Red Mansion Reader

Chapter 126 Meeting

Lin Daiyu has been a little distressed recently. Although Jia Shi no longer forbids her to go out, she has sent a few extra people to follow her.

She didn't take it too seriously at first, and was happy that a few more people helped.

But after a few days, when the clerical work in the academy was finished, Lin Daiyu saw the clues of these servants.

As soon as Mrs. Xie ordered something, they rushed to do it before Daiyu.

The movements are so swift, I really want to confess my young lady as a porcelain doll.

Lin Daiyu is such a smart person, she only read it once or twice before she understood her mother's mind.

But it's not good to force people not to do this kind of thing.If they really did this, they would make things difficult for their mother.

It's just how to do this, Lin Daiyu was really depressed, and wrote two letters again in anger, preparing to complain to her brother.

But she waited for a few days, but did not get a reply from Chen Heng.

It's funny to say this, the letter was obviously written by Daiyu herself, and she handed it to Chen Qing herself.

But Chen Heng has been living outside the city for the past few days, and has no time to go home at all.

As for Daiyu, she said to Chen Qing: Don't tell your brother deliberately, just wait for him to go home when he is free, and then show him.

You look, you look.What is this called.

You wrote the letters one by one, so why don't you tell people not to read them in a hurry.

Rao Chen Qing, the elder sister, couldn't figure out what Lin Daiyu was thinking.

You said she was not in a hurry, she obviously wrote one letter after another.You said she was in a hurry, and she said that she would wait until her brother was free.

Taking the letter from the poor Daiyu again, Chen Qing also figured it out in her heart, it's not a problem if this goes on, and she has to find a way to call her brother back tonight.

Chen Qing was not the only one who had this idea, Chen Qi was also very worried recently.His precious daughter went to the academy every day, saying that she was helping the refugees in the past, but what was going on in her daughter's mind, how could he, a father, not understand?

Going home for lunch at noon today, Chen Qi finally couldn't hold back, and called Mrs. Gu into the room to talk about the Lin family boy.

"Impossible." Gu Shi still didn't believe it. It's hard to say about the other children. As the eldest daughter, she has always been sensible and prudent, and she never asked her to worry about it since she was a child. "Did you misunderstand?"

"How could I be wrong." Chen Qi spread his hands and said worriedly, "They wished they could stick together that day. The more I think about it now, the more I feel that they don't look like they met for the first time."

"Let me tell you, why did that kid keep his head down when he saw me? It turns out he was guilty of a crime."

Seeing Chen Qi's eloquent words, Mrs. Gu was also skeptical, hesitated for a long time and said: "Don't worry, let's call Heng Er back first. The siblings have a good relationship, let's see if Heng Er knows anything.

If you really like Ruyi, let's inquire about the character of the other party.It's okay for the boy, as long as he doesn't have a child at home, he can think of a way to quit the house later, and he can live outside. "

In the Dayong Dynasty, the servants of general big families were divided into two types: family-born sons and ordinary servants.The former is a general term, mostly referring to generations of slavery, or because family members committed crimes, or fled from famine and fell to low status.

But needless to say, in this situation, most of them can only accept their fate.You have to serve the master's family all your life, and the same is true for children born to your wife.Of course, the host's family will also take care of him to the end of his life, and there is rarely a reason to drive out the old family to have children.

The latter is relatively better. You can regard serving people as a job, and the signed contract must be reported to the Yamen. It can barely be regarded as a good citizen. It’s just that when this kind of person reaches the age, the master will usually give some pension money, and then the courteous Send out of the house.

In terms of treatment, the latter is not as good as the former.The pros and cons of it can only be said that the benevolent sees benevolence and the wise sees wisdom.

However, there are quite a few small families who especially love this kind of old servants from big families.I often invite them to my home, firstly to popularize the fashion of the big family, and secondly to give my children a long-term experience and establish rules.

The old Chen's family only has a few dollars, so there is no right to choose this or that, Gu could think of it, "A man's character is the most important thing, as long as the two of them live in harmony, nothing else matters."

Chen Qi also nodded after listening, but he said again: "If the Lin family has a son, then I will absolutely not allow my daughter to marry and serve others. If she refuses, then choose an honest duty for her as soon as possible. craftsmen get married."

"This is natural. How can a child raised by his father and mother be reduced to the situation of serving others." Naturally, Gu agreed with 1 people.

