[Comprehensive] The days when I pretended to be a meow in the Forbidden City

When Xue Pan came to Yongchun County for the second time, the Yongchun County he saw was very different from the first time.

The road from Fuzhou to Yongchun is flat. It is obviously a dirt road, but it is flat and spacious. There are no potholes and no water. Cargo, with an exceptionally relaxed posture, seemed to be in a very good mood, which was quite different from the mental outlook he saw when he first came here.

Xue Pan felt that something had changed, but just looking at the road under his feet, he knew that it was developing in a good direction.

When he walked along the road to the edge of Yongchun Prefecture, he saw a towering earthen wall separating Yongchun Prefecture from Fuzhou Prefecture. To be honest, this was the first time that Xue Pan had seen a state capital as a unit since he was a businessman. Clear and definite dividing line.

Why is there no door at the border, and the door opening is not small?

When Xue Pan asked Xia Anran later, the answer he got was that this was a helpless move, limited by materials and technology, although the triad wall is strong, it is still not as good as the stone wall, especially if a door is installed, it will not be as good as the enemy. When Fang had siege equipment, the door on the concrete wall could not support the pressure, which might cause the door to break and break the wall, so after discussing with the craftsman, Xia Anran decided not to install the door at all.

This is also an inherent thought of people. If there is no door, the enemy's attack points will be scattered, but if there is a door, they will basically only choose to enter through the door.

For the defending side, it is to invite you to enter the urn, and the outside of the place opened by the road will be filled up. After the busy spring farming this year, the urn city will be built. At that time, it will be better to cooperate with the garrison in an ambush, or let it go and stick to the county seat. , will not cause major damage to the city wall itself.

As long as the city wall is not broken, the next wave can be blocked.

This is the best method based on the shortage of troops in Yongchun County.The military strength of Yongchun County itself is less than [-], and this is counted together with the servants of the government office. This is because in this era, the system of separation of military and government is caused. County magistrates and magistrates/prefects do not have military power, they only care about civil affairs , if there are bandits in the jurisdiction, you need to send a message to the garrison, and wait for them to send troops to encircle and suppress them. The government servants owned by the county government and the government government are not soldiers. Their nature is more similar to mercenaries. The main task is to protect the county. For the safety of orders, magistrates/prefects, or to help catch petty thieves, their salaries are paid by county and government offices, and rich areas will hire more government servants according to needs.

Yongchun... Xia Anran said with his hands behind his back, we, we don't need so many yamen servants, anyway, the government office is just next to it, it's just a street.

When you have money, invite a platoon of government servants to go.

This idea flashed quietly in his mind.

This time only Xue Pan came alone. It is said that Feng Yuan has gone to the north. In winter and spring, it is safer to go south than to go north. "He said that he is ready to see if he can open up the market in northern Xinjiang."

Xue Pan gnawed on the rice cakes Xia Anran steamed and said, "A brother of mine went to the north to join the army. After he left, I asked someone to bring some of our sauces. He seemed very interested and said that their The cook also finds this convenient."

After that, he took a sip of the tea made by Xia Anran and swallowed the rice cakes, "The cook has a heavy burden, and the soldiers eat a lot and have to be full. I think this material saves a lot of effort, so I just eat it." We entrusted the caravan to buy it, and we found out that the faces who came to buy it were not right."

"So Ah Yuan went to the north to see if we could cooperate with local merchants and sell it on consignment there."

Xia Anran paused for adding water to him, a little surprised, "Consignment?"

"Yeah." Xue Pan explained, "Our family doesn't have much strength in the north. If we open a shop there, I'm afraid we will be squeezed. It's better to sell it there. Although the profit is thinner, it's easy."

Xia Anran was even more surprised. He thought about it and couldn't help but said to Xue Pan, "It's really... three days away. Brother Xue, you have changed a lot."

No matter who came up with this idea, it was Xue Pan who made the final decision.

To be able to understand the pros and cons, and to understand what to do is the best for his family, such Xue Pan... deserves to say "respect with admiration."

