Chapter 80: Lin Hou Returns Home
As soon as Lin Hou returned home, Mrs. Lin knew the news, because it was not convenient for the Yun family to see Lin Houye, and Mrs. Lin asked someone to send them to rest first. After the Yun family took their daughter and son to thank them for their kindness, they carefully followed the girl.
Shang Fengzhi and Shang Fengyun, two sisters, were a little shrunken at this time, and Mrs. Lin said: "You are the daughter of the cousin, and you are also the younger generation of your own family, so you don't have to retreat." She was angry with her husband, but since these two girls are going to be raised at home for the time being, of course they must be treated well. You can't spend your own energy and money, and you will have to attract resentment as a result.
Shang Fengzhi is sister, and hurriedly got up and said, "Yes." ”
"Sit down, sit down, we are all a family, we don't have to be so polite." She lovingly beckoned to the two sisters, "Come here." ”
The two sisters walked up to her and were pulled down by Mrs. Lin, she looked at the two girls carefully, and praised with a smile: "It's really a good Peugeot appearance, people can't see enough, and love can't love enough." ”
Lin Yun joked: "Hey, my wife likes Peugeot's girl's house, and she has always thought I am stupid, but now I have two fairy-like daughters, I don't know how to be happy." Hey, have pity on me, and I was thrown to the edge of the sky at once. ”
Jia Min patted her, "Nonsense again." Then he smiled at the Shang family sisters: "Your sister...... Sister ...... "I don't understand for a while, which of the three little girls is bigger and which is smaller."
Shang Fengzhi said first: "Sister-in-law, I am fourteen this year. ”
Shang Fengyun said: "I am thirteen this year. ”
"That's Yun'er, it's my sister." Mrs. Lin smiled, she pointed at Lin Yun and said, "This is my daughter, although she is stupid, she has a good heart, and she likes to play with the little sisters the most." ”
The Shang family sisters have officially met Lin Yun just now, and the Fang family was present just now, so they naturally followed the guests first, and their own relatives had to stay behind.
"Ma'am. The lord is here. The girl who had been watching outside for a long time came in and replied,
Mrs. Lin said, "Let's go out." Shang Fengzhi was very eye-catching and helped Mrs. Lin, and Mrs. Lin smiled and patted her hand, "Good boy, let's be with your sister." ”
Shang Fengzhi blessed her body, Lin Yun came over a long time ago, pulled her and pulled Shang Fengyun, and the three of them followed behind Mrs. Lin together, this time it was Lin Ruhai who fell last.
As soon as Marquis Lin entered the main courtyard, he saw his wife and children coming out. After looking at the Shang sisters, they couldn't help but have some sneers on their faces, "Madam." ”
Lin Ruhai and Jia Min took the lead, took the three girls, and bowed down together. Lin Hou hurriedly said, "Let's all get up." At the same time, he ordered someone to move the cage and other things into the main courtyard, and when a few people entered the house and sat down, Fang smiled and said: "I bought some country toys at random on the road, you can take them to play." ”
Mrs. Lin said, "When I sort it out, I will send someone to send it to you." "I called the Shang sisters again. Officially greeted Marquis Lin.
The girl set up the mat, and the two sisters came over to bow down and kowtowed respectfully.
Marquis Lin hurriedly shouted and said with a smile: "In the future, you will regard this place as your own home." What is lacking or missing, just come to Mrs. ”
The two sisters thanked them again, and Mrs. Lin said, "You guys are tired all the way. Go and rest first, the days will be long in the future, and I can't say anything. ”
When Mrs. Lin knew that Marquis Lin had brought back two girls. Hurriedly asked someone to clean up a yard and prepare them for living. Although it was in a hurry, it was very neat.
