[Red House] How to escape from a broken ship

No matter how long the road is, there is an end. The distance between Jinling and Yangzhou is not very far, and Jia Yan has not been hiding in the cabin thinking about things.His mind was limited, and he didn't know the inside story of some things, so he simply didn't think about it, and simply got out of the cabin and stood outside with his grandma brother.

This meeting is already going to the Yangzhou Wharf, just as the sun is setting, the river surface seems to be sprinkled with gold powder, reflecting the light.Jia Yan remembered that after his filial piety the year before last, his mother took him to Dinglin Temple to see the gilded Buddha. When the sun shone down, the golden light of the Buddha's body was not as good as the golden light reflected on the river by the setting sun.

Not only gold, but also red, lavender, and possibly pale yellow.Jia Yan stared at it for a while, then rubbed his eyes. This day was like the palette on the case when he was painting with brother Bingzhi in Zuxue.It turns out that the real sunset over the river is not the same as what he imagined in the painting.

The boatman suddenly yelled: "Sit tight, the boat arrived in Yangzhou, safe and sound!"

Tao Hou stepped forward to support Jia Yan, and the two boats leaned firmly back and forth on the pier. The boatman lowered anchor and set up boards, and then let the guests disembark one after another. Be careful, slow down!

When Jia Yan got off the boat, he felt his legs were weak. As for whether he was taking the boat or because he was going to visit his uncle whom he had never met, Jia Yan himself did not know.

"Young master, I'm afraid it will be dark when we enter the city. Do you want to find a place to stay and go to the uncle's house tomorrow. How do you think?" Tao Hou felt that it would be okay for the young master to rest after a day's boat ride. good.Unexpectedly, Jia Yan was cautious and refused directly.

Jia Yan said solemnly: "Since I came to visit my uncle, it is natural that I went early to respect it. Besides, my mother also explained. Anyway, let's go directly. If you want to visit the Yan Yushi Yamen, you will know." He was about to go Walking forward, Tao Hou was so frightened that he quickly followed up and picked him up.

"There are so many people here, I don't dare to let the young master wander around." Tao Hou told the assistant to pack up his things, "Don't worry, the young master, the young one came with the master back then, I remember the old house of the Lin family. I also know where the yamen is. Changsheng, you ride with the young master, let's go!"

"By the way, Uncle Tao," Jia Yan lifted the curtain of the car again: "Shouldn't you send someone to the Lin's house to say hello first, I'm afraid it's not good for us to come suddenly."

Only then did Tao Hou suddenly realize that they came out in a hurry, and he had never heard that his wife had sent someone to deliver a message to his uncle. He said in surprise, "Young master is right, it is obvious that we are too old to come to the door like this, then, I will ask Changsheng to take it with us." Someone to report a letter?"

When he asked such a question, Jia Yan was also a little confused, and his mother didn't say what to do. This...he was used to being under his mother's wings.Suddenly faced with the problem I had to solve, I was a little at a loss, and worried that I would be self-defeating in front of my uncle and aunt, and my mother would be disgraced...

Tao Hou, Han Changsheng and the servants who came with him all looked at him. Jia Yan looked back, and they were also at a loss.Originally, this trip was too sudden, and they were servants, so Jia Yan had to make up his own mind.Jia Yan stood on the spot and turned around a few times, finally gritted his teeth and said, "Forget it, go directly to Xunyan Yushi's mansion, let's go!"

Being so categorical, Jia Yan really wanted to understand one thing. When her mother asked her to come, she was actually begging for help... The mother couldn't hold on, so she asked her only son to seek refuge with her natal brother. If so, why pretend to be a distant visitor? door to door.To ask for help, you still have to look like you are asking for help.

It's not like Jia Yan has never seen that look before. Women and children from the clan who can't make it through often come to the door. Women bring children with embarrassing smiles on their faces.She carefully apologized and smiled and said she was obedient, but her mother didn't take the money, and she always sent people away with a nice voice.Jia Yan is not a fool, he has also overheard people's discussions in the ethnology. In the past, some people talked about his mother Kefu, but later his mother was really gentle, so no one said it.