Xue Pan's round face showed a little smug and dazed look, "I think so too. Jingxi, I told you not to laugh at me."

"Now when I think back to myself one or two years ago... I feel that that person is not me."

"How do you think people could be so messed up back then? Stupid and stupid." He put down his tea bowl and grinned at Xia Anran. Bless you, my sister has been assigned to the little princess as a female official this time, and she can come out when the little princess is old enough."

He smiled brightly, but his eyes were slightly red, "I can't believe it myself, I can stand still."

From being a dandy to being headed by Xue, he has suffered so much in his entire life. He has begged others, worshiped officials, been stared at by others, and calculated.

He has never endured hardship since he was a child, relying on the power of his parents to be domineering, and only when he really wants to stand up, will he realize how unworthy his family affairs are in the eyes of others.

Fortunately, although most of my friends were wine and meat friends, seeing that he had suffered, they more or less stretched out their hands to make it easier for him to not be folded in.

After careful calculation, it was only a year.

But Xue Pan had the illusion that his spine had been shattered and then reconnected bit by bit.

Fortunately, he stood up, opened his eyes, and saw how dangerous his home was.

He really admired his younger sister, Xue Baochai, a boudoir girl, after drawing a conclusion based on just a few words, she was able to grit her teeth and decide to enter the palace to fight for her future.

The life in the palace is so sad. Although my younger sister is a merchant girl, she was raised by the baby since she was a child. She didn't even wash her face once, so she went all out to enter the palace.

Xue Pan stopped, but didn't stop, the roster was handed in, how could he stop it, but fortunately, when she was waiting for the election, she saw Xue Pan's change, she became more confident, and did not act later.

For her younger sister, Xue Pan is full of confidence. If she really wants to put herself in, she won't be assigned to the little princess. After all, Xue's mother gave her some money before she entered the palace.

Although the younger sister didn't say anything, this kind of trust also gave Xue Pan pressure and motivation. After Baochai entered the palace, he and Feng Yuan ran around to expand business opportunities and expand contacts. Seeing this, Aunt Xue also returned to Jinling to calm down for him. The big rear.

Fortunately, this winter, their uncle Wang Ziteng, their biggest reliance, was promoted again, so the Xue family was quiet for a while. Seeing that he didn't touch the traditional domain of the Xue family after tossing around, they put it aside for the time being and gave him time.

Xue Pan didn't want to tell his friends about the setbacks and sufferings. He just said to Xia Anran who looked at him quietly, "Jingxi, thank you very much."

Naturally, Xia Anran didn't know that while Xue Pan was drinking tea, his heart was going through so many twists and turns, and he was a little baffled, "Brother Xue, why are you being so polite? I also want to thank you. With your Xue family caravan Leader, our caravan near Fujian dare to believe me."

Xue Pan was stunned, and murmured in confusion, "Xue, the Xue family caravan... what Xue family caravan."

He looked at Xia Anran with a smile on his face and saw that he didn't speak, white sweat suddenly appeared on his back, "Jingxi said, me?"

"Xue's family." Xia Anran pointed to him, and then pointed to the carts outside, "caravan."

He squinted and smiled, slyly.

The big caravans around were staring at Xia Anran's opportunity, and Xia Anran was also staring at their strength.

The caravan wants to take advantage of Xue's family's power to leave Fujian and enter the hinterland of the Central Plains by land without being restricted by sea. Xia Anran wants to gather their strength and push many Fujian specialties to the north.

After several attempts, the two sides got a relatively satisfactory answer. The old foxes felt that young people are young, although they are a little cunning, but they are just pretending to be powerful.

But they don't know that the tiger in this young fox's fake tiger prestige is not a tiger at all, but just a milk cat.The Xue family has one, but the caravan does not.

Of course, they are not at a disadvantage. Xue Pan, as the son and grandson of Xue's parents, although he is secretly suppressed, has a lot of resources on the surface. With his seal, he can indeed have Places covered by forces are cheaper.

Xue Pan, who was borrowed, was dripping with cold sweat. He quickly put the teacup on the table, and asked Xia Anran anxiously, "Jingxi, this, is this really feasible?"

