Lin Jinlou returned to Changchun Hall, Xianglan had already finished freshening up, and there were a few dishes on the kang table, and hot soup, etc., which was obviously just prepared. Lin Jinlou didn't scrub, and beckoned Xianglan to dine with him, Xianglan said: "Uncle wipe his face, change his clothes and eat again." ”

Lin Jinlou said: "When you change your clothes and the dishes are cold, let's eat first." She sandwiched a piece of chestnut cake for pandan and put it on a small plate in front of her.

Xianglan lifted the chopsticks and glanced at him, and Lin Jinlou smiled slightly: "What's the matter?" Don't you give me food? ”

Xianglan was stunned, lowered her head, hesitated slightly, and then put a chopstick and silver silk vegetables into Lin Jinlou's plate. Lin Jinlou's face was a little heavy.

The two of them didn't make a sound, just ate quietly.

After finishing the meal for a while, Lin Jinlou went to the bookcase, and unfolded the paintings that Xianglan put in the painting tube one by one, Xianglan couldn't help asking, "What are you doing?" ”

Lin Jinlou and his entourage unfolded and said, "When I was lying in bed and couldn't move, didn't you ask you to draw two good paintings for me to see?" Which is? ”

Xianglan said: "I'll look for it." As he spoke, he pulled out two cylinders and handed them over, "That's it." ”

Lin Jinlou unfolded it and took a look, only to see one of them painting a Guanyin monk holding a net bottle, with low eyebrows and lowered eyes, noble demeanor, flying clothes, full of paper and wind, really writing God in shape, delicate workmanship. The other is "Snowy Night Riverside Map", the distant mountains are gentle, the near mountains are towering, the staggered falls, the reeds on the riverside are vast, the dry trees and peaks and stones, and the snow is covered, which is actually the scene of the two of them in distress.

Lin Jinlou frowned and said, "How do you draw these two?" I thought you were like usual, drawing some kind of flowers, birds, fish and insects. ”

Xianglan smiled and said nothing. Lin Jinlou naturally didn't know how devout she was that day to draw Guanyin Dashi one by one, asking the Bodhisattva to bless Lin Jinlou's life and physical and mental safety; And in that night of wind and snow, she experienced a catastrophe of life and death, and suddenly had an epiphany.

Lin Jinlou looked horizontally and vertically at the painting, and said for a while: "Okay, although it shouldn't be a scene, the painting is really good." As he spoke, he rolled up the painting, tucked it under his armpit, and walked out.

Xianglan hurriedly chased after her and asked, "Where is the uncle?" ”

Lin Jinlou turned around, looked at Xianglan and said with a smile: "Where are you going?" I have to go into battle to kill the enemy for you, you white-eyed wolf, you are still chirping crookedly for the master. As he spoke, he pinched the tip of Xianglan's nose, gritted his teeth and said fiercely: "Who do you say I'm doing this for now, don't I make a mistake!" As soon as he turned around, he walked out, and the group stuffed the two cylinders of paintings into the hands of the book dyeer, and said: "Call auspicious double happiness, and go to the old lady's courtyard with the master." ”

There is a real hall in the northwest corner of the Lin Mansion in the capital, it is the place of Lin Zhaoxiang's recuperation, there are about ten or so rooms, the front hall and the back house are complete, you can enter through the street, Lin Zhaoxiang Town is deep and simple, so the house here is also quieter than usual, the next person walks back and forth slowly and softly, only hears the birdsong.

Lin Jinlou entered the courtyard and unconsciously lightened his steps, thinking about Lin Zhaoxiang's eyes and thoughts, he was a little stunned, and secretly said that old man, what are you doing so shrewdly when you are old. The people of the capital are old and become fine, his grandfather was a spirit when he was young, he hid 10,000 hearts and eyes in his heart, and now he has lived a handful of years, and he is about to become a fairy.

