Chapter 54: Mid-Autumn Festival (II)
The stone table in the bamboo forest was already full of dishes, including moon cakes, steamed crabs, braised pork, sweet and sour fish, stuffed tofu with fresh shrimp, osmanthus yams, spiced peanuts, and rice wine was still warm in the small red clay stove, Lin Bining couldn't help asking: "Where did you get these dishes?" She thought it was just nibbling on mooncakes, eating fruits, and drinking tea. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
Lin Changru smiled proudly: "With the master here, it is easy to get some dishes into the house, these are all burned by Shanshi Zhai, I originally wanted the Buddha to jump over the wall, but the daily routine was already booked, so I had to give up." ”
"Sit down." Xiao Tian smiled and coughed, as if he was a habitual offender who specialized in stealing chickens and dogs.
Ruwu hurriedly stepped forward and spread the cotton brocade mat that asked Qingmiao on the stone bench, Lin Changru waved his hand and said: "Today's Mid-Autumn Festival, Qingmiao and they got some food and opened a table, and you also go to join in the fun." ”
Ruwu was afraid that someone would come, so he hesitated: "I'll be guarding the entrance of the forest, and if someone comes in, I can notify you." ”
Lin Changru pushed her out: "You can play with them, with my master here, you can't hide anything from him." ”
Ruwu was still not at ease, looked at Lin Bining and shouted, "Miss......"
Lin Bining smiled: "Just listen to the young master." Ruwu left obediently, afraid that her young lady would leave her cloak coldly.
Lin Changru poured wine for everyone, raised his glass and said: "I am very happy to know Master, this is my first Mid-Autumn Festival after apprenticeship, and I hope to spend the Mid-Autumn Festival with Master every year in the future." My brother is always incompetent, and he always asks his sister to worry about me, and this glass of wine also respects my sister and expresses his heart. ”
Lin Bining raised her glass and said with a smile: "Cheers to our fate to become relatives!" ”
"Cheers to our fate." Xiao Tian said with a smile, he was injured and fell in the Lin Mansion and was rescued by Lin Changru, and he took him as an apprentice, knowing Lin Bining, and making people who couldn't fight with him know each other, isn't it fate.
The three of them touched the cup and drank it all, looked at each other and smiled, so happy!
At this moment, they abandoned the rule of not saying anything, Xiao Tianxiao told them about his deeds in the rivers and lakes, Lin Changru said some interesting things in the school, and Lin Bining told them the fun things about the Mid-Autumn Festival recorded in the book. The bright moon is in the sky, the bamboo forest is quiet, and friends can enjoy delicious food and drink wine together, which is really a great joy in life!
When he drank, Lin Changru broke a bamboo, went to the leaf for the sword, and danced in a dashing manner, Lin Bining clapped his hands and sang: "I am drunk and clap my hands and sing wildly, raise a glass to invite the moon, and become three guests to the shadow." Dancing and wandering under the wind and dew, I don't know what night it is? If you want to ride the wind and go back, why use riding Pengyi. In the Crystal Palace, the flute was blown off. ”
One person dances the sword and the other sings, how can this scene be similar, Xiao Tianxiao squinted as if he wanted to look into the past, laughed at himself, poured another glass of wine, raised it to the moon, and said softly: "Happy Mid-Autumn Festival." After drinking it all in one gulp, he shook his head and smiled, how could even he become stupid.
Lin Changru accepted the bamboo, and asked Xiao Tian how he danced with a smile, and when he saw that the other party was stunned and did not react, he shook him: "Master, what are you thinking?" ”
"Nothing." Seeing that he didn't believe it, he was afraid that he would ask, so he remembered a previous question and said, "It's just that I'm just a little curious about one thing." ”
"Curious about what?" Lin Changru said, and Lin Bining also looked at Xiao Tian and smiled.
"I've been in your house for a long time, and Mrs. Zhao has seen her a few times, I guess she is not the biological mother of the two of you, but there is no one else in the house, so I am a little curious." Xiao Tianxiao also suspected that their mother had died at first, but later found out that this should not be the case.
The brother and sister glanced at each other and nodded to each other, and Lin Bining replied: "Xiao Daxia is my brother's master, not an outsider, and there is nothing inconvenient to talk about." Xiao Daxia guessed correctly, Mrs. is indeed not the biological mother of our brother and sister. It's just that we don't know who our biological mother is, this is a taboo in the Lin Mansion, and my father and grandmother never allow us to mention it. ”
"No, there are always old servants in the family who know what happened back then." Xiao Tianxiao thought that they were the illegitimate children that Lin Wenliang brought back from outside, but he didn't expect things to be more complicated.
