The Hulk of the Red Chamber

When Shi Hong came back from the outside, he hurriedly called his servants to bring over the tea, sat down on the kang with no image, and pulled a soft pillow to cushion his back. After scraping off the fine tea powder, smelling the sweetness in the tea, he took a sip before heaving a sigh of relief.

He has been really exhausted recently. The so-called big hermit hides in the court, and the small hermit hides in the wild. Chang'an is the political center. Some officials say they are begging for bones to return to their hometowns.In addition, if anyone has any reputation, the imperial court will also conscript them into the imperial court as officials. Even if these people are only allowed to take on a vacant position and not get involved in court affairs, it is also a political attitude, which means that the imperial court is eager to seek talents.Moreover, there is Zhongnan Mountain near Chang'an, not far from Huashan Mountain, and many people live in seclusion there, and occasionally give lectures.Adding up these people is not a small number.

These days, Lin Ruhai brought Shi Hong to visit whenever he was free. Lin Ruhai was mainly an introducer, and when he got to the ground, it was time for Shi Hong to perform.

Don't look at those time-traveling novels, the protagonist's random sentence or two, such as "the people can let them know, but they can't make them know", can make those great scholars astonished. is impossible.Even if that sentence is really not the original meaning of Confucius, in that era, you can only make such a sentence, foolish people can rule, with knowledge, there will be a government, and the status quo cannot be satisfied. Where can the country get so much money and food to support it? So many readers!

The great Confucian scholars that Lin Ruhai could see on stage would naturally not be those who deceive the world and steal their names. They have all been immersed in the sage's subtle words and righteousness for many years, and their understanding of the classics is naturally much better than Shi Hong's understanding of reading for exams.Lin Ruhai brought Shi Hong to the door, and these people naturally wanted to study Shi Hong's scriptures and even the political opinions derived from these scriptures.

Shi Hong's only advantage is that he is not rigid and flexible in thinking, and he can pick up what others say, because he comes from the era of information explosion, and he is barely knowledgeable, and he has his own ideas about political opinions, unlike ordinary people. Young people are too extreme, or too idealistic, but they are very pragmatic. There may be omissions in many ideas, but they are practical.In particular, Shi Hong's temperament is still quite likable, and with Lin Ruhai's face, Shi Hong finally left a good impression on a group of old men with gray hair and beards, and he naturally gave a few words of praise, such as Words such as young talents, extraordinary experience, and bound to become great talents.If it weren't for Shi Hong's career as an official, and he didn't want to be a scholar all his life, two old men would have snatched Shi Hong to be their students.

Although the overall proportion of famous Confucian scholars in the capital is not high, they are figures who have a place in the political center of the country after all.These people may not have real power in the court, and many of them are just relatively leisurely officials, but their influence is beyond doubt.Their evaluation of Shi Hong influenced Qingliu's attitude towards Shi Hong to a large extent. The most direct reaction was that Shi Hong's life in the Imperial Academy was much easier.

However, such a day also cost Shi Hong a lot of mental effort, and sometimes he felt a pain in the brain, and he had to carry it when he was outside, and he would feel more relaxed only when he was home.In just a month or so, Shi Hong lost a lot of weight. Mrs. Qin was very distressed. Various nourishing soups and waters were served in turn, and Shi Hong was not allowed to drink any strong tea. Instead, she asked a doctor to make medicine. When the tea came back, I added honey for Shi Hong to drink.In order not to let Shi Hong hurt his body at a young age.

And at this time, it was time for the historian to make an appointment with the Lin family.

Mrs. Qin can now see that no matter what kind of marquis's house her family is, she is looked down upon by those civil servants. Marrying with the Lin family is indeed the best choice. Therefore, although it is Xiaoding, Mrs. Qin still uses Twelve points of thought.In addition to the whole set of head jewelry prepared, Mrs. Qin found a pair of white jade Ruyi from the storeroom and put them into the box.

Mrs. Qin's dowry nanny, Mrs. Xu, looked at Mrs. Qin holding a dotted emerald bead inlaid with precious gold, and then at a silk inlaid with five phoenixes hanging on the sun, and finally chose the latter one. Zhi, couldn't help but click his tongue: "My wife really values ​​the girl of the Lin family. This small betrothal gift is so heavy. Wouldn't the betrothal gift be dazzling!"

The corner of Mrs. Qin's mouth smiled: "Mama has also met the niece of the Lin family. It is not an exaggeration to say that the child is both talented and beautiful. If Cousin Min is not gone, it is possible to marry the royal family and be a princess! Besides, she She is going to marry Hong'er to be the wife of our historian, so we naturally have to give her enough face first!"

"What madam said is true! It's the servant girl who has too little knowledge!" Madam Xu exclaimed, "Speaking of which, the uncle has never met the girl from the Lin family, and I don't know what the uncle is thinking!"

Mrs. Qin closed the box and said with a light smile: "Marriage is a major event, of course it is the order of the parents and the words of the matchmaker. The niece of the Lin family is also Hong'er's junior sister, which is a perfect match!" Although she said so, Mrs. Qin was still thinking about it. Do you want to think of a way to let Shi Hong see his future wife, so that he won't be hanging on his heart all the time.

