The Lin family has a female named Qingyun [Red Mansion]

This day, Lin Qingjun was the birthday star, and the banquet arrangement was arranged by Daiyu. Although there was no drama, the little sisters were lively together.I have to say that women in ancient times were indeed precocious. Except for Xichun who was younger, the others were all between eleven and thirteen or fourteen years old. Wang Xifeng was older but used to be a jokester. Lin Qingyun often ignored them when she listened to them age.

The guests and hosts had a good time here, while Jia Baoyu on the other side was arranged in the flower hall.

As soon as Jia Baoyu entered the flower hall, he didn't care about anything else, but asked Zijuan: "What did Sister Lin prepare for me? Quickly bring it out and let me see."

Seeing this, Zijuan intentionally teased him, and raised her finger to point at the table full of rich food and drink: "Naturally, I have prepared a table to entertain Second Master. Could it be that Second Master is not satisfied? If Second Master doesn't like it, I'll ask someone to change it if he wants to eat something."

Jia Baoyu stared at her twice, and smiled: "Sister Zijuan, don't coax me, I know this is not what Sister Lin prepared."

Zijuan sighed in his heart, thinking that although Baoyu was not good in other things, he was indeed Daiyu's confidant, but unfortunately... restraining his random thoughts, Zijuan smiled and held out a book: "This is the girl who gave you a book." Prepared. The girl said that this book can only be read here and cannot be taken away. It’s not that the girl is stingy, but if you take it back and let others see it, it will inevitably cause trouble.”

"What kind of book is hidden like this?" Jia Baoyu became more and more curious, and read the book as soon as he took it. He was full of surprise at the first glance, and couldn't stop reading it. He couldn't remember that he was here to eat noodles.

It was "The Merchant of Venice" that Daiyu prepared for Baoyu, and Lin Qingyun had also obtained the consent of it before.Lin Qingjun was guarding against Baoyu just so that Daiyu wouldn't suffer, not because she hated Baoyu as a person, not to mention it was just a book, as long as everyone who didn't go out and yell knew it, she wouldn't stop Baoyu from reading it.However, when she thinks of the stories in the book and Baoyu's rebellious nature, she can't help guessing whether Baoyu will be stimulated by the theme conveyed by the stories in the book.

At the same time, the Shangwen Building prepared by Lin Qingjun officially opened.

As the shopkeeper of the library, Ye Song led the staff in the building to stand at the gate, and after the sound of festive firecrackers, invited the onlookers to come in and have a look.When a new store opens, people are bound to be curious, not to mention Fengsheng spread the word before the bookstore opened. Knowing that it is a new bookstore, colleagues pay more attention to it, and naturally they will come to find out the truth today.

A carriage was parked on the side of the street, the corner of the screen window was lifted, and the line of sight was facing the door of the library.

"Shangwen Lou." After Tu Yan met in the church that day, he deliberately asked Lin Qingyun to check, and unexpectedly learned that she knew Western Chinese, not only loved reading, but also opened a family library.He felt that this Lin Qingyun was a bit disobedient, and thought that Lin Ruhai had inexplicably recognized a adopted daughter, so he ordered someone to investigate further, and he found out her true identity.

Get out of the car and walk into the Shangwen building like other spectators.

Today, Tu Yan came prepared, wearing an ordinary green shirt, holding a folding fan, and his handsome appearance, making one think he was a scholar from some family.The two guards turned into ordinary clothes, and followed closely behind two steps.Tu Yan wandered around in the study building, finally went up to the second floor, asked for the private room, and ordered refreshments.

When the food was delivered, Tu Yan was a little interested in the novelty steamed cake. After trying one, he felt that the taste was delicate, soft and smooth, which he had never tasted before.He suddenly remembered that he had seen some foreigners in Quanzhou. Those foreigners always liked to drink black tea and eat snacks. Although the taste and appearance were different, they were similar to this steamed cake.He felt that Lin Qingyun was even more mysterious.

But it is said that the things in this Shangwen building are not unusual, the novelty lies in the layout.

As soon as you enter the gate, you are facing the counter against the wall inside. Behind the counter is a lattice shelf. Except for some small potted plants, there are all kinds of writing brushes, inkstones, pen holders, rulers and other stationery utensils. It is a one-meter-high wooden platform with all kinds of papers. The large bookshelves on the left and right sides are full of neat books. When guests come, they can sit on the bench in the middle and read them as they please. I am very happy.When they discovered this, many people immediately took out the books and looked at them, and Ye Song ordered someone to bring a cup of tea.Although the tea is very ordinary, it is enough to surprise again.

Because Ye Song has already said that the second floor is a private room, and there are books in it, but it is mainly for everyone to discuss.Many people dare not easily set foot on the second floor due to illiteracy and other reasons, but some wealthy and educated people went upstairs to have a look, and found that there were many rare books in the private room, and they couldn't move them all at once. step.

