Daiyu of the Red Chamber

Chapter 15 Jia Lian
Not to mention how busy Dai Yuhua was every day after her pilgrimage to her teacher. She got up early to read and practice calligraphy, practiced calligraphy and copying books in the morning, and learned embroidery from Aunt Luo in the afternoon. After practicing handwriting, my arm was sore and I couldn't hold the needle stably, so I pricked my hand.This is not just because of a bamboo stick "drawing" the teacher's invitation on the day of the teacher's apprenticeship.

On the second day of apprenticeship, Huang Jiyun thought to see how many words Daiyu knew before he could set the teaching steps. After all, he knew that Daiyu had never learned it.That's right, although we are high-achieving university students and elite white-collar workers in society, we have learned simplified Chinese characters since elementary school!At this moment, we are illiterate with little literacy... But fortunately, Jia Min, the mother who was born as the most talented woman in Jinling, let alone literacy, even poetry and prose is easy to use!Just ask if you don't understand, this little Daiyu has carried on the good habit of "don't be ashamed to ask"!Jia Min is also happy that Daiyu loves to study, unlike other children of the same age who only play around.Besides, although reading and writing is a bit difficult, we can't hold it back, and we can recite it. Besides, after modern systematic learning, cultural influence, and examination-oriented education.The flexibility of Daiyu's thinking is not comparable to that of the ancients!That's why Ren Daiyu followed Jia Min to recognize the traditional Chinese characters.It's just that everyone didn't know or no one asked her, so she didn't bother to show off.

So when Huang Jiyun came over with a book and said to Daiyu, "I'll read a paragraph at random, write it down if you know how to write it, it doesn't matter if you don't." Daiyu was hesitating whether to write it or not.Or write?This is the dictation of future generations. If you can't write many characters, wouldn't you have to start learning from the three hundred characters?So I decided to write well, and I will not let anyone who can write.So he held his pen and held his breath.But she is really not used to writing with a brush. Knowing how to read, recognize and write is two different things from being able to write well.I always accidentally get a lump of ink and have to rewrite it. After three or five times, Daiyu got angry and found a sharpened stick from the bookcase, just like the kind of mutton kebabs eaten by later generations. Small bamboo sticks, when they are stained with ink, they start to write vigorously, forgetting the traditional and simplified characters for a while.In her previous life, Daiyu often took meeting minutes, and her writing speed can be imagined.

When Huang Jiyun turned behind Daiyu and saw her holding a bamboo stick and "scratching" on the excellent cooked Xuan, especially when occasionally there were a few complicated simplified characters mixed in, it was a series of typos!For that moment, Huang Jiyun's heartache cannot be expressed in words.So Daiyu lived a miserable life of five hundred characters a day, and she couldn't be lazy.Because Huang Jiyun, Teacher Huang, and Master Huang will let his book boy Baishu count them one by one.

The little girl Daiyu saw how pitiful the little Shutong Baishu was, so she kindly taught the little Shutong Arabic numerals and simple addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. The Arabic numerals were introduced to China in the Tang Dynasty, but no one cared that they didn’t spread. Ancient books There are still records in it.When Huang Jiyun asked, Daiyu replied confidently.So it is conceivable that Huang Jiyun and Lin Ruhai searched through the books in the Lin family's library. How to clean them up is another story, so I won't mention it for now.Of course, the two of them have gained a lot. They did find two ancient books that recorded Arabic numerals, which were called Indian numerals at that time.But what addition, subtraction, multiplication and division couldn't be found, Daiyu thought to herself that it hadn't been invented yet!I don't know if anyone in this red building will invent in the future, it seems that I have never heard of France or Scotland.So this became Daiyu's own invention, and she didn't blush at all!
Both Huang Jiyun and Lin Ruhai were very interested in this counting method, and found it convenient and simple.So everyone was very interested in studying it with Daiyu. As for whether it has been applied to other places, Daiyu does not know.She only knows that research belongs to research, writing belongs to writing, and she should not write a few big characters for such a "great invention" of hers, and now people don't need Xiao Shutong Baishu to count them, so don't count too quickly .

Since Daiyu can read a lot now, Master Huang asked Daiyu to read to him while copying the book. Occasionally, if she made a sentence mistake, she immediately corrected it and explained it.Although she didn't take a serious lesson, after a few days, Daiyu has memorized and understood a book.Not only was Huang Jiyun surprised by this speed, he decided to increase the difficulty.Even Daiyu herself feels inconceivable about her current memory.As the days passed, Daiyu's calligraphy also improved at a horrible speed. Of course, Lin Ruhai and Huang Jiyun were still very satisfied with this speed.

