The eldest brother of the Lin family in the Red Chamber

Lin Bai's youth is widowed, not very old, although she is the head of the house, she can't see outside men, not to mention there are Daiyu, Rongxi, Jingxian and other young girls and daughters-in-law by her side, and Ping Ai beside her is very eye-catching , hurriedly went to help out a tall and spacious sandalwood carved screen, and added it behind the landscape screen installed by Lingge to firmly cover the female relatives.

Although Liu Xiangru's parents died and she lived with her aunt, she was born in a family of poems and books. Seeing the little maids standing halfway across the room, each holding their breath and concentrating, there are two screens installed, and the room is still burning with incense. There are female relatives, and I am abrupt.He hurriedly saluted and said: "Come here uninvited, it's embarrassing for the master."

Lin Bai saw that he was gentle and courteous, so she glanced at Rong Xi with a smile, and said loudly: "Master Liu is a rare guest, it's too late for us to welcome you. Is it the same year as Jia Geer? Although I am in the inner house, I don't know that you are in the court hall. But I often hear Brother Mo tell me that Mr. Liu is a gentleman like a bamboo, and he speaks eloquently. The two pairs seem to kill him, even Brother Mo, I can't understand his article. If you want me to say, if Mr. Liu doesn't dislike it, he would come to our house often to sit and sit. "

Liu Xiangru said: "Madam is absurd. Master Lin Hou is three yuan and first, and the whole court knows that he is a star of Wenqu, with brilliant literary talents. How dare Xiaosheng Yinghuo compete with the bright moon." He vaguely saw the figure behind the screen, just sitting There were quite a few of them. Since Rong Jia was here, the female family members of the Rong family should also be there. The woman who spoke was graceful and gentle, and she should be the head of the Lin family, so she dared not neglect her, so she opened her mouth and said "Ma'am" respectfully call it.

Lin Mo introduced with a smile: "This is my teacher's wife, and Jia'er's mother, Aunt Rong, is also there. Among other things, these two are your elders, you have to pay homage." He has always loved Liu Xiangru's He is a talented person, and he only thinks that his uncle promised his concubine daughter to him is brilliant, so he is happy to see it come true.

But Liu Xiangru didn't ask Rong Bai, her voice trembled: "But Lin Qinglin's wife?" Without waiting for an answer, she knelt down on her knees and kowtowed three times in a row.

He is a fifth-rank Hanlin servant, a close minister of the emperor, and the head of the Liu family.Not only the three Lin Rong brothers were startled, but even the female relatives were also stunned for a while.Rong Xi glanced at his aunt suspiciously, not knowing why.Lin Bai was surprised and said, "What does Master Liu mean?"

"Ma'am, do you still remember the Songliu family in Songping Lane in the past? My parents died that day, and I burned for three days and three nights. Everyone said that I would not survive that night. My aunt had no orders to invite an imperial doctor. She was desperate. , I heard that the family members of the imperial doctors lived in Songping Lane, so they took me to knock on the door one by one, but no one answered, only Mrs. Lin opened the door for me to go in, and took the medicine for the eldest son to reduce my fever. I asked my family to ask Mr. Lin to come back and show me my pulse, and it saved my life. My aunt reminded me ten thousand times, Mrs. Lin’s life-saving grace, Mrs. Lin, I dare not forget."

Lin Bai thought for a while: "I remember you. Is your aunt kind-hearted, with a tear mole under her right eye? She is a good person. She was a little daughter-in-law back then. She ran around in public to save your life. You have to be filial to her." He said again, "You were lucky back then, although the magic pill was a good medicine for reducing fever, but it was very complicated, and no one would fry it for leisure, Brother Mo had a cold, so then Nian also had a fever. I managed to get together the medicinal materials. When I saw you burned like that, I was in a hurry to let you eat it. As a result, when my master came back, he said that you didn't have a cold that caused the fever, but a fever, which scared me. , I'm afraid I gave you the wrong medicine, but fortunately, it's not a bad thing. Your body needs to be taken care of, how is it now?"

Liu Xiangru smiled slightly, shook her head and remained silent.

"Brother Che, show Master Liu the pulse." Lin Baishi glanced at Rong Xi, and said, "Master Liu, although my youngest son is not as capable as his father, after all, he traveled all over the country with his master to see doctors when he was young." , I also worked as a military doctor in the military camp with my father, not to mention the superb medical skills, and never embarrassing our family, you let him show you. A person has a beginning and an end, and our Lin family sees patients, and it is good to have a beginning and an end." That day Liu Xiangru's situation was very urgent, even Lin Mo, who had just been fished out of the icy river, was probably not in danger. Although he was rescued, the root cause of the disease must have fallen.Lin Mo has been taking good care of himself for more than ten years, and he still coughs a few times when he is cold, let alone Liu Xiangru?Back then, Lin Qing told Song Liushi to take good care of his body and learn martial arts to strengthen his body, but he also whispered that the child's condition is not very good, and he may live for a few years.

