"It starts with your mother." Mu Haoyu was silent for a long time before he said: "Your mother is not doing well in the Lin family, although she is a mother-in-law, she went early, Lin Wenjing continued to have a son Lin Wenzhong, the degree of food and clothing is acceptable, the scholarly family is the most interested in family rules, the step-wife values her own children, she doesn't care much about your mother, and it can even be said that she is indifferent, your mother's stubborn character, Lin Wenjing will not take care of the backyard affairs." "These things were found out later, not all the truth, pick up a few things to tell the children, and have a general understanding is enough.

"And then?" Mu Jinming frowned when he heard this, every family has this kind of bridge, so it can't be changed.

"Later, your mother met Ouyang Ye by chance." Mu Haoyu raised his eyebrows, and was about to say that he was interrupted by Mu Jinming.

"The two fell in love at first sight." Mu Jinming immediately interfaced, and the story was too cliché.

"Stinky boy!" Mu Haoyu knocked on Mu Jinming's head angrily, "What are you talking about!" ”

"It was love at first sight, and there was still you and me." I also felt that this story was vulgar enough, so I didn't want to hear it, so I said: "Mother met the right person at the right time, Ouyang Ye, the old fox, fell in love with his mother's beauty and virtuousness, and decided to marry and return to the house. ”

Mu Haoyu couldn't cry or laugh, and he couldn't do it, one was reluctant and the other was to guess eight | nine is not far from ten, save how to say it in his own organizational language.

"Really?" Mu Jinming's eyes changed back and forth between his father and his face, and he sighed in his heart What is this called, and he thought that there was some love history to sing and cry about, but it turned out that he was thinking too much.

Mu Haoyu bowed his head slightly to show the authenticity of what he said. Although there are a bit of discrepancies, that's pretty much the case.

"No, it won't!" Mu Jinming suddenly lost the interest in listening, and directly clapped the decision: "These can be skimmed, to say the main thing, what is the current situation of the Lin family?" ”

"My mother was at odds with her mother's family, so she broke off contact after marriage." You don't have to guess to think of it, "The Lin family's scholarly family is naturally arrogant, and no matter how difficult it is, they refuse to put down their bodies and ask to come to the door. ”

"You know that, too?" Mu Jinming looked surprised. The look in his eyes is like looking at a god's stick.

"Ahem." Mu Haoyu faked coughing twice, he had nothing to say, he was all right, his little daughter was too smart and gave people a headache.

"How to do it. Got some money to send away? "Mu Jinming is most disgusted with people who are full of benevolence, righteousness, morality, and pretending to be famous.

"It's not about the money." I remember a sentence that says, "The more pure and noble people taste the sweetness, they will always think about the next time, and keep saying the truth on their lips, unless you really don't want to tear your face with reputation." "This is called wounding the enemy by 1,000 and losing 800 by yourself.

"If you want to say shameless, it should be the literati the most." Mu Jin understood the words, "There are no arrogant bones to be a person, and there are not a few people who abandon the bad chaff wife and marry another person, and what has been said has returned the favor, phew." Everything, all the books are read in the dog's belly, and what kind of official is such a person, it is also a model of a corrupt official. ”

"Ahem." For the first time, Mu Haoyu saw his youngest son lashing out at the reader.

"Kill those who eat the ancients." Spit out a sentence domineeringly.

"Ahem, ahem." This time it was a real cough, Mu Haoyu was frightened by his little daughter's words. I didn't swallow a mouthful of saliva.

"Father." Mu Jinming pursed his lips and smiled, and poured tea very intimately and handed it over.

Mu Haoyu took a sip of the teacup, it was much better, put down the teacup and glared at the gloating little son.

Mu Jinming raised his eyebrows very innocently, where was his fault, it was obviously a cruel word to put down.

"Off topic." Mu Haoyu pretended to be upright and said: "The Lin family does not have Ouyang Ye's help, and there is no talented heir to succeed him as an official. The Lin family is not in business, and they rely on the little family background of the stepfamily to barely maintain, and I am afraid that it is really desperate to find a good future for their children and grandchildren. ”

"What did you do earlier?" Mu Jinming unceremoniously accused: "After my mother passed away, I didn't see anyone from the Lin family come forward, leaving Xi'er alone, how can I be my grandfather's material." ”

"I didn't know I would sit on the throne of the Wing King." It is natural for men in this world to despise women, how can they value themselves. There is nothing to be disappointed in my heart, I am used to it.

