[Red Mansion] Adopted daughter and child

"Let's talk about it, why did the writing style of the two of you change so much, but Mao Shou and Ying Zhu didn't change?" Lin Ruhai smiled, "Then can you tell Mao Shou and Ying Zhu the writing style that the examiner likes? "

The three brothers had just returned to the capital, before they had time to wash up, they were called into the study by Lin Ruhai, and then they were slapped in the face by this question.

Maoshou looked at a loss: "What style of article?"

Lin Ruhai looked at He Nian and Lu Sui: "Ask your two elder brothers. After my father learned about your exam results, he went to read your exam papers and found such a surprise by accident. Now I'm going to ask you What about the two brothers?"

Maoshou turned around instantly, looking at the twins with piercing eyes.

He Nian and Lu Sui looked at each other, their faces were reddish, and they were extremely embarrassed.

He Nian pouted Lu Sui: "I told you a long time ago that this is not good, it is too easy to be discovered, you don't believe it, now it's better? Hurry up and explain to your father!"

Lu Sui gave He Nian a blank look: "It's as if you didn't practice the essay in the style of that examiner after you knew the news I gave you."

He Nian glanced at Lin Ruhai, and poked Lu Sui again: "Hurry up and explain."

Lu Sui turned his head following He Nian's gaze, and met Lin Ruhai's half-smiling eyes.

His heart skipped a beat immediately, and he didn't dare to make any more trouble: "Back to father, I did ask someone to inquire about the writing style of the examiner who came to Gusu this year to invigilate the exam, and I also asked him about his favorite writing style. Before the exam, I and Crane I have also practiced for a period of time in the style that the examiner likes."

Lin Ruhai smiled and nodded: "I know, continue!"

Lu Sui's scalp became tense, and he quickly explained: "We didn't deliberately not tell Maoshou and Yingzhu, it's just..."

He raised his head, glanced at Lin Ruhai carefully, and pushed He Nian beside him suddenly.

He Nian subconsciously called out, and then looked at Shang Lin Ruhai.He was cursing in his heart, but he didn't dare to show any dissatisfaction on his face, so he could only explain what Lu Sui said.

"It's not about the exam. We simulated a township exam according to the method my sister said. Not only did the exam environment strictly follow the exam room of the township exam, but even the exam papers were asked to help out by Master Zhen. But the final exam results..." He Nian coughed A few times, "I and Lu Sui were at the bottom of the exam, and they are not as good as Mao Shou and Ying Zhu."

He looked up at Lin Ruhai, smiled awkwardly, "Then we were scolded by the master, and then we were locked in the room and studied hard for a while."

Lu Sui answered: "But when we were studying, Mao Shou and Ying Zhu were also studying hard, and there was no way we could surpass them."

"However, if we wait until the provincial examination, Mao Shou and Ying Zhu will be under the pressure of our two rankings. Wouldn't it be very embarrassing? They are so much younger than us, so where do we put our embarrassment when it gets out?"

"so……"

Lu Sui lowered his head, not daring to look at Lin Ruhai's stormy expression, "So I didn't tell Mao Shou and Yingzhu after I found out what the examiner liked. Anyway, the two of them will definitely be admitted to Juren with their knowledge, and their rankings must be very high. Well, it's just one or two lower than the two of us..."

Lin Ruhai was about to be laughed at by the twins' petty thinking: "So, you have played so many tricks, and the final result is still under the pressure of Maoshou?"

puff-

Lu Sui only felt that his heart had been stabbed.

Maoshou listened beside him, and couldn't help laughing——

Although he didn't care about the careful tricks of the two brothers in order not to be surpassed by him, he was very happy to see them deflated in front of his father.

Lu Sui still wanted to struggle: "But, at least I'm one place higher than Yingzhu."

If he hadn't played a trick, he might have fallen behind Yingzhu's name.

Can't stand it!

He suddenly understood why Big Brother Gui Ling had to take the imperial examination before them instead of with them.Because the ranking is pushed behind by his younger brother, it really doesn't feel good at all!

woo woo woo...

"You're quite proud, aren't you?" Lin Ruhai lowered her face, and took out a feather duster from under the desk, "If you want to get a good ranking, you should study hard by yourself, and play tricks with your younger brother? If you play tricks, the grades are still the same as in the exam. But brother, hehe, Lu Sui, I'm used to you, right?"

After speaking, he raised the feather duster and was about to hit Lu Sui.

Lu Sui was taken aback, turned around and ran out of the study with a whoosh.

Lin Ruhai was about to be laughed angrily by him, and turned his gaze to He Nian who was gloating beside him: "Do you think I forgot you?"

