[Comprehensive Wear] A good brother's life

"Cousin, you can send it here."

At this time, Lin Huaiyu and the others had arrived at the pier in the capital.

"Brother Huai, I'll take a look on the boat with you, or I won't worry about it." It stands to reason that he doesn't need to worry about the boat arranged by Mr. Ye, but since the journey from the capital to Yangzhou is far away, he was worried, so he decided to go on the boat and have a look. .

Lin Huaiyu understood what Jia Lian was worried about, and upon hearing what he said, she readily agreed, "Okay."

This official ship can only be used by second-rank officials, so the specifications are naturally very high.Regardless of the shape of the ship, the interior decoration of the ship, and the safety of the ship are all very good.

The ship has three floors, the bottom floor is the living area of ​​the staff on board, the second floor is the entertainment area, and the third floor is the living area of ​​the guests.

After Jia Lian walked into the boat, he was shocked by the luxurious decoration on the boat.Before, he went to Yangzhou to pick up Lin Huaiyu and the others took the official ship, but compared with the official ship arranged by Ye Wenfu, it was much worse, it was a world of difference.

The boat is big and bright, with a lot of windows, and it doesn't feel stuffy when sitting in the cabin.Jia Lian felt more at ease now: "The boat arranged by Mr. Ye is really good."

Lin Huaiyu jokingly said: "After all, it is an official ship for second-rank officials."

"You have not yet taken the imperial examination, but you are on the official ship of a second-rank official. You are very lucky." Jia Lian teased, "I wonder if I will have the opportunity to rub your official ship in the future?"

This sentence made Lin Huaiyu startled for a while, then he smiled and said: "I will work hard."

"Brother Huai, when you return to Yangzhou this time, I'm afraid you won't come to the capital again for a few years." Jia Lian's tone was full of reluctance, "I guess you won't come to the capital again until you take part in the examination." Although the old lady called Brother Huai They will come to the capital next year, but based on his understanding of Brother Huai, this time he will not come to the capital again when he returns to Yangzhou.

"My cousin still understands me." Lin Huaiyu's expression suddenly became very serious. "After I go back this time, I will study hard and prepare for the next imperial examination. I don't have time to come to the capital again. But, cousin If you are free, you can visit us in Yangzhou every year."

Jia Lian said with a smile: "This is necessary. I will go to Yangzhou to see you next spring."

Lin Huaiyu clasped his fists at Jia Lian and said, "Then I'll wait for my cousin to come."

Jia Lian reached out and patted Lin Huaiyu's shoulder, reluctantly said: "When you go back, don't forget to write to me."

"Cousin, don't worry, I won't forget." Lin Huaiyu looked at everyone waiting for them, and it might not be appropriate to continue the conversation, "Cousin, we have to say goodbye after thousands of miles, so let's say goodbye."

"Oh, I really miss you." Jia Lian really didn't want Lin Huaiyu to leave, "Be careful on the road."

"Cousin, you have to remember what I said to you before, and don't forget my words as soon as I leave."

Jia Lian knew what Lin Huaiyu was talking about, so he nodded solemnly: "Don't worry, I will never forget what you told me before!"

"By the way, I heard Uncle Ye say that the emperor is merciful and allows the ladies in the palace to go home to visit their relatives on the Lantern Festival next year, and the concubine Defei will also return to Rongguo Mansion to visit her relatives." Lin Huaiyu decided to remind Jia Lian, "Wait for this After the imperial decree is promulgated, it is estimated that many families in the capital want to build family-saving villas, and the Rongguo Mansion may also build one, so you have to pay attention, cousin."

Jia Lian didn't quite understand what Lin Huaiyu meant: "Brother Huai, is there something wrong with this matter?"

"Cousin, you know better than anyone what is going on in Rongguo Mansion. It costs a lot of money to build a provincial house. I remind you to protect your wallets." It's over for Huo Huo.

Jia Lian instantly understood Lin Huaiyu's meaning, his heart tightened, and he said quickly, "I see, brother Huai, thank you for reminding me."

"You're welcome, that cousin, I'm leaving."

"Brother Huai, why didn't you see Master Ye?" Jia Lian realized that Ye Wenfu was not there at this time.

