[Red Mansion] Adopted daughter and child

Ji Song was completely dumbfounded. He looked at the maid's clothes in Lin Liu's hands, which was obviously not much different from his own figure, and his expression gradually lost control: "Miss Lin, what you said can make everyone unrecognizable, The way to conceal your identity is to disguise yourself as a woman?"

Lin Liu also knew that this challenged the fragile nerves of the ancients, so she quickly explained: "You only need to wear it for three years. After three years, you can return to the capital, and then you will naturally be able to restore your status as a man."

After a pause, she saw Ji Song's horrified expression, and quickly comforted her, "Don't worry, it's really only three years. After three years, you will be 12 years old, and you will just enter the puberty of rapid development. At that time, your throat will thicken and your Adam's apple will appear. , Even your figure will change a lot, and even if you still want to wear women's clothes, you will look very awkward."

I don't know what puberty is, but...

Ji Song broke down: "Am I worried about wearing women's clothes for too long? I don't want to wear women's clothes, okay? I'm a masculine man, how can I do such indecent things?"

Lin Liu glanced at his thin and thin body: "A majestic man?"

It's just a child, where does it come from so much attention?

She was hesitant about this decision at first, but when she found out that Ji Song had collapsed after hearing the plan, he became much more energetic, and thought it was a very good idea.

If he wears women's clothes all day long, Ji Song must focus a large part of his attention on his own "women's clothes", and he will pay less attention to hatred.

While it may not be much, it's clearly good for a kid.

So Lin Liu, who still had a guilty expression on his face, threw the clothes directly on Ji Song: "This is the best way. Especially now that you 'just died', even if your enemies are just in case, they will I will send someone to the Lin family to inquire about the news."

Ji Song stared: "You can send me to hide somewhere else for ten days and half a month, and wait for someone to leave soon."

"Do you think people won't investigate the population flow of the Lin family?"

"I could go elsewhere, too."

"Did you forget? You don't have survival skills." Lin Liu looked pitiful, "Do you know how to cook, buy vegetables, and do laundry?"

Ji Song: "...I can learn."

Lin Liu patted his head: "Why bother? It's just women's clothing, and it's not about killing you."

Ji Song refused with a face full of refusal, obviously incapable of accepting it.

Lin Liu was impatient, and went straight up to take off his clothes: "A man needs to be able to bend and stretch. It's just wearing women's clothes, what's the big deal?"

Ji Song was so frightened that he hid back, but...

After burning incense, he was still forced to put on that dusty women's dress.

Lin Liu smiled: "That's right."

Looking Ji Song up and down, she couldn't help frowning, "Wait a minute, I'll get the comb and rouge, and your hairstyle and makeup will also be changed."

Just put on women's clothes, how could others ignore his face?

Ji Song, who had already put on women's clothes, was fearless, and he was dumbfounded after hearing this——

Anyway, if you can't refuse, you might as well lie down and accept it.

Lin Liu left the room, went to the carriage at the door and brought out a wooden box.After returning to the room, he picked up an eyebrow pencil and made gestures on Ji Song's face.

Before the end of the past and the end of the world, Lin Liu himself liked to learn makeup from those beauty bloggers, and especially liked to study imitation makeup, so the craftsmanship is actually pretty good.

When the end of the world comes, in order to make her life easier, she even tries to help some female bosses with outstanding abilities and dare to fight and kill with makeup, so as to earn food.In order to have more repeat customers, her makeup skills have improved by leaps and bounds.

Later, her makeup technique has been called a "master".

Although in the last days, this title is useless.

After traveling to ancient times, because she was served by someone and she was too young, Lin Liu hadn't used this skill yet, but she still remembered the theoretical knowledge of makeup clearly.Even if the technique is still a little unskilled, after practicing a few times on Ji Song's face, he will be able to draw it well.

Half an hour later, a face of a "vital girl" that was slightly similar to before, but with softer and gentler features, appeared in the mirror.

Ji Song was taken aback for a moment: "It's a bit strange."

Just as Lin Liu promised before, after putting on makeup, his appearance has changed greatly from his previous appearance, and he will never be misunderstood as a boy.

But this kind of makeover makeup technology is inevitably surprising.

and……

This feeling of seeing my own face become another person through Lin Liu's smearing with my own eyes is really a bit scary.

