[Red Mansion] Mrs. Lin, the Buddhist family

After Jia Shu left Xue Baochai's room, he went straight to the back garden of Xue's mansion, and found a corner to hide easily.

Not long after, Aunt Xue came out to catch Zhou with today's protagonist in her arms.

For a merchant's family like the Xue family, the most indispensable thing is gold, silver, jewelry, and all kinds of rare treasures. A first-class treasure.

The people present looked at the many treasures on the table, and their eyes were red with jealousy.

On the contrary, some guests who were not badly born noticed with keen eyesight that among the objects that Xue's family brought to catch the little girl, some of them were really unexpected.

"Hey, do you see that there is an abacus seal among the items on the table?"

Hearing the words, the people next to him shifted their attention, and then widened their eyes: "You read that right, it really is."

"What do you think this master of the Xue family is thinking? This abacus can barely make sense. After all, the Xue family is an imperial merchant and wants to see if his daughter is talented in business, but the seal..."

Is it possible that Xue Meng still intends to let his daughter head the house?Or let his daughter enter the official career?

Thinking about it makes it impossible.

Those who noticed these two things shook their heads, amused by their unreliable guesses.

Xu Shi has dealt with the upper class all the year round, but he has no money but no power. Xue Meng's temperament is round and gentle, without any aggressiveness, and there is no particularly intense emotion. He looks friendly and will not easily get angry with others. conflict.

It’s just that today may be too happy, the smile on Xue Meng’s face has never fallen, and even after hearing that he can catch Zhou, he personally hugged his daughter from the nurse’s arms, and carefully put it in the special cleaning room for Zhou Zhou. on the desktop.

The little girl was very well-behaved. After being put on the bed, she climbed two steps and sat up straight away. Seeing so many people around her, she was not scared to cry, but instead blinked and smiled sweetly.

The doll like a milk ball sits there and smiles at you, just like a boy under the seat of a Bodhisattva, it is really painful.No matter what thoughts you have in mind to participate in a little girl's Zhou Catch Banquet, at least at this time, everyone has no distracting thoughts in their hearts.

Xue Meng smiled and pushed his daughter: "Bao girl, see which one you like, and show it to Dad."

Baochai seemed to understand, her beautiful eyes rolled around the table, and then she crawled towards the seal with a clear goal.

There was an exclamation from the crowd, and even Xue Meng, who put in his own seal against all opinions, was a little surprised.

But Baochai turned a deaf ear to it, and grabbed the seal with her fleshy little hand, then turned around and crawled towards Xue Meng, but she didn't climb two steps, her eyes fell on the little gold abacus in the corner again, blinked, and then moved towards Xue Meng. Climbed over in the direction of the golden abacus.

Xue Meng laughed: "This girl, with a small body, has a big heart."

After finishing speaking, he shook his head and walked to his daughter, "Baby girl, can you give the seal and the abacus to daddy?"

Baochai glanced at Xue Meng blankly, then fell down on the bed, and hid the seal and abacus under her stomach.Xu was worried that she hadn't hidden it well, the little girl was still arching on the bed, and her two little hands were pulling on both sides like paddling water, until she was sure that the thing was hidden, she raised her head and showed a reserved smile to Xue Meng.

Xue Meng: "..."

All the people present laughed, looking at Xue Meng with a bit of ridicule.

Aunt Xue was a bit worried, and even stepped forward to ask her daughter to catch other girls, such as "bead hairpins", "needle and thread", "rouge" and other brightly colored ordinary objects that often appear in the week.

It's a pity that Baochai was not interested in it at all, so he didn't even look at it.

On the contrary, when Xue Meng picked up the pen, ink, paper and inkstone to tease Baochai, her eyes turned a few times.But once Xue Meng said that she wanted Baochai to exchange her seal for abacus, she immediately moved her head away.

The will is firm.

The audience roared with laughter.However, everyone didn't really take Xue's daughter's arrest seriously. After all, no matter what the Xue family's daughter caught, she was just a daughter.

On the contrary, Lin Xian, who was standing in an inconspicuous corner, squinted his eyes slightly, and unconsciously remembered what his parents mentioned. If the emperor kept his promise, the eldest princess would probably propose to let the girl go to school, or even enter the court.

But he didn't think too much about it, after all, even if the daughter of the Xue family really went to the official career as he wanted, it would be at least ten years later, and now she is just a little milk baby who hasn't been weaned yet.

Thinking of this, the smile on the corner of Lin Xian's mouth became a bit more real.

