Ten Miles of Spring Breeze in Red Mansions

Lin's house is not big, and there are not many servants. While walking, Lin Daiyu heard the family call this child "Brother Bao".

Thinking about it, he was treated like a jewel like a treasure, so why are you willing to turn him into someone else's child?

The three of them were stopped at the door of the room. Brother Bao's biological mother, Grandma Lin San, stood at the door and stopped him, "You servants, just look at it from a distance. Brother Bao has thick eyebrows and big eyes. , the radius of the pavilion, I am sure Mr. Lin will like it."

Lu Yi smiled coldly, turned around and left, "Since the third grandma made things difficult in every possible way, we will go back and report to the master."

"Hey! Wait a minute, what nonsense are you talking about? How did I make things difficult for you?" Grandma Lin San raised her eyebrows and was about to quarrel.

Seeing her shrew appearance, Lin Daiyu couldn't help frowning, and Yan Ji stepped forward, half covering her.

Lu Yi is not afraid of quarrels, so he flicked his sleeves and said angrily, "You guys better figure it out, don't beg for a meal and talk about your integrity. If your son is really precious, then stay here so he can be spoiled. , there is no room for true Buddhas. There are several others waiting for us to visit.”

Although what he said was ugly, Yan Ji saw that there was no real anger in his eyes, presumably he was intentionally mean, and guessed in his heart that it was probably to suppress this woman.

Sure enough, when Lin San saw him getting angry, she smiled apologetically, "Don't take it to heart, my steward. I'm not sensible even for a little woman. Please go inside."

Lu Yi shook his head, "Buying pigs to watch the pen, but looking at the third grandma alone is not a fuel-efficient lamp, so I will leave."

The third young master of the Lin family has been hiding in the house. At this time, Fang came out, raised his hand and slapped the third grandma, "You're talking nonsense, you're a fool."

He made repeated apologies to Lu Yi, "My wife is ignorant, and Guanshi Lu is upset. It's getting late, so I asked the kitchen to prepare wine and vegetables. Let's have a drink."

Lu Yi pretended to move, and Lin Sanshao hit the rails while it was hot, "Adoption is not a trivial matter, it has to be done slowly. Wouldn't it be better to take a closer look at the remaining few houses tomorrow?"

It's best to wait until Lin Ruhai dies of illness, leaving only their family.

"Forget it, let's bother." Lu Yi finally let go, and Lin Sanshao hurriedly led him to the small hall.

When Lu Yi turned his head, seeing Lin Daiyu and Yan Ji following suit, he waved his hands and said, "Go and eat by yourself, you don't need to wait."

Both claimed to be.

But no one came to take them.

They didn't panic and just stood there quietly. Lu Yi glanced at Lin Sanshao, "It can be seen that except for the third young master, no one else welcomes us."

"Where is it?" Lin Sanshao gave the third grandma a hard look, "Hurry up and take the little brother and the girl to eat too. Remember to have good food and meat."

Grandma Lin San came from a businessman, and her dowry was quite generous. She was able to speak well in the Lin family on weekdays, and she was more respectable than the two sisters-in-law above. Today, she was slapped by her husband. He was held tightly by the nanny and maid.

Seeing that the third young master still dared to show her face, he covered his face and snorted coldly, pointed to a woman and said, "Lead them to the kitchen."

Lin Daiyu left her elders and servants for the first time. She was not afraid, but felt very fresh. She looked around secretly, walking slower and slower.

Yan Ji laughed, and stretched out his hand to help her, "If you get lost, you won't be able to go back."

Lin Daiyu pursed her lips and smiled, bringing out that little dimple again.

It must be fun to poke it, Yan Ji is a little itchy.

Naturally, the Lin family's kitchen was not very clean, and the two were placed on a dirty square table, sitting opposite each other.

Yan Ji's mouth was very sweet, and he thanked and praised the cook at the same time. The cook boasted that the little brother could talk, and cooked two dishes for them first.

