The Red Chamber: The Rise of the Lin Mansion

He walked over and asked with a smile, "Xiang Ling, what are you writing?"

Xiang Ling raised her head and said with a smile: "Sister Liu asked the servants to visit the posts more when they are free, so that they can not only practice calligraphy, but also learn poetry."

"Oh, then I'll teach you."

Xiangling hurriedly said: "No!"

Lin Yun hugged Xiangling horizontally, sat behind the table and asked, "Why not? Do you think I can't teach well?"

Xiangling shyly said: "Every time you teach others to read poetry, you want that~"

"Which one is it?"

"That's right, that's right~"

Before Xiang Ling could think of a word, Lin Yun kissed her petal-like red lips.

After a shallow kiss, Lin Yun raised his head and asked with a smile, "Is it this?"

Xiang Ling lowered her eyes, pinched her skirt tightly with her fingers, and was embarrassed to answer.

"I'm not kidding you. Now I'll teach you to read poetry. What should you read? Just read lovesickness."

Lin Yun picked up the brush, wrote the lovesickness poem on the paper sign, and then explained it word by word to Xiang Ling.

Xiangling learned quickly, and it didn't take long to memorize the poems and prose.

Lin Yun suddenly remembered and said, "Xiang Ling, do you still remember your parents?"

Xiang Ling shook her head and said, "I can't remember clearly."

"Wait until I catch the kidnapper and find out the whereabouts of your parents so that you can reunite with them."

"Can you catch it?"

"Don't worry, I will find a way."

"Thank you, Third Master!"

"It's not enough to just say thank you verbally."

Xiangling plucked up her courage, raised her head and pecked lightly on Lin Yun's mouth, then buried her little head in Lin Yun's arms.

Lin Yun just wanted to tease her a few words, but he heard a soft cough from the warehouse outside.

Xiang Ling panicked, "Someone is here."

"It's okay, it's the old genius doctor."

Lin Yun let go of Xiangling, got up and walked out of the inner warehouse, and closed the door behind him.

When I went out to take a look, I saw the old miracle doctor sitting behind the desk, looking at him with a dark face.

Lin Yun smiled and said, "Old man, what's the matter with you?"

The old genius doctor lowered his voice and said, "How could you treat her like that?"

Lin Yun smiled embarrassingly: "Your boss can't let me be Liu Xiahui?"

"Then you can't... Forget it, I'll settle accounts with you kid later."

Lin Yun changed the subject and asked, "What do you always come to see me for?"

The old genius doctor: "Miss Piaomiao heard that you wrote a good poem for Miss Yimei, and she wants to know what the poem is about."

Lin Yun: "Okay, I'll copy it later and have someone give it to her."

The old miracle doctor: "Didn't you say that you are not good at writing poems before? How come this time~"

"I saw that poem in a miscellaneous book, and I just learned it and sold it now."

"Really?"

"What did I lie to you for? Besides, don't you understand the level of my writing?"

"You are so weird, who knows which of your words is true and which is false."

After a pause, the old miracle doctor said again: "Give me some money, I have spent all my money."

Lin Yun took out a stack of banknotes from his bosom, and when he was about to count them, the old genius doctor reached out and snatched them away, saying: "Whatever counts, it's all mine."

"No, there are more than 1000 taels of silver bills here."

The old genius doctor put the banknotes into his arms, and said cheerfully, "The perfume shop you opened in the capital can earn tens of thousands of taels of silver a month. What is this small amount of money?"

Lin Yun: "Did Brother Lian tell you? This traitor."

The old genius doctor: "Ning Heng said it, don't wrong that kid from the Jia family."

Lin Yun said with a bitter face: "It's over. That kid is just a loudspeaker. When he finds out, he will definitely make a noise that will be known all over the world."

The old genius doctor: "That's why the old man wants to help you spread out, lest you have too much money and cause trouble."

Lin Yun: "Then I beg you, let me cause more trouble."

When the two were chatting and laughing, Du Sha walked in and reported to Lin Yun: "Third Lord, that Dong Quanyou is here."

Lin Yun hurriedly asked, "Did he come alone? Or did he bring someone along?"

Du Sha: "He brought two people over."

"Oh, then you let them in."

"Yes."

After Du Sha left, the old genius doctor also stood up and said, "Since you have guests to entertain, then I'll leave first."

Lin Yun hurriedly got up to see them off, and when he walked to the door, he suddenly remembered and said, "Old man, do you know who is behind the lottery in the Oiran Contest?"