After speaking, the feather duster landed on He Nian's buttocks, beating him so loudly.

He Nian couldn't take it anymore, so he rushed out of the study.

Lin Ruhai was so angry that his beard trembled, making the only one in the room who was still watching Maoshou terrified, lest his father would faint from anger.

Unexpectedly, Lin Ruhai turned around and looked at Maoshou: "You never thought about asking the examiner's preferences? You never thought that your two monkey-savvy brothers would ask the examiner. like?"

Maoshou scratched his head: "My son has thought about it, but I don't think it's pitiful for the two brothers to worry about being surpassed by me and Yingzhu's test scores all day long, so they simply pretended not to know."

Lin Ruhai was really angry and laughed: "They have devoted their minds to things other than studying in the past few years, but you and Yingzhu are engrossed in studying hard and have never been distracted by external things. Isn't it a matter of course that your test scores are better than them? If they want to get a better rank in the exam, they can work hard on their own. Why do you need your younger brother to give in? Even if the rank is lower than you, what's the big deal? You see, your Lu Sui brother is just now, and he is not the same. He was not affected at all? "

Maoshou thought of Lu Sui's appearance just now, so he took it for granted, so he bowed and saluted: "Thank you father for reminding me, my son has been taught."

Lin Ruhai waved his hand: "Next time I will go all out. I have nothing to do with you, go down."

Maoshou hurriedly backed away.

As soon as he stepped out of the room, Lin Ruhai followed closely behind.

Then, Maoshou heard Lin Ruhai call a servant and said: "Call all the servants in the house together, and order them to surround the entire Lin family, and don't beat up the two brats, He Nian and Lu Sui, together today." Don, I will never give up!"

Maoshou couldn't help shivering, and mourned for the two brothers in his heart for a moment, then turned around and went to the main room to greet his mother, and then reunited with the two sisters.

As for the two older brothers, Crane Year and Deer Year?

Sorry, forgot!

……

When the three brothers came back, Jia Min naturally prepared a table of good food to welcome them back.

It's just that Jia Min didn't expect that Lin Ruhai couldn't wait for the three brothers to come back, so he had the three brothers called to the study.

What to do?

Not only Jia Min, but also Lin Liu and Daiyu knew it all.

There was no way, Lin Ruhai had been in a bad mood after reading the exam papers of the three brothers. He had already told Jia Min, mother and daughter, that he had a sense of restraint, and he was not allowed to pull people, otherwise his attacks would only be more ruthless.

Lin Ruhai seldom gets angry, let alone getting angry with children.

Even Jia Min didn't know what Lin Ruhai looked like when he was angry, and whether he would really be so angry that he lost his mind, so he didn't plan to intervene from the beginning.

She was worried that, as Lin Ruhai said, if she stopped her in the past, it would make Lin Ruhai even more angry.

So on the day when the three brothers returned to the capital, Jia Min, Lin Liu, and Daiyu could only sit in the main room, chatting absent-mindedly, because they were worried about the three children, and sometimes they didn't make sense of what they said. Very jumpy.

Lin Liu and Daiyu looked at each other, then shook their heads helplessly and laughed.

But it didn't take long before Maoshou, the youngest of the three brothers, brought people to the main room.

He was about to pay his respects when Jia Min pulled him to him and looked at it carefully. After looking at it for a while, Jia Min looked at Maoshou with distressed eyes: "How have you been in the past three years? Why have you lost a lot of weight?"

Maoshou touched Zhizhi's face suspiciously, and said blankly: "I'm not thin, right? The two elder brothers also said that I gained weight."

Because of his puberty, Maoshou's figure did lose weight rapidly for a period of time, and he was taken aback.But before he could call a doctor, the experienced twins told him it was normal.

They said that at this age, they will start to draw sticks, because they grow too fast and the flesh on their bodies can't keep up, so they will look very thin, but in fact they haven't lost weight.

After Maoshou asked the doctor to ask, he was sure that what the two brothers said was true, so he didn't worry about it.

Just because he is too thin, when he goes out to socialize with people, he will always be ridiculed as "thin bamboo pole". He thinks this title is not good, and it is really ugly to be too thin, so he starts to increase his appetite.

Over the past two years, not only has his fat and thinness returned to before he got the stick, but according to the twins, he is even fatter than before.

After all, the draw is not over, so it's better to be fatter at this time.

Not only him, but even the twins have eaten a lot more these years than before, and their bodies are a bit fatter than when they left the capital.

But Jia Min said, lost a lot of weight?