Although such a family is good, it is really impossible to marry a daughter.Although Rong Xi is a concubine, she was raised under Rong Bai's knees since she was a child. She is cute and cute. Rong Bai has raised her so well for the sake of fame. A girl like a flower bone is naturally going to marry a good family. of.At this time, she was also a little anxious, and she pulled Rong Xi into her arms, only hoping that Lin Che would give her a letter.

Rong Xi herself is not in a hurry, she is used to being naive and naive, she has been doted on by her father and brother since she was a child, she has also learned boxing for a few years, she feels that no one can bully her, now she is wearing a bright red gown, dressed like a man, heroic and cute, She played with her brothers since she was a child, and she deeply felt that when her sisters got married, not only would they not be as comfortable as before, but they would cause a lot of trouble.It's just that I let myself act coquettishly and cry about this matter, but my father refused to let go of it at all.In a hurry, she said some nonsense like "I was raised by my aunt, so my wife hates me", which made Rong Bai very sad, and she felt guilty herself, so she didn't dare to say more.Now nestled in Rong Bai's arms, I felt my aunt's arms shaking, knowing that my mother was sincere, so I bit my lower lip, not knowing what to say.

Lin Che came forward and cupped her hands, and said, "Master Liu, please sit down."

But Liu Xiangru waved his hand: "Thank you Mrs. Lin and Mr. Xiao Lin for your kindness, but my own body knows that I was empty in the early years, and now I just rely on learning a little kung fu to survive. Now I have to spend all day Drinking medicine, firstly, my family is small and I don’t have this condition, and secondly, I don’t like it myself. There are a lot of taboos, and I have a very unhappy life. I simply drink when I have wine and eat meat, and I am alone naked Come, go alone."

Now, needless to say, even Daiyu could hear the meaning behind what he said.

Lin Mo stared at the ground for a while, then suddenly said: "Lingge, call the kitchen to serve the food. Bring the Yulu wine from my wine cellar, today we brothers will have a good drink with Master Liu."

Lin Che laughed and said, "Yulu wine needs to be served in a glass cup."

Lin Mo smiled: "Okay—listen to the sound, go to the cabinet on the far left of my warehouse, and fetch all the glass cups from the second box."

Daiyu listened and glanced at Xueyan, Xueyan said knowingly: "Grandpa, why bother sister Tingyin to come this way? Didn't you find someone to play a whole set for the girls last year? The girls don't drink on weekdays, and they just show up It looks good over there, I'll take it over, and the whole set will look better."

"Thank you." Lin Mowen said, "Everyone sit down, let's serve food, it's getting late, Master Liu will go to the ritual department in the afternoon? Then Empress Qianxue really wants to send an envoy?"

"It's not just the Qianxue country, but I heard that Burma and Vietnam are also coming. The governor of Yunnan has already uploaded the papers. I'm afraid the old sage won't have time to go to Mount Tai this year." Liu Xiangru said, "Now the world is returning, it's my dynasty. Blessing."

Rong Jia snorted, and didn't want the maid to drag the stool, so she sat down on her own, but Lin Che, who seemed a little baffled, still waited for the guests to be seated first, then sat down politely, and took Yun Chu's hand The Junshan Yinzhen on the bed took a sip first, cleared his mouth and lungs, and then said with a smile: "Brother, I see that you have a copy of "The Yellow Emperor's 81 Difficulties" in your study. I have copied half of the copy, and the other half is finished, so I will take the ancient copy away."

"You copy a copy in lower case, otherwise, I really don't know what you copied." Lin Mo really dotes on his younger brother, and he has never had such a good face towards Rong Jiake, ""Nan Jing" Didn’t you memorize it long ago? Although my book is from the previous dynasty, it’s not that old, so take it if you like it, don’t treat it as an antique and ask someone to taste it or something, it will make people laugh.”

Rong Jia was so angry that her face swelled up: "Cousin, I liked your Zhu Zi's Book of Changes before, but you just refused to give it to me! I told you that I would exchange Zhou Gong's with you."

Lin Moli ignored him, and saluted to the inner room: "Master, Aunt, shall we have a feast?"

Liu Xiangru could tell that this was a family banquet, not to mention that since Lin Mo took leave in the afternoon, he must have planned to spend time with the elders at home. His purpose of coming today has come, so he hastily ate two mouthfuls of food before leaving: " I still have to go to the Ministry of Rites and the Li Fan Academy, so I will leave."

Lin Mo didn't force him to stay: "It's cold on the road, Mr. Liu, be careful." He asked Linge to get a blue cloak after the rain, and told Shen Bao, "Send your lord out properly."

Liu Xiangru bowed to the female relatives again, and then left.

