On this day, Lin Qingyun is the birthday star, and the banquet arrangements are arranged by Daiyu, although there is no drama, but the little sisters are already lively in one place. I have to say that in ancient times, women were indeed precocious, except for Xichun, the others were between eleven and thirteen or fourteen years old, Wang Xifeng was older, but he was used to being a joker, Lin Qingyun listened to them, and often ignored their age.

The guests and hosts on this side enjoyed themselves, and Jia Baoyu on the other side was arranged in the flower hall.

Jia Baoyu didn't care about anything else as soon as she entered the flower hall, and only asked Zijuan: "What did Sister Lin prepare for me?" Take it out and I'll take a look. ”

Seeing this, Zijuan deliberately teased him, raised his hand and pointed to the sumptuous wine and food on the table: "Naturally, I prepared a banquet to entertain the second master, isn't the second master dissatisfied?" If the second master doesn't like it, what do you want to eat, I'll let people change it. ”

Jia Baoyu stared at her twice and smiled: "Sister Zijuan, don't coax me, I know that Sister Lin must not be preparing this." ”

Zijuan sighed in her heart, feeling that although Baoyu was not good in other things, she was indeed Daiyu's confidant, but it was a pity...... Restraining the random thoughts in her heart, Zijuan smiled and took out a book: "This is what the girl prepared for you." The girl said, this book can only be read here, not taken away, it's not that the girl is stingy, it's just that you can take it back so that people will inevitably cause trouble. ”

"What kind of book is hidden like this?" Jia Baoyu became more and more curious, took the book and read it, the first glance was full of surprise, looking at it and couldn't stop, where did he remember that he was here to eat noodles.

Daiyu prepared "The Merchant of Venice" for Baoyu, and she had also obtained Lin Qingyun's consent. Lin Qingyun guarded against Baoyu just so that Daiyu would not suffer, not that she hated Baoyu as a person, not to mention that it was just a book, as long as everyone who didn't go out and shout knew it, she naturally wouldn't stop Baoyu from reading it. It's just that when she thinks of the story in this book and the rebellion in Baoyu's bones, she can't help but wonder if Baoyu will be stimulated by the theme conveyed by the story in the book.

At the same time, the Appreciation Building prepared by Lin Qingjun was officially opened.

Ye Song, as the shopkeeper of the library, led the men in the building to stand at the gate, and invited the lively pedestrians to come in and have a look after the festive firecrackers. When the new store opened, people were inevitably curious, not to mention that before the bookstore opened, it was spread out in abundance, knowing that it was a new bookstore, and the peers paid more and more attention, and today they naturally want to explore the reality.

A horse-drawn carriage was parked on the side of the street, and the corner of the screen window was lifted, and the line of sight was facing the door of the library.

"Appreciation Building." After Tu Yan met in the church that day, he specially asked Lin Qingyun to check on her, and unexpectedly learned that she knew Western language, not only loved to read, but also opened a library. He felt that this Lin Qingyun was a little disobedient, and thought that Lin Ruhai inexplicably recognized a righteous daughter, so he ordered someone to investigate deeply, and sure enough, he learned his true identity.

Get out of the car and walk into the building like any other person watching the excitement.

Today, Tu Yan came prepared, wearing an ordinary green shirt, holding a folding fan, and his beautiful appearance, which made people think that he was a scholar. The two guards turned into ordinary clothes and followed closely two steps behind. Tu Yan walked around the study building, and finally went up to the second floor, asked for a private room, and ordered refreshments.

When the things were delivered, Tu Yan was a little interested in the novel steamed cake, and tasted one, only to feel that the taste was delicate, soft and smooth, and he had never eaten it before. He suddenly remembered that he had seen some foreigners in Quanzhou, and those foreigners always liked to drink black tea and eat dim sum, although the taste and appearance were different, but they were similar to this steamed cake. He felt that this Lin Qingyun was even more mysterious.

But it is said that the things in this appreciation building are not unusual, and the new ingenuity lies in the layout.

As soon as you enter from the door, you will face the counter against the wall, behind the counter is a lattice shelf, except for some small potted plant decorations, it is full of all kinds of brushes, inkstones, pen holders, rulers and other study utensils, the open space is a one-meter-high wooden platform, with all kinds of papers, and the large bookshelves on the left and right sides are full of neat books. When this was discovered, many people immediately took the book and looked at it, and Ye Song ordered someone to hold a cup of tea. The tea was ordinary, but it was enough to surprise once again.

Because Ye Song had already said that the second floor was a private room, and there were books in it, but it was mainly for everyone to discuss. Many people did not dare to set foot on the second floor because of illiteracy and other reasons, but some rich and noble people went upstairs to take a look, and found that there were many good books in the private room that were rare to see outside, and they couldn't move at once.

The previous novelty has passed, and the people who usually watch the excitement have dispersed, but Ye Song is still busy.