Daiyu hid her laugh, and looked at Maoshou with a playful look in her eyes: "Mother said you lost weight, so you are. When you come to the table for dinner, remember to eat more, so that mother can feel at ease."

Maoshou blinked, met Jia Min's worried eyes, and nodded helplessly: "My appetite has grown in the past two years, so I will definitely eat more."

Lin Liu smiled and called Mao Shou to his side, and asked him about his life in Jiangnan.

I thought that the lives of Crane Year and Lu Year in Jiangnan were so colorful, and Maoshou's life would not be much different even if it was not as good as that of twins, but I didn't expect this kid to say: "I went to Jiangnan to study, how can I go to Jiangnan? Do you often go out with friends?"

Lin Liu was stunned for a moment: "Then when you were in Gusu, didn't you spend all day studying in the study? Don't you think it's too boring?"

Even Guiling, who knows that he has a heavy burden on him, would go out with friends to relax from time to time when he was studying in Gusu and before the exam.As long as the frequency is not too much and friends are reliable, Lin Liu is always happy to see success.

Why is it that Maoshou doesn't go out to play much because he is young?

Maoshou looked at Lin Liu blankly: "Why do you feel bored? I am not studying alone. I am studying at the master's house with Yingzhu. I usually read and play according to the time my sister said. I am serious when I study. There are a lot of tricks when you read and have fun, and you won’t feel bored.”

Lin Liu was curious: "Then what are you playing?"

Maoshou smiled: "Don't tell me, sister, I almost forgot the gift I brought back for you. Wait a minute, I'll go get the gift."

Lin Liu froze for a moment, then nodded.

Maoshou talked to Jia Min and Daiyu again, then went out and went back to his yard——

The three brothers entered the door first, and were immediately called to the study by Lin Ruhai, so their luggage was sorted by the servants and sent back to their respective yards.

After Maoshou left for a while, he came back with a few servants.

He returned empty-handed, but the servants behind him each carried a tall pile of things.

The three of Jia Min looked at Maoshou in astonishment. Jia Min said first, "These are all gifts you prepared for us? Isn't it too much?"

She roughly counted, each servant held more than a dozen boxes, but there were ten servants, that is to say, Maoshou prepared hundreds of gifts for them?

It's also amazing.

Maoshou froze for a moment, smiled and shook his head: "No, no, most of them are accessories, which need to be combined. In fact, there are only ten gifts, two for each of you and your father, and one for each of your two elder brothers."

Lin Liu was stunned for a moment: "Did you give Guiling?"

Maoshou laughed: "Before I left, I gave him a gift from Brother Guiling. It was originally two pieces for each person, but there were not enough accessories. I thought that one of the two brothers was obsessed with business, and the other was obsessed with story books. It seemed that I was interested in what I made, so I withheld the gifts from the two of them."

As he said that, he laughed to himself.

However, Lin Liu keenly grasped the key point: "Mao Shou, you mean, these things are all made by yourself?"

Mao Shou nodded embarrassingly: "I saw many imported products in the Jiangnan area. I saw the exquisite mechanism and exquisite appearance. I really liked it, so I learned to make a few of them in my spare time. They are not as exquisite as those real imported products, but the quality is absolute. No problem, I hope you like it."

After clapping his hands, he asked the servant to come forward and put all the presents on the dining table.

After Maoshou took them apart one by one, the metallic luster inside was revealed.

Lin Liu was taken aback for a moment, then stood up abruptly: "You did all of this?"

Although these gift cups were disassembled into many pieces, Lin Liu was well-informed and recognized some of them as parts of western clocks.

Western clocks are such a thing that it is impossible for such a large country to have no one who can make them.But among these people, it is obviously impossible to include Maoshou.

He has never learned relevant knowledge, and has never been in contact with related industries before.

but now……

Maoshou didn't understand why her sister was so excited, and explained with a smile: "I made these based on those imported products. Both the appearance and the parts are still a bit rough, but I made them by myself. My mother and two sisters saw them. In my face, don't be disgusted."

Lin Liu stepped forward a few steps, looked at the opened box on the table, and focused his eyes: "It's not just that I don't dislike it, I'm going to be stunned by you, okay? Maoshou, you gave me such a big surprise!"

As he said that, he turned around and hugged Maoshou, then rubbed his hair vigorously, making his hair into a mess, like a bird's nest, before finally letting go.

She didn't look at Maoshou brushing her flushed face, and then she lowered her head and began to identify the parts in the box. After a while, she picked out the parts that were obviously from the same object.

