Persuaded Lin Ruhai not to send Daiyu away, Lin Jin sighed secretly in her heart, her eyes fell on the newspaper of the old residence on the desk, and asked instead: "Father, Mr. Jia came to the study to find you, but for the sake of recovery?" ”

Lin Ruhai nodded and said, "Not bad." This time, Daiyu entered Beijing and walked with Mr. Jia. I gave Mr. Jia a recommendation post and entrusted him to your second uncle. ”

"Father, no, never." Lin Jin was shocked and hurriedly said: "Mr. Jia is indeed talented, but his bad conduct is a villain, not a person who can communicate and rely on him.

If he recovers and has smooth sailing in the officialdom, his father may not be disgraced; But if something goes wrong on his official journey, he can't say that it will affect your father, the person who recommended him. ”

Listening to Lin Jin's evaluation of Jia Yucun, Lin Ruhai was stunned for a moment and said, "You were still praising Mr. Jia in front of me before, why did you suddenly change your statement." Listening to you, it seems that you don't like him very much, in this case, why do you still learn from him? ”

"I used to praise him because from the point of view of a gentleman, he was extremely learned, and it was rare that he was not pedantic, and treated my sister and me equally, whether my mother was there or not.

Moreover, when I was studying, even if I put forward any novel and bold ideas, he could listen carefully and help me explain them very patiently, and did not think that I was naughty and unconventional, and encouraged me many times, thinking that although my ideas were new, they still had merit in not departing from the path of righteousness.

It can be said that as a gentleman, he is very good. ”

Lin Jin sighed: "I praised him, but I just praised him for teaching well."

People are complex, and his excellence as a gentleman does not mean that he is a good person and can be a good official.

I speak ill of him now because he is about to stop being my husband and become an official. Therefore, I hope that my father will have a clear understanding of him before deciding whether to recommend him or not. ”

Lin Ruhai smiled: "Do you think that I invited him over to teach you to read without investigation?" 、

At the beginning, because he was cunning, good at etiquette, and sold the name of integrity, he secretly befriended the tiger and wolf, which caused many troubles in the place and the lives of the people. This notoriety was dismissed.

According to the results of my inquiry, it is said that he insulted him, and the same people all looked sideways. Therefore, within a year, he was included in a book by his boss, and as soon as the ministry arrived, all the officials in the government were happy. It can be seen that when he was an official, not only did he not get along well with his superiors, but his colleagues and subordinates did not want to see him.

However, when I asked him to come over to teach, he spoke humbly and humorously, giving people a feeling of spring breeze. At that time, I knew that if he appeared in front of me, he would never end up being dismissed, so this person was not only experienced, but also extremely cunning and fickle, good at disguise, and could not have deep friendships. ”

Lin Jin asked puzzledly: "In that case, why do you still recommend him, father?" ”

Lin Ruhai smiled: "Who recommended him?" It wasn't me who recommended him, I just wrote a letter to your second uncle. ”

"Father, are you throwing the pot to your grandmother's house?"

"Nonsense!" Lin Ruhai sneered, twisted his beard and smiled slightly, "Your second uncle is a honest and honest person, but his official luck is not good, although he is currently a member of the Ministry of Industry, but the Ministry of Industry is not easy to intervene, and although your grandmother's family has some strength, but your grandfather's connections are all in the army, and there is no connection with the civilian officials, if you want to help Jia Yucun arrange an errand, I am afraid it will not be easy."

If he can please your second uncle, it is not difficult to say that he will recommend it to his brother-in-law Wang Ziteng, and with the power of the Wang family, it will not be difficult to help him recover and arrange an errand. However, it all depends on Jia Yucun's own ability. ”

Although Lin Ruhai said it implicitly, Lin Jin, who has the ability to "predict", certainly knows the current situation of the Jia family.

also started in the army, the Jia family and the Wang family are a very obvious contrast, because the descendants of the Jia family have not been able to stand up, so they can only eat the old book, and it is already good to barely be able to maintain the relationship left by Jia Daishan. And the Wang family, because of the appearance of Wang Ziteng, not only have people in the army, but even civilian officials can reach out.

Although it has turned around several times, whether it can be recovered in the end depends on Jia Yucun's own performance, but Lin Jin felt that without Lin Ruhai's recommendation, Jia Yucun would not have been able to take the big boat of the Jia family and the Wang family at least for now, and muttered in a low voice: "But I still feel that it is inappropriate." ”

"You can see that Jia Yucun can't believe this person, can't I see it? I don't believe him, but how many people in the officialdom can be trusted? With his resilience, how can he be ordinary?

Do you think he is a dignified scholar, if he doesn't have other plans, how can he come to our house to enlighten you and Daiyu?

