Red House Reorganization Family

But Lin Daiyu rushed to the capital with her elder brother Lin Chen on the same boat, besides the two nuns and her close maid Xueyan, the only person she was closest to and familiar with was Lin Chen.

Lin Chen listened to his mother's instructions, reading too much on the boat could easily hurt his eyes, so he didn't allow Daiyu to read more, and only recited and taught Daiyu's poems. With mutual support, they became closer than before.

It was also because of Lin Chen's company that these two old mothers and a young maid accompanied the young master to Beijing, so they felt more at ease. When they were on the boat, apart from taking care of the two young masters' daily life, they just laughed and watched Get along with the two.

When they disembarked in the capital, they saw the sedan chairs and vehicles of Rongguo Mansion waiting on the pier. They were the same as the servants who came to Yangzhou to express their condolences. Their clothes and style looked different from theirs. Lin Daiyu couldn't help feeling a little nervous.

"Sister, don't worry. Our Lin family is a scholarly family, and the Rongguo Mansion is a noble family. It is normal for each to have a different style of work."

Lin Chen doesn't look at the difference between noble and scholarly families with colored eyes, but he was taught by his mother since he was a child that he should not be shy when he is high-key in the world, but he should be low-key when he should be low-key, so he treats Jia I don't quite agree with the extroversion of my family's affairs, but I don't comment too much on other people's affairs.

And Lin Daiyu was comforted by her elder brother, she relaxed a little, and talked to the servants of her grandfather's family in a graceful manner.

The steward of the Lin family's house in the capital city also came, and after paying his respects to the two young masters, Lin Chen whispered to Lin Daiyu, and asked the servants of the Rongguo Mansion to wait for a while before going to talk to the steward of the Lin family.

"Master Chen." Steward Tian saluted Lin Chen, and then said, "Your courtyard servants have been tidied up."

Lin Chen nodded, glanced at Daiyu, and said, "I'll send my sister to Rongguo Mansion first, and I'll talk about other things later, you go back first." After a pause, he said: "Leave a carriage and wait outside Rongguo Mansion. Come on, I'll use it when the time comes."

"Yes, Master Chen."

After giving the order, Lin Chen returned to Lin Daiyu's side, smiled and said to the Rongguo Mansion's servant: "You can go."

Lin Chen helped Lin Daiyu into the carriage, and then stepped on with a flick of his clothes.The bustling streets of the capital are different from Yangzhou. Lin Chen slightly opened the carriage window and said to Lin Daiyu, "My sister needs to be filial. She won't be able to go out to play for three years. It's okay to take a look."

Lin Daiyu was indeed a little curious, so she looked at the scene of the capital through the car window.

After walking for an unknown amount of time, two huge stone lions came into view. Lin Chen reckoned that this was Ningrong Street. He took a closer look at the plaque that read "Designation of Ningguo Mansion", and it was indeed extraordinary.

They walked west a few steps to the gate of Rongguo Mansion. The two got out of the carriage and took a sedan chair to enter through the west corner gate. Halfway through, they changed the bearer of the sedan chair, and soon they stopped in front of a hanging flower gate.

Walking all the way in, surrounded by many women and maids, not to mention that Daiyu has never seen it before, even Lin Chen saw the grandeur of a noble family for the first time.

However, both of them were wearing plain clothes, because it was the first time they came to the door, they did not wear filial piety clothes because they were concerned about being polite.But among the maidservants in red and green in Rongguo Mansion, there was still some incompatibility.

When she was welcomed in, she saw an old lady walking over with her arms. Before Daiyu had time to meet her, she hugged her and wept endlessly. Seeing this, other people in the room also looked sad.

Lin Chen felt that he was not the main character at this time, so he stood quietly behind and did not disturb him.Later, the two were persuaded to make up, and they saluted. Mother Jia introduced everyone in the Jia family to them, and then went to invite the girls over.

Afterwards, Mother Jia held Daiyu and did not let go, looking at Lin Chen, she was very pleased and said, "Yuerniang has mentioned your child to me many times, and you are really promising. This time, it is thanks to you for supporting my daughter and accompanying her all the way." Let Yu'er go north..." As he spoke, his voice choked up again.