When there were no outsiders in the house, Mrs. Lin couldn't help complaining to her husband: "You pity these two girls for their dead father, and they have no mother, and they are bullied by the clansmen, so it's okay to bring them back to raise them, and I'm not such a stingy person." Although our family is not very rich, the two girls can afford it. It's just that you should also talk to me in advance, so that you can clean up the yard in advance and prepare the people who will serve you, so that you can be present. You brought it back without saying a word, but how can we settle it? ”
In front of his son, daughter-in-law, and daughter, he was complained by his wife, and Marquis Lin couldn't get down on his face, but this time he did something wrong, so he hurriedly gave up, "Madam, I did an errand." It was only because I had no intention of bringing them back, but only wanted to find a doctor to treat their mother's illness, and give them some money, to warn the clan, and to let them live dependent on the clan, so I didn't write the letter when I came back. Who would have thought, I had to leave, their mother died of illness, and I had no choice, so I decided to bring their sisters back. And because of the complexity of official business, when I remembered to write a letter to my family, I was almost in the capital. ”
"Well, isn't there anyone in my cousin's maiden house?" It was Marquis Lin's aunt's family, and it was also the maternal uncle of the two girls, and it was more appropriate to adopt them than their cousins and aunts.
At the mention of this, Marquis Lin's face darkened, "My uncle and aunt have all passed away, and my family has long been ruined, so I don't know where to move." That day, Mrs. Lin was angry and broke off contact with her sister, and she died within a few years. When the old lady died, Marquis Lin held a grudge and refused to answer that family. Later, the uncle-in-law was convicted, dismissed, and returned to his hometown with his family, and later heard that the two died within a few years, and there was no news after that.
Mrs. Lin vaguely knew about that period of time, and she sighed: "If that's the case, then keep it." There are no more than two pairs of chopsticks and two dowries on the left and right. "An orphan girl like the Shang family sisters whose husband and mother have died, and their relatives are not reliable, it is difficult to marry into a good family, and the dowry naturally does not need to be particularly rich.
"There's Mrs. Law." Marquis Lin also knew that he was causing trouble to his wife, and his attitude was very gentle between his words, and even brought a hint of flattery.
Mrs. Lin personally brought tea to Marquis Lin, and talked about the mother and son of the Fang family, "I think that their mother and son are foreign surnames, not relatives of our family, even if they help them, they have to avoid some suspicion." ”
Marquis Lin was just about to speak, but Mrs. Lin smiled and said, "Master listen to me first." It's not that I don't want to care about them, I just don't think it's appropriate for them to live in our house. If not, just clean up a set of yards for them, and open to our back corner door, it seems that from the outside, there are two families again. In this way, you can take care of people without letting people gossip. ”
Marquis Lin pondered for a moment and nodded: "Okay, just Mrs. Yi." ”
"Their family's expenses should all be attributed to the public middle school, so that Miao Xiang and Sister Yun and the monks and sisters are in one place, and it just so happens that the daughter-in-law is in charge of the family now, and I am also idle, so I will teach their sisters, let them talk and laugh with me, and pass the time. It's just, Brother Yan? He's already enlightened, isn't he? ”
Lin Houye nodded. "When he was three years old, he was enlightened by his father, and now he knows thousands of words and memorizes hundreds of poems."
"Gotta get him a gentleman? Or is it attached to that ethnography? Mrs. Lin thought for a while, and suddenly asked Jia Min: "Daughter-in-law, I remember that there should be a family study in the Rong Mansion?" ”
Jia Min nodded: "Yes, my father just invited the two gentlemen back some time ago." ”
Mrs. Lin looked at Marquis Lin, waiting for him to make up her mind whether to put it in the Jia family school. If you want Jia Min to say, I don't want Fang Yan's baby to go to Jia's house, she will be bullied to death by that group of bear children. But that's it. She couldn't tell Mrs. Lin and Marquis Lin, so she could only glance at her husband.
Lin Ruhai nodded quietly, indicating that he knew and would tell Marquis Lin in private.
Lin Hou Ye said: "Let it go first, the child is a little thin, and it will not be too late to go to school when he is raised." He was thinking that when the time came, Mr. Jiang Nanqing would almost arrive, and he would be bothered to teach Xia Yan at the same time. Jia family. Alas, it's better not to go or not to go.
Seeing his son, Marquis Lin remembered the saint's inexplicable praise, and asked with a sinking face: "What good things have you done?" Even the saints know about it. ”
Lin Ruhai was stunned, he was very honest, except for finding someone to stamp the sack that was sealed, he didn't do anything bad?