If he does not receive the news of the revival, since he has received it, and has come to me, if I do not, it will be a feud; Responded, a gentle favor, two stools. ”

Lin Jin said dissatisfiedly: "It is definitely not the blessing of the people to let such a person become an official again. ”

Lin Ruhai looked at him, shook his head and smiled: "Innocent! Do you think that if I don't recommend him, he won't be able to recover? At most, it's just a lot of work. Since you know that he has been resettled, and you know that he is a villain, and the villain is the best at holding grudges, and he will take revenge, so why bother to make enemies with him? ”

"But ......" Lin Jin wanted to say something, and suddenly thought that Jia Yucun's evil deeds were after the recovery, although the behavior was a little inappropriate at this time, but there were no big black spots, and sighed helplessly: "Forget it, hopefully, as long as Jia Yucun will not harm my father and us." ”

"Don't worry." Lin Ruhai said confidently: "With me, no matter how rampant Jia Yucun is after gaining power, it will not affect our family." ”

……

Back in the backyard, Lin Jin returned to Yuhua Pavilion, was busy all afternoon, had dinner, and came to Daiyu's room.

Seeing the few big girls holding the burden behind Lin Jin, Daiyu immediately knew that she had failed to help her ask for mercy from her father, and her expression was a little gloomy, but she still led everyone into the house.

Lin Jin smiled apologetically at Daiyu and said, "I'm sorry, I couldn't persuade my father to change his mind." Pointing to the burden of the maid's report, "These things are the packing I added to my sister." ”

Pointing to the open baggage, Lin Jin said: "My sister went to the capital this time, although she went to her grandmother's house, but after all, she was in a foreign country, so I prepared something for you."

These are gifts for my grandmother's house, including tonic such as Poria bird's nest, ancient ink treasure inkstone, fur clothing, small jewelry such as jade beads, and pen, ink, paper, and inkstone,......

Up and down the house, there are masters big and small, whether they are concubines or concubines, and I have prepared some more delicate but not very valuable things, which are given to a few aunts in the mansion over there. ”

Daiyu frowned, "Brother Sumire, why bother about this, you know me, I don't ...... usually"

Lin Jin interrupted her: "Good sister, I know that you are impatient to socialize and socialize. It doesn't matter how you behave at home, but when you're outside, it's impossible for someone to tolerate you like a family member, so there are some things, even if you don't like it, you have to learn it.

It's not that you are being hypocritical, it's just that it's a normal interpersonal etiquette. Besides, this kind of thing is to give gifts, it is better to fall into a group than one person, otherwise, it is a grudge. ”

She opened the red sandalwood box inside the green leather bag, revealing that it was made into various patterns of one, two, half and half taels, gold and silver bills with a maximum weight of no more than one tael, and a stack of five taels and ten taels. The maximum denomination of the silver ticket did not exceed fifty taels, and he said, "This is the silver I prepared for my sister, a total of five thousand taels." ”

Daiyu was startled, and hurriedly said: "I won't bring the money, I live in the house, and I won't lack food and clothing, where can I get so much silver?" ”

Lin Jin shook her head and said: "This is a bad word, people say that the poor family is rich, let alone our family?" In fact, I was just prepared to let my sister reward people, but then I thought that if my sister was in an emergency, she could also take precautions, so I prepared more. I've already told my father, and he agrees. ”

Daiyu saw that Lin Ruhai also agreed, although she felt that Lin Ruhai and Lin Jin couldn't help but be a little worried, but she didn't say anything more.

After Lin Jin explained all the burdens one by one, she asked, "I don't know how many people my sister plans to bring with her to Beijing this time?" ”

"I'm going to Beijing this time, but I'm afraid I won't be able to come back in a year or two. The big maids in my room were going to be released because they were old, and if I brought them, wouldn't it delay them, so I only planned to bring Grandma and Snow Geese. It's just a guest house, so why bother to annoy people with all the fanfare. ”

The eldest girl in Daiyu's room was originally delayed for three years because of Jia Min's filial piety, if she accompanied Daiyu in Beijing for a few years, in this era when she married at the age of eighteen is considered an older girl, these girls should not marry.

Lin Jin understood this and said: "Xue Yan has also been in my sister's room for several years, although she is not as good as the big girl in my sister's room, but she is also dexterous and can take her." It's just that Mama Wang is too honest, and Xue Yan has never seen a big battle, so if there is something really going on, I'm afraid these two people won't be able to deal with it......"

Called the rain gull to him, "This is the rain gull in my room, I am quite clever, and I can do things properly, so I will give it to my sister for the time being." ”

Daiyu hurriedly excused herself and said: "Yuou is very good, but you gave her to me, and you will have no one to use when you turn around, I can't ask for it." ”

"I still have rain bamboo in my room. Besides, when the newly selected girls learn the rules, they will be assigned to each room, and by then, I will still have no shortage of people. Without waiting for Daiyu to say anything against it, Lin Jin made a final decision, "It's decided, sister, don't excuse me." ”

……

Although the Jia family wrote letters and repeatedly told them to keep everything simple, and all the houses over there would prepare for Daiyu, Lin Jin was still not at ease and tried her best to help Daiyu prepare thoroughly.