Red Mansions I am Aunt Xue

It's a sunny day, which makes me feel good.Unexpectedly, Xue Qiu, who was supposed to arrive in October, has returned to Beijing today.Xiao Xiao glanced at Xue Qian who was beside him, and wondered that he was not going to discuss business today, because she already knew that her son was coming back.

The two sat at the head, and when Xue Qiu finished kneeling and prostrating, Fang Lian said.Xue Ning got up and walked to Xue Qiu's side, then she was taken aback, and said with a smile, "I haven't seen you for half a year, but he's taller than me." No, the eldest son, who was originally as tall as her, will be taller than her now half a head.

Xue Qian looked him up and down, and saw that he was standing beside Xue Ning wearing a stone blue lake silk plain gown. People are happy to see it.Xue Qian's face was calm, but he was already extremely proud in his heart.Not to mention that Jinling is the capital city, how many people can match his son's seven points.

Xue Qiu supported Xue Ning to sit down, turned around and sat down on Xue Qian's head, Fang smiled and said: "My son is already this old, so he will grow taller. By the way, why don't you see your brothers and sisters?"

"Stop talking about them. You've been hiding behind your back these days and whispering, but you didn't even tell me. Besides, I didn't even know you came back today, so I didn't notify them." He said this.Xue Ning glared at Xue Qian again.

"Cough..." Xue Qian moved his position slightly, but his face was still serious. "Didn't you say you wanted to stay with Uncle Lin for a while, why did you come back in such a hurry?" Xue Qian knew about his son's stay in Yangzhou, so he asked this question.

Xue Qiu smiled at his parents, and said: "Uncle said that everything that should be taught has been taught, and it is up to him to comprehend it, so he went to Beijing ahead of schedule." The son didn't go to Beijing alone, but came with the teacher."

Xue Qian pondered for a while, and then said: "What your uncle said is very true. Only you can learn it by yourself and master it well, then it is yours. Since you came to Beijing with your teacher, it is probably for Li Lao's birthday at the end of the month, right?"

"That's right. Uncle said that I have already paid homage to my teacher, so I should pay homage to Mr. Li's birthday."

"Well, that should be the case. However, you should post a greeting card tomorrow, and go to greet Mr. Li and your teacher." Xue Qian, who is over the age, also has a beard, so he will also touch the young man this time. Beard said.

"Son, please don't worry, father."

Seeing that the conversation between the father and son had come to an end, Xue Ningfang said: "Okay, okay, it was so easy for our master Xie Yuan to come back, and you dragged him to talk about this. Let's leave him alone, Mom prepared a lot of your favorite food dishes and pastries. Go and wash up quickly, I have already prepared hot water."

Xue Qiu bowed in response, and then went out.

Signaling everyone to go down, Xue Ning stopped laughing, frowned and asked, "What do you mean by Cousin Lin? You have attracted Qiu'er to be a teacher."

Xue Qian's eyes flickered, and he said, "Remember what you said last time?" Xue Ning was taken aback for a moment, she didn't know how many words she had said to him every day, so how could she remember what she said.Seeing her frowned, Xue Qian went on to say, "Is it because you said that younger sister Lin is innocent?"

"Remember, what's the matter? Cousin Lin found the mastermind behind the scenes? What does this matter have to do with Qiu'er's apprenticeship?"

"To this day, I still can't believe that the person behind this scene is the old lady of the Jia family. You don't know that the old lady Jia not only injected the sterilization medicine into the concubine of Lin cousin, but also gave the weak medicine to the Lin brothers and sisters. .”

Xue Ning was really stunned. She believed what Xue Qian said about Jia's mother giving Lin Ruhai's concubine a sterilization drug, but she didn't believe that she gave Jia Min a drug.There is no such thing as a parent in the world, and Mother Jia loves Jia Min so much.

I got it, Xiao Xiao seized a thought.It seems that Mrs. Wang once made a move on Jia Min in the early years, but after she persuaded and frightened her, Jia Min was afraid that it was the trick of that meeting.Thinking about it this way, it is not difficult to understand.Mrs. Wang wins over Jiamu's people, and then uses Jiamu's people to do it.It is not difficult to understand that Lin Ruhai and the others found Jia Mu.

