The Housekeeper's Daughter-in-law of the Red House

Every parent has the desire to hope that their sons will become dragons and their daughters will become phoenixes, and they will spare no effort for this.

Shulan sat anxiously in the main hall, looked outside, and sent people out to inquire.

There is a reason why Shulan is so anxious. The child who has been away for ten years is finally coming home, so how can she not be anxious or excited.

It is said that Lin'er was taught martial arts by Mr. Deng ten years ago, and then lived with Master Lin in the village in the suburbs. Shulan originally thought that Lin'er would be able to see Lin'er once every ten days and a half months, but she did not expect that Lin'er would be in a year's time. When he got a little success in practicing, he was packed away by Mr. Deng.

At that time, Shulan was really scared and fainted when she heard the words. Although Qi is not in a state of chaos, it is not particularly peaceful, and there are bandits in some places.What worried Shulan even more was that Lin'er was only three years old, and she was still a kid. What was she doing when she was three years old?Still playing without knowing anything.

However, Mr. Deng probably knew that Lin Zhixiao and Shulan were reluctant to let Lin'er go with him. After he secretly told Master Lin, he rode away directly from the Zhuangzi on the outskirts of the city without giving the two of them a chance to react.

Of course, Mr. Deng has a reason for doing this.

He murmured about Lin'er's potential. Mr. Deng was a real person. When he found out that Lin'er was born with supernatural powers that he couldn't teach, he only gave Lin'er some basic skills, such as zama step.

After waiting for Lin'er's basic skills to be well practiced, he led Lin'er to find someone who could really teach him.

If he had been taught by him, maybe Lin'er would have become a general, but he would not have become a famous general.He himself has a huge shortcoming, that is, lack of strength, and the title of "enemy of ten thousand enemies" on the battlefield also depends on his agility, not strength.It is conceivable how he can teach people who are born with supernatural power.

Elder Deng pushed Lin'er to a former comrade-in-arms of his. Although that person could not be said to be born with supernatural power, he was also surprisingly strong. Only by teaching Lin'er can he become a talent.

It's all for the good of Lin'er, besides, Mr. Deng is gone, Lin Zhixiao and Shulan can only be happy even if they don't like it, they can't find anyone, and they can only do that if they don't like it. Come back after learning.

They have been waiting for nearly ten years, and last month they finally received a letter from Lin'er about to go home, and they were so happy that Shulan couldn't keep her mouth shut all day.

"Why haven't you come yet!" Shulan was almost hopeless.

A two or three-year-old loli beside Shulan also snuggled up to Shulan's side and looked out curiously. She had heard that her big brother was coming back a long time ago, and she didn't know if his big brother brought her any fun things.

I forgot to mention that in the eighth year after Lin'er left, Shulan finally conceived again and gave birth to a daughter. If Jia Baoyu hadn't been born yet, Shulan would have thought that this daughter would be Lin Hongyu. Little red.

But even though it wasn't the one in the original book, Master Lin still named his daughter Lin Hongyu, which is really good for Lin'er's first name: Lin Shuyu.

"Grandma, don't worry, the young master will definitely be here today." The girl at the side comforted her.

"Sigh." Shulan's eyes turned red, "That little heartless man has been away for ten years, but he only writes two letters from home every year to report back. Alright, have you eaten well and dressed warmly?" Originally, she was planning to scold Lin'er, but in the end she couldn't help becoming worried.

Children are debts owed by parents in previous lives!

Worrying all the time.

After a while, I saw a fourteen or fifteen-year-old boy walking in with an arrow striding over his shoulders. As soon as he entered the door, he knelt down on the ground and kowtowed to the three people sitting on it. Please be safe."

"Get up." Finally seeing someone, Shulan burst into tears. Originally, she wanted to say a lot to her son, but at this moment, she couldn't say a word, only shed tears.

Mr. Lin also stood up excitedly. In fact, he regretted it the second year after Mr. Deng took Lin Shuyu away.The grandson he was looking forward to day and night left like this, and it was impossible to go home for several years, he missed it too!Looking at his daughter-in-law's red eyes every Chinese New Year, he also cried behind his back!

