The Eighteenth Century of Xuyang in the Red Chamber

The death of Zhang Laozhang was not a surprise to Lin Ruhai. Imperial Physician Qin had already said that he was only living for time now.Eat, drink, and take good medicine to support her is nothing more than to suffer a little less, and at most it will live an extra month.Sure enough, it was only 20 days since Xu Yang came to see Lin Ruhai, and the old man swallowed his last breath.

For Mr. Zhang, whom he had never met face to face, Lin Ruhai naturally wouldn't feel much emotion over his death.It was Xu Yang, whose performance these days really impressed him.

In the past 20 days, Xu Yang never came to the Lin Mansion again.As he said, what he came to see Lin Ruhai was just a chance to get good medical treatment for Mr. Zhang.And after learning that old man Zhang would not live for a few more days, he only asked the old housekeeper to thank Lin Ruhai, and he devoted himself to making old man Zhang comfortable.He used to be called Zhang Laozhang Grandpa Zhang, but now he also calls him Grandpa, he takes excrement and urine every day, feeds and scrubs, and often chats with him, telling him that he is very capable, it is best to invite him The doctor can let him live the best life and make him happy. He can tell his grandson what he wants to eat. When Mr. Zhang is better, he will take a pen and paper to write in the room. The old man said that if he was well educated, he would definitely be able to pass the exam to be a scholar, and then to be a juren. When the time came, his grandfather would have a grandson who would go out with a straight waist.He smiled and talked, but his tears crumpled the paper one after another.

Old man Zhang has no children and no daughters all his life.The old wife also went, thinking that if she died, she might just end up in a broken mat and be buried with the help of kind neighbors.Who knew that when he was about to close his eyes, an obedient grandson fell from the sky, and he greeted him with care, although he was clumsy, he tried his best to serve him... He knew that many of his words were lying to him, just to make him happy, but then how?I really picked up a grandson, even my own grandson, that's all. The old man Zhang felt that he lived a long life and suffered all his life, and he blamed God for being unfair. But now, he doesn't complain about anything, he is content .

Old man Zhang went with a smile on his face.

Lin Ruhai was also very emotional when he heard this, this Xu Yang is indeed a rare child.I also read the thank you post that Xu Yang asked his servants to repost. Although the writing style is not good, the handwriting is very good. Teenagers, this kind of handwriting, is in a place like Yangzhou where the style of writing is prevalent. It's also outstanding.What is more valuable is the character. It is obviously extremely difficult for a person to come to such a place where customs, customs, and language are difficult, but he can find Lin Ruhai. , but did not mention what kind of help he needed.Lin Ruhai was a little awkward towards him at first because of his background, but now that he heard about his actions, he really liked this child a little bit.

Sighing, he asked his servants to help him take care of the funeral.Xu Yang didn't beg him for anything, and he only extended a helping hand in Zhang Laozhang's matter.Unexpectedly, three days later, another servant came to report that Xu Yang had fallen ill.

Xu Yang was really very ill. He was flooded once in the early autumn. It was a small cold, but the conditions here are too bad. The quilts covered at night are hard and damp, and he has to eat all day long. It's either miscellaneous grains or wild vegetables, and you can't even see any meat stars.Where did the pampered Xu Yang suffer from this crime?The small cold dragged on and on for a month to heal. I couldn't keep up with my nutrition, and I lost a lot of weight. I didn't wait to catch my breath. After a few days of Ansheng, Grandpa Zhang, who took care of him, fell ill again. Fortunately, the people sent by Lin Ruhai helped to do a lot of things, but no matter what, he suffered much more in the past two months than he had in the past 16 years.It was only because of concern that he did not fall down again. Grandpa Zhang would not live long, and he had to let him go with peace of mind, so he was really holding on with a lot of spirit.As a result, Grandpa Zhang fell ill, and it took more than a month to go back and forth for three months. Xu Yang didn't even get a good night's sleep. In addition, Grandpa Zhang died. People buy cemeteries, buy birthday materials, and wear the shroud that Grandpa Zhang prepared a few days ago. He felt like dreaming, and then he really fell down and started dreaming full of nonsense.

Xu Yang felt that he had a very real dream.

To be honest, he rarely dreamed in the past.It is said that happy children do not like to dream, because all their dreams have already been realized or can be easily realized in reality, so they do not need to dream.Xu Yang felt that he probably belonged to this type!

Xu Yang is the oldest son in the family, and his parents only had him when they were in their 40s.Parents are both old educated youths, and their youth was delayed by that crazy change.But fortunately, neither of them follow the crowd, so after the catastrophe, the couple returned to Beijing, and were admitted to universities one after another, and soon started a completely different new life.

Xu Yang's father is a civil servant, of course not an ordinary civil servant. He is a 57-year-old tax bureau chief in a second-tier city. At this age, ordinary workers can retire, but for Xu's father, his position is estimated to be promoted before retirement. Woolen cloth!Of course, the civil servants of the country are not superficially rich, and Xu Yang is not like the second generation of stupid sesame officials on the Internet who make trouble everywhere.But the position of his father determines that Xu Yang is indeed much more nourished than ordinary children. His father is stricter than his brother who is 17 years older, but he really feels like a father to him.In particular, he also has a little aunt who has never been married all her life, and spends most of her thoughts on making money and a small part of her thoughts on spending money on Xu Yang.She is completely different from her aunt. Xu Yang's mother is a professor at the university. Although she dotes on Xu Yang, she has strict requirements.For example, hobbies, Xu Yang practiced big characters when he was a child. When other children practiced, their parents may ask them to practice their characters well and have a specialty. Those who demand more will hope that their children will win an award or something.Xu's mother's requirements are different. She will tell Xu Yang that she is practicing calligraphy for herself, or if she doesn't practice, or if she doesn't like it, she can tell her. The point is, rather, to do this as a lifetime career, practice calligraphy for one and a half hours a day, and double the rest during holidays, even using the ancient method of hanging stones and wrists to practice calligraphy. After the age of 16, Xu Yang is very grateful to him. Mom, but it was really miserable when I was young.