Lin Liu took a closer look, feeling a little dissatisfied: "You can still see the shadow of your past from the facial features."

But there is no way. After all, there are only a few kinds of cosmetics and makeup tools in ancient times. Unlike modern times, not only are there so many cosmetics and makeup tools, but the various functions are so complicated that it makes people dizzy.

Ji Song was stunned: "I can barely recognize this face myself, yet you can make me look even less like it?"

Lin Liu nodded and shook his head again: "There is no convenient tool."

Ji Song: "!!!"

Lin Liu just sighed, and she also knew that this was the best effect she could achieve so far, so she didn't bother with this issue anymore.

after all……

Lin Liu breathed a sigh of relief: "Although the facial features are still two or three points similar to yours before, but the gender is completely opposite, those people should not pay attention to you."

Ji Song looked at the completely unfamiliar face in the glasses again, and couldn't help muttering: "I don't think you're right, if my face becomes like this, even if I'm dressed in men's clothing, those people won't doubt me identity of."

Lin Liu gave him a squinting look: "Don't think that I don't know what you're planning. I advise you to give up. Your current situation is almost like walking on thin ice, and there is no room for mistakes. Even if there is only a slight possibility of being discovered, We can't take any chances."

After all, she got rid of Zhen Shiyin's wife, Fengshi, and asked her father to buy this villa. As long as she didn't get to the bottom of it, it was impossible for anyone to know that this villa actually belonged to the Lin family.

She almost snuffed out all the possibilities of being discovered in the bud, so it was naturally impossible for Ji Song to be willful.

If it was before, it would not be impossible for Ji Song to insist on changing back to men's clothes, but now he knows what is good or bad, so he just smiled slightly and didn't say any more.

Ji Song got up from the stool, pinching the hem of the skirt uncomfortably: "Isn't it really strange?"

Lin Liu looked at Ji Song's face that didn't lose to her at all, and was a little dazed: "It's the first time I've discovered that you are so good-looking."

Ji Song was also good-looking before, but maybe because of his outstanding temperament, Lin Liu didn't even pay much attention to his face.

Now that Ji Song's temperament has calmed down, people can't help but focus on his overly outstanding facial features.

Ji Song was a little worried: "Why don't you make me look ugly?"

People with outstanding looks are more attractive, and he is willing to give up wearing women's clothes. If people notice him because of his outstanding appearance, and then discover his identity, he will be pissed to death.

"That's good." Lin Liu shook her head, "Haven't you heard of it being dark under the lights? According to ordinary people's thinking, if you are not dead, you should hide it well. It is best to go to a corner in the countryside where you will not be noticed. , make yourself messy and dusty so you can hide."

"As long as your face changes, the more eye-catching you are in the crowd, the more important your identity is, and the more upright you are when you appear in front of people, those people will not easily doubt you."

On the Jiangnan side, not many people know Ji Song.

Ji Song thought for a while, and felt that what Lin Liu said was quite right: "But what identity should I return to the Lin family? Even if I'm a maid, I should have a master, right?"

Lin Liu thought for a while: "Why don't you follow me?"

Ji Song: "...Miss Lin, do you still remember that you are a girl yourself? Men and women have different seats at seven years old. You are seven years old and I am nine years old. I have reached the age to avoid suspicion."

Lin Liu suddenly realized that she had forgotten this.

After thinking for a while, she said: "Since you can't follow me, you can't follow your mother and Daiyu either, so you can only follow my three younger brothers, or my father."

Thinking of Lin Ruhai's face, Ji Song quickly shook his head: "I really like Xiao Guiling, so let's stay by his side."

After all, he is not from the Lin family, and he is dangerous. Uncle Lin must not have a good impression of him.

Lin Liu knew what Ji Song was worried about at a glance, and shook his head helplessly: "My father agreed to keep you in the Lin family. Otherwise, how could this series of plans about you succeed so easily? I don't care. He is smart, but he is only a child, but he does not have the strength to deceive the world."

Ji Song still shook his head: "Stay with Gui Ling."

Lin Liu thought about it, and felt that Ji Song was at the age when he was studying, and he could still study with him when he was with Guiling, and study with Zhen Shiyin.

Only then did Ji Song heave a sigh of relief.

He also found it strange that Uncle Lin had a good temper, and he always smiled when he saw him before, but it was strange that he was afraid of Uncle Lin.

