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

A few days later, Lin Ruhai rested and was asking about Zhuang Li's books in the study, but he saw Uncle Fu come in from outside, saying that Jia Lian had come.

Before leaving, Lin Ruhai told Zhuang Li: "I read the article you wrote yesterday, and it was very good. If there is no accident, you will be able to pass the provincial examination next year. Now you practice with the few questions I circled. It will be good for you to find some favorite books to read, and go out for an outing with friends in spring and talk about them."

Lin Ruhai sighed in his heart, this Zhuang Li was young but he had a rough heart, his articles were not only clear and meaningful, but also had extraordinary literary talent and beautiful style.If other people have such talent at his age, it is inevitable that they will show their sharpness or hold their talents arrogantly, but although he is sharp-edged, he is not blindly reckless, he is still good at strategy.If this son enters the official career, he may be a powerful minister of a generation!

"Ming Jing would like to follow Master's teaching." Zhuang Li sent it off respectfully.

After Lin Ruhai left, Zhuang Li scanned the questions on the paper first, knowing what to do, and then looked at the books on the bookshelf.Lin Ruhai treated him very well since he came here, and he was allowed to come and go in and out of the study room to read at will. Zhuang Li decided to pick a book to read just after writing an article to rest his mind.Unintentionally took out a foreign travel journal, and when I opened it, I found that it was a handwritten copy. The handwriting inside was beautiful and neat, like a woman's handwriting. Suddenly, I remembered that there were two young ladies in the Lin family. I'm afraid that some young lady copied the book and gave it to Uncle Lin for entertainment. of.Just as he was about to put the book back, a piece of paper floated out from the book. The handwriting on it was tied to the book by the same hand. It wrote a plum blossom poem. Get a glimpse of its intelligence, dexterity, and arrogance.

The Zhuang family has been a scholar for generations, both men and women have been able to read and write since childhood, Zhuang Li has also seen poems written by his sisters in the family, although they are good, their aura is far less than the one in his hand.

I don't know which Miss Lin did it?

Zhuang Li calmly put the manuscript back into the book and put it back on the shelf.

In the outer hall, Lin Ruhai was holding tea and remained silent, while Jia Lian, who was sitting next to him, looked distressed, he opened his mouth several times but did not make a sound.It wasn't Jia Lian's posturing, but most people couldn't open their mouths this time, and they couldn't help complaining that Wang Xifeng didn't help to stop him, but he was asked to run errands to embarrass himself with a single sentence.Although he is used to taking care of common affairs, he is still the second master Lian of the Rongguo Mansion. How can a man of the Duke's Mansion open his mouth to ask his relatives for money?

That's right, asking for money, not borrowing money.

Jia Lian really had no face to open his mouth.

"A man, he can talk as soon as he has something to say, why hesitate!" Lin Ruhai tapped the tea bowl lightly, and the crisp sound was especially ear-piercing in the hall.

Jia Lian thought that last time Uncle Lin offered to help him find an official. Before the matter was completed, he was so clever that he kept quiet, even Wang Xifeng didn't know about it.So Jia Lian smiled wryly: "Uncle Rong, it's really this time that my nephew is ashamed to open his mouth. The old sage in the palace, Grace, specially ordered Concubine Xu to go home to visit her relatives. Our mother and mother have not seen each other for many years in the palace. Now When I met such a long grace just after I was awarded the seal, the old ladies and gentlemen wanted to take the empress back home to reunite with the family. After all, the empress has a noble status. If you want to invite the empress to come back, the family will naturally prepare to build a guard house. The old lady said that at home Now that the money is not available, it is difficult to raise a large amount of money at the moment, so I sent my nephew to ask my uncle for help."

"What did the old lady say?" Lin Ruhai was indeed a little surprised. When encountering such a thing, it's called Zhanguang when others rush to give money, so what's the matter with opening their mouths to relatives in turn?Even if the Jia family now has less output and more income, after all, the Duke's mansion, especially Jia's mother, cannot lose face from the Duke's mansion.

"...It was the second wife who said that there was no money in the house, and she proposed to borrow some from relatives for turnover." Jia Lian paused, but still brought Mrs. Wang out, the words had been embellished.According to Wang Xifeng, Mrs. Wang's tone at the time was completely condescending, as if asking for money from relatives was giving the sky a big face, and she didn't feel that anyone would refuse.

Lin Ruhai had a bottom line in his heart.