As soon as the couple finished discussing, before Chen Qi left home, he asked Chen Huaijin to tell Chen Heng to go home at night.

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Today, there are not many things happening in the camp outside the city.Those adult males, under the leadership of government officials, went to the west of the city to open up wasteland.The rest of the family members are easy to take care of. Before Chen Heng goes home, he additionally told Jiang Yuanbai and others to increase the number of training sessions at night.

The men have all gone out to build Yangzhou, so they have to take care of other people's wives and children.

"Brother Heng, don't worry."

"Brother, go home and take a shower with peace of mind. With us here, nothing will happen."

"That's right, that's right. Your clothes are smelly. Go back tonight and have a good sleep, and come back early tomorrow."

Chen Heng didn't bother to answer these teasing, just smiled and went home with his second uncle and Xinda.

As soon as he saw the door of the house, he felt that there was something wrong with the atmosphere in the house.

The eldest sister kept giving him winks, why did his parents follow suit?

Are the two of them having a quarrel?
Let's not mention the confusion in Chen Heng's heart.After dinner, before Chen Qi and Mrs. Gu spoke, Chen Qing had already dragged his younger brother and ran out.

As soon as Chen Qi saw it, he couldn't help but wink at Mrs. Gu: Look, look, did you see her daughter's little moves?I'm not wrong.

Up to now, Mrs. Gu has to believe it if she doesn't believe it, thinking to herself: No, I have to arrest these two siblings and ask them carefully.

Putting aside the worries of the parents, Chen Qing dragged Chen Heng all the way to his younger brother's room. Seeing Xin Da who did not know when he came in, Chen Qing couldn't help laughing and said, "You two are inseparable from Meng, and Meng is in focus."

Xinda also slapped his forehead, and said with a wry smile: "Forgive me, my brother has been following the second brother for a few days, and I'm used to it. I didn't realize it all of a sudden, and I'm already home today."

After finishing speaking, he was about to get up and leave. How could Chen Qing look at this, so he hurriedly pulled him back, and said with a smile: "Good brother, he is my brother, aren't you my brother? My sister is just joking with you." of."

Chen Heng made a joke on the side: "I haven't seen you for a few days, but my sister's literary talents are on the top."

"Who says it's not? I have to deal with fairies in the sky every day. It's impossible to be smart." What Chen Qing said was so meaningful that Chen Heng was confused.

At this time, Xinda had already lit the oil lamp on the side, and came to the desk with it, and retreated quietly, and stood behind Chen Heng, acting like a black-faced Bodhisattva.

Chen Qing wanted to laugh, so he just tapped his two younger brothers, and took advantage of the light from the fire to observe Chen Heng's changes.Seeing this, she couldn't help but wonder: "Brother, how did you become so good-looking?"

What kind of weird words are you talking about? Chen Heng frowned habitually.It's been a long time since the siblings saw each other, so what can change.He thought it was the eldest sister talking to make him happy, but he didn't really think about it, and asked directly: "Sister is looking for me so urgently, what's the matter?"

Chen Qing looked at it again, still feeling incredible.

In fact, the changes in Chen Heng's body were simple to say.He is an adult inside, and his temperament is more stable than his peers.

During this period of time, tens of thousands of people were in charge of eating and drinking outside the city, and everything had to be dispatched and arranged, and there were hundreds of people around him who obeyed orders. Intense bouquet.

Fortunately, Chen Heng was very sloppy. Chen Qing took a few glances at it, but didn't pay much attention to it.She talked about Daiyu's affairs in a few words, and then took out the letter written by the other party from her bosom.

Chen Heng was quite surprised, he didn't expect that sister Lin would go to the academy to help.He took a look at the letter, and the nagging and a little bit of resentment on the paper made Chen Heng see the delicate appearance of the other party in a trance.

Speaking of it, it seems that I haven't seen her for a while.Chen Heng squeezed his chin and thought.

"Why are you standing still, why don't you write a reply." Chen Qing stretched out his hand and pushed his younger brother.

Chen Heng smiled, "It's okay, I'll go to the academy tomorrow, when my sister calls her out, I'll talk to her at the door."

That's fine.Chen Qing nodded in relief. One matter had been dealt with, and she brought out the second matter that had been hidden for a long time.

"What's the matter with the girl in your clothes?"

"what?"