After talking about this, Lin Liu looked at Ji Song and said: "Although you will be with Guiling from now on, I often meet with Guiling, if you encounter any trouble, you might as well tell me when you meet me. "

Ji Song nodded: "I know."

Ever since Ping'an returned from the capital, Ji Song's trust in Lin Liu has reached an astonishing level, as long as Lin Liu didn't ask him to do something similar to women's clothing, he would never refuse.

Lin Liu heaved a sigh of relief, and pushed the makeup box in front of Ji Song: "I originally wanted you to stay with me, so that I could give you makeup every morning, so that you wouldn't be too clumsy to learn. But since you chose the tortoise age, the technique of makeup is about to be learned."

Ji Song was taken aback: "What? I still need to learn makeup?"

Lin Liu looked at him strangely: "Of course. Although my yard and Guiling's yard are next to each other, there is still a distance of more than 20 meters between them. You can't get up every morning before dawn, and then run to my yard. Come and let me help you with your makeup, shall we?

Not to mention whether you will be discovered, and whether you can get up on time...

Can you guarantee that every day will go on as usual without any surprises?Furthermore, although I got up early, the maids in the room got up even earlier.If you come to my yard, I'm afraid you will be caught by Bichun and the others before you meet anyone.

If so, what is the point of your disguise? "

Ji Song recalled how cumbersome Lin Liu's make-up was before, and almost collapsed again: "Can I change people? The two of us are half-brothers and half-siblings who only need to ask for help. There is no such thing as a broken rule that men and women have different seats at seven years old. It must be obeyed!"

Lin Liu shook his head and laughed, and spoke after a while: "It's too late for you to regret it now. I just remembered that you and Guiling were classmates who entered the Imperial College on the same day, and the progress of your study is not much different. By my side, I won't delay my studies."

Ji Song was stunned, and after a while, his eyelids drooped: "In my current situation, how can I say that I won't delay my studies? Even if I don't delay, I'm such a black man, I can't take the imperial examination, right?"

Lin Liu was silent for a long time before speaking: "Haven't you ever thought about whether you want to take revenge after finding out the truth? If you want to take revenge, what identity will you use? What are your abilities? What kind of power can you rely on? "

Ji Song was stunned for a moment, and smiled wryly: "But reading can't make me gain a noble status, it can't make me grow my skills, and it can't make me have enough power to take revenge?"

After all, he came from a noble family, even if he was not able to train on weekdays, he understood a lot of things under the influence of his ears and eyes.

Now is not the time to start the country and conquer the world. During the Taiping period, the class was solidified. If the people at the bottom want to break through the class and obtain a higher status, there is no other way, the only way to go is the imperial examination.

But this road was closed to him as early as when Ji's family had an accident.

Lin Liu couldn't see him giving up on himself, so he raised his hand and patted his head: "If you are really capable, even if you serve as an assistant to your enemy's enemy, you will always find a way to get revenge. Reading is not just for the imperial examination, the most important thing is to learn The knowledge in the book. If it doesn’t work, you can still form your own faction, bring those who have the qualifications of the imperial examination into your ranks, and let them do things for you.”

Xu lived in the last days where order collapsed for too many years, now Lin Liu not only has no awe of imperial power, even order itself seems to have no deterrent effect on her.

So without hesitation, she made this suggestion that seemed a bit outrageous to the ancients.

But she also sees people——

That is to say, Ji Song is still young now, and her awe of imperial power has not yet taken root. If she is in front of Lin Ruhai, she would rather not say a word.

Although Ji Song felt that something was wrong after listening to it, he had to admit that what Lin Liu said was already the two most feasible methods.

If it doesn't work, he can only take his own life to fight for a way out on the battlefield.

Although joining the army is dangerous, it is not like the imperial examination, where even the three generations of the ancestors have to figure it out clearly.

Thinking of it this way, his resistance to reading became much less.

After a pause, Ji Song asked, "Then what kind of knowledge should I learn and what kind of books should I read?"

Lin Liu thought for a while, and said, "In addition to learning the knowledge taught by Mr. Zhen, you should also read more books on history and military art, which will benefit you in the future."

Keeping that in mind, Ji Song bowed down to Lin Liu and saluted seriously.

Lin Liu hesitated for a while, but did not avoid it after all.