Mrs. Lin was also stunned when she heard this. Hurriedly asked, "Master, where did you mention this?" "Her son is very well-behaved, okay?
Marquis Lin learned what the emperor told him, and Mrs. Lin breathed a sigh of relief. Unable to satisfy his appetite, Lin Ruhai deliberately went to learn how to cook, and said with a smile at the end: "My son is to be filial to me." ”
"Oh." Marquis Lin didn't scold his son for not learning and not knowing, but he was very complacent and twisted his beard and nodded slightly, and said with regret: "It's a pity that my father doesn't have this blessing." ”
Lin Ruhai immediately said that it doesn't matter if you want to eat, let's do it in the evening. He now understands that in ancient times, as long as it was related to filial piety, any absurd behavior could be accepted by people, and he would take the initiative to make a name for you.
Marquis Lin was afraid that Lin Ruhaiguang would make these strange things, so he took his son to the study, saying that he would take a test of his homework. When Lin Ruhai heard that he was going to test his homework, his heart was like a rabbit, and he really jumped in his heart.
When he arrived in the study, Lin Hou came up with a question and ordered him to write it.
Lin Ruhai slowly grinded the ink, and wrote the draft in his heart, thanks to his wife during this time, he was forced by his wife to do a lot, many of which were copycat others, but he was finally able to complete one by himself.
As soon as the pen fell, Lin Hou, who was standing next to him, immediately said "huh".
Lin Ruhai stopped his pen and looked over, and Lin Hou asked, "Why did you change your Yanzi?" ”
Lin Ruhai said: "My son thinks that Yan Zi is strong and calm, which is more suitable than Zhao Zi." ”
"Well, I can see that you've been working hard lately, and your face has a bit of a taste." Marquis Lin doesn't have any special requirements for his son to learn what words to learn, as long as he writes well in the pavilion style, he is free to do anything else.
After finishing an eight-strand essay, and taking the school four books, the five classics, and the interpretations, etc., Marquis Lin finally nodded with satisfaction, "Very good, I didn't waste my studies." It's just that your article is still insufficient, I have asked someone to invite a well-educated person from Jiangnan to come back, you have to work hard, understand? ”
Lin Ruhai lowered his hand and stood solemnly: "Yes." ”
"Okay, come and sit, let's talk to father and son." In addition to taking a special fancy to Lin Ruhai's studies, Marquis Lin is not a strict father, he is very open-minded, often talks with his son, and is willing to listen to his son's opinions. For example, when Mrs. Lin wanted to hire her own niece for her son, and Marquis Lin took the daughter of Duke Rong, he privately asked his son who he wanted to marry.
Lin Ruhai is also a wild scholar, he actually wanted to go to see Jia Min, and Lin Houye agreed. Looking at the results, it is natural to choose Jia Min. I have to say that from ancient times to the present, the point of a man's emphasis on color will never change depending on how much he reads. Lin Ruhai was satisfied with Jia Min at the beginning, in addition to his identity, the most important thing is that Jia Min is more beautiful than his cousin.
The father and son gossip, especially the big and small things that have happened in the recent past, all kinds of rumors, real or untrue, Marquis Lin asked again. When he heard that his son was changing the law and tossing Mu Lin, and Mu Lin was really cured from his second illness, he couldn't help laughing. After laughing, he praised: "Good job." "Not only has the relationship with the Prime Minister eased, but even a step closer.
Lin Ruhai was a little shy, "My son was also forced by Mu Lin to have no choice, so he had to make this decision." ”
"Well done, well done."
When it came to the words of the current sage who praised his son, Marquis Lin lowered his voice: "Now that the sage is getting old, all the princes have grown up, and the momentum of seizing the heir has been achieved. You have registered before the saints again. I'm afraid that the prince will come to you, but you need to be careful. ”
Lin Ruhai can also be regarded as having read countless palace fights and court fights with his wife, especially the special familiarity of the Nine Dragons (who made his wife be fascinated by Qing for a while), and he can say something with his eyes closed, "Don't worry, my son feels that he is inadequate, and he should study hard behind closed doors." "Nima, don't you go out, can you still come to my house to find me?
