Edge of the Red Chamber

Before I got to the door, I saw three or four people running out of the house from a distance.Lin Yan got off the horse with a smile, took off his purse and threw it over, and said with a smile, "You're smart today."

Lao Zhang accepted it with a smile, and said to Lin Yan, "Second Master is back, Second Grandma has sent someone to look at it three or four times." After seeing Lin Yan through the door, he threw the purse to the boy following him, and said with a smile "It's up to you to divide it," he said, and confessed: "Don't spend two of the money in your hand, save it carefully, if you don't have any money later, some girl is willing to marry."

Afraid that there was something to do, Lin Yan hurried to the inner courtyard, not wanting Mrs. Chen but not in the house, just a few maids sitting on the table doing needlework, seeing him back, hurriedly got up to say hello, Dongmei said: "Second master is counted. I'm back, Brother Fei got hit by a board today, and the old lady is going to chase Mr. Qin away. Grandma has already passed, and when she left, she said, if the second master comes back, please hurry over."

The old lady is not unreasonable, and it is not the first time Lin Fei has been beaten. He has never punished anyone for this, so it must have been severely beaten.Thinking of this, Lin Yan also felt angry.

Lin Fei nestled next to the old lady, chattering non-stop, and the maids in the room seemed to be wearing flowers, spinning around the room.Seeing him coming in, the old lady didn't have her usual smiling face, she said with a sullen face, "Why did you come back so late?" Without waiting for Lin Yan to reply, she ordered Muyu, "Weigh 50 taels of silver." Turning her head and saying to Lin Yan: "Mr. Qin, why don't you stay with me? Fei'er is naughty and offended him. Please take care of Fei'er because of his young age and ignorance. It's just that Fei'er is stupid. It really failed his hard work.”

Lin Yan didn't dare to answer, he said yes, and went out again.Lu Huixian knew something was wrong, but she couldn't stop her.When it comes to nephews, it's not easy to teach Chen to stand out, so he pulls Lin Daiyu's sleeve, but Lin Daiyu just doesn't know, and she can't.

When she was worrying, she heard Daiyu say: "I forgot for a while, I still have a box of activating blood and removing blood stasis ointment, which is better than the usual ones at home."

The old lady didn't doubt that he was there, seeing her get up, she said: "Just send someone back."

Daiyu said: "I hid it, they don't know."

The old lady didn't think much about it, and said angrily, "You're already a big girl, and you're still so naughty."

When Lin Daiyu came out of the house, she saw Lin Yanhou under the eaves. The brother and sister smiled at each other. Lin Daiyu pouted into the room, Lin Yan smiled wryly, and the two walked out together without speaking.

After walking for a short distance, Lin Daiyu, expecting that the people in the room could not hear her, ordered Hongxiao to go back to get the medicine, and then said to Lin Yan, "Although Mr. Qin was at fault, it was Fei'er who made the mistake first." , E Mei frowned lightly, and said: "It's just that Mr. Qin's hands are too serious, Feier is only a little old, even if he did something wrong, he shouldn't have such a heavy hand."

It turned out that Lin Fei put Dilong into Mr. Qin's tea bowl while taking a break today.

Lin Yan didn't know whether to laugh or cry when he heard this, and said, "I don't know who he looks like?" Then he said, "This Mr. Qin is quite knowledgeable, and his behavior is decent, but his behavior is a bit too roundabout. That day, I also saw that he was so good-natured that he dared to control Fei. Well, I didn't expect this to happen."

As soon as the two of them left the yard, a woman replied, "The doctor is here."

Daiyu hurriedly said: "Second brother hastened to lead the doctor in, I'm afraid the old lady will be waiting impatiently."

Lin Yan pondered for a while, and said, "Go to the garden for a stroll, I'll ask someone to wait for the red silk here." Then he said: "I have some good ones there, I'll send some of them back."

Daiyu nodded in agreement, and urged Lin Yan to leave, saying, "I know, you should go quickly."