For the next month, after Lin Liu finished classes with the two teachers every day, he would go to Biezhuang alone in a carriage, until Ji Song finally learned how to make up, no, finally learned how to transform Lin Liu for him. It was only when Lin Liu mentioned that makeup to Jia Min that Guiling was six years old, and it was time to put two little maids by his side to take care of her.

Jia Min hesitated at first, because the rule of Rongguo Mansion is that most of the maids who are placed in the children's and grandchildren's rooms in advance will be used as roommates for the children and grandchildren in the future.

Although not all, the outstanding ones will definitely not escape.

But the Lin family has no such rules.

Lin Liu thought it was strange at first. Given how much Jia Min loved the children, she was just adding a few maids to Guiling. She didn't say that she would start looking for suitable candidates immediately, and she would not delay in agreeing.

After she knew the reason for Jia Min's hesitation, she immediately said, "..."

The rules of Rongguo Mansion are really harmful.

She smiled and explained to Jia Min: "I just remembered that when I was five or six years old, my mother had already added four maids for me, namely spring, summer, autumn and winter. Now Guiling is six years old, and the maids around me have also arrived. At the age when he should be released for marriage, I just thought about asking my mother to add a few younger ones for him, so that when the older maids leave, the younger maids can immediately take over."

But Jia Min didn't relax: "I didn't misunderstand your thoughts, but the maids serving in the men's room are not as proper as the maids in the women's room, and there are more things to pay attention to. You should always be more cautious."

Lin Liu was stunned for a moment, and smiled awkwardly: "Mother, Guiling is only six years old now, you don't want to prepare a room for him now, do you?"

Jia Min hesitated: "I don't know, I have to ask your father."

The Jia family has always had similar habits, but after Jia Min married into the Lin family, I heard Ruhai mention that although Aunt Lin's mother Lin arranged for him to have a house before marriage, the timing of the arrangement was only after she got engaged. Among all the maids, the suitable candidate was specially selected.

And the maids who were originally serving in Lin Ruhai's room were all released for another marriage after they got engaged——

This is not difficult to understand.After all, everyone knows that a man will have a different feeling about his first woman. If this first woman has grown up with him since he was a child, he has a very solid emotional foundation...

If there is no accident, these women will all become the biggest threat to the wife.

It's okay if you meet someone who is sensible, but if you are arrogant and can't see the situation clearly, I'm afraid it will cause a lot of trouble for the bride, and may even insert a thorn in the meeting of the newlyweds that cannot be pulled out.

After Jia Min got married, except for some hardships in terms of children, he did not suffer any other hardships.That's why he hesitated now, wondering if he should choose some beautiful maids for his son.

On the one hand, of course she wants her son to be treated the best, but on the other hand, she doesn't want to be this wicked mother-in-law...

Lin Liu paused, then nodded: "Okay, mother, remember to ask father."

Jia Min saw that her daughter's expression was not right, so she couldn't help asking: "Little Qilin, do you have any other suggestions on this matter? Why don't you tell me and listen."

"Huh?" Lin Liu was a little puzzled, "I don't have any suggestions."

What advice can she have?Xiren and Qingwen, who play an important role in the book, are not just the old lady who put it in Jia Baoyu's room on purpose, waiting to be a roommate for him in the future?

There are also Ping'er and Zijuan, although they grew up by the girl's side, they are also housemates prepared for their own girls' future husbands.

Not to mention far away, but among Lin Ruhai's four aunts, isn't there also a housemate and two dowries?That's the rule of the world of Red Mansions. If she really expressed her thoughts, would Jia Min listen?

Lin Liu's life is quite easy now, but he doesn't want to start a dispute with Jia Min.

Jia Min didn't know why, but insisted on her saying: "This maid was chosen for your younger brother, don't say anything serious, it's just a suggestion."

Lin Liu glanced at Jia Min, feeling a little helpless: "Daughter will not tell lies against my conscience that I don't agree with, but if I say something that I know you will be angry at once, wouldn't I be suspected of being unfilial?"

Jia Min laughed: "Where is it so serious?"

Lin Liu had no choice but to speak: "My daughter just feels that she probably doesn't want her future husband to have two beautiful maids from her childhood by her side, and even, daughter doesn't even want her future husband to have other women."

"Guiling will also be someone else's husband in the future, so if she compares her heart with her heart, the daughter naturally disapproves of her mother arranging a maid who has other intentions for Guiling's side in advance."