Xia Anran comforted him with a smile, "Brother Xue, why are you panicking? I didn't lie to them, let alone," he gently pressed Xue Pan's shoulder, "Brother Xue, do you still remember Kumbu?"

Naturally, he remembered, the stewed Xue Pan they ate on Xia Anran Chun Wei's announcement day has never been forgotten, especially after everyone separated, that meal remained in his heart like a reunion dinner, he Meifeng jumped, "Jingxi said, they sell kombu?"

"More than that." Xia Anran said, "Fujian is near the sea, with developed shipping, warm climate, and well-developed fishery. Not only kelp, but also seaweed, dried shrimp, and scallops. They all sell them."

He meant something, "Brother Xue, if others can sell it for you, naturally you can also sell it for others."

Xue Pan finally understood what Xia Anran meant.

His greatest reliance is Xue's shop, which he lives in Zhongli in the capital. Although he has been traveling around trying to open up new markets this year, and the response has been good, the shop in the capital is still the best in terms of business so far.

Although these days he also felt that it was not enough to only sell these things now, it would not be impossible to add some seafood from Fujian.

Then he saw Xia Anran took out a small paper bag, no more than three inches of kraft paper bag, Xia Anran took the water for making tea, took an empty bowl, opened the paper bag and poured out the contents, he gathered together Looking over, it was seaweed and some dried shrimps. Just when he was a little confused, Xia Anran washed it with hot water.

The seaweed quickly softened and floated in the hot water. The dried shrimps floated up and down with the hot water, and a few chopped green onions were dotted among them, and the fragrance gradually came out. Some couldn't believe it, "Jingxi, what did you let go of here?"

Xia Anran first took a spoon and put it in to signal him to taste it. Xue Pan tried it and smacked his lips. He was used to all kinds of delicious flavors, so he naturally felt that this was a bit rough, especially if he could taste it all at once. The dried shrimp made him a little disliked.

Although it is indeed delicious.

Because the conventional bottom soup method is to take the soup, but it does not let the dried shrimp stay in the soup.

He suddenly thought of a question, that's right, the base soup needs to be boiled to extract the umami flavor from the dried shrimp, and finally discard the tasteless dried shrimp, but Xia Jingxi just rinsed it with hot water, how could this soup be possible? Will there be such a strong shrimp flavor?

The secret is that Xia Anran took another part of dried shrimp, crushed it and mixed it with MSG.

Seaweed and dried shrimp are roasted and fried with salt, which can be stored for a longer time. The white part of the green onion is also cooked and dried. It has a strong fragrance and is cooked. edible.

Put a few bags in a small wooden box, and put a bag of quicklime into the bottom layer to absorb the moisture, so it can be stored for a long time.

Xue Pan slammed the table and understood what Xia Anran meant.

He can ask Fujian merchants to buy these raw materials, and then make such soup dumplings and sell them in the store. Of course, he can also sell some raw materials, but for this convenience, travelers, candidates, or bachelors are very satisfied. I am happy to buy it back and add a soup.

It's just that it's extremely easy to imitate, right?This is not much more than thirteen spices, five spice powder and other seasonings. He just took a rough look and guessed what is in it. Xia Anran waved his hand and said that the ingredients of this thing are indeed simple, but it is intended to tell the public that they can This way of eating is not aimed at the main business, but mainly through the promotion of seaweed, dried shrimp and other things.

Most of the common people will have a mentality. After buying something, they will research the ingredients of this thing through their mechanism, and then buy the ingredients and make them by themselves. They will be happy for a long time because they will feel that they have saved a lot. .

But if they can only buy raw materials from you, what is the difference between buying prepared seaweed soup and buying various ingredients?

How much profit is a small package of seaweed soup for retail, and how much profit is sold for a package of dried seaweed shrimp?

Which kind of Xue Pan is not bad.

Even if someone wants to imitate it, Xue Pan has a relationship with the merchants in Fujian. If the merchants want to use Xue Pan's shop to make a name for themselves, they will naturally not wantonly sell it to those who are about to steal his business. It cannot be avoided, but those markets are basically not within the radiation range of Xue's business district.