Lin Chen immediately cupped his hands and said, "This is what Lin Chen should do."

Mother Jia already knew about son-in-law Lin Ruhai adopting Lin Chen as his adoptive son. Seeing his behavior at this time is indeed very good, and knowing that he is already a human being at such a young age, she can understand the reason.

After a while, the three young ladies from the Rongguo Mansion came over, and Daiyu greeted them with each other, but Lin Chen just slightly bowed his hands and didn't look at them because of the defense between men and women.

But Sanchun suddenly saw such a polite young master Pianpian, all of them looked at him, the more they looked at him, the more they felt that he was different from Lian's second brother and Baoyu at home.

Lin Chen didn't show restraint, but waved at the servant behind him again, and continued: "This time, my uncle asked me to bring a gift to everyone in the house, I hope you will accept it."

As soon as he finished speaking, Lin Ruhai's servant Chang Shun, together with Lin Chen's own servant Amo and Ayan brought a few servants to present gifts.

Mother Jia and the others naturally said that they were being polite, but Lin Chen said that this was politeness and should not be ignored just because the two families are close.

Although Daiyu said that her speech and manners are good, but she is young, unlike Lin Chen who often walks outside with Lin Ruhai, she is more tactful and considerate in her dealings with others.And indeed because of his polite manner, no one in Rongguo Mansion ever underestimated him.

Besides, the gifts from the Lin family are all of great value, and this is the most effective.

After exchanging pleasantries, Lin Chen expressed that he didn't mind their grandparents getting in touch with each other first, while he sat leisurely and drank tea slowly.I heard Jiamu and Daiyu asking and answering in my ears. Daiyu's answers were all polite, so she never interrupted.

Just as he was talking, he suddenly heard laughter in the backyard, accompanied by a sentence: "I am late, and I have never greeted guests from far away!"

Lin Daiyu and Lin Chen arrived for the first time, and saw that all the people in the room were silent, and they were wondering, when they saw a radiant young woman walking in.

The two were about to get up to say hello immediately, and Mother Jia introduced the identity of the visitor to the two with a smile in a teasing tone.It's just that Daiyu might not have thought too much about it, Lin Chen was a little surprised to see that everyone in the room was dressed and dressed without even thinking about their family's new funeral.

He has read a lot of books since he was a child, and learned to be cautious in his words and deeds from his uncle. Now that he saw the situation of the Rongguo Mansion, he thought about it again in surprise. The sentence "the water poured out by a married daughter", since my aunt is Lin's wife, she shouldn't go too deep into it, so she has the right to ignore it.

As soon as the two sides got acquainted, Wang Xifeng took Lin Daiyu's hand, praised Lin Daiyu, and then looked at Lin Chen and said, "Good boy! Is the water in the south here different from that in our capital? Sister Lin is already a rare and beautiful figure in the world, and the cousin of the Lin family My younger brother is actually so coquettish and suave, it really makes people forget the vulgarity!"

Lin Chen said modestly, "Second sister-in-law Lian is overrated."

"I heard that Cousin Lin is already a Juren master! What a feat!"

If he praised it again, Lin Chen just smiled and did not agree.Wang Xifeng didn't hold onto him to talk all the time, but turned her head to talk to Daiyu about her concerns.

They were gossiping, Lin Chen, a man, naturally couldn't stay here with the female relatives all the time, so he proposed to visit the two masters of Rongguo Mansion first.As soon as Daiyu heard this, she also told her grandmother that she was going to see her two uncles.

It happened that Jia She's second wife, Mrs. Xing, was here, and she hurriedly said that she would take the two of them there, but Jia's mother didn't stop her, she just smiled and said, "you two will eat at my place in the evening, don't go anywhere else."

Lin Daiyu and Lin Chen naturally agreed well.It's just that after going out for a walk, the two of them didn't see the two uncles, Jia She and Jia Zheng, they just sat in the two rooms for a while, and then left again.

But when they returned to the courtyard where Mother Jia lived, they found out exactly where the various masters of the Rongguo Mansion lived.

It stands to reason that Lin Chen should have dinner elsewhere with the men of the Rongguo Mansion, but I haven't seen him at all today, and Jia's mother said, "My family doesn't need to pay so much attention", so Lin Chen couldn't just refuse.