As soon as he looked up, he saw Lin Zhaoxiang's confidant walking out with Geng Tonggui carrying a bird cage in his hand, Lin Jinlou hurried over, with a smile on his face, and said, "Uncle Geng, who got up early in the morning, walked the birds for his grandfather?" ”

Geng Tonggui smiled like a chrysanthemum on his face, looked at Lin Jinlou and said, "The eldest prince is here?" Rare, rare. Isn't there something that can't be caused at this time? Tell the old servant to make a deal, and then I can send someone to invite the old lady over. Geng Tonggui watched Lin Jinlou grow up, his affection was unusual, and because he was valued by Lin Zhaoxiang, he was not restrained in speaking.

Lin Jinlou said: "Where can I be, I just wondered, my body is very good, and it is time to save it in the morning and dusk." ”

"Yo." Geng Tonggui laughed, "It's rare, it's really rare." Then you go, the old lady is alone, and she is enjoying the flowers in the house. ”

"And what, old lady?"

"The wife and the second wife chose this year's satin pattern, and the old lady also went to see the excitement."

"Where's Brother Yuan?"

"The third master took the fourth master out." Geng Tonggui smiled again, "It's quiet today, your grandfather and grandson have a good time talking, and the old lady is talking about you every day these days." ”

"Huh? What are you talking about me? ”

"Hehe, I'm a current person, it's not good to talk a lot, you'll find out later."

"Don't, Uncle Geng, Uncle Geng" Geng Tonggui ignored Lin Jinlou's call to him, and smiled to himself and carried the bird cage out of the second door. This old thing, who has followed his grandfather all these years, is also an old fox.

Lin Jinlou beat a drum in his heart, and Shuangxi behind him carefully handed over the painting tube and said, "Uncle, this"

Lin Jinlou was impatient, and took it and said, "Give it to the master, get out." Walking inside, I suddenly saw a small figure snorting and drilling behind the grape trellis, Lin Jinlou was so skilled, he grabbed the person in his hand with an arrow step, and shouted: "Where are you going?" When I saw your brother, I didn't salute anymore, and my guts were fat? ”

Lin Jinyuan let Lin Jinlou carry it, his white little face smiled skinnyly, and he said with a smile: "Hehe, brother, didn't I see you." The third brother asked me to hang out with him. ”

"What can you learn from him? Come with me to the old lady. ”

Lin Jinyuan stopped doing it when he heard it, and struggled: "I'm not going, I'm going to you!" Yesterday, I memorized the "Four Books" for half a night, and my grandfather allowed me to go out today, and I had to memorize the book when I went in later, and I was annoyed to death. ”

"Tsk, tsk, don't move!" Lin Jinyuan saw that Lin Jinlou's face sank, and he really didn't dare to move, so his mouth pouted.

Lin Jinlou put on a smile again, and whispered to Lin Jinyuan: "Come, little fourth, brother knows that you are worried about the bow in my brother's study." ”

When Lin Jinyuan heard this, his eyes immediately lit up.

"The bow is too big, you are too small to pull it open, the eldest brother has already told the craftsman, he is making a small one for you, and it will be sent in three or four days, and the arrows are all peacock feathers and pheasant feathers."

"That's a good idea, I"

"However, you have to be obedient, my brother will give it to you, otherwise, my brother will give it to Lao Yuan and their brother."

Lin Jinyuan stared at his round eyes, and immediately stretched out his hand to promise: "Don't, big brother, I'm obedient, if you let me say the east, I will never say the west, and if you let me beat the dog, I will never pick up the chicken!" ”

"Well, good little four, good brother, the eldest brother will have to go in and talk to his grandfather about something later, if the grandfather is angry and annoyed later, you have to come in to save the driver, have you listened?"

Lin Jinyuan scratched his head: "Huh? Grandfather was furious."

Lin Jinlou glared: "Tsk, what's the matter, the manly husband is spitting, don't you want the bow anymore, there is a way to seek wealth and danger, you don't go into the tiger's den to get the tiger?" ”

As he was talking, he heard a cough coming from inside the house, and Lin Zhaoxiang said, "Who is outside?" ”

Both of them were startled, Lin Jinyuan jumped up, broke away from Lin Jinlou and fled, Lin Jinlou pointed to Lin Jinyuan's back, and said softly: "Bastard boy, run faster than a rabbit, remember, come in and rescue later, otherwise there is no bow and arrow, brother will reward you with a meal of fried meat skin on a bamboo board." Seeing that Lin Xiaosi'er ran away without a shadow, Lin Jinlou had to enter the house with a painting tube.

