!”

After speaking, he turned his head and wanted to run.

In the end, Mr. Zhou lifted it and grabbed it by the collar: "You are a child, what are you doing with so much money? It's confiscated!"

As he spoke, he directly took out the golden locket from Zhou Xin's hand, put it in his belt and hid it.

Zhou Xin stared wide-eyed, looking at what happened before him in disbelief: "Father, Sister Lin gave it to me!"

Lord Zhou looked down at him: "You are still young and easy to lose, I will keep it for you."

Weekly salary: "..."

"Wow--"

Zhou Xin looked at his shameless father and cried angrily on the spot.

Gui Ling and Wu Ming looked at each other in blank dismay, they grabbed Jin Kezi and turned around and wanted to run away.

With quick eyes and quick hands, Lin Liu grabbed people one by one.

The two children turned around and found that it was her, they were not afraid, they simply hid under Lin Liu's hand, and quietly poked their heads out to look at their respective fathers.

Then I found that Master Wu seemed to be ready to move when he saw Master Zhou's movements, but he barely stopped his movements because of Lin Ruhai, who was as stable as Mount Tai beside him.

But in the secret place, Master Wu also made a gesture of spreading his hands towards Wu Ming.

Wu Ming was so frightened that he shrank directly behind Lin Liu, not showing his face at all.

On the contrary, Guiling, seeing that Lin Ruhai had no intention of taking away the golden key in his hand, simply stood beside Lin Liu ostentatiously.

Just looking at Zhou Xin's eyes, I feel a little distressed.

Lin Liu: "..."

She really didn't expect that the practice of "keeping money for children" was so prevalent in ancient times.She didn't even expect that the child Zhou Xin didn't have a long-term mind at all. He knew such a tradition, and he would dare to show off in front of his father with a golden scorpion.

Lin Ruhai gave Mr. Zhou a strange look, with a complicated expression on his face: "I didn't expect Brother Zhou to be so impoverished that he would not let go of his own children's money."

Mr. Zhou was embarrassed by Lin Ruhai, and he couldn't continue teasing his son, so he quickly waved him to the front, and returned the golden key to him: "See if you don't dare to hold your private house in front of me in the future." show off."

I don't know if your father is poor, so he has to secretly spend his private house?

A farce ended quickly, except that Zhou's father and son saw each other's noses in a short period of time, and their eyes were not eyes. The relationship between the three adults and the three and children has been brought closer.

At this time, Jia Zhu, who was also studying at the Imperial College, came over after hearing the news, saluted the three adults respectively, and walked up to Lin Ruhai: "Uncle Lin, I have been in class before, but I just arrived now, I hope uncle will not blame you."

After finishing speaking, he seemed a little embarrassed, and turned his head to look behind Lin Ruhai: "Didn't Aunt Lin come over today?"

Lin Ruhai shook his head: "Our whole family is here, but it's the first time for the two little ones to ride in the carriage, and they were shaken halfway to sleep. Your Aunt Lin is taking care of the two little ones in the carriage."

What's more, the Guozijian is full of men, and it is not convenient for adult women to enter.

Jia Zhu smiled: "It turned out to be like this. I said that Aunt Lin loves Cousin Guiling so much. How could she not send him here on such an important day?"

After finishing speaking, he turned to look at Lin Guiling, "Cousin Guiling, I am your cousin Zhu, do you still recognize me?" Seeing him nodding, Jia Zhu smiled and said, "I have also studied in the Imperial College for several years, I know everything about the plants and trees here, why don’t I take everyone to the Imperial College today?”

Lin Ruhai was stunned for a moment. He himself also studied in the Imperial College when he was a child, so he also knew about it.

The same goes for the other two adults.

But thinking that after so many years, there may be some changes in the Imperial College, and Jia Zhu is kind after all, and he came to see them just after class, so it would be hard to take away his kindness, so he asked the other two adults for their opinions After that, he nodded in response.

