The eldest son of the concubine who crossed the red mansion

Mrs. Wang is a bit annoying recently.Originally, her son's birthday should be good, although she invited people she didn't want to see, but overall it was good.But only a few days later, after waiting for the two brothers and sisters of the Lin family to be filial piety, Mother Jia brought up the old story again: She wanted to hire Lin Daiyu to Baoyu.Mrs. Wang naturally didn't like it very much. Lin Daiyu looked sick and weak like that, and she didn't know if she would be short-lived like her mother.She had already identified in her heart that Baochai was a girl who was generous and beautiful, and her housekeeper skills were also top-notch.

Mrs. Wang originally wanted to ask her daughter to marry her, but her daughter has not been very happy recently, and she has to think about helping her daughter to win favor and preventing Jia Mu's bad idea, and she is already a bit overwhelmed.Not long after, her younger sister came to her in a hurry and said something serious happened to Xue Pan.

It turned out that Xue Pan didn't know who had heard that someone had a batch of pearls to sell, and then remembered that his shop was short of pearl raw materials, so he didn't let the shopkeeper follow suit, so he rushed to spend thousands of taels of silver to sell the batch of pearls. I bought them all back, but the shopkeeper found that those pearls were all defective products, and now even the pearl seller is gone.Now it's a real loss of money and goods.

Mrs. Wang was annoyed when she heard Aunt Xue's complaint, and Aunt Xue told her to find a way.Now that person is gone, and even the money has been taken away, how can she help?If you want to blame, you have to blame your younger sister for being too fond of her son, and Xue Pan for being too arrogant.

After finally persuading my sister to leave, the lady in charge came in again holding the account book.Mrs. Wang looked at the grandfather's money, which was getting more and more difficult to make ends meet recently, and she had a headache and didn't know what to do.Although Wang Xifeng is also taking care of this matter now, it is his daughter's family, and he can't make any money, but the house is really short of money, so how can he make a lot of money?

Lin Yuxuan reeked of alcohol when he came back from Zuixian Tower.Since he became a filial piety, there have been more and more posts inviting him to drink. Some of them were sent by adults in the same class as Lin Ruhai, and some were sent by students who participated in Qiuwei this year. Among them, Lin Yuxuan saw the old Old people I met in Hangzhou.

It's not really acquaintance, it's just that we have met a few times.He was also an introductory disciple of Master Qin, the only son of General Li in Hangzhou, named Shen Zicheng, two years older than Lin Yuxuan.Although Li Shen was born in a family of generals, he preferred poetry and books, so he wanted to pass the imperial examination to become an official.Originally, he had the opportunity to participate in the last spring festival, but later he couldn't do it because of his health.

Zhenzhu brought a bowl of hangover soup, watched Lin Yuxuan drink it before she felt relieved, and said, "It's true, too much alcohol, Lin Hui doesn't know how to persuade him."

"They are all from the same subject who will take the imperial examination together, how can I shirk it?" Lin Yuxuan put the hot towel handed by Baozhu on his face, and heaved a deep sigh of relief, "What's more, there are some who are from the same subject as Dad. grown ups."

"But uncle socializing like this every day is not good for your health." Pearl said.

"I will pay attention." Lin Yuxuan smiled, "Help me to rest."

Pearl still wanted to continue persuading her, but Baozhu tugged at her sleeve to signal her to shut up.The two left after helping Lin Yuxuan change his clothes.

"Why don't you let me continue?" On the way to the side room, Pearl asked dissatisfiedly, "You see the uncle drinking like this every day, don't you worry about it? The uncle's health is not very good. I always like to get sick when I alternate, so what if I get sick from drinking?"

"Master has his own ideas. You and I are both girls. To put it bluntly, you are a slave. How can you control the master?" Baozhu knows that her master is a person who knows everything. It is okay to persuade, but it cannot be passed Too much interference, "You also know that the uncle doesn't understand his own body? I think you are just eating carrots and worrying about it. Although the uncle has a good temper, it doesn't seem like he likes the slaves to interfere too much in his affairs. What's more What's more, the uncle will be an official in the future, and now he has a good relationship with those adults and scholars of the same department, and he will be able to do things in the future. I know you are thinking of the uncle, but you also have to understand what to say and what not to say. It should be said."

Zhuzhu took a deep breath, nodded receptively, grabbed Baozhu's arm and said, "Thank you, sister, for reminding me!"

Seeing Pearl's sudden realization, Baozhu feels relieved.

After the Double Ninth Festival, the autumn began.Lin Yuxuan took the clothes, dry food and clothes from Lin Hui, persuaded Lin Ruhai and others who came to see him off, and then took a deep breath and stepped into the examination room.

Nine days later, when Lin Yuxuan walked out again, he was quite haggard.In fact, it is conceivable that all the candidates who took part in the imperial examinations lived in the same place, where they ate, drank and slept. If they were bored for nine days and nights, how could they smell so good?

As soon as Lin Yuxuan returned home, he took a hot bath to wash off all the bad smells on his body, ate a delicious hot meal, returned to the house and fell asleep.