Do unto others, do not impose on others.

Lin Liu understood this truth very early on, and except for very rare cases, he strictly followed this principle in everything he said and did.

Jia Min froze in place after listening.

She has heard many people talk about similar topics, whether speaking from the perspective of a mother or a wife, as if to show their virtuousness, everyone has only one answer in the end -

As a wife, she was supposed to take concubines and maidservants for her husband, so as to open up branches and leaves.

If someone doesn't do this, or thinks differently, they immediately appear to be out of tune with other people, as if they have made a huge mistake.

It was the first time for Jia Min to hear a different answer, although in her opinion, this answer was a little naive, a little naive, and a little unrealistic.

But without a doubt, Lin Liu's words touched her heart.

If possible, who would want their husbands, wives and concubines to be in groups?She accepts it calmly now, but it is just that she has received too many accusations because of her son in the past few years, so even her heart has softened a lot.

In addition, he has more sympathy than jealousy for concubines who have had the same experience as him.

But at the beginning, didn't she ever think of being a couple for the rest of her life?

The answer given by Lin Liu is also quite novel——

Because I don't want my future husband to be half-hearted, so I don't want to be the younger brother of other people's husbands, and also half-hearted.

Switch to yourself.

Jia Min thought, if I also don't want my husband to be half-hearted, should I also prevent my son from becoming half-hearted?

If everyone thinks this way and takes action for it...

Jia Min is quite sensitive to emotions, which of course has a bad side, but at the same time, it will also make it easier for her to empathize with other people's experiences.

What's more, it was his own daughter who said this.

From now on, the little unicorn will also marry.

Jia Min realized this very clearly, so she couldn't help but bring Xiao Guiling's current situation to Xiao Qilin's future husband——

Could it be that at this moment, the mother of Xiao Qilin's future husband is also facing the same difficulties and entanglements?How would she choose?

And Daiyu will grow up, and will marry when she grows up...

Jia Min really loves every child, so she soon had her own answer.

She looked up at Lin Liu: "Mom understands what you mean. When I go back and discuss with your father, I will start choosing a suitable maid for Little Qilin tomorrow."

Lin Liu didn't expect Jia Min to be persuaded so easily, and he was a little dazed: "I thought my mother would be angry."

Jia Min smiled and held Lin Liu in his arms: "What's there to be angry about?"

Lin Liu thought for a while and said, "Because everyone is doing the opposite of what my daughter thinks?"

Jia Min sighed quietly: "Probably because everyone thinks it's right to do so."

Lin Liu looked at Jia Min: "Mother..."

Jia Min smiled: "It's okay, it's just that I suddenly realized something and felt a little melancholy."

That night, Jia Min talked about it with Lin Ruhai.

Of course, she didn't mention her daughter's remarks about taking concubines—

The Lin family still has three concubines, if it is brought up, wouldn't it be easy for Ru Hai to misunderstand?

As a man, Lin Ruhai is not sensitive to the presence of maids and housekeepers, but he is very concerned about his son's academic problems, so when his wife asked if he wanted to arrange some beautiful maids around Guiling, he immediately shook his head.

Jia Min asked why, and he explained: "Get a family first, and then a career. When will Guiling pass the Jinshi exam, and when will we talk about the housemaid?"

Jia Min: "..."

Although this answer was not what he wanted the most, Jia Min felt a little ashamed when he thought of those brothers and nephews in her natal family who had arranged a room with her as soon as they ejaculated.

Jia Min nodded: "Then I'll find some older maidservants for Gui Ling to serve on, with less than outstanding looks?"

Just as Lin Ruhai was about to agree, she suddenly remembered that her daughter had mentioned a month ago that she wanted Ji Song to disguise herself as a woman and stay with Guiling as a maid...

Although he finds it absurd, since Ji Song agrees, he has no position to refuse——

Could it be that he was expected to reprimand or beat the little Qilin because of this matter?

So when he was about to speak, he suddenly changed the subject: "I remember that the current maids and servants in the house were all picked out by the little Qilin? After such a long time, there seems to be no mistakes. Since the matter was brought up by the little Qilin, why don't Let her arrange this matter together. It would be good for her to learn how to be a housekeeper in advance."