When Jia Min was alive, he and Mrs. Wang had a bit of trouble. Although Jia Min should not publicize his family ugliness even in front of him, how could the two of them know nothing about it.He didn't think much about the rift between sisters-in-law, but Mrs. Wang was a bit contemptuous of her personality, and it was someone else's family matter. It wasn't until what Daiyu encountered in Jia's mansion that he hated Mrs. Wang.The Wang family taught their daughters that "a woman who has no talent is a virtue". The girl's family can only read a few words roughly, and she knows nothing about poetry and ink. Heavy.Mrs. Wang and Wang Xifeng's aunts and nephews are very similar, so it's not surprising that Mrs. Wang mentioned this, but Mother Jia also nodded...

Thinking about how many times Mother Jia mentioned the marriage of Liangyu, he was also indifferent when he was not appointed as an official. Now I am afraid that he wants to bring up the old matter again, and use this matter to test his attitude.

After thinking about it, Lin Ruhai said, "This kind of thing is too difficult for you."

Unexpectedly, when he heard this, Jia Lian had mixed feelings for a while, and he couldn't speak with a dry smile.

"At the end of the year, officials from all over the country will go to Beijing to report on their duties. It is also a good time to seek an official. A colleague from the Ministry of Officials said the other day that there is a vacancy in Shunning Prefecture. to take office."

Jia Lian's eyes lit up first. Although the general judge is a sixth grade, but it is a real job, and there is a Jia family background, it is easy to be promoted, but... Shunning Mansion, which is in southern Yunnan, not to mention remote, it is still very chaos.Furthermore, how could he escape from the current situation of the Jia family?Don't talk about others, I'm afraid his father won't like it.

"What, it's bitter? Can't bear the money from your house?" Lin Ruhai couldn't see through his thoughts.

"...It's just that we have to build a family home, and we have to prepare for the mother's family visit. It's really hard to escape, and the old ladies and gentlemen will definitely not agree." Despite this reason, Jia Lian was really reluctant to leave the mansion to suffer. What's more, how much money can be made by building such a large family-friendly hospital!This Rongguo Mansion should have been inherited by him, and if he didn't take it, he would be snatched away by the Second Household.

Lin Ruhai saw that he couldn't support the wall with the mud, so he didn't bother to talk to him for a while, so he got up and left.

"Uncle!" Jia Lian was dumbfounded. Knowing that he had offended Lin Ruhai, he couldn't help but regret it. After all, his future was at stake, and it was so hard for Uncle Lin to help, but he hesitated because of the lard.Jia Lian wished she could slap herself twice!

"Second Master Lian, this is what our master entrusted me to deliver to Second Master Lian, saying that the Zun's mansion gave birth to a concubine. This is congratulations and a token of my heart." Uncle Fu handed over a wooden box.

Jia Lian opened it and saw that there was a stack of bank notes, 1000 taels.

Jia Lian returned to the mansion with 1000 taels of silver bills. Mother Jia glanced at her with a dull expression and said nothing. On the contrary, Mrs. Wang looked stiff and said stiffly, "What an honorable event it is for your mother to visit my relatives. My natal brother After hearing about it, someone gave me [-] taels of silver, and Xue's family gave me [-] taels of silver. If Mrs. Lin is like this, it can be seen that Mrs. Lin has gone, and the Lin family has separated from our family."

Without any warning, Mother Jia dropped the tea bowl in her hand and slammed it straight in front of Mrs. Wang. With a loud bang, Mrs. Xing who was on the side almost screamed and jumped up.Just listen to Mother Jia scolding in a cold voice: "You can talk about what my Min'er is doing, that's what you can say? Our family builds a provincial house, and it is their wish that relatives pay for it. How can you choose it?" The more you choose, the less you understand the rules!"

Mrs. Wang had already stood up, she seemed to be respectfully bowing her head to listen to the training as usual, but Zi's face was flushed, her eyes were full of resentment, and she only clenched her hands tightly to hold back her anger.Now she is the mother of noble concubines, no one would flatter and flatter her, but this old godly woman always oppresses her with her mother-in-law's money.

"Go down and think about it carefully!" Mother Jia threw everyone out.

After leaving the door, Mrs. Xing glanced at Mrs. Wang with a smile that was not a smile: "Are the siblings scared? Oh, I was shocked just now. Who would have thought that the old lady would suddenly become annoyed. If I ask you, the younger siblings are ignorant. The old lady loves you too much, why do you stab the old lady in the heart. Besides, your Wang family is rich, but the Lin family is noble, and now Mrs. Lin is Jane's first-rank household secretary in the emperor's heart! Maybe your master will still rely on Uncle Lin to support him in the future."

"Hmph!" Mrs. Wang didn't have a good face towards Mrs. Xing, so she turned away and left.

Mrs. Xing only felt very happy to win the round, but she thought that 10,000+ taels of silver fell into Mrs. Wang's hands, and her heart ached with jealousy.After thinking about it, he ordered someone to prepare the car immediately, and told the Elder Master about it.