A man who bleeds but does not shed tears is enough to make him feel sad.

Patting Lin Shuyu's shoulder, Master Lin also had tears in his eyes, "Good boy, it's good to be back, it's good to be back."

Standing aside, Lin Zhixiao also looked at his son with a look of relief, seeing how he has grown up now, he felt very relieved in his heart.Every year, he lamented that his son's family could not be united in a distant place, but after all he was younger than Master Lin and had the adventurous spirit unique to young people. He supported his son to go outside to see.

Except for the fact that his son was too young to go out, he didn't worry too much. Boys, they just have to go out and make a fortune in order to make achievements.I've never heard of someone who stays at home for a day can become a talent, especially with the living example of Jia She.

On the contrary, Shulan, after the excitement passed, she started to turn her face, and yelled at Lin Shuyu, "You little heartless, what are you doing when you come back? You have been away for a full ten years, and you just came back now, what are you doing?" Just don't come back."

"It's all my son's fault, please forgive my mother." Lin Shuyu didn't get angry because of Shulan's attitude. In his memory, his mother loved him the most. He remembered that when he was a child, he didn't know how to restrain his strength. She looked at him helplessly, and then helped him deal with the funeral.

The pain of love, the pain of responsibility.

He knew that his mother was just blaming him, she didn't say anything to her, and suddenly disappeared without mentioning anything.

Seeing Shulan turning her head and ignoring him, Lin Shuyu walked to the other side cheekily, and said happily, "Mother, look at me, I've come back alive and well, I haven't lost a single hair, mother, please forgive me, okay?" .”

Shulan pouted, and decided to let Lin Shuyu dry for a while, otherwise the child would grow up courageous, and he didn't know what would happen in the future.

It's a pity, what Shulan didn't know was that her education was already too late. After going out for a full ten years, Lin Shuyu not only practiced martial arts with his master, but also waited for him to grow up, and in the next few years, he would follow his master all over the world. fattened up.

It's a pity that there is no so-called martial arts in this world, otherwise there might be a big drama of love and hatred between the sons and daughters of the rivers and lakes.

Lin Shuyu tried her best to get Shulan's forgiveness, but Shulan didn't let go. After saying a few more words, Lin Shuyu found the little loli hiding behind Shulan.

Showing a bad brother's smile, Lin Shuyu asked in surprise: "Mother, this is Hongyu, right! She looks so cute."

That's of course, don't look at who gave birth.Shulan thought very arrogantly.

The bad brother stretched out his An Lushan claws, and gently pinched the little Lolita's face, and the frightened little Lolita shrank behind Shulan in panic.After a while, another little head came out timidly and took care of Lin Shuyu curiously.

Seeing the little loli's eyes, Lin Shuyu quickly showed a big smile, and the frightened little loli buried her head on Shulan's body again.

Seeing the interaction between the two brothers and sisters, Shulan's heart softened, she squatted down and pushed Lin Hongyu to the front, pointed at Lin Shuyu softly and said, "Hong'er, this is my brother, the big brother who gave you little rabbit, please call me brother."

Lin Shuyu received a letter from her family outside, and when she learned that she had become an older brother and had a younger sister, she was sent back with a box, which contained a variety of walnut-sized walnut-sized pieces carved with various jade stones. What a little bunny.When Lin Hongyu grew up, she liked those little rabbits very much.

Speaking of the little rabbit, Lin Hongyu's eyes lit up, and then she called out to Lin Shuyu in a childish voice, "Brother."

"Hey!" Lin Shuyu heard Lin Hongyu calling brother, and suddenly felt that the whole person was bubbling with happiness, so happy.Hmph, seeing how someone shows off in front of me in the future, I will have a soft and lovely sister.

It was such a joy.

"Okay, Shuyu is exhausted after traveling all the way back, let him go back quickly to freshen up and refresh himself, now that Shuyu won't leave again after he comes back, he has time to talk." Lin Zhixiao said in the Said on the side, in the future, someone will lead Lin Shuyu to the room specially cleaned up for him in the outer courtyard.