The old miracle doctor asked suspiciously: "Why are you asking this? Do you want to bet on the oiran?"

Lin Yun hurriedly said: "No, I'm just a little curious, who has such a large financial resources."

The old miracle doctor: "I don't know about this either. I'll find out for you later."

"Thank you!"

...

After sending the old miracle doctor away, Du Sha led Dong Quanyou and two fifty-year-old men in.

Lin Yunying stepped forward and asked with a smile, "Mr. Dong, who are these two?"

Dong Quanyou pointed to a man with similar appearance beside him and introduced, "Mr. Lin, this is my father."

Lin Yun hurriedly cupped his hands and saluted: "So it's Uncle Dong, I'm sorry, I'm sorry."

Dong Quanyou's father is Dong Boji, a native of Yangzhou, who is related to the current empress's natal family. This is also the main reason why Lin Yun let Dong Quanyou go last time.

Dong Boji cupped his hands at Lin Yun and said, "Young Master Lin has taken good care of the dog. I have always wanted to thank you in person, but I just wish I hadn't had the chance to see him. Today, my wish is finally fulfilled."

"Uncle is serious."

Dong Boji introduced the steward next to him to Lin Yun. This man's name was Dong Youcai, a very unscrupulous name.

Lin Yunchong said to Dong Boji: "Uncle, can I have a few words with you alone?"

Dong Boji hesitated for a moment, but still nodded and said, "Yes."

After speaking, he waved Dong Quanyou and the steward to leave.

Lin Yun also asked Du Sha to guard outside.

After several people had gone out, Lin Yun asked Dong Boji to sit down beside the case, took out the blueprint of the rickshaw and handed it to the other party, "Uncle Dong, this is the rickshaw that my nephew was promoting under the order of the emperor. I have limited financial resources, so I would like to ask my uncle for help." I can help."

When Dong Boji heard that it was an errand arranged by the emperor, he immediately sat up straight, picked up the blueprints and carefully read them.

Before coming here, he had no interest in this rickshaw, but wanted to take a stake in the lucrative perfume business.

Now I heard that the emperor is paying attention to this rickshaw, so that's a different story. Even if you lose money and make a profit, you have to participate.

After reading the drawings, he asked Lin Yun, "How much money do you need to invest in a rickshaw business?"

Lin Yun: "I'm going to open a rickshaw shop in Yangzhou. Uncle, if you pay 3000 taels, I'll give you [-]% of the shares."

Dong Boji said without hesitation: "Okay, I vote for this rickshaw dealer."

"Thank you uncle."

Lin Yun picked up the teapot, poured tea for Dong Boji, and asked with a smile, "Uncle Dong, which famous prostitute do you think will win the oiran competition this year?"

Dong Boji smiled and said, "Nephew Lin Xian, do you have someone you want to support?"

Lin Yun shook his head and said: "No, I think this is an excellent opportunity to make money, so I want to cooperate with you, Uncle, to see if I can earn some money to spend?"

"Oh, how do you say that?"

"I think so~"

Chapter 158: Aunt Xue's troubles

The main hall of Xue's inner house,

Aunt Xue had just finished her lunch when she saw a woman come in through the curtain and report to her: "Madam, Mama Liu from Songzhu Hall said that she has something urgent to report to you."

"Let her come in and answer."

"Yes."

Not long after the mother-in-law left, she led the depressed mother Liu in.

After bowing to Aunt Xue, Mother Liu said eagerly: "Madam, Miss Yimei is not on stage to perform today."

Aunt Xue's face turned black when she heard it, and she scolded Mother Liu: "What's the matter with you? You can't even control a little girl, don't you want to do it?"

Mother Liu said aggrievedly: "Ma'am, it's not that the servants don't want to care about it, it's that Mr. Lin took a group of people to the painting workshop to listen to Yimei playing the piano, and the servants advised them to come back another day, but they didn't listen."

Aunt Xue was taken aback when she heard the words, she asked suspiciously: "You mean Mr. Lin deliberately brought people to the painting workshop to make trouble?"

Mama Liu: "It must be, they happened to pick Yimei to go on stage for a drink, so it must have been premeditated."

"This stinky boy."

Aunt Xue cursed with a black face, and then said: "There are so many guards in your painting workshop, won't you drive them away?"

Mother Liu: "Madam doesn't know, our uncle is also with Mr. Lin and the others, how dare those guards bombard him."