Red Mansion Reader

Chapter 61
That night, Chen Heng stayed at Lin's house with his wife and teacher.

It was still the other courtyard where Wang Xianming lived in previous years. There were several bays inside, and Chen Heng slept in the outermost one.Before going to bed, the worried teacher brought his wife to visit him again.

"Heng'er, is there anything uncomfortable?"

Mrs. Liu glanced at the furnishings in the house several times, and stepped forward to feel the softness of the mattress.

Seeing the appearance of his wife, Chen Heng could only shake his head, pretending to sigh and said, "Indeed, it's so comfortable, but it's a little strange."

"It's a mischief." Liu looked sideways at the child, and she was relieved to hear him say that.

Seeing the rare opportunity, Chen Heng carefully considered his words in his heart, pretending to be careless and said: "Master, I saw Brother Jue's complexion today, but there is something uncomfortable about it."

After a busy day, Mrs. Liu didn't think much about it, she just thought of it as an explanation for the child, "I'm sick. Not long after Jue'er was born, he caught up with your uncle to work in Yangzhou. He was originally weak, and after traveling all the way down, the root of the disease fell.

If you want me to say, a child is so young that he should rest in the capital, but it's a pity that your aunt and sister-in-law..."

Chen Heng was listening eagerly, but Wang Xianming interrupted: "Why are you talking to the child?"

Master, the teacher's wife is on the verge of speaking, so just let me listen to half of it.Chen Heng was so annoyed that he couldn't tell.

Wang Xianming cleared his throat, took Liu Shi's words, and said, "As a teacher, I need to tell you something."

"Master, please tell me."

"Before we left Shanxi Village, Qisuo's mother gave five taels of silver to your teacher's wife, saying that she was Qisuo's Shuxiu." Wang Xianming took out five taels of silver from his arms while talking, "This is the money you gave me when you returned to the village. Now that I am a teacher, it has returned to the original owner."

Chen Heng blinked, wondering where Qisuo's family got the money.After thinking about it, he still pushed back the money, "Master, their family is in trouble, so you should accept the money from the disciple. If the aunt refuses to take it back, you can keep her money for Qisuo to use later."

"These five taels of silver are what I got from copying books for more than two months, and it has nothing to do with my family." Chen Heng continued to ask, "Can Qisuo study hard?"

"Although not as smart as you, but the energy to endure hardships is quite similar to yours." Wang Xianming chuckled, recalling Chen Heng's way of studying in the past, he couldn't help but sigh with emotion, "It's a pity that he won't be able to pass the exam in this life."

Hearing Master's words, Chen Heng curled his lips, but he thought about it, "Study is not necessarily the only way to study in the examination room, whether it is to know the etiquette, or to broaden his horizons. As long as he reads hard, he will always find another way.

"University" said: Self-cultivation and family harmony, isn't that the truth. "

What's more, people who have read books always have more opportunities to choose than ordinary people.Chen Heng suppressed this sentence on his lips. Such words were too utilitarian, and he was afraid that his master would teach him a lesson when he heard it.

As for what will happen to Qisuo in the future, he doesn't know how to tell fortunes by pinching his fingers, he can only do his best to obey the destiny.

"That's true." Wang Xianming couldn't stop nodding, and said proudly to Mrs. Liu, "Look, I said that Heng'er doesn't know how to accept money."

"Yes, yes, they are all good disciples you taught." Mrs. Liu narrowed her eyes with a smile, got up and pulled Wang Xianming up, "Heng'er, you should rest early, we are going to sleep too."

Chen Heng got up quickly and sent the two elders to the door before lying down on the bed.

The night passed.

After lunch at Lin's house the next day, Wang Xianming got up to leave.After making an appointment with Daiyu to meet at the academy, Chen Heng bid farewell to the Lin family together and went directly to the academy.

Naturally, it was not Chen Heng's turn to worry about sending off his wife.At his age, he only needs to worry about studying well.

As soon as I got back to the dormitory, the students had already come back one after another.Qian Dayou pulled Jiang Yuanbai and talked about the grand scene of the lantern festival yesterday.Xin Suzhao leaned over and said that he slept on the boat last night and was beaten by his father when he came home in the morning.

Xue Biao was the last one to come back, and as soon as he came in, he carried a hand full of gifts.It was strange for everyone to see it.Although this Xue Scorpion is generous and often invites them to dinner, it is rare to give gifts formally like this.

Xue Biao himself is also suffering and can't tell, these gifts are not what he wants to give.Yesterday, when he took Chen Heng and Daiyu out to watch the lanterns, his father had an excuse to drink a few glasses of thin wine with Uncle Lin.

This Xue Zhen thought that Xue Biao was in the academy, and he cared about his teachings and made many friends.Just praise him for becoming smarter and knowing how to choose friends.Xue Biao was really baffled, he and Chen Heng were friends only because the other party was upright and funny.

Originally, I thought this matter would be left as it is, but as soon as Father Xue was happy, he prepared these gifts without telling him, and this morning he made repeated orders to Xue Biao to bring them to his classmates.

Facing the questions from his friends, Xue Biao could only pretend to be haha, saying that everyone has a share.

After all the gifts were distributed, even Xin Suzhao got one.Only then did everyone dispel their doubts and accept it with a smile.Only Xin Suzhao lay on the bed and pouted, signaling Xue Biao to put it on his desk.

Xue Biao didn't care, and pulled Chen Heng out of the dormitory as soon as the gifts were distributed.The two walked a few steps side by side, Xue Biao saw no one around, so he expressed his father's meaning quite distressed.

