Daiyu of the Red Chamber owes no one

After arriving in Suzhou, the Lin family settled down.When setting off firecrackers, even Daiyu and Lin Zhen were not afraid, and Li Han was even better at setting off firecrackers than the young man.The family laughed and made a fuss, and all the servants came to kowtow to the master, wife, uncle, and girl. Jia Min also rewarded the purses prepared by everyone, which contained gold and silver barley seeds.A few more handfuls of silver beans were sprinkled, and the seven or eight-year-old children snatched them away, which was another scene of excitement.

Lin Ruhai saw that many boys in his family, aged seven, eight, and teens, all went off to snatch them away, but Li Han stayed by the side.Lin Da also smiled and said to Li Han: "You will also snatch it away, but just for fun, it's fine." Li Han just smiled and shook his head.Lin Ruhai saw that Li Han was young and had lived on the streets, but he still kept a pure heart and was not moved by money.Therefore, he took him with him when he took office in Yangzhou.

After the Lantern Festival, the Lin family went to Yangzhou, cleaned the house, installed the utensils, and settled down after a busy period. There was nothing to record except that the local salt merchants, big and small, all came to visit.Only Lin Ruhai saw that Li Han was of good quality, and thought that this Li Hanliang is beautiful and has a chivalrous heart. If he is cultivated to be a promising person, wouldn't it be good to be an arm for Brother Ling in the future?

Therefore, instead of taking Li Han into slavery, he hired a master of riding and archery with him, and sent him to school.Li Han originally thought that joining Master Lin's house as a slave would be a good way out, but he didn't want to have such good luck, he practiced martial arts and writing very hard, and he secretly thanked Master Lin in his heart.Daiyu heard this, and thought: Father has foresight, this Li Han was sincere to the Zhongshun Palace who promoted him in his previous life, if he is kept by his side today, I'm afraid it will really help Brother Ling in the future.

However, after more than a month, the outside manager came to report that a wife who claimed to be Zhen Fengshi brought a very smart girl to pay homage. When Jia Min ordered someone to come in, it turned out that Zhen Shiyin's wife, Fengshi, came to thank her with Zhen Yinglian.At this moment, Yinglian is nine years old, she is handsome and handsome, and has outstanding character. When Daiyu saw Yinglian, she was startled: Isn't this the Xiangling that Aunt Xue's family competed to buy in the previous life?The Xue family also suffered a life lawsuit because of this.

Who didn't secretly say that the character of Yinglian in the previous life was ruined by that stupid overlord?Moreover, Xiangling was clever and agile, so she asked Daiyu for advice when she was studying poetry, and Daiyu had a half-teacher friendship with her.The master and girl of the manyuan in the Grand View Garden, most of them have a pair of powerful eyes, but this Xiangling is a good character.Although the fate is rough, but never do those intrigues.Daiyu couldn't help sighing secretly: I don't want to accidentally save Li Han in this life, beat a gang of kidnappers, but rescue Xiangling, I'm afraid there will only be Yinglian in this life, and there will be no Xiangling.

Although Daiyu had met Yinglian before, so she struck up a contract with Yinglian, but somehow Yinglian felt very amiable when she saw Daiyu, as if she had known her in a previous life.Because Yinglian felt ashamed of her background, she admired Daiyu very much, but she was afraid to talk to her.When Daiyu saw her, she personally ordered Zisu to pour tea for Yinglian, and asked Zhen's sister to sit down, which flattered Yinglian.

It turned out that after Wu Tong sentenced the kidnappers, he asked the girls about their hometowns, how could Yinglian not remember?But in the previous life, because he was under the kidnapper's hand, he didn't dare to speak up, and later when he came to Xue's house, he felt that he was insulting the lintel, so he dared not speak up.Now that he was rescued, he clearly explained his origin and returned to Suzhou as early as last month.Just because Renqing Lane, Shili Street, outside Changmen was burnt out early because of the bombing of the Gourd Temple.The officials went around and inquired about the home of Feng's father, Feng Su, and Yinglian was able to reunite with her mother and son.

The Feng family is of course very grateful, although the money is shy, maybe the official is short of a few tea money.And because Wu Tong won Lin Ruhai's favor and made a political achievement in vain, which is not good, he asked the official to tell the truth if the poor man asked, and he could catch the kidnapper.So on this day, the Feng family took Yinglian to Yangzhou to express their thanks.