"Uncle Ye doesn't like parting, so he didn't come to see us off." Lin Huaiyu solemnly bowed to Jia Lian, "Cousin, take care!"

"Brother Huai, be careful on the road."

Jia Lian was not in a hurry to go back, he stood on the bank watching Lin Huaiyu and the others until he could no longer see their boat, then he turned back to Rongguo Mansion.

Just when he was about to go back, he saw Jia Baoyu running over, yelling, "Cousin, I want to go to Yangzhou with you..."

Then, I saw Lin Xiao and Lai Da hurriedly chasing after him.

"I'm going to Yangzhou by boat."

Mingyan and his fellow servants hugged Jia Baoyu and did not let him board the boat.

"Let me go, I'm going to Yangzhou..."

Seeing this scene, Jia Lian frowned, and asked Lin Xiao and Lai Da calmly who came to salute him.

"what happened?"

"Second Master Bao suddenly ran out of the mansion and wanted to go back to Yangzhou with Young Master Lin and the others."

Seeing that Jia Baoyu was still making trouble, causing everyone to look at him, Jia Lian felt so ashamed: "Hurry up and pull him back."

"Yes, Second Lord." Lin Xiao and Lai Da ignored Jia Baoyu's beating and scolding, and pulled him away from the pier very forcefully.

Jia Baoyu saw Jia Lian as if seeing a savior, took Jia Lian's hand and said, "Second brother, I'm going to Yangzhou to find my cousin."

"What are you going to Yangzhou to see Brother Huai for?" Jia Lian looked at Jia Baoyu's mischievous appearance, feeling extremely disgusted in his heart.

"I can't bear my cousin." Jia Baoyu held his mouth, his expression extremely aggrieved and pitiful, "I want to go to Yangzhou with my cousin." After finishing speaking, he grabbed Jia Lian's arm and begged, "Second brother, why don't you go to Yangzhou?" Let me go to Yangzhou to find my cousin."

Sometimes Jia Lian really wanted to know what was in Jia Baoyu's mind and how it happened... He couldn't find an adjective to describe it for a while.

He didn't want to talk to Jia Baoyu who was messing around, but Jia Baoyu kept pulling him.He had no choice but to give Jia Baoyu a hard lesson.

Jia Baoyu was wronged in his heart, and after being taught a lesson by Jia Lian, he cried out wronged, and kept saying, "I don't want my cousin to leave."

Jia Lian ignored Jia Baoyu and let him cry.

When he returned to Rongguo Mansion, he took Jia Baoyu directly to see Jia Mu.

Jia's mother hugged Jia Baoyu tightly, crying dearly.Jia Baoyu was hugged by Jia's mother, and she still said that she was going to find Lin Huaiyu.

Seeing that Jia's mother had no time to talk to him, Jia Lian left, and went directly to report to Jia Zheng that Lin Huaiyu and the others got on the boat and left.

When Jia Zheng learned that the official ship Lin Huaiyu and the others were on was safe and comfortable, he was more than half relieved.

After Jia Lian finished talking to Jia Zheng, he went back to Wang Xifeng's house and told her that Jia Yuanchun was going back to Rongguo Mansion to visit his relatives, and that Rongguo Mansion was going to build a family visitation villa.

"Based on the nature of the old lady and the second uncle, I'm afraid this family-saving villa will need to be built in a big way, and it will probably cost a lot of money. We have to be careful with our pockets."

Wang Xifeng nodded and said: "We don't care about the house now, so we don't need to contribute money. However, I'm afraid that my wife will find me at that time. She knows that I have a dowry, so I have to find a way to deal with her."

"You have to think about it, otherwise, with Second Aunt's temperament, I'm afraid I'll steal a piece of skin from you." With Second Aunt's temperament, she will never use her private money easily, and will definitely try her best to get it from everyone. Collect money from everywhere to build Jia Yuanchun's family-saving villa.

Wang Xifeng knew it too, nodded and said, "I have to think about it." She couldn't let his wife fool her with her dowry.

At this time, Lin Huaiyu and Xiao Daiyu were playing "adventure games" on the boat.The siblings checked each room, playing until lunch.