Hehe, "Wanhe" is just short-handed.The current situation made Jia Yan, the Taiping son, think about a lot of things. Things about the family, the clan, and the school ran back and forth in Jia Yan's mind like a revolving lantern.His eyes were straight as he ran, and the already dark street in front of him was colorful like a kaleidoscope.

It is true that the Lin family has an old house in Yangzhou, but according to the usual practice, the family members of the Xunyan Yushi all live in the mansion behind the government office.When Jia Yan came to the door, the lights in Lin's house were brightly lit, and people from inside and outside came in and out.Jia Yan called Han Changsheng: "Go and ask, what happened in this mansion? If there is any happy event, we have to make preparations anyway."

Where is there any happy event!Han Changsheng came back with a pale face: "Otherwise, young master, let's not report it."

Of course Jia Yan wanted to ask why, Han Changsheng whispered: "It seems that the wife in this house is not good!" Jia Yan was shocked, but it was getting late, and they were looking for the inn to find it. It's really that my aunt is not good, and it's useless to come back tomorrow.The aunt is not good, and the mother is not good... The matter has come to this point, and now there is only one way to go to the dark.

He made up his mind and handed the famous post to Tao Hou: "Uncle Tao, go and report, and say that the nephew of Lin Yushi in the family is asking to see him."

Jia Yan watched Tao Hou walk forward with the name card, and his heart arose. What if such a famous senior official had an accident at home, what if he was not allowed to enter the house, what if he was driven away, what if, If this is the case, I, I will get off my horse and stay at the gate!

Anyway, I must not live up to my mother's instructions, and I must see my cousin... Jia Yan made up her mind, what to do with shame, don't ask for shame, don't ask for shame.Young Master Jia took a deep breath, looked at the door of the Lin Mansion and glanced this way. He tried his best to force a smile, but he didn't know what expression was on his face.

Seeing that the door finally turned around and left, it seemed that a message had been sent, Jia Yan suppressed his anxiety and waited.The servants around him were also silent, people who came and went to the Lin Mansion always looked at him, Jia Yan waited and waited, and finally saw an old man with gray hair and neat clothes coming out of it.

Jia Yan got off the horse and watched the old man come to bow to him: "Master, please ask Young Master Biao to go in, and those who come with me please rest assured, Young Master Biao, they will all greet you well. Young Master Biao, please go ahead."

"May I ask who you are?" Jia Yan kept his eyes open and asked one more question: "I don't know what your name is."

The old man smiled, and said in a humble tone, "The young one is just Shen Quan, the housekeeper of this mansion. Young Master Biao can call me Old Shen. I dare not call you Young Master Biao."

Jia Yan hurriedly clasped her fists together: "Steward Shen, then my entourage will be entrusted to Steward Shen." Steward Shen led Jia Yan into the mansion, and at the same time greeted the servants of the Lin family to entertain the people brought by Young Master Biao.

Old Shen looked at Jia Yan as he walked, looked back at Jia Yan, and said with a smile: "Master Biao, I don't know, when you were born, you saw him."

"Ah!" This sentence seemed to shorten the distance between the two parties. Jia Yan hurriedly said: "I am not very old. My father died before, and now my mother sent me to the door. I don't know much about my uncle's family. I am afraid that I will be rude. Steward Shen, just now I heard that my aunt seems to be unwell, I don't know what's wrong, does it matter?"

Old Shen nodded secretly, seeing that the young master Biao didn't post the post in advance, he was afraid that something big happened to the third aunt's aunt.Alas, Lao Shen couldn't help sighing when he thought of his aunt from the Lin family. She was also a miserable person, and her fiancé died young.Back then, the old lady of the third bedroom was still alive, she felt sorry for her daughter, and the man was also a reasonable person, so the marriage contract was not counted.

But after all, a fiancé died, and the marriage of the third-bedroom eldest girl was so stuck, and the elders in the family were unwilling to wrong her daughter. In the end, it was the year when their master Lin Hai passed the exam, Jia Tun from the [-]th bedroom outside the Jia family in Jinling The young master also passed the Juren examination.It's just that Mr. Jia already had a wife in front of him, but he died of illness and only left a daughter, who was older than their master.