"Hmm." Marquis Lin smiled with relief, and he suddenly remembered something again. "Ruhai, what are you going to cook at night?"
Hey? He hasn't forgotten it? Lin Ruhai got up with a smile, "Son, I'll go." ”
"Well, I love braised pork." Lin Houye specially reminded him.
Lin Ruhai didn't reply, and waved his hand: "I know." ”
"Stinky boy, if it's not delicious, I'll beat you up." Marquis Lin smiled and threatened, watching his son's back go farther and farther away. Then he called Lin Fu, the housekeeper who had been waiting outside the study for a long time, and asked him carefully when he went out. Something happened in the house.
When he heard that his daughter-in-law was in charge of the house for a few days, he punished several mothers-in-law and servants, and sold people, and Marquis Lin had to frown. Turning around the room with his hands behind his back. Is this daughter-in-law too tough?
"What does Madame say?"
"Madame agreed."
Marquis Lin immediately knew, it must have happened, he wrote it down. I'm going to ask in the evening. Listening further, it was the two girls in his son's room who were sent out, and Marquis Lin felt a toothache again. It's not good to be jealous, right?
Finally, I heard that Zhang Cheng was beaten again, and it has been almost a month now, and he hasn't gotten out of bed yet. Marquis Lin's eyes flashed with boredom, and he waved his hand, "Since it's almost good, don't say it." "I didn't mean to seek justice for Zhang Cheng at all.
Lin Fu was a little unsure, and bent his waist lower: "Master Hou, a few days ago, the people from the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division came to report, saying that they had caught a few thieves, and it seemed to be related to the beating of Steward Zhang. ”
Marquis Lin waved his hand, "This matter is over, there is no need to pursue it, and don't tell me again." "Zhang Cheng, he has known for a long time, after getting drunk, he caused trouble, and was retaliated against and covered with a sack, this is completely possible.
As soon as Lin Fu saw it, he knew that Marquis Lin was annoying Zhang Cheng, and the Zhang family was about to lose power. He didn't say more, and went back to some of the family's fields and rents, as well as the letters and stickers sent to the mansion by Marquis Lin when he was not there. Some of the important ones have been handed over to Madame to return in person, and some are kept in the study.
After everything that should be said, Lin Fu remembered one more thing, and he didn't know whether to tell Lin Houye.
Marquis Lin flipped through the stickers and said lightly: "If you have something to say, just say it." ”
"Yes." Lin Fu responded, "The uncle and the eldest girl have raised some foreign flowers before, and the eldest girl accidentally found that the fruit called wolf peach is edible, and the taste is very good. Uncle also said that sea pepper is also edible, and at present, both crops have been left for planting, only to be planted next year. ”
"What?" Marquis Lin immediately stood up, "Can it be eaten?" "It's a good thing to discover two new edible crops! Compared with the name of the filial son, it is not bad.
"Do you know where you raised it?" Marquis Lin asked.
Lin Fudao: "When the eldest girl is raised in her own yard, the uncle's should be planted in the eldest grandmother's wedding Zhuangzi." The uncle also instructed the servants to find more extra crops. ”
"Listen to him." Lin Hou said.
"Yes."
When it was time for dinner, because the mother and daughter of the Fang family were there, Marquis Lin and Lin Ruhai were thrown into the outer study, and Mrs. Lin brought her daughters to eat together.
During the banquet, Marquis Lin mentioned the new crop, and Lin Ruhai said with a smile: "It should belong to vegetables, not as food." However, the sea pepper can be dried and used as a seasoning, and its taste is spicy. Wolf peaches, it is not easy to preserve, it can be eaten raw, it can also be fried and made into soup. ”
"The amount is less, I can't try it, I asked someone to save the seeds, and tomorrow I will plant more. If it's good, you can give it to your friends and relatives to taste something fresh. ”
When Marquis Lin heard that it could not be used as food, his interest decreased, so he only nodded, then he tried his best to pick up vegetables, and praised his son: "I can't see it, the craftsmanship is good." ”
Lin Ruhai was most pleased that others praised him for his good craftsmanship, and he knew Lin Hou Ye at the moment, and poured wine diligently, and said, "Master." I want to open a study with Mu Lin and Yang Ze. ”
"Study?" Marquis Lin put down his chopsticks, "Let's hear it." ”
"Yes, many of our former classmates came from poor families and could not afford to buy many books. I thought of opening a study room and putting a few books in the house for students to borrow. You can also place pen and ink, and make him copy the book, and copy three copies. Take one of these books home with you. Lin Ruhai smiled a little shyly at the gaze of Marquis Lin, "I just think that some poor students are scolded by the store because they read a book in the bookstore but have no money to sell it, and they can't bear it." ”
Marquis Lin didn't know much about his son, but he knew that his son grew up in the splendid bush. I don't know the hardships of the world, how did he think of helping poor students?
