The stepson of the Lin family of the Red Chamber

Hearing this, Jia Lian couldn't help but feel bitter, "Cousin Lin, I'm different from you. You can study and have talent, but I have no talent and incompetence, and I have wasted many years. Now I want to make progress, but I can't find the right way. After returning to Beijing , I also thought about what I would do, but after thinking about it, I found that I couldn't do anything."

Lin Yao looked at Jia Lian, was speechless for a while, shook her head and sighed, "It's me who is busy."

He also looked at his wife's face, and wanted to give the Raja's family a hand, and there was no one in the younger generation who could stand up to the family.

Jia Yuanchun, who could have been an imperial concubine, was released from the palace by En because of the addition of him. It is conceivable that the story of her being concubine will never happen again. She is almost twenty Now, it's not easy to find a husband and son-in-law who are well-matched and suitable.

But Jia Yuanchun had been a female official in the palace anyway, and there was a difference between a female official and a court lady. Perhaps because of this relationship, she didn't have to worry about being picked on by her husband's family after she married.

After all, this Yuanchun girl was selected into the palace as a female official because of her filial piety and virtue.

In terms of moral conduct, there is no one to blame.

Yuan Chun lost the life of being an imperial concubine, and the Jia family did not have any outstanding males to stand up as a family, so sooner or later it would decline.

After all, the Rongguo Mansion is the wife's natal family, if it falls, the wife will probably feel bad.

Lin Yao also thought, Jia Lian is still pleasing to the eye, and if he can pull it off, it will be the best if he can suppress Baoyu's limelight.

Who knew that Jia Lian was so lacking in ambition, and Lin Yao's desire to help her was gone.

Forget it, the mud can't support the wall.

Seemingly knowing that Lin Yao was upset by his answer, Jia Lian stopped chatting on the road and just led the way quietly. When he reached the second gate, Jia Lian stopped, and a maid came to pick him up at the door.

Lin Yao followed the maid into the Rongqing Hall.

"Uncle Lin is here!"

The maid shouted towards the door, and Lin Yao could hear laughter coming from the room from a long distance away.

The room was quiet for a moment, and then someone came to close the curtain, "Uncle Lin is here, the old lady was thinking of you just now, please come in."

This maid looks quite pretty, and she looks even more beautiful when she smiles, but Lin Yao is used to seeing beauties, so she is not surprised, she thanked her in a low voice, Lin Yao entered the room, and the room was full of people.

The first thing Lin Yao saw was the silver-haired old lady sitting in the center of the upper head. If she could sit here, she was undoubtedly the old matriarch of the Rongguo Mansion, Jia Shishi, who was his wife's biological mother.

There are two children sitting on both sides of the old lady. On the left is a boy wearing a big red arrow sleeve. He looks slightly younger than him. Seeing that he is sitting so close to his wife, he must be the old lady's favorite grandson Jia Baoyu. up.And the one on the right is his younger sister, Lin Daiyu.

In addition, there were people sitting on the left and right sides, Jia Min was sitting first on the right, two young daughter-in-laws were sitting below Jia Min, and two noble ladies, presumably two aunts, were sitting on the left.Then there are a group of maids and women who stand behind and wait on them.

It was really a mob of people, all staring at him.

Lin Yao was so stared at that her back was sweating, but with a slight smile on her face, she stepped forward to salute and called her grandmother.

Mother Jia began to look at Lin Yao when he entered the door. I have to say that Lin Yao had a very good appearance. She is already first-class handsome, but in two or three years, her eyebrows and eyes will open, I don't know how gorgeous she will be.

"Okay, good boy, come here and let grandma take a good look." Jia Mu waved to him with a smile.

Lin Yao thought to herself, she didn't seem to have any dissatisfaction with him, he thought to himself, and walked forward slowly, "Grandmother."

Jia's mother pulled Lin Yao up and down to look at it, and the more she looked at it, the more she liked it, she turned her head and smiled at Jia Min, "This child is really good-looking."

Seeing that her mother liked Lin Yao so much, Jia Min felt a little uneasy, and said with a smile, "Yes, A Yao has always been fair."

"Looking good and smart, I really wish it belonged to our family." Mother Jia said again with a smile.

Jia Min's expression froze slightly, and he smiled immediately, "Mother was joking, isn't there still Baoyu here?"

When Baoyu was mentioned, Mother Jia was distracted and said with a smile, "Yes, Ayao, come on, I met your brother Baoyu. You are about the same age, so you should have something to talk to."

Lin Yao glanced at Jia Baoyu next to the old lady, and saw Jia Baoyu staring at him obsessively, she didn't know what she was thinking, Lin Yao's scalp was numb from his stare, she looked away, and smiled at the old lady, " Is this Brother Baoyu? When Cousin Lian came to Yangzhou two years ago, I heard him mention it. Seeing him today, he is really extraordinary."

Hearing Lin Yao praise Baoyu, the old lady became even happier, and said to Baoyu with a smile, "Can Baoyu take my cousin to play next door?"

"Okay," Baoyu seemed to have been waiting for the old lady to say this, and immediately agreed happily. He stared at Lin Yao and said with a smile, "I heard from Sister Lin earlier that Cousin Lin is good-looking. I don't believe it, but when I saw him today, I realized that there are such gods as Cousin Lin in the world."

What did he do?So he became the fairy figure in Baoyu's mouth?

Lin Yao was full of doubts, but she could only smile and said, "Baoyu has praised me absurdly, I am ashamed."

"Brother Lin, don't be too polite, let's go, I'll take you out to play." Jia Baoyu got up, pulled Lin Yao and walked out.

Lin Yao: "???"

