Honglou Fudaizhi has professionally planted grass for many years

"When you go to the capital, you must be careful and take good care of yourself and your sister. Everything must be done to the utmost absurdity and tarnish the reputation of your ancestors. You are young and lonely. Although your body has improved in the past few years, you must not rely on your youth and strength. Just spend recklessly, and be careful to suffer when you get old. Remember to drink the daily soup and medicine. Your sister is not in good health, and her mind is sensitive. I always worry that her wisdom will be hurt, but fortunately, you are still here. Take a good look at it. Watch her, let her evacuate and evacuate from time to time..." Lin Ruhai babbled, his words were full of fatherly kindness.

Tom heard that his heart was very tight, but he always felt a sense of death, which made people uneasy, and quickly interrupted Lin Ruhai: "Father, I am also old, and I know how to take care of myself and my sister. Father doesn't have to worry. Besides, my son is just a child. Going to take the exam, you will naturally be back in a few months. Now that the old sage has the upper hand in the competition, maybe the son and younger sister are waiting for their father to reunite in Beijing."

Lin Ruhai nodded and smiled: "That's right. That's how it should be. You can start your journey in ten days, and this ten days is also a good time to prepare your luggage. Back then, when you left home for the first time to go to school, your mother's yard was full of people. Picking up things for you to prepare luggage, this matter is still yesterday’s matter, but today, I also prepared luggage for you for the fifth time.”

Lin Ruhai dismissed Tom without waiting for Tom to say anything more.

They all walked to the small garden next to him. Not only did Tom not let go of his uneasiness, but it became bigger and bigger.Turning around, the light in the study behind him was still on. In the dark night, this light was like a raging flame imprinted in Tom's eyes and heart.

Tom left, but Lin Ruhai was still sitting in the study.

"Knock, knock, knock." There was a knock on the door, and Mr. Chen came in.

Lin Ruhai stood up: "Hold the middle, sit down."

Mr. Chen sat down and asked, "Brother Tang has gone back?"

Lin Ruhai nodded, but did not speak.

"Have you really decided?" Mr. Chen asked.

"Chi Zhong, you should know that I can't decide this matter. It's just following the destiny." Lin Ruhai said.

Mr. Chen's voice was a little high: "Since you have made a decision, why do you want me to do it? I am just a poor teacher. Now that you have made a decision, I am just going back to my countryside to be a farmer."

Mr. Chen wanted to leave in a hurry, but Lin Ruhai stopped him: "Chizhong, Brother Tang is your proud disciple. You watched him and Yu'er grow up. You really don't care about them?"

"Since you have such a pair of children, why do you entrust them to me?" Mr. Chen couldn't hide his indignation, but he sat down with his sleeves twitched.

In Lin Ruhai's heart, he was concerned and guilty about the pair of children, and now he felt a little frustrated after hearing Mr. Chen's words, but there were still many things to say: "You know me, and I don't have to. Act like this. The two children are still young, although they are very wise, but they are still young, one is trapped in the back house, and the other is inevitably frivolous when young. After thinking about it, I can only entrust this thing to you and wait until the right time Timing, please hand this thing over to Brother Tang."

Mr. Chen looked at the black long box, and the bone fan in his hand was almost broken.

"Stay in the middle." Lin Ruhai called this name, and the suppressed emotions in the suppressed tone almost crushed both of them.

Mr. Chen's face was stern, and the hand that took over the black box was almost stiff.

Lin Ruhai, on the other hand, watched Mr. Chen take the box, and he relaxed, and even breathed a little more calmly: "Chi Zhong, Brother Tang is young, and there are many things I'm afraid he won't be able to turn back for a while, help me I took a good look at him. As for this thing, he will need it one day, so I will get rid of it and you will give it to him at that time."

Mr. Chen lowered his head, and forced out a sentence through his teeth: "Don't worry, I will live up to you." He rushed out of the study without waiting for anything.

Lin Ruhai shook his head slightly with a smile: "Hold the middle." Then he bowed behind Mr. Chen's hurried back.

The next day, Tom got up early to read for a while, walked in the yard, pointed to relax, but never thought that a bunch of servants in the yard were moving the Taihu stone in the middle of the lake.

A good pool was spoiled by them.

"What's that for?" Tom frowned.

Hengzheng quickly slipped to the edge of the lake and scolded: "Stop, what are you doing?"

The second butler took the lead. When he saw Tom coming, he hurried forward and knelt at a distance of two or three steps: "Grandpa, please be well. Last night, the master told me to move out this Taihu stone and bring it with me when I go to Beijing. It doesn’t matter whether you put it at home or take it to your in-law’s house to display, so that the uncle and the girl can have a look at it and be happy.”

Tom felt something was wrong in his heart, but he couldn't grasp the point: "Put it back and make it the way it was before. I don't bring this thing with me."