Jia Zhu was a little happy, and walked in front of Lin Guiling's hand: "There hasn't been much change in the Imperial College these years, but because the students who come to study are getting younger and younger, it's the time when they are growing up, and they are hungry quickly." , A small kitchen was specially added in the Imperial College, as long as a certain amount of food expenses is paid every month, you can have an extra lunch and supper every day."

Lin Liu walked beside Lin Ruhai, and nodded as he listened.

In ancient times, meals were not three meals a day, but two meals a day plus afternoon tea, so she was always hungry at noon every day.

Now that conditions are available, Lin Liu naturally doesn't want to wrong herself, so she always asks people to go to the kitchen to cook and eat when she is hungry.Over time, not only did the kitchen get used to making an extra lunch, but even the Lin family was brought by her to start three meals a day.

I heard before that after entering the Imperial College, she would not be able to come out for a month. What Lin Liu was most worried about was where Guiling would go for lunch——

I am used to eating three meals a day, so I may not be hungry at noon.

So this time he brought Gui Ling to the Imperial Academy to sign up for study. Lin Liu specially reminded Jia Min that in the luggage prepared for Gui Ling, food was the most stuffed.

Like all kinds of dried fruit, jerky, and pastries stored in various colors...

What's more, the kitchen was still experimenting many times under Lin Liu's suggestion, and finally got out such a big killer like instant noodles.

If it wasn't for the lack of suitable packaging materials, it would not be impossible to produce all kinds of modern snacks with the current energy of the kitchen gang.

When he first entered the gate of the Imperial College, the Lin family's large bags of luggage attracted the attention of many people.

But even so, Lin Liu was also worried about whether the food would be enough for a long-lived child to consume for a month.I also thought about whether to send him some food every once in a while.

Now that I heard that there is a small kitchen in the Imperial College, Lin Liu was relieved.

It's just that extra money is needed, and the Lin family is not short of food expenses.

Lin Ruhai was also happy when he heard that, and immediately asked Jia Zhu to take him to pay the money: "Your cousin Guiling is greedy and eats a lot. What our family was most worried about before was that he would be hungry when he came in. Now it's a big deal. not worried."

After all, he also suffered from starvation back then, and knowing how uncomfortable it was, he naturally didn't want his son to repeat his experience.

Because of this, Lin Ruhai's prejudice against Jia Zhu was a little less.

The other two adults were also like Lin Ruhai. When they were young, they often went hungry when they were studying in the Imperial College. Now that they heard the news, they naturally went to pay the money together.

Speaking of which, there is another funny episode——

When paying the money, Master Zhou kept looking in the direction of his son, as if he was thinking about the golden key held in the palm of Zhou Xin's child, so scared that Zhou Xin's child swished and hid beside Lin Ruhai.

When the incident happened, Lin Ruhai was still a little stunned, but Master Zhou immediately turned dark.

Seeing this, the others immediately burst out laughing.

The group went to the three children's dormitory to look again. After the dormitory was cleaned and the children's teachers were met again, the parents were about to leave the Imperial College.

When everyone came to the door of the dormitory, the three children seemed to realize something, and they all became teary-eyed, looking very pitiful.

But when it comes to their children's studies, parents throughout the ages will harden their hearts that were originally too soft for their children.

Lin Ruhai strode towards the gate of the Imperial College without any intention of looking back.

The same goes for the other two adults.

Seeing this, Lin Liu was helpless, and was ready for the next magic sound to fill her ears.

Unexpectedly, after a long time, the cry of the child has not been heard.She turned around in astonishment, and found three children sitting on the threshold, chatting with each other, discussing with great interest how to spend the golden scorpions in their hands after the holiday.

Lin Liu: "..." Worrying for nothing!

Jia Zhu sent the three adults all the way to the gate of the Imperial College, where he could no longer leave.

The other two adults left first, while Lin Ruhai stayed where he was, looking at the blue and black shadows under Jia Zhu's eyes, and said hesitantly: "I know that the young Mu Ai is really normal, but this kind of thing hurts the body, too much. You It’s also a good time to study, and reading takes up a lot of time every day, if you are distracted by other things, your body may not be able to bear it.”

As soon as the words fell, Jia Zhu's face flushed red.

