The Eighteenth Century of Xuyang in the Red Chamber

Half an hour has passed, Lin Ruhai has been flipping through the book, his face is not as gray as it was at the beginning, but still very ugly, he suddenly raised his head to look at the sky, and said in a low voice: "Huiming, call that The monk comes in."

Huiming saw that although Lin Ruhai's complexion was not good, his expression was still normal, so he retreated lightly, feeling uneasy, so he begged a girl in the courtyard to ask Aunt Meng to take care of her.

Aunt Meng had already removed the hairpin, but when she heard that the master was unwell, she combed her hair randomly and rushed to the study.He didn't care about asking someone to inform him, and walked in directly, but he saw Lin Ruhai holding on to the arm of the chair, which was precariously crumbling.

"Master!" Aunt Meng turned pale with shock, and hurriedly supported Lin Ruhai to sit down slowly, but suddenly heard someone behind her say: "Don't worry, don't worry, the next forty chapters were written by someone else, they don't count. I, I, I, I will bring you the middle one later, take a closer look, there must be a way to change sister Lin's life!"

Aunt Meng was startled and turned her head suddenly, only to find that there was still a person standing on the ground.

"Shut up, sister Lin is also called by you!" Lin Ruhai patted the armrest of the chair.

"I didn't do it on purpose..." The person who spoke was not very old, and he looked about fourteen or fifteen. Clothes made of raw material, a half-length jacket that is neither brown nor yellow, neither like a robe nor a cloak, the stiff collar is turned up, and a circle of white fluffy material is still exposed inside, and the thin trouser legs are exposed underneath. It’s not a word, it’s not gray or blue, it looks rough, the strangest thing is the shoes, it looks like cloth shoes, but the style is very strange, it’s very close to the feet, the bottom is white and thick, It looks quite soft, obviously not a layered bottom, and I really can't recognize what it is made of.Standing there, such a person looks very strange, it is because Aunt Meng only cares about Lin Ruhai so much, that's why she just didn't see it.

At this moment, the half-grown boy didn't seem to know where to put his hands and feet. He froze for a moment and rubbed his eyes with his hands. Obviously, he was about to cry, but he still went to the table and poured a glass of water. , and handed it to Lin Ruhai.

"Master Lin, drink your saliva slowly. I can't speak, so don't be angry with me. I really have no choice but to beg you. Grandpa Zhang is very ill. Those doctors think that Grandpa Zhang is dying. I refused to show it to him. Although I have been here for two months, I have no household registration or identity, and I can’t find a decent job. There are few people who let me write letters. I really don’t know where I can earn money. When I got the money, I took the things I brought to pawn. The earrings and necklaces said that my workmanship was not good. I pawned two and a half of it. The Vacheron Constantin that my aunt gave me when I was admitted to university was 20000 knives before tax. This is the most valuable thing around me! They insisted that they had never seen it before, and only gave me ten taels...Ten taels is ten taels, but I took money to ask the doctor, but they still refused to come, money is useless. Grandpa Zhang took care of me for two months, without him I would have died of illness. But I recovered, but he was tired and sick. Uncle Lin , No no, I mean Master Lin, I can’t just watch him die. I also accidentally heard your name in the teahouse, and then inquired about your family. After so much trouble, I think you are Mrs. Lin in the book I took...you are Sister Lin's father... No, no, Miss Lin's father. Don't be angry, many people in our place have read this book, so they are Sister Lin's treasure It's not that I don't respect her by calling her sister that way, I, I'm so anxious that I don't know what to say."