Hearing these words suddenly, Chen Heng hadn't reacted yet.All of a sudden, I feel that my sister is unreasonable. Who is a good girl who can wear his clothes.

"It's Miss Zhen." Xinda hastily leaned over and reminded her second brother in a low voice.

"Oh oh oh." Chen Heng suddenly realized, and laughed, "What's going on?"

"Did you just want to show me your face?"

"No, no, sister, my good sister, just listen to me slowly."

It was not complicated to say, and with Xinda as a guarantee, as soon as Chen Heng finished speaking, Chen Qing understood, and said, "So that's what happened, what a miserable person."

"I said, seeing her in the past few days, no matter how she meets people and things, she is always in a daze, but she feels very sincere. It's really pitiful."

Chen Heng also sighed, who said it wasn't, more than ten years of claustrophobia made a good girl into a natural stupefaction, I only hope that her luck will come later.

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"Shan Zhang, please allow me to resign for a while."

This is the second time for Jia Yucun to visit Pei Huaizhen, and he has suffered a lot these past few days.Suddenly there were so many people in the academy, and they were all women and children. He and his masters felt like they were sitting on pins and needles, like thorns on their backs.

"Pedantic." Pei Huaizhen put down the brush in his hand, "You don't even have this kind of magnanimity, have you read the sage books for nothing?"

You are amazing, I haven't seen how you go out these few days.Of course Jia Yucun did not dare to say this on the face of it, besides he is not yet forty and Pei Huaizhen is over 60, there is no comparison between the two.

Pei Huaizhen raised her head from her calligraphy and saw that Jia Yucun had packed her bags, she also laughed and said, "Are you trying to learn from that ancient man and run away overnight?"

"The head of the mountain, the melon field and the plums are coming down." Jia Yucun replied in a rough voice.

To be honest, Jia Yucun must have this worry.He was a middle-aged handsome guy, and he was a Jinshi, and his family was not around.To put it bluntly, throwing him into the pile of widows is really hard to say who is the wolf and who is the meat.

"It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter, if something happens, I will take care of it for you. The drunkard's incident will never happen to you." Pei Huaizhen laughed and comforted her.

The drunken man he was talking about was of course Ouyang Xiu, and this matter should go back to the Northern Song Dynasty. At that time, Ouyang Xiu was over fifty years old, but there was a daughter-in-law who had been widowed for many years in his family. His political opponents falsely accused Ouyang Xiu of having an affair with his daughter-in-law.

As a result, Ouyang Xiu resigned from office and quickly remarried his daughter-in-law.

But this matter is definitely not true, but some idle people like to use it as a lace news to recite, so that future generations who don't know the situation believe it is true.

"I'm going to open a school in the academy tomorrow. There are so many children in the academy, so you can come in handy."

"This?" Seeing that the head of the mountain wanted to come out, Jia Yucun also hesitated, "They will only stay for more than a month, and they will go down to the county after the new year. Is it necessary?"

"Yes, of course." Pei Huaizhen said loudly, "Don't say it is a month, even if it is ten days, three days, as long as we can teach people to read, we should do it."

"Yes."

Jia Yucun had no choice but to nod, but it was also a good thing for him.

Today's morals still respect teachers.You must keep your title as a teacher, even if you throw your master into the group of women, as long as you have not done anything wrong, the world will not frame him.

Teachers, preaching and teaching karma to solve doubts.

If there is no such convenience, how can the master talk about teaching and educating people?
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The next day.

After tidying up, Chen Heng came to the academy with a sigh of relief. He really didn't sleep well yesterday.After his sister left, his parents dragged him to inquire about some ridiculous things.

It took until midnight to dispel the doubts of the two elders, and this morning they rushed out of the city to work all morning.

Now that I had lunch, I was free to bring Xinda to the academy.

The sky was bright, but Chen Heng's attire was ordinary. As usual, he was wearing a green shirt, except for a cloak chosen by sister Baoqin.

No way, who asked his cloak to be worn away by others.

Those were new clothes, although Gu could not complain, but nagging about his son's inability to manage the house must be indispensable.

"Chen Lang? Is it Chen Xiaolang?"

Just as Chen Heng stood still, the old woman who came out from the gate of the book garden noticed him with a look of surprise.

　Going to bed early and getting up early is good for your health, and codewords are also fun.Seven thousand words today, knock on the bowl and ask for a ticket! ! ! ! !
　　
　
(End of this chapter)