The eldest grandson of the Red Chamber

When I entered the room, I saw my uncle sitting by the bed, staring at the things in his hands. When he saw the two of them coming in, he raised his eyes and said nothing.Changchun looked at the things in the uncle's hands, which seemed to be given by Mr. Lin today.

"Master, but what is the mystery of this piece of ink, we are blind, please tell me." Chang An tentatively asked.

It looks like a piece of pine smoke ink, although it is a bit expensive, but it is not rare, at least the uncle has collected a few yuan in his curry, so he will not be crazy.

Ming Xu ignored his cunning, and asked: "When you were in the capital before, did you hear about the four families of King Jia Shi and Xue?"

"Four major families?! Grandpa, are you kidding me?" What kind of statement is this? It sounds like something fabricated in a storybook.Chang'an is a little embarrassed.

This time in Changchun, he was the first to get into Ming Xu's brain circuit, "The Jia family that the uncle said is the Jia family in Jinling that's not fake, white jade is the horse for the gold"? There is a brother in his family who says it is the title. Born of jade. Is this what the uncle asked?"

Ming Xu was startled: "Tell me about it."

"I also heard what they said. Everyone knows that the servants of the Rongguo Mansion are very lenient. I listened to it. Jia Shiwang Xue's words were made up by the people." Changchun said.

These are all folk sayings, and they are a bit out of the question. Fortunately, Shi Wang's family is okay, both of them have titles, but Xue's family, a merchant's family, why is it compared with the Gonghou's family, it is simply humiliating.

At this time Chang'an also interjected: "Although Jia's family is the family of the Duke, there is no one at the court. The children of the family are sheltered by their fathers and grandfathers and have some positions, but they are quiet and have little reputation in the court. There is one in the Wang family. He is a military envoy of the Beijing camp, but he has no contact with the Marquis or the master, so it is normal for the uncle to not know about it." As for the historians who have both schools, the uncle should know about it, so I won't mention it.

Light

Xu does know that there are two masters, after all, it is very rare in any dynasty.But I just heard it was interesting, I didn't understand it in detail at all, and people would not tell the name of the head of the family everywhere.So the truth is so missed.

"The elder brother of the Jia family who was born with jade is called Jia Baoyu. We all know the name of the son of the mansion. It's just that when he was born, the wife of the Jia family asked people to post their nicknames. Let the traffickers walk away, and the peasants and woodcutters shout at will." Changchun

I thought this was what Mingxu wanted to hear.

"Oh." Ming Xu didn't want to speak.

Now it is very clear, caught off guard, it is inevitable to feel a little illusory, and even wondered, is it just a dream in the past few years in Daqi Dynasty, and when he wakes up, he is still the ordinary college student, not the glory and splendor, who has high hopes The eldest son and grandson of Houmen.

Mingxu put down the things in his hands, lay on his back on the bed, staring at the bed curtains in a daze.

My heart was suddenly filled with boredom.

"Bring another bowl, put more red beans." Mingxu ordered to Chang'an.It's hot in July, and I feel a little irritable, and I can't read the book.

"Master, it's the last bowl." Chang An reminded him.

"Got it, got it, go get it." Mingxu urged.

When he came here at the age of three, the wind and cold hurt his foundation, and Sun had to limit himself to eating ice bowls in summer.

At this time, two months have passed since that day of Zhuang Zhou's Dream of Butterfly Confusion, and Ming Xu has already accepted God's rather joking arrangement.The scenery of the hometown is only a dream.

No matter what, life will always go on. If you want to talk about the changes brought to Ming Xu's life now, when he first knew that this was the boundary of the Red Mansion, Ming Xu asked his grandfather what he thought of Jia Shi Wang Xue, trying to Using this to speculate on the emperor's thoughts, after all, there was a saying in the previous life that the downfall of the four great masters was caused by the emperor.

Then Mingxie realized that his grandson knew very little about the honorable ministers in the court, so Mingxu had an extra task from then on. His grandfather asked the housekeeper to buy the mansion from the capital and report it to him, saying that political sensitivity should be learned from childhood. cultivated.

Well, nothing wrong with that.

That's all, life goes on as usual, he is just a small person, for him, the most urgent thing at present is the childbirth test two months later.

Two months is enough for Mingxu to adapt to the style of Yangzhou, Jiangnan water town, white walls and black tiles, Wu Nong's soft words.He has already been to the Lin Mansion several times, and he has become familiar with Lin Ruhai, from being dazed and nervous at the beginning to being calm now.

So let's go to Lin's Mansion tomorrow, so we can eat ice cream.Ming Xu thought about it in his heart.

The next day, Lin Fu's study.

"There is space for those who have the knot, but no thickness for the blade. If you enter the space with no thickness, there must be room for you to maneuver. Uncle Shi, I don't understand this sentence. What is the reason for this?" Ming Xu looked at the opposite side Lin Hai.

"The reason why you drink ice in moderation every day." Lin Hai said casually without raising his head.

"Uncle Shi!" Ming Xu said dissatisfied.

"It's true, I didn't lie to you. This sentence is quoted from "Pao Ding Jie Niu", which is about the principle of health preservation." Lin Hai felt helpless.

"What about now? There is no other solution?" Mingxu asked.

"Zhuangzi advocates supreme knowledge | ignorance. You can also understand this sentence as seeking knowledge is a process of increasing meaning, and also a process of identifying whether knowledge is reasonable and eliminating disobedience." Lin Hai explained.

"That's it, I understand, thank you Uncle Shi for your guidance." Ming Xu thanked.

