Survive in the world of Red Mansions

Mrs. Lin's natal Yao family is also a scholarly family that has been passed down for many generations. When Mrs. Lin was in her generation, because Mrs. Lin's elder brother died young, only the widowed sister-in-law was left to live with a few children, so those years , the Yao family is not far behind.

The Yao family has been silent for a few years because there is no man who is the head of the household. It is precisely because of this that although Mrs. Lin married into the Lin family, she has always helped her natal family's widow and nephew. The two children have always respected this aunt who married out.

When the children of Yao's family grew up, they were excellent in reading and socializing. Although the imperial examination scores of the two brothers were not as bright as Lin Hai's, their scores were quite good, and they were all in the top two.Through the connections left by the Yao family's father back then, the two brothers were also good people, and later joined the fourth prince, so the road to promotion these years can be said to be quite smooth.

Now the boss of the Yao family is a scholar of the fifth rank of the Hanlin Academy. Although his grade is not high, he has a close relationship with the scholars; After the expiration of this term, it seems to go further.

There are several small members of the Yao family now, and two of them have achieved great fame. It can also be seen that there are successors. After being silent for so many years, the Yao family can be said to be really slowly beginning to prosper.

Before Mrs. Lin passed away, the relationship between the Lin and Yao families had always been very close. After Mrs. Lin passed away, when there were conflicts between the two families, if Lin Ruhai hadn’t been released, things might not have been as bad as before. In the future, even if the relationship between the two is not as close as before, it will not be completely broken for so many years.Lin Ruhai and the two cousins ​​of the Yao family had always gotten along very well because of Mrs. Lin's reason. It was only because they didn't explain clearly in time that the two families had no contact for many years.

After Lin Hai came, he was able to lower his head and pick up this relationship again, regardless of whether there was a reason for the fourth prince at the time, but for the two brothers of the Yao family, because of the reason of Mrs. Lin, the Yao and Lin families could resume their relationship. Still happy to see it happen.

Lin Rui was still a little curious about visiting Yao's house first, "Father, why did you go to Yao's house first? If you don't talk about the old lady of Jia's family, others will talk about it, right?"

"What's there to say? Of course, it's okay to go to Rongguo Mansion first. Others will only think that Lin Hai has so much affection for Jia Min. You see, Jia Min has passed away. As soon as Lin Hai arrives in the capital to meet His Majesty, he goes to Rongguo Mansion first. It can be seen that the relationship between the two families has not been affected by Jia Min's death at all, which shows that the relationship between the two families is close.

But there is nothing wrong with me going to Yao's house first. Yao's house is Mrs. Lin's natal family. I am filial to my old mother who passed away, so I visited Yao's house first.Besides, even if the old lady had something extra to say when I visited Rongguo Mansion, I can also say that due to some reasons, the relationship between the Yao and Lin families has been broken for many years. Now that I have this opportunity, of course I hope to come to the house early and hope to get a cousin from the Yao family. Brother's understanding and so on, don't these depend on how you say it? "

Lin Rui also felt that it made sense when he heard his father say this.

"It's reasonable for Dad to say this, but not to mention reading the book "Dream of the Red Chamber", just looking at the things the old lady has done in the past few years, you can see that the old lady is a very self-centered person, and she may not be able to listen. You have to follow what your father said."

"It doesn't matter if you can listen or not? I don't live with her, and I have satisfied her. Maybe she has that kind of request. Why do I follow his will? Besides, we will go to Beijing It's been two days, and the Jia family should know about it, but you don't see anyone coming to the Jia family, what do you think is the reason?"

Lin Rui thought for a while before replying: "Father, you have been in the Yanzheng position for so many years. Others will think you are the old emperor's confidant. I think Jia's mother must have the same idea. But now the new emperor's heir It’s time for you to come to Beijing to congratulate this time, the old lady may think that you are returning to Beijing for congratulations because of today, but as for your status in the eyes of the new emperor, it is not yet certain, so it is Mrs. Jia who is still here. Wait and see?"

Listening to Lin Rui's analysis, Lin Hai couldn't help but nodded, and said, "As expected of my son, even if he's smart, he's not in vain following me every day. His analysis makes sense. According to the old lady's usual behavior, if you know me and the four The prince has been in touch for a long time, and I am afraid he has sent people to the pier to guard every day, and he can still sit in the mansion and wait for us to come to the door in person?"

"Well, I'm so smart that I followed my own father!"