However, these days, it is not easy for unmarried couples to meet before marriage, not to mention that there has not been a formal decision here, and naturally they cannot be encouraged to give and receive privately. Shi Hong just took a look.

The next day was when the decision was made. Shi Taijun took his two daughters-in-law and Wang Xifeng, the most proud granddaughter-in-law, in the car early in the morning, and went to Lin's house.

Although Shi Taijun wanted to make Lin Daiyu and Jia Baoyu a pair, but now it is obviously impossible, and he can't fall out with the Lin family because of this, not to mention that the Jia family still has a lot to rely on. Her face was full of kindness, and her face was blooming with a smile.

Lin Ruhai has a lot of friends, and this is the time when the spring breeze is in full bloom. Therefore, many people came to the Lin family on this day, and some people who were barely related also came. Some were complimenting Shi Taijun, and some were talking about this How the marriage was arranged by heaven and earth, the backyard suddenly became lively.

Lin Daiyu also admired Shi Taijun very much, and she was also quite happy when Shi Taijun came to host the Xiaoding for her.Although Mrs. Xing was a bit clumsy and tongue-tied, what she said was sincere. Mrs. Wang also said a few words of congratulations, but Wang Xifeng was slick and articulate, and she spoke in a frank manner, which amused everyone present. Smile.

Lin Daiyu also dressed up carefully this day. Compared with usual, she was dressed brightly. Her body is much better now. Although she is still slim, her face has a healthy blush, not the color of rouge. , It makes people feel happy when they look at it.

Mrs. Qin held Lin Daiyu's hand, and she became more and more satisfied the more she looked at it, she said a few words of praise, which made Lin Daiyu blush, but thanked her generously.

Mrs. Qin personally put on the silk inlaid hairpin on Lin Daiyu's black bun. Although Lin Daiyu was young, she already had a noble family under the tutelage of Mother Zhao. The woman's grace and demeanor, wearing that hairpin, not only was not overwhelmed by the guests, but she was even more radiant, and the people present were even more amazed. What a blessing, such a fairy concubine-like figure is about to become her family's daughter-in-law, which makes Mrs. Qin laugh from ear to ear.

Mrs. Fang naturally also came over, looking at the bright and charming Lin Daiyu, her words and demeanor are quite elegant, which made people secretly praise her.Thinking that Shi Ze is older than Shi Hong, but he still hangs out in the Imperial College, Mrs. Fang also took a fancy to the prostitute daughters of several families before, but now she pales in comparison with Lin Daiyu, from family background to appearance From rhetoric to demeanor, there is nothing comparable, which inevitably made Mrs. Fang feel a little irritated, thinking in her heart, she still needs to look again, no matter what, her son will also be a prince in the future, how can she be just one of them? Anyone with a small door can enter the door!She didn't expect that, while she was doing all she could for her son, Shi Ze didn't know how to understand her parents' painstaking efforts. It didn't take long before she gave Mrs. Fang a blow in the head, but that's for another story.

Lin Daiyu accepted the small ceremony, so naturally she also needed to return the gift, but it was just four-color needlework.

Mrs. Qin looked at it for a while, then nodded inwardly.Naturally, historians don’t need their masters to do a lot of sewing. Like Mrs. Qin, it’s rare for her to do sewing all year round. There are also fewer small things to do. Being the mistress of the house, what you want is to host the middle class.

Lin Daiyu's needlework is actually quite good. She learned Suzhou embroidery, which is exquisite. After Lin Daiyu got the news, she started to do it. They are all small things, which don't take much time. Lin Daiyu is also clever, so a few things to look at At least when Shi Xiangwen and Shi Xiangni were the same age as Lin Daiyu, their needlework was worse than hers.

In this way, Xiao Ding can be regarded as a complete success. Mrs. Qin and the guests who came to watch the ceremony left separately, but the Jia family stayed. After all, they are also playing the role of half masters at this moment, especially, as elders, Shi Taijun should also teach Lin Daiyu some things she should know after getting engaged.

Shi Taijun stroked Lin Daiyu's shoulder and sighed: "Your mother's engagement and marriage back then is still the same as yesterday. Now, Yu'er, you are getting married too! If your mother is still here, then you should What a joy!"

Lin Daiyu was so hooked that she thought of her dead mother, so she couldn't help feeling a little sad.

Shi Taijun came here not only to preside over the ceremony for Lin Daiyu, she also had more important things to do.The Jia family is going to build a family-saving villa at the moment, but this thing is like burning money. Of course, there are also children of the Jia family who are in charge of this matter, desperately trying to make money from it. To buy some opera actors, I reported 2 taels of silver, which was not considered a costume, but ended up buying a dozen or so flat-faced little girls from Ren Yazi, and directly hired someone to train them, and most of the money went into his own pocket. .That's all for opera singers, not to mention all kinds of antique decorations, flowers, plants, trees, stones, rare birds and animals, those who sell for a few pennies in the market, those servants dare to report tens of taels, and they will naturally give them any extra money. separated.In this way, without a million taels of silver, the provincial villa can't even stand up.

In a word, the Jia family's money was spent, and the provincial family villa was built in its prototype. They needed money, so naturally they took this opportunity to find the Lin family.