[Red Mansion] When Zhen Shiyin was reborn

Time flies, and five years later, Weiyang land has a new Xunyan censor. He is Tanhua, whose surname is Lin and whose name is Hai, and his name is like Hai. He has now been promoted to the doctor of Lantai Temple, originally from Gusu Today, he was hand-picked as the censor of salt inspection, and today he is appointed.

It turns out that the ancestor of Lin Ruhai once attacked Liehou, and now he has been in Ruhai for five generations.In the beginning, only the third generation was inherited. Because of the grace and favor of the present, he was far ahead of the previous generation and received extra grace. The father of Zhiruhai inherited another generation; Zhiruhai was born from Kedi.Although it belongs to the family of Zhong Ding, it is also a family of scholars.It's a pity that the Lin family's lineage is not prosperous, and their descendants are limited. Although they have a few families, they are only related to Ru Hai, and they have no close lineage.

Ru Hai is now forty, and has only one three-year-old son, who died last year.Although there are several concubines, he is destined to have no children, so there is nothing he can do.Today, only his wife, Jia, has a daughter named Daiyu, who is only five years old.The husband and wife have no children, so love is like a treasure, and seeing that she is smart and comely, she also wants to make him read a few words, but pretending to be an adopted son, and talking about the desolation under his knees. 【Note 1】

A few days later, the local salt merchant invited Lin Ruhai to a banquet, and invited Shi Yin and some famous local literati to accompany him.

In addition to the literary style and thin horses, Yangzhou is the most famous salt merchant fighting for wealth. "Yangzhou Painting Boat Record" and recorded such an anecdote: "In the early days, the salt affairs in Yangzhou were extravagant. Once they got married and funeral, they ate in the hall. , Clothes and horses cost hundreds of thousands of dollars. For a person with a certain surname, every time he eats, there are more than ten kinds of seats prepared by the chef. Those who don’t eat shake their mouths, and the waiters are more likely to look at other types. Or good horses, hundreds of horses, each horse costs tens of gold a day, and leaves the city from the inside in the morning, and enters from outside the city in the evening, with colorful flowers, The viewers are dazzled. Some are so fond of orchids that they are placed everywhere from the door to the inner room. Or they use wood as a nude woman, use organs to move them, and put them in various boxes, and the guests are often frightened by them. Green Village is the most prosperous, and there are even more different houses built later. For those who want to spend tens of thousands of gold for a while, the doormen buy gold leaf with all their gold, put it on the Jinshan Pagoda, blow it to the wind, and disperse in an instant. Along the grass and trees, it cannot be recovered. Another three thousand gold can be used to buy Suzhou tumblers, which flow in the water and are blocked by waves. For those who are beautiful, from the secretary to the stove maid, they all choose young and handsome people in their teens. Or vice versa. Those who make the most of their strangeness and ugliness will think that they are inappropriate in the mirror, destroy their faces and spread them with sauce, and expose them to the sun. It is impossible to remember the competition for the strange and the strange." The situation of the salt merchants fighting for the rich can be seen from this.

Although many local celebrities refused to have a banquet with the salt merchants, Shi Yin wanted to meet Lin Daiyu's father, who was truly worthy of the world, and also wanted to see the extravagant appearance of poverty, so he agreed.

The next day, one hour before the banquet, a carriage sent by the salt merchants came to pick up Shi Yin to go to the banquet. Because it was early winter and it was a bit cold, the carriage looked plain and ordinary, and it was only when you entered that you knew there was something special about it.

The lining of the carriage is all made of fine blue silk with dark patterns, and there is a table in the middle of the carriage. On the table are a small three-legged tripod-style incense burner, a red copper hand stove and a lamp with a glass cover. The incense burner is The bronze material is not the blue and white porcelain that is commonly seen today, but seems to be an antique from the Song and Yuan Dynasties; the hand stove is made of high-quality silver charcoal, which will not produce any fireworks when used.In addition, a book of travel notes was thoughtfully placed on the seat to pass the time. There seemed to be a faint fragrance of plum in the carriage, and the seat was also thickly padded with several layers of cotton pads. It will not feel very bumpy in the middle.

After walking for about half an hour, we arrived at a different courtyard.There is a couplet hanging at the gate of the other courtyard. The upper couplet: Three thousand guests in Langyuan in Spring Breeze. The second couplet: The first floor of Mingyue Yangzhou. Went to where the salt merchants were.

As soon as you enter, you can see that the room is exquisite and magnificently laid out, with a picture of "Burning Quinoa" pasted on it. On the left side of the door is a tripod incense burner, which smells like the plum fragrance in the carriage. The tables and chairs are all carved Made of mahogany, each chair is covered with animal skins, and the teacups used are white glaze, painted with colorful patterns of the four gentlemen.Junshan Yinzhen is also used for tea, and the water for making tea is spring water from Daming Temple Spring.

However, most of them are new, trying to put on an elegant appearance, but still showing timidity in the details, these things are only half-old and not new, so they appear to have a solid foundation.

Not long after, Lin Ruhai was surrounded by a group of salt merchants and came in. He had a white face and no beard. Wearing a jasper crown with a bunch of hair on her head, and a wishful jasper pendant on her waist, she has the elegance of a literati, but also has the charm of a nobleman, but this charm has been smoothed out a lot , adding a kind of smoothness unique to officialdom.