Ever since he got engaged, the old lady and his mother each gave him a beautiful maid to serve him in the room. He tried to be fresh and really wasted a lot of time on matters between men and women.

But at the same time, he couldn't let go of his studies, so he always got up in the middle of the night to study.

After a long time, I really feel that my body can't bear it.

Jia Zhu is not the kind of person who doesn't know what to do. Although she is shy, she nodded: "Thank you uncle for reminding me, Zhu'er will remember."

Seeing that he listened to it, Lin Ruhai couldn't help but add another sentence, "The Rongguo Mansion started out as a military general. It stands to reason that you juniors can always be good at fists and kicks, regardless of your martial arts. The six arts of a gentleman are ritual, music, archery, Yu, books, and numbers, these are the right ways, and you will use them in communicating with people in the future, you have to practice them."

"Even if it's not for anything else, it's just for your body."

Lin Ruhai's body was not considered strong when he was young. His parents were always worried that he would not be able to endure the fatigue for a few days when he took part in the imperial examinations, so they let him practice swordsmanship and archery since he was a child. After a long time, his body has indeed improved a lot. On the way to the imperial examination, I also came back with a Tanhua.

Jia Zhu's body was originally very good, but she has been overstretching her body and studying all these years, and she looks a little weak, not at all as vigorous as a fourteen or fifteen-year-old boy, but a little more sluggish.

Jia Zhu was a little embarrassed: "My nephew knows that my uncle is doing it for my own good, but my father kept telling me to go back to my hometown to take the provincial examination next time, hoping that I would win the exam. I don't have enough knowledge, I'm afraid I don't have time to distract myself."

Lin Ruhai frowned: "In the end, your body is more important."

Jia Zhu smiled wryly: "The last time I passed the examination as a scholar, my father was very embarrassing in front of relatives and friends."

Lin Ruhai was dumb and could only shake his head.

After all, it wasn't his son.A father doesn't care about his son, so why should he care too much about it?

Talking too much today is just because Jia Zhu has been doing her best all day, and her heart is softening.

Shaking his head, Lin Ruhai taught Jia Zhu a few more study tips, and then took his daughter out of the Imperial College and got into the Lin family's carriage.

The twins lay in the carriage and slept soundly, but Jia Min kept looking out the window.

Seeing Lin Ruhai bringing her daughter up, she couldn't help but say, "The one standing outside the gate with you is Brother Zhu, right? How did you meet him?"

Lin Ruhai shook his head: "Where did Xu find out that Guiling was enrolling today, and he came here to guide us and introduce the situation in the Imperial College. I thought he was thin and thin, so I mentioned a few words, just to see his appearance, I'm afraid he won't be able to let go of his studies. "

Jia Min knew her second brother well, and knew that he loved saving face the most, so she couldn't help sighing: "It's a pity for the two children of the second room. It's hard to be with such parents."

After shaking their heads, the family drove back home.

Suddenly hearing someone shouting "Mrs. Lin" on the road, Jia Min froze for a moment, and hurriedly opened the curtain to look out.

But I saw a seven or eight-year-old boy in a red robe standing beside the carriage, holding a small clay figurine in his hand, looking at her with a smile on his face. Circle the edge.

Just looking at it gave me a warm feeling in my heart.

Jia Min immediately had a good impression of this boy, but for a while, no one asked, "Which family are you from?"

The young man didn't mind, and said openly, "Aunt Lin, forgot? Last time we met at the old lady Rong Guo's [-]th birthday banquet. I am the eldest son of Ping Nanbo's family, Ji Song, your name is My brother Song will do."

Jia Min suddenly said, "So it's you!"

Because the interaction between this child and Lin Liu was so funny at the beginning, even after so long, Jia Min still remembered the appearance of this child in his heart.

only……

She thought about the chubby little fat man back then, and then looked at how much thinner he was now although he was still a little chubby after being drawn.The facial features are also delicate and cute, and the young man is a little bit surprised.

After thinking about it, Jia Min turned around and called Lin Liu to his side: "This is Ji Song, daughter, do you still remember?"