The young man wiped away the tears on his face with his cuff, and knelt down suddenly: "Miss Lin is a good person, and I think Miss Lin's father must also be a good person. I know that I came here so vaguely. Even if you treat me as a monster and beat me to death, it’s nothing, but, please, please, for the sake of this set of books I sent you, at least it can help you find a way for Miss Lin to avoid disasters, please. Help me find a good doctor, save Grandpa Zhang! Grandpa Zhang is a good man, he can even take in and support someone like me who is not related to me, please save him, save him!" As he spoke, The boy burst into tears, crying, "I know I'm like a liar, but I can't help it! I also want to go back to my parents, and I don't want to bother you, I've thought about it Is it possible to go back by jumping into the lake again, but I can't swim, I almost died of illness when Uncle Zhang fished me out, I'm afraid I'll drown before I go back after jumping again..." The young man Yue The more I cried, the more incoherent I became: "I'm a big fool. It's not good to give my sister any books. It must be a dream of Red Mansions, traditional Chinese and vertical editions, and antiques. It costs me a month's living expenses. How good is it to buy new books, so old The book is really weird, wow... Grandpa Zhang is dying, he eats vegetable dumplings for me, I can't watch him die!"

Aunt Meng was scared at first, but this time she was dumbfounded when she saw this nondescript young man crying and screaming, and then turned her head to look at Lin Ruhai, who was pressing his temples.

"Okay! Don't cry!" Lin Ruhai shouted.

The boy was stunned for a moment, and stopped crying, maybe because he was so anxious that he choked and hiccupped.

Lin Ruhai was upset at first, but now seeing this young man's appearance, his troubled thoughts are less. He has been an official for many years, and he has seen many turmoil in the officialdom. Is such a half-sized boy lying? He could still see clearly.Although what he said about his own experience is really unimaginable, but looking at the book on the table, thinking of the strange feeling when he saw the book just now, and seeing the young man's clothes and behavior different from ordinary people, Lin Ruhai has already believed him. up.

This young man is innocent, he is clearly a spoiled child in his family, but now, for an old man who has neither relatives nor relatives, he risked his life to come to him, it is indeed a rare innocence.Lin Ruhai has always been soft-hearted towards children. Looking at him like this, although he is not too young, it is clear that people around him always treat him as a child, which is why he has developed such an innocent temperament.I can't help but trust him more and more.

"I'll ask someone to ask Mr. Qin to see your grandpa Zhang." Just as Lin Ruhai said something, the young man jumped up and shouted, "Master Lin, you are really a good man!"

Lin Ruhai choked on half of what he said, so he coughed and said slowly: "Old Mr. Qin is a former imperial physician, and now he is at home, so he doesn't care for others. I'll send someone to deliver the post first. It's too late today. , Mr. Qin may not be able to rush there when he is old, I will let someone follow you to your grandfather's house, at least take some soothing medicine first to stabilize..."

"Okay! Master Lin, I will do what you say. Master Lin, you are indeed Miss Lin's father, and you are also a very good person!"

Lin Ruhai was very worried at first, but after being told nonsense by this young man, even though he couldn't laugh or cry, he felt a little relieved.He also called someone to take the silver and went to the pawnshop that the young man named "Xu Yang" mentioned to redeem his "watch".It's not that Lin Ruhai is really such a good person to the end, but that although Lin Ruhai believed [-]% of what he said to the young man, there is always a little bit more evidence. Judging from his tone, the watch he said is clearly a watch he said It is said that it will be a very rare item after hundreds of years. Although I think he will not deceive people about this trivial matter, but if he can really get the watch back, it will prove the boy's origin even more.

He sent a capable attendant to accompany Xu Yang home, and also asked the old butler to personally go to Qin Taiyi's house to post a post.The kid who ran to the pawn shop had the fastest legs, and the pawn shop was not even a mile away, so he ran back after a while, and said as soon as he came in: "My lord, I went to Liu Ji, it seems that the thing is really valuable, they are always the shopkeeper. I'm just saying that your nephew came to visit relatives, and his money was stolen, and he couldn't remember your official position, so he couldn't find you, so it became a family heirloom, and now he found you, so I came here specially Redemption. As soon as they heard that they were your relatives, they would send the thing to me directly. How dare I accept it, because it is dead, and it seems that this thing is really rare. I knew it when I saw the box they specially provided It’s not cheap, I think the 20 taels I paid earlier was probably too little, so I made my own decision and took the bag of small silver ingots that you asked me to keep by my side to give you rewards, and added it. It cost a total of 50 taels to redeem Come, I brought back his two small jewellery, and I didn't ask for their box, the box was inlaid with gold and jade, it was redeemed at a high price, so it wouldn't be nice to take it." After finishing speaking, he brought out a quilt A neat little bag of subpackages.