Ye Wenfu prepared a lot of food, vegetables, and fruits for the boat, so that Lin Huaiyu and the others didn't have to worry about eating and drinking on the boat.

Lin Huaiyu saw that the corners of Xiao Daiyu's eyes and brows were full of joy, and couldn't help laughing: "Very happy?"

Xiao Daiyu nodded vigorously: "Yes, I'm very happy."

"So happy to be home."

"Very happy, brother, are you unhappy?" Xiao Daiyu smiled brightly, her whole body became brighter, and her appetite improved a lot.

"My brother is also happy. We will be home in half a month."

"Brother, half a month will be here soon."

"Master and miss, you have played all morning, you should rest for a while after lunch." Nanny Zhang and the others were also very happy.For them, leaving Rongguo Mansion made them feel more relaxed.

"Okay, let's go to rest after lunch."

After lunch, Lin Huaiyu and Xiao Daiyu went back to their rooms to rest.

When Pei Lan was changing Xiao Daiyu's clothes, a pair of amulets fell to the ground.

"Miss, these amulets are..."

When Xiao Daiyu saw the amulets, she remembered their existence.

"Oh, sister Xue gave it to me." Xiao Daiyu took the amulet, "Sister Xue said that she specially went to the temple to ask for it for my brother and me, and I hope it can bless my brother and I to return to Yangzhou safely and smoothly. How did you forget it?"

"I didn't expect Miss Xue to be so careful."

"I'm going to give the amulet to my brother."

Lin Huaiyu hadn't slept yet, seeing his younger sister coming to him, he thought something had happened, so he hurriedly asked, "What's wrong?"

Xiao Daiyu stretched out her hand directly towards her brother, revealing the two amulets in her palm, "Brother, you can choose an amulet."

Lin Huaiyu casually picked up an amulet from his younger sister's hand and asked, "Where did you get the amulet? Aunt Ye gave it to you?"

"No, sister Xue gave it to me before leaving." Xiao Daiyu raised her hand and patted her forehead, and said with a bit of annoyance, "I forgot it before. I just remembered it when I saw the amulet. This is the amulet specially obtained by Sister Xue for us, hoping to protect us all the way back to Yangzhou safely and smoothly."

Lin Huaiyu reached out and tapped his sister's forehead in a funny way, "You are too happy."

Xiao Daiyu smiled embarrassingly: "I was so happy to go home, so I forgot for a while. But, I remembered now, Sister Xue asked us to take it well."

Lin Huaiyu felt that it was not good to wear the amulet given by a girl, so she put the amulet back in her sister's palm.

"Brother doesn't need to bring amulets, you wear these two amulets on your body."

"Ah?" Xiao Daiyu showed a puzzled look on her face, "Brother, why don't you wear it? Sister Xue asked us for it specially?"

"My brother can't wear the amulets given by other girls, it's not good." Lin Huaiyu didn't want to imitate Xue Baochai's intention to give their brothers and sisters amulets, "So, you wear these two amulets next to your body. This way you get double protection .”

Xiao Daiyu quickly understood what her brother meant, "Okay, then I will wear it for my brother."

Lin Huaiyu reached out and touched her sister's head, and smiled gently: "As long as you are safe and healthy, brother will be fine."

"Don't worry brother, I will be safe and healthy."

"Go back to your room and rest."

"Brother, you should also go to bed earlier."

Lin Huaiyu didn't take Xue Baochai's gift of amulets to their brothers and sisters to heart, nor did he think too much about it.After a while, put this matter behind.

After Pei Lan waited for Xiao Daiyu to fall asleep, she went to find Madam Zhang and helped her pack her things together.

"Mommy, Miss Xue specially asked for amulets for the young master and young lady. I didn't expect her to be so caring."

After Zhang Momo heard this, the movements in her hands stopped involuntarily, "You said Miss Xue asked for amulets for the young master and young lady?"

"That's right, the lady forgot about it. When she was changing her clothes just now, she dropped two amulets, and the lady just remembered it." Pei Lan said with a smile, "Back to Yangzhou, the lady is really very happy .”

Nanny Zhang hurriedly asked, "Did the young master accept the amulet?"

"No, the young master told the young lady that he couldn't just wear the amulets given by other girls, so he asked the young lady to wear two amulets."