For Jia Shu who was hiding in the corner, the two cats almost formed a line.What Baochai grabbed was beyond her expectation, but thinking about her character in the Red Chamber, she felt it was reasonable.

Sister Bao in the Red Mansion has always had the ambition of becoming a successful person.

I only hope that the negotiation between the Eldest Princess and the Emperor will go smoothly, and that Sister Bao's "Qingyun Dream" will be truly fulfilled.

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After grasping the week, it's time to have a banquet.

The male guests were taken to the front yard to eat, and only a group of female relatives remained in the back garden.

Jia Shu thought that his goal of sneaking out this time would be considered accomplished, so he wanted to leave Xue's house, wait for someone in his son's carriage, and go home directly after the banquet was over.

Unexpectedly, she just turned around and crashed into the arms of a three-headed kid.

Just as Jia Shu broke free, he saw the child shouting with bright eyes: "Hurry up, someone catch this kitten for me, and there will be a reward for catching it!"

The child yelled and threw himself on Jia Shu. Seeing that he was about to be caught, Jia Shu quickly got out from between the child's arms, and disappeared from the eyes of the child and the group after a few swishes.

After the banquet was over, Lin Xian exchanged greetings with Patriarch Xue for a while, then bid farewell to Xue Meng and returned to the carriage.

"Let's go-"

Jia Shu hid in the corner of the carriage, still unable to recover.The last child she saw at Xue's house was only two or three years old, not very old. She always felt that she should know this child, but her memory seemed to be covered with a layer of fog. Can't get up.

Jia Shu didn't remember until Lin Xian mentioned that Xue Meng had a son named Xue Pan when he got home.

Thinking of the child's chubby appearance, Jia Shu couldn't help laughing: "How is Xue's son's temperament, has he been enlightened?"

Lin Xian was a little surprised: "I thought my mother was only interested in the daughter of the Xue family."

"Indeed," Jia Shu held his stomach and laughed, "but he and Xue's daughter have the same mother, so it's inevitable that he loves the house."

Based on Xue Pan's actions in Dream of the Red Chamber, it is impossible for Jia Shu to really have a good impression of him, but he is also a male character who appears more in the original novel. Although he does a lot of evil, he is still responsible for his mother and sister. Comparing it with Jia Baoyu's attitude towards his mother and sisters, it is inevitable that he will be a little more interested.

Lin Xian really knows this question: "Then Patriarch Xue heard that his son would return to Beijing after attending the Qiuwei in Gusu, so he became more thoughtful and wanted his son to take Xue Pan home to be a student of Dad. "

Jia Shu was stunned: "Let Xue Pan be your father's student?"

She turned to look at Lin Ruhai, "What is he thinking?"

That Xue Pan is only a three-year-old child, not even the age of enlightenment.But Lin Ruhai is now a second-rank official of the imperial court, even if he wants to recruit students, it is impossible to accept a child.

Lin Xian smiled: "Patriarch Xue is not that whimsical. It's just that Xue Pan has already shown a stubborn temper at a young age. In addition, Madam Xue dotes on him quite a lot. Even when Patriarch Xue taught Xue Pan If the tone was too serious, they were very unwilling, let alone to do anything to him. Because of this, Xue Pan became more and more confident, and now his temper has become a little left-handed. Patriarch Xue saw it in his eyes and kept it in his heart, and wanted to keep him far away. Sending it away, it’s best not to see Mistress Xue for several months.”

Lin Ruhai nodded after hearing this: "A child's temperament must be cultivated from an early age. Once it is raised badly, it will ruin the child's life. Then Xue Pan is the son of Xue's eldest son, and he bears the honor and disgrace of the entire Xue family. There is no delay."

But to let him raise a child, Lin Ruhai could only shake his head.

"There are complicated affairs here in Huaiyang, and the matter of salt administration cannot be ignored at all. How can I have time to raise children for others?"

Lin Xian nodded again and again: "My son said the same thing. Although Patriarch Xue is sorry, he also expressed his understanding."

"Why don't you find another teacher?"

"Father doesn't know something," Lin Xian said with sympathy when thinking of Patriarch Xue, "Although Patriarch Xue wanted to send the child to be raised by a good family, he has never found a suitable one. After all, he wants to ask other people to raise him. Son, at least you need to be recognized by yourself, right? Besides, although Patriarch Xue has never been an official, he is also a person who has read poetry and books. willing?"

This time it was not only Lin Ruhai and his wife, but even Lin Mu and Zhuzhu who were not interested in their topic turned their heads to look over.

