The stepson of the Lin family of the Red Chamber

Lin Yao originally wanted to wait for Lin Ruhai to return home at the door, but such a waste of time would spread to his wife's ears, so Lin Yao gave up the idea of ​​waiting at the door and went back to the small study in the east courtyard to write about today's events. Come down, then fold it and let Ye He take it out of the house, stop Lin Ruhai on the way back to the house every day, and give this hand letter to Lin Ruhai for review.

Ye He was originally the person in front of Lin Ruhai, and his character is no problem, he would never peek.

Just like that, Lin Ruhai was stopped by Ye He when he was still one street away from the Lin Mansion.

"Ye He? What are you doing to stop me here?" Lin Ruhai raised the curtains of the car and frowned.

Ye Hedao, "Master asked the little one to stay here, and I will give this to you to have a look at." He said and presented the souvenir folded in his sleeve to Lin Ruhai for a look.

Lin Ruhai frowned after reading it. Recently, he was busy with the matter at hand, so he really ignored Jia Min.

"Let's go home." Lin Ruhai put the letter close to his body and fell into deep thought.

This place is not far from the Lin Mansion, Lin Ruhai returned to the mansion soon, after returning to the mansion, Lin Ruhai went to the study as usual, then burned the letter, and stayed for a while before going to have dinner with Jia Min.

"Master came back earlier today, have you finished all the things in your hands?"

Lin Ruhai wiped his mouth and said, "Even if something happens, I should come back to accompany you."

"Master is really good at joking." Jia Min laughed.

Lin Ruhai ordered the food to be withdrawn, and took Jia Min's hand into the inner room, and all the maids who served in the room also sent out. Seeing this, Jia Min knew that Lin Ruhai had something to say.

"Mother-in-law sent a letter a few days ago, and you have been unhappy. What did mother-in-law say in the letter? What made you so dissatisfied?" Lin Ruhai asked softly.

Jia Min was taken aback when she heard the words, she didn't expect Lin Ruhai to be so busy to notice.

She didn't suspect Lin Yao's head, because Lin Yao hadn't gone out after returning to the East Courtyard. As for the young man going out to do errands, this is normal, and Jia Min would not stare at the young man all the time. where to.

Thinking of what was said in the letter, Jia Min was so irritable that he didn't dare to look Lin Ruhai in the eyes, "It's just some trivial matters, why should I be asked by a master?"

"Min'er, you and I have been husband and wife for decades, and I know your temperament very well. What's more, all these years, as long as it is a letter from your mother-in-law, you have never made you so unhappy. Tell me truthfully, what exactly is said in the letter?"

When Lin Ruhai talked about this, Jia Min knew that if he continued to be perfunctory, it might hurt the relationship between husband and wife.

She was silent for a while, took out a letter from the box on the dressing table, and handed it to Lin Ruhai, "Master, read it yourself."

Lin Ruhai also read the letter from his mother-in-law to Jia Min many times, and he didn't refuse it. He opened it and read it. After reading it, he also understood where Jia Min's knot was.

He knew Jia Min too well, and his mother-in-law didn't have any bad intentions, she was just worried about Jia Min, which was understandable.As long as the two brothers-in-law had concubine daughters of the right age, the mother-in-law would not ask Yaoer to marry the concubine daughter of the Jia family.

Of course, this does not rule out that Lin Yao is not the reason why he and Min'er were born.

Not a nephew, how much compassion did you ask Mother Jia to share with him?Even the grandchildren of Jia's mansion may not all be able to get the care of the old lady. Not to mention the difference between the concubine and the concubines, but the brothers from the Rongguo mansion, isn't it only Baoyu who wins the old lady's heart the most?

"Mother-in-law is also worried about you. It's normal to think so, and you don't have to worry about it. You know how Yaoer treats you. If you just refuse mother-in-law, it's a family, and mother-in-law won't give birth to you for this." angry." Lin Ruhai put the letter away, then hugged Jia Min to comfort her.

Jia Min leaned in Lin Ruhai's arms and said sullenly, "I received the letter two days ago, and I wrote to reject it. I was just sad. Although Yao'er was not my own, she loved her like a mother and a child. Why would a mother... ..."

She was really speechless.

In the past, she thought that her natal family was very good, but what happened this time really made her sad.

"Okay, okay, this is a trivial matter, since you have rejected it, don't take it to heart," Lin Ruhai said, and then said, "Both children are very smart, if you continue like this, they will have to worry about you gone."

These words reminded Jia Min that Daiyu went to look for Lin Yao, and Lin Yao came to her because she was worried.

She adjusted her mood, "What the master said is exactly what Yao'er came to find me today. Yu'er was worried about me and ran to him. Yao'er didn't know what happened, so she came to ask me, but what did I say? Have to export?"

"You, you are just worrying too much, why are you here?" Lin Ruhai sighed.

Lin Ruhai didn't go to the study room to do errands this day, but kept calming Jia Min's emotions in the room, for fear that she would get into a corner.

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Lin Yao waited for Ye He to come back, so she stopped paying attention to the main courtyard.

The next day, Lin Yao went to the academy with Lin Ying and Luo Wencheng early in the morning.

Back home after school, Lin Yao went to the main courtyard to pay her respects, but she didn't expect Daiyu to be here, the mother and daughter were talking and laughing, with smiles on their faces, Lin Yao was taken aback.

"Ayao is here, sit down quickly." Jia Min greeted Lin Yao with a smile, completely unable to see the sorrow of yesterday.

Lin Yao thought in her heart, the master is still very powerful, and he comforted his wife in one night.

Since Jia Min was fine, Lin Yao didn't stay in the main courtyard for long, so she sat for a while and then left.