"Your quiz is coming, you should read more "Mencius"." Lin Hai said.It's fine on weekdays, but reading the "Nanhua Jing" is a bit out of date now.

"I know, I'm preparing on weekdays." Mingxu explained.Ever since he became suspicious of the world that day, Ming Xu went to read Zhuang Zhou's works, and then he was fascinated. Compared with the boring Confucian classics, Zhuang Zi's articles are really much more interesting.Zhuang Zhou himself is also very cute.

Hearing what he said, Lin Hai didn't say any more, and just stopped.

As a result, the study room became quiet again, with one person instructing on official documents and the other reading and writing, it was a good fit for both parties.

After several months of hard work, it finally came to the right day. On this day, Mingxu took a carriage to the examination room of the county examination, the first stop of the Tongsheng examination. In order not to delay the matter, he stayed at Lin's house for the past two days, not far from the county seat.Only Chang'an and Changchun were accompanying him, and Mingxie and Lin Hai were absent, so they were obviously very relieved of him.

Compared with Mingxie and Lin Hai's certainty, the Song family who was far away in the capital was much more nervous. They got up early in the morning to offer incense and pray to Buddha, asking to bless their son with all the best.

Ming Lai, who was forced to get up to accompany her mother, couldn't stand it, "Mother, you burned incense so early, even the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas haven't woken up yet."

"Bah, bah, kid, don't blame the Buddha for his unscrupulous words and deeds." Mrs. Song apologized, and then kicked her daughter out.

"..."

Ming Lai, who was driven out of the door, was a little helpless, what's the use of worshiping Buddha, and people don't care about it, the one who should worship is Wenqu Xingjun, right?

About my brother, my mother became, um, a little unspeakable.But it may also be that there is only the Buddha with his mother, Ming Lai added in his heart.

After offering incense and reciting a passage, Mrs. Song still felt a little inadequate. She had gone out of the city to pray for blessings a few days ago, and she didn't know what to do now.

"It's just a child's birth test. Mother, why are you so nervous? If Brother Xu can't pass this, then he doesn't need to study in the future." It can only mean that the aptitude is too poor, then there is no way.Ming Lai couldn't understand Song's emotions.

"Am I worried about the child's birth test? What I'm worried about is Xu'er's first scientific examination. How can it be the same? This is the beginning, and everything is difficult at the beginning. After this period, Xu'er will be an adult." Song said The eye sockets were a little red.

Ming Lai was even more helpless. Just now he said that he was childish, but now he said that brother Xu is an adult, and everything is difficult at the beginning.

But even though Ming Lai thought so in his heart, he could see that his mother was thinking about Brother Xu, so he comforted him: "My mother is busy here, but Brother Xu is a big-hearted person. I inquired about a cousin lady in Rongguo Mansion, and she said it belonged to Daiyu from the Lin family, look at her mother, she even knows her girl's name."

Ming Lai was joking, but Song took it seriously: "What's going on? Sister Lai, please tell me carefully, why did you get involved with the Rongguo Mansion, and even inquired about the girl's boudoir name."

"Brother Xu said in the letter that he met Mrs. Lin in Yangzhou, the girl's father. He was a student of his grandfather in the past, and Brother Xu was often taken care of by him in Jiangnan, so he asked me to take that girl Lin with me in the future. Just play. He doesn't even think about how Miss Lin is only eight years old, how can I play together." Seeing that Mrs. Song had misunderstood, Ming Lai quickly explained.

After receiving the letter, she also tried to get close to Miss Lin without showing any traces, but she didn't expect that Miss Lin had entered her grandmother's house and had never left the house. She had no reason to come, so she had never met Miss Lin. .Brother Xu only told her about it, fearing that he didn't want to be too ostentatious.

If Ming Xu knew Ming Lai's thoughts, he would definitely add chicken legs to her. He was right, of course he couldn't come here openly. In the Lin family, Lin Hai naturally wouldn't mention his daughter in front of a foreigner like himself. When Mingxu was asking questions, he occasionally mentioned that his daughter's intelligence was not inferior to that of a man, and he regretted not being a man.

And in Lin Hai's mind, the daughter is living well at her grandfather's house, and it's better that no one disturbs her.

However, Mingxu knew that the little girl was not happy living in another house. These days, Lin Hai treated him with all his heart, no worse than his own nephew. If he reciprocated, he naturally hoped that the little girl could live a more relaxed life. I can only ask my elder sister to take care of her more, and take the little girl to play. I don't expect her to blend into the circle of noble girls in the capital. At least my elder sister will take her with me, so I won't be so sentimental and hurt myself with tears.

The children didn't know, but the Song family knew about her father-in-law's student. When she married, the Lin family was still in Beijing. "So that's it. Since Xu'er entrusted you, why didn't you come to the door?" Song Shi asked.

"Isn't that why my daughter didn't expect to come to the door? After all, our two families have nothing to do with each other." Ming Lai explained.

"What more reason is there, Xu'er was taught by her father, shouldn't we come to thank her? You can hand in the greeting card tomorrow." Regarding Ming Xu's affairs, Song has never been sloppy.

"Yes, yes, my daughter wrote a letter of greeting when she returned home, prepared a gift, and delivered it tomorrow." Ming Lai followed her, what her mother said was not unreasonable, and with elders coming forward, it would be easy for Xu'er to explain.

"Oh, if I wasn't afraid of scaring the little girl, I should go with you tomorrow." Song Shi was still saying.

At this time, Ming Xu had already experienced himself, and entered the examination room with a basket, and began his first step of becoming an official through the imperial examination.Far away in the south of the Yangtze River, he still doesn't know that a fateful intersection with another person is about to happen.