Seeing Mrs. Wang and Jia's two sisters-in-law standing and waiting, he and Daiyu were pushed to sit on the chairs very close to Jia's mother, Lin Chen was extremely uncomfortable.

He is aware of the rules of these people, but he has never been like this before in his own family or in his uncle's house.

When the girls from Jia's family sat down opposite, Lin Chen just ate quietly. The elders answered when they asked questions, and didn't look much if they didn't ask. Even if they felt someone else's gaze, they didn't get curious.

It's just that during the dinner, he took good care of Daiyu. After getting along for many years, Lin Chen knew many of her habits clearly. Unlike Daiyu, he was not as delicate and worried, and behaved very freely.

If there is any difference in eating habits, if it is harmless, you will not make a statement, if it is harmful to Daiyu's body, you will directly take action to stop it.

For example, at the Lin family, because of Daiyu's health problems, she would never drink tea immediately after a meal. At this time, when the maids brought tea, Daiyu stretched out her hand, but was interrupted by Lin Chen, pointing at the little maid He said: "Please give my sister a cup of warm water, she has a weak spleen and stomach, so it is not suitable to drink tea at this time."

Lin Chen's care for Daiyu is seen by everyone, but everyone has a different opinion. Mrs. Wang thinks they have a lot of things to do, but Jia Mu likes them the most. Appreciate him more.

And Lin Chen's care and consideration for his younger sister is different from Baoyu's. The girls feel envious of such a brother. After all, Jia Lian usually ignores his younger sisters, and Baoyu wants them to be more humble...

Later, Mother Jia only left a few girls here, and let Wang and others go first. Seeing that it was getting late, Lin Chen also bid farewell to the old lady.

Lin Daiyu didn't expect Brother Chen to leave so soon, she felt very sad, and Jia's mother also said, "Why are you leaving? Why don't we just stay at home, our house can't accommodate us!"

Speaking of this, Jia's mother said to Daiyu: "Your mother is my favorite daughter. Now you have finally come and live in my green gauze cabinet. Our grandparents and grandchildren can also accompany us every day. "

As early as when Mrs. Wang was talking to Mrs. Wang, Lin Chen and Lin Daiyu knew that the Second Master Bao, who was born in the Rongguo Mansion, lived in Jiamu's Courtyard. They never thought that the old lady would arrange Daiyu by her side. Lin Chen was not in a hurry to leave, bowed slightly and said sincerely: "Forgive me for having to decline, but my sister still needs to be filial, which may disturb your mood, just find a secluded place."

Naturally, Mother Jia was unwilling. She thought she cared for her granddaughter, so she was willing to let Daiyu live in a corner, so that her son-in-law would not feel that she had treated Daiyu harshly.

Lin Chen still explained the stakes to the old lady in a very gentle manner, but his attitude was very firm, and he wanted Daiyu to live alone.Lin Daiyu saw that her grandmother was a little embarrassed arguing with her elder brother, but she also thought what her elder brother said was reasonable, so she softly asked her grandmother to agree.

Sanchun just watched quietly from the side, not daring to speak for anyone.

Before he could make a decision, he heard footsteps outside, and then saw a handsome young man with a golden crown on his head and his forehead barging in.

It was Lin Chen, who had never seen such an affectionate young man from a rich family, and was a little distracted for a while. After recovering, he saw that Daiyu was also staring blankly at this young man from the Jia family, with a dazed expression, and coughed softly. Right as a reminder.

Jia Baoyu was told by his grandmother, so he came over to bow to his aunt's cousin. After paying his respects, he carefully observed Daiyu's eyebrows and eyes, and said with a smile: "I have seen this sister before."

Jia Mu lightly reprimanded him, but Baoyu just smiled, and then sat down beside Daiyu and asked carefully. It was okay at first, but after asking her name, she suddenly said: "Why don't I give my sister a wonderful word... ..."

It is said that a woman should be in the boudoir, because the husband usually takes the word, so as soon as Jia Baoyu said this, Lin Chen immediately stopped him, and said with a smile: "We are just brothers, how can we do it for us?"