As soon as his figure disappeared, Rong Jia threw the glass: "This is tearing our Rong family's face!" Rong Bai's face was also displeased: "There is no such thing, they all changed Geng posts, the two families said so It's been a long time, and now it's happened, we are here today, he didn't say anything, if we are not here today, he is here to beg Mo Geer, what should he say about our family?" Because of Dai Yu Jingxian was there, and she didn't say much for the sake of Rong Xi's face, but the anger inside and outside the words could no longer be concealed, "It's better to be a sister, Yu'er is the only girl in the family, and she has a lot of choices. , can never be wrong."

Daiyu blushed, seeing that although Rongxi was dazed, she was too frightened by the aunt's face to dare to speak, she also felt distressed, so she pointed to a piece of green snail shrimp on the table and said: "This is the dish from our hometown in Suzhou. The dishes are made with this year's new tea, I tasted it and it's okay, aunt and fourth sister will also try it?"

Jingxian also said: "This dish is made by the chef brought by my sister's hometown in Suzhou. It has an authentic southern sweet taste. When I was at home, the princess always told me that the cooking of a Jiangnan cook depends on the squirrel he cooks." The mandarin fish looks like mandarin fish. There is no suitable mandarin fish in this season, but the river shrimp tastes good. My sister’s cook is very good. My aunt will try it. My cousin and third brother will also try it. I wish I didn’t eat it I ate Suzhou food a few years ago." Kong Jingxian has also heard about the Liu Rong family, but Rong Mingqian has always been hot, and Liu Xiangru has no parents, so his aunt is naturally willing to make such a good marriage for his nephew , but Liu Xueshi himself didn't show much enthusiasm, and it's better to resign before the decision is made than to regret it afterwards, the Rong family's anger is a bit inappropriate.

Lin Mo and Lin Bai are still noncommittal, they don't like to meddle in other people's affairs, what happened today is a bit out of character, Liu Xiangru must have come to ask Lin Mo to plead for mercy and call off the marriage, unfortunately the Rong family also Now, it saves one thing.He touched his chin, and now he started to grow a beard, which was a little thorny, and thought: "I don't seem to be a nosy person, why does Master Liu like to find me?" He also felt that Liu Xiangru was a real person It's very rare, even with such a big help from the Rong family, you don't want it. If you insist on making your own way, what can you do?

Lin Che obediently took a bite of the shrimp and ate it, and commented seriously: "The taste is very good. I thought Suzhou dishes were all sweet. Because my teeth are not good, my elder brother doesn't allow me to eat sweets." Mrs. Bai laughed: "Brother Che is only so old, is he changing his teeth? Don't say that his mouth is bad."

After sending them back to the Rong family, Lin Mo and Jingxian went back to the room to change, thinking about it: "It's time for us to find someone else for my sister."

Jing Xian witnessed what happened to Rong Xi with her own eyes, and she also felt sorry for her: "Master seems to like cousin Rong, but when I entered the palace to pay my respects a few days ago, I heard that Concubine Hua pleaded with the Supreme Emperor and wanted Rong Biao Where is Shu Ning Princess of my younger brother, King Zhongshun?"

"When did he show his face in front of the imperial court?"

"I guess it's my uncle's reputation." Jingxian said, "But cousin Rong is in charge of the important matters of offering sacrifices to the heavens, so he should be in front of the imperial court. He looks good and talks funny, and there is a father like uncle, so I can't complain King Zhongshun misses it."

Ever since his wife talked to him, Lin Mo only felt that everything was going well, and secretly sighed in his heart. After all, she is the daughter of the Concubine family. Is there any other young talent who can't be successful? The family is simple, the parents-in-law and sister-in-law are kind, find someone who is more motivated, no matter how it is now."

Kong Jingxian said: "It's better for my younger sister to make up her own mind."

"Ok?"

"When I went out this year, many people came to ask about my sister." Kong Jingxian said it out, "Praise her for her good sewing, and her handsome appearance, and some people began to ask if there was anyone else. Well, I see my sister's face is calm, but I don't pay much attention to which one. If you want me to say, we can't see the children of other families, so it's better for the uncle to tell me which family's children are good, and I will go to see theirs. Female relatives. Otherwise, no matter how good the in-laws are, the children will not live up to expectations, and they will not be good to the younger sister. If you want me to say, it’s okay if you can’t decide. I have already mentioned to the queen in the next year’s general election that our sister can be exempted. I'm just afraid that if the general election gives marriages, there will not be many young people in Beijing, after all, it's better to marry under the nose." But he secretly said in his heart, if it wasn't for the fact that the Kong and Lin families were already married, Kong Jingrong and her would be quite Good marriage.

Lin Mo was very happy when he heard that he could be exempted from the election, and he wanted to thank Jing Xian: "There is no rush for the rest. Since the general election can be avoided, it is also feasible to pick people slowly. Since the wife wants to go back, she will work hard is you."

Jingxian agreed, and waited on Lin Mo to change her clothes, and then she changed herself, and went to Daiyu's place to paint pictures of Jiangnan Water Town.