The doctor was heard in the room, and Lu Huixian and Mrs. Chen hurriedly got up, and were about to help the old lady. The old lady waved her hand and said, "How old am I, and I still taboo about these things, why not?" Little, he was frightened again, we all left, how could he not be afraid?"

Hearing this, Lu Huixian felt distressed, hesitated and refused to avoid it, the old lady said to her instead, saying: "With me, why do you have to worry about it?" Lu Huixian had no choice but to hide behind the screen with Mrs. Chen.

For a while, Lin Yan led the doctor in, and the old lady held Lin Fei in her arms to check his pulse.It didn't matter much, it smelled so bad that he had used a plaster for promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, and he refused to even prescribe the medicine.The old lady is relieved.

On the contrary, Lin Yan saw that Lin Fei's palms were bruised and bloodshot.Already out of breath, he was full of anger again.

As soon as Lin Hai, Lin Jue and his son came back, they heard that the family had invited a doctor, and hurried in to have a look.Seeing Lin Fei's palm, Lin Jue didn't take it seriously.It was just that the old lady and Lin Hai were there, so it was difficult to speak, so I just secretly glanced at Lin Fei who was getting more and more proud.

Lin Feitian is not afraid of anything, but his father.Seeing his father looking over, he dared not make a sound.He was a little obedient, but it made the old lady feel more affectionate and distressed.

After dinner, the old lady left Lin Hai and his son to talk, and said, "In my opinion, Mr. Qin can't stay."

Lin Fei has been in school for half a year, and he still hasn't finished a thousand-character essay.That's all, Mr. Qin didn't do it because of this, but because he has a square personality and can control Lin Fei.After one or two years, I will hire another Mr. Kaimeng.Unexpectedly, Mr. Qin is ruthless enough to discipline him, but he has no ability to make Lin Fei obey him. The master and apprentice fought each other, but became more and more mischievous.

Lin Hai only found out when he came back from Xishan that this was not the way to go, and he was planning to find a new teacher.Unexpectedly, this happened before he had time to discuss with Lin Jue.Then he nodded, and said: "I was negligent," said, and didn't know what to think of, and laughed again, and said: "I don't know whose successor this child took, I think his father and his uncle are all right. "

The old lady gave him a sideways look, and said, "Who will take over? Don't talk about Feier, I just looked at him with blank eyes. Compared with you, Feier is still better." Then she sighed, "It's also because there are few children in the family. You are alone, you are young and have a weak nature, no one is willing to talk about you, only your father can control you."

Seeing that the old lady was sad, the father and son hurriedly changed the conversation, Lin Jue said: "Although Mr. Qin said he was wrong, but Feier is really out of order." : "Mr. Qin must not be able to stay. It's just that he can't find a good one for a while. It's better to stay first and wait until he finds a good one."

Hearing the previous sentence, the old lady's complexion just softened a little, and when she heard the latter sentence, she said: "I have never seen such a cruel old man like you. The child's hand is so injured that he can't even hold a pen." , you force him to write." How can Lin Jue not feel distressed, but Lin Fei is only in school, and he will rest at home when he encounters troubles. Once a habit is formed, it will be even more difficult to discipline in the future.At this moment, the old lady was only concerned about the injury on Lin Fei's hand. How could she expect this, even if she told it to her, she might not be able to listen to it.

Seeing this, Lin Yan laughed and said, "Father and elder brother don't have time, don't they still have me?"

The old lady disagreed again, and said: "You will end soon, where can you be free? You don't need to worry about Feier's affairs. Anyway, he is still young, and Daier can teach him. If the time comes, you still can't If you find a good one, teach Dai’er to teach the Thousand-Character Prose first. Besides, how many things does your father have today, such as planting flowers and having time, but not teaching his own grandson?”

As he was talking, he talked about himself, and in front of his son again, Lin Hai blushed and was speechless in embarrassment.

This taught him how to answer, saying that he couldn't bear to discipline his grandson.The old lady replied to him immediately, how could she be able to discipline her son back then.

Lin Jue didn't know Lin Hai's embarrassment, so he hurriedly smiled and said: "Where is it necessary to work father, I come back every day to teach him the same thing, besides, we don't have time, don't we still have the old lady?"