Lin Xian's expression became more serious: "The son talked with Patriarch Xue for a few words, and found that Patriarch Xue's knowledge is not as good as that of his father, but it is not much worse. Father, think about it yourself, if the mother loves her son too much, forcing you You can only send your son to someone else's family to be educated, but the other party's knowledge is not as good as yours, are you willing?"

Lin Ruhai immediately retorted: "How could your mother spoil you?"

If you really want to talk about who loves children more between the two, it must be him as the father.Although he has strict requirements on his son in his studies, he still loves this single seedling very hard to come by. On the contrary, Jia Shu is nothing special to his son.

The point is, even if Jia's number is so strict, the two children are still closer to her.

Lin Xian almost rolled his eyes in front of Lin Ruhai: "Daddy, my son knows that it is impossible for my mother to spoil me. But am I making an analogy? Just think about it, what would you do if such a situation really happened?"

Lin Ruhai frowned immediately, and said after a while, "Of course I don't want to."

Lin Xian suddenly became happy, and was about to say something, but heard Mother Lin say: "What are you thinking? I finally got my little grandson, and you still want to send it to someone else's house? Even if you dote on it, what's the point?" What's the matter? My Lin family doesn't lack the money to raise my grandchildren, so even if Pippi doesn't become a talent, it's no big deal to be a dude for the rest of his life."

Lin Ruhai disapproved, but she didn't dare to refute Lin's mother.

Seeing his father deflated, the expression on Lin Xian's face became more and more happy. It was not until Jia Shu glared at him that Lin Xian restrained himself a little.

"The matter is at a stalemate here. Patriarch Xue's talents are no worse than ordinary Jinshi. It is not impossible to find someone with better talents than him, but what about the character and family background? Besides, Patriarch Xue would rather bear the pain of longing. If you want to send your son away, you hope that someone will teach him to be a talent, but if the other party has no time at all, or if the other party's own children have not grown up, how can Patriarch Xue feel relieved?"

"In short, after various reasons, Patriarch Xue has not been able to find a suitable family, so Patriarch Xue has always been brought by Patriarch Xue himself to educate him."

"But even so, Madam Xue is still able to intervene in her son's daily life, with little success."

Lin Ruhai felt a little sympathy for Patriarch Xue from the bottom of his heart, and took another look at Jia Shu, secretly rejoicing that Ruo Sang was not the kind of person who spoils children, otherwise there would be a grandmother who loves children in the family, and a mother who loves them, what would he do? No matter how strict his father was, he still couldn't guarantee that Pippi would grow into what he is today.

Lin's mother has a different opinion: "Then how old is the Xue family boy? Why do you have to think about such a big doll? Wait two years to enlighten the child, and just send it to a private school?"

Jia Shu originally thought that Xue Pan was young, so it should be fine to teach him carefully in two years.But thinking about Xue Pan's last temper, he still silently shut up.

Jinling is the headquarters of the four major families. In the past, there was a Zhen family who could force them to bow their heads three times. Now that the Zhen family is in decline, even if the head of the Xue family sends Xue Pan to a private school, how dare the master of the private school act like an ordinary person? Students generally teach?Not to mention anything else, if Xue Pan failed to complete the study task arranged by the master and was beaten by the master, would Aunt Xue really not blame the master?

Thinking about it this way, Patriarch Xue has not found a suitable family for a long time, so maybe he also has this consideration——

If the other party's family background can't suppress the Xue family, then Xue Pan will only show off when he comes to the other party's house, and he will not pay attention to the other party at all, and still go his own way.And the other party was concerned about Xue's family background, even if he wanted to, but if Xue Pan really wanted to make a fuss regardless of his care, the other party really had nothing to do.

However, Xue Pan is known as the Dumb King in the original novel, and he was also a headache-inducing demon king when he was a child.

Thinking about it this way, if Xue Meng dies early, even after the last shackle is gone, under the doting of Aunt Xue and the great power of the four major families clearing the way, Xue Pan will eventually become the lawless and unscrupulous appearance in the book , there is nothing strange about it.

But after all, it has nothing to do with the Lin family. After the family talked about it, they simply let it go without entanglement.

In a blink of an eye, it was the 15th Lantern Festival. On this day, the family was happily eating Lantern Festival. Jia Shu suddenly frowned and covered his stomach: "Ruhai, I seem to be about to give birth."

Lin Ruhai was stunned for a moment, and then shouted: "Hold the book and call the doctor—"