[Red House] How to escape from a broken ship

Lin smiled very relieved, she always felt sorry for her son who lost his father when he was young, and only wanted him to grow up safely.She didn't expect him to be so resourceful. Now that her son knows how to think about things and has his own ideas, if she closes her eyes, she can worry less.

"Your father said it when he was alive," Mrs. Lin said in detail for her son, "The Tao family is our family servant and has served three generations. Old Tao only let his son take over when he was old, but Tao Hou, the boss of his family Some naive, not smart enough, your father didn't let him be the housekeeper, and chose Tao Er. But your father also said when he was dying, that Tao Zhong is a rebellious person, too lively and too shrewd, such a person cannot live for a long time down."

Jia Yan listened carefully, and then heard his mother continue: "Your father said back then that if Tao Zhong dared to mess with his mind, even if he only showed a little bit, he couldn't let it go. Tomorrow you can go to work with peace of mind, take Tao Hou with you, and mother will send you away." Tao Zhong went to work, and then called his father, Tao An, and you don't have to worry about the rest."

Although a little worried, Jia Yan still nodded obediently, and Lin tried his best to write two more letters, which allowed Jia Yan to put away the famous letter and sent him to sleep.Where Jia Yan could sleep, he tossed and turned. When he was ten years old, this was the first time he suffered from insomnia. Even when his father died, he was held in his mother's arms, and he could sleep for a while at night.

Early the next morning, Jia Yan came to her mother, and Lin called Han Changsheng first.Xiao Han knelt outside the door, her mother, Jia Yan's wet nurse, Han Feng, was beside Lin, and Han Feng's husband, Han Chang, was looking after Lin's Zhuangzi.

Lin said: "You are Ah Yan's nanny. You grew up with him and studied with him. Now that I am seriously ill, if something happens, I still have to invite someone from my natal family. Now I am sending the young master to Yangzhou. Stay by your side, Changsheng, you must take care of the young masters."

After she finished speaking, Han Feng said: "You have to serve the young master and go this trip safely, or you will break your fodder carefully!" The tone was very strict, Jia Yan grew up drinking her milk, Lin Always respect her and her man.The whole Han family relies on Lin's mother and son, and they can only hope for the family's well-being.

Han Changsheng kowtowed heavily and said, "The little one understands, please don't worry, my wife, and please watch over my mother, my son will definitely accompany the young master back safely!"

Mrs. Lin nodded: "I'll let Tao Hou go with you. Although Tao Hou is simple, he is a man after all. You have to listen to Uncle Tao on the way, but you also have to take care of the young master, you know. Go ahead and ask Tao Hou to come."

Changsheng resigned and called Tao Hou again.Tao Hou is also in his 30s this year, with a simple and honest face, thick eyebrows and thick lips, and dark and strong. As soon as he entered the yard, he knelt down on the porch: "Little Tao Hou pays his respects to his wife!"

Lin's qi deficiency could not speak loudly, so he asked Tao Hou to stand outside the window, and said: "Let you accompany the young master to Yangzhou to visit the uncle, and you should take care of the young master along the way, he is still young. I need to count on you, sir When I was alive, I said that you can count on it, and the young master on the way will entrust you."

Tao Hou also grew up with the master Jia Tun since he was a child, because he is a bit stupid, and he knows it himself.Therefore, for many years, he has been in charge of accompanying the guard when the master goes out, or sending a letter, going out or something.After the master passed away, he was often ordered to go to the Zhuangzi. Because the mistress treated the young master like an eyeball, he was useless.

Now entrusting the young master's safety to him, Tao Hou is really passionate, wishing he could show his heart and express his will to do this job well.Although Lin was weak, her tone was relaxed: "I have already sent someone to invite your father over, and asked him to give you some instructions."

This sentence made Tao Hou calm down. Although he is simple and honest, he looks rough—some people say he is stupid.But in the past, he was always by Jia Tun's side. Jia Gongci looked at this playmate, and would occasionally mention him when he couldn't stand it.Therefore, Tao Hou felt refreshed. He didn't complain that he chose his younger brother Tao Zhong as the second housekeeper instead of him.

But Tao Hou knew that his father, Tao An, also favored his second younger brother, so Tao Hou calmed down, and when his father came, he would definitely say something to him.To Tao Hou's surprise, as soon as Tao An entered the courtyard, the mistress Lin asked him to go down to find the young master.The old housekeeper Tao An was very surprised, why didn't he hear that the boss was going to accompany the young master to go out.

When Tao Hou left, Tao An stood at the bottom of the steps, he was so respectable.Mrs. Lin said hello, and there were women and servants at the gate of the courtyard, and there were maids inside and outside the main room. Tao An's heart sank, something must have happened.

Mrs. Lin asked Liangen to hand over an account to Tao An. Through the curtain, Mrs. Lin said in a low voice: "The master said when he was dying, the eldest girl will not talk about it, and give everything that should be given, and this family property belongs to you." Young master, these old butlers know about it."

Tao An bent down: "Yes, these little ones know it all."

"Now your son Tao Zhong is not only hooking up with people outside, but also telling people that I am seriously ill and dying. And while I let him go to the shop, he paid money at will and built a small room outside. , let those who want to plot out." Lin said these words slowly, and Tao An suddenly knelt down at the bottom of the steps, holding the ledger with trembling hands.