"..."

The two father and son flattered each other a few more words, Lin Rui looked at Lin Hai and suddenly smiled maliciously, "Father, do you want to do something bad?"

"How is it possible? I'm such an upright person, I sent Lin Yuan to the Rongguo Mansion this time, and I sent it directly to your uncle Jia Amnesty."

"Father, you are too bad! Anyone who knows a little about Rongguo Mansion knows that the housekeeper of Rongguo Mansion is the second wife, Mrs. Wang, who has always been Jia Mu and Jia Zheng to the outside world. There has never been such a thing as the eldest uncle of the Jia family, Jia Amnesty." , father, you are sending the greeting card directly to Jia She right now, aren’t you making yourself uncomfortable there? Hehe... the family over there must have forgotten that Jia She is the heir of the Rongguo Mansion?"

"I didn't do anything wrong. Although there is an old lady here, the old lady's husband is dead. Doesn't it mean that the husband dies and obeys the son? As the heir of the Rongguo Mansion, Jia Amnesty should also be the one who established the family. I will pay my respects now." What's wrong with posting it to the head of the family?"

After saying this, Lin Hai couldn't help laughing. In fact, Lin Hai really didn't have any ideas, it was just for fun.

Lin Rui also found it a little funny when he heard it, husband dies and obeys son?The old lady of the Jia family wished that everyone in the house would listen to him and let her follow his son, didn't she want her life?

It may be because the old lady likes the youngest son, but no matter how much she likes her, there is a limit to it. Could it be that because of her liking, there is always a reason for leaving aside all the serious heirs in the mansion and making the second room the head of the board.It is said that it is because the step-wife is petty and can't get on the stage. Didn't you know it before you got married?Rongguo Mansion's wife's stepmother, if she has the heart, it's impossible not to have a better choice. Now that Mrs. Xing has married in, she despises her again. The old lady is always justified!The second room is not the heir of the Rongguo Mansion, and now it can be the director of the family because of the love of the old lady. The second room is not desperately supporting Jia Mu?

"Okay, let's look at the Jia family's affairs as a joke. Your father and I have my own concerns. I will go to Yao's house tomorrow. I have a few cousins ​​of the same generation as you. They all have children, and they are about the same age as you." Yes. The Yao family has always been a scholarly family, and they pay more attention to etiquette. After you go tomorrow, you should pay attention to it."

"I know, generally scholars pay more attention to rules, but father, don't worry, your son is so cute, I will definitely kill the audience once he appears on the stage!"

Lin Rui was beside him with a smug expression on his face.

"Yeah, Miao kills the audience? The audience is Miao killed? Well, it's almost time for you to practice martial arts. Go change your clothes. I've been sitting on the boat these days, and I haven't moved much for a few days. , Practice together today."

After breakfast the next day, Lin Hai led Lin Rui, Lin An and a few servants together, and went to Yao's house with gifts.The residences of the Yao family and the Lin family in the capital are not far apart, and within half an hour they arrived at the gate of the Yao residence by car.

Yesterday, the Yao family received a post that Lin Hai was about to visit, and they had already prepared for it. Lin Hai got out of the car with Lin Rui in his arms, and saw several male servants standing in front of Yao's mansion, one of whom looked like a housekeeper. Yes, as soon as he saw Lin Hai and his son getting off the car, he hurriedly stepped forward, bowed and saluted, and shouted:

"The little one pays my respects to my cousin, to my cousin, to my cousin, to my cousin, my master knows that my cousin is coming today, so I specially waited in the mansion, please!"

Another servant saw Lin Hai and his son getting out of the car, and had already rushed inward to report the news.

The Yao family's house in the capital has also been passed down for several generations. The Wujin house may be because, like the Lin family, its hometown is from the south of the Yangtze River, so the buildings in the mansion are all in the style of the south of the Yangtze River.

As soon as Lin Hai and his party reached the second gate, several people greeted them. The one walking in front was an elegant middle-aged man, dressed in a blue robe, with a thin body and a little white hair, only held up by a bamboo hairpin. , dressed in the most common ordinary attire for scholars, it happened that Yao Hanlin wore a gentle and elegant demeanor, which made people feel good at first sight.

Lin Hai saw the current head of the Yao family, Yao Pei and Yao Hanlin, walking towards him, and hurriedly stepped forward to salute.

"Ruhai has seen my cousin, cousin is well!"

"Cousin Ruhai!"