Maoshou was suddenly attacked by Lin Liu, and he was stunned——

As far back as he could remember, he had never had such close contact with a woman in his family.

No, not only women, but even his father and three elder brothers had never had such intimate contact with him.Because suddenly, he didn't react at all.

When he realized that he was hugged by the elder sister, he immediately blushed.

It's a pity that just for a moment, Lin Liu quickly let go of him, and all his attention fell on the various parts on the table.

When he came back to his senses, he saw that Lin Liu had picked out all the parts from the same gift from the opened boxes.

Maoshou stood next to Lin Liu in surprise: "Is my sister also interested in these things?"

Lin Liu smiled: "It's not that I'm interested, but I think these things are very useful. I remember that when you were in the capital, you didn't seem to be interested in this aspect? Why do you already know how to make things by yourself now?"

Maoshou smiled embarrassedly: "I was taken by the third brother to a shop that specializes in selling imported goods for a while, and I happened to see the shopkeeper sitting in front of the counter dismantling the Western clock. After he repaired it, it was intact. I pretended to go back. I thought it was very interesting watching it at the time, but after going back for a few days, I still couldn’t forget the scene at that time, so I simply went to the shopkeeper and learned something along with it in my spare time.”

"After studying for more than a year, the shopkeeper said that there was nothing to teach me, so I gave him some silver and started to imitate imported products and learn to make things. I didn't expect that I was quite talented in this area. The things that come out are not too different from the original ones, and they can even be given to the shopkeeper for sale in stores, which can completely confuse the real ones.”

Talking about Maoshou, he smiled, "But I made these things myself, and you will never find them exactly the same outside."

As he spoke, he stretched out his hand and brought the parts that Lin Liu picked out in front of him, brushed them a few times, but before Lin Liu could see clearly, he saw that he had already assembled several parts together.

Lin Liu: "...that's great!"

Jia Min and Daiyu couldn't sit still for a moment, they got up quickly and walked to their side.

Maoshou originally regarded this as his hobby, and didn't think it was a big deal. He didn't expect Lin Liu's reaction to be so exaggerated, which made him feel a little flattered.

He smiled shyly, opened the other boxes, and then assembled the parts inside together. His movements were so fast that the three of Jia Min who were watching were dazzled and almost couldn't bear to blink.

Being stared at by his family members, Maoshou's face became more and more red, as if he could bleed.

But the movements of his hands were very steady, without any mistakes or omissions at all.It's as if he has done these movements thousands of times, and he is already familiar with them to the bone, even with his eyes closed, he can assemble the parts.

The more Lin Liu looked at it, the more amazed she became, and she couldn't help saying, "Mao Shou, you are a genius!"

He has only been in Jiangnan for three years!

When the ten gifts were all assembled, Lin Liu looked at the six western clocks of different styles and four mechanical puppies with strange appearances and unknown functions, and couldn't hide the admiration in his eyes.

Six Western clocks have three flower shapes, including peony, peony, and rose; and three animal shapes, including wolves, tigers, and lions.

The mother and daughter could tell at a glance that the flower-shaped one was a gift for the three of them; while the animal-shaped one was a gift for Lin Ruhai and his son.

As Mao Shou said, these wall clocks are not exquisite in appearance, and even a little rigid.

But because it was made by Maoshou, and they watched Maoshou assemble it with their own eyes, it is very meaningful. The mother and daughter love these wall clocks much more than those expensive real imported products sold outside.

Daiyu picked first, and she chose the more pure rose; Lin Liu followed closely and chose the peony; Jia Min took the peony.

Maoshou was also a little embarrassed: "Because these are the three common patterns outside, I have never learned carving, so I can only make these three patterns for you, I hope you like it."

Jia Min smiled and pulled Maoshou in front of him, reached out and patted him on the shoulder: "I like it very much, this is simply the best gift I have ever received in my life."

Maoshou smiled, put three animal-shaped Western clocks aside, and then put several dog-shaped gifts in front of the three of them: "After I learned how to make only Western clocks, I quickly realized that Western clocks He is so popular in our country not because he is delicate enough, because our country's craftsmen make much more delicate things than this. He will stand out from a foreign product only because of his power spring."

"After I thoroughly researched this clockwork mechanism, I tried to make a moving doll myself." Maoshou introduced, "Because I heard that someone made a toy that can make a dog barking, I specially entrusted Someone bought one and took it apart to learn. Now it is used on these mechanical puppies.”

As he spoke, he hugged a puppy, put his hand on the puppy's tail, pushed and pulled it a few times, and then put the puppy on the ground.