The college and home are safe and secure, Lin Yao spends her days studying or practicing martial arts, living a fulfilling life.

Occasionally when the academy is on vacation, I will go out with my friends to play.

After Yangzhou was cleaned, the air was much fresher. At least Lin Yao didn't meet anyone who was an eyesore.

In the blink of an eye, it was July, and news from the capital also came.

In the past few months, major events have happened. The third prince, King Qi, committed rebellion and was imprisoned. His followers were either beheaded and ransacked, or exiled. His connections disappeared.

In addition, there is the news that the Ninth Prince, King Duan, has been crowned as the crown prince.

After experiencing the trouble caused by the three princes, the emperor's health became worse and worse. It is probably because he was afraid that after a hundred years, the princes under his knees would fight fiercely again. After inspecting the princes, His Majesty finally selected the nine princes to be the crown prince.

Lin Yao didn't know if there was any inside story about the Ninth Prince being canonized as the crown prince, but judging from the current situation, the former Ninth Prince and the current Crown Prince may soon become the new emperor.

But this has nothing to do with Lin Yao who is far away in Suzhou, and he doesn't have any deep feelings.

He still goes to school as usual.

Before the tenth day of the twelfth lunar month, Shanhai Academy held a year-end assessment. Students who did not pass the assessment will not be able to continue their studies in Shanhai Academy next year. However, the teaching quality of Shanhai Academy is extremely high, and the students selected are also highly talented, and there are no failures in the assessment. Passing condition.

After the tenth day of the lunar new year, the academy had a holiday. Both Luo Wencheng and Lin Ying set off for Gusu, and they would return to Yangzhou before the academy starts on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month next year.

After the Chinese New Year, the ninth day of the lunar new year is Lin Yao's birthday.

This is Lin Yao's first birthday in the Lin Mansion.

In the year when he was adopted, Lin Yao's birthday was celebrated on a boat, and because of seasickness, his birthday that time was ecstatic.

In the second year, Luo's grandfather was seriously ill, and he set off for Suzhou on the sixth day of the lunar new year, so his birthday was also celebrated on the way.

He spent his birthday on the boat for two consecutive years, which was very uncomfortable.

This year is Lin Yao's ninth birthday. Compared with the past two years, Lin Yao has grown rapidly this year, and her stature has exceeded 1.3 meters, which is close to 1.3 meters five.

Lin Yao received many gifts this year, prepared by Lin Ruhai and his wife, prepared by Daiyu, prepared by friends, prepared by the uncle's house in Gusu, all kinds of gifts, piled up in the warehouse.

Another year, Shanhai Academy opened for the second time. Compared with last year, Shanhai Academy has doubled its enrollment this year. There are still no students in Class A and Class B, but Class C and Class D are divided into Class C[-] and Class C. Children's class and Ding [-] class and Ding [-] class.

The first class is still old people from last year, and the second class is freshmen.

This year, Qin Yuxing assigned tasks to two students in Class [-]. Those who were over ten years old had to take part in the imperial examination. They were not required to be on the list, but they were only asked to try their own skills.

Lin Yao actually wanted to try, but he was too young, neither Qin Yuxing nor Lin Ruhai would allow him to take the imperial examination right now.

Although he passed the examination at a young age and was able to win the name of talent, neither Qin Yuxing nor Lin Ruhai valued this.

Especially Lin Ruhai felt that in Lin Yao's situation, it was best to keep a low profile and attract less attention.

Spring and autumn come, time flies by.

Among Lin Yao's group, except for Lin Ying, who had passed the imperial examination early, and Lin Yao and Xie Yan, who were not old enough, they all ended up taking the imperial examination.

Zhao Lan and Liang Cheng passed the county examination, the government examination and the hospital examination in one go, but they didn't get the small three yuan. Liang Cheng was the first in the case, and Zhao Lan was the second.

Gu Zhen and Luo Wencheng passed the county and government examinations, but failed in the college examination.Guo Xiao and Yao Qi only passed the county test.

Lin Yao actively asked Qin Yuxing for advice this year, and made rapid progress in her studies.

This is also due to the convenience of the library, which saved him a lot of time for endorsement.

At the end of this winter, news came from the capital that the emperor had passed away and the crown prince succeeded him.

At that time the academy was just on vacation, Lin Ruhai was stunned for a long time when he heard the news, not knowing what to think.

After the new year, Lin Ruhai received an imperial order ordering him to return to Beijing to report on his duties.

After receiving the imperial decree, Lin Ruhai knew that he would not be able to continue as a patrolling censor, but since the imperial decree called him back to Beijing, it was not necessarily a bad thing, after all, he did not have any ill relations with the new emperor.

Lin Ruhai gathered his family together, talked about returning to Beijing to report on his work, and bluntly said that he might be left in Beijing, so Lin Ruhai wanted to bring his wife and children to Beijing.

"Master, I want to stay in Yangzhou temporarily." Lin Yao waited for Lin Ruhai to finish speaking, and said.

Lin Ruhai frowned, "Why don't you go to the capital with us?"

"My son wants to take part in this year's childbirth examination, to try his own level." Lin Yao said truthfully.

He is ten years old this year, and after school started, the teacher also allowed him to give it a try, and he is quite confident that he can pass the exam.

Lin Ruhai heard the words, "You are still young, so there is no need to be in a hurry."

Why are you in no hurry?

There will be no college examination next year, and he will be 12 the next year, but he has to take the entrance exam before he turns [-], otherwise the task will fail.

He has always coveted the mission rewards. When he helped Guo Xiao enter the Shanhai Academy, the internal strength of that year made him feel the benefits of internal strength. It can not only enhance his physique, but also strengthen his force value. This is only a reward for side missions. If it is a main mission The rewards, presumably the benefits will be even greater.

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