On the first day of opening today, in accordance with Lin Qingyun's instructions, all tea and snacks were free, and books were all 8.5% off. Ye Song was busy and secretly calculated in his heart, although the books were discounted, but they were discounted on the basis of the selling price, and they did not lose money, and although those tea and snacks were confiscated for money, the private room was charged, and in general, the collection was flat.

Until the last guest was sent away, it was already the time to hold the lamp, Ye Song ordered someone to close the door of the store and rush to the Lin Mansion with the day's account.

After dinner, Lin Qingyun and Daiyu sat in the room together to count the gifts given by each family.

Although Lin Qingyun recognized the righteous daughter halfway through the Lin family, Lin Ruhai attached great importance to it, so when he recognized the righteous girl, he sent a letter to each family to explain, so Lin Qingyun's birth date was known to everyone. Now on her birthday, all families have also sent people to send things, because Lin Qingyun has not yet reached the end and has not done a big deal, the gifts of each family are not heavy, and the gifts given by the Jia family are a little too heavy.

Lin Qingyun and Daiyu didn't say anything to each other, and counted them one by one.

Daiyu suddenly asked, "Why didn't you see the Zhang family's ceremony?" ”

Zhang's family?

Lin Qingyun really didn't think about it, after she mentioned it, she looked for it again, and sure enough, there was no Zhang family. This is not normal, in previous years, the Zhang family often sent people to send her things, and her birthday would not fall, not to mention that Zhang Ming was in the capital. My heart jumped, and I remembered that Zhang Ming hadn't made an excuse to send things here for some days, wasn't he too busy with official business? Or has something happened?

She is also not good at stabbing people to come to the door to ask, and she is afraid that something will happen to the Zhang family, so she ordered the egret to find Uncle Chen, and asked Uncle Chen to investigate in private to see if there is something wrong with the Zhang family.

Daiyu is also a sensitive and thoughtful person, and when this kind of thing suddenly happened, she first thought about it, and she was afraid that Qingyun was unhappy, and was about to be relieved, but she saw the egret who had just gone out come back.

"Big girl, my brother is here, because it is inconvenient to enter the second door, let me bring the day's accounts in the study building to the big girl, and then wait for the big girl to show me." Egret said as he handed over a booklet.

Qingyun took it, looked through it and watched it with Daiyu. There are not many accounts in a day, and for convenience, the bookkeeping method is also the Arabic numeral table she taught, and the name, inventory, purchase price, selling price, discount, transaction quantity and amount are all clear at a glance. There is no problem with Ye Song's account, and although he has not made much profit overall, he has not lost money, Qingyun must be in his heart.

"Good. Go and tell Ye Song that this account is doing well, and he will do it in the future. I'll be able to go there myself in two days. ”

"Yes." The egret was also happy and turned his head to reply.

"Congratulations sister!" Daiyu saw that the names of several books recorded in the account book were very unfamiliar, and there were rare pastry names, and she became more and more curious about Xiangwenlou, so she even asked: "Sister Qingyun, let's go and have a look tomorrow." ”

"Okay." If it is two days late, the Jia family should come to pick it up again.

The next day they went out in the afternoon, and they went to the church first. Father Anderson was listening to the confessions, but he had already confessed to them, allowing them to go into the library and choose the books themselves. Lin Qingjun left the translation and took a copy of "Hamlet".

Daiyu accidentally saw a translation of a travelogue in the Americas, and she was reluctant to leave.

When the two of them came to the Xiangwen Building, there was no one in the building, and Ye Song helped to watch, so they were not afraid of being embarrassed by running into people. Lin Qingyun led Daiyu up and down, Daiyu was childish and wanted to taste the steamed cake, and she wanted to imitate the man's atmospheric handwriting in the private room to leave half a pair, and then pulled Qingyun to discuss a poetry book, and then reluctantly left.

"Why should my sister be like this, let's just come back next time." In the future, for the sake of the book building business, there are many planning plans, and as long as Daiyu is willing, she can arrange those excitement.

"Sister, you're so nice." Daiyu hugged her and smiled cutely.

"Who made my sister so likable." Qingyun pinched her nose with wicked taste, and the two played around for a while, where was there still the past Miss Qianjin's pie, but because of this, they felt more and more intimate with each other.

It's been a month since then, and the business of Appreciation House is on the right track, perhaps because of the free reading of books, the business is very good every day. Lin Qingyun also signaled Ye Song to post a new notice, and those who have poor families who love books can copy books for free in the Appreciation Building, and only need to pay for pen and paper. Compared with books, the price of paper is nothing, not to mention that there is a lot of room for paper prices to choose from, and the reputation of Xiangwenlou has improved again, and almost all the readers in the capital do not know.

The second floor has always been a high-consumption area, although it has not been full, but there are nearly half of the private rooms used every day, pastries and tea are indispensable, there are a lot of praises, and the income is naturally objective.

