There must be something in this world that you don't like, but you can't change it. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 For example, if you are born without a father, for example, your mother doesn't love you, and for example, you can't practice. Accepting everything was painful, but Lin Du knew that he had no choice.

He was still afraid of being rejected by his mother, afraid that he would be different from other children, and he didn't know what he could do if others went to practice in the future, but he learned to accept himself little by little. This is not his home after all, and the uneasiness has always been buried deep in his heart, and this incident only made his uneasiness worse, making him wake up a few more times in the middle of the night because of the dream of his original home, his original mother, and then he sat on the small bed and wiped the cold sweat on his forehead, curled up his thin body, and looked at the darkness with his eyes open.

He asked himself: How are you going to live? You can't just be afraid, you can't always put your hope in someone else, you know that it's not your mother, you know that no matter how much you love you, someone may leave you, just like your grandfather......

It's useless to be afraid, find a way.

When he was holding the hand of the maid Liu'er and playing in the garden, Lin Du suddenly stopped, raised his face and asked, "Sister, Mr. said that most children can't practice, so what will they do when they grow up in the future?"

Liu Er thought for a while, leaned down and said: "You can do a lot of things, do business, farm, work, or be an attendant to the Heavenly Master, you can do it, but the more powerful Heavenly Master does not accept ordinary people." ”

Celestial Master is an honorific title for a practitioner, because he cultivates star power, and his full name is "Astrological Celestial Master", sometimes also called "Star Master".

Liu Er looked at Lin Du with envy, and said: "The little young master is the direct bloodline of the Lin family, and he will definitely have a very high cultivation in the future, and he must choose from other heavenly masters to accept attendants, even if he wants to accept ordinary people, he must be able to do minor crafts such as flower essence and pills." ”

Lin Du thought gloomily, but unfortunately I am not the young master of the Lin family, I am also an ordinary person. The cultivators here are the strongest, and if you can't be a cultivator, then you should become a practitioner's attendant. So, do you want to learn to make things like flower essences and elixirs?

Lin Du had heard from Mr. Lin that in order to practice better, many auxiliary items are often needed, such as spars that provide star energy, flower essences that stabilize the mind, and some elixirs with special functions. The mining and identification of spars, the collection of flowers and herbs, and the preparation of flower essences and potions are all a series of industries derived from the practitioners, which is the so-called "minor craft". These skills are extremely useful to practitioners, and ordinary people can also learn them, listening to Liu Er's meaning, a good technician should be easily appreciated by practitioners.

"Sister Liu'er, will?" asked Lin Dui.

"I can only plant flowers," Liu Er shook her head, with a look of regret on her face: "The people in our mansion either know how to practice, or have craftsmanship, if it weren't for Madame looking at me and Su'er pitiful, our sisters are afraid that they won't even be able to enter the door of the Hou Mansion." The young master asked this, do you have any plans?"

Lin Du nodded seriously: "I want to learn." ”

Liu Er praised: "The young master is really studious! But it is very difficult to learn these things, the young master is young and has a lot of homework, I am afraid that he will not be able to learn it." However, the second lady on the fourth lady's side may be studying, and I have seen her running towards the second lady's Lingsu Yuan several times, and the second lady is a famous pharmacist in Dongting. ”

The second lady is Lin Peili. Is she learning potions? Do you want to go to your second aunt to learn from it? Lin Dui felt itchy in her heart, but when she thought of that monkey-like Lin Yi, she was stunned again, scratched her head and asked, "Sister Liu'er, have you been to our library?"

Lin Du still wanted to find some books to read first. He knew that there was a library building in the Hou Mansion, which was on the small island in the middle of the artificial lake in the back garden, and he had seen it from afar the last time he swam in the lake with his mother. As soon as she heard it, she knew that this was the little master going to the library to look for books to read, and wanted to let herself take him over, so she smiled and hurriedly agreed: "I know how to go, after the family banquet, I will take the young master to borrow books!"

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Every month, a family feast is held in the Prince's Mansion every ten years in order to bring the family closer together. Huaiqing Marquis Lin Fengshan went to the southern Yungui land to hunt the star beasts, the eldest young master Lin Xu and the second young master Lin Zhao went out to study, and they were not in the mansion recently, and there were only four ladies and the remaining seven young masters and young ladies at the family banquet. In addition to Lin Hao, Lin Yi, and Lin Dui, the fourth lady also has a two-year-old son Lin Xi, and in addition to the two young ladies Pei Xuan and Pei Li, the second lady also gave birth to a third lady Pei Yu, who is four years old. Of the four ladies, only the third lady, Jin Luohua, has nothing to do except Lin Dui.

