The eldest brother of the Lin family in the Red Chamber

Lin Mo's alcohol capacity is not bad, but it's not much better. Today, he drank a lot of wine all night. When he got home, Jingxian had already fallen asleep. Lingge had prepared the hangover soup early, but looking at him like this, he was a little bit In a dilemma, he asked, "Does the master want to vomit? Is this soup too bitter?" Lin Mo covered her mouth and smelled it: "It's almost there, let's add some honey—forget it, don't leave it, give it to me How about the Ganoderma lucidum soup made today? See if the woman who is watching the night is here, and make some sweet hawthorn fruit soup."

"Ah?" Linge was a little strange, "Is the king of Beijing Jing coming?" It's so late?

"I didn't say I would come, you can tell someone to stew it. Then you go to sleep, you shouldn't be the one staying up late today." Lin Mowen said.Ling Ge hurriedly said: "Wen Qin was a night watchman yesterday, didn't Miao He cough for a few days and was raising it, but I dare not call the two of them to watch the night. No one is guarding, and it doesn't look like the King of Beijing is here. I Anyway, I'm not tired, I will stay here for a while, and tomorrow I will call Wenqin and Tingyin to wait for the master and the prince to get up."

Lin Mo was helpless: "He really didn't say he was coming, it's so late, let's go." Ling Ge gave him a strange look, probably wanting to ask but didn't ask - unexpectedly King Beijing didn't say he was coming, the master still Ask someone to prepare sweet soup?But when I turned around, I understood.King Beijing Jing didn't say he would come, but the master wanted him to come.Thinking about it this way, I couldn't help but feel strange, did the master go out to a banquet today to get angry?After this, I decided to tell Lin Mo something else to change my mood: "Sister Pingrui, who is next to Mrs. Rong, came here today and told her that the family was going to buy and sell servants, so they borrowed Lin Fei's."

Lin Mo was really interested: "Brother Xi didn't--eh, forget it, just buy it." He knew in his heart that the Rong family had another moth.However, some of the servants were Ouyang's dowry back then, so they must still take care of the face of their old in-laws. This time, they simply took advantage of Rong Xi's failure in the exam and dared not speak up at home. What the second girl of the Bai family can do.He smiled and asked, "Aren't you worried about your baby grandson?"

Listening to the song: "I don't know, my wife also asked Lin Fei's family to bring a message to Mrs. Rong, saying that there is no such thing. Before the engagement, the second master Rong promised not to take concubines or accept people in the house, but it is up to Rong's mansion." With this appearance, she has to worry about the princess. The princess will not build another princess mansion when she gets married, so why should she be made to look at the people in Uncle Rong's house and make jokes? She said it in front of many people, Pingrui The little smile on my sister's face almost failed to hang on."

"Jing Ning is still unforgiving." Lin Mo didn't blame his wife for being outspoken.Pingrui grew up with Pingai who was next to Lin Baishi. They are both old girls who have never married and served her all their lives. Lin Mo is also very polite to her on weekdays.But I also know that Jingxian wants to beat and beat, and ask Rong Bai to take Sister Feng over - he has never been in the habit of losing his temper with the daughter of his mentor, let alone Jingxian's words are somewhat reasonable.As long as Rong Mingqian is alive, Rong Xi will be honored for a day, but no matter how healthy Rong Mingqian is, how many years can he stay in the position of a feudal official?What's more, although Rong Mingqian has a high position and authority, he doesn't have any titles on him. Rong Xi's literary talent is not very outstanding. It is likely that he will tolerate his son buying an official or rewarding an official from the court, and most of them will return to his hometown in Shandong to inherit the family business.Although the crops of the Rong family's farm are not bad now, and the shop is also good, but when the time comes, Rong Xi's life will be different from what it is now.That's all for him, if Rong Suicheng doesn't change his temper, he will suffer from the gap in the future.

There were only the two of them in the Rong family brothers, the older sisters had already left the house, and the husband's family was fairly reliable.Although there is a gap in talent, the younger brother was a little more outstanding when he was young. Fortunately, because his parents were not too partial, they even agreed that in the future the eldest brother would inherit the family business, and the division of the family property would also take the lead. Rong Xi was naturally embarrassed to hate his younger brother—if it was true If you get jealous, it's really unreasonable to make trouble.But also because the relationship between the two brothers is good, separation, old age and death without contact with each other have become empty talk.Lin Mo has also seen the garden that Rong Jia prepared for Daiyu—it was basically imitated by the Lin family's garden, and she made it with great care. home business.She is a princess, her status is enough, but as a younger sister, she doesn't like to get entangled with the uncle's servants.

In Lin Mo's opinion, it would be best for Rong Xi to go back to his hometown in Shandong to inherit the family business, and for Rong Jia to be an official in Beijing.But Rong Xi can also see now that his only way to get ahead is to take the exam.This time it was a miss.next time?What about next time?He is not too stupid, and his writing is considered safe. Although he is not good at breaking the topic, he has never deviated from it.If he was lucky one time and didn't perform well in the same year, maybe he won the real one.When the time comes, it will be impossible for him to cut off contact with Rong Jia.

There is no need to worry too much about the affairs of the court.Rong Xi's temperament is right there, his overly capable parents helped him take care of everything from childhood to adulthood, which made him look forward and backward and have a meek temper, which made him seem a little uncertain in front of outsiders.Such a temper can't accomplish great things.But correspondingly, there is no big trouble.But in the inner house, there is such an unreliable male master, and the female master has such a temperament. It is somewhat uncomfortable for the young master to be instigated by servants to do scandalous things.If Ouyang Shi was still around, with a mother-in-law like Rong Bai Shi, her dowry would not be able to do such a bold thing, but Ouyang Shi is gone, and Rong Xi and Rong Suicheng father and son took her dowry as a memory, and made fun of it. If one or two of them reach the sky, it is time to rectify them.