One word made the old lady laugh, and said: "You can learn like Yan'er anytime, as if you had honey on your mouth."

Lin Yan immediately said, "I learned it from my elder brother."

After all, it is still not decided whether to keep Mr. Qin, but before Lin Fei has a good hand, he will not use Mr. Qin anyway.

Back in the house, Lin Yan just remembered that he forgot to tell Lin Hailin about the day's affairs, then turned around and thought, it's not a big deal.Besides, the Ningrong Second Mansion has long since lost its dignity, more things are not much, and less things are not too many.Jia Lian was greedy for the beauty of Second Sister You, and when he was fresh, he couldn't listen to anything, so he just told Jia Amnesty quietly, and that's all it was to fulfill the relationship between relatives.I also hope that Jia Amnesty will be stupid again, and he will know what crime will be punished in the double filial piety of national filial piety and family filial piety to stop his wife from remarrying.

Although the old lady did not agree, Lin Yan really thought about it, and got up early the next day to order someone to bring Lin Fei to his study to teach the thousand-character essay in person.Xu is familiar with temper, Lin Fei rarely sat for half an hour.

It was heard in the old lady's ears, and the old lady laughed repeatedly: "No one can cure this demon star, but he can." Talking and laughing, in front of Lu Huixian, it's not good to talk about delaying study.

On the contrary, Lu Huixian said: "It's also their uncle and nephew. If it wasn't for the second master to end this year, I would ask my sister for a favor and ask the second master to enlighten Fei Er."

Mrs. Chen hurriedly said: "My family, what can I ask for? My sister-in-law is sincerely insulting me when she says this." Then she said to the old lady: "The old lady doesn't have to worry about them. There are two uncles and nephews, and one is willing." teach, if anyone is willing to learn, you can let them know where to find such a good thing.”

The old lady laughed and said, "Both of them brothers have their own ideas, so don't worry about it." What Chen said must be Lin Yan's meaning.If she insisted not to allow Lin Yan to teach, I'm afraid Lu Huixian would feel uncomfortable, and it would be unsightly for the family to lose harmony.Since Lin Yan wants to teach, let him go.

Lu Huixian was overjoyed when she heard that, and she was still worried when she took Lin Fei to the outer courtyard in the morning.When Lin Yan was five or six years old, he dared to go up a tree, dig out a bird's nest, fish in the water, dare to sneak into Lin Hai's study, tore up an ancient painting from the previous dynasty, and folded a small gadget that Jia Min called "airplane" and flew it on Lin Hai's robe. , lest Lin Fei learn the same as Lin Yan.After picking up Lin Fei and coming in, he saw that the clothes he wore when he went there in the morning were neat and clean, and he put his heart back into his stomach.When asked what he had learned, Lin Fei memorized half of the thousand-character prose in one go. He really had this idea at the time, but he didn't dare to think about it.Even if there is no exam in September, Lin Yan will always be an official in the court, so how can he teach his nephew at home?If she had this thought, not to mention how Lin Jue thought of her, even she herself would look down on herself.

However, now that it was Lin Yan who proposed it, she couldn't wait for it.But she didn't dare to agree. If Lin Yan's future was delayed because of Lin Fei, she would feel bad about it.Immediately he smiled, and said: "I'm joking, you can't take it seriously." Then he said: "If you talk about it, there is the second master teaching Fei'er, I will naturally be willing to do so. My own uncle, how could he be invited from outside?" People can compare, but at this time, the future of the second master is still the most important thing. Let the eldest sister teach for a few days, and when his hands are ready, let the uncle or the master write a few words. Let the master search for it, and if there is something good, please come back again, it's the same."

Chen Shi said: "It's useless for you to talk to me about this matter, the second master is in high spirits, how can I persuade him?"

Sister-in-law, you respect me, I respect you, the old lady is happy to see it, and said: "Forget it, this is their uncle's and nephew's business, we don't care about it."

Lin Daiyu said with a smile: "Ignore what they do, it's rare for the second brother to do something, let's just wait and see."

Lu Huixian couldn't say anything.