Lin Liu glanced at Ji Song, thinking of the only contact, she nodded with the urge to roll her eyes: "I remember, long time no see, Brother Song."

Ji Song grinned: "When I looked at the family emblem on the carriage, I always thought it looked familiar. When I called it out, I was worried that I was calling it wrong. I didn't expect that my memory was correct, it was really the Lin family's carriage. "

As he spoke, he looked down at the clay figurine in his hand, and then walked to a small clay figurine booth under everyone's suspicious eyes.

Worried about the Lin family's carriage leaving, Ji Song turned around and shouted: "Aunt Lin, Uncle Lin, wait a moment, I have something I want to give Miss Lin."

Lin Liu looked at Ji Song's smiling face suspiciously, not understanding why he gave her something.

Ji Song lowered his head and said something to the vendor, then turned to look at Lin Liu, raised the little clay figurine in his hand and put it next to his cheek with a bright smile: "I think this clay figurine looks like me, so I want to send it to Lin Liu." You alone. Look, cute or not?"

Without waiting for Lin Liu's answer, he turned his head and whispered to the vendor, but he didn't know what he was talking about.

Jia Min was a little surprised: "Brother Song really has a heart."

Lin Ruhai, who had been silent beside him, said coolly: "Madam, you are joking, where is this intentional? It is clearly malicious!"

Jia Min didn't realize it at first, but after a while she looked at Lin Ruhai in astonishment, and burst out laughing, "Ruhai, you think too much, how old are Brother Song and little Qilin now? Eating, drinking, playing and reading take up most of their time every day, where do they almost know this?"

Although Lin Liu also felt that Ji Song's enthusiasm was a bit too much, he was also speechless to Lin Ruhai's words.

Just a kid of seven or eight years old, how can he know so much?

Sure enough, after Ji Song's clay figurine was finished, he handed the clay figurine to Lin Liu and waved at the Lin family: "I went to the Imperial College with my family to enroll in school today, but it's already a bit late now. Let's go first. Goodbye, uncle and aunt, and Miss Lin!"

After speaking, he rode on the pony and ran away.

It was as if he stopped the Lin family just to say hello.Even giving Lin Liu a gift was just a matter of whim and randomness.

This personality is good, no worries.

Lin Liu looked around, and saw the young man galloping on the street, dressed in red and smiling brightly.If it wasn't for the fact that the young man was too young, he wouldn't dare to run too fast when he sat down on the pony, but it really meant that he was so angry with his clothes.

Lin Liu smiled and looked down at the clay figurine.

Jia Min looked at the clay figurine and said with a smile: "Don't say it, this clay figurine really has the charm of a little unicorn, and its appearance is also five or six points similar. It looks cute."

Lin Liu directly sent the clay figure to Jia Min: "Does mother want it?"

Jia Min smiled and shook her head: "This is something Song Geer gave you, how can I get it?" But she looked at the clay figurine in Lin Liu's hand and really liked it so much, she thought for a while and said, "It's a pity that Guiling is now No, otherwise we can ask the master to make a small clay figurine for each of our family, and it will be stored away at that time, and it will be quite interesting to play with it every year."

After hearing this, Lin Ruhai asked the coachman to find the clay figurine master, and after a month's appointment, he came to make clay figurines for his family.

Jia Min put down the car curtain contentedly: "It's almost noon, let's go home and have dinner."

After returning home, Lin Liu put the clay figurine on the dressing table.

When the big maid saw it, she thought it was her beloved thing, worried that it would be accidentally damaged by the carefree little maid, so she quickly put it in the dressing box and put it away.

The next day, Jia Min called Lin Liu to the main room.

"Little Qilin, you are also getting old. According to your father's wishes, although you can't enter the Imperial College to study, he doesn't want you to waste your talent, so he wants to hire you a teacher."

Lin Liu froze for a moment, then nodded, "Yes."

Jia Min smiled and said, "I knew you wouldn't refuse. It's just that now, I have a disagreement with your father. What I mean is, you are a woman after all, so reading is naturally good, but there is no need to study the Four Books and Five Classics." .”

