[Comprehensive Wear] A good brother's life

Since the beginning of March, Gusu has been rainy and rainy, and there is no sunny day.Fortunately, before the Qingming Festival, the sky finally cleared up, and we could prepare to worship our ancestors.

Everyone in the Lin family was preparing for the ancestor worship. Lin Ruhai, who was far away in Yangzhou, returned to Gusu two days in advance.

This year's Qingming ancestor worship, Lin Ruhai came back alone, his wife Jia Min and daughter Lin Daiyu did not come back with him like in previous years.At the end of last year, Jia Min was seriously ill due to miscarriage, and now it is very difficult to get out of bed, let alone travel far.Daughter Lin Daiyu is filial and wants to stay at home to take care of her mother, so she did not go back to Gusu with Lin Ruhai to worship her ancestors.

Lin Ruhai returned to the old house and was warmly received by the clansmen.Seeing him coming back alone this time, and learning that his wife Jia Min had a miscarriage and was seriously ill, many people in the clan began to plot against him.

Lin Ruhai, who is over forty years old, has no children so far, which makes the head of the Lin family and the elders very worried that he has no successor.Now, Jia Min has a miscarriage and is seriously ill. He is afraid that he will never be able to bear another son for Lin Ruhai.

The head of the Lin family discussed with the elders and decided to help Lin Ruhai solve the issue of heirs.They thought of two plans. The first plan was to help Lin Ruhai take concubines. They prepared two good-looking women for Lin Ruhai.These two women were carefully selected by them from the relatives of the Lin family. They are not only healthy and fertile, but also educated and literate. Most importantly, they are gentle and virtuous.

If Lin Ruhai refused the proposal of taking a concubine, they would propose a second plan.The head of the Lin family and the elders selected two smart, well-behaved and sensible children from the Lin family's heirs, and asked Lin Ruhai to choose one of the two children to adopt.If Lin Ruhai is interested in both children, then adopt them to him together.

When selecting two children, the people in the clan tried their best to please the patriarch and elders, hoping that their son would be favored and adopted by Lin Ruhai.

Of the Lin family in Gusu, only Lin Ruhai's lineage is promising. His ancestors were once hereditary marquises, and there are no hereditary marquises in his generation. Yangzhou patrol salt censor.

Of the entire Lin family, only Lin Ruhai is an official in the court.These years, the Lin family has been funded and supported by Lin Ruhai, otherwise the Lin family does not know how it will be reduced.The people in the clan knew very well that if they adopted their sons to Lin Ruhai, they would not only be rich, but also become officials.

The head of the Lin family is a far-sighted person. He knows in his heart that the stepson he chooses for Lin Ruhai must be smart and well-behaved, because in this way he can inherit Lin Ruhai's mantle, so that the Lin family can often be sheltered from a distance.If one chooses a child who is not smart and has a bad temper for Lin Ruhai because of selfishness, then not only will Lin Ruhai's family be harmed, but the entire Lin family will also be harmed.

The patriarch decided to conduct a test in the clan. All children in the clan could participate in the test, but only the two children who passed the final test were eligible to be selected by Lin Ruhai as stepsons.

A total of ten children participated in the assessment. The assessment began in mid-March. There were two assessments in total, the test of knowledge and the test of character.

The two children who finally passed all the assessments were six-year-old Lin Huaiyu and seven-year-old Lin Zeyu.Among the two of them, Lin Huaiyu was the patriarch's favorite.Although this child is young, he is precocious and stable, and is suitable for adoptiveness to be Lin Ruhai's son.Although Lin Zeyu is smart, but his temperament is too lively, he is not suitable to be Lin Ruhai's son.The most important thing is that Lin Huaiyu has no father and no mother, and has been growing up with the support of the clan for the past two years, while Lin Zeyu not only has a father and a mother, but his grandfather is also the elder of the clan.

The patriarch and elders were not in a hurry to persuade Lin Ruhai to take a concubine or adopt a son.After the ancestor worship was over, they spoke to Lin Ruhai about it.

At this time, in the patriarch's study.

The patriarch and the elders were talking to Lin Ruhai about the offspring.They didn't persuade Lin Ruhai to take a concubine right away, but first talked about the consequences of Lin Ruhai not having a son, and then tactfully persuaded Lin Ruhai to take a concubine.

Without even thinking about it, Lin Ruhai directly rejected the proposal of taking a concubine.In fact, a few years ago, the patriarch hinted that Lin Ruhai would take more concubines to spread branches and leaves for their lineage, but he refused.Now, seeing the patriarch repeat the old saying, he still refuses.

Regarding Lin Ruhai's refusal to take a concubine, the patriarch was not surprised, after all, Lin Ruhai had refused before.

If the first option doesn't work, then propose the second option.

"Ruhai, if you don't want to take a concubine and have a child, then adopt a child from the clan." The patriarch persuaded earnestly, "Ruhai, you can't have a son, and you can't let your lineage be cut off with you. I and The elders had a serious discussion and decided to select two outstanding children from the clan and let you choose to adopt them."

"Ruhai, in order to select a good child for you, we and the patriarch also set up an assessment, and let all the children in the clan participate in the assessment. In the end, after passing all the two children, you will personally select one to adopt."

