After Lin Mo woke up the next morning, he sat up with his hands forcibly, thinking about what happened to him during this time, and then looking at his injuries, he smiled bitterly, and said to himself: "I said that I would develop obscenely and live a stable life, how did I encounter this kind of thing, and I still interfered." ”

Lin Mo secretly made up his mind that it was none of his business in the future, and let him wind and rain blow, and I would not move.

At this time, a young man who looked like a subordinate pushed the door in, holding a basin of water in his hand, and saw that Lin Mo had already gotten up, so he quickly put the water on the stool and came over to check Lin Mo's injury.

said in his mouth: "Lin Gongzi, you woke up so early today, you were unconscious a few days ago, and the second miss and Sister Xin'er were worried." ”

Lin Mo looked at him suspiciously, and asked a little embarrassed

"May I ask who you are?"

Only then did the young man react, and hurriedly said: "I am a servant in the house, Lin Gongzi, you can just call me a junior." I am usually responsible for taking care of the flowers and plants in the house, this is not your injury, Sister Xin'er takes care of you It is inconvenient, so Miss asked me to come over to take care of you together, change the dressing, wipe the body and other inconvenient things are all done by me. ”

When Lin Mo heard this, he hurriedly hugged his fists to show his gratitude, and Xiao San hurriedly waved his hand and said, "Yes, yes, I have to thank Gongzi for saving my second lady." ”

Saying that, he said in a low voice: "Lin Gongzi, don't spread the news about the young lady's going out this time, now the house doesn't dare to say it, the eldest lady asks everyone to take care of their mouths, don't tell the master, if the master knows, he will definitely punish the young lady." ”

Lin Mo nodded after hearing this, it seems that Mrs. Ma loves Ma Ruoyan very much, otherwise she would not have been mentioned for such a big matter.

You must know that this era has a lot of constraints on women, especially unmarried women, although it has not yet reached the kind of "three from four virtues" after the Song Dynasty, but the basic etiquette constraints are still there, if an unmarried girl like Ma Ruoya is rumored to have a private meeting with a man for a few days and does not go home, the reputation will be ruined, no one will dare to marry her, and she will be slandered and insulted and even recorded in the local gazetteer as a negative teaching material, leaving a stench for 10,000 years.

However, from this incident, Lin Mo also saw that Ma Ruoya really cared about Liu Xin'er, and loved her like her own sister, Lin Mo was happy that Liu Xin'er had such a good master.

Xiao San helped Lin Mo up, uncovered the gauze and changed the dressing again, Lin Mo looked at the wound on his chest and was a little helpless, he had been injured twice in less than two months, he still had to be careful in the future, in case he was injured again and left any sequelae, it would be troublesome.

After changing the medicine, Lin Mo asked Xiao San to help him get up and go out for a walk, although he was injured, it was not a good thing to always lie in bed, he had to exercise.

The two walked along the corridor, Lin Mo looked at the scattered flowers and trees, rockeries and strange stones in the courtyard, and even a small lake, and said that it was really a big family, and the purchase and maintenance of these things was a lot of money, and he couldn't even think about it now, although he was now a rich family in General Town, but he really couldn't compare with the Ma family.

Lin Mo walked and said: "This rockery is scattered, the layout is peculiar, it seems that it is not designed and arranged by ordinary people. ”

Xiao San said proudly: "This is the old man's friend Wuchen Zen Master personally arranged, Suzhou and Hangzhou many wealthy businessmen and mansions are designed by Wuchen Zen Master." And our Mafu house is not inferior to those big families in Suzhou and Hangzhou. ”

Lin Mo thought for a while and asked, "Little San, what other state capitals are there near our Qiannan, I haven't been out of Qiannan yet, and I'm not familiar with the neighborhood." ”

Xiao San thought for a while and said: "There are still Tuzhong, Jiangpu and other counties under the rule of Yunzhou, but they are all lower counties, and there are more than 9,000 households in our upper county. Less than 100 miles to the east from the south of the south is Yunzhou Mansion, and then to the east is Shengzhou, and there are Yangzhou, Suzhou, and Hangzhou nearby. ”

Lin Mo roughly understood that he should be on the edge of the Yangtze River now, probably Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai in his previous life, and the specific location is not clear. However, relatively speaking, it is still relatively rich and stable.

There are at least 40,000 or 50,000 people in more than 9,000 households in Qiannan, which is considered to be the upper county of the upper counties in this era, and it is only less than Yunzhou in Yunzhou, and even more than many state capitals in terms of volume.

In this era, the counties were divided into upper, middle, and lower classes according to population, with more than 5,000 households in the upper counties. There are 3,000 households in the middle county, and less than 3,000 households are in the lower county. Lin Mo had a general understanding of the geographical division of this life, there were nine provinces and seventy-three states in the world, and Jiangnan Province, where he was located, was one of them, and it was also the richest region. There are still many things that Xiao San doesn't know, but Lin Mo doesn't care, anyway, it's useless if he knows so much, maybe he will stay in Qiannan for a lifetime in the future, what do you care about so much.

When the two were chatting and walking, a woman led a maid happened to pass by, and when she saw Lin Mo, she smiled faintly and said, "Lin Gongzi's injury recovered quite quickly, and he was able to get out of bed and walk so quickly." ”

Lin Mo looked at her and was stunned for a moment, this woman was about twenty years old, with a beautiful face, pink eyebrows, and an aura of ease and generosity in her gestures.

Xiao San hurriedly bent down and said: "Second lady is early, why did you come out, the master told you not to go out of the house, now that you are pregnant, in case you catch the cold, the master will definitely punish us." ”

"It's okay, it's too stuffy to stay in the house for a long time, and occasionally I have to come out to breathe, how can I say that I also know some medical skills, and I have also practiced medicine everywhere, not so delicate, if the master really knows, blame it and push it on me."