Without paying attention, Lin Yao was dragged out by Jia Baoyu, and then went to the side hall.

"Cousin Lin, please drink tea."

Lin Yao took the tea and said with a smile, "Why is Brother Bao so enthusiastic about me?"

"When I saw Cousin Lin, I felt at ease. What does Cousin Lin do at home? How about we go out and play together in our free time?"

Lin Yao couldn't adapt to Baoyu's invitation. He smiled lightly, "Before I returned to Beijing, the teacher gave me a lot of homework. I guess I didn't have much time to play a few years ago. I'm sorry Brother Bao."

Hearing this, Baoyu was a little disappointed, but soon became interested again, "Cousin Lin has come to the capital now, where to study? Our family has a home school, if Cousin Lin doesn't mind, you can go to our home school to study, Let's read together as well."

Lin Yao pursed her lips, feeling that the words were a bit wrong, she immediately smiled apologetically, and said, "I'm going to disappoint Brother Bao, I have a teacher, so I can't go to your house to learn to read, I appreciate Brother Bao's kindness .”

"Is there a teacher?" Baoyu asked suspiciously, "Cousin Lin's teacher also came to the capital?"

"That's not true. My teacher established an academy in Yangzhou, and he can't leave." Lin Yao explained.

"Since Cousin Lin's teacher is not in the capital, he can't continue to teach you if he wants to, why doesn't Cousin Lin come to our house to study together?" Jia Baoyu still didn't give up.

Lin Yao took a deep breath and felt a slight headache, but it was not easy to turn her face, after all, Jia Baoyu didn't say anything excessive.

"Although my teacher didn't come to the capital, he has assigned me homework in advance, so I don't have to worry about my study progress. Besides... I'm not picky. With my current level, I'm afraid that Mr. Jia's family education can't teach me." This is not true. Lin Yao is proud, he has already passed the examination of scholar, Jia's family education cannot be taught to him unless there is a Juren who has passed the provincial examination.

But Jia Baoyu obviously didn't understand what Lin Yao meant, "Why?"

Seeing him getting to the bottom of it, Lin Yao was not polite, "Before I returned to Beijing, I had just passed the college examination, and now I am a scholar. I have heard of Jia's family studies, and the teacher who is teaching now is Mr. Jia Dairu, although the old man has fame and fame, he is also an old Confucian. But my teacher was in the same year as my father, and he was the number one scholar. I think... the old man must have never passed the number one examination, right?"

Jia Baoyu was stunned when he heard the words, and immediately felt ashamed, "I was reckless."

"What book is Brother Bao reading now?" Lin Yao didn't want to hear Jia Baoyu rambling, so she changed the subject.

Jia Baoyu actually didn't like reading, but facing Lin Yao, he was too embarrassed to say those irrelevant words, so he replied honestly, "I'm studying the Four Books."

"Then I'll test how you've learned." Lin Yao changed her mind and said with a smile.

Jia Baoyu was stunned and wanted to refuse in his heart, but it was Lin Yao who asked him, and he couldn't refuse Lin Yao who was good-looking, so he could only agree.

Seeing that he agreed, Lin Yao was a little surprised. In her impression, Jia Baoyu hated economic careers. Logically speaking, he should be disgusted by Jia Baoyu, who is like his cousin Lin who took the imperial examination for the purpose of economic careers. She didn't know what medicine she had taken wrongly, but she was a little obedient to him.

Lin Yao picked up simple questions to test Jia Baoyu, and Jia Baoyu answered them fluently. Lin Yao gradually increased the difficulty, and Jia Baoyu gradually became unable to answer, and her cheeks became more and more red.

"I...I don't know." Jia Baoyu finally couldn't answer, he admired Lin Yao's knowledge, but also felt ashamed in front of Lin Yao, his cheeks flushed with shame.

In the past, he thought he was smart, and he was full of nonsense, and he was so angry that his master beat people with a stick.

But today, he knows what a real learned person is.

If you can study with Cousin Lin, you should be able to benefit a lot, right?

Baoyu couldn't help thinking.

But Lin Yao didn't know what Jia Baoyu was thinking. Seeing that he finally couldn't answer, she said, "Brother Bao, don't be discouraged. At your age, it is already very good to be able to learn like this. As long as you study hard, you will surely be able to make the list in time." famous."

Sensing that Jia Baoyu's attitude towards him was a bit strange, Lin Yao picked up the words Baoyu didn't like to hear and said that such a famous word on the list would definitely poke Jia Baoyu's lungs.

Sure enough, Jia Baoyu frowned when he heard that, but he didn't play tricks in front of him. He just asked Lin Yao sullenly, "Is it necessary to take the imperial examination to study? Do you have to be an official?"

Lin Yao was taken aback by the question.

In fact... Speaking of it, he has no obsession with becoming an official through the imperial examination, but because of the constraints of the times, only by studying can he not be bullied, and Lin Yao is so concerned.

As far as he has any ambitions to be an official, he really has no ambitions at all.

He lowered his eyes and pondered for a while, then sighed, "In life, there are always many unavoidable things. The century-old scholarly family of the Lin family must not be ruined in my hands. This is the responsibility I must bear."

"Responsibility?" Jia Baoyu heard this word for the first time. The master only forced him to study and improve himself, otherwise he would call him an idiot, while his wife and grandmother only hoped that he would be healthy. Sometimes he was lazy and refused to study. The old lady He and his wife turned a blind eye and let him go.

Jia Baoyu grew up loved and loved, and never had the word responsibility in his mind.

For a moment, he froze in place, lost in thought.

But after thinking about it for a long time, he still couldn't figure it out, "What is responsibility? Why should I take it?"