Lin's voice was chilling: "Since I married into this family, I've been kind enough to ask myself. Now everyone knows what those people outside are thinking. My master and I only have one son, Ah Yan. Who wants my son's life? I had to take people's lives."

Old Tao An burst into tears: "That bastard! The Tao family has served the family for generations and has never slacked off. I beg my wife, alas." He couldn't continue, but kept kowtowing. So also a little intolerable.The nanny Han Feng who was standing beside Lin wanted to say something, but she shut up when she saw his wife's unmoved appearance.

Mrs. Lin looked at him coldly, and said only one sentence: "I have already asked people from the Jinling prefect's yamen to go to his outer room and arrest him. You still have two sons, the eldest and the third, so you can go back and live." After finishing speaking, he was asked to help Tao An's house, and then he was asked to go to the prefect's yamen in Jinling to take care of him and kill them as an example.

Mrs. Feng Han kept staring at his wife. Mrs. Lin slid down the chair after she finished making arrangements, before she even took a sip of tea, causing her to shout, "Madam! Mrs.!" Mrs. Lin managed to open her eyes and told her to keep quiet. , Just follow the usual prescription to decoct the medicine.

The Lin family here is about to cut the mess, and when the married girl Jia Fenniang heard the news, Tao Zhong had already been beaten twenty times according to the law, and was sentenced to the number of shackles. Sentenced to prison.Jia Fen's motherly eyes stood up, but she was helpless. She wanted to hold back her anger and go back to ask why her father's old servant and second housekeeper were suddenly sent to the government for sale, but was stopped by her husband.

Wang Dongming stopped her from going: "If you go over now, wouldn't it be a waste of time to send you to the door to listen to her lessons, and you will be so angry that you will faint, why bother!" Holding her shoulders, he leaned into his daughter-in-law's ear and said, "My dear Fenniang, think about it, why did she do that over there? You must know that when my father-in-law was alive, he was always kind to his subordinates, and Jia's family has not yet got a housekeeper from the government. things."

Jia Fenniang sneered: "That woman has always been vicious, hum!"

Wang Dongming smiled helplessly: "You are talking out of anger, my good daughter-in-law, let me tell you, what she did can only prove one thing, that is, Tao Zhong is telling the truth, her body collapsed, and she is really going to die." Wang Dongming's tone was calm, as if he was talking about what to have for dinner.Fenniang was stunned when she heard that, she also knew that her husband was capable, so she usually left everything to him.

Tao Zhong sold the news, but in fact he sold it to this eldest son-in-law. Even though Fenniang had met with her husband and the elders of the same clan frequently, she still had doubts in her heart. Now that she heard what her husband said, she compared it with Lin's usual behavior. , I also think it makes sense.

"Only when she can't hold on anymore, will she cut the mess so quickly. As for Tao Zhong," Wang Dongming raised his fingers to cover his wife's lips: "Don't worry about it, even if Tao Zhong is against us, he is still a slave who betrays the master! I Use him, but look down on him, and now he deserves to die, and he has the right to be loyal to our eldest girl."

He chuckled and said the words, Fen Niang thought about it, and it was true, when she touched her husband, she said, "You are the only one who is smart! By the way, Tao Zhong can be sentenced to exile or imprisonment, old Butler Tao... "

Wang Dongming put his arms around his wife: "My daughter-in-law is still smart, that's right, you send someone to visit the old housekeeper, there is no need to say anything."

Only now did Jia Fenniang open her face, and said with a smile: "I know, sometimes it's better not to talk than to talk." The couple smiled happily, as if the wealth of the family had already fallen on them.

Jia Yan, who said goodbye to his mother early in the morning and took Han Changsheng, Tao Hou, and a few young servants, had just left Jinling City, and it was Jia Yan's first long trip.Although my heart was heavy, I couldn't help being curious. I looked around and finally asked, "Uncle Tao, where are we going? Should we take a boat or ride a horse?"

Tao Hou was asked by him out of the blue, and he replied after a while: "Master, when I went to Yangzhou with the master, I always rode horses. But you are still young, it is better to take you on a boat."

"Uncle Tao, which one is faster?" Seeing Jia Yan's hesitation, Han Changsheng asked one more question.

Tao Hou said, "Almost, anyway, in the end, I have to go to the other side by boat."

Jia Yan thought for a while, then made a decision and said, "Then take the boat, and Uncle Laotao is here."

So settled, a group of people rented a boat and went to Yangzhou without a word.It was not the first time for Jia Yan to take a boat. The boat was on the canal, and the boatman was a veteran, so it was very stable.But he was a little embarrassed, and he was particularly worried when he thought of his mother. He knew his good sister too well.

His eldest sister, Jia Fenniang, had always felt that her mother was a dove. Although Jia Yan was young, she had heard people mention that his father seemed to have said that if he had no son, he would simply let his only daughter take care of him.But for some reason, he married his mother and gave birth to him. Jia Yan didn't quite understand the complicated thoughts of adults, but he felt that if he had a younger brother and sister who shared his mother with him, he probably wouldn't like it very much.

What's more, he and Eldest Sister are just half-brothers. He has grown up to this day, and Eldest Sister always smiles when she sees him.With these thoughts in mind, Jia Yan sat quietly in the cabin, feeling heavy in her heart, wondering what kind of people that uncle and aunt were, and would they really help when I went here?Why have I never heard of my mother mentioning it.

Jia Yan, a young man under the age of ten, understood for the first time what it means to have no idea and what it means to have a long way to go.