Hearing this, Nanny Zhang breathed a sigh of relief: "It's fine if the young master doesn't wear it."

"Nurse, what's wrong with you?" Peilan looked at the relieved look of Zhang Nanny, and felt a little strange in her heart, "You know that with the temper of the young master, you will never wear anything from other girls .” Their young master is particularly strict in this regard.

"I'm not...Miss Xue is such a powerful move." Zhang Momo frowned suddenly, and said with a slightly sullen face, "I really didn't expect Miss Xue to be so clever."

Perrin was taken aback by Zhang Nanny's words, and his face was full of confusion: "Mommy, what are you talking about?"

Nanny Zhang snorted coldly: "I mean Miss Xue has ulterior motives." Nanny Zhang is an old man, and she has seen many things between men and women in Rongguo Mansion when she was young.Later, when I came to Yangzhou with Jia Min, I saw many women showing affection to their uncle in various ways.She has already seen the method of Xue Baochai giving amulets.

Hearing Nanny Zhang's meaningful words, Pei Lan immediately understood: "You mean she sent the amulet to the young master?"

"That's right. If she gave the young master an amulet alone, the young master would definitely not accept it. Besides, it's not appropriate to give the young master alone, so she asked for two amulets to give to the young master and the young lady. Not only would it not be wrong, but it would make people feel She is very caring." Mother Zhang sneered, "Unfortunately, she didn't expect that even so, the young master would not wear the amulet she gave her." Their young master has always followed the etiquette, and has been very careful in this regard. Will wear anything other girls give.

Pei Lan didn't think much about it, and now she was dumbfounded when she heard what Zhang Nanny said.After a while, he came to his senses, hesitated and said, "Nurse, are you thinking too much?"

"I didn't think much of it, Miss Xue came up with this idea." Zhang Nanny glanced at Pei Lan who was not convinced, "You are still too young."

"This Miss Xue is not very old..." Pei Lan suddenly thought of something, "Nurse, do you mean that Miss Xue has a crush on our young master?"

Seeing Peilan's surprised look, Zhang Nanny gave her a disgusted look: "Isn't it normal for her to look at our young master?"

Pei Lan thinks about it, the young master of their family needs good looks, talent and talent, and family background, so there is nothing strange about Miss Xue's liking for their young master.

"I usually see Miss Xue treats the young master nothing strange, and has always kept a distance from the young master."

"That was before she lost the election." Nanny Zhang quickly thought of one thing, "Didn't you find that after Miss Xue lost the election, the number of times she came to see our young lady increased?"

Perrin thought about it carefully and found that it was really the case.

"Miss Xue lost the election, so she put her mind on the young master?"

"The young master is excellent in every aspect, so it's not surprising that she's thinking about the young master, but she doesn't want to piss and see, is the young master something she can think about overnight?" Nanny Zhang said contemptuously, "She's an imperial businessman. daughter, and her father died, how dare she not know how to play against the young master."

Pei Lan looked shocked: "I really didn't expect that..." A girl who usually looks upright to Ms. Xue, her words and deeds are very stable, I didn't expect... She really can't be judged by appearances.

"If we don't have Yangzhou, she will still make moves." Madam Zhang sarcastically said, "I've seen things like this a lot."

"No, Miss Xue, how dare she think, it is impossible for the young master to marry a daughter of an imperial merchant, unless Miss Xue is willing to be an aunt, but with Miss Xue's temperament, I am afraid she does not want to be an aunt." The Xue family It is an imperial merchant, but what about the imperial merchant, his status is still as low as that of ordinary merchants.And their Lin family is an official family, and their Lin family used to be a marquis mansion, how could the master let the young master marry a daughter of an imperial merchant.

"Some people just don't know themselves." Nanny Zhang probably guessed what Aunt Xue and the others thought, "They think that the young master is the adopted son, so they think they can marry the young master. They don't think that even if the young master has not adopted the young master, the young master is also The legitimate son of the offshoot of the Gusu Lin family. No matter how poor the Gusu Lin family is, they will never marry a daughter of an imperial merchant, and with the young master's intelligence, he will definitely be able to obtain fame in the future."

"The master treats the young master as his own son."