The news of Lin Shuyu's return spread to the ears of people around Shulan like a rocket, even the master in Jia's mansion had heard about it, after all, it was a big disturbance back then.If it wasn't for Master Lin's guarantee, Shulan would have almost begged Jia's mansion to call the police to catch the child traffickers.

"I heard that your eldest son is coming." Mother Jia asked, sitting at the head.

Shulan took a step forward and said with a smile: "Back to the old lady, I came back yesterday. This child has been away for ten years and made me want to die. Now that he has returned safely, I am so heartbroken. It fell to the ground."

"It's a boy, you have to let him go out and run around." Mother Jia said with a smile, as if she meant something. ,

Sure enough, the complexion of Mrs. Wang who was sitting below changed.

Shulan sighed, "What the old lady said is that it's just that my mother is worried. If I hadn't given birth to Hongyu in the past two years, I still don't know how I got through these days. Is it a piece that fell from my body?" People, how could he be willing to let him travel far and suffer."

"What Lin Zhixiao's family said was that no mother would let her son suffer." Madam Wang interrupted suddenly.

Mrs. Zhang glanced at everyone, and said with a smile: "There is a saying that 'if you don't cut a jade, you can't make a weapon', and there is a saying that 'a strict father and a loving mother', it is better to raise children strictly if you want them to be successful."

Mrs. Zhang in this house has the confidence to say this. Everyone knows that Mrs. Zhang threw Jia Lian into Zhang's mansion after his sixth birthday. He was brought up by Mr. Zhang himself, and he could only see him for ten days and a half months. To Jia Lian once.

For this matter, there was a moderate war in Jia's mansion.

Everyone knew that Jia's mother was partial to the second wife, and everyone knew the influence of Mrs. Zhang in the literati circle. Hearing that Jia Lian was raised by Mrs. Zhang himself, Jia Zheng and Mrs. Wang, who hoped to have a son Jackie Chan, inevitably began to make small calculations in their hearts.

Of course, this small abacus is not a bad thing.They just wondered if they could let Mrs. Zhang teach Jia Zhu too!After all, everyone is convinced of Mrs. Zhang's strength. Before, he was unable to be a wife due to the entanglement of official duties. Now Mrs. Zhang only has a vain job and is completely free. Doesn't he have time to be a wife now?

Fortunately, Mrs. Wang is still a little sensible, and she was not dazzled by the beautiful picture drawn by Jia Zheng. She knew that the relationship between her family and the Zhang family was not very good with Mrs. Zhang. After all, when the family separated, the second room But in Dafang's hands, he took advantage of the fire and ruthlessly bit off a piece of Dafang's flesh.

It's not good to ask others to do things now, how can it be possible?

But it is also impossible for Mrs. Wang to spit out what she ate.

So Mrs. Wang thought about it and felt that this matter had to fall on Jiamu's head.

Sometimes Jia's mother is very contradictory. She is partial to the second room, but she does not stop the first room from being dazzling.From Mrs. Wang's point of view, Jia's mother's actions are hard to understand. Since you want to favor us, be thorough!It's such an ambiguous feeling every time, which makes people very uncomfortable.

But from Jia's mother's point of view, both of them are her sons. It is true that she is partial to Jia Zheng, but it is not the kind of partiality that cannot tolerate the slightest goodness of Da Fang.In the past, she thought that the elder son would get more family property than the younger son after he had the title, and the younger son had always grown up by her side, and he could help her gain the honor value of existence in the past, so it is strange that she is not partial.

But with the separation of the family, and with Jia Amnesty being bestowed an official by the emperor, Jia's mother's heart became a little more impartial.After all, after Jia Amnesty was bestowed an official by the emperor, she also had a lot of honor on her face. Jia Amnesty also gave Jia Mu a sense of presence and honor. Coupled with the strength of the Zhang family, Jia Mu did not dare to be partial on the surface.

After all, he is his own son!

It's true that Jia's mother is partial to the second wife, but she also knows the discordant factors between the eldest and the second wife. Faced with such a thing that will definitely be rejected outright, Jia's mother will not do it, and directly dismissed Mrs. Wang.