"You guys eat first, I have to buy the noodles for the table, the rice is there, serve it by yourself." She put down two more sets of bowls and chopsticks.

Yan Ji served two bowls of rice, more for himself, and Lin Daiyu took a small bite.

The cook was cutting the vegetables, and she looked at them distractedly, and she disagreed, "I said, little girl, just eat this little? She's so thin, give her some more, ma'am, the dishes I made, I promise you After eating a bowl, I want another bowl."

Lin Daiyu looked at a bowl of scrambled eggs with loofah and a plate of fried shredded pork with celery in front of her. It smelled good, but she had a small appetite, so she said shyly, "I don't eat much, so I really don't need to add more. If I finish eating, I will add more. Okay? Don't waste it."

"That's fine. People from this big family are different. The little girl is weak in writing, and she speaks very pleasantly."

Yan Ji asked her to beg for another bowl, took out some of the two bowls of food, and put them in front of Lin Daiyu, "Sister eat here."

Lin Daiyu is very clean by nature, how can she be caught in the same plate with herself.

"Thank you, Brother Yan." Sister Lin thanked in a low voice.

The cook cut the vegetables twice and was distracted again.

It turned out that a tall, thin boy came in from outside. He looked sallow and thin, with a serious and cold face.

The cook hurriedly threw the knife away, and said, "Fourth young master, they have bullied you again in the past few days since I've been home."

The fourth young master smiled a little more on his cold face, "It's okay, but I'm not given food, I'm used to it."

"Oh, how can this work? You come to eat quickly, and I'm the only one who cooks. Brother and girl don't dislike it, right? Let the fourth young master eat with you." The cook said anxiously.

Yan Ji got up and cupped his hands and said, "Fourth Young Master does not dislike us."

The Fourth Young Master nodded at him, put the book in his pocket first, and filled a big bowl of rice for himself. He wanted to pick up vegetables, but his sleeves slipped a little, and there were red scars all over his wrists .

The cook wanted to say something, but because of the presence of others, she had to go back to cook.

After a while, I shared a small dish from the fried dried shredded rice with them.

Yan Ji put a chopstick of celery into the bowl, and without eating, he asked the fourth young master leisurely, "I don't know how the fourth young master will explain [it's ceremonial, it's indecent]."

This is a sentence from the 25th year of Zuo Zhuan Zhaogong, and the book that the fourth young master just put into his arms is exactly Zuo Zhuan.Yan Ji saw that he was wounded and poorly dressed, but calm and unhurried, so he asked this question.

This sentence is very simple.

The fourth young master paused for a moment with the hand holding the vegetables, "The rituals of the husband are the scriptures of heaven and earth, the righteousness of the earth, and the behavior of the people."

After finishing speaking, he glanced at Yan Ji indifferently, "Even the servants in the Lin family have to learn Zuo Chuan? It's really a family tradition."

"It's just a small hobby, even a young girl, I have studied it for a few days." Yan Ji smiled, his rough face could not hide his gentle demeanor.

"Oh?" The fourth young master slowly swallowed a mouthful of loofah, "In the spring and Autumn period, hegemony rises one after another, big countries fight for hegemony, small countries try to survive, courtesy breaks and music collapses, what is Tao?"

"Respect the king and hegemony, respect the sky and protect the people." Lin Daiyu replied.

The fourth young master said, "If you respect the king, why do you respect hegemony? What's the difference between respecting the king and expelling barbarians and narrowing the emperor to order the princes?"

"If there is a way in the world, then the rites and music will be conquered by the emperor; if there is no way in the world, the rites and music will be conquered by the princes. At least Duke Huan of Qi still has a word for rites. What's more, before the three families were divided into Jin Dynasty, the emperor of Zhou still had a little prestige. Why not Respecting the king and adoring the hegemony?" Lin Daiyu thought about it, "I feel a little bit of hatred for iron but not steel, and I feel that Zhou Tianzi has not managed these princes well."

Her poems are excellent, but she is not very interested in history books, so she is a little shy to say it well.