Jia Min thought for a while, then simply nodded: "I think the little Qilin behaves with restraint, and among the servants, he is already more dignified than my mother, so I can't go wrong if I entrust this matter to the little Qilin."

Lin Ruhai nodded, and grabbed Jia Min with one hand: "It's getting late, we should rest..."

The night is hazy, and the hibiscus tent is warm.

The next day, Jia Min called Lin Liu over and resolutely handed over to her the matter of choosing a maid for Guiling.

Lin Liu took this opportunity and directly arranged Ji Song, whose alias was Chunxiao, into the Guiling Room.

Except for Lin Ruhai and Lin Liu's father and daughter, no one in the Lin family recognized Ji Song's identity, but Gui Ling used to like Ji Song a lot, and now he gets along with him day and night, so it didn't take long for him to notice something about Ji Song. familiar details.

Although he didn't doubt Ji Song's current identity, he became much closer to him because of it.

In addition, when Ji Song ran around, he accumulated a lot of gossip about his parents and a lot of unreliable gossip. Relying on these, he quickly surpassed the previous grown-up maids and became the longest-lived The trustworthy one.

Although Ji Song felt a little bit pained every time he heard Guiling's sister and elder sister's short shouts, but this undoubtedly made his living standard in the Lin family rise sharply, and he soon felt relieved.

——Anyway, if you don't feel relieved, you can't change the result.

After that, the Lin family returned to peace.

Although it is inevitable that some people will feel hurt when they mention Ji Song, but time is the best medicine for healing. As time goes by, everyone's feelings for this young master Ji who don't get along very much gradually fade away.

Ji Song experienced all this himself, and it is inevitable that he will be sad.

But soon, he cheered up and devoted all his experiences to studying.Although she is only a "maid girl", Ji Song looks at her differently with a long life. Not only can Ji Song attend the classes of Zhen Shiyin and Lin Ruhai, but occasionally he can also find opportunities to ask these two for advice.

His eager attitude towards learning flattered Zhen Shiyin, and made this detached old gentleman gradually regard him as his student.

Lin Ruhai knew the inside story, so he didn't take this matter to heart.

But when he found out that Guiling was more active in learning under Ji Song's leadership, he immediately changed his attitude. Not only would he answer Ji Song's problems, but he would also give him some extracurricular homework from time to time.

Ji Song reciprocated, and he didn't forget to drag Guiling when he was studying.

Slowly, the study progress of the two actually caught up with Lin Liu. Considering that Lin Liu and Guiling are siblings, Zhen Shiyin simply discussed with Lin Ruhai and wanted to combine the three people's class time together.

Lin Ruhai was a little reluctant at first, but after learning about it, his daughter quite agreed with the proposal, so he could only agree to Zhen Shiyin's suggestion.

Fortunately, Zhen Shiyin was watching from the side during class, so he wasn't so worried.

……

Because he had just arrived in Jinling, Lin Ruhai cooperated with several other prefectures to launch a major joint anti-trafficking case. Although it only took more than two months to arrest all the kidnappers, the follow-up finishing problem has been a long time coming. not resolved -

It's not a pity to die if the kidnapper is caught and hacked into pieces, no one will care at all.But the fate of those children and women who were abducted by kidnappers has become a big problem.

Not only the people who have not been sold by these kidnappers, but also the children and women who have been sold, and those who can be found will naturally have to be found.

After they are found, their whereabouts are also a problem.

The children are fine, as long as they know their addresses and find their families, it is not difficult to solve them.

But those abducted women made the yamen of several prefectures feel overwhelmed.

Regardless of whether they were sold and then found by the Yamen, or those who had not had time to sell, after they were found by the people of the Yamen, quite a few of them were unwilling to go home at all.

These victims themselves are unwilling to disclose their hometown addresses and parents' information. Even if the Yamen intends to find their families for them, they are powerless.

The other women also embarked on their way home by boat under the escort of government officials with apprehensive expressions.

At first, the people in the yamen felt that these women who did not want to go home did not know what to do.

But it was not until the police officers who escorted the women who were willing to go home returned with nearly half of the women that the yamen understood the real reason why these women refused to go home.

Because she was trafficked and her reputation was ruined, her family was not willing to accept her at all.

There are only a very small number of lucky ones. Even if some are accepted by their families, their treatment after returning home has plummeted compared with before, and they were even sent off to marry by their families within a few days.