Xue Ning couldn't explain these words to Xue Qian.In fact, it would be good to just treat it as Jia's mother's medicine. In this way, Lin Ruhai was afraid that Chao Jia would cut off contact with Jia's family.Up to now, she still doesn't understand what this matter has to do with Qiu'er's apprenticeship.

Xu Shi saw the strong doubts in Xue Ning's eyes, and Xue Qian stopped showing off, and said bluntly: "The teacher that Cousin Lin introduced to Qiu'er is not an ordinary person. He is the dean of Qingshan College, and his His father, Mr. Li, is a great Confucian known to everyone today. There is an elder brother who is the servant of the household department, and a sister married to Ning Anhou, who holds great power in the court. And this Ning Anhou's mother, She is the younger sister of today."

Xiao Ning, who was a little dazed by the messy relationship, took a while to reply, "You mean that our Qiu'er has worshiped an incredible teacher, only Cousin Lin is this?"

"This is related to what I said earlier. When he found out what Mrs. Jia had done, he had to be on guard. Sure enough, Mrs. Jia had written to her younger siblings to say they were married. It was the second son of the auntie, Baoyu. You I also know that the younger siblings are like this, so the younger siblings also hope to entrust their only sister to the Jia family."

What happened next didn't need Xue Qian to tell, Xiao Ning could guess seven points.It was nothing more than Lin Ruhai's reluctance, so he decided to marry Niece Lin while Jia Min was in better health.In this way, those who are interested will not have anything to say.It's also difficult for the engaged person.The family can't be lower than Jia's, but it can't be a family of meritorious service.And this Dean Li, I heard that there is a second son who is only one year old and five years old in his family.

Lin Ruhai also spent a lot of effort.The Li family is from a scholarly family, and they are in the same family as the Lin family.Furthermore, he thought that Daiyu was weak and soft-tempered, so it would be most suitable for her to marry the second son.In this way, it is not that the Li family is the most elected.

"If you say it like this, I don't quite understand. If Cousin Lin wants to marry the Li family, just ask someone to tell him. Why do you have to make such a big circle?"

"This is also something I can't figure out." Not wanting Xue Qian to say this, Xue Ning immediately said: "You don't know either? Didn't Cousin Lin tell you? Or didn't he reveal any clues?"

Xue Qian shook his head, "No matter what Cousin Lin thinks? As far as the present is concerned, it is a good thing for Qiu'er. And now that the Xue family and the Lin family are married, Cousin Lin must have good intentions." That being said, Xue Qian ordered people to investigate as early as when he received Lin Ruhai's letter.

Just as he himself said, it was a good thing that Xue Qiu worshiped Dean Li as his teacher.Therefore, although he was suspicious, he still wrote back and agreed that his eldest son would be a teacher.

The Xue family also has people in the officialdom, not to mention that his brother-in-law is also a third-rank official in the dynasty.It's just that Qiu'er worshiped a great Confucian as his teacher, which is different.Coupled with Qiu'er's own talent, she will be able to rise steadily in the future.This member of the Li family needs to make good friends.

Thinking of this, Xue Qianyin said: "Tomorrow, Qiu'er is going to Li's house to pay his respects. You can ask Qiu'er later, which famous family Mr. Li and his teacher like, so we can find them as a gift."

Xue Ning replied with a smile: "I can save it. I am also happy that Qiu'er can worship a famous teacher, so I dare not be careful. By the way, when my sister came last time, she also posted a post. It is said that she will enter the palace in October and Yuanchun I'm going to hold a wedding banquet. Tell me, do you want to bring brother Yu with you?" Jia's mansion sent someone to ask Lin Yu again in the past few days, but it annoyed Xue Ning.

"No need, then you can just say that he is sick. As for the rest, you can just make up your own mind." Xue Qian knew that the Jia family would send their pampered sister to the palace, so he couldn't see Jia's behavior like this. as.There are so many men in Jia's mansion, but they actually want to send a girl to fight for their future.

The next day, Xue Ning took out the gift she had prepared earlier and asked Xue Qiu to take it to Li's hometown.