Lin Ruhai took the small bag and opened the handkerchief. The two small jewelry that seemed to be made of gold were only delicate, but nothing unusual.As for the other object, although he knew that this object might not be ordinary, but the material and workmanship style still surprised him, he raised his head to look at the sweaty boy named Guiming who was running, and boasted: " You did the right thing! It’s not too expensive to redeem this thing at 50 taels! It’s very safe not to pack it in that box, and I’ll take another bag of small ingots with Aunt Meng later, and take another 2 taels as your reward.”

Lin Ruhai is a simple person, although he is kind to his servants, and the servants also have a lot of monthly money, but the Lin family has a strict atmosphere and few masters, so there is not much time to reward money.As far as the servants are concerned, since they get a generous monthly salary, it is naturally their duty to do work, so it is rare for them to reward money if they are in the limelight. Only those who are extremely diligent can be rewarded with silver.It also didn't make the servants get used to the fault of some old servants of honorable families who "take the moon silver for nothing, and only reward the silver to work".

Gui Ming always carries a bag of small ingots with him for spending when Lin Ruhai rewards him, but he often spends more than one bag for a year or so, and often only spends some when he goes out.This time I got two or two at once, the money is still small, but because it is so rare, it can be seen that this time the matter is really well done, Gui Ming is naturally overjoyed, the boy who is twelve or thirty, being by Lin Ruhai's side is also considered It's useful, but after all, it's just a servant, not in charge. It's only a tael of silver a month, and it has to be handed over to the old lady to save for a wife. At least one tael can be left to spend by myself, and I will go back to my parents. He will definitely praise him, and he bounces away as soon as he goes out.

Aunt Meng was also sitting with Lin Ruhai, she didn't dare to say anything when she saw that his expression was not good, now she heard the sound of Guiming slamming into the door at the courtyard gate, she couldn't help laughing and said: "Look at you taking these boys I'm used to it!"

"It's just a teenage child!" Lin Ruhai sighed softly: "Who's child, if it wasn't a slave for others, would there be only one child in the family, so big, isn't it pampered? As long as you are sensible and know right and wrong, So what can I do if I am a little bit out of the way? You are not allowed to be more lively when you are young. When will you be happier in this life? If you want to be prudent, who will use these children? As for the grown-ups... just don't delay the business."

Aunt Meng was just trying to make Lin Ruhai happy, but when she saw this, she knew it was getting worse. Childlessness almost became Lin Ruhai's heart disease, and the absence of his daughter made him lose the only joy he had. The trouble made him arouse his fatherly heart again, and he interrupted quickly: "What the master said is that when this child Gui Ming is not on a job, both feet are rarely on the ground at the same time, and he is always jumping, but when he is on a job, he does not touch the ground. There is no one who is more adaptable than him. He is only [-] years old, and he already knows how to adapt to changes when doing things. Today, he has learned to cut first and play later. You really can't lack such a person by your side. When you grow up, you will be another money steward."

"Don't mention money to the housekeeper!" Lin Ruhai's head hurts when he thought of Gui Ming's father: "If this child really grows up like his father, I don't dare to use it, he can nag people to death." After saying that, he was stunned , realizing that most of the day's depression seemed to have dissipated, she turned her head to look at Aunt Meng, and said softly: "It's hard for you, you have to take care of the family affairs, and you still worry about me all day for fear that I will get bored and change ways to make me I'm happy... I'm fine, although this young man is weird today, it's a good thing! I really think so, not to coax you."