Colleagues are enemies, and ordinary merchants would not want to bump into the big ship of the Xue family.

But for Xia Anran, the matchmaking this time is just because he wants to promote the influence of seafood in the Central Plains and Northland.

Seaweed is the cheapest iodine-supplementing ingredient, especially after the commercial road is opened, even if you can only drink it once or twice a month, it is better than not drinking at all.

The promotion of Moss Peanut before has been very effective, and it is estimated that the promotion of seaweed soup will not be difficult.

He stood up and patted the shoulder of Xue Pan who was thinking hard, "How long will Brother Xue stay here?"

Xue Pan was caught by him for such a long time, and immediately forgot what he was thinking just now, and replied a little foolishly, "Leave it for two weeks, this time I want to collect more agricultural products... By the way, your bergamot tea is still worth it." Yes? Mrs. Lin asked me to ask you for more."

As soon as Xia Anran heard it, she immediately understood that the market was open, and she smiled and narrowed her eyes.

Then he soon heard the second piece of good news. From Lin Jue's letter, he knew the whole story of Lin Daiyu's engagement, and he couldn't laugh or cry.

It is written in the original work of Red Chamber that Annatto was irrigated by the attendant of Shenying to prolong its life, so that it was nourished by the essence of heaven and earth and nectar, and cultivated into a human form.

It was just because of this that she owed a favor and a chance. At that time, she herself decided to repay the kindness of water with tears. Since then, she can only continue to practice after getting rid of the shackles. But this statement was actually refuted by the monk at the time. There is no such way to pay back, it seems to have been said in the dark, even if Lin Daiyu died of tears, the chance may not be clear.

However, Lin Daiyu in this life actually repaid this opportunity under various chances and coincidences.

After all, this matter has something to do with Xia Anran.

In the winter of last year, the entire Lin family went north to Beijing to appraise Lin Ruhai's duties. Jia Min and Lin Daiyu also went to Jia's family to pay New Year's greetings, and Lin Jue went to study with Lin Ruhai's very knowledgeable friend.

This winter, the Jia family and the Lin family are doing well. Jia Zheng and Wang Ziteng have been promoted one after another, making the women of these two families quite happy, especially Mrs. Wang.

One is her own brother, the other is her husband, and Jia Baoyu has also started to improve and wants to take the imperial examination, so she, who had always been a low-key existence in the Jia family, made a special effort.

Years ago, she invited ladies from various families to the Grand View Garden to play and watch the lanterns.

Although generally viewing lanterns is on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, Mrs. Wang said that it is all right to invite everyone to see the lanterns in advance. To put it bluntly, everyone is just looking for a chance to come out and play together.

Many daughters were invited to come this day, especially the marriageable daughter Jiajia, all of them were dressed up very brightly.

This kind of activity is to show the women of various families their own daughters, and it can be regarded as a blind date banquet in disguise.

Naturally, Lin Daiyu and Jia Min also went.

The minds of the two were very relaxed. Jia Min told Daiyu early on that she could just play for fun and not need to pay too much attention. Yes, she does not aim at a blind date, so she has a relaxed mind, laughs and talks, and is extremely talented and learned. She has guessed a few puzzles and got a few pairs right, although she later saw that she was a little popular and stopped answering the questions. It was given to another girl, but this gesture made people look a little higher.

When everyone marries a wife, it is extremely important to know that advancing and retreating is an extremely important bonus item. This female son of Yangzhou patrolling salt censor usually does not appear in the circle of noble women in Beijing.

Naturally, everyone kept their faces calm. After returning home, they all inquired about the girl. After that, Jia Min received many invitations. She knew what was going on in the blink of an eye, but she also knew that Lin Ruhai had no intention of marrying her daughter. It is natural to be skillful in declining to enter a noble family. She did not accept anyone's invitation, but instead invited many wives and wives to come to the Lin family's yard to drink tea and play together.