The relationship between the ladies is delicate. The empire has always had a tradition of polyandry and concubines, and the status of wives and concubines varies greatly, but after 3,000 years of patriarchal evolution, in modern times, the cultivators have long broken the traditional barriers. After all, the inheritance of children depends on their qualifications, and the difference between concubines and concubines has always been insignificant, so the status of the concubine family has also risen with the tide, but as the original match, the eldest lady still retains a unique and noble status, but she no longer has the privilege of wantonly overriding other ladies.

In fact, the Great Zhou royal family has long intended to abolish the wife and concubine system and change it to a monogamous marriage system, but the wife and concubine system is obviously more conducive to fertility and the inheritance of the cultivation world. There is less than a 1 in 10 chance of being able to practice, and if you have too few children, I am afraid that you will not even have a child who can practice, which is something that the cultivation family will definitely not accept. Therefore, under the current legal system, practitioners have exclusive access to wives and concubines, while ordinary people are not allowed to take concubines.

Many family bloodlines have their own unique inheritance ability, the Huaiqing Marquis of the Lin family is known for its stable bloodline, and the descendants of those whose abilities are stimulated can practice, so Huaiqing Marquis Lin Fengshan does not need to marry too many wives and concubines, only four wives, which is very rare in the cultivation clan. The ladies are not afraid of giving birth to waste wood for cultivation, but they are afraid that their sons' qualifications are not as good as those of other families, because according to the rules of the Hou Mansion, the young master with the best qualifications has always been established as the next Marquis of Huaiqing.

Of course, until the age of nine, the children's qualifications are uncertain. Xingfu will not mature until the age of nine, and until then, once you start practicing, you will be stereotyped, otherwise you will continue to grow. The rate of growth is also uneven, with some children growing up early and stagnation later, others stagnation in the early stage and later stagnation, so predictions before the age of nine are meaningless.

However, children's academic performance is certain, although this is far from indicative of future achievements, but a stable mind and studious attitude are a big plus after all. The eldest lady Tian Lingshuang is a strong character, and has always required her children to surpass other children in an all-round way, but the third son Lin Hao is not successful, his qualifications are mediocre and he does not have to work, and his daughter Lin Peixuan's performance has always been eye-catching, and she has never been punished by Mr. Ji, but recently, Mr. Ji is full of praise for a child from another family who is inconspicuous on weekdays.

At the family banquet, a family of eleven people sat around a table and enjoyed themselves, and Tian Lingshuang's eyes were more than half of Lin Duan's eyes. The child, who was a little delicate and shy, ate in a proper manner and even a little restrained, seemed to feel her gaze, and looked up at her vigilantly, his big black eyes shining with the brilliance of black jewels.

"According to Mr. Ji, Xiao Du learns 100 words a day, and has finished the literacy class in the last few days, and has never made a mistake. Tian Lingshuang said with a smile, "This is our little prodigy." ”

The eyes of the second lady, the fourth lady, and the children all focused on Lin Dui. Lin Dui was stunned for a moment, he could clearly feel that the expressions of his brothers and sisters were a little uncomfortable, and he was about to say something, but he heard Jin Luohua say: "The eldest sister said that she laughed, Xiao Du had learned to read before, and she usually liked to read, but on Mr. Ji's side, it seemed that the progress was faster, where is the prodigy." ”

"That's when I learned the words at the age of seven, and our Xiaoxuan is a year older than Xiaodui, and there are still dozens of words left. Saying that, Tian Lingshuang looked at Lin Peixuan, who was shrinking her head and was holding her head down, and said a little sternly: "Xiao Xuan, you can't be too far behind your brother, learn a little from Xiao Du in the future, and spend more time reading books!"

was counted down by her mother in front of so many brothers and sisters, Lin Peixuan was ashamed and embarrassed, buried her face deep in the bowl, and only left her beautiful black hair and purple bow outside, without saying a word. Lin Hao was even more embarrassed, the eldest lady's gaze scratched his face fiercely, he didn't scold him just because he didn't bother to mention him, his sister was not as good as Lin Duan, let alone his brother who didn't learn well at the age of twelve. Lin Yi didn't have a heart or lungs, he just cared about gobbling it up. Lin Peili hurriedly lowered her head and didn't look at the fourth lady, for fear that she would also be picked up by her mother to preach.

Lin Peiyu, who was only four years old, innocently called out "Fifth brother is great", followed by Lin Xi's milky voice: "It's great...... Mommy, I'm going to be spicy!"

Lin Peixuan's head was buried even lower.

Jin Luohua hurriedly diverted the topic and went to talk to the eldest lady about the operation of the shop. Several children ate silently, Lin Peixuan was freed from the bowl, glared at Lin Du on the other side, and saw that he ignored himself like no one else, so he was even more angry, and stretched out his chopsticks to grab a piece of beef he was clipping. The two pairs of chopsticks touched together, Lin Dui was stunned for a moment, and then returned the chopsticks to grab a lobster ball next to him, but Lin Peixuan came to grab it again, Lin Dui instinctively wanted to knock open his sister's chopsticks, but felt the gaze of the eldest lady intentionally or unintentionally, he still slowly withdrew the chopsticks.