After a short while, the soft sedan chair Xue Qiu was sitting in stopped.After adjusting his clothes slightly, he bent down and got out of the sedan chair.The servants at the side stepped forward and said: "My uncle is from Xue's residence in Jinling, come to see Mr. Li."

The person standing outside the door had already received the words of the masters in the mansion, so he dared not take it seriously.With a wave of his hand, he asked the other person to rush in to report, and said with a coquettish smile: "It's Mr. Xue, the master told you to come here today. Quickly follow the younger one." He bowed and greeted Xue Qiu from Enter through the side door.

When he was young, Xue Qiu followed that servant into the north courtyard of Li's mansion.After entering the courtyard and walking for a while, the servant stopped in front of a house.

Knocked three times, but there was no response from inside, so he pushed the door in and invited Xue Qiu to sit down, and then said to him: "Master Xu has gone to the old master's place and has not come back yet. Master Xue will take a rest. Come back when you meet." After saying that, he wanted to back down.

Xue Qiu sat on the lower right hand seat and nodded upon hearing this.He winked at Qingsong, and Qingsong smiled and stepped forward to give a purse.The person who led the way did not take it, but bowed to Xue Qiu again, and retreated calmly.

At this time, a very handsome little girl dressed in blue satin bijia brought tea.After a short bow, he backed down again.From the beginning to the end, he never raised his head to peek at Xue Qiu, or made any other moves.

From these two servants alone, it can be seen that the Li family has a clean and upright family style and strict discipline.Xue Qiu is also a teacher whom Yu Jia respects.

Before the tea was finished, Xue Qiu saw someone standing aside with the curtain drawn up.Busily put down the tea bowl and stood up, seeing a cyan brocade hem from the corner of the eye, and bowed down respectfully.

"Waiting for a long time?" A slightly majestic voice sounded in the room, and the person who spoke was Dean Li.

"It didn't take long for the students to meet the teacher and return to the teacher."

Dean Li looked Xue Qiu up and down, smiled slightly, "Well, sit down." Xue Qiu sat down in response.

Dean Li stroked his beard, asked Fan Xueqiu about his knowledge, and nodded in satisfaction.Afterwards, he was asked about his views on the current government, and Xue Qian also answered them one by one, which made him even more satisfied.The two talked until noon, and Dean Li still kept Xue Qiu for lunch, chatting for a while before letting him go back.

At this time, a middle-aged man came in from the door, quite similar to Dean Li, he was the elder brother of Dean Li who was the servant of the household department.

"Brother is here, please do it quickly."

"It's over, we two brothers don't need to be polite. That little guy is your new disciple just now? I heard that he is from the Xue family of Jinling, a son of an imperial merchant. Why did you accept him as a disciple?" I don't blame Li The waiter has this question.Dean Li usually hates dignitaries the most, and the Xue family can barely be considered a dignitary, so he actually accepted Xue Qiu as a disciple at this moment, he was naturally puzzled.

Dean Li smiled when he heard the words, and said: "Brother doesn't know something. This kid was first recommended by Lin Ruhai to Qingshan College. I was listening behind the exam on the day of the exam. I was only seven years old, and my answer would have been good. If not He was born in an imperial merchant, so I accepted him back then. As for why I accept him now..." Dean Li took out a letter and handed it to Li Shilang.

"Oh! It's not bad that you won the case and Xie Yuan at a young age. Eh... this is? Lin Ruhai wants to marry your second brother?"

"That's right, and my younger brother has also agreed. After the old man's birthday is over, when he returns to the south, he will make a marriage contract with the Lin Family Hu Geng Tie." Dean Li smiled again.

Li Shilang narrowed his eyes slightly, he would be thinking the same as Xue Ning.Why did Lin Ruhai turn the corner?And why did his brother agree?

When he saw the next letter, he stood up abruptly, "This... are you crazy..."

In Xue's residence, Xue Ning hugged Baochai and taught her how to post and reply.

Seeing Xue Qiu come back, he was very happy and asked, "How about going to your teacher's house today?"

"Mother, don't worry, the teacher treats me very well." As he spoke, he laughed and told what he had heard in Li's house.

Hearing this, Xue Ning was overjoyed that Xue Qiu worshiped this famous teacher.