Lin Ruhai said: "I also went to the countryside with Mu Lin that day to know how the poor people in the world live. Come back and reflect on yourself, so ashamed. ”
All right. It is equivalent to going to the countryside once, opening your eyes, which is normal, is it too much to be stabbed? Marquis Lin said: "This is a good thing. You discuss with Mu Lin and Yang Ze in your heart, if there is no place, there is still an empty courtyard in our house. You can use it for yourselves. ”
"Yes."
Lin Ruhai got the permission of Marquis Lin, and hugged Jia Min excitedly at night, saying that it would cost to borrow a book? Thirty words at one time? Say ten words again in a while?
Jia Min was so annoyed by him that he directly reached out to cover his mouth and said with a smile: "No money!" ”
"What?" Lin Ruhai was stunned for a moment, and then said hurriedly: "Don't want money, don't we want to lose money?" Besides, what if someone borrows it and doesn't pay it back? "You know, the books they want to put in the study must not be all new books or those that can be found in the market, but also some official books and some unique books. If you lose it, it will be difficult to find it again.
Jia Min said: "Opening this study is for you to earn fame, and I didn't plan to make money." Even if you want to collect money, but each person is symbolically charged a dozen yuan, and then it is used as the cost of tea and snacks. ”
"The most important thing is to make friends with books. You can write down your understanding of a passage in the book, attach it to the book, and then argue with others. It is not necessary to gather a group of people, but it is also possible to have a conversation with a lot of people. Well, just like the forums of our previous lives. ”
Lin Ruhai's eyes lit up at that time, as an otaku, it is his eternal hobby to talk about talking about the altar and fighting with others. Emma, he's too experienced with this. Immediately, I felt that my hands were itchy, and I couldn't even lie down on the bed, so I turned over and sat up, and said with words and words, what was the noise in the books he had read recently. Emma, I haven't vomited in a long time, there are too many noises, and I don't know where to vomit for a while!
Seeing that her husband was so excited, Jia Min couldn't help but roll her eyes, and turned over directly to get ready for bed.
Where could Lin Ruhai let her go, climbed directly onto Jia Min, and said excitedly: "Wife, what kind of pen name do you say I should choose?" ”
"Pseudonym?" Jia Min was a little confused, and he didn't plan to write a novel, what pen name did he use?
"You think, you can't use your real name to fight at the altar, right?"
"Yes, unless it's stupid, I will use my real name to fight."
"Then this fight is the same, it's just not online, so it's not a screen name, it's written with a pen, it's naturally a pen name." Lin Ruhai rubbed his hands, "What is my name?" Tongue war? One tongue to press a hundred people? Export invincible? Or is it the invincible little overlord? ”
Nima, who will stun these two goods! Jia Min regretted it immensely, she shouldn't have brought up this topic on the big night.
"Stop!" Seeing that her husband's pen name was getting more and more outrageous, she had to stop, "The pen name is the same as the literati's number, either wild, elegant, or free and easy, but it can't be two, understand, it can't be two!" ”
"Uh......" Lin Ruhai was a little struck by the blow, "Then you say, what is my name?" ”
"Dear, that's a number!" Jia Min suddenly thought of a very serious problem, she turned around and pinched her husband's ear, "In this life, you are only allowed to take one number, dare to learn from such unscrupulous literati, and I will castrate you!" Do you understand? ”
Lin Ruhai: "...... Well...... I understood...... "Emma, I heard for the first time that Yi Hao and marrying a little wife can still be implicated!" (To be continued......)