But he said that he adopted Daiyu's suggestion that day, and asked Zhuangzi Shangqiushi's daughter-in-law to take Yinglian all the way to Beijing to visit. The reason is that he heard a lot of rumors about Rongguo Mansion, and it was already the first month when he arrived at Rongguo Mansion.Mrs. Wang heard that she was here to seek relatives, but she didn't see anyone. After Zhou Rui's family asked who was there, they found out that she was going to seek refuge with Grandma Sun, who was married to Jia Min.So they arranged for someone to let him live temporarily in the back street.Mrs. Wang thought very well, first got the deeds of the two people, and then sent to Jia Min to look for Nanny Sun.It can be regarded as an ear and an eye.

The servants of Rongguo Mansion, the world knows that their mouths are the most loose, and there is nothing they can't find out.Sure enough, it was useless. In three or five days, Qiushi's daughter-in-law made inquiries.So I decided to go back and return to my life. After looking for many opportunities, Zhou Rui's family finally slipped out when Zhou Rui's family went out to collect usury money. Besides, she and Yinglian didn't have a contract of sale in Rongguo Mansion, so they went all the way south and returned to Gusu not long after. city.

When the two of them hurried back to Gusu City, it was already February and March in Yangchun, the season when grass and water were the same color.Hearing that Qiushi's family and Yinglian had returned, Jia Min immediately called them to him.After careful questioning, he found that it was more serious than what Lin Ruhai said, and he felt like falling into an ice cave.Especially when I heard that there is no place for Jia Lian in the mansion now, when Jia Lian lived in the small three and a half rooms behind the Bi Zhao in the hall, his heart ached so much that he burst into tears.The eldest brother Jia She is a careless person, and the Xing family only listens to the elder brother Jia She, so he pushed Jia Lian to the second wife Wang's wife, and now he has become the servant of the eldest nephew Jia Zhu!How can there be such a reason?The grandson of the eldest son, the son of a first-class general, has become the follower of the son of the Ministry of Industry and Engineering, Wai Lang, and it would be embarrassing to say it.Jia Min, who was in front of Qiu Shi's family, naturally didn't say anything, so he waved her to go back and gave her 50 taels of silver as a reward.

Speaking of this money, the Lin family suddenly has an extra one million 80 taels of silver!Of course, many of them are shops, farms, gold and silver ornaments, etc., and some are the calligraphy and paintings reported by the ancestors. The porcelain bowls and dishes reported by the ancestors, the old man, and the old lady when they passed away are all old officials. Produced by the kiln.After the calculation, there will be 80 million.Those who committed crimes in the house were all sent to the officials, and those who should be arrested were arrested, and those who did not commit crimes were expelled out with their own clothes, shoes and hats without paying money.There were originally six or seven hundred people in this mansion, but now there are only one hundred people left, which is much cleaner. With fewer people, there is no shortage of things, but it is not chaotic, after all, the master does not have many things.The households that everyone is responsible for, and who does what and who does what, is now clear and clear.There is no more laziness.

It is said that after Qiu Shi's family left, Jia Min remembered the discussion with Lin Ruhai that night again, thought about it and said it again in the evening, and then sent a letter to Jia's mother the next day.

More than 20 days have passed in a blink of an eye, and now it is better than before to dare to be lazy, and the horse galloping all the way to deliver the letter finally arrived in the capital.The weather was fine that day, and Mother Jia was joking and playing with Baoyu Xiangyun and Sanchun in the house. Seeing the figure shaking outside the door, Yuanyang retreated quietly. When she found out that it was a letter from her aunt, she took it and lifted the curtain happily. After entering, Mother Jia saw Yuanyang's happy face and asked, "Who is outside? What made Huanxi so happy?" Yuanyang heard Jiamu's question, leaned over, and said with a smile: "Old lady, you can hear it." Give me a reward." After hearing this, Baoyu and the others became interested, and Baoyu said: "Sister, just say, the old ancestor won't turn around and let you pick one in my room, okay?" Yuanyang looked at Baoyu hurriedly He laughed and said, "Where do you dare to let the second master spend money?" Then he turned to Jia's mother and said, "A letter from my aunt! The old lady said, should I give a reward?"

Mother Jia was really happy when she heard this. Ever since Lai everyone came back in the first month and said that Jia Min was in a bad mood because of Brother Yan's affairs, and also said how clever Daiyu was, Mother Jia was always thinking about it. Saying that the letter came, she hurriedly asked Yuanyang to take out her tortoiseshell glasses.Yuanyang is also a smart person. After giving the letter to Mother Jia, she went in to get the glasses. Jia Min just handed the glasses to her face as soon as she finished speaking.