When Jia Baoyu's words were blocked, he immediately felt a little resentful. When he looked again, he saw the handsome brother, and immediately forgot the unhappiness just now, and asked with a smile: "Is this brother also here with Sister Lin?" ?”

As long as Lin Chen doesn't irritate Daiyu with nonsense, he doesn't care about sharing some patience with this delicate boy, so he nodded with a smile and said, "Indeed, my name is Lin Chen, and I'm the brother of my younger sister. Uncle has adopted him as a adopted son."

Jia Baoyu saw that he was as polite and courteous as a spring breeze, and he was very comfortable chatting, so he invited: "Then why don't you come to play with us, Brother Lin, I think everyone will like you."

"If there is time, Lin Chen will definitely go there. It's just that I am here not only to send my sister to Rongguo Mansion, but also for the imperial examination, so I may not have much leisure time."

Jia Baoyu had always hated reading. Of course, his dislike was only because of the books he was reading. Now when he heard that Lin Chen was going to take part in the imperial examination to compete for fame and fortune, he suddenly showed a strange look on his face.

Jia's mother knew her grandson best, so she immediately spoke up to ease, but Lin Chen felt that Jia Baoyu was very willful, and no longer mentioned the imperial examination, but took the initiative to talk to him about poetry.

At the beginning, Jia Baoyu was a little lacking in interest, but gradually the chat started, and he forgot the little estrangement in his heart before.And later, even had the idea of ​​wanting to talk with him by candlelight.

Lin Chen quickly stopped him and said, "I'm going back to my uncle's house later, so I really can't talk to you at night by candlelight."

As soon as Baoyu curled his lips and said nothing, Lin Chen mentioned Daiyu's residence to Jia's mother again. After meeting Jia Baoyu himself, although he didn't hate it, the premise was that it would not affect his sister's reputation. The informal look is indeed a bit unreliable.

In fact, Jia Mu had already loosened a little before, but seeing that he still hadn't forgotten it, she said, "It will take two days, and I will definitely not be able to clean it up today."

Daiyu was still young, and Lin Chen didn't care too much about the two days, so he left with a smile, and said by the way: "Madam, in the future, Lin Chen will often pick up his sister and go home for a short stay. Sorry to trouble you..."

Mother Jia felt that she should take back her previous affection for Lin Chen. This kid looked really difficult now, and he was always speaking against him in a soft voice.

And Lin Daiyu never thought that her brother would take her home to live in. Although she was not familiar with the Lin family's house in the capital, it was her own home after all, and she immediately looked at her grandmother expectantly.

When Jia Mu caught her gaze, she shook her head, smiled and waved her hands, "Go on, go on, just don't go back and live for too long. I don't feel relieved that there are only you two little ones there."

"It's natural."

In this way, there was nothing left to stay, and Lin Chen asked to leave again, and Jia's mother agreed very happily.As soon as Baoyu saw that his new friend was leaving, he immediately offered to send him off.

Although Jia's mother knew that he was serious about playing, her own children looked good no matter what. When she saw her at this time, she only felt that Baoyu was sensible and knew how to take care of the guests.

And Baoyu followed Lin Chen, asking left and right, and suddenly asked for no reason: "Do you have any jade, Brother Lin?"

Lin Chen glanced at the piece of precious jade on his chest, nodded with a smile and said, "I have all the jade, but it may not be as good as the one on your body."

Jia Baoyu grew up well-clothed and well-fed, so he didn't care about whether it was good or not, he only asked what it was like.

Lin Chen picked up the jade pendant around his waist and said, "I have kept this on my body since I was a child. It is said that my deceased father went to the temple to obtain it after I was born."

"Did it come later?" Baoyu frowned, and said, "They all said that I was born with this jade. No one else has it, but I have it. It can be seen that it is not a good thing!"

"What's the difference between being born and later?" Lin Chen touched the scriptures on the jade pendant around his waist, and continued: "My father stumbled and fell down the mountain and died because he begged for this jade pendant for me. My jade pendant cannot be suppressed by mortals, and it is even ugly to say that it is evil, doesn't it all depend on the world's mouth?"