As he said that, Tom went to the main room to find Lin Ruhai.

The main room was quiet. Lin Ruhai was flipping through the brochure in his hand. Seeing Tom coming in, he beckoned him to go: "You are here. Come and have a look. These properties are all in Yangzhou. For my father's sake, why don't you sell them? Add some industries in Beijing."

The property that Lin Ruhai pointed to was almost all of the Lin family's property in Yangzhou.

Tom frowned slightly: "Our family is the foundation of Yangzhou, and our ancestors have made a fortune since then. Why did we abandon Yangzhou and go to Beijing. The land of ancestors is not easy to abandon, and the land for sacrifice is here. If we sell Going to Beijing after leaving the sacrificial fields, isn’t it the end of the road. Secondly, the situation in Beijing is changing, although Yangzhou is also in turmoil, but it is my own place after all, and it makes sense to leave a retreat here between actions.”

Lin Ruhai closed the booklet, and sighed slightly: "Yes, that's the reason. That being the case, it's okay to use the cash at home to go to Beijing to add some property."

"I saw people in the garden moving Taihu stones." Tom said.

Lin Ruhai nodded: "You brothers and sisters like the Taihu Stone, why not move it over and let you enjoy it every day."

Tom really frowned this time: "What is father's intention? The Lin family is in such a state of peril? Are you going to abandon the land of Zuxing?"

"Don't worry." Lin Ruhai shook his head: "The Lin family will not reach that point, it's just that the situation in the court is turbulent, and no one knows what will happen next and who will fall. It’s under control, so don’t worry my son. You’re going to Beijing, so it’s better to prepare early.”

Lin Ruhai obviously didn't want to say more, Tom returned to the room honestly although he was still in doubt.

"Go and check, has something happened recently?" Tom told Hengzheng after turning the corner door.

In the evening, Hengzheng came back and said, "Master. The affairs in the court are what the master and the uncle said. The younger one had a drink with the governor's family and the Tongzhi family. There is nothing else. There is no other matter at home. Recently The salt merchants are also honest, and there are no extra cargo ships on the pier."

Tom tapped twice on the table with his fingertips: "You go."

Since everything was normal, Tom couldn't think of a clue, so he had to put it down for now.

In the next few days, the entire Lin family, except for Tom studying behind closed doors, everyone came and went in a hurry, and Lin Ruhai instructed Tom to tidy up and salute.

Although Taihu Stone was rejected by Tom righteously, Lin Ruhai's enthusiasm has not diminished at all.

"My son, you just go." Lin Ruhai bid farewell to Tom at the pier, and left under Lin An's consolation until the shadow of the boat could not be seen clearly.

The weather was calm, and Tom read a book quietly in the cabin. With the smooth wind and the water, he arrived in Beijing two days earlier than expected.

Considering that Tom was still young and Daiyu was still living in Rongguo Mansion, Lin Ruhai sent a letter to Rongguo Mansion to let Tom live in Rongguo Mansion, and the siblings lived and ate together.

After getting off the boat, people from both sides came to pick him up again. This time it was Lai Da who came from the Rongguo Mansion. Tom didn't say much when he saw him, and only ordered Lin He to transport the extra utensils to the old house of the Lin Mansion.

Although Lai Da would not be able to lead Tom's horse with his own hands, flattery is indispensable along the way.Tom always liked to be quiet and didn't like to talk. At this moment, he didn't pay attention to him when he heard what he said, and walked away on his own.

Seeing Rongning Street from a distance, Lai Da was very knowledgeable, and led Tom's horse to the side door.

Tom got off his horse and entered the side door, and was led to Rongqing Hall along the way.As expected, Rongqing Hall was the same as in the past, all scruples about the distinction between men and women, let alone Mrs. Wang and Mrs. Xing, even Sanchun and Baochai did not avoid it.

Knowing that there were relatives coming to this family, Tom was also scrupulous when preparing the gifts, and they happened to be all there, so there was no need to call on them one by one to give them one by one, so he simply called the girl to come in and present them one by one.

Jia Mu's gift is the most prosperous, followed by Mrs. Xing, and then by Mrs. Wang. The gifts from Sanchun and Baochai are some of the girls' things, which are the last.

"Okay, it's hard work for you to travel thousands of miles. Both of your uncles are not at home today, so you don't have to worry about it. It's serious to go back and rest." After Jiamu said something, she asked Daiyu: "You will stay with you." Brother, go back and rest, I know that you two have not seen each other for a long time, but don't worry too much."

"Yes, grandmother." The two saluted and left Rongqing Hall.

The author has something to say:

Lin Ruhai is not dead yet, everyone calm down, my manuscript has not written about Lin Ruhai's death, you must calm down.