Lin Bining shook his head and said: "The ancestral home of the Lin family is in Longxuan City, and the family moved to Shangdu not long after we were born, and the people in the house all bought it later. I have asked my father before, but he never said anything about his biological mother. ”
"Isn't there any other clue then?"
"I used to find a portrait of a woman in the study, although I didn't indicate her identity, but I had a hunch that she was our biological mother, but unfortunately the painting disappeared later." Lin Changru said.
"There's also a strange thing that happens every year on my birthday." Lin Bining continued, "Since I was about eight years old, on the morning of my birthday, my brother and I would receive an ordinary wooden box with silver tickets and various gifts. But as for how the box came about, I don't know. I think it was a birthday gift specially prepared for us, and we suspected that it was given by our biological mother or someone we knew. Therefore, Lin Changru's usual lavish spending is not Lin Wenliang's private subsidy, and Lin Bining's treatment of Ruwu's father and the silver given to Mama Xu are not accumulated on weekdays.
"I didn't alarm the guards in the mansion, nor did I alarm you, it should be a person with strong martial arts." Xiao Tianxiao stroked his beard and thought, "These clues alone are really useless, didn't your mother leave anything?" ”
Lin Bining remembered the jade jue that had been hanging around her neck since she was sensible, turned her back to untie the knot, pulled the red rope to take it off, handed it to Xiao Tianxiao, and said, "I don't know who gave this half of the jade jue, but I have always worn it when I remember." My brother also has half of it, and it should have been one piece before. As he spoke, Lin Changru also took off half of himself and handed it over.
Xiao Tianxiao put the two halves together, it can indeed be closed, the patterns on the jade jue under the moonlight are clear, Lin Changru's half is a cloud pattern, and Lin Bining's half is a moon, the more he looks at it, the more familiar it becomes, and he can't help muttering: "Strange, I seem to have seen it somewhere." ”
"Where?" The brother and sister said excitedly.
"I'm sure I've seen it, but I don't remember exactly where I saw it." Xiao Tianxiao thought about it for a long time and didn't remember, seeing that the two people opposite were a little disappointed, he hurriedly said, "You were born in Longxuan City, and you will definitely find clues about your biological mother if you go there." ”
Lin Bining sighed and said, "But Longxuan City is thousands of miles away, and my family will not agree to let us go." "I don't know what happened back then, my father and the old lady never mentioned Long Xuancheng.
Lin Changru had a flash of inspiration and said excitedly: "In another month it will be my sister's birthday and my birthday, according to the convention, someone will give us a birthday gift, with the master here, no matter how good your martial arts are, you are not an opponent, stop that person when the time comes, won't you know who our biological mother is!" ”
Lin Bining felt that this plan was feasible, nodded and smiled: "This method is good." ”
Xiao Tian looked at them with a smile: "However, I originally wanted to leave in a few days." "The injury has healed, he is used to being free, and he has been in the Lin Mansion long enough.
"What! Master, you're leaving! Hearing this, Lin Changru was very disappointed, "Then what should I do?" You don't care about me? ”
Xiao Tianxiao patted him on the shoulder and scolded: "Stinky boy, there is a way that the master led the door to practice in person, I have taught you both swordsmanship and mental method, and how far you can practice depends on your own efforts." ”
Lin Changru pulled his sleeve and begged: "What's the same, with the master watching, I can change any deficiencies." ”
Finally, she may know the clues of her biological mother, and Lin Bining didn't want Xiao Tianxiao to leave, and asked, "Is there anything important that Xiao Daxia needs to solve urgently?" ”
"Not really." Xiao Tian smiled and stroked his beard.
Lin Bining thought that the people in the rivers and lakes might be used to it, although the Lin family is not the home of the Houmen eunuchs, but there are many rules, and the other party is not used to it. But since he didn't have anything important, Lin Bining selfishly still wanted the other party to stay, so he begged: "In that case, then Bining begged Xiao Daxia to stay for another month, and he would never stop him when he was done." Our brothers and sisters have never seen their biological mothers since they were born in the womb, this matter is really important to us, Xiao Daxia is chivalrous, please help us with this. ”
Unable to match their earnest eyes, Xiao Tian smiled and nodded, "Okay then." ”