The wives and wives were a little overjoyed to receive the invitation suddenly, but when they found out that everyone came together, they understood what Jia Min meant.

Although there were a few wives who found out what she meant and felt embarrassed and did not attend the appointment, most of them went.

The reason why Jia Min invited them to tea, of course, was to help Xia Anran.Taking advantage of this tea party, she introduced Bergamot tea.

When it comes to bergamot tea, there is one thing that is very flattering, that is, it looks like a bergamot, and these great clan wives, it is hard to say what is going on in their hearts, but they are all merciful on the face, and they keep saying that Amitabha Buddha blesses or something, so this bergamot As soon as the tea came out, it became famous in the ladies' circle - as if drinking this tea made a connection with the Buddha.

On that day, Jia Min sent some tea out, and soon the tea spread in the circle of noble ladies, until later, a wife of the Minister of Political Affairs and Counselor found Jia Min.

Do you know who this woman is?

She is the aunt of Xia Anran's fellow Tanhua Lang Zhu Xun.

This woman was born in Yongchun, but she moved westward with her family to Guangdong when she was young, and never went back until she married. Her husband moved all the way to Beijing, so she followed her, and it was even more difficult to go back.

Although I drank this tea when I was a child, or I just smelled it when my relatives were drinking tea at home, but the taste of this bergamot has remained in the deepest part of my memory.

She was not of a high rank, and after going back that day, the more she thought about it, the more she felt familiar, so she cheekily closed the door.

Jia Min listened patiently, affirmed her guess, and then gave her some tea in spite of her refusal. This was the end of the matter, but after thinking about it for a long time after returning home, the lady felt really embarrassed. So I found some New Year gifts from my hometown this year and forwarded them to Jia Min.

In the annual gift she sent, there happened to be Cantonese-style preserved fruits.

A few days ago, Jia Min was still lamenting the memory of this girl, but now this gift is on the tip of her heart, and after careful investigation, she found that this person's nephew was actually a classmate with Xia Anran.

Women are like this, they believe in fate, and so many coincidences make the relationship between the two people draw closer quickly. The woman participated in the Lantern Festival held by Mrs. Wang, of course not for fun, she also saw the girl for her nephew. of.

Her nephew Zhu Xun is her younger sister, so she came to Beijing for the scientific examination this time to stay with her family, and the two families have kept in touch with each other very frequently after the high school tour, but the younger sister is far away in Guangdong Province. I was anxious, so I asked my sister to look at her more. The woman also knows the character of the nephew. Outsiders seem to be stable, but in fact they are extremely casual.She was very distressed about the candidate for this niece and daughter-in-law.

She naturally didn't have any idea about Lin Daiyu. Lin Daiyu is the daughter of a high official in the court, her father is Jane in the heart of the emperor, and her mother is the daughter of a duke. With this status, even the prince Shang is acceptable.Her husband is no more than the fifth rank, and although her nephew is a Tanhualang, but now she is only an editor of the Hanlin Academy, a junior official of the seventh rank. As the saying goes, a high family marry a woman and a low family marry a woman. Female top.

It's just that it's really hard to find, so I couldn't help but bring some meaning when talking to Jia Min, and also wanted to ask Jia Min if there was a suitable candidate.

This actually caught Jia Min's heart.

She smiled and said to the woman that she would go back and inquire about it, then she turned around and arrested Lin Jue to inquire about Zhu Xun's situation.

The reason why she was interested was precisely because of what the woman said when she was complaining about her nephew.

Zhu Xun would rather invite his colleagues to eat in restaurants all over the capital on holidays than to go to the restaurants that ordinary literati often go to when they gather.

Whenever there is any garden party held in the capital, he is also eating and eating the whole time!

If it wasn't for her nephew acting like a gentleman when getting along with men, she would have suspected that her nephew liked men!

... This style seems somewhat familiar.

Jia Min thought for a long time after hearing this, and then thought of Xia Anran.

This is also where she admired Xia Anran at that time. During Xia Anran's study in Yangzhou, she took Lin Jue to eat all over the night markets in Yangzhou City. Although many girls inquired about him on weekdays, he never talked to others. Girls talk a lot, and don't go to places to eat, drink or watch theater.