That's what she learned in Rongguo Mansion back then.

Lin Liu tilted her head, not understanding what Jia Min meant.

Jia Min explained: "I'm planning to hire a female gentleman for you to teach you to recite poems and compose Fu, and that's enough. But your father has a different idea. He thinks that since you have a talent for reading, you shouldn't waste it. So I want to hire a Jinshi teacher for you to teach you the Four Books and Five Classics and other books. According to your father, even if you can’t get a Jinshi, it’s good to hire a Juren.”

Lin Liu tilted her head and thought for a while, then said with a smile, "Mother, can't we invite two teachers? I really want to learn after reading the Four Books and Five Classics.

Anyway, now that there is more time, it is also a good thing to learn more skills.

Jia Min was a little surprised: "Aren't you afraid of being tired? Our original idea was that you only need to study in the morning and have fun by yourself in the afternoon. But if you invite the two gentlemen, I'm afraid you have to study all day long. Don't be idle."

Lin Liu nodded: "Not only do I want to learn the Four Books and Five Classics, piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, but I also want to learn about female red butlers, but female reds can ask the maids around me to teach me, and the housekeeper can also find my mother, so there is no need to specially invite a teacher."

Jia Min could feel Lin Liu's urgency to study. After hesitating, she finally nodded: "Then I'll go talk to your father and ask him to pay attention to whether there are any suitable teachers. I've paid attention to it a long time ago, Ms. After resigning from the current professor's student in a month, he will be able to work in the Lin family."

Lin Liu nodded: "Father's requirements are a bit high, and it's really difficult to find a suitable husband for a while."

Jia Min laughed: "He is like this, he pursues the best in everything."

After finishing speaking, Jia Min thought of another thing: "By the way, the maids around you are also getting older, and they should be released to marry people this year and next. What do you like about the character of the maids around you? Choose at the right time, so that you can filter it according to your requirements."

Maid...

Lin Liu frowned and thought about it, and said, "The maid chosen by my mother this time should be about the same age as me, right? Then choose the one who is talented in a certain area and can learn a skill."

"A skill?"

"Such as medical skills, embroidery, boxing kung fu, etc., it doesn't matter what, as long as it is useful."

This request is a bit strange.

Jia Min nodded: "I'll ask someone I know Yazi to ask, and I should be able to find someone who meets your requirements."

After this conversation, within half a month, Jia Min found four little girls who were not much different in age from Lin Liu.

They are all seven or eight years old, only one or two years older than Lin Liu.

The looks are not bad, and it can be seen that they are all beauties.It's just that when they stood in front of Lin Liu, they all bowed their heads and held their chests, feeling extremely cramped.

Jia Min put her arms around Lin Liu and pointed them out to Lin Liu one by one: "These two maids are sisters, and they don't have a proper name. It is said that the family has been calling each other. The older one has nimble fingers and eyes. You are also agile, you should have some talent in embroidery; the younger one is thicker, but stronger, you can learn some boxing skills, and can protect you in the future."

After speaking, he pointed to the other two little girls, "These two don't know each other. The one with the rounder face is called Chunlan, and the thinner one is called Cuihua. One is patient and the other has a good memory. They are both good seedlings. Studying or studying medicine, it must not be too difficult."

"These maidservants will accompany you to get married all the time, so you can choose the name yourself, and I, as a mother, won't do it for you."

After talking about the maid, Jia Min smiled and said: "I didn't find a suitable person before, so I didn't ask. Now that I have found someone, you have to tell me, little Qilin, why do you let these maids learn these skills?" ?”

What's the use of asking maids to learn these things in these days of peace?

For embroidery, there is an embroiderer who is specially raised by the mansion; if you are sick, you can ask a doctor, and people like them can even ask for an imperial doctor; for protection, there are nursing homes and guards...

There is only learning calligraphy, and you can occasionally write for the master.

But little Qilin is serious, and it doesn't seem like she is willing to ask a maid to help with her homework. According to her way of learning everything, she might have to practice more about homework in private.