"Hmph, what's so great about Huangshang, with the current Xue family, I'm afraid it's not as rich as ours." Nanny Zhang scolded, "It's really shameless."

"Nurse, do you want to tell the young master about this?" Perrin said, "The young master doesn't seem to think much about it."

"The young master didn't wear it, so there's no need to tell the young master." Nanny Zhang said, "The young master has never looked at Miss Xue in the eye, no matter what she does, she will not succeed."

"That's right." Perrin asked again, "Do you want to tell Miss about this?"

Nanny Zhang thought for a while and said, "I won't see Miss Xue again, so you don't need to tell Miss."

"Nurse, you are the best. If you don't tell me, I really haven't thought of this."

"I've seen too many things like this..." Next, Nanny Zhang said a lot of these things, which made Peilan dumbfounded.

Always happy on the way home.

Lin Huaiyu and Xiao Daiyu had been on the boat for several days, but they didn't feel bored. On the contrary, they were very happy every day.

Every morning, the siblings read and study together.In the afternoon, the brother and sister went to the deck to bask in the sun and enjoy the breeze. Occasionally, Lin Huaiyu went fishing.In the evening, the siblings took Perrin to play games with them.

Although the weather was getting hotter, it was very cool on board, especially at night.Before, Lin Huaiyu was worried that they might suffer from heat stroke, but now it seems that he is thinking too much.

There were carrier pigeons on board, and Lin Huaiyu wrote to Lin Ruhai every two days to report their journey to his father.

They were lucky. On the way back, not only did there not appear to be strong winds and waves, but the wind went smoothly, and they arrived in Yangzhou in less than half a month.

When Lin Ruhai saw his son and daughter whom he hadn't seen for several months, his eyes turned red quietly, and he hugged the two children tightly, saying "just come back".

Lin Huaiyu saw that Lin Ruhai was thinner than before, but in good spirits.Knowing from the system that Lin Ruhai is in good health, he was completely relieved.

Xiao Daiyu hugged Lin Ruhai tightly, crying like a little cat.Having not seen her father for several months, Xiao Daiyu missed her very much.Now, when I finally saw my father, I couldn't help crying.

Lin Ruhai was infected by her daughter's emotions, and the corners of her eyes quietly shed tears.Even Madam Zhang and the others quietly wiped away their tears.

Lin Huaiyu sat aside, quietly waiting for Lin Ruhai and Xiao Daiyu to finish crying.After a long while, Lin Ruhai and Xiao Daiyu finally stopped and stopped crying.

"Nurse Zhang, take your younger sister down to clean up. My father and I have something to talk about."

"Yes, sir."

Xiao Daiyu knew that her brother had business to tell her father, so she obediently followed Aunt Zhang down.

Lin Ruhai and his son moved from the living room to the study.Lin Huaiyu told Lin Ruhai in great detail what had happened in the capital in the past few months.Although I have mentioned it in a letter before, it is not too detailed.Now that I'm back, I naturally want to talk about the previous things in detail.

Listening to his son talking about what happened to them in Rongguo Mansion, Lin Ruhai's brows became more and more wrinkled, his face became darker and darker, and the anger in his eyes became more and more intense.

Lin Huaiyu told Lin Ruhai about the situation of Rongguo Mansion carefully. After hearing this, Lin Ruhai said: "Rongguo Mansion has long been worse than before."

"It's most appropriate to describe it as gold on the outside and ruin on the inside." Lin Huaiyu wrote about Jia Lian in his letter before, "The land we bought in the capital before has a cousin who looks at it and there is no problem."

Lin Ruhai received a letter from his son before, and he was still a little worried when he heard from his son that he would cooperate with Jia Lian. He always felt that Jia Lian was unreliable and would harm his son, but now it seems that he was thinking too much.

"If you think he can be used, then use him well." Lin Ruhai's way of educating his son is that he will not forcefully intervene in his son's affairs, let alone order and prohibit his son from doing such things or doing such things.He will let his son try it himself first, and when his son fails, he will analyze the reasons for his failure with his son.

"Father, apart from being lustful, Cousin Jia Lian has nothing wrong with him." Lin Huaiyu knew that Lin Ruhai had a bad impression of Jia Lian, "However, he probably won't and dare not be lustful again in the future."