"Let's just say, if you have nothing to do, you won't go to the Three Treasures Palace." Mu Jinming snorted coldly with extreme disdain, "I think it's easy to spread it out, and it's even more difficult to save the Lin family from becoming villains." ”

"Xi'er, what do you think?" Mu Jinming was very concerned about the idea. He had heard that most women were more sensitive, that is, they were softer in their ears and softer in their hearts, and they were always tolerant of their relatives.

"I'll talk about it when I see someone." If you want to know more about the Lin family, except for your father, only the Lin family knows the inside story, and they should be bored to listen to interesting stories.

"Then I'll accompany you tomorrow." Mu Jinming answered the call with kindness, how could he let one person face the Lin family, and besides, he also had a relationship with the Lin family and had the right to know.

"Okay." Mu Haoyu doesn't agree, he knows his youngest son's temperament, and if he doesn't agree, he will definitely sneak away, so it's better to let it go, the children are older and have some things to do by themselves, and they are old.

"Thank you, Father." Mu Jin couldn't help but be overjoyed, his father was still quite reasonable.

and Mu Jinming stayed in the palace at night, Mu Jinming didn't go to the bed today, and slept in his own room honestly.

Lin Mansion, in the silent night, the faint yellow candle flame crackled, and the faint candlelight illuminated the darkness of the room.

"Dad, is it really okay?" Lin Wenzhong, who hurried home after sending the post, came to look for his father anxiously.

"Are you sure the post has been handed in?" Lin Wenjing repeatedly asked about the post, but did not answer his son's words.

"Yes, I gave the girl in red." Lin Wenzhong said uneasily: "It's hard to say whether the Yiwang can deny this affiliation when the post is sent. "I'm afraid, I'm afraid that it will be difficult to even see the face of the Wing King.

"The Winged King will not miss the old love!" Lin Wenjing's hoarse voice brought out the old rhyme, "She doesn't dare." ”

"However, after so many years, ...... Lin Wen is faithful, it is difficult to guarantee whether the Wing King knows that there is a relative of the Lin family.

"What are you afraid of!" Lin Wenjing glared angrily at his son, "Filial piety is as big as the sky, and if the Wing King dares to disown his relatives, he is not filial, and everyone can drown her with a mouthful of spit." "How capable can a girl be, dare to take a big risk and tear her face with the Lin family.

"Dad, I should have taken care of late autumn more back then." It won't be so frustrated that he will come to the door now, Lin Wenzhong is resentful of his father in his heart, if he contacted the relationship between the two families earlier. Don't whisper and beg for help.

"What do you think about that wicked woman." When Lin Wanqiu was mentioned, Lin Wen's prosperity did not come anywhere, and his anger surged upward, "If it weren't for her stiff wings, she wouldn't be able to look down on her mother's family." How can you fall to such a state, you should die early! ”

Lin Wenzhong moved his mouth, he wanted to say something but didn't say anything, in the end, he felt that his father was disrespectful to the deceased Lin Wanqiu, but it didn't make sense every time.

"Tomorrow, then?" Lin Wenzhong cautiously peeked at his father, he was not sure to go alone, he was afraid, even if there was a layer of kinship, it would be difficult to contact him for a long time.

"Tomorrow you take your grandchildren with you." Lin Wenjing was sure that King Yi would definitely recognize the Lin family, and he would be able to end the matter on the same day with his grandson.

"Yes." Lin Wenzhong didn't dare to disobey his father's words. It is naturally good for people to be bold and courageous.

"Go ahead, and remember to get the congratulatory gift tomorrow." It's not good to look empty on the face, no matter how poor the Lin family is, for the sake of his grandson, he has to cheer up and recharge the fat man, Lin Wenjing doesn't feel sorry for the silver. If you can have a good future, I'm afraid that the money won't come back.

"Yes." Lin Wenzhong lowered his head, and his slightly hunched back revealed a bit of desolation.

Lin Wenzhong couldn't sleep all night, he couldn't sleep because of something in his heart, he always felt that things would not be as smooth as his father said, the Wing King was high and lacked nothing, and his own family looked at how the Wing King would look at the Lin family who was born in a scholarly family.

Some of the things about the Winged King are based on rumors, and every time they mention how the Winged King is how his father is dismissive. It is very shameful of what the Winged King did, and often slanders the Winged King, a girl who is not good at home, and shows her face like something, and sometimes the words she says are more ugly than this.