Lin Zhaoxiang was pruning flowers and plants in the Ming Hall, glanced up at Lin Jinlou, and lowered his head again, as if he hadn't seen it.

Lin Jinlou hurriedly stepped forward, with a smile on his face, and said, "Grandfather, the unfilial grandson is here." So saying, he knelt down and bowed. Just as he was about to get up, he heard Lin Zhaoxiang say: "You just kneel, and you get up." ”

Lin Jinlou looked up at Lin Zhaoxiang's face and knelt straight.

Lin Zhaoxiang didn't pay attention to him, and slowly repaired a bunch of potted plants, Lin Jinlou complained bitterly in his heart, and he didn't dare to move, and when he saw Lin Zhaoxiang turn around, he hurriedly laughed again. Lin Zhaoxiang snorted, put the scissors aside, the little maid presented a white hand towel, Lin Zhaoxiang wiped his hands, sat down on the Taishi chair, picked up the tea bowl and took a sip of hot tea, and then looked at Lin Jinlou and said: "Okay, you are calm, I thought you were dead to me." ”

Lin Jinlou smiled and said: "Grandfather said so, there is still a place for me to stand here." ”

"Don't be here with a hippie smile, you know how much trouble you've done outside! If you don't make a weapon, you think that you will act recklessly and lose the face of your ancestors now that you are a big official, and I can't spare you for the first time! Lin Zhaoxiang held his crutches and wanted to fight, remembering that his eldest grandson had just recovered from his serious injuries, and was hesitating whether to put down his crutches, when he heard someone shouting: "Grandfather, how to interpret this sentence in "Mencius"? Turning his head to look, he saw Lin Jinyuan holding a book and probing his brain outside the door.

Lin Zhaoxiang said angrily: "You monkey, you want to be beaten with your eldest brother?" ”

Lin Jinyuan stuck out his tongue and retracted his little head.

At this time, Lin Zhaoxiang put down his crutches. Lin Jinlou's heart began to flutter, it is said that Lin Zhaoxiang should not have made such a big fire with him for Su Meiru's matter, seeing that the matter has subsided, Su Meiru also entered the door to give birth, and he is an honest, big family, who doesn't have some filth in the family, although this matter is disgraceful, but in the final analysis, his second uncle is the most humiliating, and his grandfather should not come to him.

was thinking about it deeply, and Lin Zhaoxiang shouted angrily in his ears again: "You are long-lasting, I can't control you anymore?" ”

"No, no. My grandfather was angry and angry, and he hurt his liver. ”

Lin Zhaoxiang said: "Let me ask you, what happened to you and the boys of the Chu family and the Liu family who became shareholders of the salt merchants?" ”

As soon as these words came out, a stone in Lin Jinlou's heart fell to the ground, and he knew where the old man's eyes were.

"That's a business, the people of the Chu family came out to run it, and a few of us just participated in the shares, and we took care of it on weekdays, according to the king's law."

"Don't get those cats and dogs to carry private goods, use your brains on selling smuggled salt, you Lao Tzu is the most important official, I also have to save face!"

"I can't do it, I don't dare to embarrass my ancestors. Grandfather, I still have an army in my hand, and the little military salary of the imperial court is thrown into the water, and so many brothers follow me to eat, and always do some work, is it possible to drink the northwest wind? ”

"Don't cry poor, you also have your business selling goods at sea, don't you want to hide it from me."

"They all follow the smugglers, and I don't dare to make up my mind in the imperial court."

"Don't be involved with those people in the rivers and lakes, I loosened my control on you before, and let me know in the future that you are messing around outside and messing around with stinky women who are not clean and dirty outside, I really cleaned you up."

Lin Jinlou slandered, but he promised again and again. I only heard Lin Zhaoxiang say: "Stand up." ”

Lin Jinlou secretly thanked God, just stood up, and listened to his grandfather again: "Let's talk about it, what is the file of "The Legend of Lanxiang Layman"?" ”R1152