The carriage walked for a while on the city's main road, and began to move away from the busy main road, turning the corner at the next intersection before coming to a vermilion gate. There is a white stone lion on each side of the vermilion gate www.biquge.info the vermilion gate, each stone lion is finely carved and looks lifelike.

As soon as Mrs. Lin and her party stopped at the door, a guard had already spread the news to the Lin Mansion, and Lin Gao, the housekeeper of the Lin Mansion, hurriedly walked out of the Lin Mansion, and Mrs. Lin greeted her as soon as she got off the carriage, bowing and smiling.

"Lin Gao, I've seen Mrs., Mrs. has worked hard all the way!"

"Well, there's nothing going on in the Lin Mansion this time, right?, is the husband back?" asked Mrs. Lin with a pleasant face.

"During this time, everything is as usual in the Lin Mansion, because the head of the family has purchased some goods on the way, and he has to hire some more vehicles to transport the goods, so he will have to delay for some time to return to the house, and he has sent someone to send the news back, so that the wife can rest assured!" Lin Gao said unhurriedly.

"Acquire more goods? What kind of goods? will be delayed for such a long time?" Mrs. Lin asked suspiciously, slightly puzzled in her heart, because according to Yiyong's summons, her husband should have returned to the house five days ago, but he has not been able to come back so far, which made Mrs. Lin frown slightly, and her heart was a little uneasy.

"Mrs. Hui, the letter from the head of the family doesn't say it, so we don't know!" Lin Gao replied with a little embarrassment.

"Got it, send someone to send all the luggage into the house! By the way, let the second lady's aunt come to my attic in a while. You will assist Steward Lin in handling it, Xiang'er and Yu'er, let's go back to the house!" Mrs. Lin arranged in an orderly manner.

"Yes, ma'am!" replied. Yu'er hugged the boy, and Xiang'er walked into the Lin Mansion with the child's luggage and Mrs. Lin, and headed towards Nanyuan. Steward Lin glanced at the child in Yu'er's arms, and a trace of doubt flashed in his eyes, but he didn't show it on his face, more things are better than less, and it's better not to ask more about Madame's affairs. Steward Lin didn't pay much attention to it, turned around and began to transport the luggage on the carriage......

Lin Mansion, South Garden. Located on the south side of the Lin Mansion, where the attic of Mrs. Lin and the second lady is located, it is also the residence of Lin Long, the current head of the Lin family. At this time, Mrs. Lin and her entourage, who came back from outside the mansion, walked into the interior of the heavily defended South Garden of the Lin Mansion. As soon as you enter Nanyuan, the surrounding environment immediately undergoes earth-shaking changes. Pond pavilions, pavilions, pavilions, and pavilions are reflected in the green pines and cypresses, and strange rockeries, flower beds, bonsai, vines, and green bamboos are dotted among them.

Passing through the carved jade corridor, you will come to the attic of Mrs. Lin and the second lady. These are two three-storey wooden lofts located right in the heart of the South Garden. The attic on the left, "Yinan Pavilion", is where Mrs. Lin and the head of the family, Lin Long, live, and the "Xinnan Pavilion" on the right is where the second lady lives.

When Mrs. Lin and her entourage entered the attic of "Yinan Pavilion", the internal environment of "Yinan Pavilion" came into view. The vermilion carved wooden door, the center of the attic has a simple round table, the northwest corner of the wall is placed with a purple bookcase, the warm sunlight penetrates through the carved wooden window in the northwest corner, scattered on the guqin, the pink gauze curtain sways with the wind, and the incense burner next to it rises with curling cigarettes, wrapped in the gauze curtain, diffusing to the entire attic.

After Madame Lin and Yu'er sat down at the round table in the center, Yu'er glanced at the maids and their entourage, and the maids and attendants immediately withdrew from the attic in understanding. After a while, Aunt Wang, the second lady's aunt, came to Mrs. Lin's attic, and when Aunt Wang saw Mrs. Lin, she was about to bow down, and Mrs. Lin came to Aunt Wang to help him up, and said reproachfully: "Aunt Wang, didn't you say that you don't need to salute when you see me in the future?

Aunt Wang bowed down and said with a smile: "Madame, don't worry, the second miss is fine, is Madam looking for me to see the second miss?" Mrs. Lin smiled, asked Aunt Wang to sit down, and told Aunt Wang in detail about the origin of this child.

"Oh, that's what happened! Madam, don't worry, the child will be handed over to me, and there will be absolutely no mistakes! The second miss has just fallen asleep, and when he wakes up, I will bring the second miss to you to see." In the past two days, the second lady has eaten well and slept soundly, and there is nothing wrong at all. Aunt Wang patted her chest and said.

Then he hurriedly got up and took the child from Yu'er's hand. After looking at the sleeping baby boy in his arms, he touched the baby's pink skin, and said with a smile: "This boy is so well-behaved, and he doesn't cry or make trouble, so you can rest first, lady! I will carry him back to the room first." ”

After receiving the nod of permission from the lady, Aunt Wang hurriedly left with the child in her arms. Mrs. Lin looked at the direction where Aunt Wang left, and a complicated color flashed in her eyes.