Most of them are concubines, and few are willing to marry them to be the first lady.

Lin Ruhai has been busy with this matter during this time, and sometimes he is so busy that he doesn't even have time to go back to the main courtyard for dinner.

Lin Liu didn't know about this at the beginning, but later she found out about it from the chats of passers-by when she followed Jia Min to go shopping.

She hesitated at first, but after going to the yamen to see these miserable women in person, Lin Liu finally made up her mind and came to Lin Ruhai's study with a blueprint.

The servant was already used to Lin Liu coming to the study to find the master, and when he saw her coming, he didn't even reach out to stop her, and let her directly into the study.

If Lin Ruhai didn't blame the boy for this, he was rather curious about Lin Liu's intentions: "I remember that little Qilin hasn't come to look for his father for a long time, why did he suddenly come here today?"

Lin Liu pursed her lips, and directly placed the blueprint in her hand on the table.

Lin Ruhai was taken aback, and reached out to pick up the drawing: "This is... a loom? It seems a little different from the one used by the embroiderers raised in the house."

Lin Ruhai only stayed in Jinling for three years, so naturally she would not raise an embroidered lady here. The so-called mansion is naturally the capital city.

Lin Liu nodded: "This loom is called the Jenny Loom, and its efficiency is eight times that of the original loom."

After the end of the previous world, within a year, the order completely collapsed. The water, electricity, and electricity that human beings depended on for survival soon withdrew from human life due to the lack of staff. In order to maintain normal life, many people who had already withdrawn Tools on the stage of history began to appear in people's lives.

The most common are farm implements and looms.

Among them, the famous Jenny loom is the most widely used.

Of course, the humans in the last days use the evolved version of the textile machine with [-] spindles, but what Lin Liu showed was the originally invented Jenny textile machine with only [-] spindles.

The textile machine with [-] spindles was not taken out because she didn't remember the blueprint, but because if this thing was really taken out, not only would it not be able to bring good news to these poor women, but it might bring disaster to them.

——The family of Jenny Textile Machine was expelled from their hometown by people who lost their jobs because of the impact of the textile machine on the traditional textile industry.

Lin Ruhai was a little surprised: "This loom is really as good as you say? Did you draw this drawing? Or did you get it from other places? Has it been verified? Jenny Spinning Machine... The name Jenny sounds like A foreigner's name."

Lin Liu nodded: "This is indeed the blueprint I got from other people, because I heard that this thing is related to blessings and misfortunes. It makes some people's lives better, but brings bad luck to more people, so my daughter It never came out."

Lin Ruhai is not stupid, if the weaving efficiency of Jenny's loom is eight times that of today's weaving loom, what little Qilin said will naturally come true.

but……

"Then why did you hand over the drawings to Weifu again today?" Lin Ruhai was curious, "What made you change your mind?"

Lin Liu pursed her lips, and said, "I went to the place where the abducted women were placed in the yamen, and visited them."

Lin Ruhai froze for a moment, then frowned: "How did you get there?"

Lin Liu paused: "Does father despise them too?"

Lin Ruhai glanced at Lin Liu, and explained: "It's not because they dislike them, but a large part of them have been in that kind of place.

Although it's not their fault, and I don't reject contact with them, but little Qilin, which father do you think would be willing for his daughter to approach a brothel girl?

Other things are fine, what if you hear something nasty that you shouldn't hear? "

Lin Liu was stunned. Although she was still a little uncomfortable, she accepted Lin Ruhai's words.

However, she also didn't think there was anything wrong with what she did.

Lin Ruhai pressed the center of her eyebrows with some headaches, knowing that this daughter was quite stubborn at certain times, but she just made up her mind to let people watch her, and had no intention of continuing to entangle this topic.

He asked: "Little Qilin took out the blueprints in the hope that he could build a few jenny looms for his father and give them to them? I see that the jenny looms are not simple in structure, so I'm afraid it will cost a lot of money. The magistrate may not be willing to pay for this." money."

Although Lin Ruhai is a second-rank inspector and inspector, and the magistrate is only a fourth-rank official, the prefect is a parental official of the first prefecture, in charge of people's livelihood, and the inspector, besides reviewing prisons, is more responsible for the censor...

In other words, the future arrangements of these abducted women are not actually under Lin Ruhai's control.

"If a