Mother Jia took the glasses and put them on with a smile. Halfway through reading the letter, she sent out the little ones to play by herself.The smile on his face became less and less, and Yuanyang felt uneasy seeing this, but he didn't know what was said in the letter.

After reading a letter, Jia Min's eyes were full of tears, and he could not stop sighing.Although Yuanyang didn't know what was going on, she knew that she had to step forward to comfort her at this time, so she gently stroked Jiamu's chest and said, "Don't worry about your body, old lady. She was fine, so why did you cry? It's my aunt who knows." It's uneasy." After a lot of relief, Jia's mother stopped crying and said, "Go, get me the boss and the boss." The mandarin duck here did not mention it when he went to pass the message.

Not long after, Elder Master Jia She and Xing Shi came to Shangfang, because Xing Shi was very disturbed because he didn't know what happened.When they got to Jia Mu's room and saluted with Jia Amnesty, they just hid behind Jia Amnesty and bowed their heads without saying a word.Jia Amnesty looked around and looked around at the various furnishings in the house.Mother Jia frowned and looked at the two of them without saying a word, and said directly, "Your sister has written." After she finished speaking, she glanced at Jia Amnesty and his wife again, and seeing that they both looked indifferent, she couldn't help but feel a little annoyed. .Then he said: "It is said that brother Yan has gone, and his knees are desolate. It is very difficult. I want to take Lian'er to live for a while to comfort the pain of thinking about my son. I also said that I had a good time with Mrs. Xian, but I couldn't." Seeing Lian'er for the last time is also comforting. What do you two say?" The last sentence is a question, but the tone is not very good, as if you dare to give me a try if you don't agree!Originally, the Xing family didn't care about Jia Lian, but Jia Amnesty changed his mind: Now that the Lin family is about to die out, Jia Lian's passing will definitely benefit him, so the couple replied: "It's all according to the old lady's orders." Mother Jia was very satisfied with this and nodded and said: "So, you go to buy a gift for Lian'er Haosheng, and leave as soon as possible. The elder brother of the uncle's family has gone, and only one sister is left. I was favored by the youngest son of the Huang family and accepted as an official disciple. But after all, it is a girl's family, so I can't inherit the lintel. It is not easy for Min'er to come to the Lin family. Thinking of this nephew, he asked Lian'er to take care of his aunt, it would always be in his interest. You should also take care of your sister."

A few days later, as soon as Jia Lian answered the salute and got ready, she took two young servants and a nanny and went to Gusu by boat.All the way down the river, the mountains and rivers on both sides are beautiful.Jia Lian is not ignorant, he knows that he is the son of Dafang, and he is going to become a prince in the future.I also know that my own mother has left me a lot of property, but I don't know who has taken it into his hands, whether I can get it back in the future is still a matter of opinion.I also know that now the eldest house has no status in the mansion, the old lady prefers the second room, the eldest room can only bear and back down, even the father is not worth it.Jia Lian knew everything in his heart, so he couldn't help feeling a little depressed, but there was no place for him to talk in Rongguo Mansion.Now that I came out, I couldn't help but feel a lot more open-minded, and I also had a bit of youthful ambition. I thought in my heart that this time I can't go back easily anyway. With the help of my uncle Lin Ruhai, I may not be able to do something there. Jiangnan It was a really prosperous place.

When Jia Min saw Jia Lian, it was already the day before the Dragon Boat Festival, and when the sun got hot, he was a bit sleepy. He was leaning on the bamboo couch and was bored. When he heard that Jia Lian, the second master of the Rongguo Mansion, was here, he called him immediately. .

I saw that the black hair bun was tied with a rain-colored sky-blue headband, and he was also wearing a rain-colored sky-blue robe, with a moon-white belt inlaid with emeralds tied around his waist. He looked slender, tall, and energetic. Come, I like it very much.Without waiting for him to salute, he hurriedly called him over.

Seeing his pink face and peach cheeks, red lips and white teeth, and smiling eyes, he looks very much like Mrs. Xian's sister-in-law.After asking a few questions, I found that there is a degree of advance and retreat, and the answers are fluent, and there is even the shadow of the first sister-in-law.Thinking of his grievances in the Rongguo Mansion, but now he doesn't mention a word, he can't help but love him even more.

At dinner, because the whole family is used to eating together, and even though Jia Lian is a bit older, Daiyu is still young after all, so she doesn't avoid sharing tables.After the four of them finished eating, Lin Ruhai called Jia Lian to the study.Liu Daiyu followed Jia Min to look at the account books in the room. Due to the application of Arabic numerals in the Lin Mansion, Daiyu has now reformed the account books into the simplest tabular loan account books, and the income and expenditure are clear at a glance.Naturally, there was nothing to see, Daiyu saw that Jia Min's face was a little tired, so she bid her farewell obediently and left.