From the mother-in-law's point of view, can love to eat be a thing?It's a matter of loving colors.

Since they are all planning to marry their daughter to the lower family's family, Jia Min naturally wants to choose someone who will be good to her daughter.

Lin Jue has learned a lot from inquiring about good men these years, especially Zhu Xun and him also have a relationship with Xia Anran. Cookbook, Chenggong and Zhu Xun became "friends who forget the year".

Then he quickly made a list of Zhu Xun's personal hobbies, social circle, speech, and behavior and handed them to Jia Min.

After discussing, Jia Min and Lin Ruhai decided to shelve this matter temporarily. Anyway, Daiyu is still young, and Zhu Xun has only been in Beijing for a year, so after all, he has limited understanding.

After Lin Ruhai's work report is completed, because this year's family will worship their ancestors, and last year the Lin family spent the New Year in Beijing, this year they will naturally return to Gusu. In addition, the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal has been frozen and the road is slow, so in order not to miss the auspicious time, when they see it is almost the same, they start to pack up. The luggage is ready to go back to Yangzhou.

Although Lin Jue failed to achieve his goal of finding a brother-in-law as usual, but he also got into a hot circle with Zhu Xun and others, so he naturally wanted to say goodbye. This year he is coming to an end, so I don't know when we see each other next time What time is it.

Everyone made an appointment at the tea house, but someone ordered wine. Lin Jue was a child, so naturally no one would prepare drinks for him, but every child has a little curiosity. The aroma, but the smell of wine is not strong, so Lin Jue was curious, so someone poured him a glass and tasted it.

It wasn't until the banquet was over and everyone said goodbye in twos and threes that someone discovered that Lin Jue was still sitting there blankly.

He didn't answer, his eyes were open, but his eyes were out of focus.

I'm afraid he's already drunk to death, but he's still holding on like a dignified gentleman!

Everyone couldn't laugh or cry, but also thought it was very amusing. In the end, it was natural that Zhu Xun, whom he was most familiar with, took him away and sent him back.

It was the midwinter season, and it was snowing again. The whole group came out to have tea together, basically without any servants, so Zhu Xun rented a carriage, ordered people to light charcoal, and went up to drag Lin Jue away. After getting down, Lin Jue fell asleep as soon as he got into the warm car. Of course, it would not be good to send him down when he arrived at the Lin Mansion. If the wind blows while sleeping, it is very easy to catch wind and cold. In winter, it can be terrible. No small matter.

So Zhu Xun went to call the door first, and told the Lin family to bring their jackets to pick up Lin Jue.

Upon hearing this, the servant of the Lin family hurriedly sued the inner court, and thanked Zhu Xun very politely and asked him to wait for a while, Zhu Xun agreed. At this time, he saw a blue soft sedan coming from afar. The place where the house is located is relatively remote, and here is the side door, and the color of the sedan chair is also a female visitor.He hurriedly signaled the coachman to move forward a little, so that it was easier for the female guests to enter, but he saw a young servant running quickly to the side of the soft sedan, saying something to the person in the sedan chair, and when the sedan chair reached the side of the carriage, Zhu Xun Turning his back to avoid suspicion, he heard the trivial voices behind him, the sound of people stepping on the snow, the sound of cloth rubbing against each other, and there seemed to be the crisp sound of hairpin rings hitting.

When passing by, he seemed to smell a quiet fragrance.

In addition to being cold, there is also some playfulness.

After a while, a group of servant girls ran out, thanked Zhu Xun, and went to pick up Lin Jue in the carriage with his overcoat, but there was one person walking in a different direction from them, and saw him go straight to Zhu Xun, respectfully He handed over the things he was holding to Zhu Xun.

With a small mouth, she said that this is the young lady of the family who just saw Zhu Xun taking care of her younger brother, and saw that his clothes were stained with snow, so she hurriedly asked for warm soup and a hand stove, please take good care of yourself, young master Yunyun said it like a cannonball.