"Xueyan, you go to the kitchen later and ask the cook to cook a pot of tonic soup for my brother. Looking at my brother's appearance, I seem to have lost some weight." Lin Daiyu embroidered cloud patterns on her newly made stone blue brocade robe. , while saying, "I heard that the rules in the examination room are very strict, and my brother is used to being too moist. I'm really worried about him."

"Girl is overthinking. Uncle also practices riding and shooting on weekdays. Although he looks thinner, he is not like that." Xue Yan said with a smile, "But I should make up for my uncle. The room was carried out sideways before it was over, so one can imagine how bad the environment inside is."

Lin Daiyu cast a sideways glance at Xueyan, and said, "You're the one talking too much, what are you talking about?"

"Yes, yes, I was wrong." Xueyan stuck out her tongue, "Our uncle is very knowledgeable, so he will definitely win the exam."

"Of course, my brother's master is the dean of Hangzhou Academy, how can he not learn well?" Lin Daiyu lowered her head and fiddled with her needlework, "I don't know when there will be news, but I really want to see my brother's grades. My brother has a brother from the same sect who is also here, right?"

"Yes. I heard that he is the youngest son of General Li in Hangzhou. My uncle still wants to invite him to the house tomorrow." Xueyan thought for a while and replied, "What are you going to do, Miss?"

Since Lin Daiyu passed her 11th birthday, the affairs of the mansion have been handed over to her.Lin Daiyu stopped her embroidery work, thought for a while and said, "Brother probably doesn't like to entertain guests in the flower hall like this. You can ask him, how about I put the banquet in the garden? It just so happens that the chrysanthemums planted in our garden are all It should be good if it is paired with the flower wine brewed by our house."

"The girl's mind is just a coincidence, I'll ask right now." Xue Yan responded, and went out excitedly.

"Xueyan girl, she has been serving the girl for so long and still has the same temper." Pingting helped Lin Daiyu match the color of the embroidery thread before she said with a smile: "Fortunately, Xuejuan is calm, and I can rest assured that they are by the girl's side." .” Pingting has already been assigned out, and now she is only working as an aunt in charge in Lin Daiyu’s room.

"Although her temper is a bit anxious, she is still good." Lin Daiyu was raised by Xueyan's mother. Although Wang Momo is still in the Lin family's house in Hangzhou, she still treats her kind Lin Daiyu Remember, "Sister Pingting, help me make a bowl of rock sugar lily horseshoe soup, I want to eat it."

"Okay." Pingting knew how tricky her girl's mouth was, "It's rare to hear what she wants to eat."

Lin Daiyu pursed her lips and smiled, then lowered her head and continued her embroidery.

Li Shen followed the aunt in charge into the garden, and smelled a faint fragrance.It was the scent of chrysanthemums, mixed with the scent of lilies, roses, and sweet-scented osmanthus. Li Shen took a deep breath, saw Lin Yuxuan standing on the steps of the pavilion smiling at him, and walked over.

"It's really good to repair this garden." Li Shen said with a smile.He was already handsome, and although he was a literary student, he also exercised every day, and he looked stronger than Lin Yuxuan, "I always thought that the gardens in the south of the Yangtze River would be more exquisite than the ones in the capital, but I didn't want to cultivate them. The ones here are not bad. .”

"That's Sister She's own design, and it's acceptable." Lin Yuxuan said with a smile.

"Miss Lin?" Li Shen also heard that there was a daughter from the Lin family, but she had been raised in a deep boudoir. Few people have seen her appearance. "Miss Lin is very talented when you think about it." Li Shen also felt that there was too much talk about it. A daughter's family is not very good, especially in front of her brother, so she changed the subject and said: "I visited the master before I came from Hangzhou. Although the master is strong, he is a bit old after all, and he is planning to stop being the dean of the academy." job."

"That's good." Lin Yuxuan thought for a while, "Master has also reached the year of destiny this year, and he should enjoy the good fortune and enjoy his grandchildren."

"Speaking of which, Xiuhe is not engaged yet." Li Shen suddenly thought of this question and asked with a smile.

"Not yet. Where's Zicheng?"

"How can I start a family without fame? Although I'm not an ambitious person, a man should have the heart to strive for fame." Li Shen said, "I saw that Xiuhe prepared good wine, right?"

Naturally, Lin Yuxuan knew that Li Shen loved wine, so he smiled and said, "This is the sweet-scented osmanthus wine brewed in the house last year, Zicheng will try it." After finishing speaking, he poured a glass for Li Shen, "The other pot is chrysanthemum wine."

"The taste is very good." Li Shen said with a smile.

"If Zicheng likes it, I'll ask someone to give Zicheng two altars." Lin Yuxuan said.Although he had only met Li Shen a few times, after a long relationship, he felt that he was trustworthy and someone who could be treated with an open heart. "It's a pity that I couldn't talk with Zicheng in the past."

Li Shen laughed and toasted Lin Yuxuan.