Don't think that she is so cute, the main reason is that there is nothing to do there, and she thought that although Jia Lian was designed by herself, no one told her what her parents planned, so the "well-behaved" Dai Yu ran to her father's study to listen to the corner.

Lin Ruhai asked Jia Lian a few questions about his knowledge, and found that Jia Lian had never read any books, so he felt a little unhappy.The Lin family is a family of calligraphy and calligraphy, and the family inherits the fragrance of books. It is really difficult to like people who don't like reading.It happened that Daiyu came outside the study at this time, saying she was listening to the corner, but she didn't intend to really hide it, and was soon discovered by Lin Ruhai.Now that she was discovered, Daiyu walked in gracefully, without any embarrassment of eavesdropping on the corner.First he saluted Lin Ruhai, then turned around and gave Jia Lian a blessing.

Daiyu knew that Jia Lian didn't like reading, and knew that Lin Ruhai would not like it.However, in the original book, Jia Lian is quite capable in common affairs, but Lin Ruhai didn't know about it, so he smiled and said to Lin Ruhai, "Now that my cousin Erlian is here, Daddy also has a helper, so you can relax, no So tired." After speaking, as expected, she saw a flash of contempt in Lin Ruhai's eyes, but Lin Ruhai concealed it very well, and if Daiyu hadn't noticed it, she wouldn't have noticed it.Daiyu didn't pay any attention, but turned to Jia Lian and asked, "Cousin Lian, can you know Indian numbers?" Jia Lian was embarrassed by Lin Ruhai's questioning and couldn't answer it, but after hearing Daiyu's question again, With a whoosh, her neck turned red, and Daiyu didn't wait for Jia Lian's answer, and then said innocently: "Then Indian digital is really fun. If Cousin Lian learns it, he can play with me!" Making full use of her advantage of being still young, Jia Lian was deeply moved by the eagerness on that face.Jia Lian subconsciously nodded in agreement.

This Jia Lian was indeed very talented in arithmetic, and within a few days he even learned addition, subtraction, multiplication and division, mainly because Daiyu kept pestering him to "play" together.Especially the ones who play still count as 24, can this progress not be fast?Lin Ruhai was also very surprised when he found out, but he didn't learn as fast as Jia Lian.So the contempt for Jia Lian in my heart eased a little, thinking that Jia Lian is still very smart, but has been lacking in teaching.So he set learning goals for Jia Lian and taught him in person.You said that Lin Ruhai is busy with work and has no time?That's all right!Isn't there still a great Confucian Huang Jiyun living in the house?If it doesn't work, I still have my good daughter who is too smart!

The damp heat in the south of the Yangtze River is different from the dry heat in the north. Before the Mid-Autumn Festival, Jia Lian fell ill. Now Daiyu has an excuse to say that Jia Lian is in poor health and needs to exercise more, otherwise he will not be able to survive the exam next year.It turned out that Jia Lian studied very well in the past two months. He didn't like to study before. First, there was no atmosphere for learning, and second, he didn't have a good teacher.Now Lin Ruhai conducts random checks every day, Daiyu supervises, and occasionally gets guidance from Huang Jiyun, so the progress is still very fast.Seeing that he was already thirteen, Lin Ruhai told Jia Lian to take the boy's exam next year.Although the time for more than two months of study was a bit short, Jia Lian still had some confidence in his heart, after all, there was still more than half a year left.At this time, I was very anxious when I heard that it would affect the exam, and I heard Daiyu say to Lin Ruhai: "Daddy, why don't you invite Cousin Lian to come back with a master of riding and archery, not about the six arts of a gentleman: etiquette, music, archery, imperial, book, Do you count? Cousin Lian is polite, courteous and thoughtful, it is considered an art, and his handwriting is better than mine. This is an art, and his arithmetic is not bad. Learn some qin art music from this father, wouldn't the six arts be complete?" When Jia Lian heard this, he couldn't stop nodding, regardless of whether he was right or not, and Lin Ruhai didn't want to refute his daughter's idea even though he couldn't laugh or cry.In this way, Jia Lian was set to get up early to study, ride and shoot in the morning, and practice calligraphy after lunch break.In the evening Lin Ruhai checked and explained the homework.Life is fulfilling but not busy, and I can still play with Daiyu when I have time.

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There is no way to add, subtract, multiply and divide Arabic numerals. Daiyu just wants to simplify her life, and there will be pinyin letters later, but she will not abuse it everywhere, and it is only limited to her daily needs.As for other inventions and creations, Daiyu can't, and Daiyu is not a science student, and the Lin family is very rich!Daiyu doesn't have to work hard for money.

(End of this chapter)