She was not afraid that Mrs. Wang would hate her. With Jia Zheng around, Mrs. Wang would not be able to turn the world around.Furthermore, the Wang family at this time is not only inferior to the Jia family, but also the historian of Jia Mu's natal family, and the Wang family is also inferior.

The initial brilliance of the four major families was in Jia's mansion, a family of two males, and then Jia Daishan succeeded in not descending to hereditary titles.After that came the historians, one family and two masters. Although it was not as brilliant as the previous Jia family, it was more glorious than the other three.The last is the Wang family, Wang Ziteng's rise in middle age, Wang Ziteng has not actually rushed to the heights in the history of Jia's family and historians, but only looks very strong when the other three families are lonely.

At this time, Jiamu's confidence was very strong, and Mrs. Wang had to wait 20 years to overwhelm Jiamu.

The result of Mrs. Wang tearing her face off to say it was naturally a tragedy. Mrs. Zhang refused without even thinking about it. She was still waiting for Jia Lian to crush Jia Zhu to death after she finished her studies. How could she give Jia Zhu same resource.

There is a relationship, there is a network, it is such a rascal, it is such a willful.

Dissatisfied? !

If you don't agree with me, go for a relationship!If it doesn't matter, just step aside, you can't eat grapes and say grapes are sour.

Because of this incident, the big family and the second room, who were not very good at first, became even more at odds, and Mrs. Wang once again strengthened her decision in her heart, waiting for her to make the big room, especially Mrs. Zhang, look good in the future.

Jia Zhu didn't move, and he was still studying in Jia's free school. At this time, Jia Dairu hadn't lost his wife or son in his later years. Although the scientific examination was not going well, he still had energy.For Jia Zhu, a talented child, he taught very seriously, and the results were not bad after a period of time.

Jia Zheng was also relieved, he firmly believed that his son's education was material, he was a genius, and he would definitely be named in the gold list in the future.

Ten years have passed.

Now Jia Lian is 14 years old, and he is well-known in the literati circle in the capital. Of course, the reputation of a young genius cannot be overshadowed by him, but everyone knows that there is such a number one person in the capital.

Of course, this also depends on his reputation due to his strong background.

Mrs. Zhang is very satisfied with Jia Lian's current situation. According to Mrs. Zhang's words, after three or four more years of experience, she will be able to pass the examination for talent.

She was born in a scholarly family, so she naturally knows how intense this scientific examination is, it is an invisible gunpowder, so Jia Lian is fine, she doesn't ask him to pass the first-class exam, she just needs to come step by step, with the Zhang family around Supported by the side, Jia Lian's future prospects are very good, so don't worry too much.

Of course, if Jia Lian was a fool like Jia Zheng and couldn't get along in the officialdom, he could only stare blankly.That's why Mrs. Zhang asked Jia Lian to attend some literati gatherings from time to time. Although it was a bit sour, it was very helpful for making friends and exercising eyesight and eloquence.

There is another reason why Mrs. Zhang doesn't have to worry about Jia Lian's future, that is, he has a decent old man.

Nowadays, who doesn't know that the emperor likes to look for Jia She to appreciate antique calligraphy and paintings when he is free!Although the emperor rarely had nothing to do in a year, but once a year, it was enough for Jia She to show off.

Hmph, brother can still see the emperor once a year.Unlike some people who have been officials for more than ten years and haven't seen the emperor once.

Jia She's children's shoes are a little stupid, but it's really this stupidity that made him understand a truth after working in the Ministry of Internal Affairs for several years, that is, you must never lie in front of the emperor, and it doesn't matter what you say underneath.The fate of being exposed for lying in front of the emperor is very miserable. He has seen many bloody examples before.

Today, Jia She's children's shoes are still the seven-rank sesame official who has remained unchanged for thousands of years. Speaking of which, Jia She and Jia Zheng are indeed brothers. nest.

On the contrary, Jia Amnesty's situation here is a bit special. The emperor spent six full years cleaning up and down the imperial court's House of Internal Affairs.As a person considered meritorious by the emperor, Jia She could have been promoted, but was rejected by Jia She.Because the military advisers around him and the old man Zhang had analyzed it for him, he was not good at other jobs at all, not only was he not good at even doing them, some things could not be learned.