"Of course, if you like both, I will adopt them all to you."

"Ruhai, we put a lot of thought into choosing your heir."

The patriarch and the elders told Lin Ruhai about the assessment carefully.After Lin Ruhai heard this, he was very shocked. He didn't expect that the clan would conduct an assessment in order to select his heir, and the content of the assessment was still very good.

"Ruhai, what do you think, if you are not satisfied with the content of the assessment, we can conduct another assessment?"

Lin Ruhai stood up and saluted the patriarch, "I'm sorry for your trouble."

The patriarch quickly helped Lin Ruhai up, "Ruhai, you are the pride and pillar of our Lin clan. We can't bear to see you have no successors, let alone see your lineage die."

"Patriarch, Ruhai is unfilial, and you have to worry about it." Lin Ruhai respected the patriarch very much, "If you don't tell me, I will tell you about the adoption this time when I come back."

What Lin Ruhai said surprised the patriarch and the others, but it was more of a surprise.

"So, you agreed to adopt?"

Lin Ruhai nodded slightly: "I promise to adopt."

The patriarch said happily: "Then do you want to re-examine?"

"The patriarch and elders made the assessment very thoughtful, so there is no need to re-examine." Lin Ruhai helped the patriarch to sit down, "I believe in the children carefully selected by the patriarch and elders."

What he said made the patriarch and elders feel very ironic, and they all said that this is what they should do, as long as Lin Ruhai doesn't dislike it.

"Ruhai, or call the two children here now."

"Don't worry, I've been busy worshiping ancestors for the past two days, and the children must be exhausted. Let them rest for a day today, and I'll see them tomorrow."

"That's good." Lin Ruhai gave him face in this way, and the patriarch was happy, so he told Lin Ruhai in detail about the situation of Lin Huaiyu and Lin Zeyu.

Although the patriarch liked Lin Huaiyu, he didn't deliberately favor him, and introduced him and Lin Zeyu very fairly.

At this time, at the patriarch's house, the person under discussion, Lin Huaiyu, was drawing red.He is six years old this year and has reached the age of enlightenment. He has been studying in the free school of the Lin family since last month.

These days he was busy worshiping his ancestors and didn't attend class, but he didn't slack off because of this, and read and wrote whenever he had time.

[Host, Lin Ruhai agreed to adopt, and will see you and Lin Zeyu tomorrow. 】

A cold, temperatureless mechanical voice sounded in his head, and Lin Huaiyu's hands stopped involuntarily, and a flash of surprise flashed across his clear and beautiful eyes.

"Lin Ruhai actually agreed to adopt?"

[Lin Ruhai said that he came back to worship the ancestors this time, and another purpose was to select a child from the clan to adopt. 】

Lin Huaiyu put down the pen in his hand, and the corner of his mouth raised an interesting smile that didn't fit his age: "Lin Ruhai actually brought up the matter of adoption?" In "A Dream of Red Mansions", Lin Ruhai did not adopt a child from the clan.Red scholars guessed that someone in the Lin family also proposed to let Lin Ruhai adopt him, but Lin Ruhai refused.

He thought that Lin Ruhai would reject the patriarch and elders' proposal of adoption, so he was worrying about how to get Lin Ruhai to recognize him as his son these days.He thought about recommending himself. If Lin Ruhai refused, he would tell Lin Ruhai about Lin Daiyu's future fate. If that was the case, Lin Ruhai might accept him as his son.Unexpectedly, before he made a move, Lin Ruhai agreed to adopt him, but this saved him some effort.

[Host, Lin Ruhai agreed to adopt him on his own initiative, your chance has come. 】

"Yes, here is my chance." Since Lin Ruhai agreed to adopt him, he was confident that Lin Ruhai would accept him as his son. "However, why would Lin Ruhai agree to adopt?"

[I don't know, host, you don't need to worry about this. 】The system said, 【Host, you should consider how to make Lin Ruhai recognize you as his son. 】

"Don't worry, when I see Lin Ruhai tomorrow, I will definitely become his son." Lin Huaiyu said confidently.

[The host is so confident, then I can rest assured. 】

"I'll take care of things, don't worry." Regarding Lin Ruhai's preferences, Lin Huaiyu had already figured out from the system.Besides, he still has a trump card.

With Lin Huaiyu's words, the system was relieved and didn't say anything more.

Lin Huaiyu picked up the pen again and continued to draw red and practice calligraphy.

He has two tasks in "The Red Mansion". The first task is to collect ancient books, calligraphy and paintings, and the second task is to save the poor little sister Lin.

The first task is not difficult for him, after all, there are many ancient books in "A Dream of Red Mansions".The second mission to save Lin Daiyu is not an easy task for him.If he wants to protect Lin Daiyu's whole life and avoid the tragedy in the original book, then he must be the closest person to her, such as her brother.

In fact, according to the current relationship, he is Lin Daiyu's cousin, but being a cousin cannot protect her.If he wanted to save him completely, then he had to become her own brother, so he had to become Lin Ruhai's son.

Early the next morning, Lin Huaiyu and Lin Zeyu were called to see Lin Ruhai.