"Nephew Lin Rui greets uncle!"

"Nephew pays respects to cousin!"

Yao Pei will introduce to Lin Hai along with his nephews. Standing next to Yao Hanlin is the elder son of the Yao family, Yao Yan, who has already gained fame as a juror.Standing next to Yao Yan, about the same age as Lin Rui, was Yao Yan's eldest son, Yao Qing.Another teenage boy, the eldest son of the Yao family's second child, Yao Hao, was specially sent back to the capital to study.The other is Yao Chen, the youngest son of Yao's parents, whom both Lin Hai and his son have met.

The conflict between the Yao and Lin families, the younger generation somewhat understands, but they are all scholars, and they still have a good impression of Lin Hai, the Tanhualang of the year, so they are also very happy to see Lin Hai coming.

Lin Hai, as a third-rank salt official, has stayed in this position for many years and is still alive and well, and now he has the eyes of the new emperor, this is his ability.Although Yao Pei is only a fifth-rank Hanlin Academy bachelor, there is still a brother in the Yao family who has been released to serve as the magistrate, and there are already two juren in the next generation, and they are not very old. The prosperity is just around the corner.

Yao Pei and Lin Ruhai, two cousins, had many conflicts in the past, but now it seems that the relationship has returned to the past. No matter what the reason for this recovery, not only Lin Hai, but also the two brothers of the Yao family are all Happy to see it happen.

This is the first time for Yao Pei to see this cousin again in more than ten years. After all, it has not been seen for many years. Yao Hanlin feels that this cousin has changed a lot.It may be because of his position in Yanzheng these years. Compared with the bookishness before, he now gives people a more mature and stable feeling, and even a little bit of freedom in it. Yao Hanlin thought of the latter point, just I think there might be something wrong with my eyes.

"Ruhai, this is Lin Rui's nephew. He is smart. It's the first time we meet. Let's play with this jade pendant."

Yao Pei said as he took off a ring-shaped jade pendant from his waist and handed it to Lin Rui. Although Lin Rui didn't know much about these things, he could tell that the jade pendant was of very good quality, so he couldn't help turning He looked at Lin Hai and saw Lin Hai nodding, so he took it and thanked Yao Pei, "Thank you, Uncle Yao, for the gift."

Lin Hai and Yao Pei walked and chatted until they sat down in the main hall. Lin Hai asked Lin An to give the gifts he brought this time to several juniors respectively, and everyone gave in to each other before they started talking again.

"Ru Hai, how long will you stay in Beijing this time? Will you stay in the capital?"

"It should be just these few days. As you know, I have also resigned from the Yanzheng position many times, but... After the new emperor ascends the throne, he will probably return to Yangzhou."

Lin Hai doesn't know what the Fourth Prince means now, he really wants to go back to the capital, but these things are beyond his control.

"I heard that Enke may be fired, do the two nephews have any intention of ending this time?"

"If it is, I really want them both to try it. If you, Tanhualang from back then, can give you advice, they will definitely benefit a lot!"

Hearing what Yao Pei said, Yao Yan and Yao Chen also looked at Lin Hai with bright eyes. Although they also ranked among the top in the exam and thought they did well, the exam was nationwide. It's no wonder that their eyes shine when they meet a flower lover.

"Both nephews are smart, and I don't dare to give advice, but I can talk to them about my experience."

After all, the two families have not been in touch for many years, and now they are meeting for the first time, and they can't talk about too in-depth topics. Now the two families are chatting about the imperial examinations, and they will not be cold.

Not long after, Yao's aunt sent someone to say that she wanted to see this nephew whom she had never met.Lin Rui went to the backyard and saw Aunt Yao, as well as a few nephews and nieces who were younger than him, and they were rubbed by some women in the backyard before they were put back.Every time Lin Rui was a guest at someone else's house, Lin Rui was annoyed to go to the backyard to greet these women. He was already annoyed by being petted by these people, and it was even more uncomfortable to keep smiling and pretend to be cute.

Several people chatted and laughed, and time passed quickly. The Yao family specially arranged a banquet for Lin Hai and his son. When the lunch was about to end, the housekeeper of the Yao family came in and whispered something in Yao Pei's ear. Nodding his head, he understood.

Seeing this, Lin Hai thought that there was something wrong with the Yao family, so after the banquet, he sat down for a while and prepared to leave.

"Ruhai, there is a nobleman who wants to see you, so he is at Zuixiao Tower, is it convenient?"