When the banquet begins, countless delicacies are served on the top, even if it is just a simple plate of cabbage, only the heart of the cabbage is taken, and it is stewed with clear fresh chicken soup over low heat until it is turned off before turning on the fire. Drop, the cabbage produced in this way will have a special taste.Like other dishes, there are more tableware to match it, and the jade plate is served with precious tens of thousands of dollars.What Shi Yin ate for this meal was speechless in his heart, and the wine he drank was also old wine, which was really unheard of.

When the wine is full, there are salt merchants and other flattery, which is very enjoyable.During the banquet, some salt merchants tried a little bit, but Lin Ruhai tactfully stopped them all.During the banquet, we pushed cups and changed cups, and made wine orders, so it was fun.

By the end of the banquet, Shi Yin and Lin Ruhai were already quite familiar with each other. They were originally from Gusu, and they were naturally close. In addition, they both had some accomplishments in literature, and they shared similar interests. They made an appointment with each other to go there next time. visit.

A few days later, Mrs. Jia and the Feng family posted a message, inviting their family to come and play while they were taking a bath. The housekeeper Shi Yinran prepared some return gifts as usual, and brought Feng's family and Yinglian to the banquet.

As usual, Fengshi and Yinglian sat in the seats of female family members, while Lin Ruhai and Shi Yin drank together outside.

Let me talk about the women's relatives first. Mrs. Jia was born in the Rongguo Mansion in the capital. The whole body is full of grandeur, but his face is a little pale, and he seems a little weak.Daiyu on the side is: two eyebrows that seem to be frowning but not frowning, and a pair of eyes that seem to be weeping but not weeping.Two dimples are born in the state of worry, and the disease of being delicate is attacked all over the body.Tears dripped, panting slightly.Quietness is like a delicate flower shining in the water, and action is like a weak willow supporting the wind.The heart has one more opening than the stem, and the disease is like Xizi's three points.Feng Shi knew at a glance that Daiyu had some deficiencies brought about by her mother's womb.

Mrs. Jia saw that although Feng's background was a bit low, but her temperament was calm, neither humble nor overbearing, which was quite different from those flatterers, so she felt a little fond of her, and seeing that his conversation was a bit extraordinary, she became more sympathetic.Seeing that Mrs. Jia was born tall, but she was not conceited, Feng also had a heart-to-heart friendship.Seeing that everyone had only one daughter, they sighed to each other.

Yinglian who was at the side saw that Daiyu was quite young, but she had the strength to advance and retreat, and also saw that she was delicate and timid, so she couldn't help but feel sorry for her.And Daiyu was weak and sick since she was young, so she didn't see many outsiders. When she saw Yinglian this time, she saw a rouge mole between her eyebrows. Her face was quite good, and her speech was different from other women. For his knowledge, he loves and admires it.

During the dinner, we chatted for a few more words, and then we talked about Ruhai and Jia Min's husband and wife who wanted to be a teacher with Daiyu, but they were afraid that the teacher would look down on her when they saw her as a woman, so they didn't pay attention to teaching her. Knowing that she had read the book, she asked Yinglian how she was.The Feng family truthfully said that it was her husband who personally enlightened and taught him.It's just that Ruhai's official duties are heavy, and he can't teach in person like Shi Yin.

On the other side, Shi Yin and Lin Ruhai also had a very happy chat, from the customs of Suzhou, to some interesting things they encountered during their studies in the past years, and finally they talked about their daughter by coincidence, and learned that Ying Lian was Shi Yin in person. Enlightenment, I lamented that even if I wanted to teach in person, I couldn't because of my busy schedule.

At this time, Shi Yin said with a smile: "Why should Lin Yushi look far away? If you can trust Shi Yin, Shi Yin can also enlighten Miss Zun, but he has to learn from a teacher like a man. He sends me to my house to go to school every day during the day and to go to school at night. If you take it home again, it’s no different from a man, if Lin Yushi can’t bear the hardships of running around for Miss, that’s all.” Ru Hai was overjoyed, in his opinion, Shi Yin’s talent is not inferior to it, but there are still some Hesitating, I don't know whether to let Daiyu run around like this, Daiyu is weak, and she is in a dilemma for a while.Fortunately, Shi Yin said that he was not in a hurry, so he let go.

It was night, when the banquet was over, Mrs. Jia and Ru Hai shared her views on Yinglian, praised Yinglian very much, and implicitly mentioned that Yinglian was enlightened by Shi Yin himself, and it was also a fake Masculinity.

As soon as Ruhai heard it, he knew that his wife thought of it with him, but he still had some concerns, fearing that Daiyu would be too tired, and also that she was weak, so he told his wife truthfully that Shi Yin could take Daiyu as his apprentice. It's just that you have to be like a man, someone sends you to school during the day, and someone picks you up after school.After thinking about it, Mrs. Jia felt that the advantages of this matter outweighed the disadvantages. As long as she took good care of her, it was not impossible. After some hesitation, she still agreed to Shi Yin's arrangement.

So on the second day, the arrangements were made vigorously and swiftly, and he gave his eldest girl, Lixia, to Daiyu, and asked her to take good care of Daiyu.On the third day, I prepared all the ceremony of apprenticeship, etc., and took Daiyu to Zhen's house.

When they arrived at Zhen's house, Shi Yin asked Daiyu a few questions, and saw that although she was young, she had already advanced and retreated, which was quite extraordinary.Secretly amazed in his heart, he received another gift from Daiyu, drank the tea from Daiyu, and gave her some greetings, and finally accepted Daiyu officially, and asked her to come to class at three o'clock tomorrow, and let them have a meal During the dinner, Daiyu saw that Yinglian's meal was delicious, so she also had a big appetite. She ate half a bowl of rice more than usual, which made Mrs. Jia happy for a long time.

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