The Second Master Lian of the Red Chamber

Originally, it was the first time to eat at the same table with Uncle Lin after the apprenticeship ceremony, and Jia Lian wanted to behave and be sensible.It's just that no matter how prepared he was, he never expected Uncle Lin to be so addicted to sweets.

While forcibly suppressing the sour gas that rolled out of his stomach and forced his throat, Jia Lian secretly glanced at Lin Hai with a satisfied face, and finally couldn't help but said to the young man with downcast eyebrows: "How about you?" Please, little brother... pour me a cup of strong tea."

At the end of the sentence, Jia Lian's voice was already a little fluttering, and as soon as the last syllable fell, he hurriedly shut his mouth tightly so as not to lose his posture.

As soon as Jia Lian opened his mouth, Lin Hai's eyes fell on him. From the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of the young man waiting for his order, so he raised his hand kindly, signaling him to pour tea for Jia Lian, and then asked with a smile: " Why does Lian'er stop eating? But the food and wine are not to your liking?"

After finishing speaking, without waiting for Jia Lian to open his mouth, Lin Hai took another piece of pork ribs in honey sauce and chewed carefully. Even his old enemies in the officialdom were not so happy when they were beaten, demoted and punished.

Jia Lian was in great pain, seeing that the strong tea he wanted was only a few steps away from him, but he didn't dare to let Lin Hai wait, so he could only bite the bullet and reply as respectfully and briefly as possible: "Students can't eat sweets, let me disappoint Mr. Love it."

After finally taking a breath to say these words, Jia Lian finally waited for the tea he wanted, and hurriedly took it from the servant, not caring that the tea was boiling hot, and hurriedly took a few mouthfuls to relieve the sticky pan sour taste in his abdomen. The nausea was suppressed, and he finally regained some strength.

Seeing Jia Lian in such a state of distress, Lin Hai felt more at ease in his heart, but he didn't show it on his face. He just talked to him in a serious manner: "Everyone has their own preferences in the way of eating, so why should I live up to it. It's just that I'm suffering. None of the dishes on this table are to your liking. But do you want someone to go to the kitchen to give you an order to prepare some dishes from the capital? The cook married by your teacher’s mother roasts a good duck, which is the most plump and delicious.”

Lin Hai was concerned, seeing that Jia Lian was only eating the green rice in the bowl after drinking a few sips of tea, he hurriedly added another sentence, which sounded quite kind.

But Jia Lian almost didn't call Mi Ji to death.After finally swallowing the rice grains in his mouth, he hurriedly stopped Lin Hai's palm that seemed to be raised: "Sir, why bother to mobilize the teachers, this table is full of dishes, and students can eat two of them at will. As a cook from the capital, Naturally, it is more important to serve my aunt."

Jia Lian was not a fool, so if Uncle Lin really wanted to prepare some food and wine for him, there was no reason why he didn't order him directly.With the previous arrangement, now he is asking more questions, just waiting for him to find out.

Since he obstinately followed Uncle Lin to worship as a teacher, and his aunt was clearly partial, it would be so difficult to have dinner with him.Even if Uncle Lin ordered him to go up the mountain of swords and down into the sea of ​​fire, he would also go.

Lin Hai saw that Jia Lian was so knowledgeable, and he was still planning to continue eating chopsticks with a livid face. He sighed and asked again: "Is it really not necessary?"

"It's really not necessary!"

Gritting her teeth, Jia Lian answered decisively, and tried her best to stuff a big mouthful of rice into her mouth.

Lin Hai nodded, turned his head and signaled the boy next to him to bring up a plate of stir-fried bitter gourd that hadn't been served before, looked at Jia Lian and smiled kindly: "Since you are so sensible, the kitchen has prepared a plate of side dishes, which can be eaten well." Combining one and two, relieve sweet and greasy, talking is better than nothing."

Jia Lian nodded in agreement with a stiff face, hesitating for a while between a table of sweet dishes sticking to his throat and a plate of green and white bitter gourd, and then started to eat with bitter gourd.Because of Lin Hai's appetite, he even had an extra bowl of rice with him.

Waiting for the teacher-student lunch to be used up, Jia Lian came out of the study with a few books that Lin Hai handed over to him, only to feel that his face was a little green, and it was only by a burst of energy that he maintained the aristocratic family He ran back to the small courtyard where he was temporarily staying with a graceful demeanor, and drove all the maids out of the small study by studying hard behind closed doors and closed the door.

It wasn't until the door was closed that Jia Lian slumped into a ball in the corner of the recliner avoiding the window, hugging her belly with a look of lovelessness.Just now, when Uncle Lin handed over the book to him, he asked him to have lunch in the study together every time he rests, so as to "make it easier for the teachers and students to get closer to each other".

Thinking about those dishes that looked exquisite but were actually so sweet, Jia Lian felt for the first time that it would be better than this if they were put under a few feet.I'm afraid that in the future, I will have to eat with the master, and I will also be punished by the master.

Youyou glanced at the few enlightenment books that he cherished and held back, Jia Lian still struggled to get up, picked up the first Analects at a side and opened it.

In any case, Benchao Tanhualang wrote the annotated Analects himself, and ordinary students would not look at it for a lifetime, so it is a great advantage to be able to read it for him.

Lin Hai bluntly said that he will test Jia Lian's understanding of these books on the next holiday. His own annotations on these books are much more than the words on the pages themselves. The ruler came in handy, except for the one or two hours spent with my aunt Jia Min these few days, I really stayed in the guest courtyard to study hard.

Jia Min liked that he was motivated, so he fed him nourishment, and opened a small warehouse to find a lot of good materials and precious stones to make clothes and crowns for him. I am afraid that Jia Lian can change them one by one every day and use them for a month. Again, it was Jia Lian's repeated persuasion and refusal that reduced the reduction by half.

And because Jia Lian had no time to go out for several days, Ma Jia, the big shopkeeper behind the property of the Six Princes in the Jianghuai area, carefully pretended to come to the door to look for him as soon as he received the high-quality silver needles.

This horse cassock had never been out for the business of the store, and his clothes were plain. When Jia Lian's close servant Wang'er led him into Lin's mansion, Lin Zhong, the big housekeeper who happened to be sitting in the tea room at the corner door, didn't recognize him either. With just a glance, he didn't take it seriously when he was a servant of the Rongguo Mansion outside.

Ma Jia went into the courtyard and finished his business with Jia Lian, and then went out accompanied by Wang'er. It took two hours to go in and out. Unexpectedly, before going out, he met Lin Hai's confidant, Mr. Duo, face to face.

Ma Jia walked openly, never thinking that anyone would recognize him, and Mr. Duo didn't look sideways, but turned around and reported to Lin Hai that the sixth prince's servant came to talk to Young Master Biao.

When Lin Hai got the letter, he didn't show anything on his face, and he didn't even know about Jia Min. When he was resting, he just asked Jia Lian a few tricky questions, frightened him, and let him go. Learn from each other, learn from each other, as if nothing happened.

It wasn't until two days later that the people sent out to investigate Jia Lian's whereabouts came back and told all the clues they found, Lin Hai smiled slightly, and picked a day when Jia Min went to another courtyard to enjoy the scenery, and ordered him to stay in the courtyard Jia Lian, who was reciting the book in the school, summoned him, and with a benevolent face, he ordered people to pick up the ruler that had been offering for many days like irons in the study room.