"I don't know, is this a blessing or a curse......"

Two days later, the news that Mrs. Lin had adopted a baby boy gradually spread in the Lin Mansion, and the Lin family suddenly exploded. However, soon the head of the Lin family suppressed the matter and ordered everyone not to talk about it, and a storm subsided.

Time flies, and eight years have passed in a blink of an eye.

Lin Mansion, next to the large pond in Nanyuan, a thin boy was wearing a set of cyan robes, and a piece of white warm jade hung on his chest. Tie two pigtails on the head separately, beat the hair to make buds, and look like a scholar. The little girl was dressed in purple, dressed as an eldest lady. Such a big gap is particularly conspicuous by the pond.

The thin boy stood quietly beside the square table, carefully grinding the ink, the square table was covered with paper, and the little girl was holding a brush and writing seriously on the paper. The skinny boy looked a little shorter than the little girl, but the little girl was only eight years old, and the boy had just turned nine. And this boy is the baby boy brought back to the Lin family by Mrs. Lin from Yinlin Village eight years ago, and the little girl is Lin Yan, the second lady of the Lin family.

Eight years ago, when Lin Yuyang was adopted by the Lin Mansion, there was a lot of movement in the Lin Mansion, and the patriarch of the Lin Mansion also specially convened the clan elders to discuss the matter, and finally the head of the Lin family passed the matter by the consensus, but at the same time, the patriarch of the clan was required to be fully responsible for all the consequences caused by this unknown child, and the head of the Lin family agreed to the only condition of the patriarch in order to meet Mrs. Lin, and at the same time, Mrs. Lin named him Lin Yuyang, nominally cultivating him as a scholar of the second lady Lin Yan, and from this day on, Lin Yuyang officially became a member of the Lin family。

But in the past eight years, Lin Yuyang has not just climbed to the top and lived a life like a young master. Don't look at Lin Yuyang being a scholar next to the second lady now, it has also gone through a lot of twists and turns to have today's relatively comfortable situation, and in the past eight years, Xiao Yuyang has also suffered a lot during the period.

Time back to five years ago, in addition to the first four years, Lin Yuyang was able to grow up peacefully because of his young age and the protection of Aunt Wang.

But the good times didn't last long, when Lin Yuyang reached the age of five, he was arranged to live outside the South Courtyard, which was also the beginning of Xiao Yuyang's nightmare.

On the second day after leaving Nanyuan, he was targeted by Steward Lin, who took care of daily affairs, and asked him to start doing some chores in addition to serving the daily life of the second lady on weekdays.

In Steward Lin's opinion, Xiao Yuyang's presence in the Lin family was a complete accident, and Mrs. Lin had never asked about Xiao Yuyang since she handed it over to Aunt Wang. Steward Lin, who has always been very snobbish, has always had some contempt for Xiao Yuyang, who is not taken seriously, and some people who have separated the family have always regarded Yuyang's existence as a threat, and secretly promised Steward Lin some benefits to let him "take care" of Xiao Yuyang. Therefore, when Xiao Yuyang first moved out of Nanyuan, he was immediately targeted by Steward Lin, and was arranged to do some chores when he was five years old.

For example, one of the groceries arranged for Yuyang is to bring water to wipe the tables and chairs in the Lin family ancestral hall every day, and every time he finishes wiping it, Steward Lin will come to check it from time to time. Once you find that you haven't wiped the place clean, you will not only be reprimanded by Steward Lin, but also as a punishment, you will also arrange more chores for Xiao Yuyang to do. If you can't finish it, not only will you not have breakfast to eat, but you won't even have to eat lunch or dinner. Steward Lin will also threaten Xiao Yuyang, and if he tells others, he will be punished more severely.

All this is still bearable for Xiao Yuyang. Although the housekeeper treats himself badly and always finds various reasons to punish himself, Xiao Yuyang still gritted his teeth and survived.

With the passage of time, Steward Lin saw that his actions were not exposed, and his courage became more and more daring, and Xiao Yuyang was also very helpless about this. During this period, Xiao Yuyang has been trying to contact Aunt Wang, but every time he goes to Nanyuan, he will be stopped by the guards outside, and after many unsuccessful attempts, Xiao Yuyang gradually gave up.

Spring goes to autumn, one year, two years. During this period, the most difficult season for Xiaoyuyang is probably winter.

Whenever winter comes, it also becomes the most tragic time for Xiaoyuyang. At that time, heavy snow would always fall outside the house, and the temperature outside the house would always be below freezing. However, Xiao Yuyang still had to bring water to wipe the tables and chairs in the Lin family's ancestral hall before dawn. However, whenever it snows, the water stored in the tank of the water room always freezes, and the weather is cold in winter, most servants are reluctant to get up too early to work, so the kitchen does not make a fire to boil hot water, and Xiao Yuyang can only use the cold and biting ice water to wipe the tables and chairs in the ancestral hall. Whenever Xiao Yuyang put his hand into the frozen water, he would always shiver deeply. With such cold water, even an adult can't stand it, let alone a child who is only a few years old. After cleaning the ancestral hall, Xiao Yuyang's small hands had already been frozen red, and some parts of the fingers of his hands even began to fester.