"Family history. You came here as soon as you opened your mouth." The fourth young master's eyes lit up with admiration, but it disappeared in a moment, and his expression returned to indifference, "Stop talking about this, let's eat."

He ate very fast, it could be said that chopsticks were flying like flying, and he ate up a bowl of rice with just a few chopsticks.

There was a constant stream of people coming and going in the kitchen, all of them were preparing for the table ahead, and the cook was very busy.The Fourth Young Master finished eating, put the bowls and chopsticks by the sink, and was about to leave.

There was a servant girl who was about to go out with a dish, and when she rolled her eyes, she bumped into the Fourth Young Master with the dish, "Ah, what should I do, the Third Young Master is in a hurry, this is for entertaining distinguished guests."

It was a lion's head in a pot of soup, and the fourth young master took Zuo Chuan out of his arms and saw that it had been wet and dirty by the soup.He seemed to grit his teeth, turned around and left after a while.

The servant girl refused to spare him, she tugged at his sleeve and said, "The fourth young master bumped into the servant girl, is he going to leave? The third young master is blamed, and the servant girl can't bear it. If it delays the important matter of Brother Bao's adoption."

Lin Daiyu's impression of this mansion was extremely bad, she clearly saw that this servant girl deliberately bumped into the fourth young master, if there were such scumbags in the Lin family, she would definitely be kicked out.

Yan Ji put down his chopsticks with a slap, and said with a smile, "It's really funny, I saw someone planted in broad daylight."

The servant girl didn't know his identity, but when she saw that he was just a young servant, she flew over without fear, "I advise you not to meddle in other's business, even if you want to curry favor with the master, ask who it is. The fourth young master is no better than the third young master, the former master personally He was beaten and punished to kneel all night. You have thought it through yourself."

Lin Daiyu felt that these words were extremely strange, since she is the young master, how could even a servant girl bully her? She also saw some of those scars, which could not be so red and swollen without hard work, and some of them were even torn.

She moved to the cook's side and whispered, "Mom, this fourth young master..."

After all, family ugliness cannot be publicized, and the cook dare not speak.

Lin Daiyu chased after her and said, "The master sent us to visit our house, just to see that the adoptive family is reliable. Mom, please do me a favor, don't make it difficult for us to go back. If the master really values ​​that person, the fourth young master Will life be more difficult?"

The cook was soft when she heard what she said, and thought that the fourth young master was always pitiful, and could really mess up the adoptive person, so it was good to break up, and everyone was happy.

He hurriedly pulled Lin Daiyu to the corner, "Girl, there are not enough people, please give me a hand, and I will treat you to shortbread later."

Lin Daiyu understood, and followed her, and heard the cook whisper, "The fourth young master is a maidservant, and the master despises his mother as a maidservant."

"You didn't get promoted to Auntie?"

No matter how disgusted you are, there is no such thing as bullying your own son, right?

"It's a bad fate. I went away not long after the fourth young master was born." It was inconvenient for the cook to say more here, but Lin Daiyu didn't care, thinking about going back and asking someone to come to inquire again.

There was still a lot of trouble over there, Yan Ji actually looked at the Fourth Young Master, and both laughed, the Fourth Young Master said, "Although I don't know who you are, you really don't look like a servant."

"Brother Lin will know about it in the future." Yan Ji felt that this man was a good match, "Little brother Yan Ji."

"Lin Yuan, I hope I can wait until that day." Lin Yuan shook the Zuo Chuan in his hand, his eyes were full of distress, "There will be a period later."

Yan Jitong said to Lin Daiyu who came back after hearing the gossip, "This Fourth Young Master Lin is really an interesting person."

"Brother Yan only sees that he is interesting, but I think he is very pitiful." Lin Daiyu shook her head, "I can't imagine how my father beat me."

"You are a girl, let alone who would be willing to beat you." Yan Ji smiled, "Heaven will send a great task to the people, and they must first work their muscles and bones and starve their bodies. Lin Yuan, a good name, there will be opportunities in the future , he will definitely be able to dive out of the abyss."