The previous novelty was gone, and the ordinary spectators had dispersed, but Ye Song was still busy.

On the first day of opening today, according to Lin Qingyun's instructions, all tea and snacks are free, and all books are [-]% off. As expected, the business is very good. Not to mention the number of people buying books, the upstairs and downstairs are full.While busy, Ye Song took the time to make a calculation in his mind. Although the books were discounted, the discount was based on the selling price, so he didn’t lose money. Although the tea and snacks were not charged, the private rooms were charged. Earnings were flat.

When the last guest was sent away, it was already time to hold the lamps. Ye Song ordered people to close the shop, and rushed to Lin's mansion with the day's tent.

After dinner, Lin Qingjun and Daiyu sat in the room together and counted the gifts from each family.

Although Lin Qingjun was the adoptive daughter of the Lin family, Lin Ruhai valued it, so when he first recognized the adoptive daughter, he sent letters to each family to explain, and therefore Lin Qingyun's birthday was known to all families.Now on her birthday, every family also sent people to send things. Because Lin Qingyun was not yet ready and did not make a big deal, the gifts of each family were not heavy, but after careful calculation, the gifts from Jia's family were a bit too heavy.

Lin Qingjun and Daiyu didn't say anything to each other, they counted and entered them one by one.

Daiyu suddenly asked: "Why didn't you see the gift from the Zhang family?"

Zhang family?

Lin Qingyun really didn't remember it. After she mentioned it and searched again, there was no Zhang family.This is not normal, the Zhang family often sent people to give her things in the past, and birthdays would never be missed, let alone Zhang Ming was in the capital.With a jump in my heart, I remembered that Zhang Ming hadn't made excuses to deliver things here for a few days. Could it be that he was too busy with business?Or is something wrong?

She also didn't like to ask people to come to the door to ask, and she was afraid that there was something wrong with the Zhang family, so she ordered Bailu to go to Uncle Chen, and ordered Uncle Chen to go privately to see if there was anything wrong with the Zhang family.

Daiyu is also a sensitive and thoughtful person, so when something like this happened suddenly, she would start thinking wildly, fearing that Qingyun would be unhappy, and was about to comfort her, but saw the egret who had just left came back.

"Miss, my brother is here. Because it is inconvenient to enter the second gate, he asked me to bring the accounts from the library for one day to show the girl, and I will wait for the girl to show you." Bai Lu said and handed over a booklet.

Qingyun picked it up, flipped through it and watched it with Daiyu.There are not many accounts in a day. For convenience, the accounting method is also the Arabic numeral table she taught. The name, inventory, purchase price, selling price, discount, transaction amount, etc. are all clear at a glance.There is nothing wrong with Ye Song's account, and although the overall profit is not much, there is no loss, Qingyun is sure.

"Very good. Go and tell Ye Song that this account is done well, and we will do this in the future. I will go there in person when I have time in two days."

"Yes." Egret was also happy, and turned around to answer.

"Congratulations sister!" Daiyu saw that the names of several books recorded in the account book were very unfamiliar, and there were rare pastry names. Let's go see it tomorrow."

"Okay." If it is two days late, someone from the Jia family should come to pick him up again.

The next day they went out in the afternoon, so there were many people in the Shangwen building, so they went to the church first.Father Anderson was listening to the confession, but he had already told them to go into the library to pick up books by themselves.Lin Qingyun left the translation and took a copy of "Hamlet".

Daiyu accidentally saw a translation of American Travels, and she was reluctant to leave immediately.

When the two came to the Shangwen building, there was no one in the building, and Ye Song was helping to watch, so they were not afraid of bumping into someone embarrassingly.Lin Qingjun led Daiyu up and down, Daiyu childishly wanted to try the steamed cake, and imitated the masculine handwriting in the private room to leave half a pair, and then pulled Qingyun to discuss poetry Book, and then reluctantly left.

"Sister, why is this so, let's come again next time." In the future, there are still many plans for the bookstore business, and as long as Daiyu is willing, she can arrange the excitement.

"Sister, you are so kind." Daiyu hugged her and smiled cutely.

"Who made my younger sister so likable?" Qingyun pinched her nose in a vicious way, and the two of them played around for a while. They didn't have the style of the former Qianjin lady, but because of this, they felt closer to each other.

In the blink of an eye, it has been a month, and the business of Shangwen Building is on the right track. Perhaps because of the free reading of books, the business is very good every day.Lin Qingjun also signaled Ye Song to post a new notice that those who are poor and love books can copy books for free in the Shangwen Building, and only need to pay for the paper and pen.Compared with books, the price of paper is nothing, not to mention that there is a lot of room for choice in the price of paper. The reputation of Shangwen Building has been improved again, and almost all the scholars in the capital know about it.

The second floor has always been a high-consumption area. Although it has never been full, nearly half of the private rooms are used by people every day. Pastries and tea are essential. There are many positive reviews, and the income is naturally objective.