Strict mother and loving father (the mother's strictness is only relative to the father's, in some small places such as writing), plus 16 years of his aunt who treats him as a pampered child, and the two treat him as a doll. Two aunts, brother and sister-in-law who treat him as half a son, and two cousins ​​who are terrible but treat him well... It is really not easy for Xu Yang to grow into a good boy who is a bit delicate but has no bad habits.He was smart since he was a child, good-looking, good at studying, and there is no pressure to enter a higher school. He entered the junior class in the local high school at the age of 11, and was admitted to a first-class university in the imperial capital at the age of 14 with the No.2 score in the city. Growing up, I really never suffered anything.

Xu Yang went to a pretty good university in the imperial capital. Of course, with his family's average standard, this university is not outstanding, but everyone's expectations of him are not high, and he passed the exam at such a young age. So good, really good.So when he was admitted, his aunt gave him a piece of Vacheron Constantin as a reward without hesitation in the name of his birthday, and his brother shouted bitterly: "At that time, I was also given a watch from Shanghai!!! Auntie, don't you With such partiality!" My aunt spread her hands helplessly: "Your father gave me a ban at the beginning, not to give you more than a hundred things... Isn't this also giving your brother a watch for the sake of fairness?" Brother Xu, who is over 30, cried Ben, the mustache is not fair...

It's a holiday soon, and the second cousin who is far away in the United States told Xu Yang to come back in a few days, and then happily took a few antiques of unknown authenticity to show off to the camera thousands of miles away.If Xu Yang were to say that his elder sister, a banana man who grew up abroad, played with Chinese antiques, he would really be out of his mind if he had money and no place to spend it!She can't write Chinese well, and she plays with Chinese antiques. It is not uncommon for her to help count the money when she is sold.But thinking about my aunt's family, people are stupid and have a lot of money, so this little hobby doesn't matter.But thinking of his sister's new hobby, Xu Yang knew that this year's gift to his sister might be bloody.

Xu Yang packed up his luggage, because he had to change dormitories next semester, so he simply packed most of his things and sent them home. Anyway, most of the clothes were too long to wear, so he took them home, and bought new ones in the new semester. .The few remaining clothes were stuffed into a suitcase, ready to take them home.Seeing that the suitcase was only half filled, I decided to simply buy some gifts for my family in the imperial capital, so as to save myself the hassle of going back.

Xu Yang is not short of money, he has enough living expenses, and he has the means to earn a little money. The annual New Year's money is even exaggerated, so the number in his bank card may be comparable to all the savings of a working family.He is not a miser. Although he doesn't spend too much, he has always been generous to his family-of course, his family spends money on him even more generously.Xu Yang went directly to Lufthansa to buy a woolen shawl for his mother, a lighter for his father, a set of cosmetics from her favorite brand for his aunt, earrings for his sister-in-law, and gloves for his brother (Brother Xu said: I know I The one you get is always the cheapest), and I bought myself a set of windbreaker, sweater, and jeans after watching the spring clothing off-season clearance.It took more than 2 to brush up.Thinking of her cousin who was going back to China in a few days and her very unreliable new hobby, she had no choice but to bite the bullet and walk to Liulichang.

There was always a time when there were not many people in Liulichang. Looking at the unrealistic gadgets on the stall, Xu Yang felt that his head was getting bigger. Hearing all kinds of allusions about any gadget, it made him goosebumps. The pimples were all coming out, so I went to the store honestly to have a look.I don't know why, so I bought a set of "Dream of Red Mansions", which is said to be a very cherished version. Maybe subconsciously, Xu Yang also wanted to make fun of his sister, didn't he want to play with antiques?Do you understand the traditional vertical version of Chinese?So there is no need to be narrow-minded, otherwise I don't know when it will be blamed on myself. Until many years later, Xu Yang still taught his children this way, don't be narrow-minded, and be generous to others, so that you can live happily.

And then what happened?I dragged the suitcase home, made the train, got off the train, my brother called and said that there was no time to pick him up for the meeting, and asked him to take a taxi back...then the driver who didn't make sense drove the car into the lake...

Then, is it just a dream?

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The author has something to say:

Well, Xu Yang is a liberal arts student with good grades and a good calligraphy. This is the second golden finger I gave him.As for one of the golden fingers, several relatives have already guessed it, so I won't say more, and I will talk about it later.

Of course, I want to remind everyone that although he has a higher acceptance of ancient knowledge than ordinary people, and he himself is a genius boy, giving him such a golden finger is actually just to make it easier for him to integrate into ancient society, nothing more.After all, he is a body time traveler, and he is considered a half-adult when he comes here. If his brain is so-so, asking him to start from the beginning will really kill people.