Chapter 51

That Lin Zhonghai is the head of the Royal Xinglin Academy, and he asked for leave to come back to congratulate his mother on her birthday, and he will go back to the capital after all. He set off on the auspicious day of the zodiac on the sixth day of the first month of March, so the day after the spring feast, on the fourth day of the first month of March, the fifth master invited the second master Lin to go up the mountain to play, and the beautiful name said: practice.

The fifth master had the intention to invite the fifth wife to travel with him, but the fifth lady bowed his head and refused with a light smile, and the fifth master touched his nose, so he had to take a group of small servants and long-term entourage, carrying the tea stove and wine pot or something, and went to Meishan for a leisurely getaway.

When he arrived in Meishan, he looked up and saw that Lin Zhonghai was actually a light car, and he came over with only an old servant, and he couldn't help but be surprised, and asked, "It's not Mu Xiu today, don't you still have two students?" ”

He was naturally referring to Yuan Changqing and Zhou Chong.

Lin Zhonghai shook his head and smiled: "On one side are two half-crazy old men, and on the other side are two little girls who are like flowers and jades. ”

The fifth master was surprised again. After careful questioning, he learned that before Lin Zhonghai went out, Mrs. Lin handed a greeting note to the fifth old man's mansion, saying that she was going to visit the fifth wife. Because it is not Mu Xiu today, Lin Zhonghai has an appointment here, and there are only Lin Ruzhi, Yuan Changqing, and Zhou Chong, who have not yet enrolled in school, and these idlers at home. The old lady thought that Yuan Changqing was a little related to the Hou family, so she ordered Yuan Changqing to escort her to the Fifth Old Man's Mansion.

Yuan Changqing has nothing to do, Lin Ruzhi is a little tail, but Zhou Chong heard that the old lady is going to find Thirteen...... Her mother will follow her. Even the old queen mother, who has always said that she is the best in the palace, is no match for the faceless and skinless of the five princes, and Mrs. Lin is an open-minded educator, so she doesn't have the old-fashioned concept of men and women like the two old ladies Meng, and she thinks that it is nothing for a group of young people to get along, and she is watching from the sidelines, so it is okay to think about it.

Therefore, Mr. Lin Er, who was supposed to have two disciples waiting, failed to win his mother, so he had to bring an old servant to the appointment alone.

And when I heard that Mrs. Lin was going to visit Mrs. Five, the fifth master suddenly became uneasy, and he didn't step on it several times, and almost rolled down the mountain.

Mr. Lin Er had seen the fifth master's stammering with the fifth wife since yesterday, and now seeing him so absent-minded, he pulled the person to sit in a secluded place on the mountain road, and pushed the servants far away, looked at the fifth master and said with a smile: "Where did all the courage of your youth go?" I never thought you would be an inward-phobic person. ”

"Me? Fear of guilt?! The fifth master raised his eyebrows in surprise. But when the eyebrows fell back to their original places, the fifth master couldn't help but be deflated again, and drooped his shoulders and said: "Where am I afraid of her, she is afraid of me to death, and I don't dare to ......."

He paused, waved his hand in annoyance, and turned his head to look at Mr. Lin Er, "You say, am I that kind of murderous person?" I don't hit people or scold people, but I have a bad temper, but I haven't done anything to frighten people......"

So, the fifth master pulled Mr. Lin Er for a while.

I don't blame the fifth master. The fifth old man's parents and brothers have been shallow since he was a child, and he has a little more familiarity with his family than the strangers, that is, there is a "small" Uncle Gui, in the end, the relationship between superiors and subordinates, some words are not easy to say thoroughly, so those words have not been held in the heart of the fifth master for a year or two. In addition, he was recently tapped (teased) by Shanniang, and his original heart for the fifth wife's death suddenly rekindled. And as the folk saying goes, "dry firewood is easy to catch fire", the fifth master, who has been working for many years, suddenly encountered a little bit of fanning the fire from Shanniang, and then ignited, it is not so easy to extinguish if you want to extinguish. There is no one to complain about his heart...... Thanks to this time, his friend from his youth came back, and he grabbed this second master Lin, those things that could not be told in detail in the letter, how could there be a reason not to complain.

And Mr. Lin Er has done a lifetime of education work, teaching the second middle school teenagers in the first academy, not to mention the fifth master, who is an expired middle school second patient, so he stroked his beard and asked: "Then, why do you think Mrs. Zun is afraid of you?" ”

This is exactly what the fifth master is worried about, so he waved his hand and said, "If I knew, could I still be so troubled?!" ”

Mr. Lin Er smiled, "If you are afraid, you will be afraid." Mrs. Zun is afraid of you, and there must be a reason to be afraid of you. Since you don't understand, why not just ask her? ”

She ...... Alas," the fifth old man sighed, "she is as timid as a needle's eye, and she is easily frightened, I ...... Alas, how dare I ask her......"

Mr. Lin Er said with a smile: "No matter how easily frightened a person is, he can always distinguish between right and wrong in his heart, if you treat her sincerely, let her realize your sincerity, and she will naturally not be frightened by you." ”

The fifth master was silent, and his face changed for a while.

Although current events are easy to change, but human nature is not so light and can be changed, just like when he was a child, Lin Zhonghai saw the thoughts in the heart of the fifth master at a glance, and said with a smile: "It can't be that you are afraid, right?" ”

The fifth master looked at him and continued to be silent. In fact, the fifth master was really scared. He was afraid that he would always avoid him because Mrs. Fifth hated him in her heart, so he preferred not to know.