Then, under the curious eyes of the three of Jia Min, the puppy started to walk around the room on its four short legs, barking "barking" while running.

Lin Liu was stunned: "This is really..."

God!

Her cat, Shou, is definitely the earliest mechanical master in the world of Red Mansions, right?A mechanical puppy that can run and bark, even in modern times, as long as it looks like a real dog, there are definitely people who are willing to pay for it.

She never expected that the most talented member of her family was Mao Shou, the quiet youngest.

But he didn't think there was anything wrong: "I know that I like these things and I'm a bit of a plaything, but I do these things in my spare time, and I haven't wasted my study time."

Lin Liu: "..."

Counting and counting, how many brothers and sisters are there, it seems that she is the most useless.

If she hadn't time-traveled and grown up with the Lin family's children, she might have been beaten into autism.

She is very suspicious now. In the original book, Lin Ruhai and Jia Min only had one child, Daiyu, and Daiyu died before they got married. It is because their genes are too good. If they have too many children, it will destroy the world. balance.

The genes of this couple are really terrible.

Maoshou noticed Lin Liu's reaction, and was a little worried: "What's wrong with my sister? Does it mean you don't like the puppy I made?"

Lin Liu came back to his senses, and looked at Maoshou with complicated eyes: "No, I'm just lamenting that compared with you guys, I'm like a Nuwa Empress who made up the numbers, living will only waste food."

Maoshou was stunned for a moment, then smiled helplessly: "Sister, what are you thinking? These are just strange tricks, and they won't make it into the elegant hall, so I'm just playing around in private."

Just as Lin Liu was about to speak, he heard a voice from outside the door: "What kind of obscene and skillful skills are difficult to enter the court of elegance?"

Several people in the room looked out the door, and they saw Lin Ruhai enter without any surprise.

Followed closely by the two brothers He Nian and Lu Sui.

They followed behind Lin Ruhai, standing upright like a young poplar tree with their chests upright, but when they saw Jia Min and the others, they grinned and covered their buttocks in pain to complain.

Lu Sui said: "Mom, don't you look at my father. Although we did something wrong, my father was too cruel, right? I hit me several times, but it hurt my son to death. I must sleep on my stomach tonight." .”

He Nian looked at Lin Liu aggrievedly: "Sister, I asked the servant beside me to ask you for help, why didn't you come?"

Lin Liu shrugged: "If I pass by, your ass is really finished."

He Nian carefully glanced at Lin Ruhai's back, curled his lips: "You are here, I will hide directly behind you, my father loves you, and he will definitely not hit me again. He is worried that the feather duster will hit you, making you You are in pain."

Lin Liu laughed, and was about to speak when Lin Ruhai turned her head instantly.

He Nian met his eyes and shut up instantly.

"Puff—" Daiyu couldn't hold back, and laughed out loud.

When she smiled, everyone else in the room laughed too.

The two brothers stood together pitifully, looking at them right and wrong, as if accusing them of their cruelty.

But the expressions of the two were so funny that the others couldn't hold back and laughed again.

Even Lin Ruhai, who was still angry at first, couldn't help laughing because of the two brothers' teasing. The anger in his heart was swept away. After shaking his head helplessly, he simply walked to the front of the table.

He raised a puppy: "What is this? Mao Shou brought it back from Jiangnan?"

Lin Liu said with a smile: "Our cat's longevity is amazing. Although these are brought back from Jiangnan, they are all designed and made by him. He can run and bark, even if he takes them to the West, he is the only one. .The father can give the pup a tug by the tail, put it on the ground, and it starts running and barking by itself."

The puppy that Maoshou put on the ground before had stopped in front of the twins because of lack of power.

While Lin Ruhai was still hesitating, Lu Sui picked up the puppy curiously, and after brushing it a few times, he wound up the puppy and put it on the ground.

"Wang Wang Wang-"

The puppy opened his mouth suddenly, startling the unprepared twins, because they got too close and squeezed each other, falling directly to the ground.

Coincidentally, both of them landed on their buttocks.

then……

"Ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo..."

"Mom, my ass broke—"

The two screamed and struggled to get up from the ground, but because they were too close, the other's hand would accidentally touch the wound, so they screamed again from time to time.

Their screams are mixed with the barking of the puppies on the ground, full of funny sense of comedy.

Lin Liu held back for a while, but didn't hold back, and let out a "puhhhhhhhh" laugh.

Seeing this, Jia Min and the others also laughed out loud.

Even Lin Ruhai, who had been sullen all this time, was amused to laugh when he saw this scene: "You two brats, you are such a treasure hahaha..."