The two got along again in the same year, and the old man of the third room fell in love with Jia Tun as his son-in-law.Later, the son-in-law of the third house, Jia Yan, failed in the exam, so he concentrated on running the family business and no longer took the imperial examination. Their master passed the Tanhua exam and married a wife from the Rongguo Mansion.

Because of these two in-laws, the two families have actually been very close.Back then when the old Hou Ye and the old lady were alive, the eldest daughter of the third room and the uncle also came and went frequently, but their master and his wife were always in Beijing, and they only communicated with each other by letters.And a few years ago, although the old man returned to Yangzhou after being ordered to serve as the censor of salt inspection, he happened to catch up with this young master's father, the eldest uncle of the third room, Jia Tun, who died of illness.

Considering the young master Biao's age, it is reasonable that he is not familiar with his uncle's family. Speaking of which, there is only one concubine in the third room, and he has no skills and can only rely on his wife to go to the southeast to make a living.Now if the great aunt has something to do, she can only ask her son to find her cousin brother. After all, this brother is still the same year as her husband.

Old Shen thought of the old aunt and uncle who were very good at first, but the uncle went away again.Thinking of his wife being ill now, and thinking of his eldest daughter, he feels a little more sympathy for this young cousin.He carefully helped Jia Yan up the steps, and told him to be careful of the slippery steps because it rained a few days ago.

Jia Yan felt Steward Shen's kindness, and the old man treated him well, which made Jia Yan feel a little "at his uncle's house".Feeling a little more at ease in her heart, but not daring to relax completely, Jia Yan tensed her mind and followed Steward Shen into the uncle's study.

Lin Hai has already passed his forties, and because he is a very handsome person, he doesn't look very old.His hair and clothes are neat and tidy, but his face shows fatigue. Presumably, his wife Jia Min is seriously ill, which makes him extremely restless, so the fatigue is exposed.Seeing Shen Quan leading a boy into the study, he sat up straight and said with a loving smile, "This is Ah Yan!"

People say that mother and uncle are older, and "seeing my uncle is like seeing my mother", and now Jia Yan knows why.Compared with the white-eyed wolves in the clan who are insatiable, this uncle who met for the first time and whose wife is still sick but still loving and gentle is simply a saint!Young Master Jia's restlessness along the way finally broke out. He knelt down at Lin Hai's feet and choked up, "Uncle!"

"Okay, okay, good boy, get up quickly." Lin Hai couldn't support any of his sons, and now he has only one daughter who is raising him like a jewel.Seeing his nephew and the son of his best friend of the same age knelt down, he quickly picked up the child and wiped away the tears for Jia Yan: "Good boy, don't cry. When you arrive at your uncle's house, your uncle will decide everything for you. Be obedient." Don't cry, now that you have arrived at your uncle's house, speak slowly if you have something to say, don't worry."

After all, Jia Yan took out the letter from his mother, but Lin Hai was not in a hurry to read the letter. He first asked Jia Yan that he had hardly had any water or rice all day.He couldn't bear it even more, and asked Shen Quan to let the kitchen cook some easy-to-eat food and send it over, and asked him to greet those who accompanied Young Master Biao.Old Steward Shen said: "Master, don't worry, those who accompany Young Master Biao have already arranged hot water for them to eat and a place to live. They have also made almond tea and meat porridge in the kitchen. It depends on what Young Master Biao likes. It will be delivered right away."

Lin Hai looked at Jia Yan's dusty body, with tears on his small face, and sighed, "Listen to your uncle, go with Lao Shen to eat supper to fill your stomach, and then wash and rest. Look at the sky outside, it's already late Now, if you have anything to say, tell uncle tomorrow morning, okay?"

Jia Yan rubbed his eyes and nodded: "I listen to my uncle!" Lin Hai stroked his bun and smiled gratifiedly. He was just worried about the child's preoccupation, which is not good.Seeing that his nephew was obedient now, he felt relieved and took Jia Yan's hand to send him out of the study, watching him leave with Shen Quan before returning.

After thinking about it, he felt uneasy, took the letter and ran to the wife Jia Min's side, watching his wife who had taken the medicine fall into a deep sleep.Lin Hai pinched his cousin's letter, thought of his nephew, and his heart sank, this is a child without a father.