For now, Lin Qingyun is satisfied, she can't become a fat man with one bite, and some things have to be taken slowly.

Because it was too hot in July, Daiyu stayed at home for more than half a month on the pretext of heatstroke, and Wang Xifeng came to pick her up in person two days ago.Lin Qingyun was alone again, so he went to church and translated books again.

Just came back from the church that day, but I heard Zhu's sister-in-law Nahan say: "Miss, Uncle Chen is waiting at the door, it seems that there is something urgent."

While speaking, the carriage entered the gate, Lin Qingyun got out of the carriage, and seeing Uncle Chen hurried up, he opened his mouth and said, "Miss, someone from the Zhang family is here."

"The Zhang family?" Last time I didn't see the Zhang family's gift on my birthday, and Chen Shu didn't hear anything about the Zhang family's business after inquiring. Zhang Ming still went to the Hanlin Academy every day, so she ignored it, but Daiyu didn't care. Got annoyed about this.

"It's Mrs. Zhang, who is waiting for the eldest girl in the flower hall." Uncle Chen looked serious.As the former second housekeeper of the Lin family, Uncle Chen had seen many things, so when he saw the faces of Mrs. Zhang and the others, he knew that it might not be a good thing.Furthermore, the other party came to find the eldest girl, and the eldest girl had a marriage contract with the third son of the Zhang family...

Uncle Chen thought of the worst.

Lin Qingyun didn't expect that, but felt that it was a little strange that Mrs. Zhang's sudden visit to the capital was a bit strange.

After entering the flower hall, she saw Mrs. Zhang and the two sisters-in-law of the Zhang family sitting there, and quickly walked a few steps forward to salute: "Qingyun doesn't know that Aunt Zhang and the two sister-in-laws have come to the capital, and they have not greeted them from afar. I hope to beg for forgiveness."

"Get up quickly, you're not an outsider, why should you be so polite." Mrs. Zhang, who is nearly fifty, has kind faces and gentle words, and although she is not very affectionate to Qing Yun, she is very sympathetic.Mrs. Zhang was originally dissatisfied with the marriage arranged by her master for her third son, but after seeing Lin Qingyun, she felt that the master had a good vision and was already prepared, but who would have thought that such a thing would happen again.The master became very angry because of this, and he was ashamed to see Lin Ruhai, so in the end she had to come here in person.

"Why did Aunt Zhang go to Beijing suddenly? But what's the matter?" Qingyun is not a fool, and the shame in the other party's eyes almost overflowed, which made her very puzzled.But in a flash of inspiration, I thought of something, unless there was something wrong with Zhang Ming's marriage contract with her, otherwise the Zhang family would not be like this.

Sure enough, Mrs. Zhang opened her mouth, and finally said with a face full of shame: "Our Zhang family is sorry for you. Originally, you were expected to be a filial piety in the spring of next year, and you wanted to calculate a good date to fix the wedding date. It's just a pair of characters. , It’s actually a disagreement. In the past, your father and my master were also negligent and only wanted to get married. There was no formal rules for a single verbal engagement, otherwise how would you know that your characters are against each other.”

It's obviously an excuse, even if it was a verbal engagement at the beginning, Mr. Zhang didn't expect that Mrs. Zhang would not agree to the horoscope?I'm afraid that I want to withdraw from the marriage, and I don't want to get a bad reputation, so I'm just looking for an excuse.

Lin Qingyun himself was very indifferent to this marriage, so when he first heard the resignation, he was not shocked or sad on his face.

Seeing her silence, Madam Zhang felt even more guilty, as if the Zhang family had joined forces to bully an orphan girl, and they couldn't help scolding the third son in her heart.But now it is really impossible, so I can only say with a shy old face: "I am afraid that the marriage between our two families will not be possible. I have also told Mr. Lin about this matter. This time I came to Beijing to meet you and make amends in person." Speaking of getting up to salute.

Lin Qingyun hurriedly helped her up: "What is Aunt Zhang doing? How can Qingyun afford it? Originally, the marriage of children followed the orders of the parents and the words of the matchmaker. Aunt Zhang's family has never treated me badly. Now it's just that it's not easy to get married because of incompatibility. .Furthermore, if Uncle Zhang hadn't rescued him back then, there would be no such person as Qingyun. As my aunt said, from today onwards, the marriage between the two families will be invalidated, so there is no need to mention it again."

The more she was like this, the more Madam Zhang became embarrassing, leaving nothing but her things and hurried away.

At this time, Bai Lu and the others seemed to have come to their senses, and they all blushed and gritted their teeth angrily: "How can this, this family be like this? What if they divorced the girl? There is nothing wrong with the girl. But she became a divorced one, how can other people talk about it after hearing it? How can the girl be better in the future?"

If it was possible, Lin Qingyun wished she would never marry for the rest of her life. She was not sensitive to the three wives and four concubines in ancient times.