It will definitely embarrass my mother to make such a fuss at the dinner table, but the young lady is really too much.

Lin Dui silently sandwiched the dishes that were closest to him and out of Lin Peixuan's reach. Lin Peixuan felt that the other party had been punished a little, and she was proud, but she saw Lin Du suddenly stand up and stretched out her chopsticks, with two green vegetables on the chopsticks, and her little face was full of sincerity: "Sister, I also think this is delicious, you can taste it!"

This is Lin Du's counterattack. If you can't grab my food, then I'll clip it to you, if you accept it, then I'll always clip the vegetables for you to eat, and I'm more polite than you.

For a moment everyone looked at them.

Lin Peixuan's face turned red, the chopsticks were thrown on the table with a snap, and she said angrily: "I'm full!"

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It was already May weather, and the afternoon sun was a little scorching, and after a little rest, Lin Dui went down to the artificial lake in the back garden under the guidance of Liu Er. The lake is as deep green as ink and is named Ink Lake. There is a small island in the middle of the lake in the middle of the ink lake, there is a pavilion on the island called Xianyi Pavilion, and behind the pavilion is the library building. The two shared a small boat, Liu Er rowed, and Lin Du also helped her row, playing all the way to the island in the middle of the lake.

When passing by the Xianyi Pavilion in front of the building, he unexpectedly saw Lin Hao playing chess with Mr. Ji in the pavilion, and Lin Du hurriedly stepped forward to salute. Lin Hao was going down to the difficult place to contemplate and think, and glanced at Lin Du impatiently, but did not speak. Mr. Ji nodded and smiled kindly at Lin Du, and waved his hand: "In front of you is the library building, let's go." Lin Du respectfully bowed goodbye to Mr. and left with Liu'er.

The Lin Family Library is not only open to the children of the Lin family, but everyone in the house can go to the building to borrow books, but there are restrictions on different identities. Ordinary maid servants can only enter the first floor, housekeepers, account rooms, clansmen of various clans, and relatives can enter the second floor, four ladies, young masters, and young ladies can enter the third floor, and the fourth floor is the forbidden land of the Lin Mansion, and only Lin Fengshan, the Marquis of Huaiqing, can enter.

After entering the building, Liu Er first took Lin Du to the borrowing registration office on the first floor to get an identity card. It was a wooden round card, with five gold-painted characters "Lin Family Library Building", different identities are only different in the background color of the brand, Lin Du's is purple, and he has the borrowing authority of the first three floors. The child inevitably felt fresh, wore a thin rope to hang the identity card on his chest, swayed from side to side when walking, and saw Yahuan Liu'er cover her mouth and smile.

On duty at the registration office was a middle-aged woman with kind eyebrows and eyes, and she respectfully told Lin Du a few words about the rules of the library, and then Liu Er waited outside the door of the building, and Lin Du prepared to go straight to the third floor. Needless to say, I also know that the collection of books prepared by Hou Ye for his wife and children must be much more precious.

Just when he turned around, Lin Dui saw the young lady Lin Peixuan walking downstairs with a few books. The little girl is a typical hibiscus powder, a delicate little face is already worthy of the word "glamorous", with a purple bow on her head, a dress with small flowers on a white background, and a pair of purple strappy sandals on her feet. The two children went upstairs and downstairs to meet each other, Lin Dui called "sister" very politely, Lin Peixuan glanced at him with disdain, and saw the identity card shaking in front of Lin Dui, and couldn't help but snort softly: "Childish!"

Lin Du didn't know how naïve he was, and stood there with a slightly red face. At this time, Lin Peixuan walked a few steps to pass by him, and bumped him with his shoulder, causing him to retreat two steps to the side. Lin Du touched the back of his head, and when he saw that the young lady had gone to the borrowing registration office, he continued to go upstairs.

Lin Peixuan has been very unhappy these days. Last time, I reasoned with Mr. Lin Dui, but Lin Dui refused without knowing what to do, and I held back my anger for several days, and today I was counted down by my mother in public, and I was asked to learn more from Lin Dui, which caused her to give up her plan to go shopping and come to the library. She had just come down from the second floor with a few simple poetry books, and unfortunately met on a narrow road and saw a rival.

It's all because of him, damn Lin Dusk!

Lin Peixuan scolded and bumped into it, but she was still angry, and when she remembered that this guy had eaten vegetables for herself at the family banquet, she felt full of grievances and depression. When I turned my head and saw Lin Du go upstairs, I suddenly wanted to follow him up to see what kind of books this naïve guy was reading that was worthy of his mother's admiration. She threw the borrowed book at the borrowing desk, said to the registrar, "write it down first," and then turned around and hurried upstairs.