"Tell me that my father did it. I really cherish our classmate friendship. From what he said, it seems that I have ulterior motives."

Xue Biao is sincere, and when he said this, the sincerity that contained apology made Chen Heng understand the other party's thoughts.He comforted Xue Biao.

"It's okay, the left and right are just a gift." Chen Heng smiled, folded his hands behind his back, "I'll go back later and see what my uncle gave me. If you're not satisfied, you have to change it for me."

Knowing that his friend was joking, Xue Biao was in a better mood, "Exchanging gifts is the second best thing. You have to come to my house often for dinner, otherwise I won't be able to explain to my father."

Xue Zhen specifically told Xue Biao that he would often bring Chen Heng to his house for dinner in the future.

"It's okay, if you call me, I'll go. It's better to eat more good food than to eat in the academy." Chen Heng couldn't help rubbing his face. He didn't expect that he would have a day to rely on his face for food.

"Just don't care about my father's thoughts. He just walks outside all year round. I hope I can make more good teachers and helpful friends."

Seeing Xue Biao's expression calm down, Chen Heng became playful and deliberately frightened him, "Maybe your father guessed that you would say it?"

"No way."

Xue Biao couldn't help being startled, as if he really started to think about this possibility.

"Hahahahaha." Chen Heng couldn't help laughing, and Xue Biao realized that he had been tricked.

Before the other party got angry, Chen Heng hurriedly asked: "By the way, I was going to ask you something. Have you ever heard of such a doctor with exceptional medical skills?"

Xue Biao frowned, looked him up and down, and asked doubtfully, "Are you sick?"

"No, no, it's a child of one of my relatives." Chen Heng waved his hands repeatedly.

"That's it." Xue Biao nodded and said with confidence, "If you say that the people with the best medical skills must be in the Imperial Medical Office."

Young master Xue, are you talking nonsense? Can I not understand this truth?Chen Heng rolled his eyes and continued to listen to the other party.

"In Yangzhou City, there seems to be no particularly famous doctor." Xue Biao shook his head, suddenly his eyes lit up, "There is a doctor from the Imperial Medical Office in Jinling, but he is old and already busy in Jinling, I'm afraid it's not easy to invite Yangzhou."

"Is there any more? You have a lot of knowledge, help me think again." Chen Heng continued to encourage him.

"We are really clever but we were misled by our cleverness." Xue Biao clapped his hands suddenly, and said with a smile, "There is one in our academy."

"You mean Master Xu?" Chen Heng looked puzzled. He hadn't been sick in the academy for several months, and he hadn't had the chance to experience the other party's medical skills in person.

"Yeah." Xue Biao nodded and explained to his friend, "Master Xu's family has practiced medicine for generations. Their family is very famous in Xinglin in Yongjia. It's just that Master Xu likes to paint Taoism, and his ambition is not here. Master Xu is known as the three wonders of 'books, paintings, and medicine' in Yongjia County. Otherwise, why do you think our mountain chief invited him?"

"It's so good." Chen Heng couldn't help rubbing his hands together, with a look of joy on his face.

"Is he a very important person?" Seeing his appearance, Xue Biao couldn't help asking again.

It was related to the Lin family's affairs, and Chen Heng couldn't explain the details to him, so he just nodded silently.

Seeing this, Xue Biao also changed the topic, and the two walked around the courtyard and chatted, and did not return to the dormitory until dinner.

How should I tell Uncle Lin and Daiyu about Master Xu's situation?
Going up to say it rashly will only backfire.

That night, Chen Heng lay on the bed with a headache all night.

Chen Heng was thinking about the Lin family, and someone in the Lin family was also thinking about him.

"Father, so brother can come to our house to borrow books?"

Daiyu looked at Lin Ruhai happily, the father and daughter were in the study, the older one couldn't put down the book.The younger one stood aside, with his hands folded on the table and his chin resting on it, shaking.

Seeing her daughter's appearance, Lin Ruhai turned a page of the book, pretending to be puzzled and said: "You said such a trivial matter, your uncle asked me once, and you came to ask me once, but you treated your father and me as outsiders. I don't know who it is. You should call me uncle when you meet."

Hearing her father's ridicule, Daiyu smiled lightly and straightened her hands. She thought about her words in a blink of an eye, "My uncle and I are both idlers, and he is just like my father worrying about business all day long. We, this is using your golden face as a favor, and as a gift for ourselves."

Lin Ruhai laughed loudly, brother Wei, brother Wei, in a few years, you will envy me for having such a smart daughter.

"Okay, okay. It's getting late, go and have a rest. Be careful of being late for school tomorrow, and let the master play the board."

"Father, I'm going to the academy tomorrow, can I bring a box of pastries?"

Lin Ruhai only thought she was a glutton, and said, "Okay, I'll go tell your mother tonight and ask her to prepare it for you."

"I want sweet-scented osmanthus cake."

August is the season of sweet-scented osmanthus.

"Got it, got it, go to sleep." Lin Ruhai waved his hand and started to chase people away.

　Ahhh, in fact, the rest of the week is from [-]:[-] pm to [-]:[-] pm, and once at around [-]:[-] pm.

　　Only Friday is a special case. The editor made a recommendation on Friday afternoon. I was always worried that if we didn’t recommend it, then our book would die on the spot. So every Friday when I woke up, I was restless, worried about this and that.

　　Fortunately, we also have recommendations today! ! !Hahahahaha, gratifying to congratulate, gratifying to congratulate, shaking my head to code words.

　　


(End of this chapter)