Rather than being splashed with dirty water by people who were jealous of you before, it is better to be an official now. In the first year with the emperor, you can still have a sense of presence. Many people have a sense of presence with the emperor after a few years as officials Zero; secondly, Jia Amnesty is a master at what this official position has to do, and he is not easy to be fooled into making mistakes.

Anyway, Jia Amnesty's titles are all first-rank, even if he is a first-rank official, he has to say hello to Jia She, and it doesn't matter if his other official positions are small, at least he is not easy to make mistakes.

There is a good saying in the officialdom: don't seek merit but seek no fault.

It is the truth to be wise and protect yourself.

Jia Amnesty happily accepted the two's suggestions, and he was incomparably awesome in Jia's mansion, using his position as a seventh-rank sesame official to bully Jia Zheng, who made Jia Amnesty lucky enough to see the emperor several times a year.As for Jia Zheng, his official position was neither high nor low, and he could not go to the early court, so he never had the chance to see the emperor once.

Although Jia's mother would occasionally favor Jia Zheng, Jia Zheng, a self-proclaimed scholar, was still annoyed by Jia's pardon.In the past, it was Jia Zheng who bullied Jia Amnesty, who made him know how to study, and the children who can study in Jia's mansion are angels.

The so-called not perish in silence, just explode in silence.

In fact, Jia Zheng's temper is not good, he just pretends to be serious.From the original book, Jia Zheng wanted to beat Jia Baoyu to death immediately after hearing Jia Huan's complaint. It can be seen that he is actually a bit impatient.

Jia Zheng is a scholar, although he is a bit prudish, he also has some bad habits of a scholar, that is, his face is too high, and he must find a way to get it back in other ways.

So Jia Zhu's children's shoes were unlucky.

Jia Zhu is nineteen years old this year. He passed the Tongsheng Examination two years ago and successfully became a scholar. Now he is fully preparing for the Qiuwei Township Examination.

It stands to reason that such achievements can be regarded as young talents, but Jia Zhu did not have a good grandfather, and the influence of the Wang family in the literati circle was almost zero.Therefore, Jia Zhu's reputation outside is not as good as Jia Lian's. It is true that Jia Zhu passed the Imperial Academy by himself, but compared with Jia Lian who has been studying under the great Confucianism, Mrs. Zhang, she is not enough.

The founding emperor of Qi State set up Guozijian at the beginning of the founding of the country. It was an official school run by the state and was the highest school in the ancient Chinese education system.

However, the establishment of the Qi State was less than 100 years away from the demise of the Tang Dynasty. Today's scholars have not experienced the peak of the Song Dynasty and Ming Dynasty in history, and the number is not large.In addition, the country has just been founded, and there are not many nobles from meritorious families, so it is not difficult to get in the current Guozijian in order to increase the number of people.

As long as the family has a ministerial title of three ranks or above, they can send their children to the Imperial Academy. Of course, children from poor families can also pass the annual Imperial Academy exams.However, these people are taught in different classes, some are just here for gilding, and some really want to take the road of imperial examination for further study.

Jia Zhu got into the exam by her own ability, and did not go through the back door of Jia Amnesty, and she was proud of Jia Zheng back then!He entered the class where he studied hard at the Imperial College, and every time he took the exam, Jia Zhu's grades were not bad. With his deep background, the masters of the Imperial College liked him very much.

But can the master of Guozijian compare with the Great Confucianism?

Obviously impossible.

Moreover, Jia Zhu is a bit stubborn and a bit whimsical, thinking that he will become famous in the first battle and completely crush Jia Lian to death.

It's the same as when the servants of Jia's mansion compared Jia Zhu with Jia Lian in the past. Many people outside, especially literati, like to compare Jia Lian with Jia Zhu. Who made Mr. Zhang's reputation so popular? No one who reads at this time does not know him. of.

Jia Lian was not as good as Jia Zhu in Jia's house before, but after Mrs. Zhang sent Jia Lian to Zhang's house, after a few years, the outside evaluation is that Jia Zhu is not as good as Jia Lian. It has nothing to do with the relationship between talent and hard work.