Lin Wenzhong didn't understand why his father didn't care for the young so much, after all, the Wing King was young. Late autumn went early again, a young did not grow up in the Prime Minister's Mansion, and it is rumored that the Prime Minister is not very close to the Wing King, even if he is now noble, he should not say foul language. Now it's asking to go to the door, how can you be so stubborn.

Lin Wenzhongsheng is cowardly and has soft ears, and he was raised by a woman and lacks the temperament and true colors that a man should have. Now in his thirties, he has two sons and a daughter, and the population is not large, but it is really difficult to have wealth, and he is almost in a predicament.

Yuan also did not want to be cheeky to climb relatives, it was really helpless, he saw that there was no hope, how to be an official, two sons under his knees, a thirteen-year-old and a twelve-year-old, this age should be studied in the school, the two children are also very diligent, now the school is not knowledgeable, teaching the two children is a little difficult, with the current situation of the Lin family to go to the big academy one has no money and no one can not enter at all, with their own ideas, if you want to go, you will go to the largest Wenchang Academy once and for all, and go to the middle academy in the future to choose a better academy, After a toss, the silver was spent like flowing water, not to mention the delay in the middle, and there was not so much silver at home for the two children to study.

For the sake of the future of the two children, Lin Wenzhong had to go to his father to explain the situation, hoping that his father could put aside his ridiculous prejudices and plan well for the future of his two grandsons.

Even though Lin Wenjing couldn't get used to the ruthlessness of his dead daughter, if his daughter hadn't cut off her contact with the Lin family and leaned on the big tree of the Prime Minister's Mansion, how could she have fallen here, and the family would be unfortunate.

Even if the resentment is hard to dissipate, Lin Wenjing gritted his teeth and fought for his own home, the Prime Minister's Mansion is forgotten, that is, there is no correspondence to ask for it, and the Wing King is different, although he does not like this granddaughter who does not abide by the three obedience and four virtues, but he is now the Wing King, and if he can climb this big tree, why is the Lin family unhappy.

It was because I heard that the Wing King was about to move to the palace, and the Lin family began to prepare, it doesn't matter if the congratulatory gift is not taken, how can my family dislike it, and the prayer post must be written on the best paper to show solemnity.

Lin Wenzhong, who had not slept all night, got up before dawn, the blue and black under his eyes appeared, and his face was not very good-looking, how to go out to meet people with this look, there was no other way to soak his eyes in hot water with a face towel to relieve the fatigue on his face, and after applying it for a while, the sky was getting brighter, and he went out of the house to the residence of his two sons.

Lin Wenzhong woke up his two sons, and warned him that he must not collide with the Yiwang when he arrived at the Yiwang Mansion, and he was really nervous in his heart, and the words on his lips were just a few words.

The two children are called Lin Wenzhi and the younger one is called Lin Wenwu, taking the meaning of Wenzhi martial arts, the two teenagers did not show any impatience, and took their father's words seriously, because of the Lin family's downfall, the two of them were not less treated coldly by others in the academy, and sometimes there were often unbearable words. I was young and vigorous, and I learned a lot of lessons, so I didn't stand out strongly, and I focused on studying. Only by reading good books can we get out of the existing predicament and not be ridiculed and humiliated.

For the Winged King, the fear is greater than the expectation, and there are also people in the academy who mention how the Winged King is, mostly bad words, and they are worried about the people they are about to meet.

"Dad, when are we going?" The youngest son, Lin Wenwu, spoke, "Don't you have to go to the academy today?" ”

"You don't have to go today, Dad has already helped you take leave." Lin Wenzhong replied to his youngest son's words.

"Are you going to go after breakfast?" Lin Wenwu yawned prematurely.

"Morning." Lin Wenzhong was not sure, and the time was not set at that time.

"Dad, doesn't the Wing King have to go to court?" The eldest son, Lin Wenzhi, suddenly opened his mouth to ask. reminded Lin Wenzhong.

"That's right." How could he forget about this, Lin Wenzhong quietly woke up, patted his head and said: "After going to the court, he also got the yamen on a mission." "I can't see the Wing King during the day, and it's even more inconvenient to go to the yamen to look for people.

"Can we go back to sleep, then?" It was so sleepy, Lin Wenwu covered his mouth and yawned.