Jia Min naturally said that solving the problems of the people was originally a matter of the imperial court's order, so Mrs. Zhen need not worry too much.Jia Min saw that although the clothes of Feng's mother and daughter were very clean, but the material was rough, he knew that the mother and daughter of the Zhen family had a hard time.The mother and daughter traveled hundreds of miles to express their gratitude, and they were very grateful, and thinking that Daiyu's sister and brother had recovered this time, they should only do good deeds, so they confiscated 20 taels of silver and Feng's mother. Women do business.

How could the Feng family want it? She postponed it for a while, and thought to herself: Ever since she lost Yinglian and burned down the house in a fire, now the family business has been half-coaxed and half-earned by her father. Zhen Shiyin was coaxed out by a Taoist. After leaving home, the two maids also asked Jia Yucun to ask for one, and there was no good way for their mother and daughter to return to their father.Mrs. Lin is so charitable, why don't she sell herself to the Lin family, serve her wholeheartedly, earn a monthly silver, and find a worthy family for Yinglian to marry in a few years, so she can feel at ease even if she dies.Feng herself is over half a hundred years old, so it's okay, but she is a mother after all, and she is reluctant to let Yinglian become a slave, so she can't speak up.

After hesitating for a long time, thinking that Yinglian's future is important after all, she opened her mouth to say what she meant.Zhen Shiyin was considered a well-known gentry outside the Changmen, and Feng Shiyuan was also a respectable woman, but now she blushed a long time ago when she said that she was betraying herself.Yinglian was talking to Daiyu, but when she heard that her mother was going to sell herself into slavery for herself, she also wanted to cry.

Zhen's meaning is that she sells herself as a slave, and she only needs to live with Yinglian by her side. Yinglian only relies on her monthly money to support her, and she does not have food and clothing for the Lin family, but she begs his wife Xu Yinglian not to become a slave.Jia Min is also a mother, so she naturally knew what Mrs. Zhen meant, but at that time, there were no such rules for buying servants in every family.

Jia Min also felt pitiful after hearing the situation of Yinglian and her daughter, but Jia Min felt embarrassed by Feng's request.Although Jia Min is kind-hearted, he is not without principles. If he treats Yinglian mother and daughter too kindly, and is stronger than other servants, the other servants in the family will not accept it, and they will break the rules themselves, and the servants in the family will have nothing to do Something went wrong.Other servants followed suit, whoever brings a daughter today and whoever brings a boy tomorrow will all live in the mansion, this inner house is not easy to manage.So Jia Min looked hesitant.

Daiyu is also a kind-hearted person. The Rongguo Mansion was so chaotic in her previous life, and Daiyu also managed a Xiaoxiang Pavilion in an orderly manner, which shows her ability.Daiyu naturally understood why her mother was embarrassed.Daiyu thought to herself: The rules are naturally unbreakable, but taking Yinglian and her daughter doesn't necessarily mean breaking the rules.So he stepped forward and said: "Mother, the father of the former son said that he would invite me to have a husband. Wouldn't it be good for Miss Yinglian to stay and study with me?"

Jia Min listened, and only treated Daiyu as a child talking obstinately.But when I turned to look at Yinglian, I saw that she was two or three years older than Daiyu, and she was born well, so it would be great to be Daiyu's schoolboy companion.And at that time, when the children of rich families were studying, the bookboys naturally chose some clever young children from the servants at home to fill them in, and the families of scholars who were particular about scholars also invited the children of good people who were studying well to accompany them.

Those from poor families who aspire to study consider it honorable to study with the scholarly family, because the scholarly family invites highly educated gentlemen to teach, and there are many family heirlooms that are not easy to see outside, so they do it in the scholarly family Accompanied by a few years of study, it is faster than studying in an outside academy.The children of good people do not delay the scientific examination, which is an excellent way out. Therefore, people like the Lin family who have four generations of lords and five generations of lords, please accompany them to read, I am afraid that the outside world will break their heads.

It's just that the world favors sons over daughters, so it's not uncommon for elder brothers to ask companions to study, but I haven't heard of anyone whose daughter has been studying for several years and specially invites companions to study, but it is enough to pick two smart girls in the family.What's more, some people respect that women's lack of talent is virtue, and they don't let girls study.My Daiyu is studying, and I am asking two good girls to accompany her to study. Is it shocking the world?

After listening to Daiyu's words, the Feng family couldn't wish for it. If Yinglian really served as Daiyu's companion for a few years, when they married in the future, they would be educated by four generations of princes. identity.Jia Min thought about it for a while, thinking: If Yinglian becomes Daiyu's companion, the other servants will have nothing to say if they don't become slaves.Besides Yinglian's appearance and bearing needless to say, there are many daughters who are not as good as her, even if she is born as the daughter of a country gentry, it is suitable to be Daiyu's companionship.It's just that the master is in charge of such a matter, so he said to Feng Shi: "Mrs. Zhen, why don't you take Yinglian to stay at the house for one night today, and when the master comes back from get off work, I asked the master."