"Yes, but his nature is not bad."

Next, Lin Huaiyu said something to Lin Ruhai, and it didn't end until lunch.

Today's lunch is very rich, all the dishes Lin Huaiyu and Xiao Daiyu love to eat.Lin Ruhai kept adding vegetables to his son and daughter, asking the two children to eat more.

After lunch, the father and son took a walk in the courtyard.

Xiao Daiyu chattered to Lin Ruhai about what happened to her in the capital. Lin Ruhai listened very carefully, and would respond to her daughter from time to time.

After walking, eat.Lin Ruhai asked the two children to rest.

Lin Huaiyu originally thought that he was not tired, but he didn't expect to sleep until evening after this afternoon nap.The same is true for Xiao Daiyu.After taking a full afternoon nap, the brothers and sisters were in very good spirits.

After dinner, the father and son sat in the study and chatted.

In the past few months, the Lin Mansion has been very deserted, but once Lin Huaiyu and the others came back, it became very lively.Not only was it lively, but the entire Lin Mansion became warm and energetic.

Although Lin Ruhai never said in the letter that he missed his son and daughter, every time he returned home from the yamen in the past few months, he didn't see his son and daughter, and he was alone, and he still felt very uncomfortable.Now that his son and daughter are back, he has become much more energetic.

"Father, my sister and I will go to see mother tomorrow morning." When they came back from the capital, they should go to see mother and offer incense to her.

"Okay, I'll take you there tomorrow morning." Lin Ruhai thought of his deceased wife, with a look of sadness in his eyes, "Your mother will be very happy to know that you have returned safely."

Thinking of her mother, Xiao Daiyu immediately blushed, and tears rolled in her eyes: "I miss my mother..."

Lin Ruhai picked up her daughter, patted Xiao Daiyu's back lightly, and coaxed her gently: "Daddy will take you to see your mother tomorrow."

Xiao Daiyu leaned her head on Lin Ruhai's arms, pursing her lips and weeping silently.

"Father, is Mr. Lu back?"

"I just came back not long ago."

"When I see my mother tomorrow, I will visit Mr. Xia Lu and ask him to continue teaching me."

"A few more days off?"

"Have a good rest today." Lin Huaiyu said, "Besides, I haven't studied with my husband for a long time."

"There is no rush." ​​Lin Ruhai hoped that his son could rest for a few days.

"Father, I've really rested. Besides, Uncle Ye was busy trying to do something in the capital. He didn't teach me for a long time. I just studied and studied by myself, and I accumulated a lot of questions. I have to ask Mr. Lu. "Lin Huaiyu is not a real child, and will not be playful like a child.Besides, the imperial examinations are not easy, so he must make good use of his time to study from now on.The most important point is that his writing style is blue, which is still far from the writing style of the champion in the exam.

Seeing that his son is so eager to learn, of course Lin Ruhai can't be his stumbling block, "Then it's up to you." Other people's sons don't like to study, and the parents try their best to make the children study hard, but for his son, he wants him to play more. Rest for a while, the son himself is not willing.

Early the next morning, Lin Ruhai took the two children to offer incense to Jia Min.

Jia Min is temporarily buried in Yangzhou, and will move into the ancestral grave in Gusu after a few years.

Lin Huaiyu and Xiao Daiyu put incense on Jia Min first, then knelt in front of the grave and told Jia Min what happened to them in the capital.

After worshiping Jia Min, Lin Ruhai took Lin Huaiyu to visit Mr. Lu.

When Mr. Lu saw Lin Huaiyu came back, he was naturally very happy and willing to teach him again.

On the third day after Lin Huaiyu and the others came back, he started to attend classes.

In the morning, Xiao Daiyu and her brother attend classes with Mr. Lu, and in the afternoon she follows Aunt Zhao to continue learning etiquette, women's red, and arithmetic.

On the fourth day of their return, they received a letter from Jia Lian.

In the letter, Jia Lian told Lin Huaiyu that the winery opened smoothly.According to what he said before, the business of the winery is very good.

Knowing that the winery had made a good start, Lin Huaiyu was relieved.He wrote a reply letter to Jia Lian, in which he mentioned some marketing methods.