"When husband and wife get along, it's important to be honest. What you are afraid of is not necessarily what Madame Zun is afraid of. Lin Zhonghai said, stood up, pulled up the fifth master, and said with a smile: "This Meishan is what we have been used to climbing since childhood, next time I come back, you invite me to go up the mountain to play, now I want to taste the Wensi tofu soup made by your chef, the taste is quite innovative." ”

"What a novelty! It was Shan'er who was messing around, and she picked some mint leaves and put them in the soup. The fifth old man smiled, "You love to turn a corner!" ”

"It's better than your temper of the two kicks, and the strong outside and the strong in the middle......"

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Let's not talk about how the two "old men" who are already old enough to fight with the fifth master, just go back to the fifth wife.

After the fifth master left, the fifth wife originally wanted to go back to the embroidery room to pass the time, but she didn't want to receive a letter from Mrs. Lin.

Holding the post, the fifth lady smiled bitterly at Shanniang: "Yesterday, the old lady did say that she was going to visit or something, I just took it as a polite ......"

Fortunately, the fifth lady had a kind of reverence for Mrs. Lin, who was rich in learning and five cars, but she was apprehensive and embarrassed to refuse visitors, so she took Shanniang as a companion and took Mrs. Lin into the inner house.

At this time, it was spring when the flowers were blooming, and there was nothing more suitable for hospitality than in the small garden with lush flowers, and the two families were good friends, so Mrs. Lin welcomed Mrs. Lin into the moon viewing platform by the pond.

Everyone sat down in the hall, and after only a few pleasantries, Mrs. Lin straightened the topic and said: "There were a lot of people yesterday, I didn't ask you in detail, I see that your embroidery method is very unique, but what kind of hall is it?" ”

The fifth lady blushed and smiled: "There is no fame, it's just a little hobby of mine, and I embroider and play casually." ”

"Yes, I almost forgot, my wife's surname is Yao." Mrs. Lin said with a smile, "Mrs. is the girl of the Yao family in Zhuji, and your family's embroidery workshop and weaving workshop are famous in our Great Zhou, so I think this is your Yao family's unique embroidery method." ”

"I know that," said Shanniang, smiling, "it seems that our wife figured it up herself." ”

Mrs. Fifth said modestly: "It's not that I figured it out, it's that when I was a child, my family collected a few jade embroideries, and I just imitated that kind of stitching." ”

Hearing the word "jade embroidery", others gave up, Zhou Chong's eyes first glared at Shanniang, and then looked at the fifth wife, and said excitedly: "That, thirteen...... The one that the thirteen girls took to frame last time, the cat, the bamboo, and the Roselle diagram were all embroidered by the wife? ”

Shanniang didn't expect that Zhou Chong just glanced at it upstairs in the woodware store, and actually remembered her three embroidery paintings. She couldn't help but look at Zhou Chong as well.

Zhou Chong immediately wrinkled his nose at her dissatisfied.

No matter how tender Shanniang's skin is at this time, the core is not tender in the end, looking at a thirteen or fourteen-year-old boy making such a childish expression, she couldn't help but shake her head and smile tolerantly.

And, if she knew how much trouble she, an elder-like tolerant smile, had caused herself, she would definitely learn from Yuan Changqing at this time, with a rigid face.

Yuan Changqing didn't have a "rigid face" originally, he just habitually sat aside and was silent. It was only when he saw Shanniang's smile that Zhou Chong's flickering eyes suddenly made a rigid face.

Although there is a two-year difference between him and Zhou Chong, because the two have been classmates for many years, how could he not know that these thirteen children have aroused the interest of this young but merry fifth prince. At the same time, Shanniang looked at Zhou Chongshi's smile, which inexplicably made him experience another strange feeling, a kind of sour, astringent, and quite painful discomfort.

He turned his head and picked up the teacup to wipe out the confusing feelings in his heart.

I only heard Lin Ruzhi shouting: "I've only seen that Luo Shen diagram, and there are two more?" My sister is hiding her secrets, are you afraid that I will ask you? ”

Mrs. Lin said with a smile: "Ah Ru praised the Luo Shen diagram again and again, although I haven't seen it, but I thought it must be good for the begonia embroidered by Mrs. yesterday." Then he said to the fifth wife: "I heard that you have a special embroidery room, I don't know if it's convenient to take me to see it?" It just so happens that I have something to say to my wife. ”

So, the women left Yuan Changqing and Zhou Chong and followed their wives to her embroidery room.

Seeing the wives and girls leaving, Zhou Chong couldn't sit still, so he went out of the moon view. Yuan Changqing knew that the five princes were unruly by nature, and he was afraid that he would do something rude, so he had to follow him.

This moon view was originally set up next to the pond, standing on the platform in front of the moon view, as long as you turn your head, you can see the northeast corner of the garden, the small embroidery building that rises.

Yuan Changqing glanced there, thinking secretly in his heart, that should be where Thirteen Er lived, and he didn't want Zhou Chong to come over suddenly, and whispered in his ear: "Little Thirteen Er should live there." ”

Yuan Changqing's eyebrows suddenly twisted, he looked down at Zhou Chong, and shouted: "Fifth master." ”

Yuan Changqing doesn't talk much, but he can often fully express his views and attitudes in just a few words. For example, if there is only a slight disapproval, he will call Zhou Chong "Little Five"; If you are a little stricter, Zhou Chong will become the "old five"; When he is very unhappy or gives a warning, he will respect him as "Fifth Master".

Listening to this "Fifth Master", Zhou Chongyi shrank his neck, watched Yuan Changqing stick out his tongue, and suddenly didn't dare to make a mistake.