This also made Li Shouzhong, who was originally planning to make Jia Zhu his son-in-law, hesitate for a moment. He is the sacrificial wine of the Imperial Academy. Although he is from the fourth grade, he is the largest official in the Imperial Academy.

He saw that Jia Zhu was well educated and had a strong family background. When he was nominated on the gold list in the future and had the support of his family behind him, his official career would definitely be easy. In the future, the day when his daughter Feng Guanxia wore her upper body was just around the corner, and she could be ordered to wear Feng Guanxia This is the greatest glory of ancient women.

Li Shouzhong's foresight and foresight for his daughter are both commendable, but he ignored the problem of Jia Zhu's frail body, but it's normal for a literati to be weak. Jia's mansion is so rich and prosperous, and Li Shouzhong never thought that Jia Zhu's body is weak , I just thought it was the reason why I lost weight because of studying hard and staying up all night. Li Shouzhong has also experienced this kind of thing. He can just take some supplements afterwards and get back up. It's no big deal.

Although I am optimistic about Jia Zhu, this is getting married, not playing.Therefore, Li Shouzhong found someone to inquire about the situation in Jia's mansion, and something went wrong after inquiring.

Because Jia Lian, the eldest son of Dafang, had a good grandfather, but Jia Zhu did not, so Jia Zhu felt resentful and compared Jia Lian, and once revealed that resenting his wife was not a great Confucian.

This was originally a trivial matter, even the sage Confucius would have done something wrong because of jealousy one day, let alone a mortal like Jia Zhu.But Li Shouzhong is a literati, and literati generally have more thoughts. Jia Zhu's words made him see Jia Zhu's previous efforts.

You must know that Li Shouzhong is the Imperial College Jijiu, and strictly speaking, he is also Jia Zhu's wife. Li Shouzhong has read Jia Zhu's article, and it is not bad, but he is not ready for it. After a lot of experience, he will have the opportunity to go to the Qiuwei Chunwei exam. You need to be older, and you can only rely on luck to take the exam now, maybe you are admitted to the examiner's appetite.

If her daughter were to marry him, Jia Zhu would pin all her hopes on herself. If he didn't pass the exam, wouldn't she be resentful that she wasn't a good teacher, and her daughter's situation would be difficult at that time.Who told him to be the sacrificial wine of the Guozijian, and he was in charge of the exam. Li Shouzhong was also qualified to advise on the content of the Qiuwei and Chunwei exams.

Of course, the decision-making power is definitely not in his hands.

Thinking about it this way, my mind became loose. This Jia Zhu is 19 years old this year. Is there any problem if he is not engaged and married?Otherwise, relying on his talent and learning about Jia's family background, how could it be his turn to catch the leak.

No, he has to think about this matter carefully, and he can't cheat his daughter for the rest of his life just because of haste.

Without Li Shouzhong's wholehearted support for Jia Zhu, Jia Zhu's scientific research career was much more difficult than what was not written in the original book, and he didn't know many tricks.

Originally, Jia Jing from the East Mansion could still consult, but unfortunately, Jia Jing was released a year ago, and he would not come back until at least two years later. When Jia Jing came back, the day lily was cold.

So what Jia Mu meant was that since Jia Zhu wanted to go back to his ancestral home in Jinling to take the exam, he might as well go to Jinling first and study with Lin Ruhai.

But Mrs. Wang didn't do it, she had a small child in her heart. The relationship between her and Jia Min has not been very good these years. On the contrary, Mrs. Zhang and Jia Min have a good relationship. If Jia Min remembers the conflicts between the two of them before, give Jia Zhu a small shoe What should I wear?

What Mrs. Wang meant was to let Jia's mansion go through the door, and let Jia Zhu stay in the capital to test Qiuwei.

The angry mother almost slapped her across the face. What is the capital city? A place where civil and military officials gather, the royal family and nobles gather together. This kind of place is a big province for scientific research.

Although Jinling is also a major province of scientific research, it is not as exaggerated as the capital city, and the Jia family still has some power in Jinling, so they can go through the back door when necessary.