Time travel from the red building

Chapter 21 21. New House and Trouble

After Yunxi Sanchao returned home, Yunqing officially moved out of the house where he had lived for nearly a year, because Li Changsong's family raised an old yellow dog, Dahei and Erhei returned to Yunqing, and she took them to the Taoist temple together up.

Yun Qing named the Taoist temple Xuanzhen Temple, because it is privately owned, it is not open to the public, and it does not accept pilgrims. It has a name that acts as a house number, and it is very clean on weekdays.

The main hall of the Taoist temple is dedicated to Sanqing, and the daily cleaning and incense burning belong to the two Taoist priests. The backyard is their residence. After Yun Qing moved in, he would go to the main hall to pay homage every morning, and communicate with the two priests Gradually, I found that these two are well-educated people. Both of them have studied the Four Books and Five Classics, especially Yu Daochang, who is proficient in everything. Yun Qing is a little curious about their past, but others Don't say anything, she won't ask too much, just listen to Sun Shuli's few words, and she can deduce that it was not a pleasant experience, so why bother to bring it up to make people sad?
After getting acquainted with each other, Yun Qing tentatively suggested: "I usually cook by myself, and I find it troublesome. I don't know if I can work with you. I will be in charge of the ingredients and let Granny Yu do the cooking. My portion?"

Granny Yu was the original cook of Daoist Yu's family, and she has been with Daoist Yu all the time. Yunqing has eaten the food she cooked twice, and the taste is excellent, not inferior to the chefs in restaurants in the city. Although she can cook, The cooking was delicious, but she was too lazy to bother. Originally, she thought about hiring a chef. She had tasted her mother-in-law's cooking, so she came up with this idea.

Yu Daochang is nearly fifty years old, and has been practicing Taoism for more than twenty years. He has cultivated a long time ago to be peaceful and indifferent. Yuan Daochang is over forty years old and has a gentle and transparent temperament. Both of them can talk to Yun Qing, but Naturally, he would not refuse the small matter of adding a pair of chopsticks, so Daoist Yu said: "Little friends, if you want, just come and eat, and there is no need to mention the ingredients."

Yun Qing just refused, and said with a smile: "The more than 100 acres of land around the Taoist temple, as well as the mountains behind and the lake next to it are all my property. With so much output, how can I eat it all by myself? The daily vegetables If someone sent them here, wouldn’t it be easier than buying from the city? What’s more, if there were no fellow Taoists, I would have to hire a cook. Now that Granny Yu is here, I can save a lot of trouble. We will get along often in the future. , wouldn't it be too natural to always be so polite?"

Both Daochang Yu and Daochang Yuan are easy-going people and will not argue with others. Yun Qing insisted that the two of them couldn't agree and could only listen to her.

From then on, Yun Qing began to dine with the two priests, and it was not easy to leave immediately after the meal. She simply took out the good tea she received when she was in Yunyang Mansion, drank tea and chatted with them after the meal, and lived a very comfortable life .

At the same time, Yun Qing also discovered that the two Taoist priests were similar to her, and they were not outsiders who really saw through the world of mortals. The status of Taoist priests was more like a protective color, allowing them to have a quiet life without being disturbed , I don't feel a sense of encountering a bosom friend.

Speaking of bosom friends, her previous bosom friend, Lin Ruhai and his wife, sent a letter last month. There were three letters in the thick envelope. In addition to Jia Min's, Lin Daiyu and Lin Moyu's sister and brother also wrote In addition to writing a few simple sentences about their studies, a lot of space was devoted to expressing how much she misses her and saying that they will see her soon, while Jia Min said in the letter that Lin Ruhai received The transfer order, with the false title of a third-rank doctor of Lantai Temple hanging on his head, and with his real job as a fourth-rank patrol salt censor, is about to go to Yangzhou to take up the post.

Yun Qing understood, this is the beginning of the Red Mansion.

Yun Qing has read the original Dream of the Red Chamber several times, and still remembers the general content. Naturally, he will not forget that the opening chapter of the Red Chamber is about Jia Yucun.

After receiving the money gifted by Zhen Shiyin, he even refused to say goodbye in person, and left overnight; after he became a Jinshi and became an official, he learned that Zhen Shiyin's daughter was missing, and he himself was missing, leaving only his wife to live with difficulty at her natal home, so she didn't even think about it. At first he wanted to help out, but he only wanted to ask Madam Zhen's maid; and later, when he took office as the magistrate of Jinling, the first case he handled was Xue Pan and Feng Yuan competing for Zhen Yinglian, and he never thought of telling Madam Zhen about Zhen Yinglian. The whereabouts, directly judging the case indiscriminately, let Zhen Yinglian fall into the big pit of Xue Pan.

Such a villain was invited by Lin Ruhai to be Lin Daiyu's first teacher, and was recommended by Jia Zheng through Lin Ruhai. It was really unbearable. Yun Qing specially emphasized in his reply to Jia Min that it is enough to ask a teacher for a child. The key is to have a good character. I heard that a group of officials were dismissed recently. Although some of them were accused of wrongdoing, most of them were charged with the truth. I told her to be careful when looking for a husband, and not to be deceived by other people's rhetoric. .

When Jia Min's letter reached Yun Qing, she had already arrived in Yangzhou, and when she received the reply, it happened to be the time when Lin Ruhai wanted to ask Lin Daiyu and Lin Moyu for an enlightenment teacher. The two of them looked at the content of the letter and felt baffled, not knowing that Yun Qing was unreasonable. When talking about the reason for the dismissed officials, they never thought of hiring such a high-end teacher for the children. For enlightenment, any scholar can be a person. Considering that Daiyu is a girl, they give priority to the older ones. Don't be shy.

But Lin Ruhai soon knew Yun Qing's intentions.

He did not hide the matter of finding Xibin for his children, so many people recommended him. Today, someone recommended a person, saying that he was an official who was awarded a Jinshi, but because he offended his superiors, he was framed as a participant and harmed him. He was dismissed, but he himself is a very talented person, and he is open-minded and indifferent, and he said a lot of good things for him, and he can't wait to boast.

If it was before, Lin Ruhai's heart would have been moved a long time ago, but he got Yun Qing's letter first, and he was puzzled at first, but now that such a person appeared, he hesitated a little more, because he didn't know Jia Yucun's personality, and it was too difficult to refuse. Bluntly, he said tactfully that he hired an enlightenment teacher for the children, and he really couldn’t afford to use a Jinshi who has become an official, and Mr. Jia had already been a magistrate before, and his grade was half a grade higher than him, so he was invited to enlighten his children , It's really a humiliation, he absolutely can't do this kind of thing.

Using this excuse to reject the person, Lin Ruhai later asked someone to inquire about Jia Yucun's character, and learned that it was true that he had offended his boss, but the content of his boss' participation in his performance was also true, and there was no frame-up. He is proud of his talent, he is disrespectful to his superiors, and harsh to his inferiors, and he also holds grudges very much. I can't help but feel very lucky.

When talking about it with Jia Min, Lin Ruhai couldn't help sighing: "Daoist Yun is really good! She must have counted something, and then reminded us specially, and accepted her favor, otherwise, wouldn't it be good to invite such a person into the mansion? Luring wolves into the house? Madame, please don't forget to give me a generous gift as a thank you."

(End of this chapter)