Then he said to Lin Mo: "Thank you Lin Gongzi for taking care of Ruoya this time, she is a quiet girl, if it weren't for Xin'er this time, she wouldn't be so impulsive, this time she almost had an accident, fortunately you protect and take care of her." However, this matter still has to be hidden, and the master can't be let know, otherwise he will inevitably be punished. ”

Lin Mo said: "Second lady, don't say that, this matter is also caused by me, I am responsible, if Miss encounters an accident, I will be to blame." ”

The second lady shook her head and said: "You are also here to save people, I can also understand your mood at the time, I can't blame you, you are now recuperating from your injuries in the house, and you will say to the outside world that it is my distant cousin, who accidentally fell into a deep ditch and was injured on the way to find me, these days you will be my cousin, and you will all call Lin Gongzi "Young Master Cousin" in the future, do you know?" Can't show flaws, let the master know. ”

Xiao San and the maid nodded. Lin Mo nodded and thanked the second lady.

The second lady led the maid back to the room to recuperate, while Lin Mo continued to stroll along the corridor.

On the way, the junior said something about the second lady, it turned out that the second lady was the daughter of Mr. Zatang in the city's medicine shop, and once when she went to the house with her father to see the second lady, she was favored by the eldest lady and made a second room for the master, and became the second lady of the horse house.

The second lady is very good to her subordinates, never loses her temper, and sometimes when the subordinates are sick, the second lady will personally diagnose the pulse. While the two were talking, the sound of wooden fish came from a courtyard, and Xiao San hurriedly slowed down and motioned for Lin Mo to leave with him. After the two of them were far away, Lin Mo asked who was chanting just now.

Xiao San explained: "Just now it was the eldest lady chanting in the Buddhist hall, and the eldest lady has been burning incense and chanting every day since the young master died. ”

Through the introduction of Lin Mo, I learned that there was a little young master in the Ma family, but he accidentally fell into the water when he was three years old, which was too big a blow to the eldest lady, and since then, the eldest lady has begun to chant sutras and worship the Buddha every morning and evening, and all the big and small things in the house are handled by the master and the eldest young master.

Lin Mo returned to the room, ready to rest for a while, at this time Xiao San knocked on the door and came in to say that the horse clerk invited Lin Mo to the study to talk about it, Lin Mo was still a little scared of this, in case he showed his feet, it would be troublesome, but he couldn't refuse so he could only follow Xiao San to the study. Lin Mo knocked on the door, and an indifferent voice came from inside the house, "Come in."

After Lin Mo entered, he saw a middle-aged man in his forties wearing a brocade robe, looking like a dignified face, wearing a brocade robe, holding a brush in his right hand, and writing on the paper on the desk.

Lin Mo hurriedly bowed and said, "The junior Lin Mo has seen the horseman. ”

The horseman didn't look up outside and nodded, "Sit down." Lin Mo had no choice but to find a chair and sit down.

In this way, about a quarter of an hour passed, and the horse crew had been writing, while Lin Mo sat on the chair and did not move, the atmosphere was very strange, which made Lin Mo feel very depressed.

When Ma Yuanwai finally put down the pen, Lin Mo finally breathed a sigh of relief. The horse clerk said, "Come and see how this word is." Lin Mo hurriedly walked to the front of the case, only to see that only two words were written on the paper, "endure and retreat".

Lin Mo was speechless for a moment, and wrote two words for a quarter of an hour, but it was difficult to say, but Ma Yuanwai spoke first: "Sometimes words are easy to write but not easy to do. This shows how difficult these two words are. ”

Lin Mo looked at the two words, although they seemed to be plain, but he always felt that they contained deep meaning.

Lin Mo opened his mouth and said: "The word outside"

"Call me Uncle"

"Although the word uncle is simple, it seems to be unremarkable, but it is constantly ups and downs, as the saying goes, endure for a while, take a step back, and open the sky, this forbearance is not an ordinary realm for a while."

The horseman stroked his beard, nodded and said, "It's a good one to endure the calm for a while, take a step back and open the sky, I didn't expect you to be too old but quite profound." ”

Lin Mo shook his head and said, "This is also what I heard from others, although I have been working hard in this direction, I have not yet reached that level. The horse member was stunned for a moment, and said with a smile: "You are really interesting, what are you reading and writing now?" ”

Lin Mo shook his head, saying that he hadn't read any books, and the horse member sighed

"It's a pity, if you want to study in the future, I can help you introduce you to the county school, now there is no family background, only two ways to go out of the country by studying and joining the army."

Lin Mo shook his head, "Thank you, uncle, I don't think about it so much for the time being, I just want to earn more money and improve my life." ”

"You're a straightforward person." The horseman laughed.

The two talked for a long time, throughout the ages, the sages and heroes, Lin Mo listened more to the horseman, and the horseman was worthy of being born, and his views were far from being comparable to Lin Mo.

Just as the two were talking, there was a knock at the door, and a housekeeper-like person came in and said, "Master, there are guests in Yunzhou."

The horseman nodded and said, "I'll go over now." Then let Lin Mo go back and have a good rest.

Before leaving, he said: "If Ayaxiao is spoiled by me, you are older than her, give her more guidance, and you can't be too accommodating to her, otherwise you will inevitably be angry when you get to your in-law's house." With that, he left.

Lin Mo was stunned for a moment, and reacted in an instant, as the head of the family, Ma Yuanwai is not so easy to fool, he just doesn't want to have a seizure, the family wants to hide it from him, so he pretends to be hidden. Looking at the words on the case, Lin Mo shook his head and said, "Sure enough, he is old and fine, it's rare to be confused." ”