No matter what Jia Min thought, she couldn't figure out the reason why her daughter asked the maids around her to learn these things.

Lin Liu smiled: "I just feel that the maids around me have special skills, which makes me feel more secure."

Those years when she was unable to protect herself in the last days left traces on her body.

If possible, Lin Liu even wants to learn medicine and martial arts by herself.

But in today's world, medical skills and martial arts are learned by low-level people. It is enough for people from high-ranking families to learn to strengthen their bodies and prevent problems before they happen. No one will let their children study these difficult and tiring things. , the ability to see no effect in a short time.

Lin Liu chose the next best thing, so she wanted the servant girl to learn from her.

At any rate, they will follow her for ten years, at least during this time, her safety is guaranteed.

Jia Min laughed helplessly, but still respected Lin Liu's opinion.

Lin Liu thought for a while, and named the four maids "Bi Chun, Liang Xia, Golden Autumn, and Nuan Dong".And according to their respective characteristics, let Bichun learn embroidery, Liangxia learn martial arts, golden autumn learn medicine, and warm winter learn cooking to cook medicinal food.

However, the four of them are still young, and now they are only leading the third-class maids.

What Jia Min meant was that the four of them should learn for a year or two first, and if they really have talents in this area, they will be promoted to the second-class maids, and they will be released to the current first-class maids in Lin Liu's room. After going out to get married, she naturally became a first-class maid.

During this period of time, the eldest maid can still take the four younger ones with her.

But if you don't have the talent in this area...

The four servant girls looked at each other and made up their minds that they must study hard and stay in the Lin family.

Half a month passed quickly.

Early in the morning, Jia Min asked her servant girl to wake her up to wash and dress up, and specially instructed her to dress more solemnly.

Lin Liu always got up early, so she didn't feel too uncomfortable, but just curious: "Why is mother so solemn today? But is there any guest here?"

The eldest servant girl smiled and said, "Miss, did you forget? Today happens to be the day when the lady invited by your wife will come to your door."

Lin Liu came to a sudden: "It turns out that the husband has arrived."

This really should be dressed up, otherwise it will inevitably make people suspect that she does not respect this gentleman, or that she is not serious enough to learn knowledge.

only……

"Do you know the identity of this gentleman? Or his previous experience?"

"Young lady is asking people." The big servant girl smiled, "The lady invited by Madam for you is quite famous in the capital. She was originally the eldest daughter of the Sheng family in the capital. , After getting married, I suffered a lot of time. Later, with the help of my family, I left my husband's house to practice in a temple."

Lin Liu was a little surprised: "Go to the temple?"

The eldest servant girl nodded: "Yes, I heard that many people thought that this gentleman was going to become a monk at that time. Who knows, it's just that the husband's family didn't want to reconcile, and they didn't want to give a divorce letter, and this gentleman didn't want to stay in the husband's house any longer. , I was also worried that going back to my natal family would bring gossip to my natal family, so I went to the temple altogether.”

"and after?"

"Later, bad news came around. Mr.'s husband had an accident and passed away. Ms. Ms. became a widow too. However, both Ms. Ms. and her family members were happy about this, and immediately released her from The temple took home.

At the beginning, there were some gossips, but after the nieces and daughters taught by the lady became famous, the lady became popular in the capital. "

After thinking about it for a while, Lin Liu guessed that Jia Min must have paid a certain price for inviting this lady gentleman for her.

Thinking of this, Lin Liu became more cautious towards this gentleman.

After meeting, Lin Liu found out that the lady Jia Min had invited for her was not only full of books, but also had a refined temperament, and her appearance was also quite outstanding.

Lin Liu was puzzled, such a good wife, how could her husband be willing to let her down?

When Mr. Sheng saw Lin Liu, he immediately fell in love with this little girl who looked like a white porcelain doll: "Is this the little unicorn you mentioned? White jade is the skin, gilt is the bone; black ink is the hair, and the eyes contain stars." She is really a precious little girl."

The key point is that this noble girl does not have the usual arrogance of other noble girls. Although her brows and eyes are distant, she makes people want to get closer.