Relying on the great firepower of the young man, Zhu Xun, who was standing in the snow without a cloak after drinking again, took the stove in embarrassment, patted the falling snow on his body, and put on the cloak, feeling warm immediately Not a lot.

People warm up and their brains start to work.

The Lin family's... daughter-in-law?Lin Jue's sister?

It turns out that the sedan chair that just passed was Lin Jue's sister?

He was a little dazed and got into the carriage with the stove in his hand, and he couldn't recover until he got home.

Of course, Zhu Xun had heard about Lin Jue's elder sister. Although Lin Jue was very cautious and didn't want to talk about his older sister, but a boy of this age had a strong heart for comparison. Fan's sister embroidered a purse for him. , made snacks, and approved homework, all of which were hidden by him, but he couldn't hold back his efforts to show off his purse, took out the snack box with an exaggerated gesture, and exposed his little head while answering homework.

Zhu Xun didn't care about it before, but the child was proud, awkward and patient, with a "my sister is fine but I won't tell you" attitude, which left him with a bit of the impression of Miss Lin.

That sister Lin who Lin Jue hid well, seemed to have fallen from the sky, and suddenly floated in front of him.

Zhu Xun touched the stove, feeling the warmth from his hands to his heart.

One, she must be a gentle and smart girl.

The Jinke Tanhualang couldn't help touching the small hand stove, showing a silly smile.

Actually?That gentle and kind elder sister Lin was twisting younger brother Lin's ear very tenderly at this moment, turning left and right twice, her little face blushing, "You've got a lot of skills, Lin Xiaojue!"

Lin Jue, who had just slept like a piglet in Zhu Xun's carriage, didn't dare to do so, for fear of attracting the mother-in-law who was looking after her outside, so she could only beg for mercy in a small voice, looking very pitiful.

Lin Daiyu's cheeks were full of red clouds, she was still worried about her younger brother just now, but when she saw him buried under the quilt and blinked at her, thinking about what was going on, she was so ashamed that she covered her face and rushed out , Then I thought about her not being able to run away, because no one knew about it, when she ran away everyone knew that Lin Jue was pretending to be drunk, so he could only force himself to calm down and teach him when there was no one in the room.

Why did Lin Jue mean this? Of course she understood. Others don't know when she will return home, how can he not know?

He deliberately lured that person over to show her.

When Lin Daiyu returned to the mansion, she suddenly heard a message from her mother-in-law saying that Lin Jue had died of drunkenness. She was anxious and worried, but she couldn't see her boyfriend, so she could only open the curtain to see through the juan gauze, but she only saw a person alone. Looking back, the younger brother was blocked tightly in the carriage.

I was impatient just now and didn't think much about it, but now that I think about it carefully, that person, that person is tall and thin, standing with his hands behind his back, his back straight, like a green bamboo.

It wasn't until she returned to the inner courtyard that the person who went to meet her said that Lin Jue was fine and just fell asleep.

At this time, I remembered that the people outside seemed to have waited for a long time, their bodies were covered with snow, and their clothes were thin, before they ordered someone to send some things out.

This was a blameless response, but now that the younger brother deliberately designed the two to meet, the little girl was at a loss all of a sudden,

This, if people find out...

Lin Jue was afraid that she would think too much, so he poked his head out from under the quilt and said, "Sister, don't worry, I'm pretending to be good, he must not have noticed it at all." He gently tugged on Daiyu's sleeve, and was caught by Lin Daiyu. Pulling away vigorously, she sat on his bed with her back to Lin Jue, obviously very angry, Lin Jue hurried over and whispered, "I have known this brother Zhu for a long time, and I also know him a little bit, sister , he is very dazed about this aspect, so he certainly wouldn't think so much."

Daiyu still ignored her younger brother, so Lin Jue pulled Daiyu's clothes behind her back. He is only 12 years old this year, and he is the most naughty age. Kuai Daiyu turned sideways and slapped his hand.

bother.