Seven or eight days later, Jia Lian received a reply from Lin Huaiyu, and he was completely relieved when he learned that their journey back to Yangzhou was smooth, without illness or accident.

"What did Cousin Lin write?" Wang Xifeng was not very literate, and after reading it for a while, she didn't know what Lin Huaiyu wrote.Seeing Jia Lian laughing all the time, I became more and more curious.

"Brother Huai and the others went back very smoothly this time, without any accidents."

"That's really great." During this time, Wang Xifeng and Jia Lian were always worried about Lin Huaiyu and the others, afraid that they would get sick or have accidents on the way.

"Brother Huai started to study as soon as he returned to Yangzhou. He really worked hard."

"It's good to study hard, so that cousin Lin can come to the capital to take part in the examination earlier."

"That's all, brother Huai has written a lot of ways to sell wine, let me tell you..."

After hearing Jia Lian's words, Wang Xifeng was shocked and called Lin Huaiyu a ghost.

"Brother Huai also said that if you didn't want to raise your health to deceive Second Aunt, he would ask you to be the accountant of the winery."

"Really?" Wang Xifeng said with bright eyes, "I can secretly work as the accountant of the winery." After she finished speaking, she gave Jia Lian a sideways look, "You are not as good at settling accounts as I am."

"Yes, you can be the accountant of the winery secretly." Jia Lian said with a smile, "The account books of the winery will be handed over to you."

Wang Xifeng stood up and saluted Jia Lianfu: "Second Master Xie Lian."

At this moment, Ping'er came in and reported: "Eunuch Xia has come, saying that the emperor is merciful, allowing the empress to return to Rongguo Mansion to visit relatives on the Lantern Festival next year."

After hearing this, Jia Lian was not surprised at all.

After a while, Lai Da came and said that Jia Zheng told him to go over.

Jia Lian went to see Jia Zheng, and Jia Zhen and the others also came.

The matter of building provincial villas is not a trivial matter, it is a major matter for both Ningrong and Rongfu, so Jia Zheng will naturally call people from both to discuss it.

On the other side, Mother Jia and Mrs. Wang are also discussing the matter of building a provincial villa.

This was Jia Yuanchun's first visit home after he became a concubine, so naturally he had to do well in every aspect.The most important thing is that their family's family-saving villa must not be worse than other families, after all, Jia Yuanchun is a concubine.

It would cost a lot of money to build a provincial house, and as a grandmother, Jiamu gave the money very generously this time.As for Mrs. Wang, she was guessed by Wang Xifeng and the others. At first, she was reluctant to take out her own money, and wanted to trick Wang Xifeng into taking out her dowry to supplement the construction of the province's villa.

Wang Xifeng said that most of her dowry was used to subsidize the grandfather of the Rongguo Mansion, and there was not much left, so she couldn't use more money to support the construction of the provincial house.

Mrs. Wang also knew in her heart that Wang Xifeng and the others were grandfathers who had put a lot of money into the mansion over the years, so she couldn't say anything more after hearing what Wang Xifeng said.She had no choice but to take some money from her dowry to build a family-saving villa.

People in both Ningrong and Rongfu are busy building the provincial villa, and the men of Jia's family are all arranged.Jia Lian was arranged to buy things. In addition to the antiques and toys in the room, there were also daily necessities, such as curtains, blankets, tables and chairs, etc.

Fortunately, the winery is managed by someone arranged by Mrs. Ye, otherwise Jia Lian really wouldn't be able to get away from the winery.

The adults are busy building the family-saving villa, and the children are still eating, drinking and having fun as usual.

Jia Tanchun and the others drank tea and chatted in Xue Baochai's room, and complained that Xiao Daiyu hadn't written to them by the way.

"Sister Lin and the others should have arrived in Yangzhou."

Xue Baochai said thoughtfully: "According to the date, it should be here."

Shi Xiangyun pouted and said dissatisfiedly: "Sister Lin is home, did she forget to write to us?"

Xue Baochai said: "Your elder sister Lin will be very busy when she first arrives home. She didn't have time to write to us for a while. She will probably write to us after a while. Let's wait patiently for a few more days."