Feng Shi nodded and said yes, Jia Min ordered his servants to clean up the guest room with Yinglian and her daughter.

In the evening when Lin Ruhai came back from work, Jia Min said Feng's request. Lin Ruhai smiled and said, "Min'er is in charge of such a small matter, and asked me what to do? Our Yu'er is the most beautiful, and a hundred men are not as good as her. Since we have decided to raise Yu'er like a man, naturally we can't treat her badly, it would be even better if we find two innocent girls to study with."

The husband and wife have discussed and made a decision, and they replied to Feng's words the next day.Feng Shi was very happy, but she didn't want Jia Min to be embarrassed, so she went back to her father's house in Suzhou to seek refuge.Yinglian and other male companions from a scholarly family are average in reading, and the other servants naturally don't have to talk.

He also said that Jia Yucun, a poor scholar who invested in the Gourd Temple, was funded by Zhen Shiyin, went to Beijing to take the exam, and won the Jinshi.I worked as a magistrate in Suzhou Prefecture for a year, but because of some greed and cruelty, and because I was humiliated by my talent, I was read by my superiors after only one year, and my position was dismissed.This day, I got a message from a friend that Mr. Lin, the new Lianghuai Salt Transport Envoy, is going to hire Xibin for the female son of the family, so he came here to make a plan.

The Feng family arranged for Yinglian, bid farewell to Jia Min, and set off to return home.When he was about to leave the gate of the inner courtyard, he saw a man with a round waist, a thick back, a wide mouth and a square face, with sword eyebrows and star eyes, and a straight nose and cheeks. Who is Yucun?When this person came to beg Jiao Xing, he also said to find Yinglian for him, how could he be referred to?When Feng Shi saw Jia Yucun, he could not help but let out a cold snort, and then went out with the housekeeper.

But she said that the woman in charge was disdainful when she saw the male guest just now after seeing Feng Shi, and thought that the male guest would face him, because there was no such a guest in the house.So after returning to the house, he carefully told Jia Min what happened just now.

This Lin Ruhai took a rest, Lin Er took Jia Yucun to sit in the living room, and then went to report to Lin Ruhai.The friend who introduced Jia Yucun, Yuan and Lin Ruhai, were old acquaintances. Lin Ruhai read the letter and said that a former Jinshi in Huzhou, surnamed Jia, was dismissed because of slander by his superiors.

If Lin Ruhai didn't know about Zhen Yingjia's murder of Lin Feng, he would naturally agree to see the letter written by his old acquaintance. At this moment, Lin Ruhai would carefully investigate the details of anyone who came to the house to seek employment.So after seeing the letter, I asked Jia Yucun, the second generation of Lin, to come to the study to see it in person.

The servant served tea and exchanged some greetings. Seeing that Jia Yucun was well-spoken and had a great talent in his heart, Lin Ruhai was two or three points satisfied. He just waited for someone to inquire about Jia Yucun's personality. its left.At this moment a boy came over and said that the wife had something to tell the master.

When Lin Ruhai was meeting guests, Jia Min never interrupted, there must be a reason for this today.So Lin Ruhai asked Jia Yucun to sit down, and went out into the inner hall by himself.

Feng Shiyuan told Jia Min about the family's encounters in detail. Jia Min heard that Feng Shi saw a male guest and disdainful, so he paid attention and asked the servant to invite Lin Ruhai over.After Lin Ruhai entered the room, he said that the guest he was meeting was Jia Yucun who had come to apply for Daiyu's teacher.So Jia Min told Feng Shi what Jia Yucun was like.

Lin Ruhai heard that Jia Yucun had received money from Zhen Shiyin, but he went to Beijing to rush for the exam before he could say goodbye in person. He was naturally eager for quick success.Later, after becoming an official, he didn't think about repaying his kindness, and went to Feng's house to beg a girl, and felt that this person's character was flawed.Such a person is naturally not worthy of being a teacher with Daiyu.

Jia Yucun at the other end relied on his talent and learning, just now he had a few conversations with Lin Ruhai, and he also vaguely felt that Lin Ruhai was really talented and learned, and he was not an ordinary person like his previous boss.Just thinking about becoming the guest of the Lin family, with Lin Ruhai's ability, it is obvious that he will think about it again in the future with this connection.But the steward at the other end came and said: The master said, our girl's teacher has chosen someone else, please Mr. Jia to help himself.