For now, Lin Qingyun is satisfied, he can't become a fat man in one bite, and some things have to be done slowly.

Because it was too hot in July, Daiyu lived at home for more than half a month under the pretext of heat stroke, and Wang Xifeng came to pick it up in person two days ago. Lin Qingyun was left alone, so he went to the church and translated the books again.

I just came back from the church that day, but I heard my sister-in-law Nahan say: "Big girl, Uncle Chen is waiting at the door, it seems that there is something urgent." ”

While speaking, the carriage entered the gate, Lin Qingyun got down from the car, and when he saw Uncle Chen hurrying up, he opened his mouth and said, "Big girl, someone from the Zhang family is here." ”

"Zhang's family?" I didn't see the Zhang family's gift on my birthday last time, and Uncle Chen never heard anything about the Zhang family after inquiring, Zhang Ming still went to the Hanlin Academy every day, so she ignored it, and Daiyu was sullen and angry about it.

"It's Mrs. Zhang, waiting for the big girl in the flower hall." Uncle Chen's face was solemn. As the former second housekeeper of the Lin family, Uncle Chen has seen a lot of things, so when he saw the faces of Mrs. Zhang and others, he expected that it would not be a good thing. Moreover, the other party came to find the eldest girl, and the eldest girl had a marriage contract with the third son of the Zhang family......

Uncle Chen thought of the worst.

Lin Qingyun didn't expect that, but felt that it was a little strange that Mrs. Zhang suddenly came to the capital.

After entering the flower hall, I saw Mrs. Zhang and the two sisters-in-law of the Zhang family here, and hurriedly walked a few steps forward to give a salute: "Qingyun didn't know that Aunt Zhang and the two sisters-in-law had come to the capital, and they never greeted them from afar, hoping to beg for forgiveness." ”

"Hurry up, they're not outsiders, why be so polite." Mrs. Zhang, who is nearly fifty people, has a kind face and gentle speech, although she is not very affectionate to Qingyun, but she is very pity. Mrs. Zhang was originally not satisfied with her master's family affairs for the third son, but after seeing Lin Qingyun, she felt that her master had a good vision and was ready, but who knew that such a thing would happen again. The old man was angry and sick because of this, and he didn't have the face to see Lin Ruhai, so in the end she had to come over in person.

"Why did Aunt Zhang suddenly go to Beijing? But what's the matter? Qingyun is not a fool, the shame in the other party's eyes almost overflowed, which made her very puzzled. But in a flash of inspiration, I thought of one thing, unless there was a problem with Zhang Ming's marriage contract with her, the Zhang family would not be like this.

Sure enough, Mrs. Zhang opened her mouth, and finally said with a guilty face: "It's our Zhang family who can't stand you, originally calculated that you will be filial piety at the beginning of spring next year, and wanted to calculate a good day to set the wedding date, but it was just a pair of eight characters, but it was incompatible." In the past, your father and my master were also negligent, only thinking about getting married, and a single oral marriage contract did not follow the formal rules, otherwise how would you know that you would clash with each other. ”

is obviously an excuse, even if it was really a verbal marriage contract at the beginning, Master Zhang didn't expect that Mrs. Zhang could not go to the eight characters? I'm afraid that I want to quit my family, and I don't like to have a bad reputation, so I'm just looking for an excuse.

Lin Qingyun himself was very indifferent to this family business, so when he heard that he had withdrawn from his family, he was not shocked or sad on his face.

Seeing that she was silent, Mrs. Zhang felt even more guilty in her heart, as if their Zhang family had joined forces to bully an orphan girl, and she couldn't help but scold the third son in her heart. But now I really can't do it, so I have to say with a shy old face: "I'm afraid that the family affairs of our two families can't be done, and I also told Lord Lin about this, and I specially went to Beijing to meet you this time and make amends in person." As he spoke, he stood up and bowed.

Lin Qingyun hurriedly held on: "What is Aunt Zhang doing, how can Qingyun afford it." Originally, the children obeyed the orders of their parents, but Aunt Zhang's family never treated me slowly, and now it is just that it is not easy to be married. Besides, if it weren't for Uncle Zhang's rescue, where would there still be Qingyun. As my aunt said, from today onwards, the two family affairs will be null and void, and there is no need to mention them again. ”

The more she was like this, the more shameless Mrs. Zhang became, and she hurried away without leaving anything more.

At this time, Bai Lu and the others seemed to have just come back to their senses, and their angry faces were red and gritted their teeth: "This, how can this Zhang family be like this?" What should they do if they quit their own girl? The girl has nothing wrong with her, but she has become a retired relative, how can others talk about it? How can the girl be good in the future? ”

If it were possible, Lin Qingyun would love not to marry for the rest of her life, this ancient three wives and four concubines, she was not sensitive.