Lin Liu walked up to Mr. Sheng: "Hi, Mrs. Sheng, I'm Lin Liu, and my baby name is Little Qilin."

Sheng Man smiled and said, "My name is Sheng Man, you can just call me Master."

Lin Liu is as good as a gentleman: "Master is good."

Sheng Man nodded and looked at Jia Min who was sitting next to him: "I accept this student, let's talk about the salary."

Jia Min laughed: "You, can I still make you suffer?"

Sheng Man reached out and took Lin Liu's hand, walked to the side and sat down before speaking: "You won't let me take advantage of you, but you won't let me take advantage of you. After so many years, I still don't know your temperament. ?”

Jia Min had no choice but to tell the treatment he had already thought about: "200 taels of silver per month, you will live in another courtyard, and the Lin family will be responsible for your basic necessities, food, housing and transportation, and the family will assign you two rough envoys. Of course, If you don't have any maids to serve, you can pick and choose all the well-trained maids around me, except Xinghua."

Sheng Man waved her hand: "It's not easy for me to use your maid, I will bring it myself."

Jia Min nodded: "I knew you hated it, so I didn't prepare it for you in advance. Do you have any other requests? If you have any dissatisfaction, just mention it. The two of us don't need to pay attention to those hypocrisy."

Sheng Man thought for a while, and really made a request: "Others are fine, only one point, my teaching time has to be separated from Lin Ruhai, and the servants who clean up my yard cannot be men. These men have always been stinky , I don't want to meet them."

Jia Min looked at her helplessly, but didn't say much after all.

Lin Liu was a little curious: "Did mother and master know each other before?"

Just as Jia Min was about to answer, Sheng Man who was sitting next to her stretched out her hand and gently pinched the flesh on Lin Liu's face. She waited until she drew her attention to herself before she let go: "Your mother and I both called each other back then. Not only do the two sisters of the capital know each other, but they are also well-known enemies."

Lin Liu was stunned: "Old enemy?"

It doesn't look like that either?

Sheng Man laughed, reached out to grab the dried fruit on the small table, and said while eating, "Isn't it that after we two got married, we both lived unsatisfactorily, so we were ridiculed by those who were not as good as us for many years? As time passed, the two of us developed a feeling of sympathy for each other, and our relationship got better."

Jia Min nodded: "I didn't have a good relationship with your wife before."

Although they are all well-known talented women in the capital, but one is from a distinguished family background, and the other has generations of Qingliu civil servants, and each circle is not in the same circle.There are few opportunities to contact, and they are always compared together. It is strange that the relationship can be good.

Sheng Man smiled and looked at Lin Liu: "If your mother hadn't written a letter to request this time, I wouldn't have come to the Lin family."

Lin Liu was curious: "Which family did the master teach the girls before?"

Sheng Man put down the dried fruit in her hand: "The only daughter of General Fengguo's family, paint it clear, you know?"

Lin Liu seriously recalled it for a long time, then shook her head: "I don't remember."

Although she has gone out with Jia Min to attend no less than ten banquets, but because of her personality, she hasn't had much interaction with other girls, and she doesn't know many people.

However, Qian Man and Jia Min had an enmity, how could she contact Qian Man's daughter.

A trace of sarcasm flashed in Sheng Man's eyes: "I don't know, it's good, the whole family of that family is mentally ill!"

Jia Min was curious: "Although Qian Man's temper is not very good, but I heard that General Fengguo loves his wife like his life, and his daughter is also well-educated. Why, is there something hidden in it?"

Sheng Man opened her mouth, but before she could speak, she stopped and said, "I have been a teacher of Tu Qing after all, no matter how wrong her family's affairs are, I can't tell you. Otherwise, , After I leave the Lin family and teach other people, you still have to suspect that I will tell others the secrets of the Lin family?"

After saying this, she still added, "I remember that Qian Man likes to target you the most? Let me tell you something to make you happy: I'm afraid Qian Man will have a hard time in the future."

Jia Min was stunned, and wanted to ask,