He also cared about it when he was young, but after seeing his mother didn't care at all, he slowly realized it. It's just like everyone else, is it really going to be knocked down by rumors?It's too useless!

What the two said was somewhat wrong, but for some reason they had different understandings.Jia Baoyu glanced at the jade he was wearing on his chest, and never asked anyone else if he had any jade since then.

The boy, Ah Mo, had already gone outside in advance and ordered a carriage to wait at the gate of Rongguo Mansion. Lin Chen turned his head to Jia Baoyu and said, "Cousin, please send me. If there is a chance, I will definitely invite my cousin to visit the Lin family."

"That's a good deal, I will definitely come to the door in the future."

Lin Chen nodded with a smile, and bowed his hands to Jia Baoyu, who also saluted him back.Immediately Lin Chen stepped into the carriage and waved goodbye to Jia Baoyu at the window.

Before going to Beijing, Lin Ruhai specifically asked Lin Chen to manage the Lin family's property in the capital, so when he returned to the Lin family, he immediately ordered Steward Tian to prepare everything that needed to be dealt with by him, and handed over invitations to his uncle's friends tomorrow. I'll talk about it after Mr. Zhongyou, the minister.

Lin Chen had a good rest that night, woke up the next morning, met with his servants, and ordered them to clean up a yard for Daiyu as well.

Steward Tian only cleaned out this courtyard for the time being, but now he heard Master Chen's order, and after agreeing, he asked, "Miss, will you come back to live?"

"I won't live there all the time, but since she has a family in the capital, she can stay loose when she comes back occasionally."

Yesterday in Rongguo Mansion, Lin Chen could see that the rules of the Xungui family were indeed different from theirs. My sister must have had to get used to it for a long time, and if she was able to come back for a few days occasionally, she must be in a better mood.

Taking advantage of Youjia's reply, Lin Chen seized the time to meet with a few managers, and left the account book for the three boys to read together.In the afternoon, I received a reply letter from You's family, Master You just happened to take a bath tomorrow, and asked him to come over tomorrow.

Early the next morning, Lin Chen took the gifts prepared by his uncle and his mother respectively, and boarded the gate of Youjia in the morning.

Because today was for Lin Chen's study, after he visited Mrs. You at You's house and gave him a gift, he was brought to the study by Mr. You, and Mr. You's eldest son, You Mingyi, was also with him.

You Mingyi is 16 years old this year, and Qiu Wei also won the exam in the last subject, and his ranking is not as high as Lin Chen's. However, they took the exam in different places, so it's not easy to compare the two people's knowledge.

After the exam, Master You stroked his beard and nodded, and said: "Lin Chen, you have a solid foundation, with a little guidance, it is very likely that you will be listed in the next subject. In the future, I will stay with Ming Yi at his grandfather's place." Learning is."

Mrs. You has a very good reputation among the scholars. He only claimed to be ill two years ago and asked to retire. Apart from taking care of his health, he devoted himself to teaching his grandson to study.Back then Lin Ruhai sent a letter to ask for it, and Mrs. You also said that Mr. You would be the one to test the teacher. Basically, as long as it wasn't too unsatisfactory, they would all be willing to help Lin Ruhai teach his nephew.

Not to mention that after seeing the real person now, Lin Chen is actually a bit better than what Lin Ruhai said, so naturally he is not reluctant at all.

The old man of the You family was fasting in the temple outside the capital for the past few days, Master You told Lin Chen to deal with his own affairs first, and after a few days when the old man You came back, he sent someone to the Lin family to inform.

Stayed at Youjia for lunch at noon, and Lin Chen went home in the afternoon.

Go to the study and write letters to my uncle and mother, and write down everything I saw and heard in the Rongguo Mansion yesterday in detail, without personal opinions.When writing to his mother, he focused on reporting his safety, and told him everything about how he was eating and living at his uncle's house and how Mr. You asked him to study with the old man of the You family.

Then he personally went to Rongguo Mansion to get the letter written by Daiyu, and then sent them back to Yangzhou together.

When he finished his work and had time for other things, Lin Chen asked Tian Guanshi to help him see if there was any suitable yard in the capital, so that his mother and grandmother and grandmother could live in it when they went to Beijing in the future.