Jia Zheng knew the news that night, was surprised, and sent someone out to inquire the next day, and sure enough, there was a school scholar from Suzhou, who was only transferred to Beijing this year, surnamed Lin, and his words were like Che, and his age was exactly the year of his establishment. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info Jia Zheng sighed, repaired a book, and inquired about the residence of the school scrivener Lin Ruche, so that the little guy threw the post over and invited the school scrivener to Jiafu for tea on a certain day.

On the second day, Lin Ruche, the school scrivener, really came to visit, Jia Zheng was slightly surprised, went out to welcome people to the study, and the two sides sat down and politely greeted each other. The Jia family was originally a war exploit that was obtained immediately, but after the Taiping, the imperial court emphasized literature and light military force, and the Jia family also began to transform into a civilian official.

From a military meritorious family to a poetry and book heirloom, Jia Zheng has a good impression of literati, and admires Lin Ruhai, a former detective, and often takes him as a confidant. This time, I saw Lin Ruche, looking at his appearance, he showed a talent, and there was a faint shadow of Lin Ruhai's high spirits back then, and he couldn't help but nod first.

Lin Ruche is also from the entrance examination, has a good literary style, and talks clearly, which is very different from the arrogant Jia Yucun. Jia Zheng was very happy and ordered someone to call Jia Baoyu to come over to meet the guests. Jia Baoyu was uncomfortable in Yihong Courtyard for Xue Baochai's words yesterday, and when he heard Jia Zheng tell him to go out to meet the guests, he was immediately very impatient but didn't dare to be disobedient, so he had to change his clothes in a hurry.

When he arrived at the study, Baoyu was relieved to see that there was an unknown guest sitting inside, not Jia Yucun, Shan Pingren, Bu Guxiu and other villains who were sloppy and patting horses. Jia Zheng ordered him to enter the study and said to Baoyu: "This is your sister Lin's cousin, don't go to the ceremony soon!" ”

Baoyu's head was suddenly stunned, and he only heard the words "Sister Lin", thinking that he was the one who wanted to take Lin Daiyu away. Fortunately, he still remembered that Jia Zheng had promised to let him go to Suzhou with Lin Daiyu, so he didn't lose his senses, but his body stiffened half and stiffly saluted the visitor.

Lin Ruche praised Baoyu a few words, sat down again, Jia Zheng and Lin Ruche politely exchanged words with each other, and talked about the affairs of Suzhou Academy. Lin Ruche is a native of Suzhou, so he is very familiar with this, and when it comes to the shortcomings of Suzhou Academy, he is to the point and to the point. Jia Zheng was very happy, and because he was about to leave for Suzhou in the near future, he made a detailed inquiry into the customs and customs of Suzhou, and the people's livelihood, after all, he went to Suzhou on an errand this time, representing the face of the emperor and the empress, and it was the face of Yuanchun. If something goes wrong, it will affect Yuan Chun in the palace.

Lin Ruche did everything in detail, and carefully said many suggestions to Jia Zheng, and recommended Lin Rucheng, the commander of Jiaxing County, to him. Jia Zheng was overjoyed, and seeing that the time was noon, he hurriedly ordered the servant to make a banquet in the kitchen, leaving Lin Ruche to eat in Jia's mansion.

Baoyu listened on the side, slowly regained his senses, and heard that Lin Ruche had now been transferred to the capital, and he would not go back to Suzhou, and naturally he would not take Lin Daiyu away. Thinking of Lin Daiyu every time she envies that everyone has relatives, and now she has relatives, she should be happy for her. I thought again that if this Lin Ruche wanted to take Lin Daiyu to live in his house, wouldn't it be too bad? Jia Baoyu thought about it a lot, but fortunately, Jia Zheng was so focused on the affairs of Suzhou that he didn't notice him at all. It wasn't until the little servant came in and said that the meal was set up that Jia Zheng noticed Jia Baoyu and asked him to accompany him to eat.

Besides, in the Xiaoxiang Pavilion, Daiyu was still reading as usual with a book in her hand, and there were more whispers between Zijuan and Snow Goose. Daiyu's ears were sharp, and when she heard them muttering the words "girl" and "that lady", she couldn't help but laugh and reprimand: "You two little hooves, what are you whispering about me behind your back?" ”

Zijuan covered her mouth and smiled, and Xue Yan also smiled and said: "We are saying that the girl will also have relatives in the capital in the future, and she is no longer alone, so we can also go out and have a look." Qingwen was sitting under the porch sewing clothes, and when she heard the word "go", she hurriedly came over and asked, "Who is leaving?" Zijuan and Snow Goose both laughed at once, and even Daiyu laughed, put down the book and said to her: "No one wants to leave, even if you go, I will take you with me." Qingwen's face flushed, and she turned around and went out again.

Lin Daiyu covered the book and quietly remembered what was on her mind. This time I went to Suzhou, and I don't know when I want to go out in the future, and there are some things that I should take this opportunity to plan. The Jia Mansion sent most of Lin Ruhai's family property, and even though the property left by Lin Daiyu was still worth hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, the Jia family's economic situation was still not optimistic.

Wang Xifeng, Xing and the second wife of Wang filtered through the big and small servants in the family, and Jia Yu and Jia Zheng led people to copy the Lai family, and a lot of money was confiscated, but it was just a drop in the bucket for the Jia family with hundreds of people. Besides, there are eunuchs in the palace who come from time to time to ask for some filial piety, and the Jia family, who has no financial resources, is close at hand.

In Daiyu's hand, there were also 50,000 taels of silver that Lin Ruhai quietly left her, and they were exchanged into silver tickets and placed in the box with the suicide note locked. This money is placed in an ordinary well-off family, which is enough to live a rich life. But the Jia family, who is extravagant and wasteful everywhere in terms of food and clothing, can't even stir up a drift. Without income, once Yuan Chun can't escape the catastrophe, the end of the Jia family's ruin and displacement will be inevitable.

Daiyu thought about it and sighed, at this time there was a chirping sound outside, Zijuan went out to see, it turned out to be Shen'er in Yihong Courtyard, Zijuan asked Shen'er: "Is there something wrong with your lord calling you over?" Shen'er said with a smile: "Our master was called by the master, and lunch was left in the outer courtyard." Big Sister Hua was worried and sighed in the house for a while, and Qiu Wen and Sister Musk Yue were arguing, so I stole a free time and ran out. ”

Daiyu could also hear it clearly in the house, and Zijuan chatted with Shen'er for a few more words, and then sent her back: "Carefully, you big sister Hua suddenly remembered that she couldn't find you, and she was going to be scolded again." Shen'er smiled and said, "Where can they take care of me?" As he spoke, he went back to playing elsewhere.