She twisted her veil, and tied a knot between her eyebrows. She is only 13 years old this year, and she has not yet reached the age of hairpin, but a girl of her age already understands many things. She is also smart, and she has long known her parents love her. She wanted her to marry into a wealthy family, so that she would have glory in vain, but live like a paper doll, she knew.

The two elders have been looking at the young talents for the past year, and the younger brother has also contributed a lot in it, and she knows it.

It's just, it's just that this person was the first to be brought to her by her younger brother. Is the younger brother's behavior like his parents' instruction?Then, that person, could it be that his parents also liked him?

Her slender fingertips were touching the veil, and she felt ashamed and angry, as well as a little terrified and helpless.

According to my younger brother, it was the man's own decision to send him back, and the younger brother had at most pushed him a bit. From this point of view, the man's character should be fair?

No, it doesn't seem very reliable to let such a young brother drink alcohol.

She was tossing and turning in her mind, thinking for a while whether her performance today seemed frivolous, and girls from good families should not give things to foreigners.After a while, he thought that the man looked like he was about to freeze to death, and it was because of his younger brother. As the elder sister, she should be like this, otherwise it would appear that the Lin family didn't understand reason?

It's really a girl with a lot of worries.

Lin Jue didn't notice her thoughts, and whispered behind her back how he got along with Zhu Xun these days.

Zhu Xun, in terms of love between men and women, was a bit dull and dull as Lin Jue said. He was named Tan Hua Lang, and his appearance was not ordinary, with three-dimensional features, thick black eyebrows, deep eyes, and a dimple. People give people a very energetic feeling, and they often have a smile on their faces on weekdays. They are a type that can win people's favor.

But it happened that such a talented, good-looking man didn't have any friends around him, and he didn't even have a maid.

In his words, the girl is delicate, she runs slowly, and it is inconvenient to go out, so she simply uses a servant by her side.

And he doesn't understand style, it is said that when he was parading a horse in the past, a girl threw her veil upstairs, but he reined in the horse when the veil was about to fall in front of him, without raising his head. Going around from the side, without even looking at the veil.

The more Lin Jue talked, the more excited he became. These days he had heard a lot of gossip about this man, all of which were told by the students next to him with negative teaching materials: "It is said that Brother Zhu is very good at writing lyrics and has a good rhythm, so some women gossip If you delay the relationship and ask him to fill in the lyrics, no matter how famous the person is, he will not fill it in, saying that he doesn't like to fill in the girlfriend's grievances."

"He offended quite a few individuals for that."

"Why?" Lin Daiyu couldn't help being a little curious when she heard this. "The words he wrote himself are given to whomever he likes. Could it be that someone can't get them and blame him?"

"No." Lin Jue shrugged, and then someone patted his shoulder, Lin Daiyu gave him a look of [speak well, don't do this kind of behavior], so he had to sit up straight. "It's just that girls cry every day. When they cry at the other side, and say half a sentence, they will naturally think it's Brother Zhu's fault."

This... Lin Daiyu frowned immediately, quite disapproving, "My daughter, how can you use tears to do such a thing?" She looked a little annoyed, "This, this is really..."

"Oh, my sister." Seeing her angry, Lin Jue quickly pulled her back, "Don't be angry, if you ask me, a man who can be deceived by these false tears is not worth befriending." He added "Brother Zhu thinks so too."

Lin Daiyu thought about it for a while, and thought it made a lot of sense.

While they were chatting, Jia Min suddenly heard footsteps and came in through the curtain. Seeing Lin Jue sitting upright and seeing the red glow on Daiyu's face that hadn't parted, she immediately understood what was going on. Taking two quick steps, he grabbed Lin Jue's ear, "You monkey!"

Her movements were extremely skillful, and it was Daiyu's ear that had been pinched just now. Lin Jue immediately begged for mercy, "Mother, mother, I was wrong! Mother, go around me once!"

He screamed miserably, so Daiyu couldn't bear it, so she begged him too. Jia Min let go of his hand angrily, and kept poking Lin Jue's brow with her fingertips, "Be careful, don't take you!" My sister's boudoir reputation is just a joke!"

After that, she hurried out to tidy up her son.