"Okay, then wait for Sister Lin for a few more days." Shi Xiangyun held his face in his hands and said curiously, "I don't know what Yangzhou looks like?"

When Jia Tanchun heard Shi Xiangyun's words, she couldn't help becoming curious: "I wonder if Yangzhou is as beautiful and poetic as the poems say?" After she finished speaking, she thought that Xue Baochai's family lived in Jinling, which is not far from Yangzhou. Sister, have you ever been to Yangzhou?"

Xue Baochai shook her head slightly: "I have never been to Yangzhou, but my family has been to Yangzhou. I heard that Yangzhou is very beautiful, especially in March in Yangchun."

Shi Xiangyun said: "Fireworks going to Yangzhou in March must be very beautiful. It would be great if we could go to Yangzhou."

"Oh..." Jia Tanchun also wanted to visit Yangzhou, but it was impossible for her to go to Yangzhou. "I wonder if Sister Lin will come to the capital again next year?"

Xue Baochai said: "If the old lady invites Daiyu and the others to come to the capital, then they should come."

"Wait until next year, we will remind our ancestors to call Sister Lin and the others to play in the capital."

At this time, Xiao Daiyu, who was far away in Yangzhou, did not forget to write to Xue Baochai and the others.Yesterday, she wrote the letter.This morning, the letter was mailed out.

About eight|nine days later, Xue Baochai and the others received a letter from Xiao Daiyu.

In a letter to Xue Baochai, Xiao Daiyu thanked her for the amulet she had given them earlier.She also honestly wrote that her brother did not wear the amulet she had given him.

[Sister Xue, my brother said that he can't just wear things from other girls, so my brother gave me the amulet you gave him.My brother said that because I wore two amulets, I didn't get sick along the way, and my brother asked me to thank you well.

Sister Xue, thank you for giving me the amulet.I also went to the temple and asked for two amulets for you, hoping that the two amulets can bless you in peace. 】

Seeing this, Xue Baochai immediately frowned, her eyes full of unwillingness and loss.She never thought that Lin Huaiyu would not wear the amulet she gave her.

In the beginning, in order for Lin Huaiyu to wear the amulets she gave her, she went and begged for two, one for him and one for Daiyu.In this way, he will wear the amulet she gave him, and others will not see that she gave him the amulet on purpose, but he didn't expect him to wear it.

Regarding the fact that Lin Huaiyu didn't casually wear gifts from other girls, Xue Baochai was angry and relieved.Angry, because he didn't wear the amulet she gave him.An Xin, because he felt that if other girls gave him things in the future, he would not wear them.

"I didn't expect him to be so strict about etiquette." Although she always knew that Lin Huaiyu followed the rules, she didn't expect him to be so strict about etiquette. "It seems that I have to think of a way again."

Lin Huaiyu is so strict about following the etiquette, Xue Baochai's trick of giving things "by the way" will not work.She has to think about what to do next, on the one hand, it will not touch the etiquette that Lin Huaiyu abides by, on the other hand, let Lin Huaiyu accept her things, and can always remember her.

However, what she has to do now is to get closer to Daiyu and become good sisters with Daiyu.

Xue Baochai found out the plum blossom handkerchief she had embroidered before and gave it to Daiyu. This handkerchief was specially embroidered for Daiyu.

In this way, Daiyu and Xue Baochai will write a letter every month to talk about recent events.After one letter after another, the relationship between Daiyu and Jia Tanchun became much closer.

Every time Jia Tanchun and the others wrote a letter, they would ask Xiao Daiyu when she would come to the capital again and if she would come to the capital next year.

Xiao Daiyu told Jia Tanchun and the others that her brother would be busy studying and would not have time to go to the capital next year.

Knowing that Xiao Daiyu and the others would not come to the capital next year, Jia Tanchun and the others were very disappointed, so they could only keep in touch by letter.

Soon it was the Lantern Festival, and Jia Yuanchun went back to Rongguo Mansion to visit his relatives.Although Lin Huaiyu and Xiao Daiyu were not there, Jia Yuanchun still rewarded them with something.These things are temporarily kept by Mother Jia, and will be handed over to Lin Haiyu and the others when they come to Rongguo Mansion again.

After visiting relatives,