Lin Wenzhong thought about it, and he couldn't see anyone during the day. You don't necessarily see people when you go at night, so the opportunity is wasted.

"I'll be gone in a moment." No, Lin Wenzhong thought about it again and again, and decided to go directly to the Wing King Mansion to wait, and he didn't believe that the people of the Wing King Mansion could shut out the three of them, father and son.

Lin Wenzhong urged his two sons to eat, packed up and hired a carriage to go to the Yiwang Mansion, because the Lin family was close to the city gate. It is some distance from the center of Shangjing, and it is necessary to take a horse-drawn carriage.

At dawn, all the subordinates of the Wing Palace's palace were in place, except for the secret guards placed on the bright side, there were two more little eunuchs, the original cook was replaced by a man, and four servant women who worked in the kitchen. Replaced by a small house, the embroidery girl is gone, according to Mu Haoyu's meaning, the Yiwang Mansion does not need to raise a bunch of embroidery girls, and wear a bag of objects in the palace. Yahuan doesn't need too much, it's enough, usually the courtyard is cleaned by the secret guards who are on the bright side, and Qimingxuan is managed by Hongrui, so as little as possible to let strangers approach.

Because the people in the house were in place, they returned to the Yiwang Mansion before dawn, and they were quite satisfied after seeing the people, where are the two little eunuchs going to arrange?

"One of them is called Zhang Chenghui to make a hand of dim sum, and the other is called Zhou Minghui to make a hand of medicinal food." Hongrui nodded at the two young men and praised, "These two are a treasure, which was accidentally discovered by Gonggong Li from the imperial dining room, and he was overjoyed after trying it, why don't you try the craftsmanship of the two at noon?" The gluttonous worms in his stomach hooked out, and the eyes of the two of them became brighter and brighter.

Keeping the two of them by his side, seeing Hongrui's gluttony, he agreed to Hongrui's request with great mercy, and watched the craftsmanship of the two at lunch.

Zhang Cheng and Zhou Ming were ordered to go to the kitchen to prepare the ingredients to be used for lunch, and they must do their best when they show their hands in front of the master for the first time.

Zhang Cheng and Zhou Ming are acquainted, both of them are three years into the palace, the reason for entering the palace is the same as for their own home, there are many children in the family, the family is poor and can not afford to support all the children only by relying on two acres of medium land, the younger brother of the family wants to study, the older brother has to go out to find a job to do, because he is not old and because he can rarely eat enough food every day, there is no meat on his body, and the dry body is not good. came and went and became half a master and apprentice. The days can be improvised, who wants to have a natural disaster*, the crops in the field have been sapling, the father is tired and sick, the mother is struggling to support, and has just saved a little money, but because of his father's illness, it is gone in a blink of an eye, and the family has reached the point where it can't open the pot.

In desperation, I learned that the important people in the palace could get five taels of silver before entering the palace, knowing what to do in the palace, in order to save the emergency with five taels of silver, I could only grit my teeth and swallow the bitter water.

The experience of the two is roughly the same, as soon as they entered the palace, they were picked to go to the imperial dining room to do miscellaneous work, and the two of them did not have to serve other masters, although the work of the imperial dining room was heavy, they could have a full meal, because the two of them were well-behaved Zhou Zheng worked diligently, and was transferred from the work of the miscellaneous servants to a cook, doing the work of the hands, and half of the monthly silver was left for himself and half of the dragged people home.

The two are willing to work hard and pragmatic, the cook has the idea of accepting apprentices, the chef makes dim sum and picks the careful Zhang Cheng, Zhou Ming followed the cook who made medicinal food under the push of the chef, as apprentices, the two of them are also hard-working, more and more attentive to study, even if they can't use the craft now, they can have a livelihood when they leave the palace in the future.

It was a coincidence that Gonggong Li took a fancy to him, Gonggong Li went to the imperial dining room to pick someone that day, everyone knew that this was to choose someone for the Yiwang Mansion, and many cooks made up their minds, but Gonggong Li has always been selfless and unfilial piety, and he is unambiguous in doing things, and he wants to go to Gonggong Li's door, and he doesn't show his real skills to rest as soon as possible.

Why would anyone find another way to do a good job in the imperial dining room? It's just that there are too many cooks in the imperial diet, dozens of people do everything, everyone knows different things but there is still competition, if you want to fish for oil and water, it depends on how many brushes you have, otherwise you will stand aside and make room for others.