"Tomorrow Lin Fei will also go to his house. His daughter-in-law alone may not be enough. I will buy more. In the future, when my aunt goes to my uncle's place, there will be more people to wait on the road." Lin Mo thought for a while and said, "Brother Xi I didn’t pass the exam this time, maybe it’s because the servants didn’t go well with me. Next time I pass, I’m bound to go to Beijing. The old house in Shandong can’t be left alone. Their family should buy more servants.” Then he said to Ling Ge helplessly, "When you are free, go to the wife's room and tell Xi'er or Que'er. I used to go to my aunt's house to trouble her, but now my uncle is the second-ranked official over me. I So I dared to smile at Brother Jia and told her to look at me and speak respectfully to the people around my aunt."

The master and the servant talked for a long time, and he also felt that he was almost sober from the wine. After all, he went to sleep before he was dissolved in water.

The Rong Bai family borrowed Lin Fei's family to come, and less than a day later, Lin Fei, the full-time purchasing manager of the Lin family, also came over in person, and she called Rong Xi and Ying Chun over.When I asked Rong Jia, he said that he was on duty, so he didn't care, and said to Lin Fei's family: "I don't care about him, he lives in Beijing for a long time, and he is also familiar with your Lord Hou. If he wants to buy someone in the future, we will The steward of my own family has already touched the people in Beijing, so I don’t need to trouble you to run twice.” Lin Fei’s family accompanied him with a smile: “What Mrs. Rong said, how many people are envious of being able to help the family How decent it is to come!"

"You know, Suicheng is my eldest grandson, and he is the only one in the family. The people around him are old and young." Mrs. Rong Bai took a sip of tea, "He has also started studying, and people say he eats well. Bitterness is bitterness, Fang is a master, you Hou Ye, you know, it’s not good to be small, how can you study! Not to mention sister, even I feel distressed when I look at it, otherwise how can he be promising. Suicheng The people around me are just too spoiled. If the husband wants to check his homework in the future, even the servants will follow him as a cover, so what kind of book should we study! Our family doesn’t have a title, how many years can we eat from our ancestors? If in the future He won't pass the exam, so it's useless for me to cry! If you have to be cruel, I'll help you and make troubles for me. Appearance is the second best thing. You have to be good-natured, considerate in service, and you have to be loyal. You have to know how to behave. If you can read, It would be great to know the benefits of studying. You don’t even know how long I’ve been jealous of those girls around you Lord Hou! They are capable and smart, know how to advance and retreat, and never make things up for the master on their own. This is demanding Some, so you just help me look at it, no matter how much it costs, it's a good deal."

Why couldn't Rong Xi hear it, how could Rong Bai's words be said to Lin Fei's family?That was clearly for himself, seeing Suicheng's unwilling expression, he softly shouted: "Grandma is talking, you don't have the right to interrupt."

Sui Cheng said unwillingly: "Where are the people in the grandson's room going?"

"Your mother's dowry will belong to you in the future, that is, your father and your brothers. Whoever dares to touch your grandmother will fight to the death. They are all people around your mother back then, so ask them to guard you for you." Rong Bai Shi said this calmly, but her tone was very firm, and there was no tone of discussion.He also said Yingchun: "I know you have a good temper, but you are not like you. Brother Xi stays with others every night and doesn't work hard, and you don't know how to take care of it. If it's famous and important, it's fine. I'm not worth it for you in this situation."

Rong Xi's face was flushed, and he said dully: "Mother taught you the right thing."

"I didn't talk about you." Rong Bai continued to say to Yingchun, "I often hear people say that your sister-in-law is capable and good at housekeeping, but even such a person is criticized for handling the affairs of his own house. You young couples, you can't talk about it, I have to be a villain, but you can start to learn about the inside and outside of the family? How many years can I help you? Jia Geer is the second son , In the future, you will be Princess Shang again, you are the eldest daughter-in-law, and you are duty-bound. Why is your sister-in-law not teaching you when you are at home?"

Siqi rushed to say a few words for Yingchun, but Rong Bai sat on top, neither his face nor his eyes were kind.Now is the time to buy and sell servants again, if she strives to be the one who "doesn't understand the rules and contradicts his wife", don't be caught as a model, she will be replaced immediately.Her aunt and grandma knew about it, and she didn't dare to say a word for her, so she kept her mouth shut.

"Nowadays you have to learn how to behave in the world, and I dare not ask you to try other relatives. Starting from your natal family, I also invite your sister-in-law and younger sister to come to the house as guests. You receive them yourself, and I will not interfere. Anyway, you are together. My son has grown up, if there is anything wrong, tell them to be more considerate, and ask your sister-in-law to teach you. You are a generation, so don't be afraid of anything."

After Rong Bai taught Yingchun a lesson, he told her to go down, and then turned to Rong Xi and his son: "Master Xi!"

Rong Xi hurriedly leaned over to apologize.

"If you had told me earlier that this is how you studied, ah, I wouldn't have wasted your 20 years, I would have sent you to my grandfather's residence to practice martial arts, anyway, even if you failed to learn, it wouldn't be too much trouble to send you to the military camp Shame on you. You have wasted these 20 years now. What can you do if you don’t have a pen or a pen? Regardless of status, I dare not despise Master Juren."

Rong Xi couldn't bear the shame and indignation: "The son is confused and has disappointed the mother."

"It's also because I'm useless." Rong Bai said, "I've already abandoned you, but I dare not waste any more. Your father has a better view. I have to work hard for him. Suicheng, why don't you tell grandma? Do you want to lie on your ancestral estate doing nothing in the future and become a dandy, or do you want to study, or do you want to learn Kung Fu? You choose yourself, and your grandmother will not force you."